Chapter 515 A Serious and Pragmatic Heart
"Also, the attitude is different." A wise gleam flashed in the old chef's eyes.
Zhao Xiaojing was puzzled.
"Look carefully at how these two plates of lettuce are cut."
Zhao Xiaojing observed carefully after hearing this.
There were two plates of lettuce. One was chopped randomly, some were slices and some were blocks. Not only were the thicknesses uneven, but even the shapes were very random, with each slice/block being different. The other plate had normal and even lettuce slices, neither thin nor thick.
“These two plates are what a novice could cut, even without any knife skills training,” said the instructor.
Zhao Xiaojing's heart moved, and she looked carefully at the evenly distributed lettuce slices on the right, then picked up her chopsticks and took another bite.
Yes, there is no technical requirement to make this lettuce slice. Even a novice can cut it if he is careful enough. Even the taste is ordinary home-cooked, but it is better than the one on the left.
"Two plates of lettuce, two attitudes. Although the basic skills are the same, the heart is different, so the results are also different. Knife skills are the first lesson in our cooking, but the first thing to learn is not the technique, but a love for cooking, a serious and pragmatic heart. No matter what stage you are in, you can regard yourself as a beginner, be thirsty for knowledge, and never forget your original intention." The old chef said with a smile.
The heart that never forgets its original intention... Zhao Xiaojing was shocked.
She'd been feeling quite restless these days. Thousands of hours of slow, single-digit progress, endless hours of practice, and a success rate that seemed to fail as soon as she tried. Deep down, she couldn't bear to consider the doubts she had about whether she could really succeed.
Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, she returned to the beginning of learning cooking, and the teacher of the first class enlightened her with a few words.
Never forgetting her original intention, her original intention in cooking was just to make the dishes taste better.
Zhao Xiaojing was confused for a moment. She seemed to understand something, but didn't know where to start.
"Okay, let's talk about basic knife skills." The two plates of lettuce disappeared in the blink of an eye, and a complete set of knives appeared in front of the old chef.
Zhao Xiaojing quickly came back to her senses and sat up straight.
"Come, let's first get to know our basic knives..."
Hour 13562…
"Congratulations, classmate, you have completed all the knife skills courses. Your excellence deserves recognition." As the last class ended, the old chef disappeared from Zhao Xiaojing's sight with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Zhao Xiaojing bowed deeply towards the place where the teacher disappeared.
"System, enter the seasoning course."
The surrounding layout changed again.
"Welcome to the seasoning class. How about our seasoning..."
Hour 13789...
Zhao Xiaojing bowed to the seasoning teacher who had disappeared.
"System, Fire Skills Course."
Hour 17184...
Zhao Xiaojing stared at the lychee flesh in front of her thoughtfully.
Over the next 4,000 hours, she completed all the courses she'd purchased in the learning module. First, she learned knife skills, seasoning, and cooking techniques, then moved on to sauce thickening, battering, and even carving. After completing all of them, she felt a sense of clarity, a sense of revisiting past experiences and learning new ones, even a sense of mastery. With this feeling, she continued to take courses on all the recipes she'd purchased, until just now, having finished the last one, the lychee meat recipe, she was inspired to make a dish of lychee meat herself.
If Wen Xinyuan could taste the lychee meat in front of him, he would definitely be more surprised than in the last competition and even question his life.
This lychee meat is completely different from the one Zhao Xiaojing made during the competition.
This is a premium lychee meat that has been tempered by time, with emotions fluctuating and then returning to calm, and made with a serious and pure heart.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled calmly, waved her hand to restore the kitchen scene, and began to prepare three fresh delicacies, Kung Pao chicken, spicy and sour chicken offal, stir-fried yellow beef, stir-fried pork liver, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, Song Sao fish soup, and pot-roasted pork elbow...
Hour 18159.
The kitchen was filled with dishes, and Zhao Xiaojing, who had finally come to her senses, was stunned for a moment and burst out laughing.
I went crazy when I couldn't find the feeling after practicing for more than 10,000 hours, and I went even crazier after finally finding the feeling after nearly 20,000 hours of study.
I get so engrossed in cooking and enjoy the process so much that I don’t even taste the food after it’s done. I start the next one directly and before I know it, I’ve finished all the dishes in the recipe.
You can continue now.
Zhao Xiaojing's eyes became firm and clear again.
"Go back and make some fried double crisps."
The scene resumed. The stern-faced instructor stood before her again. Zhao Xiaojing picked up the duck gizzards and pig stomach in front of her...
Hour 21234.
Proficiency 87%.
Zhao Xiaojing shook the pan while frying the crispy double-edged swordfish.
"The timing of oiling is not stable yet, so consolidate it." The instructor said calmly.
Hour 21465.
Proficiency 97%.
"The heat is still a little off, so be a little slower when flipping the pan." The instructor nodded.
Hour 23612.
Proficiency 100%, congratulations to the host for successfully passing the level!
A white wall suddenly appeared in front of her. Zhao Xiaojing was stunned. When she looked down, she saw a white flush toilet.
Out? Zhao Xiaojing turned around, looking at the bathroom stall again and again as if she was not reacting.
Ding ding ding ding ding…
Suddenly a series of sounds rang out, and Zhao Xiaojing shrank in fright. It took her a long time to realize that it was the system.
I'm back, I'm really back.
Zhao Xiaojing quickly opened the system and took a look.
It turned out to be another series of upgrade prompts. She had upgraded 10 levels in more than 20,000 hours, and now her chef level was 65.
Without feeling anything special, Zhao Xiaojing accepted the rewarded system coins, money, and a series of body enhancers, agility enhancers and other medicines, casually cleared the pop-up window, and opened the door to go out.
Along the way, I tried hard to recall what happened in the game, the current competition system, and the plan everyone had discussed before entering the door. I also tried hard to adapt and get myself back to the tense atmosphere of the game.
After all, I have spent more than 20,000 hours in solid practice. Although it is less than three years in reality, people in reality will not go without food or sleep, nor will they keep practicing the same thing. The brain load is incomparable.
"Sister Mirror, come quickly! New plan!"
"Hurry up and sit down, and listen to Fatty's instructions!"
As soon as the door was opened, Fatty and Wen Xinyuan greeted Zhao Xiaojing loudly, and Guan Yingxia and Yu Yiyuan also smiled and made way for her. When Zhao Xiaojing saw the four people and returned to the familiar atmosphere, she actually felt like tears welling up in her eyes.
"What new ideas have you guys come up with?" Zhao Xiaojing took a deep breath and asked with a smile.
…
At half past nine, after the staff announced all the competition events and venue arrangements ten minutes in advance, all the teams dispersed and stood in front of the door of the small competition hall on time.
The first competition assigned to Zhao Xiaojing was strength, which corresponded to freshwater aquatic ingredients. She needed to give priority to Yu Yiyuan's pen eel or Guan Yingxia's frog. If she won first place, she could get the mandarin fish or sea bass for making soup.
There were seven people who entered the room with Zhao Xiaojing. As soon as they entered, they saw twenty simple and crude pots filled with sand.
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