pappabearbooks Chapter 469: Cultivating a disciple?
Chapter 469: Cultivating a disciple?
When I arrived at Ding Qiunan's office, I found Ding Qiunan and Hu Yunxiu were studying something seriously.
When the two saw Li Zhenmin coming, they quickly stood up to greet him and pour him tea.
Li Zhenmin sat down and waved his hands, saying, "Don't act like a lackey. I came here to ask you to make a pot of chicken soup in a couple of days."
"Make chicken soup?" Ding Qiunan was confused.
Li Zhenmin took out a piece of wild ginseng, about the length of a finger joint, and said, "This is the wild ginseng that was not used up before. Xiaoguang should be able to eat it in a few days. Can you help make a pot of chicken soup? It can also be regarded as learning about medicinal diet. I will watch over you when the time comes."
"Oh, so that's it. I thought you were going to start training my cooking skills." Ding Qiunan let out a long sigh.
Li Zhenmin said unhappily, "Why, do you look down on the chef?"
Ding Qiunan quickly replied, "No, no, it's just that I don't have much talent in this area and I really can't learn it. If you ask me to learn this, you will be the only one who has a headache."
Li Zhenmin sighed and said, "In that case, forget about the medicinal food. After all, the requirements for medicinal food are higher than those for ordinary meals. If the heat is not right, the medicinal effect will not be exerted, and if the taste is not well controlled, the patient will not be happy to eat it."
After saying that, he got up and left.
Seeing this, Ding Qiunan quickly shouted, "No, no, no, I'll learn. Isn't it okay for me to learn?"
Li Zhenmin said indifferently: "You don't have to be so embarrassed. There are not many doctors who can really do this well now."
Ding Qiunan said aggrievedly: "Please stop being so sarcastic, I really have realized my mistake, I really promise to study hard!"
Li Zhenmin thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then you should start by learning how to cook. After all, medicinal herbs are not blown by the wind, and they cannot withstand your practice and waste."
Ding Qiunan always felt like he was being tricked at this moment. He always felt that Li Zhenmin just wanted him to learn how to cook. As for medicinal food, as long as it was roughly the same and not unpalatable, it would be fine. Do patients have the right to be picky about food?
But the problem is that now that I have agreed, it would be bad to go back on my word.
Suddenly, she had an idea and said, "Yunxiu cooks delicious food. The meals she brought me these days tasted good. I think she has some talent in this area. How about you take a look..."
Seeing this, Hu Yunxiu waved her hands and said, "No, no, I just cook some home-cooked dishes. My skills are far from those of my master. Most people can cook the dishes I cook."
After saying that, he seemed to feel that this was not good, so he corrected himself: "Master, I am not saying that your craftsmanship is bad, I just...just...anyway, I really don't mean that."
She felt like she was not feeling well. How could she explain this?
Although her cooking skills are not bad and she would study it at home when she has nothing to do, the more she does this, the more she realizes how high Li Zhenmin's attainments in cooking are.
She and Ding Qiunan ate some of the leftovers that Li Zhenmin brought over last time.
It was also from that time that she felt like a mayfly seeing the blue sky, and after returning, she deliberately experimented with the same ingredients many times.
As a result, everyone in her family almost vomited after eating the food, but she still couldn't make the taste she wanted. It was also because of this that she felt more and more how terrible the details of the so-called state banquet chefs were.
Ding Qiunan said this only because she thought the food tasted okay, but she knew that the gap was really huge, even to the point that she would never be able to catch up in her lifetime.
"Why are you being so modest? Although your cooking skills are not as good as your master's, your cooking skills are really good. There's no need to belittle yourself."
Ding Qiunan took out the lunch box from his drawer as he spoke. There was quite a bit of food in the lunch box, which he had saved for eating during the night shift.
"Master, would you like to try it?"
Ding Qiunan handed the chopsticks to Li Zhenmin.
Hu Yunxiu quickly said: "It's cold, I'll go heat it up..."
"No, I'll just try it." Li Zhenmin picked up a piece of vegetable and put it in his mouth and chewed it.
After finishing the meal, he didn't comment, and took another piece of meat and a piece of green pepper....
Savor it slowly.
The meat was a little dry, the chili tasted a little weak, and the vegetables were not fresh enough...there were quite a lot of shortcomings.
However, this is his evaluation from the perspective of a professional chef. If viewed from the perspective of ordinary people, these meals actually taste quite good. After all, most people focus on how much salt and oil to use, and whether the food is flavored, and that's fine as long as it's about right.
He could also tell from some of the textures and cuts on the dishes that Hu Yunxiu was indeed better than the average person in this regard, and he probably did some research on it privately.
"Well, it tastes okay." Li Zhenmin finally gave his evaluation, then looked at Hu Yunxiu and asked, "Did you learn it from anyone?"
Hu Yunxiu's eyes suddenly showed joy, and he quickly replied: "That's right... I just asked some aunts from the neighborhood for advice, and I'm quite interested in this aspect, but... I haven't learned it well, so please criticize me, Master."
Li Zhenmin smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. You are better than most people right now. So, go home after get off work and cook your best dish. I will come over tomorrow and let you taste it."
Ding Qiunan was startled. Seeing that Hu Yunxiu was still at a loss, he reminded her, "Why don't you thank your master? Most people don't have this opportunity!"
Hu Yunxiu reacted and bowed repeatedly to thank him: "Thank you, Master, thank you, Master. I will definitely prepare my best dishes when I go back. Please give me more comments when the time comes."
Li Zhenmin nodded.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel speechless about Hu Yunxiu sometimes calling him Grandmaster and sometimes Grandmaster. Although Grandmaster and Grandmaster can be understood as the same meaning, doesn't it feel awkward to switch back and forth like this?
But there is nothing to worry about.
Afterwards, the three of them chatted about some medical knowledge in the office, mainly Li Zhenmin helping Ding Qiunan analyze and solve some difficult problems that were usually difficult for him.
It is worth mentioning that Hu Yunxiu didn't quite understand the whole thing. She wanted to learn something, but was too nervous to know how to say it. She also stuttered the whole time and asked some questions that she herself thought were childish, which made her very anxious.
Li Zhenmin didn't think that this kind of personality was not presentable. He never had any stereotypes about people. He thought that as long as one worked hard and made progress, everything would be fine. As for personality, many things can be learned through continuous experience.
About an hour or so.
Li Zhenmin looked at his watch, stood up and said, "It's getting late. I have to go to work tomorrow, so I'll go back first. Yunxiu, you go and take care of Xiaoguang."
"Yes, I know. I'll pack up and come over." Hu Yunxiu immediately stood up to see him off.
Li Zhenmin waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to see him off, and then he went to Xiaoguang's ward and found that Shen Wenyin had just woken up, so he chatted with her for a few words and left.
He did not mention Xiaoguang's previous statement that he wanted Yang Feiliang to die to Shen Wenyin, for fear that Shen Wenyin would think that Xiaoguang was stimulated somewhere and was acting abnormally. Everything had to wait until Xiaoguang woke up completely before saying anything.