Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1077: This movement is not good_2

Chapter 1077: This movement is not good_2

The first egg dumpling had barely left the pan when the two of them rushed up, eyes shining bright, neither willing to yield to the other, their faces red and necks swollen from the struggle.

Lin Yuan, chuckling, looked at the frying ladle in her hand and mused, "The meat filling isn’t even cooked yet. Eating it now would surely cause stomach trouble."

Just as Lin Yuan had said, the egg dumplings were still undercooked. They needed to wait until all the dumplings were finished, either to be made into soup or hotpot, and were meant to be enjoyed with other dishes for the best flavor.

However, the two gluttons—an old one and a young one—wouldn’t believe her words, each still vying for supremacy, unwilling to concede.

In the end, it was, of course, Xiao Linshuang who admitted defeat, staring at the smugly laughing Lao Fan with a face full of grudging resentment.

Lao Fan let out a heh-heh, brandishing his trophy at Xiao Linshuang, then, under the watchful gaze of the resentful Xiao Linshuang, he swallowed the egg dumpling in one bite.

Chew, chew, vomit!

"Raw, it’s raw!" Lao Fan spat out the half-chewed egg dumpling onto the ground, whining with a sense of grievance.

Lin Yuan shook her head, amused, giving him a look that said I told you so.

Seeing the dumpling spat out, Xiao Linshuang was momentarily stunned, then started clapping her hands and laughing with schadenfreude, "Haha, Master has been fooled again, fooled again!"

Lao Fan narrowed his eyes and chuckled inwardly, sitting down on a stool with a grave expression, and waved his "good apprentice" over, speaking "kindly and amicably," "Apprentice, you have been studying medicine with me for nearly two years. I am quite clear about the knowledge in your head. I know you are smart and you remember everything after hearing it just once."

Xiao Linshuang tilted her head and eyed her master suspiciously. Every time he praised her, it was definitely not for anything good, and this time was no exception.

As Lin Yuan placed the second egg dumpling on the plate, she glanced at the master and apprentice, thinking how the old one harbored ulterior motives and the young one was full of wariness, and couldn’t help but shake her head amusedly at the sight. These two were indeed a pair of natural enemies, the very epitome of each harboring his own cunning plot.

Ignoring Xiao Linshuang’s suspicious gaze, Lao Fan continued his unabashed praises, "With your cleverness and intelligence, even if you start practicing now, you’ll certainly be far better than those mediocre doctors in the Capital. But you see, for a medical practitioner, mere knowledge isn’t enough. Do you know what’s most important?"

"Is it..."

"Hmm, I thought you wouldn’t know."

Before Xiao Linshuang could respond, Lao Fan interrupted and said to himself, "The most important thing should be practice. What does practice mean? It means to see more patients, to observe others diagnosing, to integrate what you have learned from books with practical situations. And by observing others diagnose, you learn to be humble, not to become conceited just because I, your master, am the number one doctor. You should know, even if those people can’t compare to me, if none of them are my match, they still have their merits. Apprentice, we have to leave some room for those less capable than us, don’t we?"

Xiao Linshuang’s mouth twitched. Was this another memorable lesson, or just him showing off again? Clearly, he was boasting about his own skills!

Lin Yuan’s mouth curled slightly, mentally chiding with a chuckle, "Shameless!"

"Master, after all that talk, what exactly are you trying to tell your apprentice?" Xiao Linshuang’s mind was still on the egg dumplings Lin Yuan was making, and she was quite dissatisfied with Lao Fan’s rambling, "Is it just to say how amazing you are? I already know that, you repeat it every time you teach me medicine, I could recite it in my sleep."

Lao Fan was caught off-guard, realizing he had unwittingly repeated himself so many times.

"Cough cough." Clearing his throat, Lao Fan looked askance and said, "On the east side of town there’s a Hall of Salvation with a doctor named Wang. Starting tomorrow—no, starting today—you will spend three consecutive months there observing Doctor Wang’s diagnoses, and learn diligently."

Doctor Wang? Xiao Linshuang frowned, curious, "Master, didn’t you say that doctors don’t allow people of the same profession to watch their diagnosing? If I go to that place to learn secretly, what if that Doctor Wang chases me away, or even beats me up?"

What if? That would be perfect.

Lao Fan thought maliciously, but naturally, he didn’t dare say so with the big sister still nearby, as he wouldn’t want to be denied his sole enjoyment of the delicious food for the next three months.

"Apprentice, aren’t you clever and wise? I believe such small matters won’t pose any difficulty for you!"