Passing through the back door of the restaurant is a small courtyard, in the southeast corner of the courtyard, a few plainly dressed little girls are squatting on the ground, bowing their heads and carefully cleaning pots of fresh river tip vegetables.

As Jiao Xiang said before, Hejian cuisine is not very precious, on the contrary, it is one of the most common green vegetables in Hexijian, because it requires advanced skills to handle, and it also requires a lot of courage and confidence in one's own cooking skills to make and eat. In addition, there have been poisoning incidents in the past few years, so few people touch the river tip vegetables, and in the downstream stream, almost a handful of them.

Qi Lian walked over and brought a pot of washed Hejian vegetables, and took Mu Fan and Jiao Xiang to the center of the courtyard, where a wooden table more than half a person high was placed. Qi Lian picked out a rivertip vegetable, picked up a sharp knife on the table, and said to Mu Fan: "Removing the venom of the rivertip vegetable is easy to say, it only takes one knife and two cuts. ”

"One size fits all?" Mu Fan was puzzled.

"Yes, that's right. As she spoke, Qi Lian held the river tip vegetable in her left hand, revealing only the slightly white roots. Holding the knife in his right hand, he used the blade to make a circle around the root as slowly as possible. Then put down the knife, pinch the root with the thumb and index finger of the right hand, and gently twist it, and the root will come out along the neat scratches.

Qi Lian slowly pulled out, like an archaeologist treating a newly unearthed cultural relic, cautious and cautious. Mu Fan noticed that with the separation of the vegetable roots, there was also a slender unknown substance.

Qi Lian carefully placed the strip with the vegetable root on the table, and said, "This is the main venom of the river tip vessel. ”

Mu Fan looked intently, the venom of the river-sharp vegetable was surrounded by a soft film, and the black substance floating in the clear water-like venom inside it was faintly visible.

Qi Lian picked up the venom sac, put it in an iron basin, and poked it lightly with scissors, and the venom flowed out.

"The venom loses its toxicity when it is left in an iron basin for a day, then boiled in a copper pot and cooled. Qi Lian explained, "What I demonstrated just now is a knife. This knife may seem easy, but it is difficult to do. First of all, it is necessary to determine the most suitable position for the knife, and secondly, the film that encloses the venom is very easy to break, and the slightest bit of force on the hand will make the venom diffuse and be absorbed by the vegetable stem. If you don't have the slightest bit, when you rotate the roots, you will also damage the film. ”

"I understand the knife. Mu Fan nodded and asked, "Then what does the two cuts mean?"

"Each river tip has eight leaves, no more, no less. Qi Lian said: "And two of these eight leaves also contain toxins. There is no fixed ranking of poison leaves, all of them are random. ”

"Then how do you distinguish it?" asked Mu Fan the key point.

"Depending on the feel and experience, there are subtle differences in thickness and tactile feel between toxin-containing leaves and normal leaves. Qi Lian replied, "Practice makes perfect, and if you do more, you will naturally find unique tricks." ”

"Sister Lian, I understand the literal meaning of one knife and two cuts, but I still don't understand the doorway. Mu Fan turned his head to look at Qi Lian, and said with a flattering smile: "Can you give me the cheats of your experience?"

"Cheats?" Qi Lian said in slight surprise: "I have always taught it by word, and I don't have any cheats. Besides, this craft can only be mastered with diligent practice, and it cannot be learned only by literal solutions. ”

"Then can you please write one for me?" Mu Fan directly ignored Qi Lian's second half of the sentence and said cheekily.

"This ......" Qi Lian looked at Mu Fan and Jiao Xiang, thought for a while and said, "Okay, it will also help you to write it down and memorize it by heart." ”

"That's what I meant, thank you, Sister Lian. Mu Fan replied with a smile, as long as he has the cheats, with the help of the system, it will only be a matter of a few seconds for Mu Fan to learn to fry river tip vegetables.

Qi Lian walked into the main house, wrote down the experience of handling and cooking Hejian vegetables, and handed it to Mu Fan.

"Master, Sister Lian, you wait a while, I'll go have some tea. Mu Fan spoke, and without waiting for the two of them to reply, he ran out of the yard with a smile on his face.

After walking out of the restaurant, Mu Fan found a secluded alley, held the cheats in both hands to summon the system, and followed the previous steps, first stored the cheats in the warehouse, and then clicked to learn. In a matter of seconds, he has mastered the recipe of Hejian cuisine.

Mu Fan, who returned to the courtyard again, was already confident.

"Now let's start practicing, let's start with the strength of the knife. Qi Lian said, "When you can evenly control the strength, we will move on to the next step." ”

"Sister Lian, I want to try it directly. Mu Fan said seriously.

"What did you say?" Qi Lian was slightly stunned.

"How? are you sure?" Jiao Xiang next to him noticed the change in Mu Fan's expression, coupled with his understanding when he learned to steam steamed buns before, he always felt that Mu Fan had mastered the practice of Hejian vegetables for some reason.

"Pretty much. Mu Fan replied with a smile.

"Mu Gongzi, although the venom will not damage the skin when it gets on your hands, it is also very troublesome to deal with. Qi Lian obviously didn't believe that Mu Fan had learned how to deal with it, and said in an admonishing tone with a frown.

"It's okay, if you want to learn how to fry river tip vegetables, it is inevitable to touch the venom, I am mentally prepared. Mu Fan spoke, and he had already begun to roll up his sleeves.

"Since he wants to try, let him try. Jiao Xiang was on the side to help.

Hearing this, Qi Lian couldn't say anything more, anyway, the river tip vegetables that had not been processed were not worth much, since Mu Fan insisted on doing so, it was up to him. However, Qi Lian didn't say it, but in her heart, she had already labeled Mu Fan as arrogant and low-eyed.

Mu Fan could naturally see Qi Lian's thoughts, but he didn't care, because he would soon use his strength to change his opinion.

Coming to stand in front of the wooden table, Mu Fan had a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, and picked up a rivertip vegetable very calmly. The knife was pinched in his right hand, and with a slight shake of his fingertips, he picked out a beautiful knife flower, the blade was facing inward, and he quickly circled around the top of the vegetable root. Then he grabbed the root with two fingers, rotated it slightly, and gently pulled it outward, throwing the intact main venom into the iron basin next to it.

Mu Fan's whole movement was like a cloud of water, and it took only two or three seconds before and after. Not to mention that Jiao Xiang and Qi Lian on the side didn't react, I'm afraid that they didn't even react to the venom and were thrown into the iron basin.

Mu Fan, who had removed the main venom, did not stop the movements in his hands, but directly spread the river tip vegetables vertically onto the table, formed a palm with his left hand, and gently stroked the eight vegetable leaves from top to bottom. Then he took up the knife and cut off the top two leaves.

After doing this, Mu Fan put away his knife and stood up, picked up the processed Hejian vegetables, handed them to Qi Lian next to him, and said quite chicly: "Sister Lian, I'm tired of checking and instructing." ”