Chapter 6 Egg Fried Rice and Squinty Eyes
"Hey, don't I tell you, haven't I told you many times? After spreading the batter, you can count the seconds before adding other ingredients. Why do you have to fry it until black smoke comes out?" Heath looked at the Farfalle in front of him and felt like he had a splitting headache.
Originally Heath thought that teaching his sister Feng was already a very torturous thing, but he didn't expect that Farfetch'd's cooking lessons would be a real disaster.
Because of the Farfetch'd, Heath consumed food much faster. If it weren't for the fact that he had already paid off his debts, Heath felt that he would probably go bankrupt, right?
"Hey, Heath, what are you doing? Teaching Farfetch'd to cook?" A familiar voice came from Heath. Heath looked up and saw a person with his eyes closed looking at him with a smile.
"Xiaogang, long time no see. Are you here in Evergreen City to play?" Heath threw the burnt pancake into the bag beside him, which was filled with Onion Duck's failed experiments.
The Onion Duck was holding its onion with an unconvinced look on its face, and it seemed that it had the urge to rush up and continue studying it.
"What are you doing? My dad is planning to step down, and he wants to recommend me to be the gym leader of Deep Gray City. I've been tortured a lot during this period." Xiaogang sighed, and his eyes seemed to be closed.
But Heath also knew that Xiaogang simply had small eyes, so that even if he opened his eyes wide, it looked like he was squinting in the eyes of others. He was probably similar to Li Ronghao in his previous life.
Heath nodded. Ever since he met Brock , he knew that Brock would definitely inherit his father's position and become the leader of the Rock-type Gym.
However, later on, Brock discovered his life goal during his travels with Satoshi, and eventually chose to become a trainer. However, Heath remembered that it seemed that Brock planned to become a Pokémon doctor later on.
This made Heath wonder for a moment whether Xiaogang was going for the beautiful Miss Joey.
"Eh? That's not right. Do you have your own Pokémon?" Xiaogang was suddenly stunned for a moment, then asked in shock.
"Did you just realize that? I have paid off my parents' debt now, so naturally I have Pokémon." Heath was in a very good mood as he was packing up his pancake stall.
He knew Xiaogang's preferences very well, and pancakes were not the food Xiaogang would choose.
"That's great. It's such a happy occasion. Shouldn't you treat me to some fried rice to celebrate?" Brock touched his chin with a smile as he looked at the Farfetch'e in front of him. He also has Pokémon, Onix and Geodude, but in order for him to inherit the gym smoothly, his father also helped him capture another Pokémon.
"You must be living in a dream. It's not night yet, so stop dreaming." Heath rolled his eyes. Maybe because he was in debt when he came here, Heath valued money more.
If we go by the standards of his previous life, Heath was probably the type of person who would go back to get the change back if the other party gave him a dime less when buying groceries.
After all, the huge amount of debt put Heath under a lot of pressure. If it weren't for Miss Junsha's help, Heath felt that he would probably want to go to Team Rocket and become a member of it.
"You guy, then give me a plate of fried rice... By the way, since you don't owe any money now, what do you plan to do in the future?" Xiaogang said with a smile. He was just joking, as he knew Heath's financial situation very well.
Heath took out the pot with a hesitant expression.
Heath had never thought about this problem before. After all, the huge debt was weighing on him and making him breathless. Let alone the future at that time, Heath had to calculate the money he could save every day to buy food and pay off his debts.
And now the word "future" seems to have become a word that people can talk about again.
"Maybe he's saving money to open a restaurant?" Heath lit the fire and looked at the pot. He took out yesterday's leftover rice and scooped it into a bowl.
"Oh? So can we make those braised pork, braised chicken, and spicy chicken that you mentioned?" Xiaogang was a little excited, and he looked at Heath with anticipation.
He knew Heath's cooking skills, and it was not an exaggeration to describe him as a great chef. However, because of Heath's stall, Xiaogang had only heard of some of the dishes Heath mentioned but had never eaten them.
But this does not affect Xiaogang's imagination of the delicious taste. If egg fried rice can be made so delicious, then what kind of delicious dishes would braised pork be?
"Of course." Heath poured in the oil skillfully, waited for a while, and then poured in the egg liquid that had been stirred evenly and added with salt.
The hot oil instantly gave off a pleasant aroma to the eggs. The aroma of the eggs and the smell of the oil mixed together, making some passers-by couldn't help but look back.
Heath quickly stirred the egg liquid, then poured the rice in. When everything was almost done, Heath cut a little green onion and put it in.
"Is this... the onion from Onion Duck?" Xiao Gang smelled the fragrance in the air and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, while asking curiously .
"Well, the onions in Onion Duck are much better than ordinary onions, so it's not too much to charge you ten dollars for these onions, right?" Heath smiled as he stir-fried the egg fried rice in front of him.
"Hiss... You are such a black man... Buy it ! It's only ten dollars!" Xiaogang took a breath and his face was full of pain, but he still took out twenty-five Alliance coins and handed them to Heath.
"Hey, thank you for your patronage~" Heath handed the prepared egg fried rice to Xiaogang with a smile on his face. He was looking forward to what reward he could get for entertaining Xiaogang.
But then Heath noticed that Onion Duck next to him was eager to try, so Heath quickly stopped Onion Duck. Onion Duck had already wasted the ingredients for five sets of pancakes. If he wasted the fried rice, Heath felt that his plan to save money to open a restaurant would be delayed for a long time.
On the other side, Xiaogang was contentedly holding the egg fried rice that Heath gave him. The full bowl looked very generous, but the most attractive thing was the rich aroma.
After taking a spoonful of egg fried rice, Xiaogang couldn't help but take another bite. The warm eggs and rice mixed together, the aroma of the eggs, the taste of the oil, and the unignorable fragrance of the green onions in the middle made Xiaogang unable to stop.
Although they are both fried rice, the one made by Heath tastes better. Xiaogang feels that the one made by his mother is not as good as the one made by Heath.
"Do you want to learn some cooking? It will be useful in the future whether you are living on your own or traveling." Xiaogang thought seriously while chewing the fried rice in his mouth.
