Chapter 65 Butterfly Pea Ice Jelly
Si Li knew that there might be some future targeting and exclusion. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Wu You had acted like an elder who was doing her best for her, but how come he was now engaging in a roundabout business war? After counting the food for tomorrow with Meng Taotao, she went to bed early.
Thinking about the system tasks completed today, Si Li opened the system panel and checked the newly refreshed tasks.
【“Attack! Wanglaiju! (3)”: The host’s store is now on the right track. Please receive 10,000 customers cumulatively to increase the restaurant’s sales. Free distribution will not be included in the statistics.
Reward: 1 random 3-star recipe, Penalty: Deduction of 10,000 achievement points.
Current progress: 6457/10000. 】
[“Famous”: An excellent chef reserve. Based on the recognition of the diners, after the host’s efforts, the host has already gained some fame in the capital, but it is still a long way to become a chef. Please get the recognition of 1,000 people as soon as possible. (Note that the host already has the identity of a restaurant, and the recognition of this task is updated synchronously with the restaurant’s recognition.)
Reward: Special dish bonus x1, Achievement point package x1; Punishment: Deduction of one thousand taels of silver.
Current progress: 712/1000]
The gaps in the two tasks that require accumulation of quantities are not that big, and the part about receiving people is estimated to be completed soon. What gives Si Li a headache is the recognition task.
Now that Wanglaiju has promoted its ice jelly and milk tea, new customers come every day. But how to make them truly recognize the existence of the restaurant and like it is a big problem. The recognition of a restaurant is different from the recognition of dishes. Maybe someone likes a new dish, but it does not mean that he will continue to choose a restaurant in the future.
Wanglaiju has been famous for its novelty since its establishment, but no matter how novel it is, it is just a snack bar, and cannot be compared with the old shops that serve both Beijing Shandong cuisine and Jianghuai cuisine. If we really want to find a horizontal comparison, pastry shops like Guanji are more like peers. Fortunately, the catering industry does not pay attention to the barrel effect, and it is more common to do a good job in one point. Si Li does not intend to abandon its own advantages and become a home-style restaurant that does everything, so it needs to expand its advantages.
Fortunately, the colorful ice jelly has not been launched yet, and with the addition of the new snacks and several new Tang Zhanggui products, the recognition rate is estimated to not increase too slowly. In fact, the fastest way to leave an impression on people is to rely on system bonuses, but now the only bonus "a little smile" is enjoyed by customers who usually come to the store. If you didn't like Wanglaiju because of the bonus before, the probability of recognizing Wanglaiju in the future is probably not high.
Unfortunately, the system mall does not sell bonuses. Si Li opened the mall and received two mission rewards in a row. Now her achievement points are close to 3,000 points, but compared with the price of 5,000 points for a two-star recipe, this achievement point is not enough to make up for the difference.
Well, it’s confirmed. I’m still a poor guy who can’t afford to buy anything.
The moonlight outside the house was getting brighter and brighter. Si Li yawned, got up and poured a glass of water. Finally, she took a look at the tasting module. She thought it would still be pitch black, but she saw a bright starry sky.
The crescent moon in the starry sky and the round table under the moon are extremely exquisite.
Si Li subconsciously glanced out the window. The moonlight outside the window was exactly the same as the scene simulated by the system, giving people an absurd sense of time and space reversal. Which one is real and which one is fake, inside or outside the system?
Si Li was at a loss for only a moment, and secretly laughed at herself for overthinking. Unknowingly, the ten days of prohibition had passed, and the note that was there when she last looked at it had disappeared.
I still like the reward Si Li given by the tasting system very much. I stared at the starry sky projected in the tasting module for a while and fell asleep unknowingly.
When she woke up the next morning, she felt refreshed, as if she had not stayed up all night. While Meng Taotao and the others were still asleep, Si Li separated a piece of the ice jelly that had been refrigerated and solidified last night, mixed the sugar juice with osmanthus and taro balls, and the whole process was ready.
The light blue jelly with butterfly pea flowers added a little more mystery than usual. When put together in a white porcelain bowl, it shows a gorgeous blue-purple color. When the system prompt sounded successfully, Si Li put the jelly bowl into the tasting module. After waiting for a while, she saw that there was no movement on the other side. When she was about to close the interface, she suddenly saw that familiar pair of hands appeared in front of her.
"He" picked up the small bowl, and the image of his hand disappeared from the interface. Si Li was a little nervous. This time the recipe was a two-star recipe, and her cooking level had also improved. Logically, she should be given a D-level comment and some rewards, right?
And that note... Although she didn't know what kind of ridicule this senior would make this time, it was still a response, and Si Li had to admit that she was looking forward to it.
As time passed, the system prompt sounded.
[System: Dish level C. After being evaluated by the seniors, you have already taken a step on the road to becoming a chef god. Congratulations on receiving the recipe "Corn Pancake" given by the seniors. Please keep up the good work.]
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It turned out to be C-level. Si Li laughed unconsciously, caught the bowl that jumped out from the translucent interface, and waited for a while, but no new note appeared.
What's going on?
Si Li called the system twice, but the system did not respond. So the note and the system were two separate parts? Si Li did not quite understand the meaning of this setting. In the program she was running, such behavior was completely redundant. Or was it because the last time she wrote about homesickness, the system's logic could not understand it?
