Siheyuan: Don’t say I can’t do it

Under the effect of the self-cleaning mechanism, Chen Luo did not feel too much discomfort, but just felt a tingling sensation all over his body, inside and out, as if there were thousands of ants crawling on his body.

It was a strange feeling, not particularly unbearable, but impossible to ignore.

As the self-cleaning process progressed, time passed by minute by minute, and finally came to the last twenty seconds.

At this moment, something incredible happened to him.

Chen Luo discovered that his clothes were actually starting to become clean and tidy.

The stains and dust that could not be washed off the clothes now disappeared without a trace, as if they had never existed.

Seeing this scene, Chen Luo couldn't help but feel a strong sense of joy in his heart.

After all, the clothes he usually wore were always difficult to wash thoroughly for various reasons.

Now, with the help of the self-cleaning function, not only his body is cleaned, but even his clothes are brand new.

It’s a pity that the charge is too expensive, otherwise he won’t have to worry about washing clothes anymore.

Thinking of this, Chen Luo suddenly had an idea.

'I wonder if I could wrap all my clothes around myself and have them clean themselves.'

Although this method sounds a bit funny, it is undoubtedly a good choice for him who lacks cloth coupons to buy new clothes.

Also, if you're cleaning so many clothes at once, a dollar per wash won't seem that expensive.

Just as Chen Luo was thinking about how to implement this plan, the system prompt sounded.

[Ding! Self-cleaning completed! ]

Hearing these words, Chen Luo suddenly felt relaxed.

He moved his body and found that he felt extremely comfortable all over. His skin became smooth and delicate, as if he was born again.

He smelled his arm again, and a strange fragrance came to his nose.

The scent is fresh and light, unlike anything I've ever smelled before.

Chen Luo couldn't help but wonder curiously, can this be considered as having body odor?

Regardless of whether he really had body odor or not, Chen Luo was very satisfied with the result of this self-cleaning.

For the time being, he couldn't think too much about body odor.

What Chen Luo is most interested in now is naturally the virtual environment.

In his mind, countless pieces of information were flowing rapidly, and each piece of information represented a fragment of memory about cooking.

As his mind moved, this information began to quickly merge and refine, eventually transforming into some concise and useful memories.

Chen Luo felt that his understanding of cooking was deepening, as if he could clearly imagine the details of the cooking process, including mixing dough, fermenting dough, kneading dough, rolling noodles, and steaming buns.

However, these memories have no direct connection with He Yushui because he has not witnessed the entire process of her steaming buns.

These memories are actually a fusion and refinement of the scenes that the original body had seen and the cooking scenes that Chen Luo himself had seen.

Nevertheless, they still have certain reference value and can help Chen Luo better understand cooking.

At this moment, "cooking" has appeared in Chen Luo's skill list, but it is still at the entry level.

Chen Luo thought to himself that if he wanted to improve his cooking skills to the entry level, he might need further study and practice.

After all, truly mastering a skill requires constant accumulation and hard work.

After Chen Nuo thought about this, he went to a state-owned restaurant diagonally opposite the main entrance of the hospital.

At that time, the restaurant offered very few types of food, only steamed corn bread, pickles, soup noodles and egg soup.

The so-called soup noodles are basically just a bowl of clear soup with very few noodles.

The egg soup has been prepared in advance and placed in a bowl, covered with a lid to keep it warm.

When a customer needs it, the waiter will scoop a bowl directly from the basin.

However, due to the extremely small number of eggs, the egg soup in the entire bowl is almost entirely made up of soup, and getting to eat the eggs is purely a matter of luck.

Chen Luo thought, this must be what they call being able to see but not eat.

He felt that there were only two eggs at most in this bowl of egg soup, definitely no more.

Chen Luo noticed that the noodles on the chopping board were yellow in color, obviously made of cornmeal, and had been carefully rolled out, with a tight and firm texture, just like the steel wire noodles of later generations.

Chen Nuo asked curiously: "Master, are these noodles made of cornmeal?"

The chef was very friendly and did not show any impatience or anger towards Chen Luo. Instead, he smiled and replied, "It's not just cornmeal. I also added some white flour and bean flour. This makes the noodles taste better and more delicious. You will know once you try it!"

Chen Luo thought that the steel wire noodles in later generations were made of pure cornmeal, and they probably wouldn't be as delicious as this kind of noodles.

