Chapter 9: Both Faces Shocked
The light screen and the red cross disappeared together. Ji Qingzhi stared at the unfinished product in front of him in a daze, so which link went wrong?
"Didn't anyone teach you that the order in which the ingredients are placed is the most important?" The familiar voice came again. Compared to the previous seriousness, this time his voice was full of anger.
"Ancestor, is there an order for releasing the materials?" Ji Qingzhi asked carefully. She really didn't know that there was an order for this.
"Of course. Spices are divided into main, secondary and auxiliary spices. If they are put in a different order, the taste will be different. And the most important thing is, what kind of water did you add just now?" Ji Qingzhi felt that the ancestor's angry voice in her mind was almost reaching the top of her head.
Ji Qingzhi thought for a moment and said, "I just added tap water."
There are two faucets in the kitchen, one is for well water and the other is for tap water. Ji Qingzhi just added tap water.
"Water quality will also affect the taste. Don't you know how much random stuff you added to the water?" It can be heard that the old ancestor dislikes tap water.
"Okay, I understand. Then how should the spices be arranged in order?" Ji Qingzhi asked humbly. She didn't expect that there was so much knowledge in the braised food she often ate.
"So stupid." The old ancestor's tone was full of disgust, and then he changed the subject and talked to her about the principle of spices as the monarch, ministers, and assistants.
Ji Qingzhi lowered his eyes and chuckled. The little old man who said one thing but acted honestly was quite cute.
After the old ancestor's explanation, Ji Qingzhi quickly understood the order in which the spices should appear, so he cleaned up the semi-finished products in the pot and began to prepare for the next round.
In the boys' dormitory, Yang Li lost the game because of the last duck foot. Facing the bombardment from his teammates, he didn't care too much. He just continued to suck on the duck foot bone, then looked up at Li Jian and Zhou Jun: "Damn, this is such a delicious thing, why don't you buy more?"
"Who was it yesterday who complained that braised food was unpalatable and unhealthy?" Zhou Jun snorted.
"Isn't it true that last night's meal was expensive and unpalatable?" Yang Li said as he took another bite of bone. He was reluctant to throw it away.
"Then you've finished eating too?" Xu Yu'an next to him added.
"Isn't that a reminder for myself and you not to be blamed next time?" Yang Li explained.
"Well, we bought one pound, which is not too much." Li Jian did not expect that the braised food would be so popular, and in his opinion, one pound was already a lot.
"How can it be a lot? I only ate one." Yang Li said as he threw away the bone from his mouth.
"So where did you buy it? Do you remember the name of the store? Let's order takeout." Xu Yu'an suggested.
"The name?" Li Jian scratched his head. They went there just for the smell and didn't pay attention to the name of the store at all.
"Do you still remember?" The two looked at Zhou Jun with some anticipation.
"I didn't notice it either." Zhou Jun shook his head. When they went in, they were only concerned about the smell. When they came out, he was so embarrassed that he didn't even remember to look at the name of the store.
"Then let's go buy it now?" Yang Li looked eager.
"It takes an hour to ride a bike, and two hours to go there and back." Zhou Jun tried to scare them off, but he was caught taking pictures secretly, which was really embarrassing.
"It's just two hours, isn't it? No problem." Yang Li said nonchalantly.
"Damn, you don't want to play games anymore?" This time it was the other three who were shocked.
"It doesn't matter a little more. Just buy it and continue later." Yang Li said it calmly. In fact, only he knew the feeling of being tempted but not being able to eat. It was really uncomfortable.
"I think so too. It's only two hours. Didn't you just say that the girl was very pretty?" Xu Yu'an's biggest hobby is photography, so he likes all beautiful things.
"You guys go ahead. I'm too tired from riding and want to take a nap." Zhou Jun made up an excuse.
"Why are you sleeping? You must be embarrassed. The young lady didn't say anything to you at that time, which proves that she didn't care. Why think so much!" Li Jian patted his shoulder, signaling him not to be nervous.
"Let's go. It's past ten o'clock now. We can have lunch there before coming back. Her braised food is pretty good, and her other dishes should be good too." Li Jian continued to instigate.
