Save the Family Doctor (XII)
"Turn it over! System? System?? Z01! The steak is going to burn!"
"Host, please wait a moment. The tutorial says that it will take longer to fry one side of the well-done steak you want."
"The tutorial says it usually takes two to three minutes, and it takes a little longer to cook it well done, but you've already fried one side for ten minutes. Are you sure you can still see the shadow of the steak?"
In front of the open kitchen stove, a tall man who looked exactly like the model was holding a spatula in one hand and a tutorial book in the other. He looked down at the young man standing beside him with a skeptical look on his face and said, "Don't worry, if it gets messy, there are still many options. There is a saying in the human world that practice makes perfect, and failure is the mother of success."
Jiang Yuanshi sighed, moved a high stool and sat down, half-lying on the table with one hand supporting his face, and said speechlessly: "Humans also have a saying that wasting food is shameful."
Z01 changed into a human form to make cooking easier: "But the food is not wasted yet."
Jiang Yuanshi chuckled twice and poked the timer placed next to the stove. It had been eleven minutes. "Then turn over now so that I can see your remains."
Z01 frowned, not understanding the cold humor of humans, but after analyzing and calculating that it was indeed possible to flip the steak, he used a spatula to flip it over. The spatula went into the bottom of the steak very smoothly, without any obstruction, and it seemed to be successful and not sticking to the pan. The system decisively flipped it over -
The steak...is gone.
All that was left in his sight was the black bottom of the pot. Z01 frowned, thinking something was wrong. Jiang Yuanshi, who was lying on the side watching, saw the unfried red meat underneath from the side. He stood up and looked at the steak that had perfectly blended into the pot, and couldn't help but sigh, "Amazing."
He tilted his head to look up at the system's expression, which remained unchanged. It was indeed a face that was molded by humans. It would not collapse at any angle, and would not even have any bugs. It was just that it was a bit stubborn when it came to cooking.
Jiang Yuanshi humbly asked for advice: "What should I do next?"
Z01 calmly scooped up the steak and pretended to put it on a plate with a piece of steak-shaped charcoal beside him, but was stopped by Jiang Yuanshi.
"Wait, you haven't fried the other side yet."
"The steak has failed and there is no need to continue."
"If the other side is okay, then you can eat it. At least you can eat part of it."
"Host, charred food is prone to cancer."
"So it's a portion. Eat the side without charcoal. Just treat it as practice. If you can get the precise time on this side, can't you move on to the next piece? Otherwise, there will be heavy casualties."
Just like that, the steak moved horizontally from above the plate back into the pot and merged into it again. During the timing, Z01 glanced at the person lying on the ground. Now the host's soul body has grown from its previous human form into a complete human being. Most of Z01's perspective is the host's furry head, with only one Xuan on the head. Z01 chose the one that best suits his current situation from the collected human data, "One Xuan is obedient, two Xuans are stubborn."
It is hard to imagine that his host is actually only one Xuan. It turns out that the folk sayings of humans are not very accurate.
Looking down from a bird's-eye view, there are long eyelashes and a straight nose bridge along the hair. The view is slightly downward, and the host looks down at the pot with a serious expression. When he holds his face with one hand, the flesh on his cheeks is pulled up, and the corners of his mouth also rise. He looks very well behaved, which is very deceptive.
Z01 was reviewing the plot while waiting for time. Jiang Yuanshi always felt a strange gaze. He looked up and met Z01's gaze. For some reason, even though the other party casually looked away, he still saw a hint of resentment in the cold eyes.
It's so strange, he obviously hasn't done anything recently.
Jiang Yuanshi was puzzled and could only regard it as an illusion.
Meanwhile, the other side of the steak is cooked.
The surface was slightly charred, and when pressed with a spatula, juice overflowed. It was a perfect single side, forming a sharp contrast with the black bottom of the pot. Jiang Yuanshi stood up and held the clean plate in both hands towards Z01. Z01 put the steak on a clean cutting board, cut off the black part with a knife, and put it on the host's plate.
The visual sense of proportional compression.
Jiang Yuanshi took out the knife and fork that he had prepared long ago, cut a piece, and handed it to the system's mouth. In return, Z01 looked puzzled. Jiang Yuanshi raised his fork and said, "Kitchen rules, the cook takes the first bite."
