Fix fixed point

The smell of onions filled the kitchen as Adam cooked dinner in his own house.Ever since his stiff neck, Adam felt he had pushed himself so hard that he was overworked.Adam decided to take Monday off, like everyone else at Alimentum, which wasn't crowded anyway.

His kitchen is small, it can only accommodate one person, and the arrangement of things is a bit messy, but everything is in the most convenient position.It didn't take Adam a second to find the tool he wanted.

While his body was wrapped in the setting sun, Adam was stepping on the beat and humming softly: "I have been to Hollywood, and I have also been to Redwood Town, and I have traveled across oceans for that innocent heart... (*Note [-] )” He took out the canned tomatoes from the cabinet, unscrewed the lid, and chopped the whole tomato with a kitchen knife.Adam closed his eyes and sniffed. The pungent aroma of onions in the air was gradually domesticated by the butter and temperature until it became softer and sweeter. He added chopped diced carrots to the pot.Here, he can cook slowly, allowing himself to enjoy the process of changing ingredients, instead of being chased by one order after another.

"What's for dinner today?" Carla walked into the kitchen, her hands casually resting on Adam's waist, looking at the contents of the pot.

"We eat spaghetti bolognese."

Kara glanced at the long and narrow kitchen counter. The meat grinder was fixed in the corner, and a pot of freshly minced meat was placed next to it. "You started with minced meat? That's great!"

Adam nodded triumphantly, humming a song, and returned to the pan to sauté chopped canned tomatoes until fragrant.Many people think that using fresh tomatoes will taste better, but in fact, canned tomatoes have a strong flavor that fresh tomatoes cannot match.Unfortunately canned tomatoes tend to have a bit of a rusty taste, using whole tomatoes and sautéing them in hot oil solves this problem.However Adam also likes to use only fresh tomatoes for the sauce from Naples in the south of Italy.Saute the plump and sweetest tomatoes in summer with garlic and olive oil, order a little white wine to enhance the aroma, and add some seafood to stew until cooked.But this is relatively light, not suitable for such rich ingredients as meat sauce.

"You've finally stopped eating those supermarket microwave foods?"

Adam laughed. One day when they were shopping in a supermarket, they saw a microwave-heated ready-to-eat food, and Adam bought some.Kara originally thought that Adam felt that he was too busy and had no time to cook, so he bought it to eat, so he didn't ask any more questions.But this is not the whole truth.

Since Adam's stiff neck, he followed Hong Rui's suggestion to go home and rest for a day.The first thing Adam did after returning to Alimentum was to apply to Gray for the evening market—Kara was very upset, she couldn't handle the evening market alone, and she didn't like Adam making a decision without first discussing with her.Gray would be more than happy, after all, the evening market needs more manpower, and it will also free Adam from the fish processing room, because the fish must be processed in the morning.Adam also took over the closing errand so that he could go upstairs to read his notes for half an hour to an hour after closing, and then go home.Simon felt that he owed Adam a favor for this, because Simon no longer had to worry about missing the last train.

Hong Rui is not always in the experimental kitchen. Most of the time, Adam is alone in the kitchen reading a book quietly.Sometimes there are many similar-looking dishes neatly placed on the kitchen counter, with labels on them, writing various test parameters—these are all made by Ting Nuo, and they are usually cooked the next day. Disappeared.Sometimes, he would see Hong Rui. Once, Hong Rui looked like he had just come back from outside, flipping through the refrigerator with a tired face.Adam offered to make something for Hong Rui to eat.But Hong Rui waved his hand and just took some things to heat in the microwave.Hong Rui disappeared after eating - Adam guessed that he went to sleep.

Adam saw that Hongrui ate instant food taken out of the refrigerator twice. Adam couldn’t hold back his curiosity and opened the refrigerator to see what it was: there were microwave foods of various flavors neatly placed in the refrigerator. Bolognese noodles are the majority.

Adam saw the same spaghetti bolognese in the supermarket, so he wanted to try it.After trying it, he couldn't believe that Hong Rui could eat such a thing.He always thought that Hongrui was very picky about eating and drinking—you can tell from his sensitivity to taste, he can taste every taste and turn, and there is no slight mistake that can escape his tongue.But this microwave food, man, it's full of artificial preservatives and additives, it's a funeral for the taste buds.Adam thinks he made better pasta than this when he was nine years old.

