Food King [Interstellar]

During the lunch break, Jack was resting on a box in the storage room, and Jiang Tang asked Jack, "Uncle Jack, why don't robots work in the kitchen?"

Jack glanced at him, and sneered: "You are really lucky, you don't know if your current job was taken back from the robot? You should cherish it, and don't be robbed of your job by the robot again." Chance, you don’t even have time to cry.”

Jiang Tang understood a little bit. Collins said similar things to the speeder driver when he was in the spaceport. It is estimated that technology is too advanced in this era, and robots are too versatile.This society is extremely technologically advanced, but in fact there are many problems, such as eating, such as work, are all big issues related to survival.

Jiang Tang asked again: "Uncle Jack, how can I work in the kitchen?"

Jack squinted at him from top to bottom, and couldn't help but smile: "Do you think you'll have a chance to learn how to cook if you enter Baker's Restaurant? Don't dream, you still hope to have a good pregnancy in your next life!"

Jiang Tang especially wanted to say that he could cook, but he just wanted to change jobs, but he didn't dare to act rashly. He would observe for a few days and understand the situation before talking.

In the afternoon, Jiang Tang was assigned to deal with the shells again. This kind of beck is said to be unique to Sarn Star. Because of the harsh natural environment, the shells of these shells are very thick and very distorted. They cannot be easily pried open with a knife, which is more difficult than picking oysters. too much.Jiang Tang struggled with the shell all afternoon, and his wrist was injured and he couldn't use his strength, and his hand was scratched by a knife.

Jack only threw some medicine for him, and said lightly: "It's not a big problem, just get used to it."

When Jiang Tang was working alone in the storage room, he saw the white stuffed animal again. It jumped into the nut bean basket in front of Jiang Tang, grabbed a nut with its front paws, and then vigorously As soon as he kicked off, he jumped onto the shelf, looked down at Jiang Tang condescendingly, and looked at Jiang Tang warily, as if waiting for him to chase and beat him.However, Jiang Tang just raised his head and smiled at it, he didn't wave his hand to drive it away, nor scolded it.The little guy was very courageous, bit open the nut beans with a "click" in front of Jiang Tang, ate the beans, and threw the shells on the ground.Jiang Tang lowered his head to do his own work, while it hopped up and down and ate several nuts.

Jack came in from the outside, and the little thing disappeared. Jack looked at the bean husks on the ground, and suddenly became furious: "This beast is here again, Jiang Tang, are you a dead man? You won't chase it away when it comes to steal things?"

Jiang Tang said: "It's not afraid of me, it can't be driven away."

Jack said angrily, "Then whip it hard until you die! Those damn robots got used to it!"

Jiang Tang asked: "Did robots do the work here before?"

Jack didn't bother to pay attention to him: "The next time the mouse comes again, it must be driven away."

It turned out to be a squirrel, Jiang Tang said: "It's so small, it can't eat much."

Jack's eyeballs were bulging, and he almost wanted to shoot Jiang Tang with his eyes: "It can't eat much! You put it lightly, do you know that its appetite is bigger than yours? Do you know that the things it eats can top Your food expenses for a week?"

Jiang Tang was taken aback: "These things are so expensive!"

Jack looked at him like a country bumpkin: "It can't be blamed for your ignorance. You Spanda probably don't even have a restaurant. With your current monthly salary, you can't afford a meal at Baker's Restaurant."

"So expensive! Is Baker's the most exclusive restaurant?"

Jack sneered: "Not only is Baker's restaurant expensive, but you can't afford all the restaurants in the entire empire. There will be no more than 10000 chefs in the entire empire. Do you understand what this is? The population of the entire empire is as high as 100. 100 million! That is to say, there is only one chef in a population of [-] million. You have to wait in line for at least a month to eat a freshly cooked meal in a restaurant. Eating is a pastime for rich people. The taste is richer, and it is fresh. How can there be a molecular meal with comprehensive nutrition.”

The set meal he ate was still processed molecular cuisine. Jiang Tang was frightened now. How did cooking become a rare skill, and eating became a luxury. What happened in the middle?Jiang Tang found that although he had received a lot of information from Ping Yan's memory, Ping Yan himself was probably a child who knew nothing.Jiang Tang could only turn to Optical Brain for help. He used Optical Brain to search for recipes, but there was no information at all. He searched the ancient Chinese food books in his memory, but there was still nothing.Then search for Ping’s food, but there is a little introduction to the origin. It originated from the ancient Chinese culinary family. It has been passed down since the Great Migration Era. It has retained the traditional Chinese cooking method. There are several Chinese restaurants and several food processing factories.

