Chapter 249 (2/2)

“When does the occupation of chef rank higher than other occupations?” Yuan Zhou asked back.

When? It was probably when people covered their noses and detoured as soon as they heard one was to clear out the drain.

Yuan Zhou didn’t divert his attention anymore. It was more important to take care of the dishes in the pot.

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The business time at noon passed soon. Yuan Zhou, again, became free. Only then did he get time to refine the honey. The honey collected was cool-natured when it was unprocessed. After refining, it would become mild natured and hence was suitable for most people to eat.

“System, what do you think of my honey?” Yuan Zhou took out the honeycomb that he had cut and appeared quite satisfied with it.

After all, he collected it after being stung for several times.

The system displayed, “The quality honey should be white in color and have small crystalline granules with fragrance of pear blossom. Nevertheless, the royal jelly is the secretion from the hypopharyngeal gland of the worker bees that attend to bee pupae in a honeycomb. It’s the food provided for the pupae that will become the queen bee and also the food for the queen bee in her lifetime.”

“According to the different pollen that the bees eat, the colors of the royal jelly would slightly change, normally into milky white and yellowish. Besides, contained in the royal jelly are also very high content of some longevity factors.”

“I just want to know how is my honey?” Having failed in acting cool, Yuan Zhou was a little sorrowful.

The system displayed, “Although the honey that host has collected isn’t the best, it’s also considered as a superior one.”

“Thanks for your compliments.” Yuan Zhou then became speechless. It turned out that processing the honey was more important.

As the royal jelly was a kind of emulsions secreted by the young adult bees after eating the pollen, the taste was extremely sour with a slight hint of spiciness. The texture and taste were so bad that they couldn’t be used as the flavorings directly.

Neither the honey nor the royal jelly could be processed at high temperature; therefore, Yuan Zhou intended to refine the honey first before considering the new dish.

The honey would be refined well when a drop of water on it could form a bead without dispersing. What Yuan Zhou used was a refining method that required a very long time, specifically one whole day. Of course, he didn’t use the fire refining method.

For the whole afternoon, Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was filled with fragrance of the honey.

“Little Boss Yuan, what delicacy are you making?” The neighboring Boss Tong stretched out her neck and asked.

“Honey. It’s the bee honey I went to collect.” Yuan Zhou was seated at the door and had just prepared to sculpt something. The Jinyaolou peony that he sculpted in the morning had already disappeared.

“That’s really a good thing. There are many fake ones on the market currently,” Boss Yuan sighed with emotion and said.

“You are right. What I collected is, nevertheless, genuine ones,” said Yuan Zhou earnestly.

“Well, of course. The honey you have collected are naturally genuine ones.” Boss Yuan was stunned for a while and then echoed.

“This young man still isn’t good at communication.” Boss Tong whispered in her heart. She had been doing business here for many years and already known that Yuan Zhou didn’t do well in communicating with others. He wasn’t honey-lipped.

She just didn’t expect him to be the same even when he had grown up.

“Aunt Tong, I’m going to practice sculpting now.” Yuan Zhou picked up the chosen radish and put it on the empty shelf, preparing to carve it.

“Wait. You carved so many sculptures every day and they were all taken away by others. What are you carving them for?” The shelf full of various flowers both bizarre and beautiful immediately became empty in a short moment when Boss Tong went to get the clean clothing.

“To practice my technique.” Currently, Yuan Zhou was directly using the kitchen knife to sculpt flowers. It still needed constant practice to make his work better and more vivid.

“That does make sense. The craftsmanship for making a living can never be out of practice.” Boss Tong nodded the head, indicating that she understood that.

“But you can put them away. Otherwise, they will disappear very soon.” Boss Tong still instructed Yuan Zhou.

“Thank you, Boss Tong. However, it’s a kind of affirmation that they like my work,” said Yuan Zhou quite confidently.

Boss Tong found it inappropriate to advise him anymore. And Yuan Zhou also had his wish fulfilled and began to enjoy the time of sculpting.