Chen Yan looked enviously at the family of three. The food was so bitter, yet simply because her cousin had made it, her uncle grimly bit down and swallowed.

If it had been her own father, he probably would have started cursing a long time ago.

Alas! There's no comparison!

In the kitchen.

Lin Xu scooped the sliced chili rings into a basin and cracked an egg into it, stirring until each chili ring was coated with the egg liquid.

Then he sprinkled a small spoonful of salt evenly into the basin, giving the chili a base flavor.

Finally, he added a large handful of low gluten flour, continuing to stir until the flour evenly coated the chili rings, ensuring that each chili ring remained separate and didn't stick together.

After completing this step, he heated oil in a pot.

What Lin Xu was about to make was a common household dish in the Central Plains—Pan-fried Chili with Flour.

This dish could be eaten with alcohol, with rice, or even wrapped in a small pancake, or sandwiched between sesame buns or steamed buns—no matter how you ate it, it was delicious.

Today's Tomato Beef Shank Noodles tasted similar to what they had for lunch. To prevent everyone from getting tired of the same flavors, Lin Xu, after finishing the Spicy Chicken Strips, washed some slender, helical chilies, ready to offer everyone a new experience.

Since this was a pan-fried dish, a bit more oil was necessary.

Once the oil in the pot was hot, Lin Xu poured the flour-coated chili rings into it. He used a spatula to spread them out as flat as possible. After spreading them, he picked up the pan and rotated it a few times, ensuring the oil thoroughly coated the chilies.

As the oil temperature rose, the flour on the surface of the chilies began to fry and emit a fragrant aroma.

Then, the fragrance turned into a spicy scent that grew increasingly strong.

Chen Yan, who was sulking at the kitchen door, smelled the enticing spicy fragrance and asked curiously, "Didn't you finish making the Spicy Chicken Strips? Brother-in-law, what are you cooking now?"

"Pan-fried Chili with Flour, it's a common dish we often eat back home."

Pan-fried Chili with Flour? This was yet another blind spot in Chen Yan's culinary knowledge.

She didn't know the dish, but Shen Baobao, who was out handing fruit curd to her parents, knew. "Wow, Xu, are you making that Pan-fried Chili with Flour we eat at your home? Make more, it won't be enough!"

Lin Xu: "..." You're saying this now, after it's already in the pan—that's too late!

However, there would be plenty of dishes tonight: besides the Pan-fried Chili with Flour, there were also Spicy Chicken Strips, Ginger Lotus Root, and Boiled Chinese Broccoli, plus the Tomato Beef Shank Hand-rolled Noodles—a feast sure to please his father-in-law.

Once the bottom side was fried to a golden brown, he carefully flipped the chilies over.

He then pressed down on top of the chili rings with the spatula, which helped the chilies cook faster and also made the surface batter fry up more fragrantly.

After both sides were fried to a golden brown, he used the spatula to stir-fry them a bit, to draw out as much water from the chilies as possible, making the chili rings dry and intensely flavorful.

During frying, some chili rings had also stuck together and needed to be separated by stir-frying.

When the intense spicy aroma in the pot grew stronger, it was time to take them out and put them on a plate.

Shen Baobao approached just as the dish was served.

"Let me help you taste the saltiness, okay?"

"All right, but just a little. These chilies are quite spicy. Eating too much might be too much for you to handle."

After speaking, Lin Xu put the large pot for boiling noodles on the stove to heat the water, then placed the dough on the large cutting board and started rolling out the noodles with the rolling pin.

Soon, all he would have to do would be to boil the freshly rolled noodles and serve them with the ready Tomato Beef Shank.

「At the same time.」

In the Fishing Platform State Guesthouse.

He Baoqing, the head chef of Building One, with hands clasped behind his back and a gloomy expression, arrived at Building Six, just in time to see Qiu Zhenhua looking worried at the entrance.

"Old Qiu, did Shu Yun, the one Old Xie swapped with you, resign?"

"Yes, not only did she resign, but Chef Ji from my kitchen, who was good at making hand-rolled noodles, also left… Did you have anyone quit as well?"

Upon hearing this, He Baoqing's expression darkened further. "Qin Wei, whom that bastard Old Xie traded to me, also resigned! And he even took Wei Qian with him when he left! Tell me, do you think Old Xie is up to something?"

The two exchanged glances and said in unison, "Let's go, find that bastard and ask for an explanation!"

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