Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 21 A Bowl of Clear Soup Noodles

As a child from the countryside, Jerry was proficient in all kinds of housework and farm work at a very young age in his previous life.

After graduating from university and staying in the city to work, I cooked for myself most of the time.

It's not because they think the food outside is unclean or unhygienic—kids from the countryside don't care about that—it's just that cooking for themselves saves at least half the cost compared to eating out.

With rising prices, if you rely entirely on eating out in the city, three meals a day will cost at least thirty yuan, and that's just for average food.

If you want to eat a little more lard, you'll probably have to start at forty.

He buys groceries and cooks for himself, especially when he goes to the market and bargains. He can usually eat for two days on about 30 yuan, and the food is quite good.

"Children from poor families mature early!"

This saying was originally meant to praise children from poor families for being more sensible and able to endure hardship than children from wealthy families.

But in reality, that's not something to be praised.

The reason why children are too obedient and sensible is mostly because the harshness of life forces them to be obedient and sensible.

Which child doesn't want to be loved and pampered?

The lives of the poor are already very hard. There is the pressure of studying when they are in school, the pressure of working when they are employed, the pressure of living when they get married, and the pressure of health when they get old.

The only carefree and joyful childhood without pressure required learning to "be responsible for the household early."

This is a very true depiction of Jerry's past life.

So while he may not be a master chef, he is quite skilled at making some everyday dishes.

As a person with an adult soul, he was naturally unwilling to accept Haas's upbringing and care for him for nothing, and he would take the initiative to do whatever he could.

For example, cooking, housework, and taking care of Elsa.

Of course, part of the reason is that Haas is a typical roughneck.

If Jerry doesn't tidy up the house, it won't be long before Haas and Elsa make a complete mess of it, enough to make his slightly obsessive-compulsive tendencies tingle.

As for cooking, well, Haas's cooking is so bad that even stray cats wouldn't eat it if you left it in the neighborhood.

It's easy to imagine how terrible their food was during the period when Jerry couldn't cook!

"Elsa loves noodles, so let's make a bowl of clear noodle soup for breakfast!"

Jerry isn't used to eating certain Western foods, so aside from making some Western-style breakfasts to save time when he's in school, he usually makes Chinese-style breakfasts on weekends or during summer vacation like now.

As for whether Haas and Elsa will find it difficult to get used to, it's actually not too bad.

Although they don't particularly like some Chinese dishes, there are just so many Chinese dishes that they're bound to find something they like, such as his clear soup noodles, Kung Pao chicken, boiled fish, sweet and sour pork, and shredded pork with garlic sauce.

Has was curious why Jerry cooked so many Chinese dishes. Jerry calmly placed a complete list of Chinese dishes that he had already bought from Chinatown in front of Has.

"Jerry, you're up so early again! It's summer vacation, you could sleep in a little longer. Dad can order takeout for breakfast!"

Just as he took out the ingredients he needed from the refrigerator, a sleepy-eyed Has also started to get up and get ready.

As a sheriff, Haske doesn't have summer or winter vacations; he still needs to go to work as usual and handle the follow-up work of yesterday's bank robbery.

Jerry replied as he turned on the gas stove:

"It's okay, I'm used to it. Once you're done, you can go wake Elsa up. We're having noodles for breakfast, they won't taste good if we're late!"

"Noodles? Oh, that's wonderful! I love noodles!"

After quickly getting himself ready, Hass went to Elsa's room.

Getting Elsa to eat won't be an easy task; it'll probably take Has a lot of effort.

"Elsa, get dressed and get ready for dinner!"

"Has, the God of Death, will not take me, the Ice Queen, from the castle! Take this: Ice Lance that Freezes the Void!"

"Ouch!"

Hearing the sounds of the father and daughter fighting fiercely coming from the room, Jerry just smiled and shook his head.

Heat a pan, add cold oil, then crack three eggs into it. Once the eggs are set, flip them over and fry until both sides are golden brown. Add preheated hot water, and the golden-brown eggs will release a milky white, fragrant, and delicious broth when they come into contact with the hot water.

Once the water in the pot boils again, remove the eggs and divide them into three portions. Add the noodles and a few pre-picked bok choy.

When cooking noodles, take out three bowls and put in appropriate amounts of light soy sauce, aged vinegar, salt, chopped green onions, and most importantly, lard.

Boil the noodles again with water, then pour the broth into three bowls. Add the noodles, egg, and bok choy in that order, and a bowl of fragrant and refreshing clear broth noodles is ready.

At this moment, Haas finally dragged the reluctant Elsa out of the room. Yes, literally, the kind of dragging where you lift her by the collar and hold her in mid-air, while making sure she brushed her teeth and washed her face.

"My favorite noodles!"

When Elsa saw that her favorite dish was noodles for breakfast, she immediately exclaimed with joy.

"Eat quickly, before it gets cold!"

Jerry ruffled Elsa's messy hair.

"Seriously, Jerry, if you ever opened a Chinese restaurant, it would be a huge success. These noodles are way better than anything I've had in Chinatown!"

Has ate the noodles in his bowl with his fork and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"I'd rather not. It's fine to cook it occasionally, but I don't plan to spend every day in the kitchen!"

Cooking is just a survival skill for Jerry, not a hobby.

"Have you thought about what you want to do in the future? Scientist, police officer, lawyer, or entrepreneur?"

Has said this and then took a big gulp of soup.

In Haas's eyes, a kid as outstanding as Jerry was someone he had never seen in all his years of life, so he felt that as long as Jerry was willing, these professions should not be a problem.

Jerry was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

Scientists, police officers, lawyers, entrepreneurs—with past life experiences, enhanced learning abilities by the Little Red Star, and magical powers, these professions that they longed for in their past lives seem easy to achieve in this one.

But is this really what he wants?

In his past life, he longed for these professions not because he liked them, but simply because he felt that these professions had excellent salaries and benefits, which were unattainable for an ordinary working person like him who had no connections and was not good at socializing.

In this life, he seems to have no need to worry about money. So what kind of person does he want to become and what kind of job does he want to do?

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll think about it when I'm older!"

Jerry put down his chopsticks and smiled as he gave his answer.

Indeed, he hasn't really thought it through yet. At least for now, he doesn't have anything in particular he wants to do. He just wants to become stronger and protect his two loved ones, Haas and Elsa, so that they won't be harmed in the future.

(End of this chapter)