Chapter 107 Chef's Uniform
Of course, one bowl of rice could not fill Andre's bottomless stomach. In fact, two bowls were far from enough... and when he got his third bowl, the Winchester clerk and two apprentice knights joined his table.
"Hey, what's the deputy captain having dinner tonight?" Pa Qiao looked curiously, then turned to Jiang You and said, "Little Lich, we want the same thing as the deputy captain! Ten more pounds of crayfish, please peel them!"
"Okay!" Jiangyou responded, and not long after, Jericho and Lolisa came over with dishes: a pot of shelled crayfish piled on green cucumbers, a pot of braised beef shank and tendon, and a wooden barrel of rice, filling the table.
"Thank you for the favor, fifty silver coins." Lolita said with a smile, "Would the knights like some beer?"
"No need for beer." Several people each took out a handful of silver coins, gathered them together, counted out fifty and handed them to Lolisa. After the people left, Gorman couldn't help but say, "This store is so expensive!"
"But it's really delicious!" Pacha couldn't wait to scoop the crayfish and cucumber into his bowl, took a big bite, and immediately moaned happily: "Oh my God, this way of eating is so delicious!"
"This is the taste of money!" Gorman said this, but he was not slow at all in picking up the food.
The Winchester clerk glanced up at the lich. Seeing that Jiangyou was completely absorbed in preparing the food and entertaining the guests, with no intention of joining him, he guessed that Andre had already informed her. He continued to play the middle-aged clerk trying to curry favor with his new boss, and as he watched his adopted brother's somewhat clumsy and lame response, he couldn't help but curl his lips slightly.
With the delicious food as a welcome start, the atmosphere among the knights quickly warmed up. The two apprentice knights eagerly inquired about Andrei's past exploits, and Andrei readily shared these stories. The Kingdom's Knights were constantly undergoing transfers, and every knight would have a few friends and colleagues far away. Even if they didn't share their own experiences, these stories were easily learned from others.
Furthermore, Andre also wanted to take this opportunity to talk to his elder brother Winston, who was disguised as the "Winchester Clerk".
After Count Saka's untimely death, Winston fell into depression for a while, but upon receiving orders from His Majesty the King, he regrouped and took over the business left by Count Saka. André, as the first person to discover the Count's death scene, was deeply shocked. His mother took him to the Lunari Cult to recuperate for a long time, and it was several years later that he joined His Majesty's army for training.
Now that I think about it, today was the first time the two had met in over a decade, since Count Saka's funeral. They had occasionally kept in touch through letters. However, in recent years, Winston and André had been on missions in various locations. To protect their identities and facilitate their movements, all correspondence had to be delivered to their respective homes, with only a long wait between checks, practically cutting off contact.
The knights were having a great time chatting with each other, while Jiangyou's side was crowded with guests.
Last night, Jiangyou successfully established its reputation, and today, not only did they have many returning customers, but they also attracted even more new ones. Whether it was the crayfish or tonight's new braised dishes and smashed cucumbers, they were all very popular with both old and new customers.
Only a few dwarves expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of braised pork tonight, but Jiangyou was also helpless for not being able to buy pork belly.
Today, the pork, beef brisket, and most of the chicken at Uncle Wolf's place were bought up by the katydids. Under the circumstances, being able to buy so much high-quality beef shank and tendon was already a real stroke of luck—perhaps because the meat wasn't fatty enough for the katydids to appreciate.
"So, fried foods must be quite popular here... Take fried chicken, for example. It's high in fat, energy, and crispy. You can even mix it with garlic soy sauce or amber fried chicken sauce to make Korean fried chicken nuggets..." Jiang You began to think about the next business direction. "French fries should be delicious too! I wonder if they have ketchup... I guess I'll have to make it on the spot."
As she was muttering, she saw Aunt Wolf, who had disappeared for a day, come bouncing back. She was wearing a light blue dress with a matching bow on her head, looking radiant. "Xiaoyou, I met a seamstress today! Look at my new dress, isn't it pretty? I also brought you a gift!"
"It looks good!" Jiang You could smell Aunt Wolf's joyful soul fire from a distance; it was sweet and very pleasant. "The color of this skirt looks perfect for summer!"
"Yes, yes!" Aunt Wolf was very excited. "The cicadas are really good at their crafts! I spent the whole afternoon playing in their village! Oh, yes, this is a gift I brought you!"
She opened the large bag she was carrying, reached in and rummaged around, and pulled out a set of white chef's uniforms. "Clang, clang, clang! Chef's uniform! Although you, Xiaoyou, are a skinny person and don't really need to wear clothes, opening a shop always requires a sense of ceremony! Here! This chef's uniform not only comes with an apron and a chef's hat! It even has a blank name tag!"
"As soon as I said I wanted to make you some clothes but didn't know your size, the older girl immediately said she'd bought some soy sauce from you that morning and could probably estimate your size." Auntie Wolf stuffed the chef's uniform into Jiangyou's arms and said, "Go try it on to see if it fits. If not, we can ask the weaver to make some alterations tomorrow morning!"
Jiangyou's eyes lit up. She hadn't expected Auntie Wolf to be so popular and to have established a connection with the weaver girls so quickly. She happily touched the snow-white chef's uniform and said, "Hey, it's so soft and smooth. This fabric is really good!"
"This is the weavers' own cloth. It's waterproof, fireproof, and greaseproof! Even if there are stains, just wipe them away!" Aunt Wolf explained, describing her treasures like a treasure. "Even if you cut it with a knife, it won't break! It has maximum physical defense!"
Jiang You: "..." Sure enough, this is a Western fantasy magic world. Races with minimal magic defense usually have incredibly high physical defense, and it seems this fabric is also in the same vein... Hiss, is this clothing made of spider silk?
She rubbed the fabric carefully and didn't feel it was sticky at all. In the light of the oil lamp, the clothes even emitted a faint iridescent light, just like the reflection that appears when beef is sliced at a certain angle. It was both strange and beautiful, and gave people a wonderful feeling of "how amazing".
"I'll go try on some clothes." She asked Mary to help look after her stove, then went into the warehouse with her chef's uniform. A moment later, the skeleton came out of the warehouse wearing a full set of snow-white chef's uniform, scarf, chef's hat, and apron. He walked around in front of Aunt Wolf with confidence and said, "How is it?"
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