NOVEL NEXT Chapter 73 Rice Buffet
Nalan Jue and Mu Zhiyuan rode the fast boat for a day and finally caught up with the Xing Jue.
As soon as the two boarded the Xingjue, they saw Mao Xi eating durian cakes with Captain Li, and they felt relieved.
Shui Xi was a little surprised when she saw Mu Zhiyuan and Nalan Jue.
"Brother Mu, Master Nalan, why are you here?"
"Miss Ah Shu, we are worried about you!" Nalan Jue said with a smile.
Mu Zhiyuan stepped forward and said, "Ah Shu, Aunt Chen is very worried about you. Won't you go back with me now?"
"Brother Mu, Captain Li said that we will be arriving at Changdao soon, and I also want to see it. You guys have a rest first, and I will prepare lunch for everyone."
Captain Li walked up to Mu Zhiyuan and said, "Don't worry, young man. This girl's cooking is so delicious. No one dares to bully her. Everyone on our ship likes her!"
Ma Xi turned around and ran to the kitchen to cook with the aunt in charge of the kitchen.
"Miss Ah Miao, you asked me to put the fried vegetables in different big pots and put them directly on the table. Isn't that bad? Why do I feel like I'm feeding pigs?"
"Auntie, this is a buffet. We put different dishes in basins and let everyone order and eat according to their own preferences. This way, you don't have to queue up one by one to wait for you to order food. This not only saves time, but also allows you to arrange meat and vegetables by yourself. , wouldn’t it kill two birds with one stone?”
The chef's wife usually cooks crew meals in one pot with a simple side dish. Only for the steward's three meals, she and the cook cooked two dishes alone.
"Anyway, the crew is not picky about their meals. Just give them a spoonful of rice and a stew. It's okay! I see that they eat happily every time." The chef's cooking is just like her character, straightforward and rough.
"Auntie, they eat well because they work hard on the ship and use up a lot of physical energy, so they eat well. Moreover, sailors on long voyages must eat more fruits and supplement vitamin C to prevent scurvy!"
"What vitamins, little lady, I don't understand what you are saying anymore."
"It's nothing. Auntie, remember to give the crew more oranges and other fruits."
Mao Xi couldn't help but say a few more words, forgetting that the ancients didn't understand the concept of vitamins.
Mu Zhiyuan came to the kitchen and watched Mao Xi cooking. He saw her putting the prepared Poon Choi in the center of the dining room and thought she was making Baijia cuisine.
"Ah Shu, what are you doing? Nalan Jue and I are on the boat, so there's no need to cook such a grand meal."
"Brother Mu, this is a buffet, please help set it up."
Mao Xi prepared two rows of areas in advance to place the prepared meals. Mu Zhiyuan and other kitchen helpers helped arrange the dishes.
Finally, the dessert area has not yet been decorated. Mao Xi and the head chef made durian cakes, coconut cakes, jujube cakes, and cream cakes together.
At meal time, the crew members came to the dining hall one after another. This was the first time that Captain Li and Nalan Jue saw such an arrangement in the dining hall.
The cooks followed Mao Xi's instructions and distributed rice plates and plates to the crew members one after another, teaching them how to eat what they liked.
Mao Xi greeted everyone next to the small stove: "If you want to eat hot noodles and barbecue, come to my place. The noodles are freshly cooked and you can choose your own seafood toppings."
"Mr. Nalan, are you sure this girl is only 14 years old? I think her cooking skills are sophisticated, like a cook who has been running a restaurant for many years." The ship's steward is particularly interested in the dining format of the buffet. Today's meal must be delicious. A meal.
Nalan Jue: "Ah Shu is indeed talented in cooking, there is no doubt about it."
Arriving at Nanzhou Changdao, as soon as they got off the ship, Nalan Jue and the ship steward were busy negotiating the purchase and sale of supplies with the agreed upon pearl merchant.
