Chapter 1011: Chapter 420: Shen Jiayue: If I Eat Anything Tonight, I’m a Cat! 10 PM: Meow Meow Meow!

Lin Xu boiled a pot of water, blanching half of the sliced bamboo shoots, lotus root slices, and celery segments, while the other half went into the oil pan along with sliced potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The method for dry pot requires oil, while water cooking requires blanching; the dishes are different, so are the methods.

Once the blanched ingredients were cooked, he placed them in a bowl.

Once the ingredients in oil were cooked, he set them aside to drain the oil.

Next, he set up the wok, poured in oil, and added the cut fatty intestines to stir-fry.

These fatty intestines had been cooked in a pressure cooker, but to make them delicious, they needed to be stir-fried to release the excess oil and enhance the aroma.

When the fatty intestines started to bubble, he added a spoonful of chopped doubanjiang, stir-frying to release the red oil, coating the intestines in it.

Then, he added half a spoon of knife-cut chili made from Sichuan peppercorns and dried chili.

Knife-cut chili enhances the spicy and numbing flavor of the intestines, further releasing red oil for a richer aroma and better taste.

He added half a pot of pork bone broth to the wok, brought it to a boil, and then added the oil-fried bullfrog.

He seasoned it with a pinch of salt, a bit of sugar, and a small spoon of pepper.

Cooking for two or three minutes, he scooped the intestines and bullfrog, broth and all, into a bowl of bamboo shoots, lotus root slices, and celery segments, sprinkling a spoonful of knife-cut chili and some minced garlic on top.

He poured hot seasoning oil over it, completing the fatty intestines and bullfrog pot.

When eating, keep it heated underneath for extra warmth, and after finishing the meat, you can dip vegetables like chrysanthemum, spinach, or lettuce into it.

He made three pots in total, each almost a full bowl.

Perfect for the staff to all have a taste.

Next, Lin Xu started preparing dry pot fatty intestines and bullfrog, which followed a similar method to the intestines and bullfrog pot, but used dry pot sauce and no added water.

After the dry pot sauce was aromatic, he added the oil-fried bullfrog, poured in some rice wine, enhancing the aroma while removing any off-flavors.

He continued stir-frying, finally adding the pre-fried ingredients.

Once cooked, he turned off the heat and served it in a dry pot lined with onions.

With both dishes done, Lin Xu placed the prepared bullfrog into the marinade soup, letting it simmer gently for four minutes, then soaking it in the broth after turning off the heat.

Taking advantage of the time, he sliced some ham and made a soup with the remaining marinated bullfrog.

When the soup was almost ready, he added the cleaned lettuce leaves, immediately turning off the heat to keep the leaves crisp and delicious.

Once the soup was done, the bullfrog soaking in the marinade was ready to be served.

Carefully lifting them out using a slotted spoon, he arranged them on a large tray, drizzling some marinade broth over them, and it was time to eat!

While he was busy cooking in the kitchen, Shen Baobao sat at a booth in the corner, wearing noise-canceling headphones, editing videos.

Accumulating lots of material over time, she found a copyright-free track for BGM and compiled behind-the-scenes clips of Dundun into a finished video. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Time to eat, Baobao."

Lin Xu walked over and kissed Shen’s cheek.

"Time to eat? Just finished editing."

She clicked to generate the video, selected 4K 60 frames as the specs, and hit confirm; the video began to render automatically.

Removing her headphones, Shen stretched as she stood up:

"Wow, it smells so good. I can’t believe how fast time flew by. I just sorted some video material, and here it is, dinner time already."

Back when she worked at the audit firm, browsing the web out of boredom made time drag slowly.

But now as a full-time content creator, it feels like time flies by.

Had she known, she wouldn’t have quit. She could edit videos every day at the audit firm, maximizing her time efficiently.

Approaching the dining table and seeing the three dishes and one soup, Shen Jiayue quickly took out her phone and snapped a photo, promptly sharing it on her social circle:

"This is what bliss in simplicity looks like—edit videos done, and he’s done with dinner. Three dishes and a soup, all made from bullfrog. Wishing everyone who sees this a prosperous year with bullfrogs!"

Only after posting did she notice Chen Yan had also posted an update.

The last time they joked about being like the Air Force, Chen seemed hung up on her fishing skills or her inability to get over it.

This afternoon, she drove to a paid fishing spot in the suburbs and caught a dozen big fish, including silver carp, carp, and snakehead, with a wide variety.

She even shared her catch in her social circle, showing off.

"Pfft, those paid fishing spots just sell high-priced fish, whatever you catch you have to buy, why go so far just to buy fish, might as well hit the market instead."

To stop her cousin from continuing fishing, Shen Jiayue messaged Chen Yan:

"Did you enjoy buying those high-priced fish?"

Chen Yan quickly replied with a voice message:

"Got tricked, the fish were super expensive. Spent over a thousand bucks for this pile of farmed fish, should’ve just done some real work at the office...What’s for dinner? I brought ingredients, let’s have fish."

She must have been driving and didn’t see the updates in the social circle.

"Dinner tonight is bullfrog, bullfrog pot, dry pot bullfrog, spicy marinated bullfrog, and bullfrog ham with lettuce soup."

"Oh wow, why didn’t you say so earlier, I hate you guys!"

Chen lamented feeling like a fool.

Driving so far with a bunch of fishing gear, exhausted from fishing only to buy the fish at a high price.

If she had known, she could have just snagged some fish from Lin Ji’s aquarium instead.

At least then she wouldn’t have had to pay.