50 Chapter 48 "Baiyi Cuisine"



"Hey! It's bait!" Pulling up a stall loaded with food, I came to the area where sewerage works were going to take place.  The purpose is to cater to these hardworking people.  They feed the working people with tons of vegetables they buy from Mormat. "You couldn't have said it a little more."Eather!""Food welcome!""I've been waiting for this!""Don't be so happy! I'll protest properly!" It's noon.  It's time for a gut bug to play as big as the Philharmonic Orchestra.  You can't stand the appetizing smell of this salsa sauce there. "Oh, it looks delicious..." Womaro, who has abandoned his protest altogether, quickly line up.  A few days after the heavy rain, the reconstruction of the 42 wards had almost been completed, and the rest were handled on a personal level.  So we and the Tolbeck factory were working on the next stage... that is to say, sewerage, so that we wouldn't cause any damage if it rains heavily next time.  The hamsters are also working hard every morning from early in the morning until sunset, complimented by Umaro, as they seem to have gotten used to their work and become much more efficient.  And again, the hamsters seemed to have a tremendous digging capacity, leading them to say that sewage work was impossible without hamsters.  This will create demand for hamsters, and they will never be evaded again. "Look, you guys! Wash your hands and wait in line!" Clapping his hands and guiding his younger brothers in a familiar way is Loretta, who usually goes around with my younger sisters, but today he's accompanying them to see them work. For some reason he's worried. "Mr. Umaro, how are your younger brothers doing? Are you doing well?""Oh, hey, yes! Of course, you've done a good job of it a little bit," Womaro still seems unfamiliar with Loretta and is very embarrassed to be stared directly in the face. "The leader's face is bright red!""Red!""Oh my God!""Oh, my God!" Umaro and Loretta's voices matched beautifully.  Does everyone say the same thing at the same time as they get used to treating their younger brothers?"Big brother, taco!""Oh! Hand out the soup first. I'll ask you which is better, soup or``Yes!' It's my sisters who cook for me.  However, all I had to do was put chopped vegetables and smoked magda on the tortilla I had made at the Yodamari-tei and pour a generous amount of salsa sauce over it.  But why is this simple menu so exquisite? It's so delicious that you get addicted to it once you eat it.  Gooseuya and others were all over the place for tacos, and they would order tacos for tacos for dinner. "Oh, what a spicy scent!""Oh, my God!"`What!' Happy goozooya and hamsters swarm about them.  You seem to have a crush on him. He's well rehabilitated, hasn't he? "You can eat meat and vegetables, just one,""You've thought about it over,""It goes well with the soup again.""Yodamari-tei, wow!" Tacos seem to be generally popular among carpenters.  ... well, I didn't think of it. "But thank you, sir, for this dish,""Oh, there's no place else to serve me.""And the maid's daughter was cute...""Yes, yes! I'm pushing for braided hair"."I'm freckle-chan,""Bacchas, you guys don't know! You're the number one, right?" They seem to have some sort of fanfare about their sisters and even factions.  ...if you do something strange, I'll turn all the salsa sauce into Tabasco.  But... The image of being a 'slum dweller' has been completely repainted.  Well, it's only a matter of time before the circle expands, though it's limited to the people of Tolbeck.  Sisters make crispy tacos, and Loretta and her sisters hand them out.  Loretta, who speaks casually, is also popular among carpenters.  If the carpenters at the Tolbeck factory would become regulars, it would be a great help to the cafeteria. Hang in there, boys. Hold on to the customers before the construction is finished. "Yasilo!" Looking at my working sisters, I saw a chicken running across the street.  ... What!? Scary scary! Birds are coming! Birds are coming!"Good job. You're working hard again today." The only daughter of a chicken farm, Neferry, is a bit nostalgic to the Japanese.  She's like an animated heroine from the 80s, and she's cute in her manner, but... she's a girl whose face is so full of chickens that it makes me feel delicate to look at her. "Nepheries don't back and forth when they walk,""Hey! You can't do it, you're not a bird!" No, you're a bird. "And what do you want?""What do you want, I mean... Jillo, we... Oh." He held his mouth with both hands as if to say, "I just made a slip of the tongue ☆" and patted his head with his right hand.It's this girl called Neferry, who, in a nostalgic atmosphere, can do cute gestures without hesitation. She's just a chicken on her face. "Yasilo is making new things for everyone in town, isn't he?""They are made by the carpenters of the Tolbeck factory,""Uh-huh. Jiro is humble, isn't he?" He understands this and acknowledges all the good and bad. He has a manly personality that makes me wish he had such a childhood friend next to him. He looks like a chicken. "Today, I brought a wallet to Jiro, who is doing his best. ... I hope it suits my taste." Say so and give me a small package.  At that time, he found a cut on the tip of the neck. Is it the "I'm not good at it, but I worked hard on it?" Or rather, is it okay if his hands are not feathers? From the neck down, he's exactly the same as a human, but his face is a chicken.  