Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 719 - 364: Xu Nuo (Part 3)

Qin Huai: ...

Bro, is this how you catch crabs? Just tossing the bamboo basket into the water without bait or anything, is this reasonable?

Half an hour later, Shi Dadan used practical action to prove to Qin Huai that it is indeed reasonable.

After a short nap, Shi Dadan stretched comfortably and leisurely got off the truck to head toward the creek. Qin Huai had been too impatient to wait, rushed ahead with a quick stride, and was stunned by what he saw.

The two bamboo baskets that were empty half an hour ago were now crammed full of fish, shrimp, and crabs.

Qin Huai: ???

Damn, suddenly I have a strong urge to go sea fishing with Shi Dadan. Qin Huai suddenly understood why Shi Dadan loved sea fishing so much, going out to sea every so often.

If he were Shi Dadan, he would also find it hard not to love sea fishing. What a divine experience, a darling of nature.

Shi Dadan habitually retrieved the two bamboo baskets and began picking through them.

No fish, no shrimp, no crabs if they’re too small, and no crabs that don’t look plump and juicy. Even while he was retrieving the bamboo basket, the fish, shrimp, and crabs inside did not try to escape, allowing him to choose at will, behaving so tamely it was unbelievable.

At this moment, Qin Huai finally understood why Shi Dadan said to Xu Nuo yesterday that his predecessor had told him that there’s only one chance to cross the tribulation, so they should cherish the opportunity to eat well in the human world.

According to the Emotional Path and Emotionless Path ideology summarized by Chen Huihong, an auspicious beast like Dang Kang, who is relatively not very intelligent and doesn’t like to think, is obviously very suitable to choose the Emotionless Path.

As long as you do not get involved in the world, everything is easier. I never wanted to be human, nor did I integrate into human society, making my tribulation naturally easy.

For many ordinary and weak spirits, the most pressing survival issue is not a problem for Dang Kang. With such a buff in place, there is fundamentally no possibility of starving to death. As long as you are content and not picky about food, diving deep into the forests, living for ten or twenty years and crossing tribulation is extremely easy.

Following such tribulation logic, Shi Dadan’s tribulation is indeed considered difficult.

He could have followed in his predecessors’ footsteps along the Emotionless Path, walking through the human world just muddled like most Plant Spirits, smoothly crossing the tribulation successfully. But he was both lucky and unlucky to meet Xu Nuo, also a spirit, who brought him into human society, but not fully immersed.

Luo Jun was indeed correct; the difficulty of a spirit’s tribulation is relative. Shi Dadan’s tribulation doesn’t seem very difficult, but for Dang Kang, this difficulty is already quite high.

Shi Dadan picked and chose, finally selecting more than half a basket of plump crabs, placed the basket on the truck, and headed back.

After returning to the convoy, Shi Dadan uncharacteristically did something slightly dishonest, using the excuse that the meat joint factory needed him to sign a receipt early, then openly ran off to Xu Nuo’s house with the bamboo basket.

Sprinted all the way, like a wild boar charging.

When he arrived downstairs at Xu Nuo’s house, he was seen by a few old grannies washing clothes and chatting, who weren’t surprised at all, subtly indicating to each other with eye contact, then commented: 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"There, Xu Nuo conned the fool into bringing stuff again."

Qin Huai: ...

Alright then, Xu Nuo’s reputation is indeed unfairly damaged in a way.

When Shi Dadan got to Xu Nuo’s house, Xu Nuo was kneading dough. Seeing Shi Dadan, he asked, "Off work so early today?"

Shi Dadan chuckled, "Found an excuse to slip away, Brother Liu didn’t notice."

Qin Huai: ... Brother Liu noticed; he just couldn’t be bothered to expose it.

Xu Nuo didn’t say anything, just pointed to the kitchen, "Perfect timing, I chopped the meat once, you help me chop it again. Just chop it casually, with force, the finer the better."

Regarding chopping meat, sometimes force could indeed bring miraculous results.

Shi Dadan nodded to show that he understood, walked into the kitchen, and started chopping meat vigorously, making the chopping board thud loudly. Qin Huai feared Shi Dadan might end up breaking Xu Nuo’s chopping board today.

With such strength, it’s a pity not to make hand-beaten beef balls.

Qin Huai didn’t go into the kitchen, staying in the living room watching Xu Nuo knead dough.

Frankly speaking, Xu Nuo’s kneading skills are quite good. Qin Huai even thought Xu Nuo’s kneading skills might be slightly better than his own, a standard, mature pastry chef with many years of rich experience.

His kneading movements were very elegant.

Qin Huai became somewhat engrossed watching from the side, even kind of wanting to learn. As he watched Xu Nuo knead dough, his own hands started moving subconsciously.

Frankly speaking, Xu Nuo is not the highest-level snack master that Qin Huai has seen in memory. Whether it’s Master Jing or Jiang Chengde, their skills are much better than Xu Nuo. But Xu Nuo might be the snack master whose skills most closely match Qin Huai’s and slightly surpass him. Qin Huai can fully understand Xu Nuo’s steps and thought process, which is why he watches so seriously and intently.

"Xu Nuo, do you really want to work as a chef in a State-owned Restaurant?" Shi Dadan probably found chopping meat too boring, so he started chatting.

"Want to, more or less," Xu Nuo replied, "It’s actually just an excuse. Mainly, I don’t want to listen to my dad and continue studying for university, nor work in the textile factory."

"If I work as a chef in a State-owned Restaurant, I can practice making snacks and dishes often, solidifying my skills. Nowadays, in the human world, learning a craft is important. Just like you learning to drive, and me making snacks, having a skill means you won’t starve."

"Then what do you want to do? Do business or open a restaurant? I heard some people are secretly opening restaurants now. Why don’t you secretly open one too?"

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