Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 53
After a few days like this, Chen Nian discovered that Master He is actually quite a good person.

He is very magnanimous in dealing with people.

But it is in the aspect of being a teacher that he will appear extra impatient and irritable.

The usual kindness will completely disappear at this moment.

But even so, Chen Nian can learn a lot of new things from Master He every time.

For example, the amount of water released in summer and winter is different.

For example, when it rains and when it does not rain, the amount of water released is also different.

Different seasons, temperature and humidity will affect the wake-up noodles.

Therefore, it is necessary to change the amount of water, water temperature, amount of salt, time to wake up noodles, etc. according to different environmental conditions...

Such a complicated procedure, not only did not make Chen Nian retreat, but made him look forward to it even more!

This is what I should learn!

But when Chen Nian asked Master He how to measure this thing, Master He thought hard for a while, and after closing his eyes and gesticulating in the air for a long time, he spit out a few words: "I don't know."

"do not know?"

"How could I know, then you have to ask my hand, not me."

Chen Nian: "..."

This is the legendary muscle memory?
But Chen Nian thinks about it.

In this day and age, who would quantify how many grams of noodles and water to use?

It is difficult to express this kind of thing that has been handed down from the older generation or based on countless experiences.

If he has to say something, then he can only give you a rough gesture with his hands.

"so much……"

"A pinch of salt, too."

"Water means that your hands feel a little warmer than lukewarm..."

This description is too general.

Before aging, I felt that a moderate amount, a small amount, and a large amount were abstract enough.

But I didn't expect there to be more abstract descriptions than these.

However, even so, Chen Nian has his own way.

He directly recalled the content of the experimental class in college, and set up several groups of control groups with the current conditions.

For example, the main external conditions that need to be considered now are:
temperature, humidity.

And the variables set are:

Salt, water, water temperature, time to wake up.

It is very easy to get the daily temperature, and sometimes it can be approximated based on body sensation.

So, when it's not raining, the temperature is about the same.

Aging needs to constantly modify some variables, so as to refer to another group.

Then record the results of each time in the notebook.

This process of aging is carried out in secret, that is, adjustments are made every day according to the knowledge points mentioned by Master He, and then they are secretly written down after returning home.

After ten days passed, Chen Nian found that Master He scolded him less often.

Probably because I didn't make so many mistakes.

But after all, Chen Nian has not even learned how to knead noodles, so Chen Nian still does other work in the store besides cooking.

And in these ten days.

Every morning when Master He opens the door, he will smooth the missing person notice pasted on the door with his hands.

If it happens to rain and the paper is damaged, Master He will replace it with a new one when the rain clears.

As for the store, it is posted all year round.

So much so that later, Chen Nian memorized all the words above, and even remembered the photo of Master He's son clearly.

Chen Nian even dreamed about it a few times while sleeping.

Of course, Chen Nian can only see people passing by without seeing them, but he has no way to talk to them.

"I can manipulate my own dreams, but not dreams within dreams?"

"Or, the dream given to me by the recipe is embedded in my original dream, and then in the dream created by this recipe, I can no longer control it?"

In the end, the more I think about it, the more I think about it, just like the headphones that I put in my pocket for a whole day and then take it out.

The mess is annoying.

Chen Nian found that the foundation of the white case seemed to be more difficult than the red case.

Of course, Chen Nian thinks that this may also be because he was born in a red case, and some experiences and ideas are deeply ingrained.

So when changing, it is more difficult than writing and drawing on a piece of white paper.

Therefore, Chen Nian practiced like this every day.

As the results obtained by the experimental control group became more and more perfect, Chen Nian also felt that his progress was also rapid.

And Master He scolded himself less and less often, sometimes even if he said it, his voice was a little softer.

Every day when he is aged, he will spend two hours more in the store than Master He for practice.

One hour for practice and another hour for analysis.

Sometimes when Chen Nian came home, he found that Master He hadn't slept yet.

Through the gap in the curtain, Chen Nian seemed to be able to see that Master He was looking at a photo inside.

Sure enough, I still can't forget it.

……

One day, while Chen Nian was sleeping, several gunshots were heard outside.

It directly woke up Chen Nian from his sleep.

Carefully leaning over to the window and looking at it, I saw some foreigners wearing various military uniforms who were confronting something, but even if they fired shots, they didn't seem to cause any casualties.

Then there are some chattering words.

Among them, Chen Nian can only understand English.

The general idea seems to be that you French people entered our British concession or something.

And the Frenchman babbled again, but Chen Nian didn't understand.

It's just that the French finally understood that they left the vintage first.

It's just that before the French left, the English-speaking people on the other side talked about the common enemy of modern everyone.

Then Chen Nian didn't dare to listen to it anymore.

After all, he was also afraid that if others found out, he would be shot by himself.

But I can't interfere with these things even if I want to. I just came to learn how to cook. After all, Shanghai belongs to China. If history is really so easy to change, then, this is not just a recipe.

So right now it is still important to cook well.

Therefore, Chen Nian stayed here for three years.

1930 years.

During this period, Shanghai became more and more prosperous.

Many foreign brands are gradually taking root in this land.

Cosmetics, clothing, and other things related to people's lifestyles are also constantly updated and iterated.

And Chen Nian has also continued to grow in the past three years.

He is already able to take care of himself, and the noodles he makes can be sold and served on the table.

Even some regular customers said that there is no big difference from Master He.

There are even some people who say that Chen Nian is Master He's son, even if he is not a son, he must be a disciple.

Fortunately, old age is also filial.

But Chen Nian still didn't stop practicing.

Because, every time Master He would say the same sentence after eating the aged scallion noodles.

"Almost something."

(End of this chapter)