Brush Up Your Proficiency

By the time Wang Hao and Wang Lan returned home, it was already evening.

Seeing the two children returning bathed in the sunset glow, Liu Zhi began to prepare dinner. Usually, when the two children weren't home, they would sometimes skip dinner or just eat some leftovers from lunch to fill their stomachs, and wouldn't bother to cook again.

Seeing that his mother was about to waste his chance to grind his skill proficiency, Wang Hao couldn't agree to it. He quickly walked over and suggested that he teach his mother a few more dishes.

Liu Zhi felt that it made sense. She had been the one to ask her son to teach her how to cook, and she couldn't refuse the "teacher's" instruction.

Ever since Wang Hao learned about the magic of the cooking skill from Cheng Yufei's phone call, he had been thinking about having his mother learn a few more health-preserving dishes.

Therefore, Wang Hao was even more certain about teaching his mother health-preserving dishes.

Wang Hao wanted to take advantage of his time at home to quickly implement his parents' health meal plan. He had a feeling that, with Cheng Yufei and the others' efficiency, he would probably have to return to Xingyun Le in a few days to prepare for the restaurant's opening.

To implement the health meal plan, Wang Hao and his sister specifically bought some affordable and high-quality ingredients for making health-preserving dishes when they passed through the town, just so that his mother could carry out the plan without any worries.

"Congratulations, Advanced Cooking Proficiency +3, Current Proficiency: Advanced Cooking 590/10000"

"Congratulations, you have completed a lesson, Advanced Cooking Proficiency +1, Current Proficiency: Advanced Cooking 591/10000"

"Congratulations, Advanced Cooking Proficiency +3, Current Proficiency: Advanced Cooking 594/10000"

"Congratulations, you have completed a lesson, Advanced Cooking Proficiency +1, Current Proficiency: Advanced Cooking 595/10000"

With the completion of teaching two dishes, Wang Hao successfully gained eight points of proficiency.

He pondered to himself: "It seems that each dish taught will grant one point of proficiency..."

At this time, Wang Hao looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, how do you feel about learning these two dishes?"

A confident smile appeared on his mother's face, and she said, "What's so difficult about this! I think it's very simple."

Hearing this, Wang Hao felt a lot more at ease.

After all, from the fact that he could gain three points of proficiency from each dish, it could be seen that the two dishes he made were not the type of home-style dishes, but rather dishes that required several rounds of cooking before they could be achieved.

However, his mother easily stated that she had learned them, which undoubtedly proved the magic of the cheat in terms of "education."

When it was time to eat, although the family was already used to Wang Hao's cooking, they couldn't help but reveal their fascination and satisfaction with the food in front of them every time they tasted it.

Even though their bodies had gradually adapted to these delicacies and developed corresponding resistance, they still couldn't resist the appetite deep in their hearts.

Every time they ate, they always ate with relish, enjoying the satisfaction brought by this deliciousness.

After dinner, when the family went out for a walk, Wang Hao couldn't wait to pick up his erhu and head towards the back mountain.

There was no way around it, he hadn't ground his erhu skill proficiency much all day today, which made his hands, which had almost formed a habit, feel a little itchy. If he didn't play for a while, he always felt like something was missing, and his fingers would twitch uncontrollably from time to time.

He secretly calculated in his heart that if he could enter that wonderful state he experienced yesterday again, perhaps he could make up for the lost day.

So, he walked towards the back mountain with anticipation, hoping to find the realm that had made him so intoxicated.

"Congratulations, Intermediate Erhu Skill Proficiency +2.2, Current Proficiency: Intermediate Erhu 641.2/1000"

As expected, the first piece earned him 2.2 proficiency. Seeing the text in the cheat's notification, and sensing that it had no intention of triggering a critical hit, Wang Hao didn't think much and just continued grinding.

But the result was disappointing, he was never able to enter that mystical state again.

Wang Hao couldn't help but sigh, "Did I use up all my luck today?" He understood that this kind of thing couldn't be forced. After all, it required "mutual affection" to succeed.

After four hours of hard practice, Wang Hao's left hand, which had originally been calloused, had gradually adapted to the intensity of his playing and was no longer as red and swollen as it had been at first.

Through these four hours of hard work, he successfully gained 110 points of erhu proficiency, and his intermediate erhu skill also rose to 749 points.

There were only two hundred points left before the threshold of advanced skill. As long as he worked harder, he might be able to raise his erhu skill to an advanced level in one fell swoop tomorrow!

Although he didn't manage to enter the so-called epiphany state tonight, the 110 points of proficiency he gained still made Wang Hao feel satisfied.

He enjoyed the mountain breeze, listened to the melodious music, and easily earned proficiency, feeling happy.

Although repeatedly listening to the same music would sometimes make people feel a little irritable, Wang Hao didn't care about this small detail when he thought about the fact that this piece had made great achievements.

The moonlight shone down softly, illuminating Wang Hao's way home. He held the erhu in his hand, walked in the moonlight, and returned home in a happy mood, ending this busy and surprising day.

The next morning, in order to prevent his proficiency grinding plan from being disturbed, Wang Hao didn't even bring his mobile phone. After eating a refreshing breakfast prepared by his mother, he went straight to the back mountain.

Liu Zhi looked at her son's gradually receding back, her eyes revealing a hint of relief, but also mixed with some regret.

She thought to herself that she never expected her son to be so obsessed with the erhu. If she had known this, she should have cultivated his interest in this area. It was only their fault as a couple for neglecting their son's hobbies on weekdays.

In the early morning mountain forest, the trees appeared particularly moist, and the air was filled with a viscous atmosphere.

After a whole night of precipitation, crystal clear dew was quietly lying on the grass leaves and treetops, eagerly waiting for the arrival of the sun so that they could sublimate into water vapor.

When Wang Hao arrived at the familiar place, the sun had not yet risen, and the surroundings were misty, as if he were in a fairyland.

According to the established plan, Wang Hao directly opened the prelude to today's crazy grinding of proficiency.

Unknowingly, the sun showed its head, and the eastern sky reflected the glow, setting off the regular sunrise in physics as particularly beautiful. Wang Hao was attracted by such scenery while playing the erhu.

The fingers on his hand began to slowly become erratic. Wang Hao felt that his luck for today had arrived!