Chapter 1212 Specialty
It’s not that she has any discrimination against farming, it’s just that she is completely unfamiliar with it. Thinking of this, Ji Qingzhi couldn’t help but feel a headache.
Originally, Ji Qingzhi didn't plan to make braised food today, but because Jiang Wei gave her a deposit yesterday, she decided to make less. Since Jiang Wei would not come to pick it up until the afternoon, there was no rush. What she should think about now was the task that had just been issued.
Ji Qingzhi took Aunt Liu to the market to pick up the ingredients needed for today. These were all arranged by her boss last night. Today she brought Aunt Liu to get acquainted with the place, and then this matter could be handed over to her.
On the way there, Ji Qingzhi asked Aunt Liu about growing vegetables. Aunt Liu was a little surprised: "Boss, you want to grow your own vegetables?"
"Isn't there an empty space in the backyard? I was thinking of planting some green onions first." Ji Qingzhi's words were a little vague, but a voice in her heart told her that planting green onions was just the beginning.
"Scallions? That's easy. Just buy some onion seedlings and plant them at home." After Aunt Liu said this, she looked at her implicitly. That's good. She knows how to save costs.
"Buy the onion seedlings directly?" Ji Qingzhi's intuition told him that this would not work.
"This way the survival rate is high. If you buy seeds and sow them yourself, they may not necessarily sprout." Aunt Liu explained.
"Then let's try them all." Ji Qingzhi gritted his teeth. This was 800 points.
Aunt Liu took her to the alley behind the vegetable market, and as she led her inside, she explained, "The vegetables sold here are all grown by the farmers themselves, and we also have the green onion seedlings you asked for."
When Ji Qingzhi saw the onion seedlings, he was a little confused: "Isn't this just a green onion?" Or should I say, a younger version of a green onion.
"Yes, but they are still very tender now and the onion flavor is not strong enough. We can eat them directly after we go back and plant them until they grow bigger." The person selling the onion seedlings was an elderly man. He explained to Ji Qingzhi in a gentle voice.
Ji Qingzhi nodded when he heard that, and then bought enough to plant two rows. The onion seedlings were available, but the seeds were not sold nearby, so Ji Qingzhi placed an order online and they will arrive tomorrow.
On the way back, Aunt Liu reminded her to buy some fertilizer, but Ji Qingzhi refused. After all, the acceptance of the system has always been strict.
"Without fertilizer, it will grow very slowly." Aunt Liu was a little confused about her intention.
"It doesn't matter." Ji Qingzhi didn't care how fast it grew.
After returning to the courtyard, Ji Qingzhi first went to the restaurant in the front yard to prepare the braised food to be cooked today. She blanched the chicken feet, chicken wings, etc. to remove the fishy smell, then washed them with warm water and put them directly into the braising pot next to her. She added water to the braising liquid and a small amount of seasoning.
After doing all this, she went to the backyard carrying the newly bought onion seedlings. In order to plant them, she needed to turn the soil first. There was Lao Ji's tool shed in the backyard, so she went in and got a hoe.
Well, turning the soil is not an easy task. Ji Qingzhi followed the steps he had searched out and loosened the soil first. It took him an hour to finish all this.
After loosening the soil, she dug two small ditches, buried the root end of the onion seedlings in them, and then hooked the soil next to it to cover the roots.
The onion seedlings were planted like this. Ji Qingzhi went to get a water pipe to water them. At this time, a light screen suddenly appeared. Ji Qingzhi was a little surprised, and there was a little excitement in his surprise. Could it be that this was a success?
Her excitement did not last for two seconds, because the progress bar for planting green onions had reached zero. Instead, a stream pattern appeared next to it. Ji Qingzhi could not help but reach out and click on the stream pattern. Then she heard the sound of dripping water, and the water dripped into the well not far away.
Everything happened so fast that when Ji Qingzhi trotted to the well, it had returned to normal. She stood there at a loss for a moment. After a long time, she put the water pipe back to its original place and used well water to water the newly planted onions.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but the green onions seemed to become greener after watering. She subconsciously glanced at the progress bar on the screen, which was still at zero.
Ji Qingzhi lowered his eyes and tidied the water pipes. He re-understood the task and planted green onions. He thought he should start from seeds.
As soon as I came out of the vegetable garden in the backyard, I smelled the braised food coming from the kitchen. Calculating the time, it was ready to be served. Everyone likes the soft and glutinous texture of chicken feet.
There wasn't much braised food today, so one tray was enough. Just as he took the food out of the pot, he heard the sound of reward points. The 600 points came unexpectedly. Ji Qingzhi analyzed it carefully and found that the reward for braised food had nothing to do with the amount of braised food he made, but only with the number of times.
With the points, Ji Qingzhi felt that these braised dishes became more lovely. She divided out the ones reserved for Jiang Wei in advance, and asked Aunt Liu to put the rest in the glass cabinet.
For Chinese restaurants, there is basically no business in the morning, so Ji Qingzhi had some free time. As soon as she opened her mobile phone, she saw a push message about the variety show recorded by Song Panyan. She cursed in her heart, and then clicked the cross in the upper right corner to indicate that she was not interested.
Since the announcement of her withdrawal from the entertainment circle that day, Ji Qingzhi has not logged into the Dayan software again. This is extremely rare for her who loves surfing. She opened the software casually, and the notification sound in the background directly caused her phone to freeze.
