pertwk Chapter 21: A lottery draw worth 50 points is only worth 3 wife cakes.
Chapter 21: A lottery draw worth 50 points is only worth 3 wife cakes.
Next, Xu Liang remembered that he still had to sell shredded pork with garlic sauce at noon.
So he hurriedly ran into the kitchen and started cooking rice in the rice cooker.
He took the rice out of the bag, put it in the inner pot of the rice cooker, and rinsed it three times.
There's a trick to cooking rice; the amount of water you add determines how firm or undercook the rice, resulting in different textures. He tries his best to do it perfectly.
However, Xu Liang was an experienced man and didn't care about these things.
What you think about, you also need to put into action.
Soon after, he put the signboard of Xiaoliangzi Restaurant back up, and before long, a variety of diners came in and found seats.
Looking at the price list on the wall, which still featured only a few lonely products, diners instantly lost their appetite.
However, Xu Liang politely said to them, "Please don't rush, this is only part of it. I've also researched a new dish, and I hope you'll all like it."
After saying that, Xu Liang's hands never stopped moving in the kitchen.
One moment she's chopping vegetables, the next she's boiling water, then she's checking the rice in the rice cooker, then she's stir-frying vegetables.
Besides shredded pork with garlic sauce, he can also pick up fragmented memories from his past life and make some unique home-style dishes.
When opening a small restaurant, one must be open to all kinds of ideas and embrace diverse perspectives.
Therefore, Xu Liang also came up with the dish of dried bean curd and shredded pork.
The best way to eat rice is with dried tofu and shredded pork. The dried tofu is cut into strips and the pork is cut into shreds. When the two are mixed together, it becomes the delicious dish of dried tofu and shredded pork.
Inside the kitchen, even though it was nearly noon, the chimney exhaust pipe was constantly spewing out fumes, which were especially pungent when stir-frying the Sichuan-style twice-cooked pork.
Xu Liang showed off his skills, making several plates of shredded pork with garlic sauce, shredded pork with dried tofu, and twice-cooked pork with Sichuan flavor in just half an hour.
The small restaurant didn't hire many waiters; the entire service for entertaining guests was done by him alone.
A table can seat a maximum of four people. His small restaurant has eight tables in total, which can seat exactly thirty-two people.
He would receive a plate here, and then another plate from that person, and Xu Liang would keep going back and forth like this.
However, the way the customers settled their bills did not disappoint him; Xu Liang earned several tens of dollars from lunch.
After finishing their meal, the diners patted their bellies and said to Xu Liang, "Boss, you should do this! Order more dishes, we'll enjoy them too!"
"Yes, these new dishes you've prepared are quite good."
Hearing these comments from diners, Xu Liang chuckled softly.
"If you love this food, you must come visit me often."
One of the diners, a fat man, spoke up.
"No problem, boss, we brothers have to support you."
A little kid chimed in, shouting, "I'll marry my sister to you, so she can support you too!"
Goodness, Sister Mai is not stingy at all.
The moment the little brat uttered those words, the diners burst into laughter.
Xu Liang laughed too. He knew that this little brat genuinely liked the food he made and was just joking around for fun.
He's only twenty years old this year, still in the early stages of his career, and has absolutely no interest in dating, getting married, or having children.
This should be considered when Xu Liang is older. Right now, he only wants to keep this small restaurant running.
Xu Liang saw the diners off.
He quickly opened the game panel, his eyes shining as he stared at the screen.
They were so busy cooking for the customers that they forgot they hadn't eaten themselves.
Now that Xu Liang is very hungry, he will have to rely on the power of his cheat system.
He remembered that once he had earned 50 points, which allowed him to participate in a points lottery.
Xu Liang looked at the lottery wheel; each section of the wheel contained blind boxes with question marks on them.
He was both puzzled and curious.
As for what prize Xu Liang will win, that depends on his luck.
Below that is a large button for a one-click lottery draw. If you press it, you can start the lottery draw.
The prizes are the ones that match the criteria.
Xu Liang didn't think too much about it and directly pressed the draw button.
The spinning wheel on the screen spun rapidly for about ten seconds, and then the mysterious question mark was finally revealed.
