sinovels Chapter 8. Give it a try, it's really good!
Chapter 8. Give it a try, it's really good!
Faced with this situation, Xu Liang subconsciously opened the game panel to check if the battery was faulty.
But this doesn't actually exist; it's just a virtual simulator.
The claim that the battery is broken is essentially meaningless.
Moreover, this is just a simulated server run on a personal computer, and there is basically no customer service or similar support available.
Therefore, he had no choice but to rely on himself to solve the problem.
Just as he opened the taskbar, a mechanical voice suddenly came from his mind.
[Ding! Player's mission has been completed; mission rewards are being distributed.]
[Player has successfully unlocked the Gold Coin Shop]
The rules of the Gold Coin Shop are: accepting different tasks will likely earn you different amounts of gold coins. Gold coins can be used to exchange for the items you need in the Gold Coin Shop. Remember not to use cheats or hacks to farm gold coins, otherwise the system will assess your account as risky.
[50 points grant one chance to win a prize]
[Lucky Draw Wheel]
【whether】
Xu Liang thought for a moment and realized that he didn't seem to need any props right now. Since there was no need for them, he would naturally save the lottery draw for later.
Then he opened the taskbar and found that the panel had not been updated yet. Xu Liang decisively clicked the update button, and the system started updating.
He minimized the update page and then opened the diner's favorability record on the main page, only to find that his sister, Xu Tian, had been recorded.
It's really strange that there's no voice broadcast. Although this panel doesn't need power, could it be that Xu Liang's own brainwaves are malfunctioning?
This affects the game panel's announcements.
A red dot appeared in the task list, indicating that a new task had been created.
[Next task: Obtain a business license and regulate the operation of the small restaurant. Reward: 5 Gold Coins]
Xu Liang couldn't worry about anything else right now. The most important thing was to test the twice-cooked pork dish. Maybe if the twice-cooked pork satisfied the diners, the panel would pop up again.
But whether or not they can persuade Aunt Zhang to eat this twice-cooked pork is still a question.
Although Xu Liang knew that Aunt Zhang was kind-hearted, he thought that she was too young and was only in the initial stage of learning cooking skills. She was a novice when it came to cooking, preparing dishes, and making gourmet food.
That's why Aunt Zhang said Xu Liang's cooking skills were mediocre.
Unfortunately, back in that factory, he idled around with the other employees, doing all sorts of silly things. The gossip wasn't kept quiet, and it ended up reaching Aunt Zhang.
"Auntie, it's fine if you don't take my money, but that doesn't mean I'll pay it back later."
"I have something very urgent to ask you to do Liangwazi a favor."
Hearing this, Aunt Zhang felt very enthusiastic and replied without hesitation, "Go ahead and tell me. I'll help as much as I can."
"Actually, I want to treat you to a big meal right now."
"What? You're treating me to a big meal? Did I hear that right? You just ate one of my tea eggs."
"Yes, Auntie, you heard me right. It's my treat, and it's delicious!"
Aunt Zhang was skeptical of him, but Xu Liang's attitude changed so drastically in such a short time.
This really baffled Aunt Zhang.
Xu Liang continued to explain, "It's like this, Auntie, I'd like to try one of the menu items and have you judge its taste. What do you think?"
"No, I haven't sold all my tea eggs yet, hehe."
"It's okay. I made breakfast early this morning, but I didn't sell a single one. I gave one away, which was prepared for my sister on her way to school."
Aunt Zhang shook her head and said to him, "Even if these tea eggs are sold out, I still have people at home to take care of, so it will be delayed."
"It's okay, I'll prepare two extra portions so you can take them home. Your family won't go hungry."
"This...this!"
Aunt Zhang began to hesitate, but she knew that Xu Liang had a bad reputation as a cook in the factory, and she had also heard that he would add spoiled ingredients to the dishes.
"Never mind, I won't this time. How about next time? I'll definitely come and try your cooking next time."
When Xu Liang heard Zhang Niangniang refuse again, he looked particularly aggrieved.
After that, Xu Liang was at a loss.
He had no choice but to go all out.
"How about this, Auntie, if you eat what I make, I won't charge you a single penny. In fact, I'll even pay you back for the dish I made."
Wow, this is doing business the other way around! But it's not so bad. Losing money regardless of cost has won over diners, which is sometimes a good thing.
After all, every business owner knows that making a lot of money is the real skill, and that's what earns people envy and admiration.
If it's a path that loses money but can increase brand awareness, then it's not necessarily a bad thing to take it.
"Liangwazi, how can you do business like this? If you don't do it this way, others will make a fortune, while you will suffer a huge loss."
"But all I want is for you, Auntie, to be able to eat the dishes I make."
Seeing Xu Liang's earnest request, Aunt Zhang couldn't refuse again and readily agreed.
"Okay, let's wait until these customers finish eating!"
"Okay."
There were four customers at the back of Aunt Zhang's stall, mostly either neighbors from the town or factory workers.
However, not long after, those people finished eating the tea eggs and prepared to leave.
Aunt Zhang tidied up the table and some tools, pots and buckets on the trolley, and sorted out the money in the burlap sack.
The archway was removed from the cart.
Xu Liang brought Aunt Zhang to his newly established small restaurant.
On the way there and back, Xu Liang had been helping Aunt Zhang pull the cart the whole time.
Upon arrival, Xu Liang parked the cart at the shop entrance and then went inside with Aunt Zhang.
He looked into the kitchen and realized that the breakfast he had made that morning was gone. Only one plate had an empty bowl, while the other plate was completely untouched.
