New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 144 Family
I slept for a long time and when I woke up it was already night.

It was as if he had finally squeezed out some time to rest from the extremely intense work. When he opened his eyes, he had the illusion that he had not slept enough. But when he woke up and was in a daze for a moment, there were still so many things to do that kept popping up in his mind, so he hurriedly got up.

But he smacked his lips and suddenly realized that he didn't need to be so anxious.

The assembly line has stopped and the succubi have gone off work. Lei Ye arranged an eight-hour work system and they have to finish work at the appointed time.

So Yuzubao was a little deserted at this time, the assembly line was idle, and only the last employee who had not left was sticking his butt out and tapping beside the machine.

"It's already time to get off work, what are you doing?" Lei Ye asked as he moved closer.

"Nothing." The man turned around immediately.

As an engineer, Lei Ye felt that he might be a genius, but he knew nothing about laws such as patents. He couldn't help but sigh and went forward to reinstall the machine that Gretty had dismantled in half.

He could tell at a glance what Grady was doing: she was trying to copy homework again.

But he was not afraid of being stolen. Firstly, he had kept such an important thing as a backup. Secondly, even if Grady got the same thing, Lei Ye felt that she could not beat him.

Lei Ye turned around and checked today's production. It was okay. It had exceeded his psychological expectations on the first day. With some optimization, it should be able to be improved. The current inventory was enough to connect.

He rubbed his head. There was still a lot to do, but he needed to rest for now.

"You're good at this," Grady patted the machine beside him, his eyes dodging, "Leave the basic parts to others, and only be responsible for the core parts. This way, the efficiency will be greatly improved. How did you come up with this idea?"

Lei Yexin asked me how I came up with that idea. That was the experience left to me by my predecessors under the street lights. Even if I hadn't eaten pork, I had seen a pig run.

Before he could grin and say something disparaging about the thief who was just about to steal his knowledge, a cold voice came from behind him.

"Boss Lei, are you awake?"

Lei Ye turned his head and saw a girl from the Moon Clan sticking her head out from the support column of the Jade Foot Fort. She was wearing a chef's hat, perhaps to show off her personality.

Thanks to the chef's hat, Lei Ye recognized her immediately.

In addition, although her expression and voice are cold, that is probably just a racial characteristic. Lei Ye can see that this tall girl is much more enthusiastic than Yuna.

She came forward somewhat awkwardly.

Lei Ye didn't know why she looked at him with a bit of timidity as the day went by. Normally, he was quite fond of tall girls now, and was no longer the lolita control with a single aesthetic at the beginning, so he shouldn't have subconsciously expressed any dissatisfaction with her figure. What was she doing?
The next second, the girl suddenly knelt on the ground.

"I'm so stupid! I actually wanted to compete with you in cooking. Yuna said that no one can compete with you in cooking. I was very unconvinced at first. I couldn't win at all. I didn't understand, but but! After eating the fried rice you prepared, I instantly understood that there is no need for a competition. We are not in the same field at all!"

She moved forward on her knees and hugged Lei Ye's thighs. "Boss Lei, I want to learn how to cook! Please teach me, please!"

understood.

No wonder she stayed here, it was probably for this.

Lei Ye frowned, already thinking about how to refuse. What he had to do now was to build a business empire with a market value of one million, and then go back to make an exchange with Grady. Taking in a cooking apprentice here was a sheer waste of time and energy.

But while he was hesitating, Grady sighed, walked forward, stood on tiptoe and patted him on the shoulder.

"Teach me as well. You are very tired. I am also tired these past two days. Relax your mind. Besides, I really want to learn from you."

So I changed my position and went to the kitchen.

There are two reasons. Lei Ye was convinced by the word "tired". He is indeed very tired now, and cooking something to eat is a way for him to relax. In addition, Lei Ye thought that he might be able to start the Pinhaofan project from this.

He did not admit to being an apprentice or anything like that, he just agreed to teach a few tricks.

Grady stared blankly at Lei Ye, who was standing in front of the kitchen counter, taking out two large doughs. She thought he was going to teach her how to make noodles. Just as she was looking on with disdain, she saw him begin to knead the dough with skillful movements. After fiddling with it for a few times, he pinched the dough into small pieces.

Then Lei Ye took out a stick.

Roll the small doughs in circles and turn them into small pancakes.

