On the cutting board lay slices of beef, evenly sized with clear texture, as if each slice was cut with the same amount of strength.
Yexiao couldn't help but ask himself, he wouldn't be able to cut them so beautifully even if he tried.
"Ahong, you, you, you cut this?!"
Yexiao dropped the dough in his hand, pounced in front of the cutting board, and carefully examined the slices of beef as if admiring a work of art, afraid to ruin it.
"Of course."
Yehong calmly wiped his kitchen knife and put it back on the shelf.
"Good job, kiddo!" Yexiao couldn't help but burst into laughter, patting Yehong's shoulder hard. "When did you secretly become so good at knife skills? Now Yeshi Snacks finally has someone to carry on the legacy!"
Yehong rubbed his shoulder and frowned. "Don't keep patting me, you're going to dislocate my bones."
This father of his, always heavy-handed.
"Ding! The shoulder muscles have been impacted, physical resistance +1, current progress: 1/10, current level: beginner."
Huh? Can it be like this?
"Uh... Dad, why don't you hit me a few more times?"
"Stop fooling around, quickly cook the beef and don't make the customers wait too long."
After saying this, Yexiao turned back to kneading the dough, humming a tune, clearly in a good mood after seeing Yehong's progress.
Yehong shook his head and threw the beef into the pot.
Next was the unchanging process of cooking beef noodles. This cooking method had been passed down from Yehong's grandfather and had not changed in decades.
But when Yehong reached a certain step, his hand suddenly stopped in mid-air.
He had a strange feeling in his mind, as if a voice kept telling him that what he was doing was wrong, that there was another way to make this bowl of beef noodles even more delicious!
Yehong understood, this was probably the beginning of his proficient cooking ability coming into play.
He put down the seasoning in his hand and changed to another ingredient.
After that, this feeling appeared several times in succession.
Yehong kept changing the order, and the entire cooking process had been completely transformed by him.
And this scene happened to be witnessed by An Xiaoying, who had just entered the kitchen!
"You crazy kid? How many times have I taught you, why would you add water at this step? The noodles made like this won't taste right!"
Yexiao was also attracted over, and the two of them sighed as they looked at the bowl of beef noodles that had just come out of the pot.
"Should we remake it?"
Just then, a voice from outside the shop urged, "Boss, is my beef noodles ready? I'm starving, if it doesn't come out soon, I'm leaving!"
"Coming right up!" An Xiaoying smiled and replied, then turned around and glared fiercely at Yehong. "If the customer is scared away by this bowl of noodles, I'll definitely spank your ass!"
Yehong remained unfazed, "Relax, I promise he'll want more after eating it, hehe!"
An Xiaoying ignored him and quickly carried the bowl of beef noodles out to the dining area.
Yexiao also lost interest in kneading the dough and quietly observed the customers' reactions through the gap in the door curtain.
"Sir, here's your noodles, please enjoy!"
The customer who ordered the beef noodles happened to be bald with a large gold chain hanging from his chest, and his fierce face looked quite intimidating.
An Xiaoying placed the bowl of beef noodles in front of the customer and wiped another table next to it.
As she wiped, she secretly watched the customer's reaction, ready to apologize if he was unsatisfied.
"Wow, it's so slow! I'm starving to death, if I hadn't coincidentally passed by, I wouldn't have come to this kind of small shop to eat!"
The bald customer grumbled a few words and opened the disposable chopsticks, picked up a bundle of noodles, and sent it into his mouth with a "chi liu" sound.
"Mmm!" The customer suddenly widened his eyes and stopped his movements.
Oh no!
An Xiaoying quickly rushed to the customer, nodding and bowing, apologizing. "I'm really sorry, there was a slight mistake in the preparation. If you don't mind, we'll immediately get you a new one!"
The customer looked up at An Xiaoying in a daze, "Boss, what are you doing?"
Then he quickly shoveled the bowl of beef noodles into his mouth as if he were devouring the whole thing.
"Chi liu chi liu chi liu..."
Soon, the bowl was empty.
After finishing the noodles, the customer even slurped down the remaining soup.
He put down the empty bowl reluctantly, licked his lips, and said to the dumbfounded An Xiaoying, "Boss lady, I want another bowl!"
"Why didn't you say it was so delicious earlier? I would've been willing to wait even longer!"
"Oh, by the way, please pack three more servings for me, no, six more servings. This beef noodles are so tasty, I want to take them back for my brothers to try!"
He scratched his head and said, "This is unbelievable, how come I never noticed your shop before?!"
An Xiaoying didn't know how she ended up back in the kitchen.
She stood there stupidly, holding a bowl, still immersed in the exaggerated reaction of the customer.
This bowl of beef noodles, which deviated from the norm, actually received such high praise!
Could it be that the customer had a problem with his taste buds?
And Yexiao had the same expression as An Xiaoying.
Neither of them said a word, they both looked straight at Yehong.
Yehong shrugged, "I told you he would want more after eating it, do you believe me now?"
"You brat, how did you do it?" Yexiao looked at Yehong like he was a monster.
And An Xiaoying was even more straightforward, "Are you really my stupid son?"
"Go away, who talks about their own son like that!"
Yehong made them step aside and started making the next bowl of beef noodles.
With the experience from the first bowl, Yehong became even more skilled.
"Ding! Cooking ability +1..."
Along with the pleasant sound of the system notification, Yehong's hands worked like magic and quickly made the seven bowls of noodles requested by the customer.
During this process, Yexiao and An Xiaoying kept their eyes wide open without blinking.
They discovered that Yehong didn't change the ingredients at all, he only changed the order of a few ingredients and seasonings, but he was able to transform a bowl of beef noodles into a whole new level of deliciousness!
Could it be that their son really had the talent of a chef?!
"Son, I think you shouldn't bother with going to university. It's better to send you to the New Southern Cooking School to learn culinary arts!"
Yehong rolled his eyes at his parents, "Quit joking, your son is going to accomplish great things in the future!"
...
That night, Yexiao and An Xiaoying spent the whole night studying the beef noodles that Yehong had invented.
They also tried to cook beef noodles according to Yehong's method, but they couldn't make them as delicious as Yehong's.
After numerous attempts, they ended up using the last bit of soy sauce.
"Go, buy some soy sauce."
Facing such two insatiable parents, Yehong obediently accepted his fate.
He left Yeshi Snacks and went to the supermarket in the adjacent street to buy soy sauce.
There was a shortcut to the supermarket, but it required passing through a dimly lit alley.
This alley often attracted idle hooligans, so Yehong generally didn't walk this way.
But now that he had the system, his courage instantly grew a lot, and he decided to venture into this dangerous place.
The streetlights in the alley were out of order and useless, making the whole alley extremely dark.
Just halfway through, Yehong heard a desperate and anxious female voice ahead, "Help!"
(End of this chapter)