Chapter 53 Can You Cook?

Of course Xiao Huang was happy to have someone help him kill the fish and cook.

Just as Mu Jiu said, everyone was tired after fishing all day, and now with the five members of the Gao family, it was time to let them do some work.

Even the head chef in a restaurant still has two dozen assistant chefs!

But when Gao Yuan first started cutting the fish with the knife, Xiao Huang felt something was wrong...

This kid has never practiced swordsmanship!

The thin fish slices are cut like winter melon cubes. If you don’t know, you might think they are chopping cured fish cubes!

The key is still bumpy and uneven in thickness...

In this case, whether it is frying, boiling, deep-frying or stir-frying, it will affect the heat and taste of the fish, causing some parts to be overcooked and some parts to be uncooked.

But Xiao Huang had heard that the most important thing in cooking puffer fish is the knife skills.

If the poisonous parts cannot be removed skillfully and delicately, the fish meat will be completely inedible!

Then he...

Xiao Huang suddenly felt very fortunate to have his master's domineering strength and wise and decisiveness!

While refusing the most delicious fish feast in the legend, he saved the lives of everyone present!

Xiao Huang couldn't bear to watch it any longer, "Ahem - Xiao Gao, how about I cut the fish fillets?

"Could you please prepare the sauce for the steamed fish? What flavor do you usually use for puffer fish? Is it a secret recipe? Ordinary fish should work, too!"

Comrade Xiao Gao really did a disservice to the delicious fish by cutting the fish fillets like that!

Xiao Gao took the condiments seriously, looked left and right, and then took a little of each...

Xiao Huang couldn't bear it anymore, "Xiao Gao, adding baking soda to the fish sauce is a specialty here?"

Xiao Gao sniffed and replied vaguely, "Um...yes..."

"Alas! I've already added baking soda, so I can't add vinegar..."

But before Xiao Huang could finish, he let out a "Ah!" sound, which frightened the little master so much that his hand trembled, and he drank half a bottle of vinegar...

The whole bowl of sauce instantly burst into bubbles, quickly rising and overflowing from the bowl, like a volcano erupting, spilling all over the table...

"This, this... I..." Xiao Gao was so scared that he was incoherent and at a loss, attracting the attention of everyone in the room.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Xiao Huang quickly stepped forward with a rag to help.

When he was learning to cook, he had made the same mistake before, often making a mess in the house.

Xiao Huang came up to Xiao Gao and asked in a low voice:

"Tell me the truth, brother, have you ever really learned to cook?"

Xiao Gao's whole body suddenly froze, "I've learned... I've learned..."

Xiao Huang raised an eyebrow, "How many days have you learned this? Cutting vegetables and seasoning are just basics. Don't tell me you don't need them when making puffer fish!"

If my master really agreed to let you cook a puffer fish feast, he would poison us to death! You are repaying kindness with enmity!"

Xiao Gao quickly waved his hands and retorted, "No, no, I didn't mean to poison you!

Brother, I really did learn how to cook puffer fish. I even became an apprentice to the best chef in the village!

Then he glanced at his mother, and seeing that she was washing vegetables seriously, he explained in a low voice:

“It was my mother who insisted that I learn from the village master who cooked puffer fish.

I even used the village chief's connections to mediate, and my master reluctantly agreed.

But you also know that the skill of cooking puffer fish is the secret skill of the chef!

That would be like teaching your apprentice to starve yourself to death. You are not your relative, so why should they teach you?

So, I worked odd jobs for my master for two years...washing vegetables and serving dishes.

My master was very busy and we didn’t even talk to each other for two years.

In the end, I didn't learn anything, but I got chilblains on my hands from washing dishes.

My mother thought I had mastered the master's skills, and a few days ago she was clamoring to open a puffer fish restaurant just for me!

Then this happened! And the most important thing is that my master is dead... Now my studies are completely hopeless!"

Little Yellow...

"Okay, I get it. Okay, let's do this. You help me out here and I'll teach you a couple of moves.

There's no secret to my cooking skills; I've figured it all out myself. Making some home-cooked meals is no problem at all!"

Xiao Gao said gratefully, "Thank you, brother! You're such a good person! I'll definitely repay you in the future!"

"Okay, kid, clean up this place!"

Outside the ancestral hall.

Mu Jiu and Aiwen waited for the large amount of strange fire to be extinguished. The whole village, from the village entrance to the fish pond, was scattered everywhere with strange beads.

The two spent more than half an hour picking up fallen beads in the mud.

The strange beads were crystal clear and very bright even in the dark, but the strange fires burning towards the distant fish ponds were a bit troublesome.

The strange bead either fell into the water or is directly underwater.

The water in these fish ponds was several meters deep, and the two men could not think of a simple way to quickly fish so many beads out of the water.

Even the fishing nets can't do it... There are no fishing nets here that are so fine that can catch the marble-sized strange beads.

"Master, Alvin, it's time for dinner! Let's eat first and then kill them!" Xiao Huang shouted outside while standing at the door of the ancestral hall.

At this moment, the area around the ancestral hall was finally quiet, and the tranquility of the night was restored. All the disgusting ghosts had been cleared away.

"Let's go eat first and ask the people at the table what they think. There's strength in numbers. We'll definitely find a way to get those beads up."

Mu Jiu was really hungry, so he asked Alvin to go eat first.

Most of the beads fell into the water tonight. Looking at the layers of light and shadows under the water, it is estimated that tens of thousands of strange beads have sunk into this hundred-acre fish pond.

As soon as Mu Jiu and Ai Wen entered the room, they saw the jointed table filled with dishes, including fish and many other things.

Such as vegetables, fruits, chicken, duck, pork, beef, and even stacked omelets!

Just now, when the two of them were outside killing ghosts, Xiao Huang heard Mother Gao say that their village was quite far from the market.

Therefore, everyone has the habit of stockpiling food, and every household has a large refrigerator or freezer.

The key point is that every household in the village raises fish and puffer fish, which is better than office workers in the city and they are not short of money!

If this were an ordinary apocalypse, their village would probably be the place where they could survive the longest.

After all, there is no shortage of food, there is water, and there are fish. This alone makes it better than other places.

Xiao Huang took Xiao Gao to their home, emptied the refrigerator and freezer, and brought everything over. It was considered a farewell dinner, so they could have a more sumptuous meal.

They also have a few little ghosts at home, but for Xiao Huang, who has been in the ghost world for a long time, it is a piece of cake.

It only took a quarter of an hour to bring the things back.

Mu Jiu saw this but was not surprised at all.

In the early days of the terrifying apocalypse, the thing that is most in demand is food. After all, not everyone can overcome their fear and go out to find food.

She had just picked up her chopsticks and was about to start eating when Gao Yuan asked:

"Big sister, what was that fire whip you swung out of the window earlier? It was amazing!"

Mu Jiu looked up at him, with no intention of hiding anything. Instead, he stretched out his hand and showed a whip as thick as a finger.

The ghostly dark green whip was like a long tongue in the room, and with a whoosh, it swung towards the entire table of food...

As everyone was screaming and about to overturn the dining table, the long whip went straight through the food and the table, fell to the ground, and raised a burst of sparks!

Mu Jiu put away the strange fire whip and said calmly, "This is a supernatural power."