Aunt Zhang, unaware of the situation, thought Xu Liang was wasting food. In fact, he didn't want to, but after a whole morning, he hadn't been able to sell a single bowl, which made him very anxious, yet there was nothing he could do.
"You have so many unsold items, what are you planning to do with them?"
"It's fallen!"
Aunt Zhang was very surprised to hear Xu Liang's words.
"Liangwazi, this isn't just one bowl, are you really going to throw it away like that?"
"The noodles have completely melted, and the porridge will turn sour if left for too long. Both have gone bad. I don't really have any other options."
Xu Liang felt a surge of annoyance. He thought to himself, "Damn this cheat code! It made me create all these recipes and food catalogs, which is why I can't sell them at my opening and they're just going to go to waste."
They make me do tasks without offering any feasible solutions, and there are no chatbots or human customer service representatives to help me.
I'm truly speechless at this interface; what kind of off-brand cooking simulator game is this?
Quickly design a trash can for me so that unsold vegetables can be recycled.
His thoughts were sent out for a minute before being sent back.
It sounds wonderful, but reality is harsh; his cheat ability simply doesn't have that function.
"Liangwazi, I think you should give me all these noodles. My five chickens and two pigs like to eat them. If you don't want them, you can throw them to me."
"In exchange for something of equal value, next time we slaughter a pig and a chicken for the New Year, we'll send you some pork and chicken."
Upon hearing Aunt Zhang's idea, Xu Liang suddenly understood.
Perhaps this is the best plan. I feed livestock and poultry with kitchen waste, and in order to get a corresponding return, they should also send me meat.
"Yes, Auntie is so thoughtful. I'm ashamed of myself. It's settled then."
Immediately afterwards, Xu Liang opened his game panel and clicked on the dish encyclopedia option.
The description of twice-cooked pork is surprisingly that it is the king of Sichuan cuisine.
Now I have to show off my skills to my aunt.
He thought for a moment and realized, "Oh no, I don't have enough ingredients for twice-cooked pork. I need to go buy some vegetables."
Xu Liang looked at Aunt Zhang apologetically and said to her, "There's not enough food in the refrigerator, I'll go buy some more."
"What? You invited me over for dinner and didn't even prepare any food? You're really careless."
Before his aunt could say anything more, Xu Liangjing disappeared from the shop and rushed out. He then went to the market, bought two pounds of pork belly, along with scallions, green peppers, and onions.
After making the purchase, he rushed to the small restaurant as fast as lightning, after all, he couldn't keep this important customer waiting for too long.
"I'm back, I'm exhausted!"
Seeing Xu Liang panting and covered in sweat, Aunt Zhang said, "Liang boy, I can't run away, why did you rush back so quickly?"
"Buy a little more vegetables."
Xu Liang only carried the ingredients for making twice-cooked pork.
"That's enough."
"Wait a minute, I need to rest for a bit, I'm exhausted."
Xu Liang picked up two water glasses from the table near the kitchen entrance, poured some cooled boiled water from the kettle into the glasses, kept one for himself, and handed the other to his aunt.
After regaining his composure, he immediately began preparing the ingredients, following the instructions in the recipe book.
First, slice the pork belly.
So he rinsed the pork belly three times, threw it on the cutting board on the kitchen stove, and then picked up the handle of the cleaver.
The pork skin was cut off along its direction.
Then place the large pot of boiling water on the gas stove, scoop a few ladles of water into the pot, and turn on the heat to boil the water.
Place the whole piece of pork belly in a pot of cold water, add ginger slices, Sichuan peppercorns, and cooking wine, and wait for it to cook.
Meanwhile, wash away any remaining impurities from the surface of the scallions and place them on a cutting board.
Cut it diagonally into strips.
The onions are shredded, and so are the green peppers.
They were placed in three different bowls.
Next, I smashed some ginger and garlic, along with a few very small dried chilies.
Soon after, the water boiled for a while, and the pork belly was cooked. Use chopsticks to pick out the pieces one by one, put them on a plate, and wait for them to cool before proceeding to the next step.
The next step is to cut the pork belly, which has had its thick layer of skin removed, into thin slices.
Place the wok on another gas stove. Do not add oil to the wok. Put the pork belly slices directly into the wok and turn the heat to low to slowly fry them until the oil is rendered out.
Once the meat slices curl slightly and the edges turn slightly yellow, they are ready to be served.
Then wash the pot and scrub it with a steel wool pad to remove the grease.
Wipe the pan dry with a cloth, leave some oil in the pan, add minced garlic and a spoonful of Pixian chili bean paste and stir-fry until the oil turns red.
The final step is to stir-fry everything together. Add the sliced pork belly, stir-fry evenly, then add the chopped scallions. Stir-fry over high heat for about ten seconds until the scallions are just cooked through, then remove from heat.
After all that, Aunt Zhang was a little confused.
How could someone as organized as him cook possibly make something that doesn't taste good?
Seeing is not always believing.
Sometimes you have to give it a try.
Xu Liang gradually turned up the heat, the bottom of the pot was boiling, and finally he stir-fried it with twice-cooked pork.
It was ready to serve in no time.
The dishes were placed on plates and set on the dining table outside the kitchen.
Xu Liang called out to Aunt Zhang to sit down opposite him and got her a pair of chopsticks.
Let her try it!
Aunt Zhang looked at it again and again; it did look quite appealing.
"I wonder if it will taste good."
"Auntie, have a taste, it's really good!"