Director Yang and Deputy Director Li had similar thoughts: the fat man's skill was clearly a family heirloom.
Especially this braised fish head dish; he couldn't have made it without the guidance of a master chef.
Factory Director Yang said to everyone, "Shall we start eating? Let's try this famous Huaiyang dish. Also, Fatty, don't just stand there, pour yourself a drink, let's all toast to you, the master chef!"
The fat man humbly said "I don't deserve it" while drinking the glass of wine with the factory leaders.
After leaving the private room and walking a short distance further, the fat man, noticing that Liu Lan hadn't said a word the whole way, nudged her curiously with his elbow. And then…
Liu Lan blushed and muttered a few curses at him under her breath, finally uttering her famous line bitterly: "You men are all the same!"
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Since moving into the courtyard house, Fatty has been waking up contentedly in the center of his cabin in Stardew Valley every day, no longer worried about being discovered by Chen Fang.
As soon as I stepped outside today, another stranger appeared outside the cabin.
He was an old man with a big beard, dressed like a Caribbean pirate. From a distance, the fat man could smell the "sea" odor emanating from him—commonly known as the fishy smell.
"Hello stranger, my name is Willie, and I am a fisherman."
Oh, right, fishing! When Fatty played this game in another world, he basically relied entirely on fishing to get started. But because he was terrible at it, he could only tearfully install the CJB mod...
Willie gave the fat man a fishing rod and told him he could buy back the fish at one-third of the price; the fat man almost took out his phone to transfer money to him, and then changed the title of the live stream to "A Day in the Life of a Shady Scam Boss".
After Willie left, the main quest was released as expected: Catch a catfish, quest reward: Intermediate cooking skill.
It's here! The intermediate cooking skill that Fatty has been longing for is finally here!
But completing this task is no easy feat. To catch catfish, firstly, it must be a rainy day in spring or autumn; secondly, the fishing rod must be a fiberglass rod. It seems impossible to accomplish this in the short term.
While it was still early, the fat man eagerly led Xu Jiang to the stream and tried casting the fishing rod into the river.
Then, a miraculous scene unfolded: the fat man was only in a moment of stunned silence when Xu Jiang, who was standing at his feet, shouted loudly, looked at the river... Holy crap, it's gone black!
The fat man quickly pulled the rod, and with a "ding," he caught a 40-centimeter-long sunfish.
Immediately afterwards, the backpack opened automatically, took the fish inside, turned it into an icon, and displayed a price below it that it could be sold.
The fat man stared dumbfounded at the fishing rod in his hand, and Xiao Tuan Tuan's voice echoed in his mind: "Cheat!"
I had a great time farming, my skills leveled up, and I even made a good amount of money from fishing. Soon I can go find the pretty landlady to upgrade my cabin.
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Yesterday, after preparing a special meal for the boss, Fatty received a large silver carp as a reward and a half-day off.
According to the rules, the fat man was in charge of cooking. The leaders would eat large portions of the dishes he made, while he would keep small portions and pack them into lunchboxes to take home.
Sha Zhu has always done this, and he doesn't even eat it himself, but gives it all to Qin Huairu, the widow of his coworker Jia Dongxu. What kind of spirit is this?
The fat man followed the same rules today, but there was one thing he didn't do: he didn't leave any of the leftover food.
Instead, he said to Aunt Pang, "Please help me divide them. Each person can have one portion of what's left today. I don't need any more."
Aunt Pang and the others exchanged glances, and finally Liu Lan muttered under her breath, "Hmph, trying to win people over with such a small favor."
The plump aunt glared at her: "You couldn't even get this much before! You don't want it, do you?"
Liu Lan relented: "No, my family hasn't tasted meat for a week either."
Aunt Pang wanted to try to persuade Fatty some more, but he pointed to the fish in the basin and said, "You forgot, the factory even gave me a fish as a reward!"
Everyone laughed when they saw him raise his neck at a 45° angle, looking as smug as Wang Yousheng reviewing troops.
Aunt Pang helped him put this favor to good use: "Alright, it's rare for my nephew to be so generous, let's not be so formal. Zhao Lao Er, you go first and take that chicken home, you have a lot of kids."
Liu Lan chimed in, "Auntie Pang, when did he become your nephew?"
“Xiao Kang always calls me Auntie, so he’s my nephew!”
Liu Lan laughed: "Then why don't you hurry up and find him a girlfriend? Hey, have you guys noticed? Fatty's still a virgin!"
The fat auntie started hitting him in a panic: "I'll teach you a lesson..."
The fat man almost spat out a mouthful of blood. How could you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?
Aunt Pang and the others benefited from Fatty's favor today, so they conscientiously took over the kitchen cleaning duties.
The fat man swayed back to the courtyard house carrying the silver carp. He was a little late today, and the Third Uncle was already preparing to close the gate.
Seeing the fish in his hand, he exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, you caught such a big fish!"
The fat man knew what he was planning, and shook his head, saying, "It wasn't fished, it was a reward from the factory leaders for doing labor at the commune today!"
In this era, workers are the most glorious.
Upon hearing this, the third uncle could only feel envious...
The fat man hummed, "Come to the left and draw a dragon with me, and on your right I'll draw a rainbow," as he entered the central courtyard.
He planned to take the fish home; his three older sisters were at the age where they were growing, and they needed proper nutrition.
The fat man had already planned it all out. With the skill of fishing, he could bring fish home every now and then.
He told his sisters that he caught the fish during his break, but to others he said it was his father, Chen Gangqiang, who caught it. Perfect!
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I unexpectedly ran into Lou Xiao'e.
Xu Damao forced her to drink Chinese medicine again today, and she vomited several times, emptying her stomach completely.
Upon seeing the fish in the fat man's hand, Lou Xiao'e's eyes lit up: "You caught such a big fish!"
The two had met just yesterday and knew that he was Sha Zhu's apprentice. He was now living in the same room that He Yushui used to live in, so they weren't exactly strangers.
The fat man had a very good impression of her, but at the same time, he was full of doubts and questions about her storyline.
The biggest mystery is that Lou Xiao'e would inexplicably fall in love with Sha Zhu.
Before she divorced Xu Damao, Sha Zhu had offended her quite a bit, behaving in a vulgar and unreasonable manner in front of her, and speaking particularly harshly... To Lou Xiao'e, Sha Zhu was her enemy, and she probably only felt disgust towards him!
Even after her divorce from Xu Damao, she still ended up having a relationship with Sha Zhu due to the scheming of the deaf old lady and a series of coincidences.
But the feelings were shallow, so shallow that it was unlikely she would have a child with Sha Zhu, so shallow that she would not bring the child back to acknowledge the father, so shallow that she would end up taking care of all of Sha Zhu's old age.
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