It’s not easy to be an interstellar chef

Chapter 9

They were picking nine-section wind there, and Su Chaoliu and Su Chaoqi were playing next to the mountain stream.

To say it's for fun may not be that accurate.

Su Chaoliu sharpened the end of the stick, waded into the mountain stream, stared at the fish swimming in the water, and then plunged in with quick eyes and quick hands.

With this prick, you can feel whether it is pricked or not by the feel of your hand.

Su Chaoliu is very professional at catching fish. After all, her family's martial arts is to hit the acupuncture points accurately under the condition of human body movement, and her eyes and hands must be in place. It is not difficult for her to catch a fish.

She excitedly turned around and shouted to Su Chaoqi: "Qiqi, I caught it!"

Su Chaoqi was handling the onions, ginger, garlic and lettuce picked today. Hearing this, he raised his head and looked at the grass carp that weighed almost four or five kilograms. A faint smile could not help but appear in his eyes.

"Well done, this grass carp is enough for us to eat."

Su Chaoliu responded happily, handed the grass carp to Su Chaoqi, and looked at Su Chaoqi eagerly. It would be an exaggeration to describe it as salivating.

"Go grab a few more," Su Chaoqi said. "There is a refrigerator in Newli, my space, that can be frozen."

The space button only opened another space, and the time flow rate was still normal. It had no fresh-keeping function, so Su Chaoqi bought a refrigerator. Fortunately, the refrigerators in the interstellar era did not use electricity, but could be used with other energy sources.

Su Chao Liu turned around and left.

Su Chaoqi began to deal with this grass carp.

In order to cook well, ingredients are necessary, but condiments are also essential. She now has no vinegar, no soy sauce, no cooking wine and a series of necessary kitchen condiments on hand, only salt.

This salt is due to the fact that in the interstellar era, people did not eat anything and only drank nutrients. In order to supplement sodium, sodium chloride solution became an over-the-counter medicine.

To put it bluntly, it is salt water. Salt was obtained after evaporation and purification in the Su Dynasty.

It is a routine operation to scrape the scales and remove the internal organs of the fish, and then pickle it to remove the fishy smell. There is no cooking wine, but it is better to have onions and ginger than nothing.

She made four openings on both sides of the grass carp body and marinated it with salt, green onions and ginger for at least 10 minutes. During these 10 minutes, she prepared shredded green onions and ginger.

Due to the lack of sauce, the dishes she can make are very limited. Only steaming is relatively less restrictive.

But she still lacks the most important sauce for steaming.

But she had no other choice. Steamed fish and rinsed in salt water... Although the way of eating was nondescript, she could make do with it.

Su Chaoliu didn't feel like she was giving up at all. She hadn't eaten decent food in 18 years. When she picked up a chopstick of snow-white fish meat and put it into her mouth, she felt like crying.

It was delicious, so delicious. She had never eaten anything so delicious in her life, even fish dipped in salt was so delicious.

The steamed fish meat is extremely fresh and tender, retaining the maximum flavor of the ingredients. However, because of the thorough processing in Su Chaoqi and the lack of pollution here, there is no fishy smell, only the umami taste.

The lettuce was simply fried. After all, they lacked many things.

But even so, the two of them were very satisfied.

While they were enjoying their meal, Lin Xiaochen came over and asked, "Can you let me have a taste?"

Su Chaoliu looked at Su Chaoqi and saw her "taking the bait" smile, and knew that this was within her expectation or plan.

"Please." Su Chaoqi generously handed Lin Xiaochen a pair of chopsticks and a bowl.

Lin Xiaochen only took one bite and couldn't stop.

Under the stunned gazes of Su Chaoliu and Su Chaoqi, she ate up most of the steamed grass carp, still wanting to eat it.

Lin Xiaochen glanced at the plate with only fish bones left, and praised sheepishly: "School girl, you are so amazing, you can actually cook."

Su Chaoqi quickly cleared up the expression on his face and smiled slightly: "I studied in ancient books."

Anyway, she can just recommend all the things she knows to ancient books.

Lin Xiaochen was thinking, not knowing what he was thinking.

Su Chaoqi ignored her and turned to the others: "I'm going to make another one, and some seniors should come and have a taste."

Song Yue was already greedy. When she heard Su Chaoqi's invitation, she immediately came over and sat down next to Su Chaoliu: "I can pay."

One sentence made Su Chaoliu's impression of Song Yue improve a lot.

People who don't eat and drink for free are always appreciated.

But Su Chaoqi wouldn't let Song Yue pay. She didn't plan to make money with her cooking skills at the moment. She shook her head and refused: "Senior, just protect me and Ah Liu in the future."

Song Yue thought about it for a while, and agreed to this condition without considering it a disadvantage.

Su Chaoqi asked again: "Where are Senior Sisters Zhu and Senior Sisters Qu?"

Zhu Wenting obviously didn't want to sit with Song Yue, but Qu Shanshan nudged Nini and said, "No, I've eaten food cooked by mid-level chefs."

The words are full of calculated showing off.

It's a pity that Su Chaoqi didn't buy it at all. The mid-level chef was nothing in her eyes. It would be a big mistake to show off this in front of her.

So she nodded: "Forget it." Obviously she had no intention of talking to them anymore.

