Cultivation Shura Field

She turned on the old CRT TV and watched it for a while, then turned it off without interest, went back to her small bedroom, picked up her cell phone, and then she saw the text message from Xu Zhe.

[Feifei insisted on going with me today. I found an excuse to go to the office so I could delay it. If I keep delaying like this, I won't be able to go to your place. Otherwise, should I just tell her the truth?]

What truth to tell?

Should I tell Feifei that I just made an agreement with her last night and started doing something small today?

Song Xingye replied without hesitation: [You can’t tell her! ]

Then, the other party did not respond for a long time.

The girl sat down on the bed, feeling uneasy. While waiting for a reply, she was thinking seriously about what kind of excuse she could give Xu Zhe to send Feifei away...

After thinking for a while, she suddenly had an idea.

At this time, Xu Zhe's reply came: [Feifei and I are in the office. I am introducing the game production process to her. If you don't have any solution, I won't be able to come over at noon.]

Song Xingye stared at the small screen of his mobile phone and replied with a smile: [I have a way, just wait and see.]

After sending it, she dialed Tang Lingfei's number.

The call was connected within a few seconds.

Song Xingye said: "Fei Fei, I have something I want to ask you."

Tang Lingfei on the other end of the phone didn't realize anything was wrong, and her voice was still smiling: "What's the matter? Tell me."

Song Xingye: "Do you remember the game console you told me about so many times? The one Xu Zhe had, you said he didn't play it much himself, and basically gave it to you."

Tang Lingfei: "That PSP, yes."

Song Xingye: "I saw a video introducing it when I was surfing the Internet just now, and then I became curious. Can you give it to me to try out during the afternoon tutoring session?"

Tang Lingfei: "Of course no problem!"

Song Xingye: "Are you at home now? Is it convenient for Fang to go to Xu Zhe's house to get the game console?"

"Uh..." When it came to this, the best friend on the other end of the phone suddenly got stuck.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Tang Lingfei said, "Xu Zhe seems to be in his office. I'm at home, I wonder if there's anyone there."

Song Xingye narrowed his eyes.

Sure enough, Feifei refused to tell the truth, she was actually feeling guilty!

Song Xingye: "Then let me call and ask Xu Zhe."

Tang Lingfei was obviously panicking. She spoke quickly, but her words were hesitant: "No, no, don't worry... I... uh, I seem to remember where I put the PSP. I'll go back... uh, I'll go to his house and take it out. The uncle and aunt are all very familiar with me. As long as they are at home... So, even if Xu Zhe is not at home, I can borrow it."

Song Xingye chuckled and said, "Then I'll leave it to you?"

Tang Lingfei: "Okay!"

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"No way, I have to go back."

Tang Lingfei said so in the office.

Xu Zhe finally realized something: "The call just now was from Xiao Ye looking for you, right? You seemed a little panicked."

Tang Lingfei stiffened her neck and sneered: "Huh, who's panicking?"

Xu Zhe looked at her but didn't say anything else. Because Tang Lingfei only said a few words when she answered the phone, then ran out of the office and closed the door, so he couldn't hear what she said. Therefore, Xu Zhe only knew that the topic seemed to be related to PSP.

Tang Lingfei added: "Then you can work slowly alone, I'm going back."

Xu Zhe asked playfully, "You're not going to have lunch with me?"

Tang Lingfei pouted: "It's not you who made it, how can it be delicious? Call me next time you cook!"

Xu Zhe: "..."

He was getting more and more curious. What did Song Xingye say on the phone just now? Why was the effect so immediate that he could drive Tang Lingfei back home?

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There are still three updates today, just a little later.

I went to a friend's wedding during the day, and the venue was a bit far away...

150. Chapter 150 149 Two small dark clouds floating in the sunny sky

150.

2023-09-17

When Xu Zhe arrived at Song Xingye's house, he found that the girl had already prepared all the ingredients.

Tomatoes, eggs, pork, peppers, lotus root... and of course the indispensable seasonings such as onion, ginger and garlic. They were taken out of the plastic bags one by one. The vegetarian dishes were all placed in a basin and soaked in clean water.

"My mother said that only by soaking for a longer time and washing several times can the residual pesticides on the vegetables be washed away."