I thought the culture of bento was not in this city, but what did the Neferry bring?  I open the package that was handed to me.  Two eggs came out of the room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."I've boiled fresh eggs. Do you like boiled eggs?""I don't know why I've accumulated it, but I like it.""Really!" a comforting referee  ...but where did you cut your finger in the process of making boiled eggs? Didn't you pass by clumsy and reach a mysterious area?"It smells good. What's this?" Neferry who pushes boiled eggs on me and attracts interest in tacos.  What? Are you going to eat tacos next to me eating boiled eggs, bully?"What's the name of taco?" Neferry gazes at tacos with fascination after being explained to her sister. "Hey, Jiro. Don't you sell this?""I'm thinking of reopening the stall when the construction is finished. Then I'm going to put it on the market. Do you want to eat?""Oh... Uh, yes. It smells really good.""Wait a minute, then. Hey, sister. Get ready.""Yes!""Oh! But! . . . . . . . . . I don't have any money." Neferry hastily stops his sister, who started making tacos. "All right. I'll trade it for this boiled egg.""Really!? ... Our eggs aren't that expensive?""Is that so?" I don't know the right price because I'm always given a discount.  It's a good egg with a good taste and a solid yolk.  Since I changed the bait, I've been laying eggs properly every morning, and on top of that, he used to boast to me that the taste has improved dramatically.  Can't you sell it at a high price... Well, I'm getting a bargain, too.  I'd be happy to treat you a little as much as this time. "If you can spread the taste of tacos to your acquaintances, that's all right."I'm so happy! I really wanted to go because I heard that Yashiro was running a stand before... but I don't have much money..." Every house seems to have a tight family budget.  More than that... I'll whisper in my ear only when I get close to Neferry, so that the hamsters won't hear me. "Don't you care? You know...""Are you talking about them?""Oh, well, yes,""Not at all," Oh! Is there anyone who doesn't have prejudice? "Because Jillo believes in them, doesn't he?""What? Oh, well.""Then I'll believe it, too. I think I can believe the people that Jiro believes in." What a happy girl she is... I really regret that her face is a chicken. "Taco Sue!""Wow, thank you, baby.""A little boy?""Uh-huh. Neferry is really 'girlish' isn't it?  It seems to fit in with the ideal image of a good old Japanese woman in fiction.  ...except his face.  No, wait. Maybe in the not too distant future, chicken girls may become very popular. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Wow... it's delicious... oh!" I was deeply moved. I could tell that from the bottom of my heart.  Needless to say, I found out that the words I had leaked were true and that the Neferry had genuinely liked tacos.  We hear satisfaction from all over the place, including Neferry.  It's kind of like a festival venue. Is it taco festa?A lively laugh and a smile peculiar to eating delicious food. In such a happy circle, hamsters are seen smiling here and there.  These guys are no longer prejudiced against the slums.  Perhaps it's the result of the great display of Umaro's prestige... No, if we work together towards the same goal, we naturally create a sense of camaraderie and bonds.  For now, it's safe to say that the hamsters have found their place.  The rest is the reaction of the general public..."Oh, you know...!" That was the time.  Someone called me out. A bold, courageous call.  Looking back, I saw a woman with a slightly haggard appearance standing.  There seems to be something frightening about the way he talks to me with restraintfully. "Well... this isn't a shop, is it?" It sounds like something has been said.  This stall is just for carrying food for those who work on sewage work...When asked if it was a shop, I had to answer "no" stubbornly.  I understand what this woman means. Then..."No, this is a food stall. I've got the lord's permission." When I gave her an exhibition permit, which had been attached to the roof of the stall, she blushed slightly.  The smell of tacos and their merry voices must have taken them by heart to buy them.  I mean, it's been a few days since we started to transport the food, but from the first day, we've been looking at each other in the distance. We must have noticed that we used to pull the stalls.  But, perhaps that's why... no one spoke to me. It must have been preceded by the image that "the people who work in this stall are slum dwellers."  But this woman spoke to me.  I wonder if I lost to the smell of tacos, or if I was struck by a cheerful voice... Have you changed the way you see the hardworking hamsters... what?  This step that this woman has taken is a very meaningful and significant step. "Oh, by the way... how much is that?" Then again, in a frightened tone, the woman asks me a question.  Seeing the expression on his face, I made a little thoughtful gesture before answering: "Well... 10Rb each is fine.""I'll buy it!" It was an immediate answer.  My eyes are a little bloodshot, and I'm a little scared. Did you want to eat so much? But I can't help but feel that way.  It's a world where bread is said to be 20Rb.  