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Chapter 71

In the days after that, it was just like what Zhao Xue Mei and the others had said. Zhong Ziqi was only getting started yet Zhao Zheng'an's hair was turning white in the past few days. Zhong Ziqi could no longer go into the kitchen to prepare for the meal and cook now because he would vomit at the smell of the lampblack.

There were only two of them in the house and Zhong Ziqi was already gone on strike. Zhao Zheng'an was the only one who had no choice but to go wash his hand and make soup but he had never cooked anything other than porridge therefore the food he made was super unpalatable.

Zhao Zheng'an's heart was in agony. Every day he could only give Zhong Ziqi white porridge. Besides that, he could only go into the town to ask Zhao Xue Mei and the others to help him make some delicious food. But even the distant water could not quench his thirst, so Zhao Zheng'an could only summon up his courage to practice his cooking skills at home for two days.

Zhong Ziqi would sit at the kitchen door wrapped in a thick layer and tell him which one to put first, which one to put second, how much salt to use and how much water to put.

After repeated attempts at either salty or bland, Zhao Zheng'an finally graduated. The basis of his mastery was that he could complete a dish on his own, without putting in the wrong seasoning. Although the taste was just so-so, Zhao Zheng'an was quite satisfied.

After passing his attentive consideration, he has mastered the basic order of seasoning in cooking. As long as he didn't put too much in, the taste was still okay, and it was always palatable.

Every time Zhong Ziqi looked at his exhausted appearance, he would feel particularly touched.At the same time, he would always resist the nausea and take two more bites, not to waste his kind feelings, but in the end, he would still throw up.

Zhao Zheng'an was incessantly distressed 'to have his hands bound and unable to do anything' (helpless) about Zhong Ziqi's sickly little face. Since he knew that he loved sour food, he made sour food for him. The pickled vegetables at home that were made during the autumn were already edible, he then made it again for him in different ways, but of course he would prepare for it before doing so....

As the time passed day after day, even before Zhao Zheng'an and Zhong Ziqi came back, they had already discussed this matter with Zhao Amu and the others. They put up a notice outside the door. It said that they would be closing for the New Year on a certain day.

For people who liked to eat the fried dough twist and the deep fried breadsticks, they could buy more, since it wouldn't go bad, to save them from when the time came and not being able to buy it even if they wanted to eat it.

When the other people heard about this, they immediately one after another loosen up their purse especially when they heard that approaching the Chinese New Year, there were discounts on the 'Quite Delicious's you tiou and mahua. If you buy as many as you like, you could get one or two more for free. Many people then came over to buy it.

So near the Chinese New Year, the customer traffic of 'Quite Delicious' and the courtyard were a little higher than usual even without having an appointment. Everyone bought a dozen or several dozen of it for the New Year. Everyone wanted to indulge in a good year, even if the family was poor, they didn't want to make the Chinese New Year cold and cheerless which would bring a bad omen so the more lively it was, the more prosperous it would be in the coming year.

It was not until three days before the Chinese New Year that 'Quite Delicious' officially closed. The workshop in the courtyard was also closed. Zhao Zheng'an went into the town to settle the wages of Zhao Xue Mei, Liu Mei Feng, Qian Ling, Zhao Jiang and Zhao Lan. Zhao Xue Mei and the other two were happy to have nearly 300 wen of salary in their hands. Zhao Xue Mei was especially happy that both he and Zhao Jiang had been paid for their work, although Zhao Jiang's pay was only half of his, there was enough for them to buy New Year's goods and still have some money left.