So Chen Luo wanted to try it very much, "Please give me a bowl of soup noodles."

"anything else?"

"Are there any stir-fried dishes?" Although it wasn't written on the blackboard, it didn't necessarily mean that there weren't any, so Chen Luo asked anyway.

"I can't buy vegetables now, only soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts. I soak them myself, but they are not cheap."

"Please stir-fry one soybean sprout and one mung bean sprout. I want to take them back to eat."

The master responded and went to work. Chen Luo looked through the window to observe how he did it.

In this way, relying on his extraordinary memory, he wrote down the process of the chef making noodles and cooking.

But he felt that the harvest didn't seem to be that great.

Only then did he realize that he had not received any skill enhancement assistance in this area, and his learning efficiency must be low.

He felt that he should let others know as soon as possible that his cooking skills were not good enough, unlock cooking skill enhancements, and improve his learning efficiency in this area.

He drank the soup noodles in just a few gulps, then returned to the two-bedroom apartment with two kinds of fried bean sprouts.

Tong Ning and Tong Yue haven't come yet, so Chen Nuo wants to try rolling noodles.

Coming to the kitchen, he took a small basin, washed it, and poured a large bowl of flour into it.

Then slowly add water and knead the noodles into dough.

'It looks OK, but it's a little sticky. I guess I added too much water.'

Chen Luo added some more flour and kneaded it vigorously in the basin, making the basin make clanging sounds.

He kneaded the dough until it felt hard, then sprinkled flour on the clean chopping board and began to roll out the dough with a rolling pin, turning it in circles as he rolled.

Because of his great strength, the dough was quickly rolled into a large, thin piece, but it was neither round nor square and was very untidy. Chen Luo knew that he was only a beginner and he was very satisfied if he could roll it like this.

He folded the rolled dough and cut it with a kitchen knife.

Seeing the hand-rolled noodles that had already been cut on the chopping board, Chen Luo felt a strong sense of accomplishment.

Thinking that there were no vegetables at home but only bean paste, Chen Luo thought to heat some oil in the pot first, then pour the fried bean sprouts into the pot, and then add water to cook them together.

Wait until the water boils, then put the rolled noodles in and cook.

Chen Luo felt that the noodles made in this way should not be too bad.

He had just figured out the process when someone knocked on the door.

Chen Luo quickly washed his hands and opened the door, and it was indeed Tong Ning and Tong Yue.

"Sister Ning, Sister Yue, please come in quickly. I rolled out some noodles and prepared to make them into soup noodles."

"Really? You can cook?" Tong Yue was very surprised.

"I just started learning, I don't know if it will taste good!"

"Let me give you some guidance." Tong Ning went straight into the kitchen.

Chen Luo suddenly thought that he still had to make them both think that his cooking skills were not good enough.

So he gave up the idea of ​​reprocessing the already cooked dishes and decided to just cook some plain noodles and add some salt, making sure they wouldn't find it tasty.

"No need for guidance, no need for guidance, I can do it myself, you two just wait to eat the ready-made food! Here are two dishes I just bought, you can try them first."

Chen Luo put the two stir-fried bean sprouts on two plates and brought them to the table. "Take the chopsticks yourselves. I have to watch the noodles."

Tong Ning and Tong Yue were not in a hurry to eat. Instead, they stared at Chen Luo with curiosity, wanting to see how this little brother would cook the noodles.

When the noodles were not fully cooked yet, Chen Luo took out two noodles from the pot and handed them to Tong Ning, asking her to taste them first.

"Come on, Xiao Ning, try the noodles and see if they're cooked."

"It's obviously raw!" Tong Ning said with a look of disdain, "The noodles are still white. They should be cooked until they are a little transparent. And you didn't even add water. It's really unprofessional."

After saying that, Tong Ning threw the two noodles into the pot without hesitation.

"Oh, I see, I actually forgot to order some water!"

Chen Luo pretended to be enlightened and said, "I'm so sorry, it's my mistake."

As he spoke, he deliberately appeared a little flustered, his hands shook, and he accidentally put too much salt.

When the noodles were finally served, everyone tasted them and found that they were indeed very salty and not delicious at all.

In comparison, the two kinds of fried bean sprouts we bought were more popular.

Although Tong Ning and Tong Yue still encouraged Chen Luo on the surface, they had actually already determined in their hearts that Chen Luo, like them, did not have much talent for cooking.