Today, Zhao Lunzhe was also there. As usual, he occupied a favorable position and stared at Yuan Zhou's practice work with his eyes brimming with vigor. He had specially rushed back when he received the news that Yuan Zhou was practicing carving with wood.
As for where he got the news from, it was unspeakable.
Yuan Zhou's fingers kept moving as if he was performing magic. In just a few minutes, a red-crowned crane appeared under his hand, ready to fly.
The feathers on its body were very clear. Even when it took off, when it spread its wings, the posture of some of the feathers was very clear. The spirited look in the bird's eyes added some spirituality to the red-crowned crane, as if it was alive.
A fairy riding on a crane.
"Phew …"
Zhao Lunze let out a breath of turbid air. In the future, even if he felt that Yuan Zhou was doing something, he would not be surprised. He was already calm!
"If I had a third of Boss Yuan's talent, I would probably wake up laughing even in my dreams." Although Zhao Lunze's looks were average, he could only dream.
"Boss Yuan, is there no technical difference in carving carrots, tofu, wood, and ice?" Zhao Lunze could not help but ask.
Yuan Zhou cleaned up the wood shavings and said, "There is a big difference. In fact, all four do not use the same technique. But for me, the difference is not big."
The truth was, for example, cutting beef bones, tofu, and meat could not use the same cutting method. It could even be said that beef bones were chopped, but if you had a sharp knife, the cutting method would not matter.
Yuan Zhou was like this at the moment. With his knife skills at this level, there was really no other way.
"..." How pretentious. But after thinking about it, Zhao Lunze felt that what Boss Yuan said might be the truth.
"Actually, this is nothing. I can't compare to my master. The old man is really amazing," Yuan Zhou said again.
Carpenter Lian's craftsmanship was really superb. He still had a lot to learn.
"Master? Boss Yuan means a chef? " This was the first time Zhao Lunze had heard that Yuan Zhou had a master. His first reaction was to see if there was anyone in the country who could be Yuan Zhou's master. He searched the top chefs, but none of them could do the job.
"No, it's Carpenter. Do you even know Carpenter?" Yuan Zhou asked.
"…" Zhao Lunze almost choked. This was a top-notch chef taking a carpenter as his master.
If it weren't for the fact that Yuan Zhou had said this, he would have thought that he was bluffing, and his bluffing skills weren't that good.
After a while, his brain came online. There were many carpenters with the surname Lian, but there was only one person called Carpenter Lian.
For example, for a long time in China, the term "director" always referred to Zhang Yimou.
"The so-called King of Carpentry, Master Lian?!" Zhao Lunze couldn't help but raise his voice.
Yuan Zhou was constantly challenging the limits of his knowledge.
"The King of Carpentry? That should be my master," Yuan Zhou said calmly.
Zhao Lunze was autistic.
Not only was he good at cooking, but he also knew how to carve, the kind that sold at a sky-high price. He also knew how to carve ice, the kind that was one of the best. His carpentry was also top-notch. Even his master was the best in the country. The difference between people was really bigger than the difference between a man and a pig.
Although he was stunned, he still had to do what he had to do. Soon, he helped Yuan Zhou pack up. Then, he got rid of all distracting thoughts and took out a contract from his bag and handed it to Yuan Zhou.
"Boss Yuan, this is the proceeds from this exhibition. Fifty percent will be donated to the three orphanages in Chengdu. I've already done it. Take a look," Zhao Lunze said.
He had mentioned this to Yuan Zhou before. It wasn't Yuan Zhou who suggested it, but he himself. He would keep fifty percent to maintain the daily operation of the museum and donate the rest. He wasn't short of money anyway.
At that time, Yuan Zhou didn't say anything, but Zhao Lunze felt that since he was Yuan Zhou's sculpture for the exhibition, Yuan Zhou had the right to know about it.
Yuan Zhou's hand paused for a moment, but he still took it and looked at it carefully.
Zhao Lunze was very meticulous. The places he donated were all places that he had inspected before. Every sum of money was clearly written in Qingqing. It should have been done by a professional. At least, a layman like Yuan Zhou could understand it. Of course, this was also because Yuan Zhou had seen such contracts many times and knew how to grasp the key points.
"Thank you," Yuan Zhou said.
"Boss Yuan, don't be so polite. Just give me today's Fairy Riding the Crane." Zhao Lunze waved his hand.
"No problem. Just take it." Yuan Zhou didn't care about what he carved.
It was carved from ordinary mahogany, which was not worth much compared to the system. A hundred-year-old mahogany was not cheap either.
Zhao Lunze didn't see it. He was more familiar with carvings, porcelain, jade, and the like, but not with wood.
Although he could see it was mahogany, he didn't know the year. He saw that Yuan Zhou used it casually, so he thought it was cheap. In the end, he was so shocked that he almost cried.
Just as Zheng Xian said, it was really unintentional that Yuan Zhou carved the fairy into Yin Ya. After it was dug out, Yuan Zhou came to his senses. Then, Yin Ya became famous again, but this was a matter of a few months later.
"Let's go." Zheng Xian was about to leave after the carving.
The two of them made an appointment to get a tattoo. She didn't want to do it. She mainly wanted to accompany Zheng Xian, and then she would go to watch the fun.
When it was time to prepare the ingredients for dinner, Zhao Lunze packed up his things and didn't stay for long. He didn't even eat dinner. He just wanted to take the valuable wood carving back and keep it for a longer time.
Yuan Zhou purposely finished work early to prepare the ingredients for the rice buns that Jiang Nuan ordered today. Nowadays, most of the steamed buns were fermented with old flour, yeast, or baking soda, but rice buns were different. They fermented the rice flour using the yeast produced during the fermentation process of rice wine or sweet wine. Therefore, it was considered a natural and green food.
Nowadays, many people directly fermented it with yeast. Yuan Zhou used the traditional ancient method, which was quite troublesome to prepare. This was also the reason why Yuan Zhou said it would take a week.
The first thing to do was to make the rice wine. Moreover, it was not the rice wine that had already been made, but the freshly made rice wine. This way, the taste of the steamed buns would be better, and the sour taste would be the most authentic.
"Pitter patter patter"
The first thing Yuan Zhou did was to wash the rice. Then, he prepared the ingredients needed to make the wine.
"I can make a little more. It's not bad to make some fermented rice glutinous rice balls for breakfast in the morning." Yuan Zhou grabbed a little more rice.
The preparation was done very quickly. After Yuan Zhou was done, he started to prepare dinner. Today, someone ordered the roast goose. Yuan Zhou planned to prepare it in advance, so he worked very quickly.
Very soon, it was time for dinner.
There were many people at dinner time, and there was an endless stream of people. Yuan Zhou cooked seriously as usual.
Lei Ti and Guo Penghao arrived at The Kitchen God in the morning the next day.
They should have arrived the day before, but something came up on Guo Penghao's side and needed to be dealt with before they could set off.
When they arrived, Yuan Zhou was busy moving things out.
"Boss Yuan, I need to bother you with something. Do you have time?" Lei Ti stepped forward and asked.
Lei Ti always brought some strange ingredients to Yuan Zhou whenever he came back. Yuan Zhou had a good impression of him. The coriander from Dalong Mountain was still vivid in his mind.
"What is it? Let's talk inside," Yuan Zhou said and led the way into the restaurant.
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