Chapter 650 Show Off Your Skills

After the ingredients were prepared, Chef Huang Lei started to cook, while others helped him on the side, and the whole [Mushroom House] became busy.

Since he showed off his cooking skills in [Where Are We Going, Dad], Huang Lei has established a personality that can cook and cook delicious food.

Later, through various programs, he continued to reinforce this concept to the audience, and the name "Huang Xiaochu" gradually became popular.

Huang Lei attracted a lot of fans with this personality, and filmed a TV series [Midnight Diner] with a chef as the protagonist.

He even established a company and brand in the name of "Huang Xiaochu", published a book [Huang Xiaochu's Beautiful Daily Life], and co-produced [Huang Xiaochu's Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter], a weekly online food + lifestyle talk show with Tengxun Video.

It can be said that the personality of "Huang Xiaochu" has been used to the extreme.

Huang Lei is a successful businessman who is good at grasping some of his own popular points to create a personality and then carry out commercial transformation.

But the character is just a character after all. His cooking skills can only be said to be that of an ordinary housewife. He is not as good as he is in the show. He is good at some home-cooked dishes, but that's all.

Huang Lei's good friend Xu Zheng once said in an interview: "In fact, Huang Lei's cooking is not as good as you say. He has his own ideas when cooking home-cooked dishes, but many of his dishes are not up to standard."

He can establish this character because there are very few celebrities in the entertainment industry who can cook. More than 90% of people can cook. In addition, everyone gives him face and support, especially He Jiong, a good guy, who always provides him with emotional value. Over time, he himself thinks that he is really a superb cook.

The entertainment industry is full of human relationships. No matter whether Huang Lei's cooking is delicious or not, everyone will praise him when he comes to the show.

[Mushroom House] There are two stoves in total, one in the house and one under the pavilion in the yard.

Huang Lei was dealing with the big fish he had caught, scraping their scales and removing their internal organs, while Teacher He was washing bamboo shoots and other green vegetables on the other side, and the other few people helped to light the fire on the two stoves.

Peng Peng was in charge of the house, Gu Wei was in charge of the yard, and the two girls were more casual. If they wanted to try, they would help, and if they didn't want to move, they could just rest on the side.

Gu Wei first found a large ball of newspaper and stuffed it into the stove, and then took some dry grass and dry branches that were easier to burn and spread it on top.

"Have you ever made a fire before?"

Liu Yifei looked at Gu Wei busying himself and couldn't help but doubt it. In her impression, a young man like Gu Wei would never master this skill.

This kind of rural iron pot stove is not a gas stove in the city. It will catch fire when you turn the switch. Making a fire is actually a technical job. It is really not easy for inexperienced people to light it, and it is possible to get yourself covered in dirt.

"You underestimated me, fishing depends too much on luck and cannot reflect my strength. Making a fire is such a simple thing, I can do it easily."

There was a pile of chopped firewood in front of Gu Wei. He took a few and put them on the top of the stove, then found a fan and prepared to use it later.

"I hope you are not bragging," Liu Yifei muttered softly.

After putting everything in the stove, Gu Wei took a lighter and ignited the newspaper at the bottom.

Paper is obviously very flammable and burned quickly. Then the flames burned the dry grass and branches above. The fire in the stove under the stove was dazzling, and a stream of hot air came out and fell on Gu Wei and Liu Yifei behind him.

"It's burning, so it should be okay, right?" Liu Yifei stared at the stove, a little unsure.

"It's still early. We have to ignite the wood blocks on top. The newspapers and dry branches will burn out soon."

Gu Wei said, picking up a few long pieces of firewood from the ground and putting them in.

Then he gently waved the fan in his hand at a constant speed to keep the flame in the stove at a stable burning speed.

"Would it be better to fan harder? What effect does it have if you do it so slowly?"

"Don't be in a hurry to light a fire. You have to take your time. If the wind is too strong, the flame will not burn fully and there will be a lot of smoke."

Gu Wei's movements were leisurely, highlighting his leisurely pace.

Facts have proved that what he said is indeed reasonable. The newspaper ignited the dry grass and thin branches, and then slowly ignited the top wood block. The whole process was smooth and silky, without too much smoke.

After the wood block burned, Gu Wei added some firewood to it. In this way, the stove in the yard was officially lit successfully.

"I didn't expect that you are really good at it, and it's not all bragging."

It was rare for Liu Yifei to smile and praise Gu Wei.

"Come on, isn't it just that I was a little bit lame at fishing just now? When did I brag to you?"

"Judging from your skillful movements, do you have experience before?"

"More or less. When I was a kid, my grandma lived in the countryside and had this kind of big stove.

Children love playing with fire the most. Whenever it's time to cook, I go over to help light the fire."

"No wonder."

Seeing the fire in the stove was quite strong, Gu Wei turned around and looked around.

"What are you looking for?"

"Go to the house and ask Teacher He if there are potatoes or corns. If there are, take some out. They should be raw and whole, no need to wash them."

"What are you going to do?"

"Go ahead, I'll make you something delicious later," Gu Wei urged.

