Chapter 2 Into the Kitchen
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It didn't take long for Zhou Chen to make a bowl of egg drop porridge and bring it to the table.
"Huh?"
Chef Niu didn't expect that Zhou Chen could really do it well, although this bowl of egg drop porridge is simple, it looks really good.
The white porridge and yellow eggs were kneaded together very evenly, and some green onions were sprinkled on top, which was fragrant and immediately aroused his appetite.
After taking a bite with a spoon, Chef Niu nodded, looked at Zhou Chen and said, "It tastes good, you can help me start today." ”
"Thank you Niu Lao, I will definitely do a good job!"
Zhou Chen said with a happy expression on his face.
"Hmm. ”
Cook Niu continued to eat the egg drop porridge, then turned to one of the two apprentices and said, "Aru, you will take over the work of the second tiger in the future." ”
"What?"
The young man who was named screamed and took over Chen Erhu's job, isn't that the night pot?
He was bought into the inn six years ago, and from the beginning he was in charge of the dirtiest and most menial job. After working for more than three years, it was only when the shopkeeper bought a batch of new people to come in that he got rid of the position that made him unable to hold his head up.
I thought that I could learn a skill by following the cow chef in the kitchen, but I didn't think that after more than three years, I only learned some leftovers, and the kung fu of washing dishes and cutting vegetables was good. Big dishes or hard dishes, he didn't have a chance to get started at all.
Although I have secretly seen the practice of the cow cook, cooking depends on practice. Where would the inn be so generous and let him try his hand with valuable ingredients?
Until now, he could only promise to stir-fry some simple side dishes. But Zhou Chen used a bowl of egg drop porridge to compare him, and forced him back to the position of pouring the night pot. He will never be convinced.
Thinking of this, he became more and more unconvinced, in order not to return to that dirty post, he stubbornly bumped into the cow cook: "Niu Lao, this kid wants to win me with a bowl of egg porridge, I don't accept it!"
Aside from him, the other apprentice was usually harder than him, so he wouldn't be stupid enough to say, "Why am I and not him?" stupid.
In short, he was targeting Zhou Chen, and he didn't think that Chen Erhu, who usually looked stupid, really had that ability.
"You're not convinced?"
Cook Niu's face darkened, where did he need an apprentice to be convinced? No matter how much he didn't obey, it was useless, his words were the rules.
However, Chef Niu's physical condition has declined in the past two years, he looks old, and his temper is not so hot, so he pushed the half-bowl of egg drop porridge in front of Aru and said, "Taste it yourself, if you can make a better porridge than this, then I will keep you." ”
"Good!"
Aru picked up the bowl and took a few sips directly.
Then, his complexion changed, his expression was depressed, he didn't say a word, just glared at Zhou Chen indignantly, and just stood there motionless.
"Alright, don't stand still, get to work. ”
Chef Niu glanced at Aru, then slapped his big hand and greeted: "There are still customers waiting for breakfast in the store, you hurry up." ”
Hearing his order, Aru and the other apprentice, as well as Zhou Chen, began to get busy.
This time, Zhou Chen directly grabbed the dominant position among the three and was responsible for the work of stir-frying side dishes. The other two can only make white steamed buns and boil white porridge.
The cow chef saw all this in his eyes and was still quite satisfied.
The Chen Erhu in front of him suddenly showed his hand, which showed that he was not as dull as he appeared to be, but a little cautious. This is in line with the standard of the cow chef's art, and no one wants to accept a stupid apprentice.
As for why Chen Erhu was able to suddenly show this ability, Chef Niu thought that he had learned it secretly when he was helping in the kitchen. Stealing can do better than the other two, so naturally Chef Niu will take a look at it.
Chef Niu is not a good person, he used to be a gangster, otherwise he would not have followed the shopkeeper to open a black shop.
However, before he became a bandit, he was the cook of a serious restaurant.
Later, he became a bandit and learned some kung fu at the same time, but what he valued most was his cooking skills.
In the past two years, he knew that his health was not as good as before, so he wanted to pass on this cooking skill, he had always been dissatisfied with Aru and another apprentice, and now Chen Erhu, who was younger and had a better talent for cooking, jumped out, so he naturally chose the latter.
And Zhou Chen, he has long seen the psychology of the cow cook, which is why he is like this today.
Although this black shop is under the complete control of the shopkeeper, only the kitchen is the final say of Chef Niu, and only Chef Niu is here, Zhou Chen can rely on a small skill in exchange for the improvement of his identity. At least you don't have to pour a night pot.
Speaking of Zhou Chen's cooking skills, it is actually not as good as that, but it will never be bad.
When he worked on Earth, he lived alone and fed his own food. In the world of "Demon Pet Contract", he has never treated himself badly. Especially in the first few years in Qingshi Island, he cooked by himself almost every day, and also changed his tricks to make various dishes, refusing to go back to his home for Xiaomei's food, and went to him every day to eat.