"Then let me make a deal first. You can't take secret photos anymore when we get there." Zhou Jun said as he looked at Xu Yu'an and Yang Li, giving them an advance warning.
"Don't worry, I've never taken pictures of others without their permission." Xu Yu'an was holding his camera while speaking.
"Okay, let's go." Yang Li urged.
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Ji Qingzhi followed the old ancestor's method and fried the ingredients smoothly and then added water. After the water boiled, she turned to low heat and continued to simmer the ingredients. She glanced at the remaining braised food in the first pot. Since it was a failed product, she might as well give it to the neighbors.
At this moment, Nie Yuanyuan, who had seen the message, came over to get the stewed food. She was holding a bag of green vegetables in her hand. "Sister Qingzhi, this is what my grandma asked me to give you. She grew it herself."
After retiring, Grandma Nie opened up a vegetable garden in her backyard. At first, she just wanted to kill time, but later her crops grew better and better.
"Thank Grandma Nie for me. The stew is not spicy this time. Grandpa Nie and the others can try it." Ji Qingzhi said as he added a few chicken wings to the lunch box.
"It smells so good, thank you Sister Qingzhi." Nie Yuanyuan nodded hurriedly, but her eyes never left the lunch box in her hand. It looked really delicious.
"What you smell now is the fragrance of the brine. I'm making new brine." Ji Qingzhi said and pointed to the kitchen behind him.
"Sister Qingzhi, you are so awesome." Nie Yuanyuan's praise was sincere. At first everyone thought Ji Qingzhi was joking. Even yesterday's boiled beef did not leave Nie Yuanyuan with as deep an impression as she does now.
"Really?" Ji Qingzhi had a smile on her face. She thought that the one who was powerful was not her, but the ancestor of her Ji family.
"Of course." Nie Yuanyuan nodded. Now she declared that she was the most powerful person she knew.
"By the way, Yuanyuan, do you know the family of three living at Uncle Wu's B&B? Their daughter is called Mengmeng." As the source of his current 300 points, Ji Qingzhi planned to give them a small reward.
"I don't know?" Nie Yuanyuan spent most of her time at home playing with her phone and watching TV. When she came out, she was perfectly separated from Huang Jing and her family of three.
"That's okay, you can go back first." Ji Qingzhi suddenly thought about the possibility of building a customer base. Soon, this decision was rejected by himself. Forget it, it's better to have less trouble than more.
"Then I'll go back first. Thank you, Sister Qingzhi." Nie Yuanyuan said and waved the lunch box in her hand towards her.
"Go ahead." Ji Qingzhi waved at her, and then started to put braised food into other lunch boxes.
Before serving the marinated food, Ji Qingzhi took a look at the marinade in the pot. It had not yet reached the bright red color that the ancestor had said, so it seemed that it needed to continue simmering.
Ji Qingzhi took the lunch box to Uncle Wu's house first. In addition to the one for them, she also asked Uncle Wu to pass one box to Zhang Shuai and Huang Jing later: "They ordered it yesterday, but it's a pity that I only made it today."
"Okay, I'll give it to them later. Look at you giving us all these. It's such a waste." Aunt Wu glared at her.
"Aunt Wu, my dad has benefited greatly from everyone's support over the years, and everyone has kept their mouth shut about my affairs. I should be more grateful." Some black fans dug up some negative information about her on Boulevard Linyin Road, and many people came to try to confirm her various negative information from her "relatives and friends", but everyone on Boulevard Linyin Road was very friendly and never answered those questions.
"Child, we have watched you grow up, how could we not know what kind of person you are?" Aunt Wu also just found out about her retirement from the entertainment industry, and she felt sorry for her. In her opinion, being able to appear on TV and act in TV dramas was a great thing, and it was a pity that she retired like this.
Ji Qingzhi curled the corners of her lips, thanked Aunt Wu again, and went to the next family. She didn't braise much in the first pot, so the others just tasted it. She thought that hearing them say that it tasted the same as what Old Ji had made before, would be the best compliment to her.
When Ji Qingzhi came back from delivering the braised food, she found that there were a few more young people in the store, two of whom were the two who came to buy braised food in the morning. She glanced at the camera hanging around Xu Yu'an's neck and couldn't help raising her eyebrows. Could they really be her black fans?