Mu Zhiyuan accompanied Mao Xi to Changdao Market.
Here, under the shadow of coconut trees, the local specialties are tropical fruits and pearls.
"Brother Mu, have you brought any silver? Can you lend me some to buy fruit?"
Mu Zhiyuan took out the banknotes and coins he carried with him and said, "I know you came here just to buy food, so I brought more money."
The fruits and seafood here are much cheaper than in Wutong Port, and they also accept silver from the Huai Kingdom.
Mao Xi bought a lot more coconuts, durians, shrimps, and squids, until the entire refrigerator and freezer in the space was filled.
There was a smell of rice in the air.
"Brother Mu, do you think this rice is particularly fragrant?" Mao Xi was attracted by the smell of jasmine rice, which tasted very similar to the Thai fragrant rice she bought before traveling through time.
"Didn't you just finish eating? Why are you hungry again?" Mu Zhiyuan was puzzled.
Following the scent, Mao Xi saw a family selling fruit at a beachside stall eating.
"Sister, where did you buy the rice you eat?"
"The grain store in front." The eldest sister spoke not very fluent Chinese.
The grain store is next to a shell crafts store.
Mao Xi planned to buy 500 kilograms of jasmine fragrant rice from the grain store. The owner of the grain store said that he didn't have that much in the store, so he took them to the basement.
In the basement, Mao Xi saw a box storing fragrant rice seeds, and she spent some money to buy a bag of rice seeds from the grain store owner.
500 kilograms of rice were moved out of the basement. Seeing that no one came to transport it, the boss wondered: "Where are your movers and trucks?"
After checking the rice, Mu Zhiyuan said, "Boss, please hurry up. The movers are on their way."
"You came here to buy goods on the big ship from the Huai Kingdom, right?"
"Yes, boss, it will be transported to the ship later."
Seeing that the two of them didn't look like locals, the owner of the grain store said enthusiastically, "How about I call two guys over and help you move to the boat later?"
"Boss, don't bother! We have a man coming to transport them back to the ship. You can do your work first!"
Mao Xi added from the side, and then the grain store owner left.
Mu Zhiyuan helped Mao Xi store all the 500 kilograms of rice in her space. This rice can be eaten for a long time.
The two returned to the boat and saw that Nalan Jue and the boat steward were still communicating with a durian vendor, so they went to the beach to hang out.
"Brother Mu, I didn't expect that you and Nalan Jue would come to the boat to find me."
"Aunt Chen and Xiaodouzi are very worried about you. I have to come to the ship to confirm that you are okay."
"The man who knocked me out said that someone paid him to sell me to Nanzhou, but if I open a snack shop in Lihua Town, who can I offend?"
"I have already interrogated the boy who kidnapped you. He took money from Liu Xiangniang of Ruifeng Tower in order to drive you out of Lihua Town and out of the Great Huai Kingdom."
"What a vicious business war!" Mao Xi muttered. She hadn't opened a restaurant yet, she was just selling some snacks, and she was about to be betrayed.
Mu Zhiyuan suddenly approached Mao Xi and said, "In the future, don't go out alone to purchase goods."
A parrot flew between the two of them and landed on Mu Xi's shoulder.
Mao Xi turned around and saw a tanned boy with his upper body naked and a smile that only had white teeth left on his face.
He stretched out his left hand, and there was an orange parrot sitting on it.
"Do you want us to buy these two parrots?"
The young man nodded sharply.
Mu Zhiyuan gave the boy two pieces of silver, and he untied the strips of cloth from the feet of the two parrots.
The parrot flapped its orange wings and flew to Mao Xi's other shoulder.
"Ah Shu, these two parrots seem to like you very much?"
"Doudou, Zhuanzhuan, Brother Mu, what do you think of these two names?"
"Doudou~"
"Turn around~"
The two parrots imitated Mao Xi and called out separately.
"Ah Shu, let's get on the boat, it's time to go home."