Ranch Story: Start Over

The road to simplicity, simplifying the complex, and being meticulous is exquisite

Feng Ling followed behind Boss Dart, and the other apprentices followed closely behind with the intention of watching the fun. It was already after get off work and they had some free time.

Everyone was very curious. It was rare that the boss, who usually looked very serious, was willing to give this young man a chance.

Dart led Feng Ling to a big pot in the kitchen.

"Feng Ling, all the seasonings and tools are here, just use them to make some egg fried rice."

Feng Ling took a few steps, stretched out his hand to weigh the big pot, and checked the pots and pans around him. There were magic refrigerators, magic rice cookers, and other magic equipment for cooking, all around, very complete.

Feng Ling didn't say much. He tied an apron and put on a chef's hat to avoid the smell of oil smoke as much as possible. Although he didn't mind it psychologically, he had to do his job thoroughly so that he would appear professional.

A piece of local ham was placed on the chopping board. Feng Ling took the kitchen knife and carefully cut off a slice, then cut them evenly into dices and put them on a plate for later use.

Feng Ling took the two eggs handed to him by Dart and was about to beat them when he suddenly discovered a problem.

"Uncle Dart, did you use chopsticks to stir the eggs?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Do you have a whisk for eggs?"

"what is that?"

Seeing Dart's puzzled expression, Feng Ling looked at the household balance in the mall: 2000 yuan was given by his grandfather, and 8000 yuan was what Uncle Dart had just settled for him.

The current total is dollars.

Feng Ling looked at the kitchenware section in the mall:

Kitchenware: Egg Beater

Small kitchen utensils can be purchased directly without the need for express delivery.

Price: 100 yuan.

Seeing how delicate this egg beater was, Feng Ling walked back to the big backpack in a pretentious manner, fumbled around inside, and then took out the egg beater.

"This is it."

"Hmm, what exquisite kitchenware."

Everyone looked at the exquisite egg beater in admiration.

"Uncle Dart, this is it, what do you think?"

Dart and the chef apprentices around him carefully examined it for a while, moved the steel wire inside, and exclaimed at this exquisitely crafted stir-fryer:

"This should be an alchemical item. It is so delicate that it is difficult to make it using conventional methods."

"Uh, no way, this thing is only 200 yuan each."

Feng Ling deliberately doubled the price to see Dart's reaction.

Dart shook his head.

"Perhaps you people from big cities are used to this. In the Principality, there are a total of 14 billion people, but there are only about 100 million alchemists, and they all live in big cities. It's rare to see them in a small place like us, let alone buy them."

"I give you a gift, Uncle Dart."

Feng Ling stuffed the disperser directly into Dart's hand.

"Hey! No, this thing is not cheap, I can't use it."

"Uncle Dart, I really give it to you. I just arrived and you bought all my bamboo shoots and helped me out of my difficulties. It's what I should do."

Feng Ling stuffed it into Dart's hand again and thanked him seriously.

"You kid, really, okay, okay, I'll take it."

In this world, there are the Principality of Huaxia and other empires on other continents. This is a world where magic energy is the main resource.

As for the electrical equipment and high-precision processing and manufacturing equipment that Feng Ling had before his rebirth, there were very few of them. There was no way. It was very difficult to study alchemy in the microscopic world. The reason was that there were too few people.

The macro world is simple and crude, where whoever has the bigger fist has the more influence, and where research is conducted on war weapons and individual soldier qualities.

Therefore, after its founding, the Principality of Huaxia attached great importance to the training of alchemists. After five or six generations of efforts, the number of alchemists finally reached more than one million. However, for the Principality of Huaxia with a population of more than one billion and an area of ​​9600 million square kilometers, such a number was still insufficient when they were needed.

Therefore, there will be no worries about overcapacity in this world, and more people will be thinking about their lives. Ordinary people who don't have the talent of mages can learn martial arts and become warriors, and the rest of the ordinary people can just work hard and live comfortably.

Unequal distribution of resources? Not true. With such a large territory, the principality would like you or your family to manage more land, because land exceeding 10*10 square kilometers needs to pay taxes every year.

But people like Feng Qingyang live in remote areas and no one is willing to come.

This situation is like Australia before its rebirth, with a vast land and too few people. The current population density of the Principality of Huaxia is 14.6 people per square kilometer.