"Boss, they are here to buy braised food." Although Ji Qingzhi kept asking Aunt Liu to call her by her name, Aunt Liu still knew her limits. The two guys who came in the morning obviously looked at the boss differently, so she had to use her identity to "scare them away."
As soon as Aunt Liu uttered the word "boss", Xu Yu'an and Yang Li looked at Li Jian and Zhou Jun, asking them with their eyes, wasn't it said that the young lady was also a student? How did you suddenly become the boss?
Li Jian and Zhou Jun were also confused, they didn't know either.
"The braised food from this morning is gone. The next pot will be in the afternoon." Ji Qingzhi did not refuse the business that came to her door. She did not want the food that was braised in the afternoon to be stored overnight.
"It's okay, we can wait." Yang Li spoke first. Just kidding, since we are here, of course we have to wait.
"Yes, we can wait." Xu Yu'an's eyes fell on Ji Qingzhi's face as he spoke. He thought, those two guys at least told one truth, which is that this young lady is really pretty.
Ji Qingzhi curled the corners of her lips. It seemed that this group of black fans were really persistent. Then she felt the gaze falling on her face. She subconsciously wanted to frown, but she quickly realized that the gaze falling on her was pure admiration and gave up.
Since they are willing to wait, then let them wait. She should also go and see how the marinade is being prepared.
"Do we really have to wait that long?" It was Zhou Jun who spoke. Ji Qingzhi hadn't even glanced at him from beginning to end, but he just felt uncomfortable.
"Now that we are here, it would be a shame not to buy anything." Yang Li continued to quote one of the four famous Chinese sayings.
"That's right. It's almost noon. Let's have a meal." Li Jian said as he sat down first.
"Yes, let's eat first." Yang Li touched his stomach. The fried noodles he had eaten in the morning had been consumed during the one-hour bike ride.
Aunt Liu next to them handed out the menu at the right time and asked them to order. The menu passed through the hands of the four people and they quickly ordered four dishes: braised pork, twice-cooked pork, shredded pork with fish flavor, and stir-fried liver and kidney.
Ji Qingzhi couldn't help laughing when staring at the names of the four dishes. What a youth that makes people yearn for. To be honest, because of her acting career, she didn't get to experience her college life well. Looking at their carefree appearance, she felt a little envious.
The camera on Xu Yu'an's chest just now made her think that they were black fans, but his eyes just now made Ji Qingzhi sure that they were not black fans, and they were probably students from a nearby university.
Well, Ji Qingzhi felt even happier after realizing that they came back again because of the braised food.
She glanced at the marinade in the pot. Well, in another hour it should be able to reach the quality that the ancestor had mentioned. She should just prepare the dishes now.
When Ji Qingzhi renovated the kitchen this time, he replaced one wall with a transparent glass sliding door so that diners outside could see some scenes in the kitchen through the front hall.
On this side, Xu Yu'an was still thinking about how to tell Ji Qingzhi that he wanted to take photos. It was embarrassing to say that ever since he became interested in photography, he didn't think it was a big deal to chat up so many people, but when he looked into Ji Qingzhi's eyes just now, he actually felt fear for the first time.
Zhou Jun has been pretending to be a quail since he came in, while Yang Li opened the mobile game as if he was familiar with the place, planning to have another dish before dinner. Li Jian stared at the menu and studied it. Zhou Jun, who was originally pretending to be a quail, started to look blank as soon as Ji Qingzhi left, until he saw the familiar figure in the kitchen through the glass. The only difference from before was probably the chef's hat on his head.
"Damn." Zhou Jun exclaimed.
"Why are you making such a fuss?" Yang Li, who was playing games, gave him a dissatisfied look.
"No, look over there in the kitchen." Zhou Jun's tongue almost got tied as he watched Ji Qingzhi's quick movements.
"What?" Li Jian and Xu Yu'an looked over and saw Ji Qingzhi in the kitchen also looked shocked.
"So the beautiful lady you are talking about is not only the boss but also the chef herself?" Xu Yu'an's tone was full of shock.
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