Chapter 161 Newcomer Training (Part 2)
The new girl worked very hard, which made Jiangyou very satisfied.
With someone helping out in the kitchen, efficiency skyrocketed. All the waste, sorted to remove impurities, dirt, and excess fat, was rinsed repeatedly and then placed in a food bowl, which was then set aside to drain.
A large pot of water was bubbling on the stove, ginger and scallions tumbling in the boiling water. With one bony claw, Jiang You held the sieve, while with the other he scooped up the offal and dropped it into the pot.
"All meats need to be blanched in scallion and ginger water first to remove any blood or foam. This way, they won't taste fishy." Jiang You stirred the offal in the large pot with a sieve and taught Naxia to check the heat and doneness. "Our goal is just to remove any unpleasant smells. They don't need to be cooked completely. The heart, liver, and intestines, in particular, need to be blanched for a short time, otherwise they will become tough."
She reported a list of blanching times for various meats. Naxia looked serious and took out a small notebook to write them down carefully. Her attitude was very proper.
After Jiangyou finished demonstrating, he let Naxia take over and try. She stood by and observed for a while. Seeing that Naxia was able to get the hang of it quickly and didn't need much guidance, she turned her attention to dealing with the two big pig heads.
This pig's head may look incredibly ugly, but it's actually quite good. Braised pig ears, pig tongue, pig head meat... wow, it's all delicious! Guaranteed diners won't forget it once they've had it.
Although Uncle Wolf had processed the pig's head briefly - probably to make it look a little better - there were still many fine hairs on the pig's head. In this era, there were no flamethrowers, but there was more convenient fire magic, which could burn whatever you pointed at, which was convenient and easy.
Jiang You cast a fire spell, and a small fire dragon shot out from between her finger bones. It flew around the pig's head several times and burned all the short and dense pig hairs. Jiang You took a small knife and scraped off the burnt yellow ashes on the skin.
There are also many fine hairs behind the ears, eyelashes, and in the skin crevices, which need to be lifted up and carefully burned to completely remove.
After blanching the pigs, Naxia went on to learn how to deal with the fine hair on the pig's head. She hadn't expected that she could learn magic in addition to cooking, and her eyes lit up even brighter.
In this world, everything related to magic is expensive, including magical knowledge. The descendants of aristocratic families, blessed with power, wealth, and a rich heritage, naturally never have to worry about learning magic; they have a plethora of options. However, ordinary people who want to learn magic have very limited options.
If the family has no magic-related inheritance from generation to generation, and there is no one-in-a-million talent that can directly bypass magic circles, magic language and communicate with magic elements, then in addition to spending a lot of money to hire a tutor, the common people can only apply to magic school.
Some of these magic schools were funded by the Duchy of Huntington, while others were run by nobles on their own lands. The former were inexpensive and open to the general public, while the latter were expensive, and their students were mostly the descendants of the nobles' own branches and trusted relatives. Occasionally, for some reason, they would accept the children of wealthy merchants and scholars.
Public schools are divided into three categories: introductory schools, intermediate schools, and advanced colleges. Introductory schools are found in every city; intermediate schools can only be found in large cities or the central cities of aristocratic domains; and as for advanced colleges, there is only one in the entire Principality of Huntington: the Royal Academy of Magic in the capital.
Enrolling at the School of Enlightenment was not difficult; all one needed was a basic affinity for magic and the absence of repulsion or rejection from magical elements. The School of Enlightenment was not a full-time school, but only opened once a year during the farming off-season. All citizens of the Principality of Huntington were welcome to take the magic affinity test, regardless of age or social status. Passing the test entailed a small fee, and admission was granted.
Students who are admitted will be divided into three classes, namely low, medium and high, based on the results of the entrance test and taught according to their aptitude: those with poor levels and low talents will be put together to learn simple content; those with good talents and some basic knowledge will be put together to learn advanced knowledge; those who are admitted to the advanced class can prepare to apply for intermediate schools... The school will be open until the early spring of the following year and will be closed during the busy farming season, so as not to delay people's planting and work.
Aunt Wolf had taught in such a kind of enlightenment school for many years. When the enlightenment school was not open, she would help take care of children, work as a nanny or wet nurse, or accept employment as a tutor for nobles and wealthy businessmen, without missing a beat.
However, the introductory school only taught the most basic everyday magic and writing. Most people could only reach the intermediate level, and only the elite could enter the advanced class and qualify for further studies. However, for most common people, the intermediate level content was enough for them to build a fire, pour water, and understand flyers and notices... Even this was difficult knowledge for many common people, requiring years of repeated study to master.
As a child, Nasha attended the middle class of the Enlightenment School. Logically, she should have had the opportunity to use Barrow's wealth to squeeze into Baron Neumann's private academy for the nobility. But Barrow was a short-sighted upstart. He felt that his illegitimate daughter didn't need so much knowledge, let alone such a large investment. Unlike the Enlightenment School, which only ran for a few months a year, the academy offered small classes, customized teaching plans, and one-on-one instruction, which was a real expense.
Although Naxia has limited education, she is very studious. Now that she finds out that this skeleton store manager can actually teach her advanced magic, she tries to remain calm on the surface, but in fact she is already screaming in her mind.
However, Nasha's talent for magic was not high. Even with Jiangyou's hands-on teaching, she could only produce a small fireball with great difficulty. After barely burning the hair on the second pig's head, she exhausted her magic power and collapsed in the chair, gasping for breath.
Seeing this, Jericho, who was going downstairs to work, was silent for a moment, took out a bottle of magic supply and stuffed it into her hand, in return for a look of gratitude from Nasha.
"I'll pay you back." Nasha said softly.
Jericho waved his hand calmly and went into the kitchen to make himself breakfast.
Naxia drank the magic replenishment potion with her head tilted back, and the next second she was back to full health as a worker. She rushed into the kitchen again: "I'm ready again, Manager, what should we do next?"
"Scrape off the charred bits of the pig's head, split it in half, and soak it in clean water," instructed Jiang You, who was busy writing down the list of marinade ingredients at the counter. "It needs to soak for an hour or two, and you need to change the water several times to get rid of the blood. In the meantime, let's prepare the marinade and braise the other items."
When returning from the Witch's Forest, Jiangyou also brought back a lot of marinade ingredients. Now that all the ingredients are complete, it is extremely simple to prepare them. Nasha only needs to weigh and prepare them one by one according to the list she just wrote down.
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