Chapter 22 Learning the arts

"Stinky boy, I heard you fainted just now?"

As soon as the fat man walked into the lobby of the restaurant, the old golden head asked angrily, without even raising his eyelids, "You are so fat and so weak at a young age, you don't need to look at it to know that you are comfortable and lazy and used to not practicing!

Before the old golden head could finish speaking, the fat man couldn't help but yawn loudly, "I understand very well your old man's eagerness to teach all his abilities after accepting such a talented disciple as me. But there is a good saying: if you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, even Rome can't be built in a day, right?

Unexpectedly, the old golden head snorted coldly when he heard this: "Still waiting for dawn? Do you know what the 'Kung Fu of the Second Five' is?"

When the fat man heard this, he was at a loss, "What is that?"

"Don't be unconvinced if you say you don't understand anything, you don't even know the 'kung fu of the second and fifth watches', are you embarrassed to mix in the ancient martial arts world?" said the old golden head picked up the tea bowl on the table in front of him, and took a sip before continuing, "The kung fu in this refers to the degree of hard work you have, and the second and fifth watches refer to the two hours of the second and fifth watches, and the meaning of the connection refers to your hard work in these two hours." It is the standard by which a person is judged to be diligent in his cultivation. ”

"Then why is it the second and fifth watches, not the third and fourth watches?"

The old golden head laughed when he heard this, "You finally got to the point." The reason why it is called the second and fifth watches is because after thousands of years of exploration and verification by countless predecessors, during these two hours, the aura between heaven and earth is the richest, and it is also the time with the highest cultivation efficiency, now you understand why I called you here at this time!"

"Oh...... I see. The fat man nodded suddenly in realization, "But I'm not cultivating now, I'm learning cooking from you!"

"Uh-huh...... Do you think that after those ingredients have passed through the hands of our servants, the dishes will still be ordinary dishes?" said the old golden head's eyes suddenly opened, and the seasoning prepared in advance on the table in front of him instantly flew as if it had come to life, and at the same time, a powerful momentum exploded without warning.

If it were someone else, he might only be amazed by the huge coercion of the old golden head, and his control over those spices, but in the eyes of the fat man who had just awakened the first layer of "True Eye", it was not so simple.

Although the spices seem to be flying in the air in a chaotic manner, and it is difficult to spot at first, gradually five whirlpools of different colors are automatically formed, which is very magical and spectacular!

"Qi has five elements, and food also has five flavors! Its pungent is to gold, salty to water, sour to wood, bitter to fire, sweet to earth, so the process of cooking is also a process of harmonizing the five elements. The key to distinguishing Fushi cuisine from ordinary cuisine is the handling of ingredients and the preparation of these special seasonings. ”

"Master, don't you ......?"

"Hehe, yes, I'm just like you, and I'm also a full-attribute physique. I think that although my White Tiger Hall is not prosperous, it is also full of talents. Among the many disciples, there are talented and intelligent people, and there are countless hard-working people. But after so many years, none of them have been able to take advantage of my heart. Maybe my expectations were too high, and just when I was a little discouraged, you made me see a shadow of my youth......"

"So, are you going to teach me how to make those special seasonings now?" said the fat man with great excitement before the old golden man could finish speaking.

When the old golden head heard this, he raised his eyebrows, "It's still early!"

With a wave of his hand, the spices in the cyclone magically fell back into the jar he was in before, and then he pointed behind him, "This is what you have to learn now." ”

Only then did the fat man see that behind the old golden head, a simple comprehensive cooking table had been built at some point!

"No matter what special methods we use to cook, at the end of the day we are still chefs, so if you want to learn how to cook, you have to be not only a real chef, but also a great chef! ”

Saying that, the old golden head had already stood in front of the cooking table, and took a kitchen knife and a cucumber in his hand, "Knife skills are a very key part of cooking, which can be roughly divided into cutting, chopping, chopping, chopping, cutting, slicing, batching and other knife techniques, and each knife technique can also be further subdivided, and you can master it by practicing it often." There are many things to know about how you hold the knife, how you stand, and what kind of knife you use when handling the ingredients. There is no need to be sloppy, otherwise, the processed dishes will not meet the requirements of the finished product. ”

Although the old golden head is explaining and demonstrating, but a kitchen knife in his hand is constantly flying up and down, as if every knife has been carefully calculated, whether it is strength, angle or accuracy is so just right, it really does silk like hair, pieces like paper, and even the size of the diced is almost exactly the same, the fat man is envious and excited, and even has an urge to try.

Putting down the knife, the old golden head stood in front of the iron pot filled with iron sand next to him, "Whether a dish can be recognized by diners, spoon gong can be said to be a spoonful of life and death." Only by choosing the appropriate strength and direction according to the processed ingredients can the deliciousness of the ingredients themselves be preserved or even sublimated to the greatest extent. The iron pot, which should have been extraordinarily heavy, seemed to be nothing in his hands, whether it was pushing, pulling, turning, turning or turning, it was so easy and free. That kind of mastery of the ingredients in the pot is by no means something that can be practiced overnight.

"In addition to the knife and spoon skills, the uniformity of the paste, the accurate judgment of the oil temperature, the timely and accurate dosing, the flexible handling of the heat, the thickening and the actual mastery of the pot are the keys to the success of a dish. In addition, to be a good chef, you must not only have enough knowledge of yourself, but also know the ingredients you are working with. ”

As he spoke, the old golden head skillfully grabbed a chicken from the bamboo basket on the side, and then raised the knife in his hand, and then bleed and dehaired in one go, without a trace of hesitation and mud. And the next scene made the fat man's eyes widen, and after only a moment of kung fu, the old golden head only used a knife in his hand to shave out all the bones of the whole chicken, and the whole chicken still maintained its previous appearance intact, if it wasn't for the fat man who saw it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe it.

Not only the chicken, but in the next time, the old golden head also demonstrated to the fat man the whole fish deboning, the back of the knife to stab and the quick release of tuna and other stunts, which made the fat man dumbfounded. At the same time, it also strengthened his determination to learn from the old golden head.

So in the next few days, the fat man not only practiced the kung fu of the second and fifth watches with the old golden head every day, but also went to the restaurant to practice whenever he had free time during the day, and even when he was sleeping, he did not forget to practice frantically in the newly built kitchen in the Martial God Temple.

The days passed plainly and fulfillingly, this day the fat man had just done his homework last morning, and the mobile phone rang, and as soon as he connected Cheng Ya's voice, he couldn't wait to come out of the mobile phone, "Okay, you dead fat man with no conscience, you don't even make a phone call for so many days, and you have to call your mother, the shelf is really big enough!

Hearing this, the fat man hurriedly explained: "How is it possible! How can the little one forget the boss? Isn't it that I am afraid of embarrassing your old man, so I am busy cultivating hard!"

"Hmph! It's like a human saying. Clean up and come to my office at eight o'clock!"

Although he didn't know what was going on, the fat man still followed Cheng Ya's instructions, simply cleaned up and returned to Qianji Pavilion along the road he had walked before, and when he just came to Cheng Ya's office door, a familiar voice almost roared from inside.

"What are you kidding? Do you think this is a play house? I don't agree!"