Chapter 13: The Chef

Fan Yao returned home and saw that Gao Yuqi and the others had not returned, so he took some silver to the market and bought a lot of food, and Xiao Xinyao said that he also bought beef and mutton. Fortunately, Fan Yao had a lot of strength, and he returned home carrying two sacks of things alone.

When he returned home, Fan Yao began to work, washed the beef, boiled a pot of water, and stood there without knowing what to do, but Fan Yao had only eaten it and never done it, and he had the heart to throw the beef into the pot and cook it, but he was afraid that everyone would not like to eat it, and he would spoil the beef that he hadn't eaten for a long time.

When he was at a loss, Gao Yuqi and the others came back.

The little fat man looked at the boiling water and a few large pieces of beef on the side, and immediately yelled: "Fan Yao, get out of the way! Don't look at you as a good hand at making wontons, this sauce beef has to depend on me." I think back then, I was in the capital, uh, Fan Yao went to get me some peppercorns and ginger, and by the way, some salt and green onions. ”

The little fat man looked in the kitchen again, and shouted to Gao Yuqi: "Boss Gao, you go out and buy some tangerine peel, fennel, cooking wine and come back, and by the way, buy some licorice." Today I'm going to let you see my Liu Fax's craftsmanship!"

Gao Yuqi looked at the little fat man suspiciously and said, "Fatty, can you do it?"

The little fat man held his head high and said, "Go, go." Don't delay our chef in showcasing his culinary skills. He looked at the pieces of beef again and said, "It's a pity that it's not beef tendon meat, forget it, let's deal with it." ”

Gao Yuqi stopped talking, took some silver taels and went out of the courtyard. A few people jumped for a while, and after a while, the materials ordered by the little fat man were all ready.

I saw the little fat man standing next to the cauldron, engrossed, his hands and feet were fast, and all kinds of spices fell into the pot.

Xiao Nini watched happily on the side, and asked Liu Fax from time to time: "Fat man, what is this for?" "Fat man, what's the use of this grass-like thing?"

Liu Fax answered them one by one, his words were quite confident, his eyebrows were bright, and he seemed to have a grandmaster style in his gestures.

Fan Yao and Gao Yuqi looked secretly funny, and when the fat man put the beef in the pot and covered the lid, Fan Yao stepped forward and asked, "Fat man, how long does it take for this beef to be ready?"

"First boil the beef and seasonings over high heat, then simmer over low heat, and wait until the beef is cooked and flavorful, so it will take more than half an hour. The little fat man replied.

"What? It takes so long? Fatty, can we hurry up? I'm so hungry!"

Fan Yao shouted. I was really hungry and came out of Xiao Xinyao, went to the market to buy things, and tossed for a while when I got home, but now my eyes are black when I am hungry, and my hands and feet are a little trembling.

"You know what? The order in which each spice is applied, the switching between high and low heat when cooking beef, and the time it takes to simmer it, everything must not be bad!

I learned this from Chef Li of Tianxianglou in the capital, and I will never change it without authorization because you are in a hurry, and smash my Liu Fax's signboard!" the little fat man shouted.

"Okay, good, good, Chef Liu, you stew slowly, I'm not in a hurry. Fan Yao said with a smile.

Fortunately, I bought a lot of steamed buns just now, and hurriedly took out a few and devoured them.

A few steamed buns were a little better, but they found that Gao Yuqi and the others were staring at themselves with big eyes, and they really looked ugly just now.

Fan Yao smiled embarrassedly and explained: "I'm different from you, I practice martial arts paths, and I have to fight many times a day. Sister Xiao said that I have to eat a lot of things to make up for the consumption of my body. ”

Gao Yuqi and the others all nodded in understanding.

The little fat man picked out the ingredients that Fan Yao bought, and made a few more dishes while waiting for the beef, a plate of fried mutton with green onions, and two vegetarian dishes.

As soon as a few dishes are put on the table, the fragrance suddenly fills the house, which makes people's appetite move. Fan Yao was surprised: "Fatty, I really can't see it, you can cook this way!"

The little fat man said proudly: "Before this, I was also a clever woman, and it was difficult for me to cook without rice! At home, there were either sweet potatoes or white potatoes, and I had to make wontons and sell them for money to buy some meat."

This time we have money, Fan Yao, don't you want to eat more to ensure your physical strength? As long as you buy enough ingredients every day, I will make them for you to eat. I promise it won't be long before you're as fat as I am. He burst out laughing.

Fan Yao also smiled and hugged his fist to the little fat man and said, "So there is Chef Lao Liu!"

During the chat, the beef has been stewed, the little fat man picked out a piece of beef and cut it and put it on the table, several people stretched out their chopsticks to pick up the beef and put it in their mouths, it was really fragrant, oily but not greasy, refreshing and delicious, and the aftertaste was endless.

