Chapter 273 In the Name of Work
Looking around, there were only a few people in the huge kitchen.
Su Xia is definitely not all of them, otherwise just a few of them would definitely not be enough to deal with so many people in the garrison.
Su Xia thought about it, walked towards where Yixian was, and stood beside her.
She was a weak woman with slender arms, but the big iron pot in her hands seemed to have no weight at all. She skillfully increased the fire, added more oil, and poured bowls of side dishes that had been prepared on the stove into the pot, including ham, shrimp, diced mushrooms, green peas... and finally a full bowl of corn kernels.
As she was preparing the seasoning, Yixian looked around. She remembered that the seasoning she had prepared in advance was placed next to her, but she didn't know why it disappeared. At this time, she saw a person standing next to her and shouted, " Admiral?"
"Yeah." Yixian's movements were too obvious, so Su Xia asked, "What are you looking for?"
"Seasoning." Yixian replied.
"Seasoning?" Su Xia said, "Is it the one in your hand?"
Yixian lowered his head and saw the bowl of seasoning in his hand. He looked a little dazed: "You can forget it even if you hold it in your hand."
Su Xia said: "I often look for a pen or a cell phone everywhere. I can't find it in my pockets or pants. I wonder if I left it somewhere and forgot to take it. I was almost scared to death. When I finally found it in my hand, I was completely stunned."
"This memory is really terrible." Yixian said with a smile and shook his head. He poured the seasoning into the pot, found a spatula and started to stir-fry. "By the way, Admiral, when did you come over here?"
"I've been here for a while." Su Xia said, "I came here when you started cooking."
"Since you're here, why don't you say anything?" Yixian said, "You were so quiet that I almost got scared by you."
"You cook so smoothly, as if you were performing a cooking show. I couldn't bear to interrupt you, and I was fascinated by you."
Yixian said, "Are you fascinated by what you see, or are you starving?"
"We have to wait a little longer." Yixian said, "It will probably take a few minutes."
"Yeah. It's okay." Su Xia looked at Yixian cooking, thought for a moment and said, "We should say this. We came so late, it's really troublesome for you. I heard from Ruihe that today is the trial operation, you were going to get off work, but you still have to prepare for us again."
"What...what trouble..." Yixian said, "This is our responsibility. Our responsibility is to prepare food for everyone. It's a matter of course. There's no reason to make any trouble."
"That's what I said." Su Xia said, "We are playing at the beach, but you have to work hard here to prepare dinner. In comparison, I really feel... embarrassed." He was just criticized by Zuikaku and is still feeling ashamed.
"It's not hard... We are busy now and can only watch you play. It seems very hard." Yixian paused, "But when you get your salary at the end of the month and get points, then everyone will be envious."
Yixian continued, "Admiral, I don't know how many people came to me specifically to work here, specifically to work hard."
Su Xia thought about it and it seemed to make sense. Everyone was busy for a reason. They were paid for it. A considerable part of the reward needed to be paid by him as the admiral. As long as he didn't exchange the admiral's coupons, he wouldn't suffer any loss. In this way, his guilt was slightly alleviated.
Su Xia said, "I didn't go to the office today. I took a whole day off... Speaking of which, it seems that being an admiral means there is no holiday at all. I wonder if you have submitted your report. How many people did you find to help you? I mean it's better to find more people. Don't just find enough."
"With more people, you can share the work and make it easier. With more people, everyone can take turns to rest. If possible, it's best to work one day and rest one day, or work three days and rest three days." Su Xia said, "This job is different from other jobs. It's the most tiring. You have to get up early in the morning to prepare, and you're busy all the time, and you can't finish until the evening."
Su Xia knows someone who runs a breakfast shop. He doesn't have to get up at dawn. I heard that he has to get up at three or four o'clock. He can make a lot of money every month, but there is nothing to envy. It is really hard-earned money. Even if there are more people in the garrison and the equipment is more complete, it is inevitable to get up early.
Yixian looked at Su Xia tenderly. This admiral really cared about others. He said, "Don't worry, admiral. I have found many people. Everyone can take turns to work. It won't be hard."
"Who did you look for?" Su Xia was a little curious.
