Chiba Salted Fish Legend

Chapter 2 Chinese people are actually monsters, right?
After Mayumi left, there was almost no one in the store. It was almost dinner time, and who would come to sit in the coffee shop except for the rebellious teenager.

So, Xia Zhi seized the opportunity, quickly walked into the workroom, took out the iron pot and other kitchen supplies from the cabinet, went to the counter where the water was boiling, and set up the pot.After sorting out a small space, Xia Zhi put the chopping board up and took out a few potatoes, a few radishes, some green onions, a bunch of seasonings, etc. from under the counter.

Two months ago, the store manager Liu Xiazhi didn’t say a word when he was eating in the store. He stared at the store manager busy for more than 20 minutes. When he saw the store manager skillfully packing things, he knew that this coffee The store is not reliable at all.

As the saying goes, the one who is close to the ink is the darkest, and Xia Zhi has become an expert at cooking at the counter of the coffee shop.Only making simple things though.

"Hey, is Xia Zhijun cooking here today?"

Someone among the guests asked, and the person who could ask this was obviously a regular customer.

"The store manager went to Miss Les Mills's concert again, so I made it myself today."

"Xia Zhijun, please make me some curry."

"I'm sorry that my skills are not good enough to make curry. There are no ingredients for instant curry now."

"Really? What a pity." The guest said with regret.

Xia Zhi opened the refrigerator and took a look. There were five eggs.

"Uncle Nakamura, there are five eggs in the refrigerator. Do you want to fry them?"

"Really? You're lucky today. Give me one. Xia Zhijun's omelette is delicious."

"Well, there's something wrong with selling omelettes in a coffee shop." Xia Zhiwang looked around the store. In addition to Uncle Nakamura, there were two girls who looked like junior high school students chatting at a table.

"Two beautiful ladies, do you want fried eggs?" Xia Zhi called out, and the two junior high school girls turned their heads and saw Xia Zhi who was greeting them both.

"Ah, Senior Xia Zhi, are you cooking today?"

"I heard you! I want one too! Do you want Jasmine?"

"Yes. Senior Xia Zhi, please excuse me."

Xia Zhi waved his hand to show that he understood, then set up the frying pan, poured some oil, turned on the heat, and saw that it was almost ready, picked up an egg and knocked it on the table, and poured the egg into the frying pan with one hand , very skilled in technique, obviously he has fried eggs a lot.

The fragrance spreads everywhere, and the small coffee shop is filled with fragrance.As customers, the three people were eagerly waiting for Xia Zhi to bring the omelette.

It was different now than when it was open. Xia Zhi held three plates with fried eggs in both hands and sent them to the three of them.

"After eating it many times, I still think Xia Zhijun's omelette is delicious. My girlfriend will be very happy."

Uncle Nakamura teased Xia Zhi.

"Yes, if I have a girlfriend." Xia Zhi replied indifferently.

The two junior high school girls happily thanked them.Xia Zhi returned to the counter to prepare the meal. It was said to be a meal, but in fact it was just mixed fried rice. It used the leftover rice from the curry made by the store manager last night, which was barely enough for one person.

What was given to the three of them was actually just an omelette, and they were all eaten in less than 3 minutes.Uncle Nakamura came to the counter to pay.

"Xia Zhijun, how much does it cost?"

"Ah, three hundred yen is enough for coffee."

"Hey, where are the fried eggs?"

"The store manager will kill me if he knows I charge money for frying eggs." Xia Zhi said half-jokingly.

Omelettes are no different from staple foods like curry, and it doesn’t matter whether they charge or not, since the shop isn’t crowded anyway.The store manager occasionally cooks things for customers to taste, mostly at half price, such as curry, but he doesn't charge for some cheap items such as small cakes and omelettes.

"The store manager is really... let's forget it this time. Help me say thank you to the store manager." Uncle Nakamura left with a satisfied smile.

Uncle Nakamura is an office worker. He is usually very busy. He occasionally comes to sit in a coffee shop, which is commonly known as a social animal in Japan.Xia Zhi was quite content to be able to make him leave with a smile on his face.Uncle Nakamura can be considered a steady fan of this coffee shop.

Two junior high school girls also said hello to Xia Zhi at this time.

"Senior Xia Zhi, pay the bill."

"Well, black tea and cake, a total of 250, just [-] will do."

"Here. Senior Xia Zhi, you have to settle your accounts carefully, otherwise you won't be able to find a job in the future." Jasmine handed over one thousand two hundred yen.

Xia Zhi laughed and said, "Then you only give me [-] yen."

"Fifty yen is considered as tuition."

"Yes. Come again next time."

Jasmine and Sayuri nodded and walked out of the store.Natsuki took out a few coins from his pocket, selected a fifty yen, and threw it into the cash register.As Jasmine said, having a good relationship is one thing, but you have to settle the accounts clearly.

I looked at the time and saw that it was already six o'clock and it was about to enter the night business hours.Xia Zhi quickly packed everything and waited for the arrival of the guests.After five or six guests arrived one after another, it was already seven o'clock.Around ten past seven o'clock, the store door was pushed open again.

