Chen Lin was truly surprised. When he tried to cut the meat as usual, he couldn't slice through it at all.
"Xiaohan, what's up with this meat?" Chen Lin asked in surprise, applying more force to cut through the meat skin.
"It's for medicinal cuisine, definitely not ordinary meat, obtained through secret channels," Chen Han explained ambiguously, without giving a direct answer.
If he really had to probe, it was unexplainable.
Chen Lin wasn't one to probe to the root of everything, he nodded and continued to focus on handling the meat, becoming more amazed as he worked.
The meat was so tough; he'd never seen anything like it before, and it really took effort to handle.
Chen Han uploaded the video he had just filmed of the Dog Demon's infighting to Tiao Yin.
As the play counts began to increase, as expected, comments mocking him started to appear.
Chen Han wasn't bothered by these comments. Seeing the game system prompt showing an increase in reputation by 1 point was the best news for him.
As long as someone is paying attention, that's enough.
With Little Uncle taking care of the Dog Demon meat, he took a break and browsed a few videos, suddenly coming across a newly uploaded sword dance video from his junior sister. It really caught his eye; she looked beautiful in that Hanfu from last night, and the sword dance was truly impressive.
In short: junior sister was really beautiful!
Chen Lin quickly finished processing the Dog Demon meat. After all, as a strong middle-aged man, he didn't get out of breath or need to take multiple breaks.
After the congee was cooked, the two of them ate. Then Chen Lin said, "Xiaohan, I'm going to check out the Frying Pan Furnace built yesterday."
He was really concerned about this matter and hurried out.
He also wanted to fulfill the wishes of his brother and sister-in-law and help his nephew promote the Chen Clan Ancient Building Complex tourism.
He could tell that the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea his nephew was researching was very important.
After Chen Han finished eating, he took out two stew pots and began preparing the medicinal cuisine, putting the Dog Demon meat and the herbs from Little Uncle's cabinet into them, adding water just right when Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng hurriedly came in.
"Xiaohan, can we work on the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea today?" Chen Dagou asked as soon as he entered.
"Yeah, when can we do it?" Chen Shuisheng nodded eagerly.
The two were full of anticipation for this matter.
If it succeeded, not only would they have a steady job and salary, but it would also create several job opportunities for the clan.
Seeing their eagerness, Chen Han instructed, "Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng, move those bamboo leaves and bamboo cores to the Frying Pan Furnace my Little Uncle built."
"Got it." Chen Dagou responded excitedly and he and Chen Shuisheng immediately took action in the courtyard.
Chen Han also lit the fire under the two stew pots to stew the medicinal cuisine, planning to add water again two hours later.
He set an alarm and went out with Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng to the Frying Pan Furnace.
The Frying Pan Furnace Little Uncle had built had three stove openings in total. Two stoves had large pots, and one stove had a grinding slot.
The large pots were for kill-green processing, and the grinding slot was for rolling.
Chen Lin was checking around the Frying Pan Furnace when he saw Chen Han coming, and said in surprise, "Xiaohan, it's incredible. The Frying Pan Furnace was built just last night, and when I checked just now, the cement had completely dried hard, as if it had been air-dried for several days."
Chen Han naturally knew the reason; it was all thanks to the game system, which had already prompted that the Frying Pan Furnace was usable last night.
But such things couldn't be said publicly, so he instead said, "Little Uncle, you built the Frying Pan Furnace, doesn't that mean your building skills are excellent?"
Hearing this, Chen Lin couldn't help but smile, "Xiaohan, no need to say. You know your Little Uncle has been doing this since childhood. Who in the clan doesn't know my skills?"
After flattering his Little Uncle, Chen Han also smiled and instructed, "Little Uncle, start the fire. Let's try making the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea today."
"Alright." Chen Lin, with a smile on his face, immediately added the prepared firewood into the stove to start the fire.
Chen Han then checked the heat.
The first step, kill-green, required using temperature to break down and neutralize enzymes in the bamboo leaves, inhibiting enzymatic oxidation.
In the process of refining Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, it meant: "Completely remove the residual Yin Thunder Water in the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Leaves, leaving only the spiritual qi in the bamboo leaves."
So, the kill-green was to be done using martial fire steam.
Water was placed in the iron pots, with water racks set up above, and the bamboo leaves were laid on top.
Under his instruction, both Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng started working.
Of course, he also took out the Spirit Shadow Treasure Mirror to capture images while narrating, "After a night's time, the Patriarch has preliminarily used the Spiritual Artifact to remove the Yin Thunder Water from the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Leaves. Now, we'll use the specially-built Frying Pan Furnace to refine the remaining Yin Thunder Water from the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Leaves."
"This Frying Pan Furnace was set up personally by the Work Hall Elder along with skilled members of the clan, engraved with numerous Refining Runes, which are highly effective in refining the Yin Thunder Water."
Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng were already used to this.
Chen Lin felt a bit embarrassed but inexplicably excited too; anyway, he thought his nephew's filming was quite fun.
As the bamboo leaves and bamboo cores were kill-green processed, the entire Frying Pan Furnace started to steam.
This process needed to last for half an hour. When the time was up, he also instructed Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng to take out the bamboo leaves and cores, then place them into the grinding slot to roll with special kneading sticks.
This process required some time and was labor-intensive.
Naturally, this task was left to Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng.
Chen Han continued filming with his phone, making sure the process of producing Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was clear on video.
Mr. Zhao walked over, "Patriarch Chen, are you starting to make the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea?"