The penultimate class in the morning ended. After watching the biology teacher walk out of the classroom, Soya closed his book, packed up his notes, and stretched.
"Um, Shirakawa-san..."
Fushimi, who was sitting in front, finally made up his mind after hesitating for most of the morning.
He stopped the girl sitting next to him and expressed to her tactfully that he wanted to form a team in the home economics class.
"no."
"..."
Soya quickly got up and went to find Yoshikawa and Asagiri Suzu.
The last class in the morning is a home economics class, which takes place in the home economics classroom in the special building opposite. The students in Class A did not bring lunch boxes today, so the food they cooked in the home economics class was today's lunch.
"What will you cook today?"
"I don't know either."
"Didn't Soya ask about it the last time I went to Ryuken?"
"The teacher didn't come last time. Besides, there's no need to ask in particular..."
The three of them left the classroom, chose the less crowded side of the stairs, and walked downstairs.
The break between classes is only ten minutes, and there is still some preparation work to be done after that, so you have to hurry up.
“The experience in my last home economics class was not very good.”
Yoshikawa walked in front, raising his right hand while going down the stairs.
"When frying tempura, hot oil was splashed on it, and the red marks haven't faded yet - look."
There was a bit of conspicuous red on the back of her white and tender hands. Zonggu couldn't remember how many times she mentioned it.
"Teacher Usami reminded me."
"I was hit by a boy passing by!"
"I have also been reminded of this..."
Going downstairs to the ground, before Soya entered the atrium, he saw Minami Noma in the corridor.
She was standing outside a third-grade classroom, with a female student in front of her.
Are you lecturing?
He took a second look and found that the smiling third grade girl was the type who was so cute that she could leave an impression.
If I remember correctly, she was also on Pingguo Mountain that early morning a few days ago.
It turns out she is also a miko...
Noma Minami turned his back to this side, so Soya didn't go over to say hello, and quickly followed Yoshikawa and Asagiri Suzu who had already entered the atrium.
...
After putting on his headscarf and apron, Zongya glanced at the blackboard in the home economics classroom again.
There is their lunch: golden pork chop, curry rice and miso soup, which is what they will cook in this home economics class.
The ingredients, cooking procedures and precautions for each of the three dishes have also been written on the blackboard.
The bell rang, and the home economics teacher Usami looked around and clapped her hands.
"Everyone, please pay attention to safety when using knives and frying. So, let's start now."
"yes--"
Soya looked away and looked at Yoshikawa Anko, who was still adjusting her headscarf, "Have you decided?"
"Well……"
The ten seconds she spent adjusting her headscarf was her last moment of hesitation, "I'll make curry rice."
"Where's the bell?"
Chaogiri Ling pointed to the white radish in front of her.
"Miso soup? Okay, I'll take care of the fried pork chops."
This is also the arrangement that is most in line with Soya’s original expectations.
From vegetables to steaks, the ingredients for each group have been prepared in advance. Before starting, he looked at the other people in the home economics classroom.
Quickly starting to process the ingredients, Soya quickly noticed Fushimi on the other side of the classroom, and he was assigned to a group with two girls.
"..."
Looking at each other from afar, he raised his eyebrows.
Soya laughed.
Teacher Usami had already come down to inspect and give guidance, so he didn't waste any more time and started preparing fried pork chops.
Class time is limited, and the steaks prepared for the students have been preliminarily processed.
Peeling the pork chop with a little fat, Soya dipped the knife in some water, cut it horizontally, and cut the whole steak into three parts with a thickness of about one centimeter.
"Sotani is so skilled."
He looked up and saw Yoshikawa opposite, also holding a knife and cutting beef into pieces.
"Look at the knife."
She chuckled lightly, lowered her head and continued.
After cutting the pork chops, Zonggu picked up the meat hammer specially used to pound the meat and started pounding against the texture of the pork chops.
Both sides of the pork chops should be beaten evenly, firstly to facilitate the flavor, and secondly to make the meat tender and more elastic.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"I want to try it too."
"Stop making trouble." He didn't even raise his head.
When the beating was almost complete, Zonggu sprinkled some salt and black pepper on the pork chops and spread them evenly with his hands.
After processing one side, turn over and continue, then put it in the refrigerator and wait for twenty minutes of marinating time.
After preparing the flour and egg liquid to be used next, Zonggu was temporarily free and looked at the other two people in the same group.
Yoshikawa has cut all the beef into pieces, put it into the pressure cooker, added water to the stove, and started to simmer it.
"Next..."
She turned to look at the cooking process on the blackboard, "Is it time to fry the onions?"
"Cook the rice first," Soya reminded, "it will take a while to stew the beef."
"Yeah."
Yoshikawa took rice, washed it, and started cooking. Soya looked at Asagiri Suzu on the other side.