Not only is it half the price, but this price with meat and vegetables on it. It would be more than enough to make you think, "This is a buy!"  Incidentally, this tortilla is on sale at Yodamari-tei and its head office for 10Rb of course. "All right, you guys! It's open to the public now!""'Wow!'" Hearing the spirit, all the people who had been watching from afar rushed up to me. "Sell it to me!""Here too!""There are two here!" be at a tremendous rate  It's more powerful than popcorn.  Did you really want to try it? ......no, something is wrong. "Oppa, isn't it amazing? Tacos are very popular!" Loretta says happily, without concealing her surprise.  It's very popular... or rather......"Loretta, I'm sorry, but come back to the Yodamari-tei right now and get me another stall.""Are you going to do it with two cars?""Construction is going on in the streets ahead. We'll have to deliver the food there, too."I see. So should I call Magdachy to cheer for me?""Yes," Loretta and her sisters can't calculate.  Jeanette can't leave the store, so let's get Magda.  The store will be less crowded, but it probably won't be too crowded, so it should be OK.  I'll take Loretta and her two sisters back to Yodamari-tei to get a refill of the Yodamari-tei No. 2 stand right now.  If my prediction is correct, a considerable amount will be needed. "Well, are you selling here again tomorrow?""Is there anything else?""Can I eat "No. 2" if I go to the main store?" A stream of questions comes at me.  I couldn't answer any of the questions after all because the following questions came before I could answer them.  Then, a decisive question comes to me, and I come to my conclusion. "You don't raise prices here, do you?" as I expected  Prices are rising because of the flood.  Vegetables had also been devastated on Mormat's farm.  The river-fishing guild will also not be able to catch because of the heavy rain, and the hunting guild will spend much of its time repairing the forest outside the exterior walls. Magda is exempt from injury, but no one will have hunted.  Other producers should be in much the same situation.  This heavy rain has severely reduced the distribution of food.  Prices go up without goods.  As prices go up, some people will be unable to buy.  Especially in the 42 wards where the gap between the rich and the poor is extremely severe. Many people are probably trying to overcome this food shortage by "put up with it."  So I looked around again and saw that all the people who were swarming around the stall were somewhat haggard. "Well," I speak to Ossan, who was nearby.  Ossan, who was about to nibble at a taco, looked at me like a dog left behind. "What's the price of food going up?""Oh... I don't even want to say it,""...twice?""More than four times the price of bread -- nearly ten times the price of bread." Ten times? The black bread of the cut-and-dried chicken is 200Rb? Two thousand yen in Japanese yen!? No way...In addition to the stagnation of logistics, there must have been people who wanted to make a lot of money at times like this.  When the earthquake struck in Japan, I wonder if there was a guy who sold onigiri at convenience stores for 1,000 yen.  Is there such a thing in this city...?"I thought prices would settle down in about a week... but it seems like there's nothing in the peddling guild... ...this high price will drag on for a while." have nothing to do with  That's inevitable.  Even MOMAT would like to sell vegetables if they had any.  But it's not there.  You've got a lot of wrinkles in you. "All the shops on the high street have gone up so high that we can't afford it..." The main street is a place lined with bars and markets.  Paula's bar is on the main street, too. Now that you think of it, that bar was a luxury bar for rich people. ... I'm a brave man in a way, aren't I?"Oh, for God's sake! I think insects are a good story, but..." With a taco in one hand, Ossan gripped my hand.  Wrinkles are deeply engraved on his forehead; he looks begging. "Please don't raise the price at this store. That's right!" a bowing ossan  Suddenly, the audience watching us communicate were all nodding in unison.  There were a lot of dog‐like, clinging eyes looking at me.  The current high prices seem to do a lot of damage to the poor people.  The unsalable vegetables piled up in the Yodamari-tei looked like they were half forced on him, but it's strange because they give him the illusion of being very lucky.  It might be interesting to use disaster as a seed to try to fill Temae's pockets.  If I go around selling rice at an exorbitant price, all the customers will flow in here.  And the memories of doing business in the event of a disaster have burned into the minds of consumers and continue to haunt them even after they return to normal times.  You can have a hard time.  Think carefully about the strata that underpin this city's economy. "Oh, yeah! Jillo!" My name is called by such a loud voice that I am overflowing with energy and never stop.  Magda... but she's too energetic. This voice..."Delia!""Yes! I came to help you!""Well, Delia,"oh dear!""Wow!? What's this, dude?" It was Goozoya who gave a strange cry at Delia's appearance.  