As Song Xingye said this, he saw Xu Zhe rolled up his sleeves and started working.

The girl stood beside him obediently.

Xu Zhe picked up the piece of meat first and asked, "How do you want to eat it?"

Song Xingye was more cautious: "Let's start with the simple methods."

"Okay, let's make some stir-fried pork with chili peppers. It's very simple. The meat needs to be sliced, and not too thick. Actually, my knife skills are not very good, so to make it easier to cut the meat, you can put it in the refrigerator for a while and freeze it until it's hard before cutting. When I cook, I usually think about how to cook meat dishes first, because for many methods, the meat needs to be processed in advance. For example, soaking, marinating, etc."

As he said that, Xu Zhe put the piece of meat into the refrigerator to freeze.

Then he explained, "Generally, there are two ways of cooking meat, either a long time or a short time. The long time means stewing or roasting meat, which often takes more than an hour, or even two or three hours. I don't have a pressure cooker at home, and I see you don't have one either, so if you want it to taste good and be chewy, the heat must be right. The other way of thinking is a short time, which is to slice, shred, or chop the meat into minced meat, and stir-fry it quickly over high heat..."

"Wait a minute!"

As Song Xingye listened, he realized that he had forgotten one part of his preparations today.

So she hurried out to find a blank notebook and pen, then returned to the kitchen and began taking notes seriously.

Xu Zhe couldn't help but laugh: "You learn cooking just like attending class, you are indeed a top student."

Song Xingye said seriously: "Because there are a lot of knowledge points, so I think I should write them down."

Xu Zhe: "Okay, let me continue...where were we at?"

Song Xingye raised his hand as if he was in class, and then he spoke: "Two ways of thinking about cooking meat!"

Xu Zhe: "Oh, actually this is just my own experience. If you want the meat to be tender, you need to marinate it in advance. Usually salt, white pepper, onion and ginger water are added to marinate the meat to give it a base flavor, remove the fishy smell, and make the taste tender. Then add some starch and some oil. Some people will add MSG, or they can also make some egg white, but since you are a beginner, I will try to simplify the steps as much as possible for you."

The girl's pen moved quickly, and the sound of "swish swish" could be heard continuously.

Xu Zhe: "Of course you don't need to marinate the meat, you can just stir-fry it. My personal favorite, stir-fried beef shreds, is like this. It doesn't pursue tenderness, but instead a burnt and fragrant taste... Well, I've gone off topic, let's get back to the stir-fried pork with chili peppers. By the way, it seems that you can handle spicy food, right?"

Song Xingye nodded, but hesitated for a few seconds, and made a 'a little bit' gesture with the pen: "Don't eat too spicy food."

"This green pepper is not very spicy. Anyway, it doesn't seem to make much sense for me to talk about this now, so let's talk while we cook. In addition to the fried pork with peppers, we will make two more dishes today, one is stir-fried lotus root and the other is fried eggs with tomatoes. They are all stir-fried dishes, and it's quick to cook this way."

Xu Zhe looked at the main ingredients in the kitchen and quickly decided on three dishes for lunch.

Song Xingye nodded again: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Xu Zhe fished Lian Bai out of the water and handed it over: "Tear it up."

Song Xingye tilted his head: "Tear?"

Xu Zhe: "Some vegetables don't need to be cut, it's better to tear them by hand. It doesn't require much skill, just make sure each piece is about the same size."

Song Xingye looked at the scroll of Lotus White, then looked at the pen and notebook in his hand, and said weakly: "I can't take notes like this..."

Xu Zhe smiled and said, "Learning is not just about the way it is taught in school. Learning through practice is sometimes more effective."

Hearing him say this, the girl suddenly became curious: "Besides cooking, what else have you learned in practice?"

Xu Zhe: "Write code. Just reading books is not efficient for programming. It is better to practice with problems and try to solve them. Then you will know how to improve."

So Song Xingye put down the notebook and pen, picked up the lotus leaf, and began to tear the vegetables on an empty plate. He put the torn vegetables one by one into the plate.

Xu Zhe noticed that her movements were still rigorous and serious, like a good student. Even the vegetables she tore off were neatly shaped into squares. Of course, she couldn't cut them quickly.