Unable to understand, Grady carefully took off her gloves, hesitated for a moment, and left the kitchen. When she came back, she changed into clothes that would not be stained by the flying flour.

"What is this? I thought you were going to teach us how to make fried rice," Grady looked puzzled as she got closer and shook her head, "Is this going to taste good? I want to learn how to make fried rice."

Lei Ye ignored her and didn't say that he suddenly wanted to eat it. If it wasn't for the purpose of demonstrating the production process, he would have even put the pre-made food into the pot.

The Moon Clan girl, on the other hand, was watching intently, as if she wanted to take in every move Lei Ye made.

Lei Ye moved quickly because he wanted to prepare a dish first and put it in the pot so that when Greti tasted it, she would no longer question it. So he efficiently prepared a small pot of three-fresh stuffing, pinched a dish and put it into the boiling water.

"Can I try?"

As the first plate of dumplings was put into the pot, the Moon Clan girl probably felt that she had figured out something and wanted to try it herself.

Lei Ye readily agreed and watched her wash her hands and start kneading the dough.

"What's your name?" Lei Ye asked.

"Ah, my name is Ukulele, Mr. Lei." The girl seemed a little flattered, because she was interrupted when she was about to give her name yesterday. She thought that this devil boss looked down on these lower-level demons, but now the two of them were very close, and she could see that there was not a trace of the arrogance of a high-level demon in Lei Ye's eyes.

"It's a nice name," Lei Ye muttered, "but your technique is wrong. Kneading like this will make the dough poke into your fingernails, which is disgusting."

Lei Ye took over and helped her operate it step by step.

The distance was too close, causing Ukulele's breathing to stagnate. Her hand was very close to Lei Ye's hand through the dough, and she felt soft and warm.

But when he turned his head to look at Lei Ye who was standing next to him, his eyes were serious, and it didn't seem like he had any other thoughts.

Then Lei Ye taught her how to chop stuffing. There was no need to say more about this, as Ukulele was a chef himself, so he had this skill. Then Lei Ye waved to Grady, motioning her to come over to him.

"Me?" Grady was stunned as she looked at the two of them with a strange expression, and pointed at herself, "Should I come too?"

"Nonsense, didn't you say you wanted to learn it?"

At this time, the first plate of dumplings had been taken out of the pot. Lei Ye picked one up and gave it to Grety to taste. She immediately had no objection to it. She just opened her mouth into a small O shape, exhaled hot air, and nodded.

Even when she came closer, she was still a little reluctant. She swallowed the dumpling and muttered softly, "Don't grab my hand." Lei Ye did not grab her hand. He ran to the side with the dumplings and placed a few next to the ukulele. He fed a few to Galatini who came over after smelling the smell, and finally fed a few to Nadori.

It was only then that Grady noticed that Lei Ye actually carried this plant of Nedori with him almost everywhere, and he did not forget it even when he went to the kitchen.

In the Scorched Earth, plant-type monsters like Nedori simply cannot survive, so the people of the Scorched Earth generally don't know much about this kind of monsters. So Grady can see that the two have a deep relationship, but she can't figure out why the two have such a deep relationship.

That's of course because it's profound.

Also, after observing how Nadori ate the dumplings, Gretchen frowned. The ignorant low-class monster actually looked like she was not used to the food.

"You seem to have a very good relationship, and you feed it such good food." Grady muttered.

"Yeah," Lei Ye said, rubbing Nadori's head, "After all, this is the family member who has been with me the longest. I always forgot about her when I was busy before. Now that she is by my side, I feel a long-lost sense of security."

Grady snorted with a hint of disdain, "You actually treat a monster as a family member?"

"Even if she is a monster, she has been with me for five years. She is the only one in this world who has been with me for so long. Isn't she a family member?" Lei Ye thought for a moment and added, "Elves don't count. Elves are the enemy of the Lei family army."

Grady stopped talking. Lei Ye was joking, but it sounded strangely sad to her.

For Grady, family is a somewhat ethereal word.

In her understanding, only blood relatives can be considered family in the strict sense, but her parents who sold her to humans are obviously not worthy of this term.

Grady has no family and doesn't need one, she is strong on her own.

And now she heard a new explanation from Lei Ye, that as long as they spend enough time together, they can become family.

So, the head maid of Moko Castle can be considered as her family? After all, she has worked for her for more than ten years.

