Have you ever seen glowing food? That's why you draw a food-themed anime.

As for cheap food.

Although there's only rice ball available right now, I definitely won't be able to spend too much time on rice balls after the food festival.

However, it's different if the kitchen helper does the tedious tasks of making rice balls.

Then you only need to control the time and the ratio of materials, and you don't need to do anything yourself, which greatly reduces the workload.

Walk to the kitchen.

Xu Zhou suddenly remembered that there was only one bottle of electrolyte solution left at home, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"I should remember to buy a few drinks tomorrow, otherwise... um?"

I opened the refrigerator door and froze.

The place that used to hold iced drinks was now neatly filled with a large pile of beverages.

Colorful and vibrant.

These are all drinks that I enjoy on a regular basis.

There was even a cup of iced coffee that had already been brewed and had ice cubes added.

Xu Zhou felt a warmth in her heart and sighed, "My parents are still the same; they never nag excessively about what's unhealthy or unhealthy..."

Even if they find out he drinks too much beverage, they will just quietly replace the drinks in the refrigerator with their own homemade fruit and vegetable juices.

Xu Zhou took a sip from a bottle, then glanced at his parents from the kitchen.

at this time.

The two were sitting on the living room sofa watching TV, their heads huddled together looking at the menu from today's food festival.

He grinned from ear to ear as he watched, clearly still reeling from the shock of the food festival.

"Old Xu, you have no idea how much fun those diners had today."

"We've never experienced anything like this before."

Zhang Yinghong reluctantly folded up the food festival order form and carefully put it away.

"Seeing them eat so heartily gives me a lot of energy."

"Yes, Xiao Zhou is a really good cook."

Xu Yi also looked nostalgic: "The joy in the eyes of those diners when they looked at me today..."

He couldn't describe it.

Although he didn't cook those simple meals, every time he saw the satisfied and excited expressions on the diners' faces, the emotional value of that moment felt like finding a purpose in life.

Xu Zhou went over and chatted with them.

"Not tired today? You seem to be in good spirits."

"What's so tiring about this?"

Zhang Yinghong puffed out her chest proudly: "Back then, your father and I were used to running the shop from dawn till dusk..."

"That's right. Our shop didn't do well before, not because your mother and I didn't work hard, but because our cooking skills weren't up to par."

"If your mom and I were good cooks, you'd be a rich kid by now!"

Xu Yi still felt a little regretful.

Unfortunately, neither of them has any jobs now, and although their lives are leisurely, they are not used to it.

I feel much more fulfilled when I'm busy.

He looked at Xu Zhou with expectant eyes: "Xiao Zhou, do you need Dad's help at the food festival tomorrow? Your mom and I are unemployed and have nothing to do..."

"Okay."

Xu Zhou casually mentioned, "There'll be nothing much to do after the food festival, so we can hire a helper for the shop then..."

"Me me me me!"

Zhang Yinghong exclaimed excitedly, "Xiaozhou! I'm here to help you!"

"Aren't you guys too tired?"

Xu Zhou hesitated: "I mainly need people to help me make and pack rice balls according to my instructions. There's not much skill required for a kitchen helper; all you need is some knife skills..."

"My knife skills are excellent!"

Xu Yi patted his chest and said, "Although I'm not good at cooking, my knife skills are pretty good!"

Xu Zhou was initially hesitant, but after seeing his father chop the vegetables and their expectant expressions, he agreed.

You can control the proportions of the ingredients and the cooking time yourself.

The ingredients for the rice balls can be delivered daily, and the ingredients that need to be cut don't require much skill.

However, Xu Zhou still couldn't help but emphasize: "When you do them each day, do them according to your own situation. Don't force yourself. It doesn't matter if you do fifty a day."

The two nodded vigorously, agreeing readily.

But seeing how excited they were, Xu Zhou was still a little uneasy.

Forget it, at worst we'll just keep a close eye on things.

The daily quantity is fine as long as it's roughly the same.

...

Twelve o'clock.

The quantity of ingredients has been updated.

Xu Zhou locked the bedroom door without hesitation and then went into the system's food preparation room to start cooking.

Today's theme is selling inexpensive food.

The other dishes weren't exactly cheap or gourmet either; even the cheapest mackerel burger set meal in the casual dining section cost 89 yuan.

The salmon used in salmon ochazuke is even more expensive, specifically king salmon.

It's just that there's not much meat in one serving, but the price isn't cheap either.

So tomorrow we'll mainly be selling rice balls. Fortunately, rice balls are a cheap and delicious food, and the portions are generous.

Xu Zhou bought materials while pondering the matter.

"The first batch of nine hundred should be enough. After they eat a batch, the recipe will definitely be upgraded."

"We'll make it on-site then."

“Songnan City is not a big city. The food festival in a third- or fourth-tier city would only have a flow of about 5,000 people.”

"The rice balls should last until 10 a.m.

After purchasing the materials, Xu Zhou glanced at the quantity.

...

【Tadokoro Three Types of Rice Balls】Eighteen balls per serving.

The ingredients for fifty portions, totaling nine hundred rice balls, were neatly arranged on the table.

Three hundred of each flavor.

Although it sounds like a lot.

However, since a rice ball weighs only 100 grams in total, with 20 grams of filling and 80 grams of rice, it is actually not much.

The amount of work involved in making three hundred rice balls is roughly equivalent to making twelve servings of a replica barbecue dish.

No.

It's simpler to work than making a replica of a barbecue dish.

After all, the ingredients for rice balls are cooked in buckets.

For example, when making braised kelp, a whole bucket is braised at a time.

"liver!"

Xu Zhou quickly got busy in the system.

After preparing all the rice ball ingredients, I used the rice ball packaging machine to make three different flavors of rice balls in three separate batches and then simply sealed them.

The packing machine is very large.

There are several small buckets in front containing raw materials.

After the raw materials are sorted and packed in, the machine will assemble them into the specified shape according to the set weight.

"good……"

As Xu Zhou watched the rice balls being assembled one by one, he felt it was incredibly convenient.

...

The packaging of the rice balls in front of us is very simple.

It was simply wrapped in plastic, just like the packaging style of a convenience store.

There was also a white label on it.

He chose the label himself; it was a simple white design.

The words "Ichishu Izakaya" are written above it.

Below, there's a line of smaller print indicating the rice ball's flavor, along with a red stamp that reads "Special Offer for Songnan University Food Festival."

After everything was prepared, Xu Zhou left the system's food preparation room.

"Alright, all the preparations are done!"

"I'll wait until tomorrow!"

...

June 2nd.

The second day of the food festival has finally begun.

Chapter 74 Unexpected Popularity

Early morning of June 2nd.

On a short video platform, a short video suddenly caused a small stir in Songnan City.

A video of a food festival has appeared in the local food area of ​​Songnan City.

In the video.

The people taking pictures must be in a queue.

There were so many people that I couldn't see the location or the store name clearly; all I could see were heads.

The audio track was very noisy, and a young man's voice could be faintly heard.

Which flavor would you like?

"Salmon!"

"Okay, I'll be right there."

People who were watching the video initially didn't think much of it; it was just salmon, right?

What's so strange about that?

People who saw this were about to scroll past the video, but the next second...

A customer who was eating from a small bowl next to him suddenly widened his eyes when he took a bite of salmon.

His expression suddenly became like that of a pilgrim, he tilted his head back, let out a long sigh of relief in the sunlight, and his eyes welled up with tears of excitement: "It's so delicious!"

"This is the most delicious soup I've ever tasted!"

...

As soon as this scene appeared, the video screen was filled with question marks, clearly indicating that someone who had previously seen the video left a comment at this moment.

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