"Shopkeeper?" Meng Taotao's sleepy voice rang out from behind. Si Li shook off her doubts, poked her head out of the window and greeted her. "The blue ice powder is quite effective. I'm going to cook Roselle flowers. Do you want to share a cup?"
"No need." Meng Taotao took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. "Do you really want to hang this up?" On the paper was written "Newly made blue and red ice powder is cold in nature. For your health, please eat less."
Si Li took a look and said, "Yeah."
The colorful ice jelly is made from butterfly pea flowers and roselle. Although both flowers have their own nutritional value, they are both cold in nature. Although Si Li knows that the buyers of such beautiful ice jelly are mostly girls and women, she doesn't want to hurt anyone. Cold food is actually very harmful to pregnant women and girls with cold bodies. In the environment of Daning, where offspring are valued and miscarriage may result in two deaths, it is a bit embarrassing to write it out, but it is better than being troubled by others if something goes wrong.
The guests who waited in front of Wanglaiju in the morning soon saw the newly released colorful ice jelly. One bowl was as red as clouds, and another was as blue as the sky, dotted with osmanthus flowers. It looked like a beautiful dream.
Meng Taotao stood guard in front of the stall with the paper. Thinking of Si Li's instructions, as an unmarried girl, her face turned red when she talked about pregnancy, but she still calmly turned away the customer who wanted to buy blue ice jelly and explained, "Thank you all for your support. The red and blue ice jelly can clear away heat and detoxify, nourish the skin and moisturize. It is a rare delicacy. However, due to the cold ingredients, it is only sold with ginger candy flavored colorless ice jelly. At the same time, it is not recommended for customers with spleen and stomach deficiency and pregnant customers to buy. Please understand."
"Hey."
After hearing her straightforward reminder, the young men in the team laughed and said, "If you don't want to buy it, then don't buy it. It's a bargain for us."
You guys didn't buy the colorless ice jelly that I usually buy. Meng Taotao suppressed his thoughts and said apologetically to the girl standing at the front of the line, "Eating cold food is harmful to your health. I'm sorry that I can't sell more."
The girl's face flushed red, and she looked around randomly, and said in a mosquito-like voice, "Then, then please give me a portion of colorless ice jelly."
"Okay, what flavor do you want?"
Meng Taotao soothed the girl with gentle words, and Si Li felt much more at ease standing in the lobby. Fortunately, ice jelly is an expensive food, and most of the servants who come to buy it or the diners who come in person can read. After explaining it once, they put a piece of paper on the cloth price list, so Meng Taotao didn't have to stand there and repeat it.
Although the harmful effects of red and blue ice jelly have been explained, there are always people who can't help but ask the price and pay for it. In the afternoon, Xiao Qigang brought the barley milk tea that Manager Tang had just made into the dormitory, and saw An Yao mysteriously opened the familiar bamboo tube and poured the food in the tube into a thin jade plate.
Light blue ice powder flowed on the light-colored jade dish, and the osmanthus flowers spread out like stars in the sky, which was extremely beautiful. The classmates sitting nearby pretending to do something else but actually watching quietly exclaimed "Wow" one by one.
There is no other reason, it is just too beautiful. People can hardly resist beautiful things.
Xiao Qi glanced at Si Tang, who was sitting in front of her without moving but with a gloomy face, and raised the corners of her lips. The small group in the academy, led by Si Tang and with Liu Wuling as the most impulsive member, disappeared quietly after the two of them did not appear for a long time. An Yao had obviously heard about what Liu Wuling and Si Tang had done. Lin Ying, who used to follow Si Tang, surrounded An Yao, and she was the one who exclaimed the loudest just now.
Seeing Si Tang unhappy, she was happy. Xiao Qi took two steps forward, intentionally showing her goodwill, "An Yao, when did you go to Wanglaiju? The red and blue ice powder is cold in nature, so eat less."
Xiao Qi has always been a loyal customer of Wanglaiju. Ever since she invested some money in Wanglaiju, she feels like she lives there. If it weren't for the limited variety of food in Wanglaiju, she could have had three meals a day there.
The ladies of Qunying Academy were also used to the new and strange things that Xiao Qi often had. Needless to say, they all came from Wanglaiju. Whenever Xiao Qi brought something to them, almost everyone would have one the next day. Some people once thought Wanglaiju was a small shop and did not buy anything from it. But the next day, they could not help wanting to drink it after smelling it. When she sent someone to buy it after class, they heard that it was sold out. They regretted it.
But there are always cliques in the academy. After Si Tang and Liu Weiling's clique suddenly dissipated, their dislike for Xiao Qi would not disappear in a day or two. An Yao glanced at her and said meaningfully, "Miss Xiao is tired of eating this, why don't you let others eat it?"
"...Good intentions are not rewarded, whether you want to listen or not." Xiao Qi rolled her eyes and simply ignored her.
Some of the girls in the dormitory went to the dormitory and some did not. They all had their own opinions on the dispute between the two. Some said that Xiao Qi was unhappy because she hadn't shown it to others to surprise them, but An Yao got it first. Some said that Xiao Qi was kind enough to give advice. But no matter what, the focus was on An Yao and Xiao Qi.
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The author has something to say:
Butterfly pea flowers are blue, and Roselle flowers are red. Boil them in water and then use the water to make ice jelly.