Seeing Su Chaoqi being so crisp and clear, Qu Shanshan had a lot of words stuck in her throat. After a while, she stamped her feet angrily and pulled Zhu Wenting away.

Song Yue glanced at them and raised her voice slightly: "Don't go too far, or I won't be able to see you."

Qu Shanshan really didn't dare to go far. She just sat down a little far away and pulled Zhu Wenting to talk.

"What she said is true," Lin Xiaochen said, "She has indeed eaten meals cooked by mid-level chefs."

"So what?" Su Chaoliu asked, "I dare say Qiqi's cooking is definitely more delicious than that chef's."

Su Chaoqi kicked Su Chaoliu and told her not to talk nonsense.

Lin Xiaochen and Song Yue only thought that Su Chaoliu had a filter for Su Chaoqi, so they just smiled and said nothing.

Chefs are also divided into levels. There are three levels in total. The highest level is senior. Intermediate chefs are already considered very good people.

It seems that Qu Shanshan's family is in good condition. After all, if she wants to eat food cooked by the chefs of the Interstellar Era, she doesn't know how many years it will take to make a reservation, and she also has to face someone jumping in line at any time.

Lin Xiaochen probably also wanted to have a good relationship with Qu Shanshan.

"Has Senior Sister Qu never been to an affiliated planet?" Su Chaoqi asked casually while taking action, "I think she is quite delicate."

Zhu Wenting and Lin Xiaochen had been collecting the nine-section wind. Qu Shanshan didn't know if she was frightened by Su Chao's cutting grass and frightened the snake, but she didn't want to step forward anyway.

"Yes," Lin Xiaochen nodded, "I know she accepted Jiujiefeng's mission before she went there, and it took a lot of effort to get on the line, otherwise I wouldn't have come to do this troublesome mission."

She was happily working as a middleman in school and didn't earn much, so she had to come to the affiliated planet for excitement?
As Su Chaoqi guessed, Lin Xiaochen worked very hard to develop customers.

"Then your business is not doing well." Su Chaoliu interjected and glanced at Song Yue pointedly.

It was about Zhu Wenting's attack on the starship.

No matter what kind of relationship Zhu Wenting and Qu Shanshan have, they at least appear to be very close. Their interests can be regarded as the same, and Zhu Wenting's thoughts can also represent Qu Shanshan's thoughts to a certain extent.

Song Yue's face was expressionless.

Lin Xiaochen smiled bitterly: "Actually, many students would not hire guards at all if they only move in the first-level area. After all, the school has taken enough defensive measures and it is not so easy to get into trouble. Song Yue only took the job to repay my favor. As a result, I was self-defeating.”

As both businessmen, Su Chaoqi could see Lin Xiaochen's plan at a glance.

She wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Song Yue owed Lin Xiaochen a favor for some reason, and it happened that Qu Shanshan needed to hire a guard, so the two parties gathered together.

Song Yue is a junior this year. Becoming a level three supernatural warrior is indeed a hard work and a good talent. I thought this task was just a formality to return a favor, but who would have thought that she would be made things difficult for her.

Su Chaoliu asked curiously: "What is there about Qu Shanshan that deserves senior sister's attention?"

Lin Xiaochen said: "Qu Shanshan is fine, she is from the art department, but her brother Qu Mingsheng is a representative from the military industry department."

The Department of Military Engineering, whose full name is the Department of Military Engineering, is a large department that covers various military engineering and technical personnel, such as communications, logistics, construction, etc.

The Qu family's prestige in the military is not as good as that of the Yan family, but it is not low either. It is normal for Lin Xiaochen to want to hook up with Qu Shanshan.

It’s not surprising that a young lady of such a background is so proud and arrogant that she looks down on them.

"It's good to be born well," Song Yue said with envy. "Unlike me, I don't even have money to stay in the treatment cabin."

It’s not that there is nothing, it’s just that after entering the treatment cabin, I had to live hard for a while.

Song Yue contacted this year's representatives from the Department of Pharmacy through Lin Xiaochen and made a deal. This was the favor she owed Lin Xiaochen.

"After the senior sister is cured, she still needs to replenish her energy and blood," Su Chaoqi said while handling the fish in his hand, "If my guess is correct, the senior sister only did the first stage of treatment in the treatment cabin, and the second stage The treatment was not done.”

Even in the interstellar, lying in the treatment cabin does not mean that it can be cured. Serious injuries require a certain amount of time and are staged to prevent the human body from being unable to withstand such huge energy.

"How to make up for it?" Song Yue asked.

Yes, how to make up for it.

If Su Chaoqi could eloquently write dozens of recipes for Song Yue in her previous life, now she can only sigh and can't say anything.

Lin Xiaochen asked: "Can these supplements be replenished?"

She was referring to the steamed grass carp they had just finished eating.

Su Chaoqi replied thoughtfully: "Some foods can indeed replenish blood."

Lin Xiaochen asked again: "Can you do it?"

Su Chaoqi faintly tasted the taste, and she nodded and shook her head: "I can do it, but I can't make it without seasonings."

"Condiments?" Lin Xiaochen was confused and turned on his optical brain, "Can I buy them?"

Before she finished speaking, she saw the price displayed on the optical computer, silently shut up and closed the optical computer.

In the interstellar era, nothing related to the kitchen is cheap, and the same goes for condiments. No wonder everyone in the interstellar era cannot afford to eat.

(End of this chapter)