Chapter 236 A New Attempt by the Two

On the last afternoon of August, Mu Zhengguang and Xu Ying bought a lot of food in the mall.

"Little classmate, I'm going to learn how to cook. Do you want to come with me? If the food I cook is not delicious, you can help me eat it."

"Okay, do you want to cook at your house or at my house?" Mu Zhengguang also believed that cooking was an essential skill. No matter whether he would use this skill in the future or not, he had to at least master it first.

"It makes no difference. Today at my house, tomorrow at yours. Let's start with something simple. For example, steamed sea bass? After I learn how to steam sea bass, I'll learn how to braise it."

"You make steamed sea bass, and I'll make braised sea bass. We'll have two fish tonight."

"Yeah, let's cook two more fish for a midnight snack."

That night, Xu Yingze's steamed sea bass was very successful. After the fish is steamed, just add a little seasoning and a little hot oil. Mu Zhengguang's braised sea bass was not successful. The shape of the fish was not complete, and there was too much salt. It was barely edible, but you couldn't eat too much at one time.

During the meal, Xu Ying suddenly said, "There are stray cats in the Academy of Sciences."

"Well, don't worry, I won't let myself down. I won't eat too much food that doesn't taste good." Mu Zhengguang didn't plan to eat too much, but one fish didn't seem enough for two people, so he ate some of the belly of the braised sea bass.

Before eating the braised sea bass, Xu Ying would dip the fish meat in the broth of the steamed sea bass, so that the taste of the fish meat would be slightly lighter.

Mu Zhengguang did the same.

In the end, half of the braised sea bass was eaten, and no steamed sea bass was left.

Late at night, Mu Zhengguang made steamed sea bass, while Xu Ying made braised sea bass. But there was one difference: the seasonings Xu Ying used for braised sea bass were all added by Mu Zhengguang. He thought he had mastered some valuable experience, and he was eager to put his experience into practice.

It turns out that his experience is indeed useful. This time, the braised sea bass was broken into pieces, but the taste was just right. However, Mu Zhengguang added seasoning twice, because after adding the first seasoning, he tasted it and found that the salt was light, so he added some more salt.

"Little classmate, do you want to continue making braised sea bass tomorrow?" Xu Ying ate more steamed sea bass, while the little classmate ate more braised sea bass. However, the braised fish both times was not very good. She felt bad for always letting her classmates eat not very good food.

"Let's not do it anymore. Making braised fish requires frying and turning the fish over, which is too troublesome. Let's try making braised pork first." Mu Zhengguang didn't want to experience failure all the time, so he decided to change his goal.

"Well, let's make braised pork. We can also make braised spareribs, braised beef, and braised lamb in the future. Maybe before we leave the Academy of Sciences, we can also invite them to dinner at our home like Zhao Yuxi did."

Mu Zhengguang recognized his classmates' creativity and looked forward to that day: "Well. Let's study together in the next few days. How about we find the secretary and ask him to teach us how to make braised pork?"

Xu Ying spoke softly and emphasized each word: "For power and personal gain?"

Mu Zhengguang suddenly realized: Secretaries are responsible for cooking and buying meals, and they can even be asked to help buy groceries, but asking them to teach others how to cook and fry is probably not their responsibility.

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten it. Let's change the method. Let's ask the secretary to help us find a teacher, and then invite the secretary to have dinner together. Is that okay?"

Xu Ying smiled and nodded: "Okay. I'll buy more food tomorrow. With more people, I can cook more dishes at a time. What do you want to eat tomorrow?" "Fried chicken legs, French fries, cola chicken wings, grilled chicken wings, braised pork."

"Well, this is the menu for tomorrow's lunch. I'll write the menu for dinner. I'll call my secretary over as well. With more people, we can order more dishes to avoid waste."

With more people, we can eat more dishes, which is good, but it also has disadvantages. When it's just you and me, everyone will make do and neither side will say anything, but will the secretary be willing to make do? Will the teacher be willing to make do? Mu Zhengguang was a little worried, he was afraid that he would make things worse.

"What if we mess up?"

"Success and failure are both normal. If we fail, we can ask the teacher to cook or invite them out for dinner. It's all right. Don't think too much. There will always be progress. You see, I put too much salt the first time, but I can control the amount the second time."

Xu Ying did not see failure as a terrible thing. It was just a bad cooking. What was there to be afraid of? Wasting food was certainly not a good thing, but some things were destined to fail. People needed to grow through this process and did not need to be too concerned about the consumption in the middle.

“Will it be a waste of food?”

"We use a piece of scratch paper to calculate a math problem, and only find out that we made a mistake after we finished the calculation. But is the scratch paper wasted? No. Without the scratch paper and the process on the paper, we would not know that the calculation was wrong. It is certainly wrong to waste food, but we did not do it on purpose. As long as the food is cooked and not too salty, it is edible. There is no need to set such high standards when cooking."

Mu Zhengguang felt his mind was much clearer. He could probably think of what Ying said, but he might not think of these words until after the incident, when he was comforting himself, while his classmates thought of them before it happened.

"I see. Thank you for telling me this."

"You're welcome, just a few words. We'll be back from the lab early tomorrow at noon. Our accumulated working hours have long exceeded the minimum standard, so we won't have to go to the lab often these days. We should enjoy life and make up for the summer vacation that's over."

"Well, it's already the last day of August. Tomorrow will be September."

"Time flies so fast. Before I know it, a month has almost passed. After returning to school, I'm afraid I will have to deal with a very complicated situation. I don't know what arrangements Zhao Yuxi has for all the schools under her jurisdiction. Her arrangements may affect our lives."

Xu Ying speculated that Zhao Yuxi would definitely further release students from school and give them more free time. To achieve this, she would probably ask the school to cancel self-study.

Mu Zhengguang could imagine what the "complicated situation" his classmates were talking about would look like. If Lu Hao asked him where he had been during this period, how would he answer? Should he answer this question? Even if he didn't answer, it would not help. School started, but he didn't come to school, and a gap was created.

"It's a complicated situation... Is there any way to deal with it?"

"Yes. We should just get along with them the same way as before. No matter what kind of work we are doing now, no matter what kind of power we have, our friends are still friends, and our classmates are still classmates. Maybe one day, they will no longer be our friends, but it will never be because of the difference in the nature of work or the difference in power."

Mu Zhengguang thought for a while and was about to speak, but his classmate spoke before him.

"It sounds simple to get along with them in the old way, but it is actually very difficult. Because things are different now. Let's remind each other, help each other, and work together."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)