Liu Yifei looked at Gu Wei with suspicion. She probably guessed what he would do. Although she didn't quite believe it, she still got up and went into the house. After a while, she came out with a few potatoes.

"This is all I have. I was planning to make beans and potatoes stewed with pork ribs. I took some out."

Gu Wei took it.

“Less, but it’s okay”

He looked at the fire in the stove, filled a few more firewood in, then got up, found a broken basin, and dug some soil at the edge of the yard.

Then I poured some water into the basin and mixed it into mud.

"How old are you to play in the mud?" Liu Yifei blinked at Gu Wei's operation.

"What are you talking about playing in the mud? Have you ever heard of a beggar chicken? I am a beggar potato. Just hold it up."

Gu Wei said and spread the mixed mud evenly on several potatoes to wrap them.

Then he found a long-handled fire tongs, put the potatoes turned into mud eggs one by one into the fire of the stove, and filled some firewood to ensure that the flame inside was strong.

"alright."

"Are you sure this will taste good?"

"You'll find out soon."

The two were chatting, and Zhang Zifeng came out of the room.

"Brother Wei, have you made a fire here?"

"Easy to do~

Aren't you in the house with Peng Peng? "

"I don't know how to do it either. I just watch him make fire from the side. I feel that he is quite skilled."

"Peng Peng has recorded so many episodes, so he has experience." Gu Wei was not surprised at all.

"Teacher Huang has already started cooking in the big pot in the house. When I was free, I drew a picture of Peng Peng when he was making a fire." Zhang Zifeng handed the notebook in his hand to Gu Wei and Liu Yifei.

The two of them took it and took a look. It was a pencil sketch. On it was a person squatting and looking numbly in front of him. Overall, he looked like a giant monkey.

Liu Yifei laughed immediately.

"Zi Feng, your painting skills still need to be improved." Gu Wei scratched his head.

"What? I've been learning sketching, and my other drawings are pretty good. Please look through the front." Zhang Zifeng defended.

Gu Wei flipped through a few pages as she asked, and there were indeed other pencil sketches of the same characters, including men, women, and children, and they did look a bit standard.

"Not bad, the painting is very good~" Liu Yifei praised.

"Hehe." Zhang Zifeng was as happy as a child praised by the teacher.

"The previous painting was so good, why did Peng Peng be painted like this?"

"It's not my fault. The main reason is that his temperament while squatting is so outstanding that the painting becomes lifelike without even realizing it."

"Did you show it to Peng Peng?"

"I saw it, that's why I came out~"

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After Zhang Zifeng came out, he sat next to Liu Yifei and chatted with them.

About half an hour later, Gu Wei used pliers to take out a few potatoes from the stove.

"What are you doing with a few rocks?"

The potatoes placed on the ground were now dark, like burned stones. Zhang Zifeng looked at Gu Wei's movements with some confusion.

"Your brother Wei is preparing his own delicious food, and he told me to wait to taste it," Liu Yifei explained with a smile, apparently waiting to see Gu Wei's joke.

"Are these blackened stones delicacies?" Zhang Zifeng had a question mark on his head.

Gu Wei listened to the discussion between the two and didn't explain much.

Roasting over a high fire for more than half an hour makes the mud around the potatoes as hard as stone, which is the same as firing pottery.

And it's very hot, so you can't touch it directly with your hands.

Gu Wei brought some water and poured it directly on some potatoes, causing a burst of white mist to appear.

After the temperature dropped, Gu Wei carefully picked one up.

"Ouch! It's still very hot~"

He shook his left hand and right hand back and forth, and then peeled away the hardened mud on the surface little by little.

Suddenly, the aroma of potatoes came, and the skin faded away along with the outer mud shell, and inside was the ripe potato flesh, steaming hot, golden and attractive.

Gu Wei blew on it and took a bite, and the sweet taste spread from his mouth instantly.

"Yes, it still tastes the same!"

Liu Yifei and Zhang Zifeng looked on, and they could smell the fragrance of potatoes. Zhang Zifeng swallowed a mouthful of saliva in dismay.

They were actually a little hungry.

After arriving at [Mushroom House] in the morning, we settled down and went out to work separately. After coming back, we were waiting for the meal.

With Huang Lei's cooking efficiency, everyone can eat at least until dark, so both of them are empty stomachs now.

"There are two ladies next to you. Isn't it a bit bad for us to watch you eat?" Liu Yifei spoke first.

"Sorry, I haven't done it for a long time. I can't help but try it after I succeed."

As Gu Wei said this, he put aside the potatoes he had taken two bites of, and followed the same pattern and pushed another two aside and handed them to Liu Yifei and Zhang Zifeng respectively.

"Wow! It's so delicious. This is the best baked potato I have ever eaten!" Zhang Zifeng took it and ate it with a satisfied look on his face.

“It’s really good, it’s fragrant and sweet, and there’s a hint of wood smoke, which is very unique.

Didn’t you see that you still have these two moments?”

Liu Yifei looked at Gu Wei with her beautiful eyes and couldn't help but praise him.

"When I was a kid, I would go to the countryside during summer vacation, go up mountains and rivers, catch fish and shrimps, and I got much better at it. It was just a trivial matter.

