Douluo's Blue Silver Family

Chapter 265 Basic Skills

The next morning, Yuan Changqing woke up early, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to cultivate.

Although Yuan Changqing had previously experimented with practicing the "Eternal Spring Technique" without any results, he felt he should still persevere.

Even if cultivation is truly impossible in this world, one can still cultivate one's spirit or something.

Therefore, Yuan Changqing would practice once in the morning and once in the evening every day. Moreover, after finishing his morning practice, Yuan Changqing would start practicing the Five Animal Frolics.

After all, after working a day in the steel mill canteen yesterday, Yuan Changqing also realized that without a good body, it might really take a long time to adapt to working in the canteen now.

Yuan Changqing hadn't really exercised much before, so it's normal for him to adapt to this new job.

After finishing his practice of the "Eternal Spring Manual," Yuan Changqing left his room and began practicing the Five Animal Frolics.

When practicing the Five Animal Frolics, one must imitate lifelike characters, not only in form but also in spirit.

Yuan Changqing had practiced the Five Animal Frolics for decades in his previous life, so he was already very familiar with it.

Therefore, when Yuan Changqing was practicing, his movements were so lifelike that they resembled a tiger pouncing fiercely, a deer stretching its neck and turning its head, an agile monkey, a bear with profound composure, and a bird spreading its wings and standing upright. Each movement seemed to correspond to a different animal.

Furthermore, when practicing the Five Animal Frolics, one should gradually achieve a state of mental calmness and physical relaxation, combining movement and stillness, and balancing strength and gentleness. One should use intention to guide the Qi, allowing the Qi to flow throughout the body, nourishing the spirit with Qi, ensuring sufficient essence and smooth Qi flow, and generating essence with sufficient Qi. Only in this way can the best results be achieved.

Long-term practice of the Five Animal Frolics has a great effect on the head, neck, chest and back, waist, limbs, and internal organs.

While Yuan Changqing was engrossed in practicing the Five Animal Frolics, the Third Uncle also got up early, went out into the courtyard, and saw Yuan Changqing practicing the Five Animal Frolics.

After Yuan Changqing finished practicing the Five Animal Frolics, the Third Uncle said, "Changqing, you're up so early. Were you practicing the Five Animal Frolics just now?"

The third uncle was quite discerning; otherwise, how could he have considered himself from a scholarly family in the courtyard house?

Yuan Changqing looked in the direction of the voice and then said, "Good morning, Third Uncle. I have to say you have a keen eye. I practice the Five Animal Frolics. I spent all day yesterday chopping vegetables and realized that a cook needs to be in good physical condition. Otherwise, he really can't do the job."

"So, I'll practice the Five Animal Frolics now, so I can strengthen my body."

The old man nodded and said, "I've never seen you practice this before. Where did you learn it? You're actually doing quite well."

"Hey, I saw an old man practicing in the park, so I learned from him. You've never seen me practice before because I never even thought about it. Now that I'm working, you know."

"That's why I started practicing again to improve my physical fitness so that I can learn to cook from my dad more quickly in the future."

Nowadays, factories operate on a large scale, so if you don't have a lot of strength, you really can't do this kind of work.

Then Yuan Changqing said, "Third Uncle, I won't say any more to you now. I need to practice again. Why don't you learn from me?"

The old man quickly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. Practicing like this will consume a lot of energy, it's not worth it."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Changqing thought to himself, "He truly lives up to his title of Third Uncle. He can calculate everything so clearly. He truly lives up to the name of Old Man Yan."

Then, Yuan Changqing shook his head, ignored the Third Uncle, and started practicing the Five Animal Frolics on his own again, while the Third Uncle watched with great interest.

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Time flies, and several months have passed in the blink of an eye. Yuan Changqing has also adapted to working in the canteen. Now he no longer finds even simple tasks like chopping vegetables difficult, unlike at the beginning.

Now Yuan Changqing is also learning how to cook large-pot dishes from Yuan Dongfang.

Unlike other masters and apprentices, Yuan Changqing did not have to spend several years serving tea and water before he could learn even a little bit of cooking skills.

