Xiao Chen was very satisfied with the shop's signboard. However, this satisfaction only lasted for a moment before it was shattered by the system's ridicule.
"Does that mean that all men are transformed from eels?”The system asked Xiao Chen seriously.
"If you don't understand the meme, don't use it casually.”Xiao Chen almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
The system seemed to have realized that it had said something wrong and chose to shut up and play dead.
Xiao Chen had also lost interest in appreciating the signboard. Now, whenever he saw the word " meal " on the signboard, he would always mistake the word " moon " for the word " fish ". No matter how he thought about it, the pot belonged to the system.
Back in the shop, Xiao Chen glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon. He figured that no one would come to eat, so he locked the door and walked toward the supermarket.
This time, Xiao Chen went to buy some ingredients and prepare Zhang Lingyan's dinner. He had no choice. Zhang Lingyan had given him too much money. To Xiao Chen, it was like she was paying him to give her special treatment.
Since the customer had spent money, she naturally had to try her best to satisfy him. Since she wanted to eat meat dishes, she would just buy something that was suitable for her. Anyway, it was just a convenience. She would be a bastard if she did not earn money.
The market in the afternoon was much quieter than in the morning. Many stalls were already empty. It was obvious that the shop owners had already gone back. However, there were still many stall owners playing with their phones, waiting for the wave of off-duty shopping in the evening.
This time, Xiao Chen didn't bargain, because the shop owners were very sensible. They knew that Xiao Chen was buying for the shop, and the price was very reasonable. One of the stalls even offered to help Xiao Chen deliver the vegetables for free, which made Xiao Chen very surprised.
After all, it was torture for him to carry the groceries back. He bought a lot of groceries every time.
Xiao Chen bought a little more because he had a car to pick him up. Other than the vegetables he could stock up on, he also bought more meat. He knew that the sales of meat and vegetables in the store would be much better than that of vegetables. He had to straighten out the relationship between supply and demand.
When the owner helped Xiao Chen move all the ingredients he had bought into the restaurant, Xiao Chen realized an awkward problem.
"F * ck, this fridge can't hold it.”
That was the first thing Xiao Chen said when he put the meat in the freezer. The freezer was too small.
"System, why is there a refrigerator in the kitchen of a restaurant and not a freezer?”Xiao Chen told the system about this illogical situation.
"Uh... Perhaps it was because the fridge didn't take up much space?”the system replied hesitantly.
Xiao Chen looked around the kitchen. Indeed, the 10-square-meter space couldn't fit a freezer. Steamers, cooking pots, stoves, and small stoves were arranged in a circle. He could find a place to put rice vats, water vats, and a refrigerator. He had already made full use of the remaining space.
"There's no other way. Let's use this soft flower to make smoked meat. Fortunately, there's an independent smoked meat rack here.”Xiao Chen sighed helplessly and took out the soft flowers from the fridge.
Xiao Chen cleaned up all the hair on the skin of the pork belly, then washed it with water. He put it into a basin, added salt, pepper, gourmet powder, scallions, ginger, and cooking wine, and then found a pot lid to cover the basin. He washed his hands and played with his phone while waiting for the time.
Half an hour later, Xiao Chen took out the soft five flowers that had been marinated for half an hour and placed them in a large pot. He added water and soy sauce, and boiled them over high heat. He skimmed off the foam floating on the surface of the pot. Seeing that it was almost ready, he directly turned to a low heat and simmered them.
Xiao Chen didn't pick out all the meat until it was almost 80% cooked. He drained the water, cut a hole in the half-cooked meat with a knife, and hung them on the rack.
Xiao Chen waited for the meat to cool down. He observed the marinated and stewed meat and made sure that it was fully seasoned. He covered the rack with a tarpaulin and lit the fruit wood provided by the system under the stove.
"There's a whole set of smoked meat equipment, but you can't even squeeze out space to install a freezer.”Leaning against the kitchen wall, Xiao Chen stared at the rack and complained.
“...”The system indicated that it didn't want to explain too much to Xiao Chen.
"Hey, is there anyone in the shop?" At this moment, a shout came from the dining room outside the kitchen. It sounded like a man.
Xiao Chen immediately walked out of the kitchen and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. It was only 4:30 p. m. Then he looked at the person who shouted and raised his eyebrows."Hu Ge?"
"Haha, you recognized me. Boss, is this new shop? I've never seen him before." It was Hu Ge from this parallel world, the capable actor who had used the role of Li Xiaoyao to instill the hearts of a generation of men in ancient costumes.
"It hasn't been open for two days. Are you also from the entertainment company opposite?”Xiao Chen nodded and asked casually.
"Yeah, I just came back from filming to deal with some things, but I didn't have lunch. I wanted to go back to the company cafeteria to eat a few bites, but I saw your new restaurant just as I reached the door, so I thought I'd come over and try it.”Hu Ge explained to Xiao Chen with a smile on his face. His tone was very calm, and there was no sign of arrogance at all.
Xiao Chen nodded. No matter which world Hu Ge was from, he had a good personality. He didn't think he was superior just because he was a celebrity. Xiao Chen had a good first impression of this world's Hu Ge.
"No problem, but it's a little expensive. You have to be mentally prepared.”Xiao Chen nodded.
"It's okay. The better restaurants around here are basically all at this price.”Hu Ge shrugged, indicating that he could understand.
Xiao Chen smiled and said,""You should have seen the blackboard at the door, right? Order whatever you want to eat."
"One serving of braised pork, one serving of hot and sour shredded potatoes, and two bowls of rice. By the way, boss, the rice is free, right?”Hu Ge said directly and joked with Xiao Chen.
"Of course, the rice is free, but I recommend you to wait for the red braised pork to be ready before eating. The gravy rice will definitely make your tongue fall off.”Xiao Chen waved his hand and went into the kitchen.
"Alright, I'll wait and see."
Hu Ge gave Xiao Chen an expectant look, then found an empty seat and sat down. He began to carefully observe the layout of the shop and was finally attracted by the Cherry Shrimp on the wall.
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I was going to come back at night to write, but my friend got paid today and insisted on dragging me out for dinner. I only came back now. I'm a little dizzy now, so I'll update first. I'm going to sleep. I'll make up for it tomorrow. Sorry.
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