Chapter 41 Me too!
"To flip the wok, the first thing you need to practice is hand strength, followed by posture, then flexibility, and finally coordination of left and right hands to practice flipping the pot. It's a step-by-step, solid process. Just like walking, you have to stand up first, then walk, and then you can run." After laughing, Sun Dehai started talking to Zhao Xiaojing seriously.
"Then how should I practice the basic skills?"
"Well... if you want to practice, go back and find a smaller pot. The pots we have here are too big. You can find a 50, 45, or even smaller pot. Start by holding an empty pot. Every day, hold the pot with your left hand and hold it up for two minutes. Then gradually increase the weight, adding sand or rice. When you increase it to five or six pounds of sand or rice and you can still hold it up, you've passed the hand strength test.
Now it's easier to cook because the pots have handles. In the past, we practiced with pots that only had handles, and we held the pot with our hands holding the hand cloth. You can just hold the pot with the handle, like I do, and just hold it."
Sun Dehai took a look at the pot in the cafeteria, picked up the pot and demonstrated to Zhao Xiaojing.
Seeing this, Zhao Xiaojing also tried it, and Sun Dehai helped correct her posture several times.
After holding the pot and trying it for two minutes, Zhao Xiaojing let out a sigh and put the pot down.
"You're great, Xiao Zhao! How can you hold this big pot for such a long time..." Master Sun looked at the big pot in the cafeteria in disbelief, and then looked at Zhao Xiaojing.
"My hand strength is okay, right?" Zhao Xiaojing laughed at Master Sun's reaction.
"That's great! I really didn't expect it. Xiao Zhao, you surprise me every day..." Sun Dehai stared, picked up the pot again, held it for two minutes, and put it down with pursed lips.
"Oh, I'm getting old." Sun Dehai sighed. The pot in the cafeteria was big and heavy. Although he took it down in two minutes, it was not very easy.
"Master Sun, don't think that I could only carry it for two minutes the first time. I'm used to doing heavy work. Forget about the pot. It took me several years to carry 20 kilograms of lard to the fourth floor with my bare hands." Zhao Xiaojing saw that Sun Dehai was a little depressed and hurriedly explained.
The fact that she could carry such a heavy pot was certainly due to the effect of the systemic body strengthener, but it was also closely related to her experiences in the past few years.
A few years ago, when her mother was ill, Zhao Xiaojing had to do all the dirty and heavy work at home by herself.
When selling off all the household appliances and furniture, Zhao Xiaojing moved everything she could downstairs herself to save money. Later, she sold her house and rented the dilapidated apartment she lives in now, which she also moved into herself. She continued to save money and took odd jobs, including one for a while delivering lard to a restaurant. Yangcheng County is a small, mountainous town, and the shop was located on the fourth floor, upstairs. She had to carry 20 kilograms of stuff at a time...
This was because the owner of the pork stall knew her mother and felt sorry for the mother and daughter, so he asked Zhao Xiaojing to do some small favors to earn some money every time. Originally, the boss didn't intend to let her deliver such a heavy load of lard, but Zhao Xiaojing felt bad about it, so she volunteered to deliver it a few times. The boss allowed her to do it all the time after seeing that she was capable.
"What?! Why did you do this? Where are your parents?" Sun Dehai was shocked and his voice became louder, becoming even more unbelievable.
Geng Mingyan, who was steaming rice, heard the sound and looked over.
"They are all gone." Zhao Xiaojing answered in a low voice.
"...Oh, no wonder. Girl, you are very proud of yourself." Sun Dehai was silent for a while, and suddenly felt that he was a little narrow-minded for comparing all the time. He really didn't expect that such a young girl knew so many things and what she had experienced behind the scenes.
Geng Mingyan was also stunned. She looked over here and hesitated to speak, then went out with the food tray.
Zhao Xiaojing lowered her eyes, and when she raised them again, she had calmed down.
"It's all over, Master Sun. After practicing hand strength, what's the next step?"
"Ah? What's the next step? Oh, the next step, the next step is..." Sun Dehai was just lamenting Zhao Xiaojing's loneliness when his divergent thoughts were pulled back. He took several turns before continuing his speech.
"These basic skills normally take about three months to practice, but since you have some basic skills and are smart, you'll probably be able to learn them by the end of this period."
Zhao Xiaojing nodded thoughtfully and took note of it.
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It was lunchtime, just after 11:30, and several workers had already run to the window.
He looked around at the dishes and immediately became happy when he saw the fried food.
"The fried one! And then...fish, preserved eggs!"
"What are you frying today? Give me two servings and some tofu!"
"Today we have fried chicken wings." Hou Guihua was serving the dishes, forcing herself not to look at the shiny fried chicken wings. She was already thinking about them madly in her heart. She made so much today, so there should be some for them to eat at noon, right?
"Oh, it's chicken wings. Give me one! ...Preserved egg and shredded pork."
"Three servings of fried chicken wings!" Zhou Yicheng was so excited that he wanted to climb onto the window.
“Just like him!”
"Me too!"
Today, the three brothers Wen Jieling, Liu Yifan and Zhou Yicheng did not miss a single one. They all rushed into the cafeteria and lined up at the front, all ordering fried chicken wings.
They had already figured it out yesterday: as long as it’s deep-fried, no matter what it is, it’s all delicious!
The three brothers excitedly found a place to sit down, put down their plates and picked up a piece of food and put it into their mouths.
"Hiss..." Wen Jie Ling took a big bite and was immediately scalded by the chicken juice inside.
Although the temperature of the shell is normal, the high oil temperature has locked the juice inside, and it has been fried again and is still very hot.
"Hahaha, silly son." Although Liu Yifan was also scalded, he couldn't help laughing when he saw Wen Jie Ling being scalded.
Zhou Yicheng, who was sitting opposite them, didn't pay any attention to them. He took a careful bite, chewing with a sizzling sound in his mouth while enduring the heat, and fanned himself with his hand to cool the root of the chicken wing.
Who cares about those two stupid dogs when there is something delicious? I didn’t know yesterday and missed out on the fried chicken fillet and fried oyster mushrooms. Today, I’d rather boil him to death than not eat these fried chicken wings!
Zhou Yicheng endured the heat and finished one piece, and he felt completely healed.
The fried chicken wings are made from fresh chicken. They are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The key is that you can smell the dense and clear chicken aroma when you put it in your mouth, and even the battered shell is stained with a layer of meaty aroma.
"I thought yesterday's fried chicken fillet was the most delicious, but I didn't expect that I had narrowed the path." Wen Jie Ling imitated Zhou Yicheng and ate two bites while fanning himself, and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
"I heard from Lao Wang that the cafeteria has a new cook. The frying these past two days has been done by a new cook. He said he was hired specifically to make fried food!"
"No wonder! I've never tasted this flavor before. This chef is amazing!" Liu Yifan suddenly realized.
"Hey, the treatment at our construction site is really good. The boss even hired a chef. I've decided to work here from now on!" Zhou Yicheng said enthusiastically.
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
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