Fan Yao and the others shouted that it was delicious, and the little fat man was proud again.

Gao Yuqi and Xiao Nini were still eating in small gulps at first, but later found that the chopsticks were really stretched a little slower, and there was a large amount of food on the table, so they were not polite.

A few people were in a wreck, and in a moment the table was in shambles.

Full of wine and food, a few people sat on the side to rest, it was too much to eat.

The little fat man touched his stomach, burped and said to Fan Yao: "I see that our seasonings are still a lot worse, Fan Yao, I will make a list in a while, and you will buy them tomorrow." Fan Yao had tasted the craftsmanship of the little fat man, and there was no doubt about it, and he agreed repeatedly.

After resting for a while, Gao Yuqi called the fat man to clean up the table.

Fan Yao filled his stomach, only felt refreshed, and remembered what Xiao Xinyao said that diligence can make up for clumsiness, so he continued to practice the Kaishan boxing in the courtyard.

When Gao Yuqi and the others came out to take a look, they all followed behind Fan Yao with a smile, and they also learned in a good way, and Fan Yao was engrossed in practicing boxing and didn't pay attention to it.

After playing for a while, Nini covered her mouth and yawned, and Gao Yuqi took the little girl back to sleep first. The fat man moved a stool and sat on the side with his eyes closed.

The moon is in the sky. I don't know how long it took, Fan Yao put away the boxing fight, only to feel sweaty, and just about to find a towel to wipe his body, he heard his stomach gurgling.

The fat man on the side suddenly opened his eyes when he heard the voice, looked at Fan Yaoqi and said, "Fan Yao, are you hungry again?"

Fan Yao nodded embarrassedly, and was about to speak, but the little fat man ran to the kitchen happily, and said as he ran: "Fan Yao, wait a while, don't worry! It's okay right away! Supper, supper, I haven't eaten for a long time." ”

Fan Yao stood there in a daze, watching the little fat man busy inside and out.

The little fat man was quick with his hands and feet, and it didn't take long for him to fry two side dishes, and the brothers feasted on steamed buns.

After eating the supper that the little fat man said, the two of them simply cleaned up and went back to the house to lie down.

In the middle of the night, Fan Yao got up and sat up, smiled bitterly and touched his stomach, but he was woken up by hunger.

I had to get out of bed and come to the kitchen lightly, saw the beef cooked by the little fat man, picked up a piece and gnawed it, was eating when I heard footsteps behind me, and when I looked back, I saw that the little fat man was covered with a futon, and looked at Fan Yao with red eyes.

Fan Yao looked at the fat man, his eyes met but he didn't know what to say.

The little fat man looked at Fan Yao and whispered, "Are you hungry again?"

Fan Yao nodded.

"Can you still eat?"

Fan Yao nodded again.

The little fat man touched his bulging belly, looked at Fan Yao and said seriously: "Fan Yao, tomorrow I will also learn that Kaishan boxing from Sister Xiao." ”

Fan Yao said in a low voice while eating beef: "Fatty, don't mess around, be careful and make Boss Gao angry." ”

The little fat man looked at Fan Yao eating there with relish, touched his stomach and said with grief and indignation on his face: "Fan Yao, you don't understand, my grandfather said that being able to eat is a blessing, and I now feel that this Kaishan Boxing is a perfect match for me." ”

Fan Yao knew that the little fat man was joking, and he didn't pay attention to it. After eating the beef, he took the fat man back to the house to sleep with satisfaction.

Early the next morning, Fan Yao and the others had breakfast, and then parted at the gate of the courtyard, Fan Yao came to Xiao Xinyao's residence next door with the wine jar in his hand. When I entered the courtyard, I saw that Xiao Xinyao was already waiting there.

When Xiao Xinyao saw Fan Yao enter the courtyard, she said, "Sit down in front of me and take a sip of Yuehua Dew." ”

Fan Yao did as he was told, sat cross-legged in front of Xiao Xinyao, opened the wine jar and took a sip.

As soon as the wine was drunk, Fan Yao felt similar to the feeling last time, that is, there were a little more places where the hot air flowed, and it didn't take long for the pinprick feeling to hit again.

Xiao Xinyao stretched out a hand at this moment and pressed it on the back of Fan Yao's heart.

Fan Yao felt a cool feeling coming from Xiao Xinyao's palm, and the feeling of pinprick in his body suddenly disappeared, and the cool feeling was like a hand, leading the heat flow in his body to slowly go farther away, and after a while, the heat flow actually came to the shoulder blade, Fan Yao felt that his body was warm and indescribably comfortable.

At this moment, I only heard Xiao Xinyao's coquettish shout: "Stand up immediately and open the mountain fist, don't forget to use the fist to drive the sense of qi." ”

Fan Yao hurriedly got up, opened the boxing frame and began to practice boxing.

