Chapter 869 Free Sharpening

On Yuan Zhou's side, while his mind was spinning a thousand times, Technician Cheng honestly put the tool box in his hands and stood a little further inside, which was blocking the way just now.

"Click"

There was a soft sound, and Technician Cheng quickly untied the buckle and opened the box. There were six beautiful knives inside.

The first group that caught Yuan Zhou's eye were the batch knives that were small in size and light in weight. The handles of Technician Cheng's batch knives were all made of natural wood texture.

The blades of the three knives are relatively thin and the edges are very sharp. Among them, the mulberry knife is used to cut meat and vegetables, the sheet knife can slice transparent meat slices, and the Wenwu knife can be used to cut open meat with small bones.

Among them, the mulberry knife is the most commonly used. The part where it is used to hold hands is shiny and smooth. It looks like it has been used frequently, and the wood has a shiny feel.

"Master Yuan, I often use this knife." Technician Cheng pointed at the mulberry knife and said.

"Yes." Yuan Zhou nodded without saying much.

The other knives are chopping knives and the common front and back chopping knives. Among them, there are two chopping knives, one is a bone knife and the other is a Jiujiang knife.

Among them, the Jiujiang knife is the most commonly used because it can handle seafood and shave meat. The wooden handle on it is also very bright.

The other bone knife was made of pure steel. It was heavy and sharp and could even cut off an entire Jinhua ham. This knife was obviously not commonly used.

"Although my knives are not as good as Master Yuan's, you have been with me for two years and are very good at it." Technician Cheng said the knives with a simple and honest smile on his face.

"Yeah, but it needs to be polished." Yuan Zhou looked at the blade and said directly.

"Yes, it really should be sharpened. I haven't sharpened the knife for a while." Technician Cheng nodded.

"Put it down and grind for a while." Yuan Zhou motioned to Technician Cheng to put down the box in his hand.

"Then, I'll grind it myself later." Technician Cheng said tentatively.

"No, just watch." Yuan Zhou shook his head and said directly.

"Okay." Technician Cheng nodded without saying anything. He looked at Yuan Zhou with bright eyes and waited for Yuan Zhou to start. He was already a loyal Yuan Zhou party, so he believed that Boss Yuan was omnipotent, even if he was grinding Knives definitely have different skills.

The two people here discussed and prepared to start sharpening the knives, while the onlookers were dazzled by Technician Cheng's many types of knives.

"I thought our Chinese chef was just a knife." The man in white long sleeves said in surprise.

"No, I think Boss Yuan always uses kitchen knives when carving ice. Why does Master Cheng have so many knives?" The aunt who came back from shopping to watch also shouted.

"Actually, Boss Yuan also has a lot of knives." A girl with good eyesight pointed at the kitchen knives lined up next to Yuan Zhou and said.

"That's true. I just looked at Boss Yuan's frequently used menu and ignored it." The man in the white T-shirt nodded and continued to look.

While everyone was watching, Yuan Zhou picked up a bristle brush and soaked it, then brushed it twice on the third whetstone.

This is the time to wet the whetstone and get ready to start sharpening.

Yuan Zhou's knife-sharpening technique is not very textbook, but it is also very smooth and natural, without any pause.

Hearing the sound of "rustling", Yuan Zhou kept adjusting the angle of the kitchen knife in his hand.

Yuan Zhou only sharpened each side of the kitchen knife five times before picking it up and looking at it.

Yuan Zhou's eyesight is very good, and he can even see the very shallow texture on the blade with systematic blessing, and every trace is very regular.

"Ugh!" Yuanzhou once again changed to a slightly ginger whetstone and continued polishing.

This time the knife was sharpened twice more than last time, totaling fourteen times on both sides of the blade. When Yuan Zhou picked up the knife and looked at it, his expression clearly relaxed.

But Yuanzhou still didn’t stop.

Continue to change the whetstone. This time the whetstone is gray-blue, and it is a rectangular parallelepiped with a very delicate surface.

Yuanzhou continued to grind, this time with much less force.

After changing four whetstones in a row, Yuan Zhou's knife was finally sharpened.

"Take a look." After Yuan Zhou sharpened it, he handed the knife directly to Technician Cheng beside him.

"Okay." Technician Cheng quickly bent down to take the knife and looked at it carefully.

This is a mulberry knife. The blade is originally thin. It looked very sharp before Yuan Zhou sharpened it, but now it looks less silvery and no longer reflective.

"It feels sharper, but it doesn't shine anymore." Technician Cheng said sincerely.

"There is only a glimmer of light. The texture has been worn away, leaving only the blade." Yuan Zhou said.

Light will only be reflected when there is material to absorb it. If it is smooth like glass, then the reflective surface will be extremely concentrated, so the light becomes a line.

Next, Yuanzhou sharpened all the knives he commonly used. During this period, he showed Technician Cheng each one. This was an obvious teaching.

Of course, during this period, Yuan Zhou was sharpening his knife very seriously, even to the point of being obsessed. It was only after Technician Cheng reminded him that he realized that it was time to prepare the ingredients for lunch.

Now Yuanzhou is curious about everything about cooking and wants to learn.

"Master Yuan, I'll clean it up while you prepare the materials." Technician Cheng took the initiative.

"No, just pack your knife." The knife Yuan Zhou handed to Technician Cheng was his last one.

After saying that, Yuan Zhou quickly packed up everything in front of the store. His movements were so quick that Technician Cheng couldn't get involved.

During this period, Technician Cheng wanted to sharpen the knife by himself many times, but Technician Cheng didn't say anything. He knew that Yuan Zhou kept his word and wouldn't let him sharpen it if he didn't need it.

"It seems I have to go back before I can try it." Technician Cheng thought to himself.

Yes, Technician Cheng learned a lot from watching Yuan Zhou sharpen his knife. After all, there were not many times when he saw Yuan Zhou working at such a close range, let alone such hand-by-hand instruction.

In Technician Cheng's opinion, this is already a step-by-step instruction.

During lunch time, Yuanzhou cleaned his knives before starting to cook.

"Well, I feel more comfortable, but I no longer have that sense of control. I have to keep working hard." Yuanzhou secretly compared the difference before and after sharpening the knife.

At this lunch time, Yuan Zhou still did well as usual. At the end of the meal, Yuan Zhou reminded the next technician not to leave.

After seeing off the diners, Yuanzhou put on his posture again, ready to continue sharpening his knife.

But this time, Yuanzhou asked Technician Cheng to display the sign.

Yes, Yuan Zhou's own knife and Technician Cheng's knife have been sharpened, so naturally he can sharpen other people's knives in the afternoon.

The sign had just been put up, and there were not many people watching. However, one person came leisurely and left in a hurry.

This person is Cao Zhishu, the winner of the second Sichuan Province Sichuan Cuisine Demonstration Restaurant. He is the chef of the private restaurant where Zhang Guangwu once worked, and is now very famous throughout the country.

When Cao Zhishu arrived, he saw the sign he had put up before he even spoke to Yuan Zhou.

"Free sharpening? Interesting." Cao Zhishu turned around and left, apparently preparing to go back.

ps: Thank you all for your genuine support, thank you Caimao~ As for adding one hundred more pictures, ahem, I can’t do it...