I'm Not a Detective

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.

Takeshi Nanahara spent a day and a night, spending more than 500,000 yen, and even hired workers to guide him in purchasing. He was busy until noon the next day, and directly changed the appearance of the kitchen - it was actually his kitchen. It's a monkey version, but it has all the things and functions it should have.

As for spending a little too much money, it is mainly because the prices of fresh-keeping cabinets, professional ovens, professional stoves and stoves are so high that no matter how much you save, you won't be able to save much.

Taking advantage of the kitchen, Takeshi Nanabahara immediately began to instruct Naokawa Yoshino and Qingmi Ruri to process the ingredients, soak the bones purchased in large quantities in cold water in batches, and let the blood slowly drain out.

Qing Jian saw Liuli wearing a turban and working honestly, but she couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing? Are we going to sell boiled bones in the future?"

Takeshi Nanahara was wearing a chef's hat, sunglasses, and a mask. He was dressed like this to rob a bank. Even if someone saw him, they wouldn't be able to recognize him. He explained in a buzzing voice: "This is to prepare soup stock." , if you want to start a business, this is the most important step.”

"The most important step? What is dashi?" Naokawa Yoshino was also working honestly according to his request, but he was not as quick as Qingmi Ruri. Hearing this, he became interested.

Takeshi Nanahara did the work after receiving the money, and explained patiently: "The so-called dashi is a seasoning soup rich in animal protein and amino acids. It is an indispensable condiment in many cuisines. It can greatly enhance the taste and add freshness. taste.

We currently have limited capital and cannot open a store, so we can only start with cheap fast food lunch boxes. However, there are too many competitors in this industry and customers have too many choices. If we want to stand out and have a stable customer base, we must focus on taste. To win with taste, customers will want to come back after eating once - we don’t have to be much better than our peers, but we must be better than them. Only by being better than them can our business have a future.

But then again, it's not that easy to be better than your peers. 'Big pot dishes' cannot be made carefully, seasoned carefully, and it is inconvenient to use high-end ingredients. Otherwise, the cost will soar, and the price of the finished product will also skyrocket. It is not good for competition, so we want to control costs and improve quality, and stock is the key.

As long as we put in the effort to brew a few pots of good stock, add a little bit of it when stir-frying, cooking, and stewing, or even pour a small spoonful on the finished dish, we can improve our bento to a great extent. The quality makes customers feel more comfortable and satisfied with their food, and they still come to pay us even if they walk a few extra steps. "

After a pause, he added with a smile, "And we can also use the stock to prepare high-quality brine, which can also improve the quality of the braised side dishes, further ensuring that most of the guests can become repeat customers. There are many benefits. Wait until you finish cooking. It will become clear once you try it.”

Qing Jian Liuli suddenly remembered that when she usually cooks at the Nanahara Takeshi family, dashi is used in many dishes, but the dashi has been prepared by Nanahara Takeshi a long time ago, so she just needs to use it, but she really forgot about it for a moment. One crop.

Don't tell me, this guy wants money to the death, but the method he came up with is really reliable. It doesn't cost much, and maybe it can really make the lunch box taste better.

Naokawa Yoshino was also touched. It turns out that running a small catering business is also very particular. He seemed to have thought too simply before and didn't know how many detours he would have to take without the guidance of an expert.

Takeshi Nanahara smiled and stopped talking nonsense. He carefully wrote down the ingredient list for making several kinds of soup stock and posted it on the wall for them to sort according to the ingredients. This would also make it easier for Naokawa Yoshino to make it himself in the future.

Soon, the blood on some of the bones was analyzed. Takeshi Nanahara checked it by touching and smelling it, and then directed Naokawa Yoshino to set up a large pot and boil the water over high heat. First, add a small amount of pork tube bones and a large amount of pork spine, and explained to her by the way: " Pork ribs contain a lot of bone marrow and fat. The resulting soup is milky white and has a rich aroma, but it is relatively greasy. In terms of Japanese eating habits, it is only used to enhance the flavor. Most of the time, pork is used. spine.

Compared with pork tube bones, it has less bone marrow content and less fat content. The soup will be more fragrant and more suitable for the taste here. You should pay attention to this when making your own in the future. You can also look at the bones. Make appropriate adjustments to the situation. "

Naokawa Yoshino nodded vigorously, indicating that he remembered.