I haven’t done this for many years, and the taste still tastes a bit nostalgic, the taste of childhood.”

Gu Wei picked up the one he started to peel and continued to eat.

"Not just potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and loaches caught from the river can all be made delicious through local methods."

"Next time you make something else, let me try it." Liu Yifei arranged unceremoniously.

Gu Wei didn't think anything was wrong and waved his hand.

"no problem!"

Zhang Zifeng, who was eating baked potatoes on the side, looked at Gu Wei and then at Liu Yifei, grinning and not knowing what he was thinking.

"Actually, there is something that is particularly delicious when grilled."

"What?" Liu Yifei asked.

"Locusts are also called grasshoppers.

When I was a kid, I would catch them with the children in the village, and then bake them and eat them. The taste was amazing! "

"Huh

I can't enjoy this, eating bugs is a bit disgusting! "

"Grasshoppers are a high-protein, low-calorie food. They are rich in nutrients and delicious. I suggest you try them." Gu Wei smiled and promoted the delicious food in his mouth.

"Forget it, I can't accept it," Liu Yifei firmly refused.

"Where's Zi Feng?"

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Zhang Zifeng's little head was like a rattle.

"Yo! You all ate it!"

While the three of them were chatting, Huang Lei brought out some vegetables and wanted to cook them on the stove outside.

"Brother Wei made the baked potatoes, which are particularly delicious."

Zhang Zifeng stood up and showed the food in his hand to Huang Lei as if offering a treasure.

"It smells so good. It looks good. Leave one for me to try."

After all the dishes were done, the sky turned dark as expected. Everyone gathered at the table under the pavilion in the yard and began to enjoy dinner.

Braised carp, crucian carp soup, fried pork with bamboo shoots, stewed pork ribs with beans and potatoes, and cucumbers. There are not many dishes, but the quantity is quite large.

Everyone gathered together and chatted while eating. One person praised the delicious food, the other said it was delicious, and the main focus was on one's human nature and sophistication.

But having said that, everyone has been hungry for a day and obtained fresh ingredients through their own labor. Even if the taste of these dishes is just ordinary, they are especially delicious when they are eaten in the mouth.

"Gu Wei also made a dish today, but it was too little. We all ate it, and you didn't have a chance to enjoy it." Huang Lei put a piece of fish into his mouth and suddenly mentioned the roasted potatoes he was eating.

"Gu Wei cooks, why don't I know?" Teacher He looked confused.

"Before Yifei came into the house to look for something, you gave her the potatoes," Huang Lei reminded.

"Oh~ yes, I didn't ask in detail at the time, what did you do with those potatoes?"

"Brother Wei made a dish called "Beggars Potatoes", which was very delicious!

I ate one! "Zhang Zifeng, who was eating silently with a bowl in hand, raised his little hand.

“Beggar Potato?

What kind of high-end dish is this? "

"Teacher He, don't listen to Zi Feng, I just said it casually.

Just wrap the potatoes with mud and roast them in the fire," Gu Wei explained with a smile.

"There were only a few in total. After they were baked, we all ate them one by one."

“Teacher Huang is praised by all the great chefs, so he must be right.

I didn't expect you, Gu Wei, to have this skill. I knew you should show it off and cook us two dishes."

Gu Wei picked up a string bean, took a bite, and joked.

"The program crew came to me to order food, and being a chef would be a different price."

As soon as he finished speaking, several people at the table laughed.

When the meal was almost done, Liu Xianhua picked up the guitar he brought and started playing music to entertain everyone.

His original career was a singer. He made his debut in South Korea and is an idol artist under SM Company. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music in the United States and has extraordinary attainments in music.

I am an alumnus of Wang Lihong, Yu Wenwen, Wang Yuan and others.

When recording "Longing for Life", Liu Xianhua also brought his own musical instruments, guitar and violin. When he was free, he could perform for everyone, livening up the atmosphere and showing himself at the same time.

Peng Peng took out the package he got today. It was a karaoke machine.

After everyone had eaten and drank enough, they started singing K in this small courtyard.

"We sang together without accompaniment before, but then we bought something like this online. Now it will be much more convenient to sing." He Jiong drank some water and said to Gu Wei and others.

Everyone was having fun and everyone asked for songs and sang.

After Gu Wei and Liu Yifei sang solo respectively, they were cheered by everyone to sing a song "Little Dimple".

The two of them have nothing to be ashamed of, and they sing openly and openly. Liu Yifei has released an album before, and her singing voice is also relatively good. Not to mention Gu Wei, he is at the top professional level.

"Brother Wei, they are such a perfect match." Zhang Zifeng sat in the back and looked at the two singing people, and started to talk about each other.

Peng Peng next to him nodded unconsciously.

After a song was finished, everyone applauded vigorously.

"We have sung so many songs, we shouldn't be able to broadcast them. Does the program team have the copyright?" Gu Wei handed the microphone in his hand to Zhang Zifeng and asked He Jiong.

"This is beyond our control. The program team will take care of it. Naturally, it won't be broadcast if it doesn't have copyright."