The best bolognese sauce should use sirloin.Because the richer the meat is, the sweeter the meat sauce will be.And Adam found that using two beef chucks with one pork chuck worked best.As soon as you eat that microwave food, you can tell that it is made of leftover minced meat. Even if extra lard is added to it, it can't make up for the lack of flavor of the meat itself.

Kara stood by the door, watching Adam jumping to get the minced meat, Adam was obviously in a good mood, still singing that old song: "I want to live, I want to give, I am a man looking for a heart of gold Miner..." Kara didn't want to interrupt him from singing—even though Adam sang very badly, Kara rarely saw Adam so happy, but what Adam was making was a pot of meat sauce, which was a full two kilograms of minced meat, which was enough The two of them ate for days!Carla frowned suspiciously: "Aren't you doing too much?"

Adam glared at Carla unhappily because his singing was interrupted, and complained with puffed mouth: "Carla, leave me alone, I have a plan." Seeing that she was not welcome, Carla shrugged and left the kitchen.

Carla suddenly remembered that the bolognese sauce should have milk, but Adam didn't even take out the milk bottle.

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After Adam had dinner, he planned to go to the Alimentum Experimental Kitchen to look at the notes. There were not only notes there. Hong Rui told Adam the location of the bookshelf so that he could read it by himself—Adam never dreamed that someone’s books could be piled up It's as high as the ceiling and the width of a wall.Adam rushed to the door of the experimental kitchen on the second floor in three steps.The door lock was unlocked with a click, and Adam stretched out his hand to push the door open. The light in the kitchen was dim, and it was obvious that no one was there.

This is not surprising since Adam is here alone most of the time.Occasionally, Hong Rui would join him halfway, sit down on another sofa, read a book or draw something on the screen.

But Hongrui never chatted, even if he spoke, he answered Adam's questions.

Adam has nothing to complain about.After all, Hong Rui will answer all his questions.He even thought that Hongrui Dukas should be such a person before, cold and proud, but after going through that night and the next morning after Hongrui helped him relieve his stiff neck, he knew that Hongrui, like everyone else, would Chatting and drinking.Adam felt that Hongrui was alienating him, but Adam didn't know why.But this is illogical. If Hong Rui hates him, Hong Rui can completely cancel Adam's permission to come up to the experimental kitchen.

Adam was very lucky tonight. At ten o'clock, Hong Rui opened another door and walked in.His hair was a little wet, as if he had just taken a shower.

"Good evening, Dr. Dukas." Adam greeted happily.

Hong Rui seemed a little surprised, he nodded towards this corner as a response.Hong Rui walked to the commercial refrigerator and opened it.Adam stared nervously at Hong Rui's back.

After Hong Rui opened the double doors, he couldn't believe what he saw. His refrigerator was full of sealed food bags.One part of the bag contained what appeared to be brown meat sauce and the other part was yellow noodles.Hong Rui was sure that Ting Nuo would never put the test product in a sealed bag.

"Adam Buchan, what did you do to my refrigerator?" Hong Rui turned around and yelled at Adam.He frowned and gritted his teeth, like a dragon breathing out flames.

Adam didn't know whether Hong Rui was angry because he saw the contents of his refrigerator, or because he put something in his refrigerator that didn't belong to this kitchen, but did it make a difference?Adam thought, in fact, they are all the same in nature, that someone has touched his private territory without authorization.Maybe Adam really shouldn't have done this.

Hearing this, Adam jumped up from the sofa. He stood up, walked quickly to Hong Rui, and began to explain: "I see that you have been eating microwave food before, and I have bought microwave food myself. I know that those things are too much to eat. It's not good, really, it's too salty. You don't want to bother me to cook for you. I just made a lot of bolognese sauce tonight and brought you some. You can't finish it You can put it in the freezer and heat it in the microwave before eating. Although it is not so fresh, it is much better than eating microwave food. I didn’t touch your things, there is just a vacant seat, which is probably the one you finished eating. File...I didn't comment on your eating habits, and some people like to eat the taste of microwave food..."

Adam said a long list in one breath, and it was rare for Hong Rui to understand everything. When Adam began to show a tendency to speak nonsense, Hong Rui cut off his words unbearably: "Quiet!"

Adam immediately shut up and stood aside, no longer speaking.He looked down at the floor, scraping the toes of his shoes.

