Food: The super chef just wants to set up a stall leisurely

Chapter 166 Rainy Days, Good for Leisure and Pickling Vegetables

Another business day has ended, and a red exclamation mark appears above Xiaozhi's head again.

Zhao Xiaojing clicked on it with familiarity and saw another reminder.

[Important reminder: It is detected that there will be heavy rain accompanied by a sharp drop in temperature at 10 o'clock tomorrow. The number of prepared dishes will change. Please check in time. In addition, due to weather conditions, outdoor stall business cannot be operated. Please make corresponding preparations. 】

Heavy rain? Zhao Xiaojing opened her phone and checked the weather forecast. It showed that it would be sunny tomorrow, so she should be careful to protect herself from the sun.

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Zhao Xiaojing instantly doubted the inaccurate weather forecast and chose to trust the system.

The next morning, Zhao Xiaojing prepared the dishes according to the amounts that Xiaozhi had reduced. Thinking of the joke Su Yuchen had made yesterday, she bought 100 duck eggs from the egg vendor, and finally bought twenty cabbages in a row when she bought vegetables.

It’s raining today so I have nothing to do, so I’ll try pickling salted duck eggs and making some side dishes.

When paying the bill, Zhao Xiaojing saw some cabbage on the side and her heart was moved.

The last time I had dinner with Chen Huiping and her husband, Chen Huiping said that Wang Jiandang would eat the cold-mixed cabbage from the Guangdong restaurant whenever he drank. Zhao Xiaojing also found it crispy and refreshing, and said she wanted to learn how to make it.

After that, I renovated the store and opened it, and I forgot about it after so many days.

I'm free today anyway, and there won't be many customers due to the heavy rain, so it's a good opportunity to try all three dishes.

Zhao Xiaojing weighed five more cabbages and took them back.

Anyway, she had the virtual space to practice, so she didn't need to waste too much actual food. She could just keep five for herself and give one to Chen Huiping and her husband.

Because of this delay, I didn't get back to the store until nearly eight o'clock.

"I listened to you and put on more clothes today, but I almost got a heat stroke!" Su Yuchen complained as soon as he entered the kitchen. "Everyone else is wearing short sleeves, but I'm wearing a coat. Am I stupid? How can it be cooler today? Where did you believe this rumor?"

"I told you to bring a coat, but who told you to wear it now?" Zhao Xiaojing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I brought one myself, how could I harm you? It's better to believe it than not. I observed the swallows outside, and it's really going to rain and the temperature will drop. Just wait and see."

In the morning, Zhao Xiaojing checked the weather forecast on her mobile phone again. Today's weather forecast changed to cloudy again. After going out, Zhao Xiaojing paid special attention to the eaves of the old house where she rented a house. The spiders had already started to close their webs. When she looked again, she saw that the swallows were flying very low, so she had a better idea.

Animals that have lived in the wild for a long time are very sensitive, and there are many omens in nature. For example, when a spider pulls in its web, it means it is going to rain; when it weaves a web, it means the weather will clear up soon; when swallows, dragonflies and other birds fly low, it means it is going to rain; when frogs croak loudly, it means it is going to rain; and when fish float to the surface of the water in groups, it means it is going to rain.

And proverbs such as "When magpies call on branches, it will be sunny when you go out" and "When ants build nests, it will rain; when rainbows in the east, it will be sunny, when rainbows in the west, it will rain" are all summaries of the different habits of animals in different weather. So when you are not sure about the weather, just observe the animals.

By this time Su Yuchen had already cooked the porridge and left it to dry with the lid open. Zhao Xiaojing mixed the batter, cut some cabbage shreds and green onions, made six cabbage pancakes, and fried two sausages. Breakfast for both of them was ready.

Serve the porridge, remove the sausages from the pan, and then serve the pancakes.

The two of them sat opposite each other and finished a plain breakfast. Although it was very simple, they both felt very comfortable.

Before ten o'clock, the two people who were preparing food suddenly felt the light getting dim.

Zhao Xiaojing looked out the window and saw that the accumulated clouds suddenly became very thick, and the sky was dark, as if covered with a layer of dust.

"Is it really going to rain?" Su Yuchen said, hugging his arms.

It is now the end of October and we are about to enter November. Although there are a few days of autumn heat, the weather is not hot overall. The two of them did not turn on the air conditioner in the kitchen, but they began to feel a little cold.

"How can I lie to you? Go put on more clothes!" Zhao Xiaojing glared at Su Yuchen who was hugging his arms because of the cold. She washed her hands and went to the hall to get clothes. Su Yuchen followed behind her.

While the two were getting dressed, it started to rain lightly outside.

“No need to prepare the dishes. There won’t be many guests today. What we’ve cut just now is enough. You can play the guitar and I’ll take care of the rest.

By the way, send a message to Lu Hongwen and tell him that we won’t sell sugar water in the evening. He can’t sell it in this weather, so we don’t need to prepare it. ” Zhao Xiaojing closed the glass door and said while looking at the weather outside.

"Are you sure you don't want to be prepared? What if the rain stops later?" Su Yuchen also stood up, looking at the gray sky with some uncertainty.

"Sure, you finally have some free time, go practice the piano. I'll stew the beef and chicken. You've prepared enough for the rest, and I can cut it quickly when people come." After saying that, Zhao Xiaojing went into the kitchen.

The store opening hours are currently tight. After finishing their lunch break, the two start making sweet soup. After that, they have about an hour of free time before they start preparing dishes for the evening.

The two were too lazy to go home for an hour in between, and it was too late to go home at night, and it would be inconvenient for Su Yuchen to practice the piano since the neighbors were all asleep. After discussing it, the two decided to bring the guitar over, and Su Yuchen could practice in his free time after finishing his work at noon.

Zhao Xiaojing had just entered the kitchen when Su Yuchen followed her and poked her head out the door. "Mirror, I just talked to Lu Hongwen. He said that since he didn't have classes today, he came to help out. It's a good opportunity to get familiar with the place in advance."

"That's fine. He's also a person who can't sit still." Zhao Xiaojing shook her head and smiled.

After Su Yuchen finished speaking, he returned to the hall. Soon, vigorous and lively singing accompanied by the sound of guitar echoed in the store.

Zhao Xiaojing listened attentively for a while, unable to stop admiring in her heart. While thinking about hiring someone as soon as possible so that Su Yuchen could free up time to do his own things, she cut the cabbage in half, removed the roots, then tore fifteen cabbages into small thin slices by hand, and cut five into very thin strips using the shortcut module.

Zhao Xiaojing plans to make two side dishes today, one is sweet and sour cabbage slices kimchi, and the other is sour and spicy pickled cabbage shreds.

Kimchi is light in taste, sour and slightly sweet, and has a long shelf life. Pickled shredded cabbage is heavy in taste, sour and spicy, and has a shorter shelf life. Therefore, fifteen pieces of kimchi are used, while five pieces of shredded cabbage are used.

Although the small thin slices for making kimchi can be cut in one second using the quick module, I always feel that cabbage slices taste better when they are torn by hand, even when making kimchi.

In addition to preparing it as a morning side dish for easy consumption as mentioned yesterday, Zhao Xiaojing also planned to serve it as a self-service side dish in the store.

Although the portion of rice cooked by Zhao Xiaojing is already quite large, the customers in the restaurant have surprisingly large appetites and can finish a second plate of rice with a spoonful of soup each time.

Zhao Xiaojing thought that eating rice alone was too bland, so she thought adding some pickled vegetables would be cheap and could also add some flavor to the rice for the customers.

After processing all twenty cabbages separately, Zhao Xiaojing used the quick module to wash them in one second.