Are you sure you don't want to test the poison yourself?
Z01 took a bite with half belief, and Jiang Yuanshi cut another piece and put it in his own mouth. It seemed that it was indeed a kitchen rule and not a poison test.
The meat is tender yet chewy, full of gravy, and has the original taste of beef.
Jiang Yuanshi chewed and said, "Did we forget to add the seasoning?"
Z01 chewed and nodded.
Not sure if it was because of the steak itself or because it was fried for too long, but it took the two of them a long time to chew it before they finished it. Jiang Yuanshi covered his sore cheeks and gave his opinion - it's very suitable for killing time and as a tool for grinding teeth.
Z01 agrees with this.
After successfully frying the steak, the two embarked on the journey of making the sauce.
Even the usually calm and data-rich Z01 was lost in thought about the seasoning ratio: "Host, what is the appropriate amount?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Well... I guess it depends on personal taste."
“But the amount is very inaccurate, so why is it on the menu?”
"Then you should change to another one. There are so many recipes, don't stick to just one, especially since you're using a folk cookbook." No wonder he wrote only the right amount.
“How can imprecise data be published?”
"When I was in school, there were mistakes in my textbooks, not to mention the recipes." Jiang Yuanshi spoke the truth, "The world is a huge makeshift team, and your Chuanshu Bureau also has bugs every day."
Z01 had nothing to say, but he really wanted to say that there weren't so many bugs in the original bureau, but Jiang Yuanshi encountered all the rare bugs that had been seen once in many years.
"It's better to change to a book with accurate data. After mixing the sauce, I still have to fry a steak."
"But whichever one is cooked first will cool down first and affect the taste."
Jiang Yuanshi looked up at the sky helplessly. Cooking was so difficult. He rolled up his sleeves, took out another pot and said to the system, "Then please give me the recipe. I'll make the sauce while you fry the steak. It will be faster if we divide the work."
Z01 was puzzled: "Don't you know how to cook?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "I just cook to survive, not that I don't know how to cook."
In other words, as long as it is edible, nothing else matters.
"Then please follow the recipe." Z01 handed over the recipe. This was his last resort. Jiang Yuanshi took it, nodded, and replied, "I'll try my best."
Z01: ...It seems impossible.
As expected, the host sprinkled the seasoning while tasting the flavors, adding more salt to more sugar, and more sugar to more salt. Z01 seemed to want to say something but chose to shut up and concentrate on his work. Out of sight, out of mind. Miraculously, the sauce the host finally prepared was unexpectedly delicious, it was simply impossible to analyze. It made the system burn out its CPU, and it even forgot that it didn't need to eat. The two of them ate the steak as soon as it was cooked, and then started the next dish after that.
They worked and ate, and ate and worked, forming a cycle, until everyone was full. Z01 even felt that the database was a bit full and the cache needed to be cleared.
The next few days were like this, and the plot was still calm. The family doctor was forced to go out every day, but because the employer was generous with the money, Jiang Yuanshi was not so tired from working. After work, he went to the supermarket to buy vegetables. The system changed from the original language barrier to a unified *snake version of vegetable picking. In the end, they both went home either holding an ice cream or drinking milk tea.
"It looks like there won't be any new ice cream flavors." Although the original coriander flavor is delicious, Jiang Yuanshi is always curious about other flavors. He and the system tried all the drinks in the milk tea shop, jumping back and forth between trying new products and recommending new ones.
Jiang Yuanshi held an ice cream in one hand, eating the left side himself while the system snake held his hand and ate the right side. The system snake licked its lips and said, "After all, the novice world does not have enough willpower, and developing new products also requires funds."
Jiang Yuanshi thought about it and walked on an empty road, then opened the system mall. Unfortunately, there were other flavors of ice cream there, a mixed flavor of dragon fruit and kiwi. It was strange, but he had never eaten it before and wanted to try it.
He glanced at the system snake, and the system snake hissed.
Jiang Yuanshi closed the mall and continued eating his vanilla ice cream.
System Snake: "You don't want to buy it?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Do you really want me to buy it?"
