"Although it's not very good, it's barely OK. Then you can help in the kitchen. Responsible for washing ingredients and cutting various ingredients." The owner of Shanchun Izakaya, who is also the chef of this izakaya, asked Hasegawa Kenichi to show his knife skills at his request. Finally, he nodded and reluctantly let Hasegawa Kenichi enter the kitchen.
Hearing what Chef Shanchun said, Hasegawa Kenichi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. This job is not easy to come by. After all, he had found many such jobs before, but none of them would accept him. Even Hasegawa Kenichi thought that if he didn't succeed this time, he would settle for the second best and change to other jobs. Although it might waste the proficiency of a skill. However, it is more important to make money first.
"Let me make it clear first, because you are not so skilled after all, and you are still a part-time worker, so I will not pay you a high salary, only 1,000 yen per hour." Chef Shanchun said to Hasegawa Kenichi seriously.
Hourly wage of 1,000 yen is not high, but it is not low. Generally speaking, if you work as a waiter in a supermarket, coffee shop or izakaya, the hourly wage is about 800 to 2,000 yen. So although it is not high, it is still acceptable.
"I understand." Hasegawa Kenichi nodded seriously.
Chef Shanchun nodded with satisfaction at Hasegawa Kenichi's attitude. In fact, the reason why Hasegawa Kenichi was allowed to enter the kitchen was that Hasegawa Kenichi's cooking skills were barely acceptable. On the other hand, Hasegawa Kenichi looked relatively stable and had a serious attitude. Otherwise, he would not accept a high school student, who was a temporary worker, into the kitchen.
In this way, Hasegawa Kenichi temporarily started working in this izakaya. At the same time, his proficiency in cooking skills was also slowly increasing. Compared with the growth rate of his cooking skills at home every day, it was much faster.
Ding ding ding ding...
Chef Shanchun listened to the rhythmic sound of the chopping board. Although it was not perfect, it was enough for his izakaya. Especially the serious attitude of Hasegawa Kenichi, he was more satisfied. If it were not for the fact that his place was just a small izakaya, and his cooking skills were not bad, but it could not be regarded as a legacy, he would have wanted to accept Hasegawa Kenichi as his disciple.
At night, the office workers had already got off work. People walked into the izakaya in twos and threes. They had three or two dishes and a bottle of wine. They drank and talked. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.
The business of the izakaya could not be said to be very good, but it was not bad either. In addition, there were not many people in the kitchen. In fact, there were only two chefs in the izakaya before, so it seemed a little busy. Now with the addition of Hasegawa Kenichi as a helper, the kitchen seemed a lot more relaxed.
I was busy until about 10 o'clock in the evening, and the izakaya business was almost over. Hasegawa Kenichi also finished work at this time.
On the first day of work, Hasegawa Kenichi felt particularly tired. In fact, although this job is not easy, it is not too heavy. It's just that this is the case for the first part-time job. As long as it is not a particularly easy job, you will feel tired in the first three days.
After returning home, he washed off the sweat on his body and the greasy smell in the kitchen. Then he soaked in the bathtub and couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh.
"Taking a bath is really comfortable. No wonder Japanese people like taking a bath so much." The water, which is higher than the body temperature, buried the body, slowly releasing the fatigue stored in the body all day. When he climbed out of the bathtub, Hasegawa Kenichi felt particularly relaxed.
Originally, I thought I would be very tired after finishing work and fall asleep, but after taking a bath, I became a little energetic.
Looking at his attribute column, the proficiency of the cooking column has increased a lot. At this rate, his cooking skills will also be upgraded in about a week or two. If it is upgraded to level 4, he can probably be a chef in a place like Shanchun Izakaya.
"Mina-san..."
The woman on the TV shouted with a vibrant voice, and Hasegawa Kenichi seemed to have his eyes on the TV, but in fact he was distracted, or thinking, and did not focus on the fierce woman on the TV.
"I have a job for now, and I can improve my cooking skills. But I just want to improve my cooking skills so that I can cook better food at home. But I don't want to be a chef in the future. The job of helping in the kitchen is only temporary. So, what I want to do now is what I am interested in."
"But interest, this kind of thing, seems to have disappeared a long time ago." Hasegawa Kenichi thought about how he had faced the cruel reality after entering society, and all the innocence, ideals, interests and the like had been thrown aside. Even ideals and interests seemed to be something very far away.
"When I was in college, I would watch anime with my roommates and go to Internet cafes to play games. I was really happy at that time, but it seems like a long time ago. Come to think of it, at that time, in addition to watching anime, reading novels and playing games, it seemed that for a while I suddenly became curious about writing novels. I seem to have tried to write one, but I went to Internet cafes with my roommates to play games all day, so I didn't put too much energy into it, and I didn't have any talent in this area. But, at that time, it seemed that I really wanted to write a novel, write an interesting story for everyone to read. "
"So, if it were now, I could try it. Oh, and comics. At that time, I seemed to envy those who drew comics. I thought they were great and wanted to learn, but for some reason, it seemed to end in vain. Oh, and singing and street dance. I seemed to have envied the performances of seniors during the school festival performances for a long time..."
"If you think about it this way, it seems that there are really many things I want."
Muttering to himself, thinking about these, Hasegawa Kenichi couldn't help laughing. It seems that everything I thought about before, or wanted out of my imagination, can be tried in this life, regardless of whether I will do these things in the end, but he seems to be able to try it with the system.
"Ideal. This kind of thing." He had long forgotten why he had all these ideas in the past, and he couldn't think of the motivation, but he still wanted to try it.