Chen Xuan finished preparing the ingredients, carrying two plates over and setting them aside.
"Uncle Li, do you need anything else?"
"Uh... no, this is fine," Li Aimin replied, curious. "Chen, have you ever worked as a chef?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone waited eagerly for Chen Xuan's response. They all wanted to know whether she had any experience as a chef.
Chen Xuan shook her head. "No, I've never worked as a chef. But I like cooking at home, just experimenting on my own."
"Self-taught? Your aptitude is really impressive. You're so young, and your knife skills are this good."
Li Aimin said, "Just watch for now. I'll cook, and you can learn as you go."
He guessed that Chen Xuan wouldn't be too bad at cooking, but cooking at home and cooking in a restaurant were two different things. The restaurant's pots were huge and heavy, and most people couldn't even use them properly.
The water in the pot boiled, and the pork belly for stewing began to form a layer of white foam.
Li Aimin scooped it up, rinsed it in cold water, and started slicing...
After all, he owned a restaurant. While his cooking might not be as refined as the chefs at large restaurants, his basic skills were certainly on point. Plus, small restaurants didn't necessarily mean bad food—many small eateries served food that tasted even better than some five-star hotels. If there was one thing lacking, it might be the quality of the ingredients.
Li Aimin was cooking, and Chen Xuan was watching.
From time to time, she glanced at her reputation points.
In just that short period, her reputation had risen from 7000 to 30,000!
At this rate, she felt like it might reach 100,000 by the end of the day.
She couldn't help but covet the knife skills and recipes available in the [Chef Purchase Channel].
Soon, the dishes were ready, and Chen Xuan took them to serve.
When she returned, she brought two more orders. "Uncle Li, two more tables of customers."
"What dishes?"
"Green pepper potato strips, braised dried tofu, Kung Pao chicken, stir-fried pork..."
"Can you handle the ingredients on your own?"
"No problem."
"Okay, then you can handle the ingredients."
Originally, the restaurant had an apprentice, but he had quit last week. Li Aimin had planned to hire another one, but just when the opportunity came, the production team approached, so he didn't bother looking for one. Therefore, for the past few days, it had been just him, handling the ingredients and cooking.
It was a bit busy, but manageable.
He had thought that Chen Xuan would take at least ten days or half a month to barely get the hang of cutting vegetables, but to his surprise, she picked it up so quickly, which gave him a pleasant surprise.
Next, Chen Xuan started preparing the ingredients.
She washed the vegetables, cutting them into strips or slices. Some dishes didn't need to be chopped at all.
By noon, the restaurant had seven tables of customers, which was a decent amount of business.
Chen Xuan hardly stopped for a moment, either chopping or preparing ingredients.
The potato strips were the most frequently ordered dish, with five out of the seven tables ordering them.
"Sis Chen is so steady, not flustered at all."
"She's really steady, so organized despite preparing so many dishes."
"You can't even tell this is her first time working as an apprentice."
"Sis Chen looks so pretty when she's focused. I'm totally mesmerized by her looks."
The production team was also paying the most attention to Chen Xuan, and they spent most of their time following her.
And the attention she received early on had its obvious advantages.
Chen Xuan's reputation value kept soaring, never stopping.
By 11:30 a.m., her reputation value had surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time!
Her reputation was increasing even faster than she had expected!
"100,000!"
Looking at her reputation value, Chen Xuan didn't hesitate and purchased the knife skills.
Originally priced at 1,000,000 reputation points, with a one-time discount experience card, the knife skill only cost her 100,000!
"Congratulations, host, you have acquired [God-Level Knife Skills]."
[God-Level Knife Skills]: Masterful and flawless, the knife moves like a shadow. No matter the dish, it can be handled with ease!
Her cooking skills were just beginning to take shape, and she had the corresponding knife skills to match. But it was only the beginning.
Many dishes had extremely high demands on knife skills.
For example, the famous Huaiyang dish "Wensi Tofu" required almost obsessive knife skills!
To prepare one block of tofu, you needed to slice it into 15,000 threads, with a breakage rate of no more than 10% for the dish to be considered successful.
If it had been the old Chen Xuan, she could have cut it, but it would require a lot of care.
Now, with the God-Level Knife Skills, she could easily achieve the perfect cut of Wensi tofu.
"Old Li, 30 orders of green pepper potato rice, 10 orders of tomato beef rice!" Zhang Cuilan shouted from the kitchen door.
"Got it!" Li Aimin, who was smoking by the back door, heard her call. He took a deep drag, tossed the cigarette on the ground, and stomped it out. After washing his hands, he looked up and said, "Chen, cut the potatoes. I'll prepare the tomato beef."
"Okay!"
Chen Xuan replied, just as she had acquired the God-Level Knife Skills and was eager to give it a try.
She walked over, grabbed a potato. The potatoes weren't too big, each one could serve about two orders.
After washing and peeling it, she placed them in a basket beside the chopping board.
She casually grabbed a potato and started slicing.
"Sis Chen is really going all in with these potatoes!"
"This place even serves rice bowls like that?"
"Small restaurants do that. Otherwise, with only a few tables a day, they can't make much money."
"Wow, Sis Chen's knife skills... why does it look even faster now?"
Suddenly, someone exclaimed.
The potato hadn't even fully settled on the board yet, and Chen Xuan's knife was already coming down.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Her left hand pressed the potato down while her right hand held the knife. A series of flashes from the knife continuously flickered.
The knife formed a string of shining lights, almost like a shadow blending together, and the onlookers couldn't even see the gaps between her knife movements.
At that moment, Chen Xuan's focus was entirely on the potato.
A single potato, from slicing to shredding, then scooping it up and placing it in a plate, was done in just thirty seconds.
The speed was jaw-dropping.
Especially the potato strips—each one was identical in size, like a work of art, perfect in every way.
The production team members were also wide-eyed at this spectacle.
To them, the knife in Chen Xuan's hand looked like a machine. Once a whole potato landed on the chopping board, in the blink of an eye, it turned into a pile of perfect potato strips.
The speed was simply unbelievable.
"So... so fast," Lin Fei swallowed nervously, her mouth slightly open.
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