In the end, Xia Zhi decided to make his best dish, and Huang Jin smiled... Just kidding, what Xia Zhi was going to cook was the Sichuan and Chongqing famous dish of grated potato chips, which uses potatoes as the main ingredient.
Xia Zhi is a serious victim of potato products. From potato chips to potato shreds and potato cubes, boiled, steamed, roasted, stir-fried, and fried, she has eaten all kinds of them, and she almost never gets tired of them. This is the best thing.
Magical.
Ever since he could remember, potatoes and cabbage have always been served at home. They are cheap and delicious. This is the biggest reason why Xia Zhi likes this dish the most. He has learned this dish for a long time, and many other dishes are made from
This is how I learned it.
Thinking that he was going to do it, Xia Zhi set up the chopping board, picked up a few large potatoes, washed them with water, picked up a knife and started peeling them, quite quickly, obviously he was used to peeling potatoes.
The two girls were talking over there.
"Xia Zhijun's movements are so skillful." Ryoko Yamamoto sighed.
"Yeah." Shiraishi Lihua was also observing Xia Zhi. Compared with his skillful knife skills, she was still far behind.
"Won't Lihua go help?" Ryoko Yamamoto looked at her with an "innocent" look on her face.
"That's what I said, but Xia Zhijun doesn't seem to need help." And I probably won't be able to help if I go, Shiraishi Rika thought to herself.
"Won't your conscience hurt if you just sit here and watch Xia Zhijun cook alone?" The righteous accusation seemed so dazzling to Lihua.
"What about you, why don't you go?"
"I don't know anything about cooking." She said it confidently, but Lihua Shiraishi finally remembered that her mother made her bento.
Shiraishi Rika always felt that Yamamoto Ryoko was planning something, but she didn't know, so she could only glare at her, stood up and walked towards the kitchen. She didn't see Yamamoto Ryoko behind her laughing like a fox who had stolen a chicken.
"Do you need my help?"
When Shiraishi Lihua asked Xia Zhi, she realized that she had already walked aside.
"No, there's no point in letting guests into the kitchen. Go play with Ryoko, it'll be fine in a while."
Natsuki peeled the potatoes quickly and looked like she really didn't need help. However, Shiraishi Rika, who had been dragged over to harass her so early in the morning, felt a little embarrassed and insisted on helping.
"I'm sorry to bother you so early in the morning. At least let me help. I still have some confidence in cooking."
Xia Zhi originally wanted to continue to refuse, but he gave up after seeing Lihua's firm eyes. Although they didn't get along for long, she still left an impression of hard work and stubbornness on Xia Zhi, so he nodded and agreed.
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"Can you help me peel the potatoes?"
"no problem."
Shiraishi Rika washed her hands in the sink, but before taking the knife, Xia Zhi handed her the apron she was wearing.
"It's a beautiful dress, but it's not good if it gets dirty."
"Ah, thank you..."
Is it beautiful?...A little happy.
He took the apron, put it on quickly, then picked up the knife and started to use it. Xia Zhi was cleaning other materials on the side, turning his head to secretly observe the beautiful girl next to him. She was wearing a casual top and a short skirt.
It was already very exciting, but after putting on the apron, her temperament changed. If she was a young and beautiful girl before, now she is more like a quiet and virtuous young wife.
Thinking of this, Xia Zhi turned his head, took a breath to calm down, and continued to clean the ingredients in front of him. Self-knowledge is what Xia Zhi is most proud of, just like the protagonist in the novel, a man who has no characteristics except gentleness.
The protagonist is able to attract beautiful girls around him. Such a plot does not really happen in real life, and Xia Zhi does not want to do such rude things as staring at others. He is in a foreign country and does what he does alone.
It might affect the country behind him, and he didn't want his motherland to bear an inexplicable label because of him.
Of course, he didn't see where Reika Shiraishi was and looked at him quietly.
Natsuki, who was carefully cleaning the ingredients, had a silent temperament, but her unintentional words just now made her care about the thoughts of the young man who was carefully preparing the food. Seeing his serious look, Shiraishi Rika
While he breathed a sigh of relief, he also became a little frustrated. He breathed a sigh of relief because Xia Zhi was preparing the food carefully and did not notice that she had deserted. She was frustrated because he was preparing the food carefully.
Am I not attractive? Shiraishi Rika once again fell into self-doubt.
This kind of contradictory mentality is like a beautiful girl wearing a bikini. If you stare at her, she will call you a bastard. If you don't look at her, she will be angry and think that you think she is not beautiful. This is for most boys.
They are said to be unsolvable problems, so avoid them if you can, otherwise it will easily capsize.
Yamamoto Ryoko placed her hands on the coffee table while tapping her mobile phone. From time to time she glanced towards the kitchen where there was no other sound except the sound of chopping and cooking vegetables, and then she became anxious about the two extremely troublesome people.
Time passed by minute by second, and the fragrance wafting from the kitchen gradually filled the entire small apartment. Xia Zhi was stir-frying with the pot, and Shiraishi Lihua watched carefully. She was studying, and in the living room
Ryoko Yamamoto, who was playing with her cell phone inside, ran over with a whoosh.