Hong Rui rubbed his face vigorously, showing a rare frustration.A look at the food bag in the refrigerator shows that it was not accidentally made too much.

Adam didn't know how to write the words "keep a distance" by nature.

He regretted giving Adam free access to the test kitchen the next day, though the kid was considerate enough not to abuse his privilege, not to mention it to anyone but to keep the privilege a secret.But as long as Adam is here, Hong Rui is uneasy.Hong Rui can only minimize the time of using the experimental kitchen.But he had to use the experimental kitchen, because it was actually Hong Rui's kitchen.Hong Rui always wants to eat.He bought microwaved food to save time in the kitchen.

In order to keep his distance, he didn't want to bother Adam to cook for him.If Adam cooks, it is very likely that Hong Rui decides to bring some wine out to accompany the meal, and finally says more things that make him want to kick himself in the future.

Hong Rui thought that he made his attitude very obvious, and he was keeping a polite distance from Adam.Don't the British generally attach great importance to the distance between people? Why is it not applicable when it comes to Adam?

"Listen, Adam." Hong Rui sighed and said, "I am very grateful for your kindness. But I know how to eat." Adam flattened his mouth and obviously disagreed.Adam didn't make a sound, but he had that look of "I'm not qualified to talk to a microwaved food" look on his face.

Hong Rui was angry, he pretended not to understand, and sighed in his heart: This is the aftereffect of drinking together that night.Now the young man didn't seem to be afraid of him at all, and the trembling look at the beginning disappeared without a trace.

Hong Rui suppressed the depression in his heart and continued: "Did you read the instructions carefully when you bought microwave food? That is the microwave food I developed together with the supermarket, and that is my recipe! I participated in the menu design from the beginning to the end." And the production process. If you have any dissatisfaction with the microwave food I designed, you can tell me now. I will write to the engineer and give feedback."

"I have some suggestions, but we can talk about this later. Dr. Dukas, you can try my bologna meat sauce noodles first, okay?" Adam avoided Hong Rui's attack and whispered: " I simmered it for three hours on low heat and added some chicken livers to thicken it. It was really delicious.”

Adam was not at all displeased by Hong Rui's attitude.He looked at Hong Rui with a smile on his face, his brown eyes full of expectation.That made Hong Rui feel that if he refused, Hong Rui would become the villain who kicked the little milk dog in the street in full view.

Hong Rui sighed, took out a bag of meat sauce and a bag of noodles, and prepared to heat them up.

Adam exhaled in a place that Hong Rui couldn't see, and after the airtight pressure suddenly disappeared, he felt the disorganized rhythm of his chest and heart and the layer of cold sweat on his back.

Adam took a notebook and sat opposite Hong Rui.

Seeing that Hong Rui didn't take out the wine, Adam was disappointed for a moment. He thought that Hong Rui didn't think the meal was so delicious.Hong Rui also ate very quickly, the fork slightly touching the plate, occasionally making a crisp sound.

Taking advantage of the gap between turning pages, Adam sneaked a few glances at Hong Rui, thinking that Hong Rui's eyes were lowered to eat, and he looked so pretty.Hong Rui's back was straight, and his knives and forks were light and fast, like a soldier skilled in weapons.It is very unusual for him to lower his head slightly with his eyes downcast.Hong Rui kept his head up all the time, with an air of being the only one in the world.But only in front of food, he will let go of his pride.As Adam knows, Hongrui has a humble heart for knowledge and skills. From so many notebooks and experiments here, it can be seen that he is serious about cooking science.Hong Rui can sometimes be mean because he thinks the ingredients deserve better, and few people work as hard as he does so few can live up to his standards.

And now Hong Rui is eating the food made by Adam. Although he eats very quickly, Hong Rui has the taste of every bite of food.The corner of Hong Rui's mouth also kept twitching into a smile.

Adam was happy again.

*Note [-]: What Adam sang is Heart of Gold, which is also translated as Heart of a Child. Neil Young sang it, and my god Johnny Cash also sang it.

The general idea is that I have been looking for the heart of a child. I have traveled far and wide to all places, and I am still looking for it.And now that I'm getting older, I still haven't given up.

I think traveling across oceans and looking for this fits Adam very well.And getting older and still not giving up is very suitable to describe Hongrui.