He looked at it for a while, and Jack came to urge him to work again, and he was busy until eight o'clock in the evening before eating. He still ate the set meal, but with a different taste, and this set meal was actually molecular gastronomy, which really refreshed Jiang Tang's experience. cognition.Jiang Tang has given up hope of eating here unless he has a chance to cook it himself.But he doesn't even have the qualifications to enter the kitchen, so he can't process it by hand. I don't know if there are cooking utensils in the store. At least there should be microwave ovens. The Collins family has them, so that he can cook by himself.

After work, Jiang Tang was taken by Jack to the dormitory building next to the building. The dormitory conditions are good, and one person lives in a single room with everything. Looking at the empty dormitory, Jiang Tang thought to himself, isn’t this going to drive people crazy? It's not enough to find someone to inquire about the situation.He had no choice but to use his brain to search for information. He found a chef exchange forum, but he had to provide a chef qualification certificate number to register.He also saw someone posting on the Internet saying that he wanted to learn cooking, but was ridiculed by a large crowd.Jiang Tang vaguely understood that chefs are all inherited from the family, and most people can't learn it.

After tossing around most of the night, Jiang Tang didn't figure out what was the reason why everyone couldn't cook anymore and had to rely on food processing companies for food.He lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling with his eyes wide open. Judging from this, the tasks assigned by the Ping family to Ping Yan were really difficult. Who would teach the diet formula to an irrelevant person?If you want to complete the task, you can only steal it.How likely is this to succeed?No wonder Ping Yan wanted to commit suicide, the pressure was huge.I don't know if Collins' friend is reliable or not.

The next day when Jiang Tang went to work in the restaurant, he was severely beaten by the foreman and Jack, because the window was not closed after get off work yesterday, and the rat came in and ate a lot of food.The foreman said: "You made such a big mistake on the first day of work and caused serious losses, so the company can no longer keep you, and you need to compensate 10000 silver dollars." Silver dollars are the currency of the Galactic Empire.

Jiang Tang frowned and glanced at Jack. He didn't tell himself to close the window at all. Why did it all become his responsibility?Just as he was about to retort, he heard Jack say: "Mr. Phil, since it was the first time Jiang Tang made a mistake, you should forgive him and give him a chance. I will definitely train him well in the future, no Let him make the same mistake again. His compensation will be deducted from his salary."

The foreman snorted: "Then I won't report to the superior this time, there will be no next time!"

Jiang Tang watched the foreman leave and looked back at Jack: "No one reminded me to close the windows yesterday."

Jack waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, you must remember to turn it off next time, this is your duty."

Jiang Tang glanced at Jack coldly, but didn't say anything. On the second day of work, he took the blame for someone else and was fined. No wonder he was happy.When he got the employee chip, he knew how much he had been fined. His weekly salary was 300 silver dollars, which means that it was only 1200 silver dollars a month, and he only earned more than 1 dollars a year. It was almost sold out the next day.This is the good treatment that Collins said?

Jiang Tang looked at Jack: "What happened yesterday is not my responsibility, I should not pay the fine."

Jack didn't expect this rookie to be so unprofessional and said: "I have won the chance for you to stay. If you don't want to pay a fine, then you can leave. You will be fined for the money. If you don't pay the fine, you Your credit history won't get you a job in the whole empire!"

Jiang Tang was neither overbearing nor humble: "I want to find a lawyer. There must be surveillance in the storage room. The judge will decide who should pay for the expenses."

Jack was very annoyed. He didn't expect this idiot with an IQ of only 110 to know how to call a lawyer: "Yesterday's monitoring was broken. No one can prove it for you."

"There is no evidence to prove that I should be responsible for this matter. I went to work on the first day and did not receive any training. I went straight to the job. I made a mistake, and the company is also responsible. My last time is even more directly responsible. .” Jiang Tang did not back down.

Jack slammed the basin in his hand on the ground, and pointed at Jiang Tang: "Okay, I will pay half of the fee, and you will only pay half. Boy, let's see!"

Jiang Tang knew that his life would not be easy in the future, so he kept thinking about his own way out. What can he do after leaving Baker Company? Can the Ping family let him go?Early the next morning, Jiang Tang went to the restaurant. Before Jack arrived, he found that the window of the storage room was open again. It had already been closed before leaving yesterday. Frame yourself.

He checked it, but fortunately nothing was damaged, but instead he saw a small mouse caught by a mechanical mousetrap, which seemed to be opening a window to catch mice.The little guy's lower body and tail were stained red with blood, and he yelled pitifully. Jiang Tang took advantage of the fact that no one was there, and carefully released the chipper. The chipper thought that Jiang Tang was going to catch it, so he turned his head and looked Jiang Tang bit it, and its two front teeth were really sharp enough, it knocked Jiang Tang's tiger's jaw straight through, the pain was so painful that Jiang Tang quickly let go.

