Chapter 21.

What Cook Liu said just now gave Zhou An some ideas.

The fact that the proficiency was not rising was ironically his own problem.

Now that Chef Liu said this, he suddenly found the root of the problem.

This chopping of vegetables by himself, it seemed that he had always followed the original method of chopping, and had never changed.

According to what Cook Liu said, cutting vegetables could be more than just cutting.

If one were to cut vegetables in a different way, wouldn’t this proficiency go up?

Thinking of this, Zhou An raised the doubt in his mind.

“Old Liu, what do you think is the best way to improve my skill in this cutting of vegetables?”

Don’t look at Old Liu’s old age, in his sixties, but this cooking skill is really not simple.

And the strength was amazing, an iron pot that specialized in frying large pots of vegetables, it was so slick to use.

Cook Liu asked, “You still really plan to do this camp ah?”

“These days, more than one ability more life, in case I don’t do it one day, I can also go to mix a chef as a pawn.” Zhou An said.

Cook Liu thought about it, this is true.

In this entire Yamen, Zhou An was the only one who helped cook.

At this time, when Zhou An was in trouble, Cook Liu felt that he had to help.

If he didn’t help, when Zhou An didn’t want to do it, he would be too busy again.

“Actually, cutting vegetables, I guess, there isn’t much that can be used, it’s usually straight cutting, pushing cutting, pulling cutting, sawing, guillotining and rolling, you’ve always used straight cutting, you can actually learn the others.”

Chef Liu took the chopper from Zhou An and tried all the cuts all over again.

While trying, he also explained the essentials of the various cuts.

Zhou An listened attentively at the side.

But when he finished listening, an odd expression appeared on his face.

He tried to take the knife and tried all the cuts like what Chef Liu had just taught him.

The proficiency was still tattooed.

This method doesn’t work.

Cook Liu also felt surprised.

“This kid’s foundation can be ah!”

All the basic knife skills just now, Zhou An traveled with ease.

Talent!

It must be talent!

Seeing Zhou An’s expression of dismay, Chef Liu said, “Still not satisfied?”

Zhou An did not hide it and bluntly said, “It’s not much fun, it’s still no improvement.”

Chef Liu’s head was filled with black lines.

This kid was really arrogant, but he also had the money to be arrogant.

“This is for you.”

Cook Liu found a piece of wood from the corner of the kitchen and threw it in front of Zhou An.

This was the usual firewood, and when it was not used, it was piled up inside the corner to be used as it was needed.

Zhou An picked up the wood and said strangely, “What are you giving me this for?”

“Don’t you want to practice your sword skills? Come and carve this, when you can carve it to the point where it’s fake, then you can practice the rest.” Chef Liu casually took out a green vegetable and placed it on the table.

Zhou An raised an eyebrow.

“I’ve heard that some people are carvers of tofu, you give me a wooden stake.”

He had heard of this thing before, as if the chef of the restaurant in An Ding County had said it.

The knife was so skillful that it could carve flowers on the tofu.

Chef Liu laughed, “Carve the hard ones first, and after you’re done, then take it one step at a time.”

Zhou An thought that his proficiency hadn’t gone up anyway, so the big deal was to try again.

Thinking of this, he picked up the kitchen knife.

Cook Liu shook his head, “Don’t use this, use the knife on your waist.”

Zhou An was stunned.

He had a long knife at his waist, but it would be more than a little difficult to carve with this.

“Lifting weights and putting them away, when you can carve with the long knife at your waist and still be able to fake it, then you can then use any other knife and it will be a breeze.” Cook Liu said.

Zhou An pulled out his waist long knife and tried to use it for a bit, and found that it was particularly difficult to use.

It was simple for him to go out and cut someone now, but to carve on a palm-sized piece of wood, the difficulty skyrocketed.

Especially since the long knife was too long, one had to be careful when trying to carve on the wood.

Zhou An tried to use the knife to scratch on it, but the result was that he used too much force and cracks appeared on the wood.

His Butcher’s Knife Skill had gained Precision Plus One, and he was indeed able to retract it freely, but that was in terms of chopping people.

When used for carving, the precision plus one of this knife skill was a bit less than adequate.

However, after he tried carving a few times, the text in front of him changed.

[Butcher’s Knife Skill (Speed +2, Accuracy +1): 4/40,000]

The proficiency level went up!

Zhou An kept a calm expression on his face, but his heart was bursting with joy.

The guesses from this trip were indeed correct.

The reason why the proficiency didn’t go up was because he hadn’t challenged the new difficulty.

Now, it seemed that he had made the right choice.

Thinking of this, Zhou An didn’t say anything and continued to carve delicately on the wood.

The cabbage was already engraved in his mind, and he didn’t even look at it.

Instead, he kept carving based on the memories in his mind.

The proficiency was rising, and it was rising quite well.

With this motivation, Zhou An became more focused.

Cook Liu had been watching from the side, and he realized that Zhou An was very serious when he got serious.

“This kid is really interested in sword skills?”

Just now, he was only joking, trying to let Zhou An know what to do, but he didn’t expect Zhou An to be really serious.

He didn’t make a sound to disturb him either and waited patiently.

Around half an hour or so, Zhou An finally withdrew his sword.

His right hand trembled slightly, it was not tiredness, but a side effect from a high level of mental concentration.

“Whew……”

Zhou An let out a long breath, and the trembling of his right hand resumed between the flow of Qi in his body.

In front of him, a green vegetable carved out of wood surfaced in front of Zhou An’s eyes.

But this wood carved into a green vegetable did not look good.

There were wood shavings everywhere, as well as several cracks, and even a few deformities.

“Not bad.” Chef Liu let out a heartfelt praise, “The first time I used a long knife to carve wood, and to be able to carve it like this, it’s already pretty good.”

“Old Liu, if it wasn’t for your sincere expression, I would have thought that you were mocking me.” Zhou An said.

For that half hour just now, the proficiency had risen by a hundred or so points, which was good news for Zhou An.

“Alright, the vegetables are done cutting, you carve them first, I’ll go cook.”

Lunch time here was also approaching, Cook Liu didn’t make any more small talk, but came to the stove and started preparing lunch.

Cooking left Zhou An with nothing to do, Zhou An continued to take a piece of wood and carved it with a long knife.

This carving went straight to noon.

After lunch, Zhou An was not idle.

Sheriff Xie followed the usual practice and came over to teach knife skills for a while, then let the crowd disperse.

Zhou An took several pieces of wood from the kitchen and carried them to the room, using a long knife to carve them delicately.

This situation naturally ushered in curious gazes, but after Zhou An said that he was practicing his knife skills, the crowd also felt uninterested and said no more.

Yu Hang hadn’t been around, and only walked in when it was almost time to break up the value.

Zhou An glanced along and realized that Yu Hang’s face was a bit ugly.

Yu Hang came in front of Zhou An and whispered, “Old Zhou, keep a slightly lower profile lately, Zhang Si County is investigating the mysterious expert.”