Xu Lin decided to cook a meal.

Although he often ordered takeout, Xu Lin could also cook, and made a few dishes, though not many, and they tasted alright.

After using the rice cooker to make rice, Xu Lin cut up half a dried fish, then cut two portions of cured pork and two portions of cured beef.

Dried fish was fried separately, while pork and beef together.

Additionally, Xu Lin ordered takeout, buying a pound of green beans, which would be stir-fried with the pork and beef.

Soon, two fragrant dishes were finished.

It's not that Xu Lin's cooking skills were great, but these cured meat and dried fish were pre-cured, requiring only simple preparation, anyone who's been to the kitchen a few times could do it, it's quite simple.

While eating, Xu Lin sent pictures and messages to Ning Yuhuan.

"It's ready."

"Is it tasty?"

"The taste is nice, the cured meat is chewy, especially stir-fried with green beans, it's delicious."

"Mm hm!"

Ning Yuhuan was very happy, showing the pictures to her mom.

"He can cook too?" Ning Yuhuan's mom asked curiously.

"Yes!"

On Xu Lin's side, he also sent pictures to Ms. Ren.

"Salivating?"

"What's that?"

"Dried fish, cured meat."

"Looks pretty good!"

Ms. Ren: "Don't order takeout; cooking yourself is better, healthy and hygienic!"

Mother and son chatted for a while.

After a filling dinner, Xu Lin rested for a bit, deciding to test out his new "learning talent" reward.

Half the effort? Increased learning efficiency?

"What should I learn?"

Since Xu Lin had just completed his English tasks, he temporarily didn't want to deal with such academic things, later pondering and recalling the pot from cooking and the bowls and dishes used for dinner had not been washed yet.

"How about researching some cooking skills?"

Learning cooking is learning too, right?

Nowadays, wanting to learn cooking is quite convenient; you just need to search short videos, and various chefs will teach you how to make all sorts of dishes, or various foods like cakes and desserts, everything is available, as long as you want to try, you can make anything.

Xu Lin searched for a dish.

In high school, he particularly loved a small stir-fry dish on the second floor of the school cafeteria: stir-fried baby cabbage with lean meat.

This dish was quite ordinary, but Xu Lin found the cafeteria aunties made it very delicious, unforgettable.

So Xu Lin prioritized this dish.

Placed an order: baby cabbage, lean pork, chili peppers, rice wine, oyster sauce...

Delivered in half an hour.

Xu Lin followed the steps taught by chefs in the videos to learn.

At this moment Xu Lin unconsciously entered a learning state, under the influence of learning talent, Xu Lin found making this dish quite easy.

Soon, a dish of stir-fried baby cabbage with lean pork that was visually appealing and aromatic was ready.

Xu Lin tried it.

"Am I becoming a chef?"

Xu Lin's appetite was whetted; he felt the taste was truly satisfying.

The next two days passed in calm.

Xu Lin's life went on as usual: playing games, typing.

In these two days, Xu Lin had typed out 120,000 words in one go, waiting for them to be used later.

He planned to publish the book "My 26-year-old Miss Maybach" online on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

With these 120,000 words plus the previously saved drafts, there was a total of 160,000 words, enough for him to lavishly use.

He didn't want to type for the next half month.

Moreover, Xu Lin had already crafted the outline for this book, and estimated the final word count would be between 700,000 to 800,000 words—actually, this word count was already quite long for Xu Lin; any longer and he wouldn't do it. Initially, he only planned to write up to 500,000 words.

"I'm heading to the train station soon!"

On the afternoon of the 5th, Ms. Ren sent a message to Xu Lin.

Xu Lin: "Oh."

Ms. Ren: "Speak like a human!"

Xu Lin: "Sleeping."

Ms. Ren: "Come pick me up!"

"Why not drive?"

"It's almost 400 kilometers from the provincial city to here, how long would driving take?"

"Then I'll come pick you up!"

The afternoon sun was blazing, and it was very hot outside.

Xu Lin rode his little electric scooter under the big sun, for more than half an hour, all the way from the neighborhood to the suburban train station.

Finally, Xu Lin reached his destination, and from a distance, he saw Ren Yan standing by the roadside with an umbrella.

Xu Lin, feeling invigorated, sped up on his little electric scooter, doing a cool spinning trick in front of her, leaving a circular wheel mark on the ground, causing quite a stir that attracted the attention of people waiting for the bus nearby.

"Hop on, Ms. Ren!"

Xu Lin stopped the scooter, grinning.

Ren Yan immediately grabbed Xu Lin's ear as she got on the scooter.

"Drive quickly, your mother's reputation can't hold up anymore!"

It was truly embarrassing, with a bunch of people watching, and her son being like a ghost fire.

"Ok, hold on tight."

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