Chapter 21: Engraving

What Chef Liu said just now made Zhou An have some ideas.

If the proficiency does not rise, it must be your own problem.

Now that Chef Liu said this, he suddenly found the root of the problem.

It seems that I have always cut vegetables according to the original method, and it has never changed.

According to Chef Liu, chopping vegetables is not just about chopping.

If you cut vegetables in a different way, will this proficiency increase?

Thinking of this, Zhou An raised the doubts in his heart.

"Lao Liu, how do you think you want to improve my vegetable cutting skills?"

Don't look at Lao Liu's age, he looks like he is in his sixties, but this cooking skill is really not simple.

And the power is amazing, an iron pot specializing in frying big pot dishes, it is very slippery when you use it.

Chef Liu asked, "Do you really plan to make a living here?" ”

"In these years, there are many ways to survive with multiple abilities, and if I don't do it one day, I can also become a chef." Zhou Andao.

Chef Liu thought about it, this is also true.

In the entire yamen, only Zhou An helped cook.

At this time, Zhou An encountered difficulties, and Chef Liu felt that he had to help.

If you don't help, when Zhou An is unwilling to do it, you will be too busy.

"Actually, there are not many that can be used for cutting vegetables, generally straight cutting, pushing cutting, pulling cutting, sawing, guillotine cutting and rolling cutting, you have always used straight cutting, in fact, you can learn others."

Chef Liu took the kitchen knife from Zhou An's hand and tried all the cutting methods.

While trying, I also explained the essentials of various cutting methods.

Zhou An listened carefully beside him.

But when he listened, there was a strange expression on his face.

He tried to take the knife, learned what Chef Liu had just taught, and tried all the cutting methods.

Proficiency still doesn't move.

It doesn't work.

Chef Liu was also surprised.

"This kid's foundation is okay!"

All the basic knife skills just now, Zhou An is at ease.

Talent!

It must be talent!

Chef Liu saw Zhou An's not good expression and said, "Are you still not satisfied?" ”

Zhou An didn't hide, and said bluntly: "It's not interesting, this is still not improved." ”

Chef Liu is full of black lines.

This kid is really arrogant, but he also has the capital to be arrogant.

"Here's for you."

Chef Liu took out a piece of wood from the corner of the kitchen and threw it in front of Zhou An.

This is the usual firewood, and when it is not used, it is piled up in the corner and used as you go.

Zhou An picked up the wood and said strangely, "What are you giving me this?" ”

"Aren't you going to practice swordsmanship? Come and carve this, when you can carve it to the point where it is real, you can practice others. Chef Liu took out a green vegetable at random and put it on the table.

Zhou An raised his eyebrows.

"I heard that someone carved tofu and gave me a wooden stake."

He had heard this before, as if the chef of the Anding County Restaurant had said it.

The subtlety of the knife can be carved on the tofu.

Chef Liu said with a smile: "First carve the hard ones, and after the carvings are done, then step by step." ”

Zhou An thought that his proficiency hadn't increased anyway, so it was a big deal to try again.

Thinking of this, he picked up the kitchen knife.

Chef Liu shook his head: "Don't use this, use the knife on your waist." ”

Zhou An was stunned.

He carries a long knife around his waist, but it is more than a little difficult to use this carving.

"If you can carve it with a long knife at your waist, and you can use it to confuse the real, then you can use other knives, and it will be easy." Chef Liu said.

Zhou An pulled out the long knife on his waist and tried to use it, but found it particularly difficult to use.

It's easy for him to go out and chop someone now, but if he has to carve it on a piece of wood the size of a palm, the difficulty skyrockets.

In particular, this long knife is too long, and if you want to carve it on wood, you have to be careful.

Zhou An tried to scratch it with a knife, but the force was too strong, and cracks appeared on the wood.

His Ku Ding Ox Solving Knife Technique has obtained a precision plus one, and he can indeed retract and release it freely, but that is in terms of slashing people.

If it is used for carving, the accuracy of this knife skill is a bit insufficient.

But when he tried to engrave it a few times, the words in front of him changed.

【Ku Ding Knife Solving Knife Method (Speed +2, Accuracy +1): 4/40000

Proficiency has risen!

Zhou An maintained a calm expression on his face, but his heart blossomed.

The conjecture of this trip was indeed correct.

The reason why my proficiency has not increased is because I have not challenged new difficulties.

Now it seems that I have made the right choice.

Thinking of this, Zhou An didn't speak, and continued to carve on the wood.

The cabbage was already engraved in his mind, and he didn't even look at it.

Instead, it is constantly carved according to the memories in my mind.

Proficiency is rising, and it's going up pretty well.

With this motivation, Zhou An is more concentrated.

Chef Liu had been watching from the side, and he found that when Zhou An became serious, he was very serious.

"Is this kid really interested in knife skills?"

Just now, he was just joking, wanting Zhou An to retreat, but he didn't expect Zhou An to be really serious.

He didn't bother, and waited patiently.

After about half an hour, Zhou An finally put away the knife.

The right hand trembled slightly, which was not tiredness, but a side effect of high concentration.

"Hoo ......"

Zhou An let out a long breath, and the tremor of his right hand recovered between the air currents in his body.

In front of him, a green vegetable carved from wood appeared in front of Zhou An's eyes.

But this green vegetable carved from wood does not look good.

There were sawdust everywhere, several cracks, and a few deformations.

"Not bad." Chef Liu expressed his heartfelt admiration: "It's the first time to carve wood with a long knife, and it's already very good to be able to carve it like this." ”

"Lao Liu, if it weren't for your sincere expression, I really thought you were mocking me." Zhou Andao.

In just half an hour just now, the proficiency level has increased by more than 100 points, which is good news for Zhou An.

"Okay, the dish is finished, you carve it first, I'll cook."

Lunch time here is also approaching, Chef Liu did not chat anymore, but came to the stove and began to prepare lunch.

Zhou An didn't have anything to do with cooking, Zhou An continued to take a piece of wood and carved it with a long knife.

This carving went straight to noon.

After lunch, Zhou An was not idle.

According to the usual practice, Xie Zhutou came over to teach the sword technique for a while, and then let everyone disperse.

Zhou An took several pieces of wood from the kitchen, moved them to the room, and carved them with a long knife.

This situation naturally ushered in curious eyes, but Zhou An said that after he practiced sword skills, everyone also found it boring, so he didn't say more.

Yu Hang was not there, and when he was about to disperse, he walked in.

Zhou An glanced at it and found that Yu Hang's face was a little ugly.

Yu Hang came to Zhou An and whispered: "Old Zhou, I've been a little low-key recently, and Zhangsi County is investigating the mysterious master. ”