Chapter 20: Letter of Introduction in Hand, Time to Show Off the Skills!

This meal made comrade He Yuzhu sweat profusely; as a pure reincarnator, and moreover as a chef reincarnator, he actually ended up sweating profusely from a meal! How embarrassing.

Being different from our usual Western meal might be to better suit Gao Yue's taste, or maybe the white bear always does it this way.

The dishes that came up were basically all sweets; He Yuzhu originally didn't like sweets, so he hadn't eaten much of the first few dishes, waiting for the steak. When he saw the steak arrive, he realized this was the real dish, his eyes lit up and he took the plate from the waiter's hands.

Although Gao Yue had already taught He Yuzhu how to use knife and fork, possibly due to a chef's habit his right hand indeed picked up the knife, but his left hand was placed directly on the steak, pressing down, making a chopping motion—you didn't missee, he used his left hand to press the steak.

This left Gao Yue stunned. She had just cut a piece of steak, fork poised to bring it to her mouth, then time seemed to freeze—Gao Yue opened her small mouth, the steak right at her lips, she just stared straight at He Yuzhu, just staring....

When He Yuzhu was about to cut, he felt something odd, glanced up at Gao Yue, then looked down at his own hand, and with a swish he put down both hands, placing the knife on the table, his two hands unconsciously rubbing together as he looked at Gao Yue and gave a silly hehe laugh.

Seeing his appearance, Gao Yue put down her fork and didn't eat, then with a puff she covered her small mouth and laughed.

"Ay, don't laugh, this is my first time eating Western food; although I'm a cook, I'm a Chinese cook." He Yuzhu said embarrassedly while looking at Gao Yue.

"Haha, come on, Little Zhuzi, give me your plate." Gao Yue said laughing to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu handed the empty plate beside him to Gao Yue while saying, "What do you need my plate for? Also, don't call me Little Zhuzi—it sounds like a eunuch's name."

Seeing He Yuzhu hand her the empty plate, Gao Yue puffed out a laugh again: "You idiot, why are you giving me an empty plate? Give me the one with the steak." After saying that, Gao Yue handed He Yuzhu the steak she had already cut: "Here, take my portion; I've already cut mine."

He Yuzhu embarrassedly rubbed his nose, then passed his own steak to Gao Yue. After she took it, she kept cutting the steak bit by bit, looked up at He Yuzhu, saw this guy directly holding the fork in his right hand, spearing the steak and eating it, and suddenly realized: hadn't she already eaten this portion of steak just now? A flush of crimson appeared on her face.

After the two finished eating, He Yuzhu asked Gao Yue: "Yue sis, have you had enough? If not, we can order more."

"No thanks, I haven't been here in a while, I ate a bit too much today. Let's go, Zhuzi." After saying that, the two shouldered their packs and left.

Standing at the door, He Yuzhu asked Gao Yue: "Yue sis, how did you get here? Want me to give you a ride back on my bike?" After saying that, He Yuzhu looked toward Gao Yue.

"No need, I also came by bike." After saying that, Gao Yue pointed to her own bicycle.

"Oh oh, okay, but today's meal doesn't count. Once I make the ore machine, I'll personally cook you a meal so you can taste what authentic Tan family cuisine is." He Yuzhu waved the letter of introduction in his hand, "But I still need to thank you again for the letter of introduction; otherwise making the ore machine would just be a daydream."

"No problem, I can get another copy from my advisor; you can keep this one to use. Tan family cuisine is a must-try—I haven't had it yet. But after you make the ore machine, you must show it to me." Then she pointed at the letter of introduction in He Yuzhu's hand and added, "After all, you can make the ore machine—I've also made a certain contribution."

"Of course, after I make the ore machine, you'll be the biggest contributor." He Yuzhu chuckled.

"Good grief, enough, I'm not going to keep hanging out in this poor place—I need to rush back to school, I have class this afternoon." Gao Yue said, waved at He Yuzhu, and walked toward her bicycle.

"Alright, Yue sis, after I make it I'll go straight to your school to find you, but how am I supposed to get in? The gate guard definitely won't let me in." He Yuzhu said while walking alongside Gao Yue.

"Almost forgot, here, take this—you just need to pin it on your clothes when the time comes." Saying that, Gao Yue took out a Huaxia University badge from her pocket and handed it to He Yuzhu.

"I'm leaving now, Zhuzi, see you." After saying that, she mounted her bike and rode off.

He Yuzhu watched Gao Yue's departing back, a sweet smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

After Gao Yue's figure disappeared from sight, comrade He Yuzhu mounted a brand-new Forever brand 28-inch heavy-duty bike, headed straight for the department store, dramatically pulled out the letter of introduction, and boldly told the female sales clerk: "Comrade, please give me five sets of ore machine materials, plus ten pieces of ore."

The female sales clerk comrade took the letter of introduction He Yuzhu handed over, examined it several times, then stared at He Yuzhu—He Yuzhu remained silent—she quickly wrote out a slip and handed it to him, saying, "Total 37.2, pay up." After saying that, she stretched out her little hand asking for money.

After He Yuzhu counted out 37.2 from his pocket and handed it to the female sales clerk, he saw her clip the slip and money together, with a swish slide the clip to the cashier. Then the clerk turned to fetch He Yuzhu's materials.

Five sets of ore machine materials—quite a lot—the clerk ran back and forth four times before gathering everything.

He Yuzhu stuffed his carry-all bag to the brim, shouldered it, and comrade He Yuzhu strode out of the department store under the clerk's resentful gaze, then hopped on his bike and hurried toward the courtyard house.

After arriving home, He Yuzhu took everything from his bag onto the square table to sort, then discovered the book Introduction to Radio still in his bag, smacked his forehead: "How did I give this to Gao Yue? Ah, I'll mention it next time."

After He Yuzhu finished sorting all the materials, he took the ore machine he had previously bought, disassembled its components, and was left with just an empty frame.

Looking at the materials laid out on the table—the ore detector, the unassembled coil, capacitor, splitter, and terminal—He Yuzhu first picked up the coil to begin winding it. If a crystal diode could replace the ore detector, reception would be better, but that thing was only invented in 1947 in the beautiful country, and domestically it's so rare it's almost never seen.

While winding the coil, He Yuzhu wondered whether he could try making an adjustable coil—would that increase the receivable radio frequencies?

Elders, good evening; today, because of signing a contract, I'm releasing an extra chapter—starting tomorrow, updates will be posted before noon each day. Thanks for your support, elders!