Chapter 19 Qualified Chef

In the following days, incidents similar to being drained of blood occurred in the city of Cologne, which sounded the alarm for people who thought it was just a new rare disease. One or two people died recently. The down-and-out aristocrat made Al, who used to come to the pocket watch shop to enjoy the air conditioner that Kerens understood, come more frequently. The pressure exerted by the aristocrats on the director made him very irritable.

And because of the latest news, the sexy news section that Mr. Hayden likes to read is getting smaller and smaller. Gradually, most of the sections in the newspaper are occupied by this murder case, which makes him feel a little bad.

After cramming in the past few days, Krens has been able to recognize some common words, such as the name of the pocket watch store that Krens has always wanted to know, "The Destiny of Intertwined Time". Some customers think that the owner of this pocket watch shop is very philosophical, but the real fact is that Mr. Hayden copied the name he saw in a book and thought it sounded good, so he used it as the name of his shop. This caused Come to Clarence's disdain in his heart.

The small wooden plaque outside the pocket watch store was filled with too many characters of the store name, making it appear extremely crowded. Krens once curiously asked Mr. Hayden why he didn't change it to a larger one, but the other person's The answer made Kerens complain. Hayden's original words were that he would rather spend money on delicious food than waste it on unnecessary things.

Because Krens often wore linen clothes and had to wear a black bowler hat that was incompatible with the clothes, some guests gave him a special name, "Down-and-out Gentleman". How funny. title.

What surprised Hayden the most was that Krens learned cooking very quickly. Thanks to the fact that Krens was already good at cooking, he just made the process of learning cooking faster. From then on Hayden completely handed over the kitchen to his employees, and Kerens no longer had to endure the delicious food that Mr. Hayden boasted about every day.

In the morning, after preparing today's breakfast.

"Mr. Hayden, are you satisfied with today's breakfast?" Krens asked with a smile while standing at the door of the kitchen. This made him wonder if he should ask Mr. Hayden to give him a little more salary so that he could Pay off the so-called debt as soon as possible.

"Very good, you are progressing very quickly. Even if you apply for an ordinary chef now, I think the boss will be happy to accept it." Hayden said seriously while looking at the young man with black hair and black eyes in front of him.

"It is precisely because of having a cooking teacher like Mr. Hayden that my cooking skills have improved so quickly." Krens flattered with a smile and looked at Mr. Hayden with expectant eyes, hoping that he would understand his mean.

Hayden was very satisfied with Krens's praise and nodded. The other person's praise was very useful to him. He was not modest like a gentleman at all. At the same time, he also ignored the desire in the other person's eyes to increase his weekly salary.

"You are really immodest," Kerens cursed in his heart, causing him to swallow his next suggestion of a weekly salary increase.

As usual, after breakfast, he left the task of clearing the table to Kerens, and Hayden sat in the easy chair behind the counter, reading the daily newspaper and waiting for today's guests.

There is no pattern to the victims printed several times in today's newspapers, and they are often targeted at men, many of them nobles and commoners. According to the descriptions passed down by people, the blood of the deceased was sucked dry.

This strange wound reminded people of what they had seen about a fictional creature, a vampire. However, the patrol department immediately came forward to shatter the rumors about vampires and arrested several campaigners. However, they were not very harmonious with them. Uncharacteristically, the Holy Light Church came out at this time and claimed that this was just a new crime method. The criminals had strong mental illness, so they would use tools to drain human blood.

In this way, the panicked workers and civilians can calm down the public opinion about vampires. It has to be said that in this kind of unknown incident, what the people believe more is not the official but the so-called spiritual belief. With the appearance of the Holy Light Church, they The reputation has improved a lot again.

boom!

The wooden door of the pocket watch shop was rudely pushed open by the tall Al. His frown showed that the other person seemed to be in a very bad mood. Of course, Clence, who had gotten to know him better during this period, hardly noticed. I have seen him in a good mood a few times, but he didn't dare to keep a straight face except when he was facing Mr. Hayden.

Al's rudeness interrupted the good mood of Hayden, who was lying in the easy chair and reading the newspaper. Hayden put the newspaper in front of him aside, and the usual smile no longer hung on his face, and he said harshly to the rudeness just now. Al came in and said: "If you break my door, you need to pay 1 Sochi."

"1 Sochi," Krens, who was a little stunned by Hayden's offer, exclaimed inwardly, "I didn't expect that Mr. Hayden seemed to be really angry."

Al, who seemed to have noticed his bad attitude and was reminded, said to Hayden embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I lost my temper. I was really irritated by the words of the bastards from the Holy Light Church today."

This kind of complaint was heard by Al, the chief of the patrol station, every two days. It was because this incident made these usually lazy police officers feel helpless, and the number of victims continued to increase.

And the Holy Light Church, which had always had a tense relationship with them, took the initiative this time, and Director Al was slapped hard on the face at this time, which made his face burn with pain and there was nowhere to vent the anger in his heart. .

Al then lazily sat down on the sofa on the side. Krens listened quietly to what the director Al said about the case. More than thirty minutes passed unknowingly. But the director, who obviously had some purpose, kept talking, and then left dejectedly with Hayden's uninterested look on his face. Before leaving, he even rubbed Karen hard. Si's head gestured to say hello.

"Damn, I'm not a child, I will definitely grow taller," Kerens said angrily in his heart as he broke away from Al's big hand.

The day gradually came to evening, and he skillfully took the 1 miller handed to him by Mr. Hayden. In order to buy today's ingredients, Krens nervously walked out of the pocket watch store on Valco Street, and then He quickly stuffed the good luck hat on his head into his clothes.

Because Hayden has handed over the job of buying food every day to Krens, it is impossible for him to wear an incompatible good luck hat on his head outside, otherwise it will only bring bad luck to him. Of course, Krens didn't think about leaving the good-luck hat in the pocket watch shop, but he might be about to lose this pretty good employer, even though Mr. Hayden was sometimes very stingy.

In fact, Krens felt that it was inappropriate for him to go out at this time, which might bring him unpredictable dangers, but he was driven out because of Mr. Hayden's so-called obsession with food.

Tonight's food is beef stew with potatoes and pan-fried squid, a kind of fish with fat meat but many bones. The most important thing is that it is relatively cheap. This is a delicacy that many civilians can also enjoy. Many sailors on ships often eat it. Pickled with lots of salt to make meat they could eat at sea.

Valco Street is about an hour's walk from the place where Kerens wants to buy fish. Although Cologne is relatively poor, the city is not very small. It takes about two and a half hours to walk from one corner of the city to the other. Around the time, taxis became the main means of transportation for people to travel. Of course, their prices were only suitable for middle-class employees, not civilians.

Krens, who was already familiar with the craft, put the miller that Mr. Hayden gave him into the inner pocket of his clothes, where it was difficult for cunning thieves to reach.

Pedestrians on the road were still the same as usual, and they did not hide because of the murder that had just occurred. The most terrifying thing for them was not death but lack of food. Only noble nobles whose lives were precious would choose to hide. Home.

Because the city of Coron is close to the sea, you often only need to walk near the pier to find a place selling a variety of fresh fish, such as cheap Kunyu. Some nobles think that eating this kind of fish is simply a form of torture. Many years ago, there was a A nobleman ate a Kunyu, but his bones got stuck in his trachea, causing him to die painfully. He was ridiculed as a shame among the nobles. Unexpectedly, this nobleman became a frequent joke by others after his death. joke.