Just like Sha Zhu, once you become his apprentice, you start with a three-year probationary period, and whether he teaches you cooking skills afterwards depends on his mood.

For example, Ma Hua and Fatty, those two foolish disciples, have been learning from him for more than ten or twenty years, yet they still haven't reached the level of becoming masters.

This shows that, not to mention his most secret culinary skills, even ordinary cooking techniques are firmly in Sha Zhu's grasp.

Even Ma Hua, his loyal disciple, was ruined by Sha Zhu's training.

Later, Fatty even chose to betray Sha Zhu, but in truth, you can't really blame Fatty.

After all, strictly speaking, it was Sha Zhu who acted unfairly. If you don't want to teach cooking skills to others, then don't take on apprentices. Isn't that cheating people, and cheating them for ten or twenty years? Isn't that ruining someone's life?

Therefore, Fatty's betrayal of Sha Zhu was a bitter fruit sown by Sha Zhu himself.

Fortunately, the fat man was somewhat clever and didn't blindly follow the fool, unlike Ma Hua who was so stupid that he ended up learning nothing and living a life of poverty.

So, this silly Zhu really caused a lot of harm, and in the end, he got his comeuppance and harmed himself as well.

However, although Ma Hua is a bit dim-witted, he would actually be a good choice as an apprentice, because he would really dare to step up when something happens.

However, Yuan Changqing had been at the steel rolling mill for several months and had never heard of anyone named Ma Hua working in any of the three canteens.

Therefore, Yuan Changqing thought that he might see if he could have Yuan Dongfang intercept the MCA deal in advance.

When Yuan Dongfang was teaching Yuan Changqing how to cook, he also talked about some basic skills for learning to cook well.

Yuan Dongfang said, "Changqing, a good chef must have a solid foundation in the basics."

"First and foremost is knife skills, which are an essential basic skill for chefs and an important standard for judging whether a chef is qualified."

"Therefore, for a chef, the skill level of knife work not only affects the visual appeal of the dish, but also its taste. Of course, this refers to stir-fries, not large-scale cooking."

"However, to become an excellent chef, one must possess skillful knife work, being able to cut the finest pieces with ease."

"Secondly, there's the skill of flipping the wok. Like knife skills, this is a fundamental skill that every chef must have, and it's also one of the standards for judging whether a chef is qualified."

"Furthermore, the way you flip the wok directly determines the flavor of the dish. Different dishes require different tossing techniques so that the finished dish can reach the level the chef wants. In the future, I will teach you the tossing techniques for stir-fries and large-batch dishes."

"The second is mastering the technique of controlling the heat. Heat control refers to the amount of heat and the duration of cooking.

"Therefore, when cooking, one must judge the intensity of the fire by the burning intensity, and on the other hand, one must determine the cooking time based on the properties of the ingredients."

"Then, only when the two are unified can the cooking of dishes meet the standards. Generally speaking, the amount of heat used should be determined according to the nature of the ingredients."

"Secondly, there is the skill of using a ladle, which is a comprehensive culinary technique that organically combines the five elements of cooking—fire, utensils, ingredients, water, and method—to carry out cooking and achieve the cooking purpose."

Finally, a chef must be proficient in knife skills, wok tossing, correctly identifying and controlling oil temperature, adding ingredients accurately and at the right time, controlling the heat, thickening sauces, removing dishes from the wok promptly, and plating dishes, among other things.

"Therefore, if you want to become a chef, you must master knife skills, spoon skills, battering, and butchering techniques as essential basic skills. Only by mastering the basics of cooking can you become an excellent chef."

Yuan Dongfang gave Yuan Changqing a general overview of the basic skills one needs to master to learn to cook.

Then he continued, "I'm telling you all this so you have a basic understanding. I'll gradually teach you more about these things later."

Yuan Changqing nodded and said, "I will study hard."

This was the first time Yuan Changqing had heard of these things. However, having experienced the internet age, Yuan Changqing's cooking skills might not be very good.

However, as long as you master the basic skills that Yuan Dongfang mentioned, you will definitely be able to get started quickly in the future.

Moreover, Yuan Changqing also knows traditional Chinese medicine and wants to combine it with his culinary skills to develop some of his own medicinal cuisine recipes.

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