Chapter 358 Skills

Master Abei was ill due to overwork, and the root cause of the illness that had not been completely cured before led to his sudden illness.

What Chinese medicine advocates most is to treat diseases before they occur, through early detection, early intervention, and early treatment, so as to remove small lesions and prevent them from gathering and developing into larger and more difficult to cure diseases.

Master Abei's illness certainly did not develop in a day or two. It must have taken him ten to eight years.

Xu Qing regretted that he had no interest in medicinal diet in the beginning. If he had been exposed to medicinal diet and Chinese medicine theory earlier, he might have discovered Master Abei's illness earlier and intervened and treated him earlier, and he would not be bedridden like he is now.

Although Master Abei is an expert in medicinal food, she always values ​​others more than herself, and will not take it to heart even if she feels unwell physically.

Chef Abei always puts his customers first, but puts himself in a very low position.

Her indifference all along gave the disease an opportunity to take advantage of and instantly overwhelm her.

To cure this disease that has lingered for many years is not something that can be done overnight. It requires long-term conditioning and cultivation to slowly make up for the body's deficiencies.

What Xu Qing needs to do now is to use medicinal food to replenish the qi and blood that Master Abei's body lacks, so that she can regain consciousness as soon as possible and eat normally, so that her body can gradually get better.

Now Master Abei is on medication every day and can't even eat. His body doesn't get enough nutrition, so naturally he can't get better. The longer he delays, the worse it will get.

Fortunately, Xu Qing returned in time, and Master Abei's health was not yet weakened to the point of being irreversible.

In order to replenish the body's deficiencies, Xu Qing selected medicinal herbs such as Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus that can replenish qi and blood according to the prescription, and as for food, he chose quail.

Quail has less fat than chicken, and the stewed soup is lighter, which is suitable for people who are sick. Quail meat is easier to digest than chicken. Quail itself is rich in nutrients and vitamins, and it also has the effect of replenishing qi in traditional Chinese medicine.

At the same time, quail can strengthen the spleen and stomach and increase people's appetite.

In every aspect, quail is the perfect ingredient.

Xu Qing first cleaned the herbs, cut them and set them aside.

Then they started to process the quail, peeling the feathers, cleaning it, and hollowing out the internal organs, leaving only the quail meat.

Afterwards, Xu Qing used the secret skill of the imperial kitchen to gently massage the quail meat, fully stimulating the vitality and life force hidden in the meat, making it have a better therapeutic effect.

After helping Xu Qing with the initial preparations, Hong Xi, Li Shun, A Mao and others stood aside waiting to see him show his skills.

Sure enough, Xu Qing did not disappoint them.

The unique skill he displayed now made the three of them open their eyes wide in surprise, not even willing to blink.

Xu Qing's hands were as white as jade, with distinct joints, and were one of the most beautiful hands among chefs.

His hands are not only beautiful, but every meridian and muscle of his fingers have been trained to perfection. Only such hands can support his unimaginably exquisite knife skills.

And this pair of hands, which were already beautiful, seemed to have condensed the softest light in the world when he performed the Jade-Grabbing Hands technique, emitting a bright glow from the inside out.

As Xu Qing's movements became faster, his hands became more and more crystal clear, even the blood vessels were clearly visible.

Even the sun's rays bow before it.

The three people's eyes were all attracted by it involuntarily, as if everything in the world disappeared in an instant, leaving only this pair of white jade-like hands and this bright and warm luster. Gradually, the brilliance contained in these hands penetrated into the quail meat bit by bit, making the ordinary quail meat faintly radiant and reflecting the quail meat with a bright and smooth appearance.

Soon, all the glory faded.

The quail meat in front of them, although still quail meat and not much different in appearance, gave people a completely different feeling.

If the quail meat before was dead meat, the quail meat at this moment seemed to come alive. The vitality that had been lost returned to the meat, making it exude the unique charm that only the freshest meat has.

This makes every muscle of its body fuller and its skin smoother and brighter.

This even gave Li Shun and the other three a vague illusion that it was about to come back to life in the next moment.

Then Xu Qing used his knife skills to cut the quail meat into small even pieces, blanched it in water to remove impurities, and then put it into a casserole together with various ingredients and medicinal materials, and simmered it with water.

This whole process went on smoothly, as if he had done it countless times and was very familiar with it.

However, this made Li Shun and others a little disappointed.

I thought that following the amazing skills would be even more extraordinary and exquisite techniques.

But the knife skills that appeared before them were so ordinary that they couldn't be more ordinary.

This inevitably makes them feel disappointed.

Li Shun remembered very clearly that before Xu Qing left Ju and went downstairs, he had extremely exquisite knife skills that amazed them.

They knew at that time that even if they worked hard for their whole lives, they would never be able to achieve the exquisite knife skills like Xu Qing.

Logically speaking, after Xu Qing went to Yangquan Restaurant to learn skills, his knife skills should have become even better.

Why is it that we are not making any progress but are instead regressing?
How did his knife skills change from being so gorgeous that they were intimidating to being so ordinary now?

Such knife skills are not worthy of Xu Qing's current fame.

Hong Xi and Li Shun were disappointed, but Amu was stunned.

For some reason, the sight of Xu Qing's knife skills made his whole body tremble as if he had been electrocuted, as if his body was constantly warning him how horrible what he was seeing was.

However, what appeared before him was clearly ordinary knife skills, nothing special.

However, the ordinariness and the fear that kept emerging in my heart were intertwined, turning into an indescribable weird feeling.

Reason told him that he should look away, but he couldn't help but stare at Xu Qing's knife skills. Every move, every drop and lift of the knife, attracted him deeply like a magnet.

The more carefully he looked, the more extraordinary the knife skills appeared in his eyes, as if the ordinary outer coat had been shed, and the bright knife light seemed to explain the ultimate truth between heaven and earth.

Every time the knife is lifted and dropped, it lands on the most perfect part of the food. Every time it is cut, it seems to dig out the hidden secrets of the food and let it be completely revealed.

With each cut, it's like the knife and the food under it are dancing a harmonious dance. The back and forth movement makes the food more wonderful, allowing its naturally nurtured power to gradually reveal itself and turn into delicious food and nutrition that can be tasted and absorbed by the body.

(End of this chapter)