He hurriedly cleaned the wound, found out the ointment that Jack had given him that day, and applied it on, wondering if there was a virus, had Ping Yan been vaccinated?It won't cause plague.The burglar did not leave after it escaped from Jiang Tang's control. Its hind limbs were injured, and it lost its jumping ability.

Jiang Tang walked over, and then found that the mouse had stopped, took a step back, and looked at Jiang Tang with despair and fear.Jiang Tang's heart softened, he grabbed the little thing, cleaned the wound, and found that the hind leg bone was broken, he found something to set the bone, and then applied the ointment he used himself, hoping that the little guy's vitality would be strong enough , able to survive.

Jiang Tang hid the little guy in his clothes, took it downstairs secretly, found a secluded bush and put it down: "Let's go, don't come again next time." Then he got up and hurried back to work, It's too late to be scolded by Jack again.The chipmunk propped itself on the ground with its forelimbs, watching Jiang Tang's back intently, until it couldn't see it, then licked its wound and hid in the bushes.

Jack saw the mousetrap and the blood on the ground, and said triumphantly, "Let that damned thing go, and sooner or later I'll catch it and skin it for a scarf."

For the next two days, Jiang Tang didn't see the burglar, he was thinking about the little thing, and he didn't know if it was all right.Sarn's rotation period is 25 hours, and its revolution period is 20 days longer than that of the earth, which is similar to that of the earth in all aspects. Therefore, human beings are still accustomed to counting time in earth time, which is still seven days a week.On Sunday, Jiang Tang rested, and he sent Collins a message, but Collins said in the message that he was a little busy recently, and told him not to look for him this week, and didn't mention that friend at all.

Jiang Tang had no choice but to go out by himself. He wanted to buy some cooking utensils, preferably to cook for himself.He went to the store by flying car, only to find that there were no pots, stoves, knives and shovels in the store, and there were no vegetables for sale. The food section was all processed food, especially the most abundant molecular meal, and it also came with various function introductions. What is weight loss? , breast enhancement, heightening, muscle building, detoxification, beauty and even hairdressing, there are so many categories that Jiang Tang is almost speechless, who came up with this gimmick.

In the end, he had no choice but to buy a microwave oven and go home. It is better than nothing, and the microwave oven can make a lot of delicious food.It's just that the ingredients are not easy to deal with, and they can't be bought. I don't know if I will be found if I steal a little from the storage room.

When Jiang Tang was holding the microwave oven and waiting for the elevator downstairs in the dormitory, he suddenly noticed something pulling his trouser leg. He looked down and said, oh, it wasn't that little mouse.The little guy stood upright on his hind legs, put his two front paws on his trousers, held a mushroom in his mouth, and stared at him with round black eyes.Jiang Tang's hands were not empty, and he fiddled with the little guy with his shoes: "Hey, little guy, are you okay?"

The guy was moved back by Jiang Tang, but he didn't leave. Instead, he put the mushroom in his mouth at Jiang Tang's feet, turned around and jumped into the grass, and turned around from the grass to look at Jiang Tang. Don.Jiang Tang understood that this little guy was giving him a gift in return.Jiang Tang smiled. He squatted down holding the microwave oven, picked up the mushrooms and put them in his pocket, and said to the chipmunk, "Thank you!"

I bought a microwave oven. Although Jiang Tang is dexterous, it is difficult to cook rice without rice. After much deliberation, there is only a mushroom sent by the mouse. The little guy came here specially to give it. It should be non-toxic, and the color doesn’t look like it. poisonous.He washed the mushrooms, tore them into small pieces, packed them in a combo box, added some water, and put them in the microwave to cook the soup.It's funny to think about it, one mushroom and one bowl of soup.

A few minutes later, the mushroom soup was ready, and when the microwave oven was turned on, the room was filled with a strange aroma, which made Jiang Tang's saliva flow out.There was no salt, no oil, no ingredients or seasonings, Jiang Tang just took a sip of the mushroom soup, and felt a strange fresh and sweet taste pervading his mouth, mobilizing all his appetites, and his stomach also wriggled violently .Jiang Tang drank all the soup in one go, burped after drinking, and finally felt alive.

After drinking the mushroom soup, Jiang Tang could no longer eat those tasteless and nutritious meals. I don't know where the burglar picked up the mushrooms. If he could pick them up, he wouldn't have to go to the kitchen to steal them.He went to bed with a stomach full of delicious mushroom soup, and had a dream buried in food.