Standing in front of the knife rest, Yu Sheng stroked more than twenty kitchen knives with his hands, as if he were playing a harem beauty.
Aunt Qing was sitting in the back. Seeing his posture, she curiously asked: "What is the difference in the uses of these knives?"
"There are still differences, but I haven't reached that level yet." Yu Sheng said.
He found a knife, turned it in a showy circle in his hand, and then tightened the handle of the knife.
Aunt Qing said: "It doesn't take many lives to do such flashy tricks when wielding a sword."
"I'll just cut a piece of pork into pieces. It can still come back alive and beat me," Yu Sheng said.
The lion's head recipe is provided by the system for free, which can be regarded as a benefit of upgrading the mission.
However, I will remember for the rest of my life that when the mission was released, the system had already deducted 100 merit points from him.
Yu Sheng held down the pork with his left hand and separated the fat and lean meat. Because Lion Head values knife skills, fat and thin meat have different textures and need to be cut separately.
He held his breath and concentrated, and Aunt Qing behind him also became quiet. The only sound in the kitchen could be heard as Aunt Qing swallowed her wine.
This voice teased Yu Sheng, causing Yu Sheng to cut it crookedly with a knife.
The meat of the lion's head should be "cut more and less", and the most taboo is to cut it in a crooked way.
Yu Sheng secretly said it was a pity, but did not say anything for fear of disturbing Aunt Qing's interest. He just calmed down and concentrated his hands and eyes.
Time suddenly slowed down, and Yu Sheng stood next to the knife, first slicing the meat, and then cutting it into cubes one by one.
In the lion head recipe provided by the system, there is not a single word "chop" in the whole process, which is a test of patience and knife skills.
I don’t know if I don’t do it. Now for the rest of my life, I regret that I was able to pass the knife skills in the past, so that I am very cautious and restrained when I start.
In one stick of incense, Yu Sheng chopped the meat into small pieces. After a quick glance, he felt it was not satisfactory, and he didn't know how much the system would rate it.
When Aunt Qing saw Yu Sheng take a deep breath, she said, "This dish requires such exquisite knife skills. No wonder you have been practicing it in the past few days."
She drank a glass of wine and continued: "There are thousands of sword techniques, but in the final analysis they can only be quick, accurate and ruthless."
"After you have mastered your sword skills, and supplemented by your martial arts, you have the potential to become a martial artist, or even go one step further," Aunt Qing said.
"Really?" Yu Sheng looked back at her, "Then why don't you teach me a skill?"
"Forget it." Aunt Qing shook her head, "Your talent is not here. You can't become a swordsman even if you try a thousand times harder. Why not practice your calligraphy well?"
"How can words slay demons?" Yu Sheng said, "It's not as good as playing with a sword."
"You're just being mean." Aunt Qing kicked him from behind, "Don't you hear 'Food rains from the sky, ghosts cry at night'? The words are very powerful."
Yu Sheng added the prepared onion juice, ginger juice and salt to the meat filling, and said, "It's definitely not true that ghosts are crying at night, and it's raining millet."
"It's so difficult to grow food that the landlords don't even have any leftover food."
Yu Sheng added the egg whites to the meat filling, "It must be Mr. Cang who is bluffing people to show his extraordinary power."
Aunt Qing kicked Yu Sheng again, "You are full of nonsense, can you arrange a saint?"
Yu Sheng had already been on guard, dodged and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the saint's spirit in heaven will definitely not care about me."
After the Holy War, many saints fell, and the old man Zaozicang was one of them.
Aunt Qing said in her heart that the saint doesn't care about you, but your old man can't tell.
Yu Sheng turned around and continued to pack the lion's head. He spread the corn starch on his palms, then kneaded the minced meat into balls.
After shaping the four meatballs into fist-sized pieces, Yu Sheng fried the meatballs in a pan until the surface became firm and slightly brown, then took them out.
"Is this good?" As soon as Yu Sheng fished it out, Aunt Qing came over and couldn't wait to try it.
"No." Yu Sheng pushed Aunt Qing's head away, "I'll be with you later."