Grady was daydreaming, silently calculating how she got along with the head maid, but in fact she didn't communicate much with her maids, because she wanted to maintain her image as a cold and powerful dark monarch so that no one would look down on her.

In the human world, she learned that as long as she had money, she would not be bullied. In the demon world, she learned that as long as she had power, she would not be bullied. So as long as she had money and power, she would not be bullied anywhere, no matter how small her role was.

As long as you are not bullied, your family doesn't care.

But after looking at the dough in her hands, Grady felt something was wrong again. She, the lonely and strong Dark Emperor, was gradually losing her dignity these two days, especially when she was screwing the screws and eating the prepared meal. She clearly felt the joy of working hard, and she was quite happy to sit there and screw the screws, but why did her gorgeous coat feel cheap?

Off topic.

Greti stared at Nadori again. She was a little disdainful when she heard this topic because she felt that it was cheap for Lei Ye to say this word so simply. How could such a weak and useless monster that could be replaced at any time be worthy of being regarded as a family member? She couldn't bring any money and didn't even have the ability to protect herself.

But when Lei Ye said five years, Grady had nothing to say.

Five years is not a blink of an eye even for a high-level demon. If he has always been so good to this Nadori, time has already proven himself. Grady's parents were unable to take care of her for five years. She was sold when she was four years old.

She began to concentrate on fiddling with the dumpling wrappers and fillings in her hands, pinching them, and she looked at the grease and flour on her hands.
So cool!

"I am the Dark Emperor!" She raised her head slightly and shouted in a low voice.

This sudden shout startled Lei Ye.

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Lei Ye didn't know that the word "family" he casually said touched the dark and soft part of Greti's heart. The two words that popped up in his mind actually meant something else.

After looking at his phone and then at the assembly line outside, Lei Ye felt it was time to move on to the next step.

He launched the store interface.

Due to time constraints, these functions are set up very unreasonably. For example, in this interface, only when Leiye is started, other programs on the phone can be enabled, but there is no notification or ringtone reminder. This is the extent to which the Rice 1 can currently do so.

A certain interface was projected and Lei Ye greeted him.

"Good evening, family"

With mixed feelings, Grady frowned and turned to look at Lei Ye.

But because he couldn't see who Lei Ye was talking to, he turned around in confusion and silence.

“Wuwuwu.”

As soon as she turned around, she heard a strange noise. She lowered her head slightly and saw Ukulele's body sliding weakly from the edge of the kitchen counter. Two lines of hot tears rolled down her face, and she was holding a half-eaten dumpling in her hand.

She slowly took off her chef's hat.

"Why, why in this world are there things that are so delicious? When I think about the possibility that I won't be able to eat it in the future, I feel so miserable. What am I learning? I don't want to be a chef anymore. What the hell are the things I cook? They are just garbage, garbage!!"

"Don't be like this, Ukulele, don't be like this," Lei Ye trotted over to help her up, "It's okay, I still have a lot of packed food in stock, and the meal-making project will start tomorrow. You can buy some and put them in the storage bag, and take them out and cook them anytime."

Ukulele, who was helped up, covered her plump breasts with her hands. Her cold face made me feel pity for her as she cried. She stepped on the discarded chef's hat and looked really sad.

Maybe he felt hopeless about his career as a chef.

On the other hand, although Grady also agreed that the food was incomparably delicious, the food could not excite Grady.

But after hearing about the meal, she moved a few steps closer.

"You plan to sell food? Very good, this will be a big business. My advice is that you should not sell too much at once. Even though you have such a big pot, if you spend some time making a small amount of exquisite and delicious food, you can make a lot of money from a few high-level demons. Just like 'Magic Tools Made by Grady' is a high-end brand in Scorched Earth, you can also make your food into some kind of luxury product, so that you can make more money with a small cost."

"That won't work," Lei Ye shook his head, "Absolutely not."

He took a deep breath and said seriously, "Since this is a business, I have to make money from others and rely on my family for support. I have to show my sincerity and let more family members eat good food without worry. I guarantee that they will not be like the big brother in Hillius who had to eat uncooked mushrooms and saw little people. It's cheap and healthy."

Grady was becoming more and more confused.

She looked at Lei Ye, then at the cell phone he had placed in a corner.

"No, what family members?"

(End of this chapter)