Under this kind of accumulation, although Zhou Chen has not deliberately practiced his cooking skills, he definitely wants to get rid of Alu's apprentice level for several streets.
The next day, Aru was sent to take over Zhou Chen's job.
When he began to really get started doing this dirty work, his hatred for Zhou Chen became more and more irrepressible.
He decided to teach Zhou Chen a lesson.
In the Zephyr Inn, excluding the shopkeeper, the cow cook, and the bookkeeper, there are only seven men left.
Aru and the other two were bought by the shopkeeper at the same time, and Zhou Chen and the other four were the later batch.
Of the three of the former, Aru and the other learned to cook with Cook Niu, and the remaining one was apprenticed to Mr. Tent and was named Dalong.
What made Aru's eyes red was that not long after Dalong followed Mr. Bookkeeper, the gap opened up with them.
Dalong began to get rich, he actually had a monthly money, and he could learn to calculate accounts and read from Mr. Bookkeeper.
Even fools can see that Dalong has been cultivated as a backbone. With them, the little guys who work for nothing and have no money to get are no longer on the same level.
Aru just wanted to ask Dalong for help, in addition to teaching Zhou Chen a lesson, it was best to help him talk in front of Mr. Bookkeeper, and persuade Cook Niu to change his mind and let him go back to work in the kitchen through this floor.
However, what made him dumbfounded was that Dalong actually rejected him, and he didn't remember the old love of suffering together.
He just asked him to teach Chen Erhu a lesson, but he actually refused? Aru couldn't figure it out.
Dalong understands very well, Chen Erhu seems to have been taken by Chef Niu and wants to become his own person, and there is only one opportunity missing.
What is your own person?
Their inn is a black shop, and of course their own people are doing black work together.
There are a total of ten people in the inn, and at present, only the shopkeeper, the cow cook, the bookkeeper, and Dalong are considered their own people. The other six guys have been left out all the time, and they have no idea the inside story of the inn.
After all, doing this kind of black work must require kung fu, and if you recruit a person to come in, you have to teach him martial arts.
The shopkeeper has no meaning of passing on the art at all.
The bookkeeper took a fancy to Dalong's cleverness, accepted him as an apprentice, and taught him all his skills. Including literacy, accounting, and a martial art called "Four Hands Fist".
Chef Niu didn't mean this in the first two years, and then he was injured in a black job, and although he recovered on the surface, he still left hidden dangers. His body gradually failed, so he also thought about finding a successor.
At present, it seems that Chen Erhu is most likely to be favored by Chef Niu and then become his own person.
Dalong will definitely not target Chen Erhu at this time, just waiting for the latter to pass the test.
Of course, Zhou Chen didn't know that Aru had gone to Dalong, since he actually entered the kitchen, his daily life was much more comfortable than before.
The most obvious is the aspect of eating.
He was close to the water, secretly took a little and ate a little, and basically no one noticed, and even if he found out, he wouldn't say anything.
There has been a little improvement in diet, and the benefits to Zhou Chen are great, his body is only thirteen years old, and it is the time to grow his body, and if he eats more, he will naturally grow better.
In addition, he secretly practices Yang's killing boxing every day, and the consumption of his body is not small, so naturally the more he eats, the better.
At night, Zhou Chen sat on his bed, practicing Yang's core killing skills.
In the room where he slept, there were four beds and four guys, of course, it was impossible for him to really go down to the ground to punch, such a movement was too big, and someone would definitely find out.
Fortunately, Zhou Chen didn't have to box, he just needed to sit quietly on the bed like now, and then start practicing his power skills.
His limbs fluttered at the same time, and then he increased the frequency of the tremors little by little.
With his current physique, he will definitely not be able to do what he did when he was in "Demon Pet Contract", but he still has a lot of power bonuses when he uses it, and if he combines it with a sharp weapon, he is confident that he will cause heavy damage to those who underestimate him.
"Unfortunately, it's not enough. ”
Zhou Chen stopped practicing, the consumption of Yang's killing boxing was too great, and his current body couldn't last long at all.
More than a month of physical exercise did work, but it wasn't enough.
The recent slight improvement in food has only played a drop in the bucket.
"Let's hope the opportunity will come soon. ”
Zhou Chen is waiting, he is waiting for the next time the inn does black work, if he can be called, he can be regarded as his own person, and then his treatment will be much better.
As for the test or the vote, it was not a problem for Zhou Chen at all.
The other guys didn't know that the inn was a black shop, and if they suddenly encountered a test, they might have made the wrong choice and be killed.
Zhou Chen had already judged it through subtle observations, and he had already figured it out in his heart. Besides, even if he didn't have a bottom, he couldn't react dizzily.
He just hoped that the opportunity would come soon. (To be continued.) )