"Wow, it smells so good."
"Wait a moment and I'll bring it to you."
Xia Zhi didn't turn his head and carefully observed the situation inside the pot.
"Lihua, help me get a plate."
"OK."
Shiraishi Reika took out a plate from the cabinet, turned on the faucet and poured water through it before placing it on the kitchen counter. Xia Zhi picked up the pot and put it on the plate directly.
On the other side, a sinful hand reached out to the steaming food, and was mercilessly slapped away.
"Oops." Ryoko Yamamoto covered her hands, "Reika, why did you hit me?"
"No stealing." Shiraishi Lihua glared at her.
"Lihua, you have changed, you don't love me anymore." She pretended to wipe away the non-existent tears.
Xia Zhi has a black streak on his head.
"Where did you hear these words?"
Shiraishi Rika was more direct, reaching out to Yamamoto Ryoko's face, "If you continue to talk nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart."
Yamamoto Ryoko took a step back: "You actually bullied me together."
Xia Zhi was too lazy to care, so he poured water over the pot and put it back on.
One meal and one dish is definitely not enough. Three people need at least three dishes and one soup, right?
In addition to the potatoes that were already on the plate, Xia Zhi had to cook two more dishes. And the one he chose was the Mapo Tofu he made a few days ago. Although he was beaten by the five-star chef, it was still his specialty, right?
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Shiraishi Reika pushed Yamamoto Ryoko back to the living room and returned. Natsuki was already preparing Mapo Tofu. But this dish really didn’t require much help, so Natsuki asked: "Reika, do you have these ingredients?"
Can you cook any of your specialty dishes?"
Shiraishi Rika looked at the ingredients, thought about it, and said, "It should be enough to make a sweet and sour fish."
"Then I'll trouble you."
"Pack it on me." She began to prepare the materials aside. She was smart and knew that Xia Zhi didn't need help now, so she had to prepare for what she would do later.
A few minutes later, Mapo Tofu was also put on the plate. Shiraishi Rika started to move, and Xia Zhi helped her. Then Xia Zhi realized how confident she was when she said she was a little confident. Her technique was very sophisticated and she used the best ingredients.
It's also very suitable. Even if Xia Zhi's cheap master comes, he will probably not be able to find any faults.
"It's amazing."
Xia Zhi never hesitates to praise him, and this is also true.
She studies well, has a good family background, is beautiful, is humble, polite, has no airs, and cooks very well. She is really a perfect girl. The only drawback is that if she gets married, the pressure on the man will be extremely huge.
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"Thank you for the compliment, I'm still far away."
"Tsk, tsk, what a harmonious picture." Ryoko Yamamoto, who sneaked over, smacked her mouth.
Shiraishi Rika's cooking hands trembled, and her face suddenly turned red. Xia Zhi glared at her: "If you still want to eat this fish later, just take it easy."
"Wow, you two really bullied me together." Ryoko Yamamoto said in an exaggerated tone.
"Ryoko, can you sit over there, please?" Shiraishi Rika tilted her head and said with a smile. Natsuki and Yamamoto Ryoko shuddered.
"Hi!" quickly slipped away.
Wow, it turns out that that ghost-like aura really exists. Xia Zhi twitched the corner of his mouth and continued to do his own thing. Soon, the sweet and sour carp was also served.
Xia Zhi made soup with cabbage and tomatoes, and finally had lunch together.
When he was alone, Xia Zhi always ate directly at the kitchen counter, but today he was not alone. He and Shiraishi Lihua put the dishes on the coffee table, then added some rice and put it on the table before sitting down.
"Okay, let's eat."
Xia Zhi raised his chopsticks and reached for the sweet and sour carp. He had already eaten the mapo tofu and griddle potato chips he had made countless times. This sweet and sour carp was his first time since coming to Japan.
"Hey! Cunning! I'm starting!" Another pair of chopsticks reached out to the poor fish. Perhaps in its eyes, meat was more important than vegetarian dishes. As for the other outcome, Xia Zhi just pretended it didn't exist.
"I'm ready." Shiraishi Rika performed a perfect pre-dinner etiquette, which she always pays attention to.
"Wow, this sweet and sour carp is so delicious..."
"...it's really delicious, and I've earned it..."
The two of them expressed this emotion. Shiraishi Rika smiled and said thank you, and then stretched her chopsticks towards the potato slices. I had already eaten mapo tofu when I was in school, and people are quite curious about unknown things.
of.
"Um……"
"How is it?" Xia Zhi asked. After all, if the dishes you cook can be recognized by others, it is the happiest thing for a chef.
"It's delicious." She blinked her eyes. Xia Zhi also laughed happily.
"Hey! This belongs to me!" Ryoko Yamamoto took the opportunity to launch an attack.
"How despicable. This fish is mine!"
"You say it's yours, is it yours? Just call it and see if it answers!"
"Where did you learn these sentences..."
This sentence with strong regional color made Xia Zhi's head full of black lines. Only Shiraishi Lihua listened in confusion. This feeling is very bad.
She frowned. How could the two people who were fighting for the fish carcass notice it?