He didn't plan to braise the bamboo shoots for the rest of his life. He cut the bamboo shoots he picked a few days ago into cubes and spread them all over the bottom of the yellow sand pot.
Put the meatballs in, add seasoned stock, and steam over slow heat.
After finishing all this, Yu Sheng took out a bowl of custard and said, "Use this first."
Aunt Qing, who was drinking comfortably, was startled, "When did you steam it?"
"Just now."
"Yes, you are very filial." Aunt Qing patted Yu Sheng on the shoulder, feeling very pleased.
"Does that mean there should be some reward?" Yu Sheng snatched the wine cup from her hand and drank the wine in one gulp.
"Ahem." The tourist was so drunk that Yu Sheng was caught off guard and choked.
"Here's some egg custard." Aunt Qing fed him to relieve the hangover.
Yu Sheng swallowed it, then said after a while: "This wine is a bit strong, I will help you mix it some other day...to make a milder wine."
"Is it strong? Is it okay?" Aunt Qing took the wine cup and poured herself a glass.
The two of them were chatting inside, while Ye Zigao and Bai Gaoxing successively removed the messy cups and plates after the guests had finished using them.
"Are there any arrangements for the room of the man in yellow?" Yu Sheng asked.
"It's arranged, they have gone back to rest." Ye Zigao took the opportunity to stay and be lazy, "Shopkeeper, what are you doing?"
"We'll find out later." Yu Sheng kicked him out. This man was so annoying that he was rushing to eat dog food.
An hour later, the lion's head was almost steamed. Yu Sheng opened the lid of the pot and saw that the pot was filled with oil.
He skimmed off the oil with a spoon, and then took the lion's head off the stove when there was no drop of oil.
Aunt Qing looked around and saw four lion heads floating in the milky white soup, garnished with bamboo shoots.
A tantalizing aroma hit her nostrils, making Aunt Qing hold out her chopsticks and eager to take a bite.
Yu Sheng stopped her and said, "This lion's head is very tender. You can't use chopsticks to pick it up. You have to use a spoon."
Aunt Qing took the spoon from Yu Sheng and took a spoonful of lion's head into her mouth. When she tasted it carefully, it was as tender as tofu, not greasy, loose but not loose, and melted in the mouth.
I tasted another bamboo shoot, and the aroma of the meatballs and broth was permeated into it, which was different from the lion head.
When Aunt Qing tasted the lion head, Yu Sheng also heard the cold voice of the system:
The upgrade task [Knife Cut] score: seven points; the task is not completed, the host please continue to work hard.
Yu Shengzhi knew that the main test of this dish system was his knife skills. His knife skills were not as good as the heat, more than 70%.
Even so, for the rest of my life, I would like to greet the elders of the system in my mind. This is a tradition and cannot be lost.
When she and the system exchanged their experiences about "uncle" for the rest of her life, Aunt Qing enjoyed drinking with the lion's head.
It wasn't until Yu Sheng was resigned that she stopped her: "We'll all eat together later, don't finish the meal."
Aunt Qing pointed to the remaining lion head and said, "This is mine, don't snatch it from me."
There isn't much left, so of course I won't compete with her for the rest of my life.
"Then what's the problem if I finish mine?" As she said that, Aunt Qing slowly ate the remaining lion head.
Three was enough for them to try something new. For the rest of their lives, they didn't stop her again and turned around to pack the dishes that their own people wanted to eat.
After taking the last sip of the lion's head and finishing the wine, Aunt Qing was satisfied and led Yu Sheng out with the three lion's heads.
Yu Sheng asked Ye Zigao to go into the kitchen and bring the dishes, but Ye Zigao declined: "I'll go later and try the shopkeeper's new dishes first."
Bai Gaoxing and others were also looking forward to it, especially Cao'er, who had already picked up the chopsticks after hearing that the new dish was meat, and was now playing with Liu Liu.
"Where's Li Cai?" Yu Sheng asked.
Cao'er kept his eyes on the lion's head, "I've been walking around outside these days, I won't be back until later."