"Let me think about it." Yixian said, "Ninghai, Pinghai, and Chongqing want to help. There are only four of us in the Chinese restaurant. On the izakaya side, there are Mutsu, Isuzu, Shokaku, Fuso, and Fengxiang... And on the German side, Scharnhorst, Blücher, and the little cook Z16 want to come over to work. And then..."
Yixian bit her lip lightly and said, "If it's about cleaning... even if you ask everyone to wash their own dishes after dining here, you still need people to tidy up the tables and chairs, wash the plates, etc., as well as serving the food, etc. You don't need to have cooking skills, you can do it even in London."
"Forget about London." Su Xia was a victim, and she was still in fear. "As long as it's cafeteria work, no matter what it is, it can't be given to London. What if she gets itchy hands? If we're not careful, the entire garrison will lose its combat effectiveness. It's better to be careful. The other British ones are okay, but London is definitely not."
"The admiral has too much resentment towards the British faction." Yixian said, "Chongqing used to be a British faction, the Dawn Goddess, isn't it doing well now. Even if it is a British faction, it should be fine."
"I have found many people anyway." Yixian said, "In fact, sometimes it is better to have less work than to have nothing to do."
"I don't think so," Su Xia said. "My dream is not to work. I work so that I don't have to work."
Yixian said: "You can either not work or work all day now."
Su Xia didn't know how to refute.
"The admiral is just saying that now. It's just a joke." Yixian said, "Without work, how can you rest? Resting after hard work is the real rest. Resting all day long, or resting too much, will make you irritable."
Su Xia thought about it and decided not to argue. What Yixian said really made sense. When I was in school, the holidays were too long and I didn't know what to do all day. After work, I had two days off a week, and those days off really made me happy. In short, I had to do something.
"Work is not useless. Work can make people feel meaningful." Yixian said, "This is why we opened a Chinese restaurant and why everyone opened a store in the garrison. There are not many people in the garrison. We don't really expect to make money by opening a store. We just want to find something to do and want to work."
"I'm convinced by you." Su Xia said, "Yixian, you really have the potential to be a political commissar."
Yixian smiled and did not comment.
"Almost done." Yixian stared at the iron pot, stopped swinging the shovel, found the spoon and handed it to Su Xia, "Admiral, taste it and see how it tastes."
Su Xia took the spoon, reached into the pot, then put a big spoonful into her mouth, chewed gently, and said: "Fragrant peas, sweet and sticky corn, and tender shrimps..." With limited vocabulary, she suddenly didn't know how to continue.
Yixian saw Su Xia's constipated expression and said, "Admiral, don't make it difficult for yourself."
Su Xia smiled bitterly and said, "Your level is still not good enough. You will regret not having enough knowledge when you need it."
"So what does it taste like?" Yixian asked.
"Yixian." Su Xia shouted, "Have some confidence in yourself, and believe in your own level. There will definitely be no problem."
Yixian hesitated to speak, forced out a smile, stretched out his hand to Su Xia, and said, "Give me back the spoon. Let me taste it."
Yixian took the soup back, tasted it, and said, "It feels a little off."
"Anyway, I won't have any problem eating it." Su Xia said, "It's almost good."
"It's almost done..." Yixian muttered, tilting his head, "Wouldn't that ruin my reputation?"
Su Xia opened her mouth, speechless for a moment, and after a long while, she uttered two words: "Okay."
After stir-frying it, sprinkling a few grains of salt, and tasting it again, Yixian picked up the large iron pot with one hand and poured the food into the prepared plate. He put the large iron pot back on the stove, held the tray, and said, "Admiral, I'll go serve the food first."
Yixian left the kitchen, and Su Xia did not follow him. He planned to see how the others were doing. He looked at what Ninghai and Pinghai were preparing, beef with dried bamboo shoots and fish fried with sour bamboo shoots. He came to Xianghe again.
"Shokaku, what are you doing... Twice-cooked Pork with Green Peppers?" Su Xia was surprised, "Can you also cook Chinese food?"
Shokaku didn't say anything because Zuikaku spoke for her, saying, "It's just Chinese food. Admiral, you don't think the Fisheries Administration only knows how to cook Chinese food, the Japanese department only knows how to cook Japanese food, and the French department only knows how to cook French food..."
