[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-culinary-god":3,"chapter-i-m-the-culinary-god-i-m-the-culinary-god-chapter-872":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I'm the Culinary God",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1616360,2079,"Chapter 872 - 374: Northwest Hearty Dish That Requires Almost No Cooking Skills—Hand-Pulled Lamb!","i-m-the-culinary-god-chapter-872",872,"\u003Cp>Entering the system, Lin Xu opened the points mall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countdown on the special tool section page had been canceled, and he could click in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The special tool section was still a pile of tools with question marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he finally flipped to the bottom, he found a newly refreshed tool:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eye-as-Ruler: A special tool that can accurately measure the length of an item, slightly improving knife skills and other techniques. Exchange price: 2,888,888 points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still 2.88 million?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xu felt this special tool wasn’t very useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the line about slightly improving knife skills and other techniques made him feel a bit tempted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher you go with a chef’s cooking techniques, the harder it gets. Even a slight improvement shouldn’t be missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the remaining points, there were a total of 2.9 million. Redeeming this would set him back to square one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want to spend 2,888,888 points to exchange for the special tool Eye-as-Ruler?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the words fell, the system notification sound echoed in his mind again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exchange successful, this skill can provide some enhancement to knife skills, plating, pastry making, making the host’s dishes more aesthetically pleasing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad, it didn’t lure him into an upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, at this moment, the system only had about ten thousand points left, probably not enough for an upgrade even if he wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After obtaining this skill, when Lin Xu looked around, he was fully aware of the length and width of various items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretty good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cutting things would now definitely yield accurate measurements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the exchange, he took another look at the special tool section, which now displayed a locked status, with a line of text beside it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This page will refresh after 1439:59:52. Pay 7,500,000 points for immediate refresh.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a thousand hours, roughly two months?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xu calculated that it would be around New Year’s Day when it refreshed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wondering what special tools might appear then, he felt a little anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the on-page prompt about refreshing immediately for 7.5 million points, he simply ignored it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How idle would one have to be to spend that many points just for a refresh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Lin, welcome, welcome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was complaining, Yin Hongbin came out of the restaurant. Seeing Lin Xu standing outside, he quickly greeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here to learn some skills from Head Chef Yin today, am I disturbing you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not disturbing at all, it’s rare to see a red station chef willing to delve into the pastry side. We’re more than happy to welcome you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A well-known red station chef researching pastry would be considered straying from their main line, but Yin Hongbin was naturally more than welcoming of Lin Xu’s interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your senior... he didn’t come, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I came straight to you without turning towards Building No. 2.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good that he didn’t come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Hongbin sighed with relief; that troublesome guy was even harder to handle than Dai Jianli. Every time he came over, the entire kitchen felt like it had been ransacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet just as he was feeling fortunate, Xie Baomin’s voice came from the front gate:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yin, the persimmons from Building No. 8 are ripe and taste good. I specially picked a bag for you. When there’s good food, I think of you. Just say how strong our bond is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Hongbin: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you making me the scapegoat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who doesn’t know that the persimmon tree in the Building No. 8 yard is Executive Chef Yuan Debiao’s favorite? You’ve picked so many of his persimmons, he’ll take a knife and come after me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Building No. 8 features Northeast cuisine, and Chef Yuan Debiao particularly loves frozen persimmons, so he specifically grew hard persimmons, waiting until after the snow to pick and eat them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the thought of old Yuan wielding a knife in a rage gave Yin Hongbin a headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Baomin chuckled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Junior brother, try it, these persimmons really are good, just the skin’s a bit thick... Old Yin, don’t get emotional, quickly try one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Try my ass... Yin Hongbin asked irritably:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you say when old Yuan comes looking later?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s easy, just say you were learning to make dried persimmons with Old Fan. Every year, they’re flaunting their strings of dried persimmons from Building No. 14; we should learn too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You cunning rascal just rely on your high skills to do whatever you want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your comeuppance is coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Figuring that Yuan Debiao would come sooner or later, and he’d be considered an accomplice even if he didn’t eat, he might as well taste them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took two persimmons from the bag Xie Baomin was carrying, handed one to Lin Xu, and rubbed the other with his apron before taking a bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, quite crunchy, with plenty of sweetness and no hint of astringency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Persimmons are indeed best eaten after they’ve hung on the branch until frost falls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them munched on their persimmons while heading into the restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yin, my junior brother is here, we have to have a good meal today, no vegetarian table accepted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Hongbin took a bite of persimmon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t guarantee anything else, but there’s plenty of meat. Just this afternoon, Old Huang delivered the two cows I specially ordered. We’ll have something simple in the morning, and go big on beef bones in the afternoon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time Building No. 12 breaks down a whole cow, the other head chefs come over to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They say they’re helping, but really, they’re just there for a meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Lin Xu, it felt like those times back in the village during Chinese New Year when a family slaughtered a pig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time a pig was slaughtered, neighbors would come to help with boiling water and removing hair, ending the day with a lively feast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would’ve thought that the chefs at the Fishing Platform had the same hobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this afternoon it was beef instead of pork, it was bound to taste... very delicious indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>",1006,"2026-06-06T10:24:52.856Z",1,"novelbin.me","e97f58a76e443ac895c00d34fef9a1f5d210520468e1896870179961cfc6579e","i-m-the-culinary-god-chapter-873","i-m-the-culinary-god-chapter-871",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-culinary-god-cover.jpg"]