"Welcome... Manager, why are you here?"

The person who came was none other than Daishi Murakami, the manager of the coffee shop Yao. This nerdy manager controlled by his daughter put his daughter’s name on the door as the name of the coffee shop.Xia Zhi once thought that Yao's name was taken from the name of the coffee shop. Unexpectedly, the store manager told Xia Zhi with a "how is that possible" expression on his face and said, "I opened this coffee here because Xiao Yao was born." Where is the store?" Such crazy words.

"Oh, Miss Lemmy's concert was so great. I accidentally got addicted to it and haven't come back until now."

Xia Zhi glared at the store manager who said such words shamelessly.

"Ah, Xia Zhijun, please give me a cup of black tea."

Xia Zhi heated up a cup of black tea for him, but this guy actually drank it all in one gulp.

"What's the difference between this and drinking boiled water?"

"Don't worry about these details." The store manager waved his hand.

"Come, tell me about that girl."

"Which one? Oh...you mean Ms. Maeda?"

"Yes, that's her. What do you think?"

Xia Zhi thought carefully and chose words.

"Ms. Maeda is very serious, but she has no work experience and is very nervous. If she wants to be hired, she may need a period of training..."

"Who told you this?" The store manager looked disdainful, "I'm asking you what that girl looks like, is she beautiful?"

"I didn't expect you to be such a person!" Xia Zhi was stunned, "Sister Sayuri is so beautiful, are you willing to mess around outside?"

"Asshole! Where are you thinking!" The store manager patted Xia Zhi on the head, "I want to recruit a beautiful girl to gain popularity! After all, the business of this coffee shop is not very good."

Xia Zhi looked at him suspiciously.

"And don't you have a girlfriend? Take this opportunity to work hard!"

"So this is your real purpose?" Xia Zhi's head was filled with black threads, "I have no intention of finding a girlfriend right now."

"Are you going to waste your high school life like this?"

"Where did I waste it?"

"If high school students don't fall in love or find girlfriends, what's the difference between them and salted fish? Don't you have any dreams?"

"Let me tell you. From the Chinese point of view, falling in love before going to college is a very serious matter. You can be scolded lightly, and your legs will be broken severely. Don't try to use your They want to corrupt the iron will of our Communist Youth League members with their corrupt ideas!" Xia Zhi said plausibly.

"Haha, it's really the wail of a defeated dog." The store manager countered with ease.

Xia Zhi covered his heart with his right hand, as if it had been pierced by tens of thousands of arrows and became riddled with holes.

"Xiaoyao's mother and I have been together since junior high school." The store manager said with a proud face.

"In China, people like you get beaten."

"Okay, okay. That's not what we want to discuss. After all, what does Mayumi-chan look like?"

The store manager looked impatient.

"Well, from my aesthetic point of view, she is quite a beautiful girl."

"Your aesthetic is about the same as most people..." The store manager was full of black lines, "Then I decided to hire you. When you come tomorrow, remember to ask her measurements, phone number and so on."

"...Why do I feel like you are calling me to sexually harass girls?"

"Mouth! I still have to order work clothes. How can I order them if I don't have measurements."

"Do you have your mobile phone number?"

"Haha, do you think I will give it to you?"

Xia Zhi now wanted to pick up a knife and cut this bastard in half.

"Besides, you can help her finish this week starting tomorrow. You have to accumulate some work experience. So it is not unreasonable to say that the girls in Yuhua High School have weak hands-on skills."

"That's a private aristocratic school. Whoever can study there will lack the money earned from part-time work. People, you have to use your brain often." Xia Zhi sighed.

The store manager glared, "Are you saying that I don't use my brain when I speak and act?"

"No, you heard it wrong."

The two chatted first, and more than half an hour passed like this, and it was almost time to get off work at eight o'clock.

"It seems there aren't many guests today. You can go back. I'll just sort out the rest."

"It won't be long anyway, let's get together."

"Don't you have to go to class tomorrow?"

"When I was in China, I went to bed at [-] a.m. and woke up at [-] a.m. every day. Nothing happened. Why do I care about such a small thing?"

"...You Chinese are all monsters, right?"

"Compared to the high school students here, they are far behind. People with super powers, light novel writers, cartoonists... there is no one who is not a high school student."

"Asshole, don't confuse fiction with reality."

By the time Xia Zhi came out of the store, it was already [-]:[-].Xia Zhi's house is actually a bit far away from here. The apartment he lives in is between the school and the coffee shop. The coffee shop is a little further away.But they are all within a distance of more than ten minutes.The coffee shop is a little further away, purely because of the location.

While walking, Xia Zhi came to an apartment building that looked to be quite old.

This is a two-story apartment building with a total of six rooms. Except for the room occupied by the landlady and the room rented by another guest, only Xia Zhi lives here.Taking out the key and opening the door, a faint light came into the dark room, which was the brilliance given by the street lamp.

(End of this chapter)