This noble lady from the Nara period relied on Izanami before, but now she relies on him. Her cooking skills can only be said to be proficient, so she is responsible for the simplest miso soup.
The process of making soup can almost be summarized as "boiling water" and "cutting ingredients", and it doesn't take much time, so she is still washing the radishes slowly.
After washing the radish, she prepared to cut it into pieces. When she was about to do it, Sogu finally couldn't help but speak.
"Wait, peel it first."
"..."
Chao Wuling looked up at him and stopped.
"……Let me do it."
Sogu walked around to her side, took the white radish, and skillfully scraped it with a peeler.
After peeling, he cut the radish into three pieces vertically, and then took one of them, first made two cuts vertically, and then made several cuts horizontally to cut the radish into even small pieces.
There were still two pieces of radish that had not been cut. Zonggu raised his head and asked, "Want to try it?"
She nodded and took the kitchen knife.
Although she was not very skilled, she still remembered the sequence and slowly lowered the knife.
His shoulders shook slightly and he rubbed his arms.
Zong Gu looked down at the movements of her hands, "I wonder who will take care of you in the next hundred years."
"..."
She paused and raised her head to look at him.
"you."
Zonggu was slightly startled and just laughed.
She cut all the radishes, and Soya also laid out the base ingredients and miso that would be used, and put an appropriate amount of water in the pot. She waited until he and Yoshikawa's cooking was almost done before starting to cook the soup.
After pressing the switch of the rice cooker, Yoshikawa also returned to the two of them.
The onions had to be diced, and the potatoes and carrots had to be cut into pieces. Soya's pork chops were still marinating in the refrigerator, so he helped out.
"Heat the onions in the microwave first so they won't be so irritating when you cut them."
"Oh oh."
Click, close the microwave and start heating. Yoshikawa turned around and smiled.
"Sogu is so virtuous, he knows everything."
"'Xianhui'..."
"Who will you marry in the future?"
"Whoever marries me will be blessed."
"Wow, I really dare to say that..."
The two of them were chopping potatoes and carrots, chatting nonchalantly, and the patrolling teacher Usami also came here.
"Sotani-san."
"teacher."
She glanced at the table and showed a gentle smile, "As long as Soya-san is here, there is no need to worry here."
"where."
The home economics teacher barely paused, nodded and walked to the next group of students.
"These are all dishes I made during the club activities of Ryuken."
"Sogu has only been here for two days, right?"
"So, the purpose of Rishuken is to teach until you know how to do it. Do you want to come and see Yoshikawa?"
"It's too troublesome. It's better to just ask Zonggu to marry into my family." She said casually.
"..."
Zonggu glanced at her but said nothing, and Yoshikawa quickly reacted.
"No... that... I didn't mean that."
Kirino Akane wasn't here, and she didn't want Souya to have any strange misunderstandings.
He just smiled and didn't care.
After almost cutting the potatoes and carrots on his hands, Zonggu estimated the time and took out the marinated pork chops from the refrigerator.
"The beef should be almost cooked." He reminded Yoshikawa by the way.
"Oh oh."
Pour oil into the pot and start to heat it. Zonggu puts the marinated pork chops into the flour and spreads evenly on both sides.
After being covered with flour, coat the outside of the pork chops with the egg liquid you just prepared, and finally coat with bread crumbs.
After processing the three pork chops in this way, the oil pan gradually heated up, exuding a sizzling temperature.
"When frying, you must pay attention to your movements and don't let the oil splash out." Zonggu picked up a piece of pork chop, "Also, you must pay attention to your surroundings."
Yoshikawa stared at the pork chop, waiting for it to be put into the frying pan. It took him a few seconds to realize that he was reminding himself.
"I understand."
The steak was finally removed from the pan and dropped into the hot oil at 200 degrees Celsius. The bubbles and hot oil surged violently, making a crackling sound.
On the other side, Yoshikawa also began to stir-fry the onions. When the aroma was diffused, he added potatoes and carrots and stir-fried.
Then pour it into the pot, add beef broth and cook for ten minutes.
Asagiri Suzu also started boiling water at Soya's reminder.
The three of them were busy on their own, with Zonggu occasionally reminding them to keep busy but not chaotic.
After a while, pick up the fried golden pork chops on both sides, cut them into strips, put them on a plate, and pour the sauce on them. The golden pork chops are complete.
“The curry is also cooked~”
After serving a plate of rice and pouring the fragrant curry over it, Soya and Yoshikawa returned to the kitchen table, and Asagiri Suzu also served miso soup.
"I'm gonna start now."
Yoshikawa took a bite of the pork chop. The outside was crispy, and the meat inside was so plump and tender that it almost overflowed with juice.