Xu Zhe said helplessly: "You don't need to use a knife, you can tear it with your hands because you need irregular shapes. You tear it so regularly, there's no point..."

Song Xingye suddenly became a little nervous: "Do you need an irregular shape?"

"Yes."

Before Xu Zhe finished speaking, he saw that the girl's tearing method had indeed changed. She became more intentional about irregularity, and each piece she tore off was like a puzzle piece. She became more serious every time she tore it.

Xu Zhe sighed: "Are you so serious about everything you do?"

Song Xingye stopped what he was doing and looked up at him: "Ah?"

Xu Zhe: "I mean, you work very hard. But apart from studying, it would be very tiring to be so serious about other things."

Song Xingye smiled and said, "Shouldn't we be serious about learning to cook? I don't have any basics at all."

Xu Zhe changed the subject: "Actually, I'm not talking about cooking, I'm talking about something else. For example, how do you control classmate Tang Lingfei?"

The girl's smile froze, and she asked subconsciously, "What do you want to control?"

Xu Zhe: "Fei Fei was determined to follow me today, but after receiving your call, she obediently went home."

Song Xingye thought about it for a moment, then said, "Because I told her that I was curious about your PSP, and she said she could lend it to me to play with."

Xu Zhe: “Is it that simple?”

Song Xingye: "It's that simple."

The girl's smile returned to normal. However, from those two sweet dimples, Xu Zhe seemed to see two small dark clouds in the sunny day.

He felt that it shouldn't be that simple. Even if it was because of the PSP, there must be other reasons why Tang Lingfei was in a hurry to go back. But Xu Zhe found that he knew too little and there were too many missing links in the logical chain, so it was impossible to find the right idea.

But after all, it's just a little secret between two girls, right?

Xu Zhe did not dwell on this question any more, but returned to the topic of the kitchen: "You continue to tear the tomatoes, I will show you how to cut the tomatoes. First of all, the principle of holding the knife, this must be steady..."

Song Xingye nodded repeatedly while tearing the paper, still listening very seriously.

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Tang Lingfei returned to Xu Zhe's home.

After knocking on the security door, I saw Aunt Zeng Jing standing at the door, wondering, "Why are you back? Isn't Xu Zhe with you?"

Tang Lingfei suddenly felt a little heavy. She used to say whatever she wanted to say, but today, because she had concealed the fact that she had gone out with Xu Zhe from Song Xingye, she found that she had to tell lies one after another to cover it up. She was not used to this kind of thing at all.

But since she was already standing here, Tang Lingfei still said, "I want to borrow Xu Zhe's PSP, is that okay?"

Zeng Jing smiled and said, "Of course you can. He has already told you that you can play with that thing as you like. He has no objection to keeping it in your house."

Tang Lingfei: "Does he have any objections?"

Zeng Jing: "He said it himself, there is nothing wrong with it."

Hearing this, Tang Lingfei suddenly felt happy. Xu Zhe was willing to let her take the PSP game, which was so important, unconditionally. Who else could compare to such a close relationship?

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151. Chapter 151 150 The Distant Senior

151.

2023-09-17

Xu Zhe discovered that Song Xingye really knew nothing about kitchen matters.

Forget about how to cook meat, he even had to teach how much water to add when cooking rice. And he already knew this when he was in elementary school - the reason why he learned it so early was due to the laziness of some parents.

But before the family misfortune this year, Song Xingye didn't need to learn these things. Her mother's business had long been on the right track. As long as she didn't pursue profits, there was no need to stay in the store all the time. It was enough to hire someone to watch over it. Her father didn't work overtime very often, so he had time to cook, although his cooking was not very delicious. If the family needed to improve their meals, they would often go out to eat.

But it's different now.

Song Xingye studied seriously. This was not entirely for the opportunity to get along with Xu Zhe, but because she understood that she really needed to take care of herself in the future. In order to pay off the debt, her parents would be very busy.

[30% oil temperature is about 300 degrees, % is degrees, this is an estimate, many oils cannot reach such a high temperature. Commonly used oil temperatures range from % to %...]

[High temperature will bring out the flavors of onions, ginger, garlic, peppercorns and other spices. But if the temperature is too high or the heating time is too long, they will become mushy...]