I only felt that the qi generated by the dantian continued to flow to the whole body, but there was still no qi flow in the arms and legs, and it was not an overnight thing.

Fan Yao was not in a hurry, thinking that Sister Xiao had already said that my qualifications were very poor, and I was able to cultivate this martial arts in exchange for Brother Zhao's self-damage for three years.

The more Fan Yao thought about it, the more calm he became, and his fists sympathized with each other, only to see that Fan Yao's fists had changed again.

Yesterday, Fan Yao's fist momentum still had the meaning of Jin Ge Iron Horse, and now when he looks at that fist, he only feels a sense of calmness and unhurriedness. Fan Yao's punches are like flowing water, and at the same time, he also feels that his own qi heat flow is getting stronger and stronger.

Xiao Xinyao was secretly amazed when she watched from the sidelines, she couldn't imagine that Fan Yao's comprehension had reached such a high level, and at the same time, she felt very sorry for Fan Yao's lack of cultivation qualifications.

Sixteen-style opening boxing, Fan Yao fought a hundred times over and over again, and when Fan Yao opened the boxing and was about to fight the one hundred and one times, Xiao Xinyao's voice came from his ears: "I'll get here this morning, Fan Yao, go back and eat something." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yao put away the boxing, and the hunger felt that it was coming as scheduled, and at the same time, he smelled a sour smell from his body, thinking that it was that Yuehua Lu was improving his physique again.

Fan Yao gave Xiao Xinyao a salute, and when he saw that Xiao Xinyao was about to enter the house, he hurriedly shouted, "Sister Xiao stay!"

Xiao Xinyao turned around and looked at Fan Yao suspiciously. I saw Fan Yao crying and saying with a sad face: "Sister Xiao, I can eat one cow a day now, will I be like this in the future? I don't want to be like Liu Fax!"

Xiao Xinyao couldn't help but smile slightly when she heard this: "Don't worry, now is the time for you to improve your body, and it is normal for your appetite to increase greatly." When you cultivate to the third realm of moving mountains, that is, after refining your skin and flesh, the amount of food will be the same as before. ”

Fan Yao couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, a heart was finally put in his stomach, and he dragged back home to have a full meal.

In this way, every day Gao Yuqi took the little fat man and Nini to practice in the opposite courtyard, and Fan Yao went to Xiao Xinyao next door to practice boxing. Day after day, time flies, and in the blink of an eye, there is still one day left for the New Year.

Early this morning, Fan Yao and the others were about to go out after eating, but they saw Du Yangchen, Xiao Xinyao and others walking in.

After entering the courtyard gate, Du Yangchen and the others shouted repeatedly: "Happy New Year! Happy New Year!" and gave Fan Yao and others a red envelope. Fan Yao, Gao Yuqi, Liu Fax, and Xiao Nini each had four red envelopes in their hands, and their faces were all beaming, which was a feeling that they had never felt during the Chinese New Year in these years.

Fan Yao looked at Du Yangchen and said, "Brother Du, why don't you say hello in advance, we are not prepared at all."

Let's do it, tomorrow we will prepare a table of wine and food, Brother Du, Sister Xiao, Brother Zhao, Sister Wu, you all have to come over, let's spend the New Year together. I won't tell you anything, Liu Fax is a good cook, let's have a big meal tomorrow!"

Du Yangchen laughed and said: "Brother Xiao Fan, it seems that we don't have that blessing, but your sister Xiao stays, let your sister Xiao taste Liu Fax's craftsmanship for us." ”

Zhao Yuanzhu next to him stepped forward and said, "Tomorrow is the end of the year, and a few of us should return to the master and pay New Year's greetings to the master and the elders in the door."

We plan to stay a few more days when we return to the sect this time, so don't be lazy, you must know that the path of cultivation is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. Don't slack off. Speaking of which, he was already very powerful, and looked at Liu Fax with blazing eyes.

The little fat man nodded again and again, and Fan Yao and the others also agreed.

Wu Liuqin walked over to Nini with a smile, took the little girl in her arms and whispered, "Nini, don't be afraid, you are different from them, you are still young."

My sister taught you the mental method, you can run for twenty weeks now, and when your sister comes back, you can run for twenty-five weeks, okay?"

Nini said to Wu Liuqin with a serious face: "Sister Wu, don't worry, I won't be lazy." Every day when I get home, Brother Fan Yao practices boxing until midnight, and I silently exercise my mind in bed. When my sister comes back, I'll be able to run twenty-five, no, twenty-seven weeks. ”

Speaking of this, he rolled his eyes widely, and continued with a smile: "Sister Wu, Sister Xiao, Brother Du, Brother Zhao, I wish you a happy New Year! I also wish you more and more abilities in the future!"

Hearing the little girl say this, Wu Liuqin and the others were very happy, and even praised the little girl for being sensible. Fan Yao and the others also hurriedly saluted and said some words of blessing.