Goozoya seems to have become a fan of Delia after seeing Delia's miniskermaids before. "Good-bye, house!""That's too much!? That's too much, Yashiro!""Good-bye, house!""Yes, Mr. Delia!" Ah... once again, there's one man who's had a stupid illness... ...the future of the Tolbeck factory is bleak. "The little tiger's daughter said, "... Magda has to make popcorn," and asked me to go to you instead.""Do you copy Magda?" They don't resemble each other enough to give me goosebumps. "But is it okay? What's the job of a river fishing guild?""The repair of the river has already been completed thanks to the Chibihams that Jiro has sent me, and I'll be free until the water settles down and we can catch fish!""Well, did the hamsters help?""Oh! I almost wanted to trade it for an omero." Can I throw it away so easily, Omero? Isn't it the vice guild length?"Well, hey, Jillo..." I forgot about the sudden arrival of customers, but there was still a referee. "Who is this high-exposed woman... by the way, what has she got to do with Jiro?" Neferry gazes at Delia waryly. "What is this bird?"`Not a bird!' No, it's a bird. "Delia is the guild leader of the river fishing guild and is a part-time waitress at Yangdaljeong.""It's the palm palm!""Mab.........I'm friends with Jiro, too! I'm not losing!""What? ... are you going to fight against me?""Stop it, Delia. Neferry is a weak girl." If you play against Delia... you'll get extra tandoori chicken on the street menu. "Why... what is it... you... you're rather weak?" If you were weak, all the people in the world would be sick and dying!"Well, that's not it. Get along with me.""If Jiro says so... You've got a big heart.""I don't care about "ha" at all." Then you're not staring at each other.  And don't try so hard, Neferry. If Delia starts to storm, no one can stop her. "Oppa, add!" Two of my sisters, who looked like sellers, came back in a box tray full of tortillas and salsa sauce.  Add this to the second store, and the seventh store, which is full, goes straight to the next store. "And Loretta?""I got caught by Magdachy!""Baking tortillas!""Magdachy, Oni instructor!" I see. Is the Yodamari-tei stall under the command of Magda? "How's the shop going on."Boosh!" If it's little by little, it's OK.  Maybe this stall will increase the number of customers. I'll have to teach Jeanette about it soon. "Well, Delia, can I order a stall here?""Leave it to me!""Ah, you know, Jillo!" Next to Delia's chest, Neferry exclaims impatiently. "Let me help you, too. I'm sure I'll be of help!""Hey, bird,"`Not a bird!'"Can you calculate?"「………………」"Then you can't use it, can you?" Delia shrugs, "Oh my gosh."  Delia, who winds up a guild, can do the math of reading and writing. "But! There's something I can do, too..." The referee is going to cry. It's not, "Coke!" ... I'm going to cry.  I don't know what they're competing for... ...but wait. "All right. I'll leave this to you two!""What?" Delia and Neferry sing together.  Then look at each other's faces and look at each other with a start. "Well, Jillo..." Delia approaches me and pulls her arm to distance herself from Neferry.  The forcefully drawn arm is drawn... elbows to the breast... ...to the breast. "It's all right just to have a bite, isn't it? Don't get in the way of that bird?""Well, don't say that, Delia." If you're willing to help me for free, I'm all for it. "My sisters are not used to serving customers yet. They may hesitate to deal with them. Many adults make them feel safe.""But..." a still‐unconvinced Delia  Do you want a lift here? "It's the 'person in charge' who handles people well, isn't it?""Oh? Are you in charge here?""Of course. Delia is our official waitress. Above all, she has enough brains to calculate.""Brain!""You have to be a smart guy to handle people. In that respect, Delia...""It's okay! I'm more relaxed!" That's a bit of a joke. "Leave it to Jiro! He's smart, but he's good at using hamsters and birds!""Oh, for God's sake, Delia is not to be relied on.""Trust me . . . . . . Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah"'Oh!'" I said, "That's all right here. "Hey, Jiro... is he really all right?""He's a reliable fellow,""But... it looks like it's going on. Hey, Neferry. Are your eyes jointed? It's a perfect mess, isn't it? "That's why I want your help,""What?""Delia is reliable, but the delicate consideration and concern of the customer is a little difficult.""...a little?""So, can you follow me well? I can only ask you to do this." ...because, apart from Delia and the hamster, you're the only one here right now. "I'm the only one who can count on you." I've been busy with Estella lately, haven't I? "Okay, Jiro! I'll do my best for Jiro! I'll get along with that big guy!""I see. That will help." It's too slow here.  I think I'll make a lot of money if I cheat on my marriage in this city.  but on the day when he cheated Delia and Neferry... ...the rest would disappear, rather than be afraid." "Well, both of you. I hope you'll take good care of me.""Leave it to the person in charge!""It's all right because I'm here to rely on!" Well, I'm sure you'll manage to get over it.  To put it bluntly, it is a friendly competition. "Hey, little sister,""What, brother?" But I'll insure it for the time being. "Come and call me as soon as they begin to do something funny.""Yes! All right!"My sisters are the most trustworthy when it comes to being honest with me. "All right, then, sisters! Follow me half the time!""'Yes!'" Thus, with many layers of insurance, I left Yodamari-tei No.7 and started walking towards the main street.