Takeshi Nanahara pointed to the stove again and said: "With the right ingredients and proportions, we also need to pay attention to the heat of the cooking. Generally speaking, high heat will make thick soup, and low heat will make clear soup. In this pot, we have to make thick soup. In the future, it will be used to enhance the aroma when making dishes, so you need to directly add boiling water, simmer it over high heat to enhance the flavor, and then turn to low heat to create the aroma. This must be remembered. "

"Okay, I remember." Naokawa Yoshino nodded vigorously again.

"Now take a spoon and keep skimming out the foam. You must skim it out completely and don't stop. Otherwise, the soup will be wasted and the smell will be very strong."

Naokawa Yoshino quickly stood in front of the pot, took a spoon, and began to patiently skim off the foam, while Takeshi Nanahara pointed to the accessories next to him and said: "When the heat is turned to low, add the chicken rack, duck rack, fish bones, and pork skin. These auxiliary ingredients further add flavor to the soup. At the same time, add ginger, angelica slices, cinnamon, orange peel, star anise and other spices to remove the fishy smell. You must be careful with the spices and pay attention to the dosage ratio I marked. They are just to remove the fishy smell, not for seasoning. This pot of broth will be considered useless if it is too much."

Naokawa Yoshino took a deep breath and nodded seriously. He felt that this business was indeed difficult to do. He hadn’t even started making bento yet. The preparations were so troublesome. He didn’t know what to do next, but maybe he just didn’t have that much trouble. , that’s why the business was not good, so she could only hold her sister and cry - now that it was so troublesome, her confidence began to increase, and she began to think that the business might get better.

Takeshi Nanahara turned to Qingjian Ruri and asked, "Have the radish been washed?"

Qing Jian saw that Liuli was washing mud at the faucet, and she really wanted to help for free, and she did not hesitate at all. She said without raising her head: "It's being washed. It'll be ready soon."

"Idiot, you take so long to wash some radishes." Takeshi Nanahara scolded her unceremoniously. Even if she was not in a hurry to use it, can a little busboy still be considered a chef if he doesn't scold him in front of the chef?

After scolding him, he turned back to Naokawa Yoshino and said patiently: "When the foam in the pot gradually subsides, you can take the time to cut the radish into pieces, and let Qingmi-san teach you your knife skills, and then put the radish cubes into the pot. , fish it out as you go, use radish pieces to absorb the odorous substances inside, until no more foam can be boiled out no matter how hard you boil it, do you understand?"

Naokawa Yoshino said seriously: "I understand." But after saying that, she hesitated and asked carefully, "How long will it take?"

Takeshi Nanahara smiled and said: "The whole process? Let's calculate it as an average of six hours per pot!"

"One pot for six hours?" Naokawa Yoshino looked at the bones and various auxiliary ingredients just prepared. At present, less than a fifth has been used, and he couldn't help but hesitated, "Those bones..."

Takeshi Nanahara's smile did not change, "Pork bone soup, pork bone clear soup, chicken bone clear soup, beef bone soup, fresh soup, all have to be boiled, and some of them will be used to make brine after boiling, so be prepared to stay up late! "After a pause, he smiled again, "It's not easy to make money, Naokawa-senpai. If you want to do well in the catering industry, it's dirty, tiring and tiring. It's too late to regret it now."

In fact, several pots can be cooked at the same time. It is not a big problem for one person to take care of two or three pots. Or you can ask Qingmi Ruri to help and take care of several pots. However, Naokawa Yoshino is a novice and is essentially learning, so she is left alone. Simmer slowly.

Naokawa Yoshino's expression was firm: "I'm not afraid of tiredness, nor of hardship!"

Takeshi Nanahara nodded, turned around and went to the kitchen door, smiling: "Then come on!"

There's no point in helping him if he can't survive, and he can't stay for a long time. If he wants to stay for a long time, why not build a food truck? Wouldn't it be better for him to just become a chef and open a French restaurant?

Therefore, this business ultimately depends on Naokawa Yoshino. She must be able to do all the work herself and do it well. The limit is to ask Qingmi Ruri to help wash the radish with the bubble bones.

He ran to the kitchen door to play chess with Naokawa Aoi. Naokawa Aoi was talented, but she was too young and her brainpower and physical strength were several steps behind him. He hung him up and beat him without conscience. When he won, he couldn't stop laughing. Mouth - that is to say, he still has some sense of moral integrity and did not coax the little nerd Naokawa Aoi to play chess with him. If he wants to play chess, Naokawa Aoi can go home with him later.

