Chapter 242: The Plan Begins!
On the second day of the plan’s implementation, Su Chen and Yun Qianrou went out early in the morning to find a construction team.
Su Lingxi and Lin Ye were in the kitchen studying recipes.
“Boss Lin, watch carefully. The steps are quite complicated. Take something to write them down!”
Su Lingxi was wearing an apron, and the table in front of her was piled with various spices.
“Alright!”
Lin Ye agreed and stood behind Su Lingxi, ready to watch her operation.
Su Lingxi snapped her fingers, and the Phoenix Flame ignited out of thin air on the firewood.
Su Lingxi was the first person to cook with a divine beast flame.
“Prepare the soaked dried chili peppers, shred the onions, and mince the ginger and garlic.”
“Heat the oil over low heat and put these ingredients in.”
“After the aroma comes out, take them out and discard them.”
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“After turning off the heat, sprinkle with cooked sesame seeds.”
Lin Ye marveled as he took notes. This cooking method was unheard of.
Su Lingxi opened the lid a little, and a spicy aroma instantly drifted through the kitchen.
Even Lin Ye, who had run a restaurant for decades, couldn’t help but sniff.
“This spicy taste is really novel. I’ve never seen it in Tang’an City.”
“This is the base. With this base, anything cooked in it will be delicious!”
Su Lingxi smelled it carefully and felt that it was still a little lacking.
But there was no other way. After all, some seasonings were not available in this cultivation world.
It was already very good to be able to restore it to ninety percent.
“Then find a container to put the base in. These bases can be kept for a long time in a frozen environment.”
“When the Lantern Festival comes, there will be enough bases to sell!”
“By the way, does the restaurant have an ice cellar?”
Su Lingxi asked.
There were no refrigerators in this world. Generally, places to store ice were shady, dry places, or cellars dug a few meters deep.
“Yes, but it hasn’t been used for a long time.”
“Because there are few restaurants in Tang’an City that can afford ice. Hua Man Lou is one, because they have high income and can afford ice.”
“There are also few cultivators who cultivate the ice attribute here, so… ice is considered a luxury in Tang’an City.”
And even if there were cultivators of the ice element, if their cultivation was low, it would be very difficult to condense a piece of ice.
Because the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation was a country where the fire element was active. It was really too difficult to condense ice in fire.
Boss Lin was right. Without a refrigerator and without the help of cultivators who cultivated the ice attribute.
This ice was really a rare item.
When the Drunken Old Man Tower was at its peak, it had also used ice for a period of time.
But for Su Lingxi, this was not a problem. With her Body Integration realm cultivation, filling a room with ice was not a problem.
Su Lingxi packed the base she had just made and signaled Boss Lin to take her to the ice cellar.
The ice cellar was in a corner of the inner courtyard of the Drunken Old Man Tower. Su Lingxi and Lin Ye went down several floors of stairs to reach it.
The ice cellar was dark and damp. Su Lingxi felt cold as soon as she went down.
“This environment is good and suitable for storing ice, but it’s a bit dirty.”
Su Lingxi pinched her nose looking at the dense spider webs.
Boss Lin smiled awkwardly. Su Lingxi planned to clean it up herself.
“Boss Lin, step back first!”
After making sure Lin Ye was hiding in a safe place, Su Lingxi summoned the Phoenix Flame and burned the spider webs inside.
Under the divine fire, the spider webs ignited spontaneously and burned cleanly in less than a minute.
Su Lingxi then circulated the Canglan Art to wash the entire wall.
Water dripped down the wall. In order not to waste it, Su Lingxi circulated the Ice Heart Art after the Canglan Art.
Before long, the ice cellar was filled with neatly shaped ice blocks by Su Lingxi.
Lin Ye’s jaw almost dropped to the ground watching from behind.
Not to mention how powerful Su Lingxi’s means were. Just this roomful of ice could save a lot of high-grade spiritual crystals.
“Is that enough?”
Seeing Lin Ye distracted, Su Lingxi waved her hand in front of him.
“Enough, enough. Miss Su truly has great means!”
Lin Ye came back to his senses and couldn’t help but praise.
“Only those that can make money are good means. Alright, let’s go back.”
“I’ll teach you some other dishes later. You must remember them!”
The two returned to the kitchen and got busy again. Su Lingxi held the recipes she bought from Xiao Bai.
She picked a few very popular ones and gave them all to Lin Ye.
Lin Ye was also very experienced in catering. He was a little unfamiliar at first.
But he quickly mastered the essentials. After all, Su Lingxi was not in the professional field.
As the saying goes, the master leads the door, and cultivation depends on the individual.
Lin Ye seemed to be born for this.
During this period, Su Chen also found a construction team.
First, they took out all the outdated chairs upstairs and sold them at a low price, and then the construction team started smashing walls upstairs with tools.
It was very lively.
The surrounding shops were stunned.
Many big and small bosses couldn’t help but come out to see what the Drunken Old Man Tower was up to.
Many people thought that the Drunken Old Man Tower had rented out the place and wanted to open a new store before the Lantern Festival.
“Aiyo, what a pity. Such a good sign is finished today.”
The surrounding vendors watched the excitement for a few days and felt bored, so they went back to work.
On the third night, the four people sat around the table to eat.
This meal was made by Lin Ye himself, and the dishes were all learned from Su Lingxi.
He specially brought them out to show everyone today.
Chopped pepper fish head and the famous spicy hot pot unique to the Drunken Old Man Tower.
Everyone tasted it and showed amazement.
Su Chen gave a thumbs-up. “Boss Lin’s cooking skills have improved rapidly. The spicy taste of this chopped pepper fish head blends perfectly with the deliciousness of the fish meat. The spicy hot pot is also spicy and enjoyable.”
Yun Qianrou also echoed, “Yes, it feels better than what I ate with Sister Su before.”
Lin Ye smiled embarrassedly. “Thanks to Miss Su’s teaching, I can make such dishes.”
Su Lingxi nodded with satisfaction. “Not bad. It seems you have mastered the essence, but just having these dishes is not attractive enough.”
“Boss Lin, find a few more chefs tomorrow and sign a three-month contract with them, and then teach them these dishes.”
“Don’t be afraid of leaking the recipe, just teach them!”
“Also, prepare enough ingredients. Here are one hundred and fifty high-grade spiritual crystals. Take them and use them!”
Su Lingxi took out a spiritual crystal card worth one hundred and fifty high-grade spiritual crystals again and placed it on the table.
Excluding these, she only had a little over a hundred high-grade spiritual crystals left. Fortunately, the Black Dragon Sect Master, that sucker, gave her an extra three hundred high-grade spiritual crystals.
Otherwise, this money really wouldn’t be enough!
Of course, being able to do so much was also because Su Lingxi was very confident in her plan.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken out all the money without reservation.
Lin Ye held the card, feeling extremely bitter in his heart. Su Lingxi’s help made him not know how to thank her.
Su Lingxi smiled. “It’s just a small amount of money, Boss Lin. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
“Take it. The bulk of the money has been spent, and all plans are being implemented.”
“Tomorrow night, after everyone is done, come back here. I have something very important to tell you.”
“This matter is the key to the success or failure of the Drunken Old Man Tower!”
