Chapter 99: Fresh Matsutake and Chicken Soup, I'm hungry! [Begging for subscriptions! 5]

*Splash!*

A ladle of clear spring water drawn from the morning well was gently poured into the iron pot.

Immediately after, Wang Qifa grabbed the slaughtered and chopped chicken, sliding them into the pot one by one from the side.

The whole process was very light, and the arrangement was very neat, without splashing a single drop of water.

Qin Mu focused the lens, very slowly, mainly capturing the coordinated beauty.

Soon, the water boiled.

Facing the rolling heat, Wang Qifa picked up a ladle and meticulously began to skim off the oil and foam.

Until the entire pot of soup was clear and transparent!

"If these impurities aren't cleaned off, it will affect the taste."

Wang Qifa explained, then threw in a few slices of washed old ginger.

Then, he covered the large pot.

"Please turn the fire down a little."

He clapped his hands and stood in front of the camera.

Smiling slightly, he said: "Stewing chicken soup requires slow cooking; one shouldn't be too hasty."

"What we need is to stew the chicken until it's soft, not mushy, allowing the essence to slowly melt into the soup."

"As for those ginger slices, they are actually to..."

This was the explanation of the cooking method and technique arranged in the script. Of course, what exactly he said was up to Wang Qifa.

Seeing this scene, Qin Mu took a step back, framing both Wang Qifa and the large pot in the lens.

'God-level automatic capture activated!'

Every highlight began to emerge, slowly structuring.

Soon, there was...

A scene of him talking while the cooking smoke rose.

Gradually, the smoke drifted toward Wang Qifa, enveloping him.

Qin Mu's eyes moved, and he quickly captured the angle to record that 'hazy beauty'.

"Amazing!"

Outside, Chen Dao almost jumped up in excitement.

Damn!

This camera sense is too explosive!

It's practically tailor-made for cooking!

'Suddenly I'm very envious of Brother Wang Qifa, why is that?'

Huang Lei, standing to the side, was dumbfounded, his eyes full of envy.

How he wished he were the protagonist in the lens right now!

That hazy environment, that meticulous and subtle cooking perspective, that calm explanation for the audience.

Isn't that the 'Food Collection' scene he dreamed of?!

"Little Brother Qin, too awesome!"

He Jiong murmured softly.

He had studied photography before, so he naturally knew how difficult it was to capture a scene so perfectly!

"Little Brother Qin, go for it!"

Zhang Zifeng even took out her phone and filmed the monitor.

Yeah.

*A Bite of China* won't air for a while.

I'll film a 'bootleg version' to watch carefully!

About twenty minutes later.

A thick aroma of chicken soup filled the entire kitchen.

Making the two colleagues helping on the side swallow their saliva in large gulps.

"It's about time."

Wang Qifa checked the time and lifted the lid.

At this moment, a layer of golden, soft chicken oil had floated on the clear chicken soup.

"The essence is here!"

He picked up the ladle and carefully scooped out the chicken oil.

At this moment, Qin Mu's lens was mainly focused on that touch of gold.

'Food Photography Expertise activated!'

Seeing the light smoke rising from the carefully brewed chicken oil, under the deep color, it seemed to contain a deliciousness that would make one's tongue move!

Charm +99!

*Gurgle!*

*Gurgle!*

*Gurgle!*

Among the group, clearly audible, rising and falling stomach growls sounded.

Huang Lei and He Jiong looked at each other, embarrassed.

They had come in a hurry and hadn't eaten much breakfast.

Now, they suddenly felt super hungry.

*Ahem.*

"Peng Peng, I told you to eat more in the morning, look now, your stomach is growling."

"What will your Uncle Chen and Uncle Zhang think of us."

To cover up his embarrassment, Huang Lei coughed twice and quickly grabbed the 'Peng Peng version of the scapegoat'.

"Uh."

"Watching this makes me so hungry."

"Director Chen, Director Zhang, do we have anything to eat here?"

Peng Peng touched his head and laughed foolishly.

"Right, Old Zhang."

"Get some snacks out, look at how hungry this kid is."

Huang Lei put on an act of 'my own kid is disappointing'.

"Okay, Little Wu."

"Go get some snacks."

Zhang Yimou laughed and called out, then rubbed his own stomach secretly.

Hmm.

He was hungry too.

Soon, the staff brought over a pile of snacks.

"Wow!"

"I'm super hungry now, uncles, I won't be polite!"

Peng Peng's eyes were almost popping out.

"Go, go, go! You kid don't know the rules at all!"

"Don't you know that elders eat first?"

Saying this, Huang Lei hurriedly tore open a bag of snacks and started eating without delay.

*Phew!*

Refreshing!

"Pfft! Haha!"

Chen Dao almost laughed out loud on the side.

Teacher Huang!

Your acting is too bad!

What do you mean Peng Peng wants to eat? It's clearly you who wants to eat!

Also, your eyes are staring straight at the monitor, not even looking at the snacks, just stuffing them into your mouth.

That look is just like 'quenching thirst by thinking of plums'!

"Give me some too."

Beside him, He Jiong couldn't care less and started eating on his own.

Wow!

The 'chicken soup' is super delicious.

Soon, Zhang Yimou and Chen Dao joined the eating army.

They weren't actually that hungry.

They were just super tempted by watching this video!

"You guys..."

"Aren't you saving room for dinner later?"

Zhang Zifeng watched from the side, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

The chicken oil was placed in a small bowl separately.

After Qin Mu gave it a close-up, he saw Wang Qifa scoop out the chicken soup, and after cleaning the large pot,

he poured the chicken oil back in, followed by the 'delicacy' fresh matsutake.

Fresh matsutake needs to be fried for a certain amount of time.

Slow-cooked over low heat, five minutes later.

Wang Qifa poured the fried fresh matsutake into the chicken soup, adding pepper, green onions, MSG, salt, etc.

Suddenly, a pot of fresh matsutake and chicken soup, complete in color, aroma, and taste.

Came out of the oven!

And the whole process was captured with extreme precision by Qin Mu in the lens!

— Author's Notes —

PS: Begging for flowers, evaluation tickets, and monthly tickets! Thank you very much!