Those who had tasted the old chef's cooking skills would naturally feel that Jiang Feng's dishes were not as scrumptious.

Throughout the entire process of cooking, the wonderful system notification of "Ding, gained 10 experience points." was mixed with a sprinkling of "Ding, gained 1 experience point".

People who had tasted the old chef's cooking skills all gave an unenthusiastic response to his cooking. Chen Xiuxiu, who has only eaten the dishes made by Jiang Jiankang, barely acknowledged his cooking skills. The animals in his dormitory were always as excited as if they had found a girlfriend every time he used the little broken electric cooker in the dormitory to make a meal of ribs.

No harm would be inflicted without comparison.

Jiang Feng felt that it was much better to cook for people who were not experts in this field.

He would be able to muddle through and get more experience points.

In the next few days, Jiang Feng cooked all the common congee that he could find on the Internet once.

Sometimes, when he had cooked too much, he served all of it as dinner for Jiang Jiankang. It gave him the same complexion as his meal.

However, the effect was significant. After eating three normal meals for several days, Chen Xiuxiu's complexion was not as waxy and sallow as before, a little tinge of pink had returned to her cheeks.

After cooking the relatively simple congees, Jiang Feng began to challenge the ones that were of a higher difficulty, such as fresh shrimp congee.

He did not have to check online for the recipe of this congee, Jiang Jiankang knew how to prepare it.

After Jiang Jiankang's cavalier long-distance guidance, the congee in the pot had begun to take shape.

"Ding, received an achievement: Humble in Learning."

Another achievement?

He clicked into the control panel to check the achievements column.

Achievements: Diligent and Inquisitive (no attribute bonus)

Humble in Learning (no attribute bonus)

Jiang Feng: ...

These days, all thanks to Chen Xiuxiu, Jiang Feng had risen to level 3, but he still hadn't unlocked anything new, nor had the control panel changed. Jiang Feng even had his doubts that when he had completed the side quests, the reward would change from unknown to none.

Judging by the stinginess of the game up till now, it was capable of doing something this cheeky.

When the fresh shrimp congee was cooked, Jiang Feng tasted it first. The taste was fine, but it was only alright.

[A pot of fresh shrimp congee made with the wrong ratio of ingredients]

These days, except for the obvious problems regarding the taste, all the other descriptions for the congee had shown that the ratio of ingredients was wrong.

What was considered the right ratio then?

As a member of the Jiang family who had dreams and ambitions, Jiang Feng was puzzled.

"Ding, acquired skill: Congee Cooking (Basic)."

A skill?

Jiang Feng was surprised. He was only brainstorming a little about how to find the right ratio of ingredients, but the game had generously given him a skill.

Skill: Appraisal (Basic): You can only receive some basic information

Congee Cooking (Basic): You can only master the correct ratio of some ingredients

This game was quite interesting, operating as it wished. It had indeed fulfilled the sentence that asked players to explore by themselves.

Looking back at the pot of congee again, Jiang Feng subconsciously felt something was off.

It seemed that too much shrimp had been added, it was missing a few grams of salt, and he should've added half a finger of water more before cooking.

Does a mere basic skill like this make such a considerable difference?

If he had gotten the advanced Congee Cooking skill instead of the basic one... 

Wouldn't he have the ability to prepare a congee that glows!

Jiang Feng even wanted to throw the congee in the pot away and cook a new batch, but considering that he was running out of time, he had no choice but to forget it. It was no easy task to get Chen Xiuxiu to get used to eating porridge at 5:30 p.m every evening, he could not let his previous efforts be in vain.

He would have to sacrifice Jiang Jiankang and let him suffer through another meal of pig's food. Tomorrow, he would let him taste the reborn congee that would be prepared with the Congee Cooking (Basic) skill.

The next day, Jiang Feng started to prepare the Minced Pork Congee with Preserved Egg.

He chopped the preserved eggs finely, marinated the lean meat...

It was the same steps, but it did indeed feel different when he was preparing it.

It was as if there was a pair of big invisible hands that were guiding him, and helping to control the amount of each ingredient, even his proficiency in firing up the stove increased.

Jiang Feng stood guard in the kitchen, not slacking for a split second.

It was a dozen minutes before the food was ready. Someone was knocking at the door.

Upon opening the door, he realized that it was Chen Xiuxiu.

"Jiang Feng, I...oh, what kind of congee are you cooking today?" Chen Xiuxiu swallowed the words that she was about to say.

She had just weighed herself and discovered that she hadn't lost a single kilogram in theses past few days. She was here to tell Jiang Feng not to cook congee for her again, but she had changed her mind when she smelled the fragrance of the congee.

Today's congee seems... a little different.

Just the smell alone made her feel as if it would be delicious.

"Uncle Jiang has cooked congee?" Chen Xiuxiu didn't believe that Jiang Feng could reach this standard. They had grown up together and she was well aware of his cooking skills.

"I cooked it." Jiang Feng felt pleased, "it's going to be ready in another 10 minutes, have a couple of bowls?"

"One bowl." Chen Xiuxiu stuck firm to her bottom line.

"Why did you come over?" Asked Jiang Feng.

"I... I... I followed the smell here. I thought Uncle Chen had cooked congee." Chen Xiuxiu wouldn't mention that she was not going to have congee again.

Followed the smell here?

This was indeed what the past Chen Xiuxiu would do.

Soon, the congee was ready.

A bowl of steaming congee with preserved eggs and lean meat was served, and just its fragrance was very enticing.

[A bowl of Minced Pork Congee with Preserved Egg prepared with poorly controlled heat]

He felt as if he had been doused with a basin of cold water, extinguis.h.i.+ng the sparks of contentedness in Jiang Feng's heart. It was ice cold from the epidermis to the dermis to the subcutaneous tissue.

This game has fairly high requirements.

Chen Xiuxiu scooped up a spoonful of congee, blew on it carefully before sending it into her mouth.

"Ding, gained experience points of 37 points."

Chen Xiuxiu is a good friend!

Jiang Feng could not help but exclaim to himself.

Putting aside the generous experience points she gave him, she also ate in a leisurely manner, she could have more than 20 mouthfuls from the small bowl of congee. Unlike Jiang Jiankang, who gave him experience points one at a time. He would also drink the congee in a huff and puff manner. Downing half a pot of congee in a few big gulps.

Experience points were given with each mouthful. Jiang Jiankang's behavior was nothing but extravagant and wasteful!

After a bowl of congee, Chen Xiuxiu felt a pleasant warmth in her stomach.

"Umm..."

"How about I make chicken congee with mushrooms tomorrow?" Jiang Feng asked, the chicken congee with mushrooms had given him the highest amount of experience points a while back.

"Sure." Chen Xiuxiu swallowed the words "You don't have to take the trouble to cook congee for me in the future" once again.

I'll have it one more day, just one more day, I will definitely not eat so much the day after tomorrow.

Chen Xiuxiu was determined.

Jiang Feng didn't notice Chen Xiuxiu's inner war. After he went home, he tapped opened the control panel gleefully, and upgraded his level to 4.

Grade: 4 (0 / 500)

Remaining Experience Points: 56

There was still no change.

Jiang Feng went back into the kitchen and covered the pot carefully. He adjusted the heat setting and kept it warm for Jiang Jiankang.

Poor Jiang Jiankang had been eating unpalatable pig food continuously for the past few days, it was time for him to have some delicious pig food now.

At least the ratio of ingredients was finally right, wasn't it?