Chiba Salted Fish Legend

Chapter 21 Does your conscience not hurt?

In the end, Xia Zhi decided to make his best dish, and Huang Jin smiled... Just kidding, Xia Zhi was going to make 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, they have been boiled, steamed, roasted, fried, and fried, and they almost never get tired of them. This is the best thing. magical.

As long as he can remember, potatoes and cabbage have always been available at home.Cheap and delicious, this is the biggest reason why Xia Zhi likes this dish the most.He has been learning this dish for a long time, and he learned many other dishes from 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.

"Yes." Shiraishi Lihua was also observing Xia Zhi. Compared with his skillful knife skills, she was still far behind.

"Won't Lihua help?" Ryoko Yamamoto looked at her with an "innocent" expression.

"That's what I said, but Xia Zhijun doesn't seem to need help." And I probably won't be able to help, Shiraishi Lihua thought to herself.

"Wouldn't your conscience hurt if you just sit here and watch Xia Zhijun cook alone?" The righteous accusation seemed so dazzling to Lihua.

"And 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.

"need my help?"

When Shiraishi Lihua asked Xia Zhi, she realized that she had already walked aside.

"No, there's no reason to let guests into the kitchen. Go play with Ryoko, it'll be fine in a while."

Xia Zhi peeled the potatoes quickly, looking like he didn't need any help.But Shiraishi Rika, who had been dragged over so early in the morning, felt a little embarrassed and insisted on helping.

"It's really embarrassing to come here early in the morning to bother, 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. .

"Can you help me peel the potatoes?"

"no problem."

Shiraishi Rika washed her hands in the sink. Before she could take the knife, Xia Zhi handed her the apron she was wearing.

"It's a beautiful dress. 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 up other materials and turned his head to secretly observe the beautiful girl next to him.Wearing a casual top and a short skirt, she was already very attractive. After putting on an apron, her temperament changed. If she was a young and beautiful girl before, now she is more like a quiet and virtuous girl. 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, the male protagonist who has no characteristics except gentleness can attract the beautiful girls around him. Such a plot does not really happen in real life, but Xia Zhi didn't want to do something impolite like staring at others. He was in a foreign country, and what a person did might reflect on the country behind him. He didn't want his motherland to bear an inexplicable label because of him.

Of course, he didn't see Shiraishi Lihua's eyes quietly looking at him.

Xia Zhi, who was carefully cleaning the ingredients, had a silent temperament, but her unintentional words just now made her care about the thoughts of the boy beside her who was carefully preparing the food.Seeing his serious look, Shiraishi Rika breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time became a little frustrated. She breathed a sigh of relief because Natsuki prepared the food carefully and did not notice her deserting. She became frustrated because he was preparing the food carefully. .

Am I not attractive?Shiraishi Rika once again fell into self-doubt.

This kind of conflicting mind 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, thinking that you think she is not beautiful.This is an unsolvable problem for most boys, so avoid it if you can, otherwise it will easily capsize.

Yamamoto Ryoko placed her hands on the coffee table and flicked her cell phone. From time to time, she glanced at 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.

As time passed by, the aroma wafting from the kitchen gradually filled the entire small apartment.Natsuki was stirring the pot while Shiraishi Reika watched carefully. She was studying, while Yamamoto Ryoko, who was playing with her mobile phone in the living room, came running over.

"Wow, it smells so good."

"Wait a moment and I'll bring it over to you."

Xia Zhi didn't turn his head and carefully observed the situation inside the pot.

"Lihua, get me a plate."

"Ok."

Shiraishi Rika 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, "Why did you hit me, Lihua?"

"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."

Ryoko Yamamoto took a step back: "You guys actually bullied me together."

Xia Zhi was too lazy to care. He poured water over the pot and put it on again.

One dish is definitely not enough for a meal. 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.What 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?

Shiraishi Rika pushed Yamamoto Ryoko back to the living room and returned.Xia Zhi is already preparing Mapo Tofu.But this dish really didn't require much help, so Xia Zhi asked: "Lihua, do you have any special dishes that you can make with these ingredients?"

Shiraishi Rika looked at the ingredients, thought about it, and said, "It should be enough to make a sweet and sour fish."

"Then trouble you."

"Pack it on me." She began to prepare materials on the side. 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, the mapo tofu was also served.Shiraishi Rika moved her hands, and Xia Zhi helped her. Then Xia Zhi realized how confident she was when she said she was slightly confident.The technique is very sophisticated and the materials used are 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, humble, polite, has no airs, and cooks very well. She is really a perfect girl.The only drawback is that if you get married, the pressure on the man will be extremely huge.

"Thanks for the compliment, I'm still far away."

"Tsk, tsk, what a harmonious picture." Ryoko Yamamoto, who sneaked over, smacked her mouth.

Shiraishi Reika'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?" Shiraishi Rika tilted her head and said with a smile. Natsuki and Yamamoto Ryoko shuddered.

"Hi!" quickly slipped away.

Wow, it turns out that it really does exist, that kind of ghost-like aura.Xia Zhi's lips twitched and he continued to do his own thing. Soon, the sweet and sour carp was also served on the plate.

Xia Zhi made soup with cabbage and tomatoes, and finally had lunch together.

When he was alone, Xia Zhi 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 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 dry-pot potato chips he had made countless times. This was the first time for him to eat sweet and sour carp since he came to Japan.

"Hey! Cunning! I'm starting!" Another pair of chopsticks reached out to the poor fish. Maybe in its eyes, meat is more important than vegetarian dishes.As for the other outcome, Xia Zhi just pretended it didn't exist.

"I'm ready." Shiraishi Lihua 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, I've earned it..."

The two people expressed such emotion, Shiraishi Rika smiled and said thank you, and then stretched her chopsticks towards the potato slices.As for Mapo Tofu, I had already eaten it when I was in school. People are quite curious about unknown things.

"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.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!"

"Do you think what's yours is 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 over the fish carcass notice it?

(End of this chapter)