Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Fish Meat Filled Buns

“Mom, I’m off to work.” Xu Ying wiped the corner of her mouth and shouted as she ran out.

Yesterday, her goodwill value surged, directly allowing her to unlock three recipes, as well as a small space area, along with some ready-to-eat foods and daily necessities.

For breakfast, she ate the spicy marinated duck necks she unlocked yesterday—they were so fragrant. Apart from being spicy, there were no issues.

She also drank a cup of milk tea, feeling delightfully cool, although it was a bit high in calories.

When Xu Ying arrived at the State-owned Restaurant on her bike, the other colleagues had just changed their clothes.

Among them, Chen Chunfeng wore a white sleeve on her arm. Xu Ying, puzzled, asked her, “Sister Chen, why are you wearing a sleeve cover today?”

Chen Chunfeng smiled innocently and said, “Today, we’re making buns again. Usually, we sell bun porridge before noon and stir-fried dishes after noon.

Yesterday, because there were not enough ingredients, we sold stir-fried dishes all day. Do you know how to wrap buns?”

After saying that, she slapped her forehead, regretting, “Look at my memory, I forgot that you are not like me, Xu Ying, do you know how to prepare bun fillings?”

Xu Ying nodded. Bun fillings and dumpling fillings were actually quite similar, but one was wrapped into dumplings and the other into buns.

It just happened that she unlocked a meat filling, which could be used today.

“Everyone’s busy. There’s fish today, I’ve put it in the kitchen,” said the procurement officer, and then he left. @@novelbin@@

Xu Ying looked at the fish, delighted—a big basin of it, quite a lot indeed.

“What kinds of fillings can you make for buns?” Chef Ge asked curiously.

Yesterday Xu Ying prepared dishes that were on par with his, but he wondered about her bun fillings.

If hers were worse than his, he would have to properly guide this young lady and take the opportunity to speak about taking her as his apprentice.

Chef Ge had quite the plan in mind.

Xu Ying, oblivious, thought about the dumpling fillings she unlocked yesterday and happily said, “I can make chive and egg, fish meat, pork and Chinese cabbage fillings.

Today is just a coincidence; there’s fish meat, perfect for making fish meat buns.”

Chef Ge was flabbergasted—he had never eaten buns with fish meat filling before.

Could fish meat even be used in buns? What would it taste like?

“Of course, it can be used in buns.” Xu Ying said as she washed a few carrots. It was a pity there was no shepherd’s purse; if it had been mixed in, it would have been even tastier.

Don’t ask Xu Ying why; because the unlocked recipe included shepherd’s purse.

But for now, it would have to do. The fish meat needed to be as boneless as possible; this time, the restaurant provided blackfish, which had fewer bones.

The restaurant provided too little pork, so Xu Ying did not use pork for the filling.

She chopped the fish meat and mixed it evenly with carrots, mushrooms, spring onions, cabbages, and other ingredients, sequentially adding spices and mixing it uniformly. Her fish meat filling was complete.

Chive and egg were even easier to make, as Gao Guihua and the others knew how to do it.

They watched Xu Ying making the fish meat filling, curious about its uniqueness.

They had tried chive fillings and pork cabbage ones, but they had never heard of fish meat fillings before.

“Xu Ying, are buns with fish meat filling tasty?”

Xu Ying nodded, “They are really tasty!”

Chen Chunfeng, looking naive, asked, “Xu Ying, you’re really amazing, how do you know so many bun fillings? Have you eaten any others?”

Xu Ying thought about the buns she ate during the apocalypse, “There were beef fillings, preserved vegetable fillings, glass noodle fillings, carrot and ham fillings, and two-ounce chicken leg fillings…”

When it came to that, there was no end to it.

Several people sat together, chatting and making dumplings.

Chef Ge was cooking millet porridge nearby, occasionally chiming in.

Hearing Xu Ying knew so many recipes he didn’t know, Chef Ge felt nothing but amazement and inferiority.

He had lived most of his life, yet a young girl knew more than him. Despite having the title of Imperial Chef, he felt utterly ashamed.

Everyone arrived at the restaurant at nine, then got busy making fillings, kneading dough, wrapping dumplings, and cooking porridge.

By about ten-thirty, when they finished, customers came in right on time.

Soon, the restaurant was packed, “What fillings do you have for dumplings today, and what about soups?”

Sun Lifang took orders without lifting her head, “Fish, chives and egg, green vegetables and mushrooms, with millet porridge, mixed grain porridge, and sweet potato congee.”

Normally, there were just a few vegetarian dumpling options, but today there was even meat, and although fish dumplings sounded odd, everyone was curious.

They all clamored to try a fish-filled dumpling.

Nowadays, the dumplings were genuinely substantial, not only in size but also in filling.

As soon as the dumplings were steamed, Chef Ge, unable to contain his curiosity, grabbed a piping hot one. The outer shell was soft, and the inside was delicious, the aroma of fish mixed with the delights of radish and mushrooms.

With each bite, warmth spread through his body.

Chef Ge, savoring, closed his eyes; it was his first time experiencing dumplings with fish filling.

Thinking that he was supposed to take someone as his apprentice who knew more than him, Chef Ge couldn’t help feeling a little guilty.

Despite this, he was determined to take Xu Ying as his apprentice.

After finishing a large meat dumpling, Chef Ge scurried over to Xu Ying.

Throwing all caution to the wind, he approached her, stretched his neck, and began to praise her, “Xu Ying, I truly underestimated you.

With such great culinary skill, how are you still working in a restaurant!”

Gao Guihua, seeing Chef Ge laughing and chatting with Xu Ying, didn’t know what they were discussing, but noticed his kind smile.

She felt a sourness inside—everyone knew what kind of temperament Chef Ge had.

When had he ever shown them such a smile?

She nudged Zhang Youquan next to her and stirred up trouble, “You’ve been following Chef Ge for so many years and haven’t picked up any skills. You’re not even as good as this girl, Xu Ying!”

Zhang Youquan turned to look at Chef Ge and Xu Ying, a surge of anger rising in his chest. At this rate, Xu might just take over when Chef Ge retired.

After enduring so many years, he couldn’t stand to watch someone else snatch what was almost in his grasp.

He approached the two of them, grinning, trying to join the conversation.

But Xu Ying was busy, and only exchanged a few casual words with Chef Ge.

Chef Ge noticed her disinterest in chatting, his eyes then fixed on the customers outside the window, feeling a bit weird about her habit—she just liked watching people eat.

Xu Ying did indeed enjoy watching others eat, her heart delighted at seeing ‘+1’ scores flashing above their heads.

Suddenly, the system announced a goodwill value of +15, and Xu Ying immediately stood up, staring intensely at the front of the restaurant.

Suddenly, she spotted a familiar figure and excitedly called out, “Huo Chen!”

Huo Chen had come to the restaurant with a friend. Wu Qingsong had just bought breakfast, and there were six large dumplings on the table, with him holding a bowl of millet porridge, his face all smiles.

“Brother Chen, let’s eat!”

Before Huo Chen could sit down, he heard Xu Ying’s voice.