Chapter 30 Achievement of the First Goal

"Has Uncle Zhang had breakfast?"

As usual, Wang Jianye took out a Daqianmen cigarette from his pocket and handed it over.

"I just finished eating and haven't put down my chopsticks yet."

When Uncle Zhang saw that there was still cigarettes left, he smiled even more happily.

Wang Jianye walked into the back door. There were only two middle-aged women washing vegetables in the yard.

Although Wang Jianye has made a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds to the level of a second-class chef, and he can also improve a dish from entry-level to cooking level in a very short period of time.

But his reputation was not well known to these two aunties who were washing vegetables. They didn't know Wang Jianye yet and thought of him as just an ordinary apprentice.

When Wang Jianye was about to walk into the kitchen, Cao Xiaodong came up behind him.

When he passed by the two aunties, they both greeted him: "Master Cao is here."

"Master Cao, have you eaten yet?"

"..."

Cao Xiaodong responded with a few words casually.

Although he was also an apprentice, he had already become famous because of his master Sun Qu, and everyone in the kitchen knew him.

Moreover, he has the real talent and is particularly gifted in cooking. Everyone knows that he will definitely stay in the kitchen of Fengze Garden and will at least be the chef in the second stove in the future.

So the people in the kitchen were very polite to him.

Cao Xiaodong followed Wang Jianye into the kitchen and said, "This is the first time I see you come so early."

"I got up early today, so I have to hurry up and practice."

Wang Jianye smiled.

Cao Xiaodong asked again: "I heard that you haven't even prepared the ten dishes for the grading assessment, right?"

"Yes, I just discovered my talent recently. The tighter the time is, the faster I progress. Before, I had plenty of time, so I learned slowly. But now that I know the test is coming soon, I am progressing very quickly."

Wang Jianye replied.

Cao Xiaodong said with emotion: "With your current talent, there is no need to worry. You will be able to master the dishes that will be tested soon."

Wang Jianye came to the chopping board, looked at the washed ingredients, and picked out the ones he could use.

"I am only one dish short of upgrading to the San Zao level, the other nine dishes have already been upgraded, so I have to upgrade the level of this dish first."

"But I don't have yellow croaker right now. I need to practice some other dishes to gain experience points, and then use the experience points to improve the level of this dish."

Wang Jianye had an idea in his mind, so he picked out a few tomatoes from the vegetable basket, and then took a few eggs.

He plans to practice cooking scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Because he saw that his cooking skills for this dish were only entry-level.

This dish can be prepared very quickly, and will give you two or three experience points, so it is perfect for quickly gaining experience points.

In order not to waste food, Wang Jianye beat the eggs in a bowl, and two eggs took up half a bowl.

Then cut the tomatoes and put them on a plate.

At this time, Cao Xiaodong came over and asked curiously: "Are you going to practice scrambled eggs with tomatoes?" "Yes, this dish is very simple and takes a short time. I will make a few first to practice my hand."

Wang Jianye chopped the green onions and then poured oil into the pan.

When the oil was hot, he scooped a small spoonful of egg liquid into the pan.

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Wang Jianye stirred the egg with a spoon a few times. When it was almost formed, he scooped out the egg and put the tomatoes in.

Although he was only at the entry level in making this dish, he had seen how others made it and knew how to do it and what the process was.

After frying the tomatoes to remove the water, Wang Jianye put the fried eggs in, seasoned them, stir-fried them a few times and served them out of the pan.

[Ding, experience value +2]

"Can I get two experience points for making it once? That's fine. This dish is quite simple and can be made in about the same time as the spicy and sour potato shreds."

"With these two experience points, I now have a total of five experience points. My fried yellow croaker is at the entry level 3, and I need thirteen experience points to upgrade it to the third level, so I need to make four more scrambled eggs with tomatoes, so that I can get a total of fifteen experience points."

Wang Jianye had an idea in mind and moved the scrambled eggs with tomatoes aside.

He has already improved the quality of several dishes to the third-class level. As the quality of other dishes improves, his cooking skills of scrambled eggs with tomatoes will also improve.

Because for a cook, the preparation methods of many dishes are similar.

As long as one dish is well cooked with the right knife skills, heat control and seasoning, the other dishes will also be improved.

The improvement may not be huge, but it will be progress.

When Wang Jianye made this dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes before, the result was not very good. Either the pan was burnt, or the eggs were overcooked and not tender enough, the tomatoes were not fried well, or there was too little or too much salt.

With his entry-level level, there were always various problems with the products he produced.

Although he cannot practice this dish now, he has improved his skills in other dishes. The knife skills, heat control and seasoning are all the same, so when he made scrambled eggs with tomatoes again, his skills improved significantly.

Next, Wang Jianye made scrambled eggs with tomatoes four more times, and accumulated 15 experience points.

"System, upgrade this dish of fried yellow croaker to the third stove level for me."

[Ding, Fried Yellow Croaker (Entry Level 3+) spent 13 experience points to upgrade successfully. Congratulations to the host for mastering Fried Yellow Croaker (Third Stove Level 16+). ]

As a system prompt sounded, Wang Jianye's fried yellow croaker dish was at the level of a master chef.

"I have finally upgraded all the ten dishes that will be tested to the third-class level. Now I can rest assured. No matter which dish I draw during the test, I can handle it with ease with my current level and pass the test smoothly."

With the first goal achieved, Wang Jianye breathed a sigh of relief and put his mind at ease.

"Next, I have to ask Master what level Master Zhou had to reach to be directly promoted to the second stove when he was assessed. If it is easy to achieve, then there are only six days left. I will seize the time and try my best. On the day of the assessment, I will also be directly promoted to the second stove master."

In the kitchen, one’s status is determined by one’s cooking skills.

When Wang Jianye came just now, the aunties who were washing vegetables did not greet him.

When Cao Xiaodong came, the aunties who were washing vegetables greeted him warmly.

Wang Jianye and Cao Xiaodong were both apprentices, but they received different treatments.

It’s because in the eyes of those people, Wang Jianye’s cooking skills are not as good as Cao Xiaodong’s.

If Wang Jianye wants to improve his position in the kitchen, he has to improve his cooking skills and let more people know about it.

(End of this chapter)