Naokawa Aoi didn't have much idea about winning or losing, and she didn't feel bad when she lost, but she beamed when he saw him win. She raised her little face and looked at him blankly for a while, then she also smiled: "Ha..."

Qingmi Ruri had soaked all the bones at this time, and also guided Naokawa Yoshino to cut the radish, wiped his hands and came out. When he saw Takeshi Nanabahara bullying the child, he was very angry and immediately said dissatisfied: "Kui, don't pay attention to him, this guy is the best at it." You're bullying me, my sister is here to play with you."

Takeshi Nanahara turned to face her and said with a smile: "It's better to save it, you can't do it."

Qingjian Liuli glanced at him and said unhappily: "Don't look down on people, I have joined the evaluation committee before and learned chess seriously!"

The Shogi Evaluation Club, also known as the Shogi Training Club, is a branch of the Shogi Club (Shogi League) under the Award Club. Its members are mainly children and teenagers. It can be regarded as a place to replenish the new blood of Japanese Shogi - if professional shogi players If the world is a university, then the award meeting is the middle school and the evaluation meeting is the elementary school.

Its member levels range from S, A1, A2, B1, B2 to F2. The local evaluation committees regularly organize promotion competitions, allowing members of the same level to compete against each other in a round-robin manner. The winner with points will compete with a higher-level chess player. By playing handicap chess, the winner advances, and the loser can also improve his chess skills.

If you can keep winning, you can eventually enter the reward club and become a semi-professional chess player.

At this point, you can make a living by playing chess. No matter how good it is, at least you won't starve to death.

The bad idea that Takeshi Nanahara gave Naokawa Yoshino before was to send Naokawa Aoi to the evaluation meeting. As long as she takes some time to kill the "elementary school" at a young age... she doesn't need to kill her. It's enough to kill B1. If you participate in the incentive event, there will naturally be a lot of people rushing to take you on as apprentices. There will be no problem in making a living by playing chess in the future.

But he really didn't expect Qingjian Ruri to have participated in the evaluation meeting when he was a child. He couldn't help but laugh and asked: "You have also joined the evaluation meeting? I really didn't expect this. What level were you at when you quit?"

"Tch, I want you to take care of it!" Qingmi Liuli pushed him away, sat across from Naokawa Aoi, and started playing chess with her. She didn't want to answer such a boring question - even if Naokawa Aoi is a so-called genius, she is older than her after all. At nearly ten years old, he has advantages in physical strength and brain development. Let's not talk about winning or losing. At least he can kill and fight, so he should be qualified as a sparring partner.

Come on, this guy looks down on people all day long, just to see me show off his skills.

Of course, she was very careful and never dared to underestimate the enemy. After all, Takeshi Nanahara dared to say that Naokawa Aoi was talented, so Naokawa Aoi was probably really a little genius and should not be underestimated. She started to defend immediately and wanted to make the first move. A "Yakura Surround" uses two gold and one silver to surround the jade first, so as to prevent the old horse from stumbling and the famous generals to flee.

Well, this way you can at least survive fifty moves, and it won't look bad if you lose.

Safe, as expected of me!

Three minutes later, she knelt down on the side of the chessboard and gave her position to Takeshi Nanabahara again with a sullen expression.

Damn it, so I’m not even qualified to be a sparring partner? This kid's chess game is so weird, so arrogant, and so unreasonable. He started betting against me as soon as he came up. Why did my general disappear after he matched against me?

I can’t even remember the process. How did I lose?

Takeshi Nanahara sat back across from Naokawa Aoi. He couldn't be happier. He placed the chess pieces and said with a smile: "Your level is at most F1, and it can't be higher."

"You are F1, I am E2." Qingjian Liuli muttered, but did not dare to speak too loudly.

Takeshi Nanahara laughed twice and was too lazy to pay attention to her. There was no difference between the second to last and the third to last in his eyes. He continued to play chess with Naokawa Aoi. This lasted all afternoon, and soon it was dinner time.

Takeshi Nanahara sniffed. The first pot of stock was ready and it was time to try the taste.

Forgot, it’s the end of the month, in the last minute, if you have any rotten monthly tickets, throw them to me~