"Report, Cooking Cafeteria Recruits report for duty." After Ling Xia and the four of them came to the cooking cafeteria, the first thing they did was to report to the cooking chief.

The chief cook's name is Yang Lucai, a man with a half-bald head, forty years old, and a medium build, after sending away the commander's personal soldiers, Yang Lucai looked at Ling Xia and the four of them: "Well, I have already read the information of the four of you, yes, they are all materials for cooking."

According to the rules of the barracks, recruits are to serve in the barracks for one year after enlistment, and after one year, according to their respective performance, they are selected and used by the commanders of the regiment.

Our canteen is the exclusive canteen of the 700th team, responsible for the three meals of more than 100 people in the team, in our team, there are a total of six commanders, namely the grain and grass man, the fifth captain, Bi Ma Wen, the tenth captain, the material order, and the highest position centurion.

Because the battle guard army in our province is not a reorganized army, there is some lack in the establishment, for example, there should be ten commanders, but in order to save military salaries, the establishment has been reduced, and only two ten commanders have been set up.

As for the non-mainstream official positions such as the fifth captain, there is not even a set up in the team, of course, this also has benefits, that is, it is easy to be promoted, as long as you can make contributions to the army, the superiors will reward you, the team will hold exercises and competitions every month, and our cooking canteen also has opponents, that is, the canteens of other battalions.

At the end of every month, there will be a cooking competition in the ten canteens in the camp of the 1000 people, and we have already lost eight games in a row, because we lost so badly, so I drove all the previous chefs away, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to come to the cafeteria.

We are not the main force of the battle, so you don't have to go to the camp to train, you just need to cook the meal, but you have to remember that except for the five commanders, the rest of the soldiers come to the canteen to eat, and all of them will be deducted two spoonfuls, which can save us some money. ”

In an official tone, Yang Lucai led the four of Ling Xia to the back kitchen of the camp's canteen, which is a kitchen composed of two suites, the outer room is responsible for stir-frying, the inner room is responsible for noodles, and there are two houses next to it, which are dormitories.

Next to the kitchen was a hall with rows of wooden tables and chairs, where the soldiers ate, and in the middle of the hall, there were two separate small tables, apparently for centurions and other commanders.

When you enter the back kitchen, you will be greeted by jars of white noodles, millet, and rice. There are baskets of vegetables stacked on the board, two large pork fans hanging in the ventilation area of the window, and two large vats in the corner of the door, in which water is stored.

When Ling Xia and the others were observing the kitchen and ingredients, Yang Lucai pointed to the rice noodles and green vegetables and said: "The soldiers' food is also rationed, and there are three kinds of breakfast, namely a bowl of millet porridge, two steamed buns, and a pickle.

At noon, there are four things, namely three steamed buns, a vegetarian dish, a meat dish, and a bowl of vegetable soup. Dinner was two, one steamed bun and two bowls of rice porridge. These are the usual standard pairings, but at the end of the month, the meal is a tooth festival and a stew at noon and evening. ”

Introduced here, Yang Lucai asked a few people who can cook? As a result, the three girls, Liu Piaoyi, Shangguan Hui, and Qu Qinshi, all shook their heads in embarrassment, and at this time, Ling Xia raised his hand cowardly: "I will." ”

"Will you?" Glancing at Ling Xia with surprise on his face, Yang Lucai made it on the stool, pointed to the ingredients in the room and said: "You can use these things casually, make two specialty dishes and try them, if the craftsmanship is good, I will make you the chef in charge." ”

Although I didn't know what the benefits of being in charge of the chef were, seeing that Yang Lucai said it so solemnly, Ling Xia responded without saying a word, walked to the board, chose two carrots, fresh bamboo shoots, shredded potatoes, and a piece of red meat, and then got busy.

After preparing the ingredients, Ling Xia looked at the condiments next to the stove, and then found two cucumbers, a handful of black fungus, four eggs, and evenly fat and thin slices of pork belly.

After a while, Ling Xia brought two plates of fried dishes to Yang Lucai, and invited him and the three girls to taste them, looking at the two dishes in front of him, Yang Lucai asked suspiciously: "What kind of dish is this?" How come I haven't seen it before? ”

"It's fish-flavored shredded pork and mushu meat, which we often make in the canteen there." After finishing speaking, Ling Xia remembered that this was ancient times, and at this time, there were no fish-flavored shredded meat and mushu meat on the table.

"Fish-flavored shredded pork? Mushu meat? Tentatively took a mouthful of fish-flavored shredded meat and put it in his mouth, chewed a few bites gently, Yang Lucai's face suddenly changed, and then, he couldn't wait to taste the mushu meat, after eating, he looked at Ling Xia with a look of surprise, raised his thumbs with both hands, and praised again and again: "It's so delicious, come, you three can taste it too." ”

When Liu Piaoyi, Shangguan Hui, and Qu Qinshi tasted the dishes made by Ling Xia, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they looked at Ling Xia with a look of surprise, and they were full of praise for these two dishes, praising them as the best dishes they had ever eaten.

