54: One fish costs 200,000

For stewing steak and beef, the ingredients are proportioned well, and the longer it stews, the more fragrant it becomes.

It's important to note that after blanching, it's best to rinse it with warm water.

Otherwise, the beef can become tough.

(Gentlemen readers, you can try and compare).

The steak was stewed in a pressure cooker for a full forty minutes.

After opening the lid, he sprinkled some salt to taste the saltiness, then added a little chicken essence and MSG.

If you ask why he added both chicken essence and MSG, it's because the umami flavors of the two are different.

MSG is purely umami, while chicken essence has a slightly salty umami taste.

The chicken powder in it makes stewed meat even more fragrant.

Many restaurants don't add salt when stir-frying some dishes; they just use chicken essence and MSG.

Isn't society advocating for lighter eating these days?

Some people, to show off how healthy they eat,

go to restaurants and constantly complain that the chef's food is too salty, or difficult to swallow.

Pure nonsense.

It's just to show off that they eat healthier than others.

Chefs make a living from their skills; they cook these dishes every day, how could they not know how much salt to add?

Of course, there might be one or two mistakes.

But generally, mistaken dishes would not be served to customers.

Gentlemen, haven't you seen that our fathers and grandfathers ate saltier food than us, worked every day, and yet their bodies were very healthy?

Unlike the young people in society today, who are weaklings who can't lift or carry anything, and are constantly in a sub-healthy state with this and that high.

Their physical fitness is definitely not as good as our fathers' at the same age!

(My apologies! I apologize to the gentlemen readers; I've strayed a bit too far. The above is just my personal opinion.

I originally wanted to delete it, but typing is hard, so just let me pad the word count! Thank you, gentlemen readers!!!)

With a large basin of steak and beef placed on the table, all the evening dishes were ready.

Along with a steamed Yellow Chicken Fish, stir-fried greens, and free-range chicken soup.

Three dishes and one soup, perfect in color, aroma, and taste.

"Brother-in-law! The stewed steak smells so good! It's delicious, it's falling off the bone!" Bai Lang exclaimed loudly, picking up a trembling piece of steak.

Bai Xue took a sip of the free-range chicken soup, a burst of freshness, coupled with the unique hint of Codonopsis, went straight to her head.

"Mmm-hmm~! It's so delicious!"

The three of them ate to their heart's content.

"Brother-in-law! Your cooking is delicious and flavorful. Next time you make something good, you must call me!" Bai Lang said exaggeratedly.

Yang Qi was very pleased with the boy's address, so he replied, "If you want to eat, you can come over anytime."

Regarding Bai Lang calling Yang Qi brother-in-law, Bai Xue initially tried to correct him a few times out of shyness, but after it proved ineffective, she happily accepted it in silence.

Anyway, she had already decided that Yang Qi was the one for her in this life.

Ever since Yang Qi gained his abilities, his physical fitness improved greatly, and his appetite also dramatically increased.

Most of the dishes on the table ended up in his stomach.

After a big meal, Bai Lang volunteered to take on the important task of washing dishes.

He couldn't just sit around eating for free and do nothing, could he?

Yang Qi noticed Bai Xue rubbing her arm occasionally, so he said, "Xiaoxue, how about we take a day off tomorrow? We're a bit tired today."

Bai Xue also nodded:

"I was just about to tell you about this. I need to go back to school tomorrow. And I just checked the weather forecast; it's going to rain tomorrow with strong winds, so our small boat can't go out to sea anyway."

"Alright then! I'll also go to town to get the wireless internet installed. I'll take you to school tomorrow!"

Yang Qi pulled out his phone and checked the weather forecast, which indeed reported moderate rain and strong winds of 5 on the Beaufort scale, so he said.

"Let's see tomorrow morning! If it rains, you can drop me off in town, and I'll take the bus myself," Bai Xue replied.

Don't underestimate a 5-level wind speed; it might not be obvious on land.

On the vast, boundless sea, 5-level winds can generate waves that could directly capsize their small boat.

The next morning, it was drizzling slightly, and Yang Qi dropped Bai Xue off at the bus stop.

He then went to the telecom business hall to process his application.

And he just happened to run into the installation technician responsible for their area.

After a few cigarettes, the technician said he was planning to go to Baijia Village area that very morning for installations.

Yang Qi pulled out an unopened pack of Furongwang cigarettes, slipped it into the technician's pocket, and left the business hall.

Normally, after completing the formalities, installation technicians would come to install within three working days.

Today was Thursday, so at the slowest rate, the installation wouldn't happen until next Monday at the latest.

The technician watched Yang Qi leave the business hall, then went to the front desk, got Yang Qi's form, and added the information to his work report.

"Oh dear! If I don't go fishing at sea, I don't know where to go!"

Yang Qi was a bit bored.

He thought for a moment and went to Chen Tianming's place, where they chatted idly for a while.

After bidding farewell to Chen Tianming, Yang Qi returned home and began to study with his materials.

Not long after, he received an unfamiliar call.

Yang Qi thought for a moment and answered it; after some conversation, it turned out to be the installation technician who had arrived.

Yang Qi hurried out to greet him; there was a main network cable interface on the pillar by the door.

The technician was quick and efficient, pulling a splitter cable into the house, debugging the modem and wireless router, setting a password, and finishing it all in just over twenty minutes.

He offered cigarettes and poured tea, happily seeing off the installation technician.

Yang Qi closed the main door, lay down on the bed, and started working through practice questions.

Based on his previous experience taking the car driving test, he first read through the materials, combined with some common sense, took a test, and then saved the incorrect questions.

Then, he reviewed the materials according to the incorrect questions, focusing on those areas.

After that, it was a cycle of taking tests again and again, saving incorrect questions, reviewing materials, and focusing on key areas.

In this way, the number of incorrect questions decreased each time, and his test scores increased each time.

After a few hours, he had passed several consecutive tests.

Suddenly, a call came in; it was Bai Xue.

"Yang Qi Ge! I received the call, did they notify you?"

"One hundred thousand yuan! Hahaha! A bonus of one hundred thousand yuan!"

"Ah~! One hundred thousand yuan, what bonus of one hundred thousand yuan?"

Yang Qi was confused.

"The fake fish! The fake fish we handed over, the relevant departments are awarding each of us one hundred thousand yuan!"

One fish for two hundred thousand!

The two chatted for a few sentences then quickly hung up, afraid that the line would be busy and the call to notify them about collecting the prize wouldn't get through.

Sure enough, after hanging up, not much time passed before Yang Qi received another unfamiliar call.

The person on the other end first verified Yang Qi's identity information, then introduced themselves, and notified him to bring his ID to collect the prize.

They also informed him of the time and place for prize collection.

Although Yang Qi had already learned this news from Bai Xue earlier, hearing it firsthand still made him very happy.

One hundred thousand yuan for each person! Heh heh heh, this pushed the progress bar for buying a boat forward again.

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I'm barely managing two chapters a day.

I hope all you gentlemen readers won't abandon me.

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