Ji Qingzhi looked calm. After all, she had more haters than fans throughout the years. Every time she opened her account, she would receive a lot of abuse and questioning. For a moment, she was a little dazed. After more than half a month, she had forgotten how she had persisted before.
What she kept thinking was that she had accomplished what she had not completed that year. She should be very happy when she saw it, right? With this belief, she persisted for eight years, but the results were not satisfactory.
The notification sound of the private message in the background was still ringing, but Ji Qingzhi did not open the private message page, so she missed the fans' concern for her.
As usual, she scanned the trending searches. Among the top ten, Song Panyan occupied two of them. Perhaps the statement she issued last time frightened her, and the internet trolls she hired did not dare to drag her down again. Ji Qingzhi was very satisfied with this result.
She exited the Dayan software and sent a message to her former agent Yan Si, reminding her to pay her the balance of her salary for her previous film as agreed in the contract.
The reason why she didn't mention the remuneration before was because she was still within the contract period. Today was the last day of the contract, so naturally she had to take back everything that belonged to her.
Ji Qingzhi had just put down her phone when she saw Aunt Liu looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. She couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Liu, is there something wrong?"
"Boss, do you think we should put this outside?" Aunt Liu pointed to the glass cabinet for braised food. The one that Old Ji made originally was a movable one with wheels.
Aunt Liu’s idea was simple. The store was too quiet, and putting the braised food outside could attract some customers.
"No need, just leave it here." Ji Qingzhi understood what Aunt Liu meant, but she still refused.
"Okay." Aunt Liu sighed. It didn't matter. The boss didn't care about the business, so there was no point for her to worry.
The morning passed quickly. Ji Qingzhi glanced at the wall clock and saw that the hour hand was almost reaching twelve, so she went into the kitchen. Although only she and Aunt Liu would have lunch at noon, she still planned to cook two dishes and a soup.
Simple hot and sour cabbage and braised pork ribs, with a tomato egg soup. Hot and sour cabbage Ji Qingzhi doesn’t like to eat cabbage roots, only leaves, so she simply cut the whole cabbage in half and chose the leaf half.
Tear the leaves into small pieces with your hands, wash and drain them and set them aside. At the same time, prepare ginger, garlic, dried chili peppers and white vinegar.
At this time, the ribs in the pot have been boiled to produce blood foam. After skimming off the foam, take out the ribs, put them in warm water, wash them, and then drain them for later use.
The condiments such as onion, ginger and chili are already prepared. Heat the oil in a hot pan. When the oil is hot, put the condiments in and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add the bean curd and the spareribs. Stir-fry to remove the moisture from the ribs. When the surface of the ribs turns golden, add water to cover the ribs and start stewing.
While the ribs were absorbing the juice, Ji Qingzhi started to stir-fry the hot and sour cabbage in the pot on the left. According to Old Ji, the most important thing about this dish is the heat. If the heat is well controlled, the dish is basically 80% successful.
The firelight made Ji Qingzhi's cheeks flushed. After two days of practice, she was able to flip the wok more easily than before. While the hot and sour cabbage was being cooked, the braised spareribs in the next pot had also finished collecting their juices.
Before she could finish making the soup, a sneer came from outside: "Is this the place you were talking about?"
Ji Qingzhi frowned subconsciously. At this time, the voice sounded again: "Let's go. I want to see how delicious it is."
It was also at this time that Ji Qingzhi saw that the person speaking was a tall and thin boy, and following behind him were Xu Yu'an and Li Jian who had been to the store before.
Zhang Zhihai's questioning made Li Jian and Xu Yu'an a little unhappy. It was obviously he who wanted to come here, and he was the one who found fault when they got there. When Xu Yu'an looked up and wanted him to shut up, he happened to meet Ji Qingzhi's cold eyes.
Zhang Zhihai also saw Ji Qingzhi standing three meters in front of him, and then he winked at the two people beside him: "Isn't it possible that you are not interested in the bar?"
"Shut up." Li Jian couldn't help but scold.
"Did I get it right?" Zhang Zhihai looked very proud.
"What would you like to eat?" Aunt Liu, who had just gone to get the menu, asked at this time.
"Let's order the food first." After saying that, Xu Yu'an glanced at Zhang Zhihai, signaling him to shut up and stop talking nonsense.
Seeing this, Zhang Zhihai said lazily, "I understand. Let's order first." As he said that, he took the menu from Li Jian's hand.
While Zhang Zhihai was looking at the menu, Li Jian noticed the braised food in the glass cabinet over there. His eyes lit up: "Boss, I want a pound of braised food to take away later."
Aunt Liu beside her nodded and took note of it. However, Zhang Zhihai, who had been holding the menu, remained silent. Xu Yu'an was about to speak when he saw him looking at Ji Qingzhi frivolously: "The menus are all similar. Why don't you recommend a few for us, boss?"
"Zhang Zhihai, we are here to eat." Li Jian regretted bringing him here.
"Yes, I'm asking the boss to recommend her restaurant's special dishes to us, is there anything wrong with that?" Zhang Zhihai looked as if he was making a fuss.
"Then try my specialties, such as smashed cucumber and stir-fried pork head. Oh, and paper-wrapped chicken." Ji Qingzhi's tone was very gentle. Her eyes slowly moved across Zhang Zhihai as she spoke. Zhang Zhihai, who was being stared at by her, vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it for a moment.
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