He was surprised to find this, and then frowned.
What happened?
I don't want these three wife cakes.
"A lottery ticket worth 50 points is only worth three wife cakes."
"This system is really messing with me, treating me like I'm Japanese!"
He's worthless.
What I want is money. With money, I can do many things. Why does the system have to torture me like this?
As I mentioned before, I don't want a wife.
Then, the next second, two more keywords appeared: wife, and a pancake.
It's a delicious snack. Could it be that this system can generate things that Xu Liang needs based on his thoughts?
Fortunately, a wife cake was immediately placed on the dining table in front of us.
This wife cake isn't too big or too small, but one is definitely enough to eat.
Xu Liang picked up a piece and tore open the outer packaging.
It feels just like the mooncakes we eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The front of the crust has a cross pattern, while the back is a flat, smooth crust.
It's just that it looks good.
Xu Liang had no idea what the wife cake tasted like, since he had never eaten it in either his past or present life.
This will also help alleviate my hunger.
He put the wife cake to his mouth and took a small bite.
It's sweet and crumbly, with a thick, sticky sugar filling, but unlike maltose, it doesn't stick to your teeth and require rinsing your mouth with water for ages to remove.
His face made a complete 180-degree turn, and he immediately became happier and happier as he ate.
With his second bite, Xu Liang stuffed the whole thing into his mouth.
It's pretty good to be able to find happiness even while being hungry.
There are two pieces left.
Should I eat it myself, or take it back for my sister to eat?
This question lingered in his mind.
Xu Liang was a caring person towards his family from beginning to end, and he especially loved his younger sister.
I'll take the remaining two pieces back for my younger sister to eat.
So, when Xu Liang finished preparing the vegetables in the afternoon...
It's true what they say, what you say comes true.
Zhao Hongzhi led Xu Tian to see Xu Liang. After all, this small restaurant was not invested in by him alone. Zhao Hongzhi had shares, Xu Guisheng had shares, and she herself had also invested a small amount.
It took the combined efforts of the three of them to ensure that the small restaurant could operate normally.
Of course, Xu Guisheng had far more money than that; only a portion of his personal savings was used for Xu Liang.
From afar, Xu Liang heard a voice calling him.
So it was that little girl Xu Tian?
"Brother, brother, Mom and I have come to see you."
"Liangwazi, we're here! You, the shop owner, come out and greet us!"
Zhao Hongzhi shouted at Xu Liang from afar.
Xu Liang was processing yams, carefully and meticulously scraping the skin with a peeler.
Xu Liang heard this, dealt with the yam he was holding, and then walked out of the kitchen.
I saw that Zhao Hongzhi was carrying a large bag of vegetables in her right hand, which must have been picked from her family's vegetable garden.
He held Xu Tian's small hand with his left hand.
Xu Liang took off his apron.
"Mom, what kind of groceries are you carrying?"
"That's right, I picked them from our vegetable garden right after lunch today."
He walked over to his sister, Xu Tian, and said to her, "Tian Tian, I've missed you so much! Let me give you a hug."
Xu Liang was making a joyful gesture, ready to welcome Xu Tian.
Unexpectedly, Xu Tian had her own ideas. She shook her head, looked up at Zhao Hongzhi, and said, "Mom, my brother is a hooligan. He wants to hug Tian Tian."
"Liangwa, you little rascal, you're asking for a beating again. Tiantian's not a little girl anymore, she can't take being held by other people."
Upon hearing these words from the mother and daughter, Xu Liang's expression froze instantly, and his heart turned to stone.
Being this brother is tough!
He merely glanced at Xu Tian.
Xu Tian started complaining to Zhao Hongzhi again: "Mom, my brother still dares to look down on me!"
"You brat, go do your thing!"
He was about to turn around when he noticed that his sister, Xu Tian, was staring intently at the dining table where Xu Liang had just sat.
There were two layers of things wrapped in oil paper on top.
Xu Tian walked over curiously, unable to resist wanting to open the oiled paper.
When Xu Liang saw his sister's actions, he quickly stepped forward to stop her and blocked Xu Tian.
Immediately, he grabbed the two packaged wife cakes.