"Sister is good at everything from Japanese food to Chinese food and French cuisine. Not only can she make Japanese desserts, but she is also good at making cakes, tiramisu, mousse, and donuts." Zuikaku hugged Shokaku's shoulders from behind, "Admiral, are you stupid? Sister is so good, but you can't see it. Sister is absolutely amazing, isn't she much better than Lexington?"
Su Xia didn't say anything.
Zuikaku gently kicked Su Xia's shoes and said, "Speak up, why aren't you speaking?"
"Shokaku is Shokaku, Lexington is Lexington. Everyone has their own beauty. Everyone is unique and cannot be compared." Su Xia said the same old thing. It doesn't matter if it's Shokaku or Lexington, there's no good or bad. They are all my wings."
"You are so shameless." Zuikaku said, "You have too many wings."
Su Xia has now mastered it and said, "The more wings you have, the faster you fly."
Su Xia was kicked again.
The last place Su Xia went to was not by the stove. It was by the big table near the warehouse door. The person he had always wanted to see was there. In fact, since he had walked into the kitchen, his eyes were attracted by that person, but he felt that he had to see Yixian, the head of the cafeteria first, so he didn't go directly there.
"Fusang, you're almost unrecognizable with your hair tied up."
Of course, what Su Xia said was a lie. Fuso just tied her hair into a ponytail. She had to tie her hair up to make it easier to cook. Even if she put her hair up, tied it into two ponytails, or even cut it short, he would not fail to recognize Fuso.
Fuso, the first ship of the Fuso-class battleship, was the first "super-dreadnought" battleship built by Japan.
During World War II, due to its old age, slow speed and inability to keep up with the main fleet, outdated armament system and ineffective transformation, it was always used as a reserve and training ship. Until the late stage of the battle, when the Japanese army had no more ships available, it was able to return to the main fleet.
Finally, it sank in the final battleship T-shaped decisive battle - the night battle in Surigao Strait . Interestingly, almost all the American battleships in this battle were the "Avengers Fleet" that were repaired and returned to the fleet after being severely damaged or sunk in Pearl Harbor, including Tennessee, California, Maryland and West Virginia.
Fuso is very common in the game, and is a byproduct of various types. Its strength is really not very good, but after being transformed into an aviation battleship, it can still be used in some situations.
Su Xia likes Fuso very much, and she made her Mrs. Su and Mrs. Fuso very early on. The reason is very simple, her portrait is so beautiful. Especially the dress-up, she is a black-haired beauty that cannot be resisted. And it is really big, so big that it is simply an illegal building.
This brings us back to the historical Fuso, which is famous in the history of naval warships in the world for its super-high superstructure. The superstructure of the Fuso is really high, with more than a dozen combat departments of various sizes stuffed in, and the length from the fully loaded waterline to the top is more than 70 meters.
"Ah." Fuso saw Su Xia and called softly, "Admiral."
"Fuso, what are you doing?" Su Xia said, unable to control her gaze on Fuso's chest.
"Are you asking this, Admiral?" Fuso gently raised the bowl, "This is the batter for tempura."
"Are you still planning on making tempura?" Su Xia said, "That will take more time."
"It's OK." Fuso said, "The ingredients are ready, the batter is also ready, now we can just fry it."
Su Xia followed Fusang to the stove, where there was a wok with boiling oil, steam coming out of it. Various ingredients were placed next to the wok. She asked, "Should we just pick up these vegetables, wrap them in some dough, and then put them in the wok?"
Seeing Su Xia picking up the chopsticks, Fuso said, "Leave it to Fuso, Admiral."
"I'm just sitting around doing nothing." Su Xia said, "It's probably because Fusang is afraid that I'll cause trouble and despise me."
"No." Fuso said, "The Admiral went to the beach to play, so he hasn't eaten yet."
"Uh..." Su Xia was speechless, and then she made a specious argument, "Isn't this just to help you finish making the tempura dish earlier? Then you can eat it earlier."
In name, she came to help, but in fact, she just came to join in the fun. Zuikaku had nothing to do, so she kept her eyes on Su Xia, watching him stick to Fuso.
She glanced down, then looked at Fuso, and Suxia.
“Illegal construction.”
"Old pervert."
Hit the nail on the head.
