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Chapter 274 The Way of Cooking is the Way of the Heart: Fang Yu's Instant Noodle Strategy

The snow in the iron pot melted faster and faster when heated by the strong fire.

At first, there was only a shallow pool of water at the bottom of the pot.

As everyone added snow to the bowls one after another, the water level finally rose slowly.

"Glug glug—"

The water began to churn.

White water vapor rises in the cold air, forming a thick white fog.

Everyone instinctively moved closer, savoring the hard-won warmth.

"The water's boiling! The water's finally boiling!"

Ju Jingyi was so excited that she stomped her feet on the spot.

She held a paper bowl, her face beaming with the satisfaction of a working person who had just achieved their KPI.

She owns a share in this pot of water!

Fang Yu squatted by the stove, picked up a dry twig, casually poked at the firewood, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, that's about enough water."

He brushed the sawdust off his hands, stood up, and his expression suddenly became mysterious.

"Everyone, we have water."

"Next, it's time for our 'wild Michelin' main course to make its dazzling appearance."

These words instantly invigorated the entire audience.

coming.

finally come!

Braving the cold wind, everyone worked for a full half hour.

They were either bending over and digging in the snow, or anxiously waiting for the water to boil.

Isn't this the moment we've been waiting for?

Everyone started wildly speculating.

They wondered what kind of high-grade ingredients Fang Yu would pull out.

The viewers in the live stream had their expectations raised to the max.

[Here it comes! The main feature begins!]

I bet a bag of spicy strips that this kid's got some serious stuff in store!

[Quickly, bring out the main dish!]

As everyone expected.

Fang Yu bent down and put half of his body into the snakeskin sack printed with the word "urea".

After a thorough search.

He slowly straightened up, holding a large bag of bright red items high in his hand.

The air suddenly froze in that instant.

The moment everyone saw what it was, their minds went blank.

Instant noodles.

That's right, it's the kind of instant noodles that's most common on supermarket shelves, with "More for the Same Price - Family Pack" printed on it.

Classic flavor, packaged braised beef noodles.

He couldn't even bear to buy a single bucket of bottled water.

The scene was eerily quiet.

Only the boiling water in the big iron pot continued its carefree "bubbling" sound.

Ju Jingyi's smile froze completely at the corner of her mouth.

Chen Daoming and Zhang Manyu also looked astonished.

Hua Yu was completely dumbfounded and almost couldn't help but swear.

He looked at the instant noodles in Fang Yu's hand and recalled the imposing "wild Michelin" he had just heard, which sounded like the God of Cookery had descended.

An indescribable sense of frustration surged straight to the top of my head!

So all that was I doing was enduring humiliation, carrying a broken paper bowl and scrambling through the snow like a grandson.

I was so cold and tired that even my idol image was about to crack from the cold.

Finally, all for a 2.5 yuan pack of braised beef noodles?!

I'm Chovy! Get the stuff right here!

The live stream chat exploded instantly.

【? ? ? ? ? ? 】

I'm devastated! I waited forever, and all you showed me was instant noodles?!

[Holy crap, Fang Yu, you're really daring! You raised everyone's expectations to the peak of Mount Everest, and then kicked them all into the Mariana Trench!]

Look at Hua Yu's expression! It looks like he's about to transform into a werewolf and duel Fang Yu!

Fang Yu: A duel? Sure! I'll take on ten!

Liu Yifei was the only one who wasn't a surprise.

Because she had seen Fang Yu stuff that large bag of instant noodles into a burlap sack before she left home that morning.

But seeing the expressions on other people's faces, from anticipation to utter discomposure, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

However, he was met with the menacing stares of everyone.

Fang Yu didn't offer any explanation, nor did he rush to throw the dough into the pan.

He calmly took out a clean paper bowl.

Put the frozen wood ear mushrooms that I just knocked off the old pine tree into the pot, scooped some boiling water from the pot, and simply scalded and soaked them.

A miracle happened.

The wood ear mushrooms, which originally looked like dried-up little coal ash, began to slowly unfurl at a speed visible to the naked eye when they came into contact with boiling water.

After soaking, the wood ear mushrooms become extremely thick and plump, with a glossy black color and slightly curled edges.

You can feel its crispness just by looking at it.

Just moments ago, Ju Jingyi had a resentful look on her face, as if she had been "deceived by a scumbag."

Staring at that bowl of wood ear mushrooms, my eyes involuntarily brightened.

"Why?"

"This...it looks really nice after it's steeped, and it even has a fresh, woody scent."

Chen Daoming was also drawn over, and after a closer look, he nodded approvingly:

"These wood ear mushrooms are quite good."

"Thick flesh, perfect color."

"Once you put it in the soup, the taste will be absolutely amazing."

A subtle crack began to appear in everyone's psychological defenses.

Fang Yu took out the soaked frozen wood ear mushrooms and casually pulled out the wood-chopping knife from his waist.

With a flick of the wrist, the back of the knife gently pressed down on the wood ear mushroom, and with a few muffled "thump thump thump" sounds, it sliced it into evenly sized strips.

Then he took out a few more things from the sack.

A bag of free-range eggs that I boiled at home this morning.

A whole section of red sausage, glistening with an enticing sheen of oil.

A small packet of dried seaweed.

There were also a few scallions wrapped in a plastic bag.

These were all freeze-resistant dry rations that Comrade Zhao Guifang specially packed before her departure so that "her future daughter-in-law wouldn't go hungry."

When the ingredients were laid out one by one on the canvas, everyone's expressions changed completely.

Especially when Fang Yu cut off the thawed sausage.

The red and white stripes of the meat, with its firm texture, were exposed to the extremely cold air, instantly releasing a unique smoky aroma.

In this deep mountain forest, the destructive power of this scene is comparable to a nuclear explosion!

"Gulp."

In the silence, someone swallowed hard.

Ju Jingyi's eyes were completely glued to that piece of red sausage, and she couldn't tear them away. Her voice was filled with a pitiful, coquettish tone:

"Brother Yu, how could you be like this! You should have told me earlier that there were also big red sausages and these side dishes!"

Fang Yu slowly sliced the sausage, without even lifting his eyelids.

"Teacher Xiao Ju, if I had told you earlier, would it still be considered a surprise?"

He stopped slashing and glanced at the crowd who were already swallowing hard.

"Think about it."

"If I had started from the beginning, I would have laid out all the good stuff like red sausage, free-range eggs, and frozen wood ear mushrooms in front of you."

Finally, he pulled out a few packets of instant noodles from the bag...

At this point, Fang Yu suddenly adopted a high-pitched voice, mimicking Ju Jingyi's tone perfectly:

"Wow, so much good stuff, how am I going to eat it with instant noodles?"

"Isn't this a waste of ingredients?"

Ju Jingyi blushed slightly: "..."

Will I really end up like this?

I don't think so!

Fang Yu then lifted the instant noodles up and waved them in the air.

"But I'll take the instant noodles first, and disappoint you all first."

"Then, I added ingredients little by little."

"Put in some frozen wood ear mushrooms, slice some red sausage, peel some eggs, and sprinkle some scallions."

"You'll think—"