System Snake shook his head: "But I know I can't stop you from doing what you want to do."
Jiang Yuanshi: "No, if you really want to punish me, just do it directly. Isn't there something like electric shock for bald head?"
The system ate the ice cream in silence for a long time before saying, "You have not yet reached the point where you need to be punished."
"I haven't had that before. I feel like you can make me angry like a traffic light."
The system that was really turned into a shining ball of light at first:
Jiang Yuanshi changed the subject: "What are we having for dinner? Anyway, I don't want to eat Buddha Jumps Over the Wall anymore."
Z01, who has mastered home cooking these days, has had ideas about advanced cuisine. He tried to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall or boiled cabbage, which took a long time and made him hungry. Although he did succeed later, Jiang Yuanshi, who was a guinea pig for the tasting, almost had ptsd. When he saw those dishes at the domineering president's house, he wanted to throw a snake into their dishes, after all, they should have similar tastes.
Z01 was very easy to talk to: "The Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a success, we can change the dish now."
"Change what?"
"I remember there is a very famous dish in your hometown."
Jiang Yuanshi had a bad feeling.
"Squirrel fish or ancient meat, you choose one."
really.
"Isn't this a sauce?" Both are sweet and sour. If they are done well, they are delicious, but if they are not done well, they will be sour to death.
Z01 corrected him, "They are two different cuisines. Squirrel fish is Suzhou cuisine, and ancient pork is Cantonese cuisine."
Jiang Yuanshi: "But the taste seems to be similar."
Z01: "Is that so?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Probably. I'm not sure if I've ever eaten the authentic ones. Anyway, the streets and alleys, especially in tourist attractions, are almost the same everywhere, such as Dongpo pork and Maoxuewang."
“Maoxuewang is a Sichuan dish.”
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, any dish can appear in a restaurant now. As long as it's edible, it's fine."
Z01, who is used to strict classification, doesn't want to talk.
After interacting with the system, Jiang Yuanshi realized that the other party probably had obsessive-compulsive disorder, but he couldn't say anything and started to hold back the CPU again.
"Okay, okay, let's do both. I'll eat them all anyway."
“…”
"Hello? Is anyone here?"
“…”
"Hey, hey, hey, is there another bug?"
"...No, the current signal is good."
"Oh, it's not broken. Then let's go home and cook?"
"No." The system refused. Jiang Yuanshi wondered if Tong's anger would make him angry. Z01 continued, "I didn't buy pineapples. Pineapple ancient meat needs pineapples."
"..." Jiang Yuanshi took a breath and sighed slowly, "Okay, let's go back to the supermarket and check out the pineapples."
The system snake nodded.
Not long after the man and the snake turned back, the cell phone in Jiang Yuanshi's pocket rang. He answered the call while picking pineapples side by side with the humanoids. The voice on the other end of the phone was not that of a buffalo, but Li Pu.
Li Pu: "Oh no, Doctor Jiang, something happened to Fan Dian!"
You two are such a perfect match, you take turns getting sick.
Jiang Yuanshi said, "I'm in the supermarket now. Please wait a moment, I'll be there soon." He followed the tip of the system snake's tail and picked up three pineapples to check out.
Jiang Yuanshi hung up the phone, and the system asked: "Host, do you want to leave now?"
"Doesn't the Anywhere Door have five minutes left to open? Let me pay the bill first."
"It is indeed needed normally, but it will be opened immediately during the plot mission." Just as the system finished speaking, a door appeared not far from Jiang Yuanshi. Jiang Yuanshi did not go forward but put the pineapple on the cash register. "Just go in after paying the bill."
However, the staff who were normally operating the system did not move. Instead, they cast cold gazes at Jiang Yuanshi. He raised his head and saw that the originally half-gray and transparent human figure gradually turned black. A face without facial features came up and stared directly at Jiang Yuanshi.
Jiang Yuanshi turned around.
The previously scattered figures gathered behind him at some point, countless empty faces looked at him, they rushed forward, pushing Jiang Yuanshi to the door like a tide.
[This is not reality, you can't escape. ]
Jiang Yuan was confused when he was about to pay the bill. He didn’t run away to pay, did he?
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