In order to protect the land, the forced development of magic technology and human genetic research has become a top priority.

Feng Ling certainly doesn't need to become an alchemist. Its mall has everything. All it has to do is pay money to exchange them. It seems that it lacks nothing except people.

A small egg beater can be used to develop such a big topic. You can imagine how important technology is.

Having said that, when Feng Ling learned from his grandfather that the Principality was only ranked second in the world in terms of area, Feng Ling no longer wanted to know how big the world was.

"Uncle Dart, let me show you."

Feng Ling took the whisk from Dart's hand, then beat two eggs into a bowl and quickly stirred the eggs in the bowl. Feng Ling stirred very carefully and made sure to beat the eggs completely. This is the key to the taste of scrambled eggs. His chef reminded him.

But after you beat the egg liquid completely, even if the oil temperature is warm, it can dissipate heat and solidify the entire egg liquid. For people who are not good at cooking, the egg liquid that is just beaten a few times may burn if the temperature is slightly higher.

Be reverent about food.

Feng Ling carefully spent a minute beating the egg liquid and then put it aside, waiting for the bubbles to disappear naturally. Feng Ling did not have the habit of wasting food. Some people like to use a strainer to pick out the floating bubbles.

He began to prepare side dishes such as carrots, corn, and green onions. Feng Ling meticulously cut, sliced, and diced them. The whole process was smooth and not complicated or messy at all, giving people a sense of being well-organized and step-by-step.

At this time, Dart was already shocked by Feng Ling's cooking skills. Even with these simple cooking methods, no magical elements had been added. One of the reasons why Dart Hotel's cuisine was famous was that this three-star magician used magical means to assist in cooking, and was able to preserve the nutrition, appearance, and taste of the ingredients, creating a simple and plain beauty.

Feng Ling's meticulousness and orderliness made Dart see another kind of beauty.

With a "chi!" sound, Feng Ling poured the egg liquid into the low-temperature oil pan. Even with a low fire, the egg liquid in the pan expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, emitting a faint egg fragrance.

"It's amazing. Just this detail, do you remember it?"

The apprentices nodded quickly. Who would have noticed before that even beating eggs involves so much knowledge?

Feng Ling said as he did so:

"After the egg liquid solidifies, it will be golden yellow. It must not be too dark, otherwise it will look old. It cannot be too white, either, otherwise it will look too tender. If it is not properly controlled, it will have a slight fishy smell and appear undercooked."

"Only this light yellow color will do."

The fried egg flowers absorbed all the hot oil at the bottom of the pot and hid in the egg flowers. Feng Ling put the fried egg flowers into a bowl.

"The last step is the most critical, which is the overnight rice. The selectivity of overnight rice is very important, because the result of cooking rice makes some overnight rice too sticky, and some too hard. Do not put it in the refrigerator, because the refrigerator will make it dehydrate quickly and become hard."

Feng Ling opened two rice cookers, scooped out the rice and shook his head. Fortunately, he was lucky enough that the rice in the fourth rice cooker barely met his requirements. Feng Ling scooped a few shovels of rice and presented it to everyone for inspection.

"It's true. If you don't pay attention, you can't tell the difference between this rice and frozen rice."

Several meticulous apprentices nodded in agreement.

The last job is to prepare the seasoning, but Feng Ling did not add a lot of seasoning. The way people in this world eat is very similar to the way foreigners did before their rebirth. They either pay great attention to nutrition or add spices to it, which then loses its original taste.

Even for the delicious food they understand, the kind that makes them happy after eating, the high cost is prohibitive.

With a thin layer of oil at the bottom and stir-frying over medium heat, Feng Ling flattens the rice to separate it, pressing it repeatedly. This process prevents the rice from getting stuck to the bottom due to the high temperature. Then he adds the side dishes and eggs, and then salt and MSG, and continues to stir-fry for a while. Feng Ling looks at the golden but not greasy rice grains and takes them out of the pan.

Finally, Feng Ling asked them for a grinder, and put the seaweed that had just been slightly dried in the oven into it. As the grinder slowly rotated, the seaweed was ground into small pieces. There was no need for grinding powder, as it was for color matching.

Feng Ling sprinkled the shredded seaweed evenly on the egg fried rice, and a layer of scattered green was inlaid on the golden hills.

"A bowl of egg fried rice! Call it a day."