After eating the dishes on the plate, Yang Lucai announced that Ling Xia was the big boss, and the big boss was only responsible for stir-frying and cooking, and he didn't have to do anything after cooking, he didn't have to clean up, he didn't need to choose vegetables and wash vegetables, and he didn't need to brush pots and wash dishes.

In addition to not having to do chores in the canteen, the big boss also enjoys the treatment of formal military service, with a monthly salary of ten copper coins, and the most important point, the big boss can eat and drink wine with the chief cooker, and do not need to eat work meals from the stove.

After arranging Ling Xia's work, Yang Lucai assigned work to Liu Piaoyi and the three of them, Liu Piaoyi was responsible for cleaning, Shangguan Hui was responsible for selecting and washing vegetables, and Qu Qinshi was responsible for cooking and cooking.

He told Yang Lucai that the canteen was a collective, and he had to do more for the canteen, and he asked to help Qu Qinshi cook food, hearing this, everyone praised Ling Xia, and Yang Lucai also nodded and agreed to his request.

At noon that day, the soldiers of the 700th Brigade found two things: first, the chef in charge of cooking in the canteen had changed, and second, their lunch had changed, which used to be stir-fried meat with cabbage and stewed eggplant, but today at noon, it became fish-flavored shredded pork and braised eggplant, which tasted very delicious.

Seeing that Ling Xia had been staring outside when he was cooking from the window, Yang Lucai couldn't help but ask him what he was looking at? Ling Xia looked at the soldiers who were cooking, and asked suspiciously: "These soldiers are all wearing the same clothes, and they don't have a military rank on their bodies, I can't recognize who the centurion is, what if I make a mistake in the meal?" ”

"Oh, this one." In response, Yang Lucai pointed to the soldiers in the restaurant and said, "Most of the soldiers in the barracks are ordinary soldiers, although their military branches are different, they are all ordinary soldiers at the bottom.

In the barracks, soldiers of different ranks wear different military uniforms, you look at the people outside, they are wearing cloth clothes, and those of higher rank are wearing armor, the higher the rank, the more complete the armor.

Soldiers below the rank of 10 are all cloth soldiers, the centurion of the eighth rank wears a set of copper armor chest guards on his chest, the commander of the seventh rank has an extra copper battle skirt, and the commander of the sixth rank has an extra pair of cooked copper combat boots. The fifth-grade division commander has an extra pair of bronze armor arm guards, the fourth-grade regiment commander has an extra set of copper chain neck guards, the third-grade battle guard general has an extra pair of steel and copper helmets, and the second-rank commander of the military aircraft has an extra pair of pure copper heart guards on his chest. As for the generalissimo of Zhengyipin, he wore a horned armor cloak behind him.

Because these officers are the main combat officers of the standing army, they all wear pure copper armor, while some other officers, such as the general officer or the five-city soldier and horse envoy, because they do not need to go to the battlefield to meet the enemy, so they wear leather armor, which is similar in style to copper armor and iron armor, and it is also more than one piece of the first order, which is easy to identify. ”

As soon as Yang Lucai's words fell, a burly strong man walked into the door of the restaurant, this person was wearing a set of black copper armor chest guards on his chest, and a treasure knife diagonally across his waist, he was Shi Polei, the centurion of the 700th team, followed by five people behind him, it seemed that the other party was the small leader of the team.

After seeing these people, Ling Xia picked up the rice bowl, gave the centurion a full dish, and specially picked out some more shredded meat, seeing Ling Xia so good, Shi Polei nodded approvingly.

After eating, Shi Polei wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand, walked to the window with a satisfied face, gave Ling Xia a thumbs up, and said angrily: "You are the new cook, well, the skills are good, so that the food is very suitable for the general's appetite, do it well, and you will be promoted when you look back." ”

"Thank you, General, I will do my best in the future." Seeing that the top boss was satisfied, Ling Xia also breathed a sigh of relief, and seeing the empty vegetable basin in front of him, Ling Xia began to ponder the evening's meal.

Ground three fresh, boiled pork slices, flavored eggplant, farmhouse fried chicken, stir-fried winter melon strips, sweet and sour tenderloin, cold bitter gourd, kung pao chicken, mapo tofu, braised pork ribs, hot and sour shredded potatoes, back to the pot meat......

For half a month, Ling Xia made all the dishes he learned from the police academy canteen, and it was not the same every day, the meals were matched, and the soldiers in the 700-person team who ate were waiting for the meal to start every day.

Because the food was so delicious, the soldiers were pinching the time when they were training every day, even if they were conducting a pre-formation exercise between the two armies, as long as it was time to eat, the soldiers immediately gave up their positions and quickly ran to the restaurant to gather, and everyone praised Ling Xia as the best cooking soldier in the past ten years.

Just yesterday, during the cooking competition within the army, Ling Xia defeated nine opponents with a dish of steamed pork and a tiger skin pepper, winning honor for the cooking canteen of the 700th team, and through this period of getting along, Ling Xia and Yang Lucai and Shi Polei became acquainted.

In order to taste Ling Xia's special dishes, Shi Polei no longer eats with the team, and sits in the back kitchen all day to open a small stove with Ling Xia and Yang Lucai.