Xinxiu took out the rice he had stored in the refrigerator last night. The rice was no longer soggy. It's dry and not too sticky.

"There's still a lot of leftover rice from yesterday afternoon, so we're not short on rice," said Xinxiu.

"To make delicious fried rice. After the rice is cooked, how many hours do we have to wait before we can start frying?" Yingyue asked.

"In my opinion, at least we have to wait twelve hours. If it is still soggy and sticky, the fried rice will certainly not taste good. Because yesterday the leftover rice at lunch was still abundant, so in the afternoon, before I left, I had time to divide the rice into two parts. I immediately warmed it up because we were going to make the rice for dinner. I put some of the rice in the refrigerator because I was already planning to fry it this morning. It's just that yesterday I didn't think about what meat and additional ingredients I will mix into the fried rice."

"So we can't use freshly cooked rice?"

"If we really have to use freshly cooked rice, because there is no leftover rice, it's still okay. Even though the results aren't that great. But we still have to cool the rice first, so it doesn't stick."

Xinxiu took the lamb chops out of the freezer.

"Did you cut the meat neatly?" Yingyue asked when she saw the meat that had been cut into cubes, even though it was frozen.

"Yes, I have prepared this a few days ago. So I have seasoned it at once. So we just have to mix it with other dishes."

"This delay method, will the result be good?"

"It's true that the results are not as delicious as the normal method. But it's much more practical. It's perfect for situations where we don't have much time."

Yingyue nodded. The girl seemed very enthusiastic to hear Xinxiu's explanation.

Xinxiu put the pieces of meat in the microwave. "Because time is limited, I use the microwave to thaw this frozen meat. If we use water, it can take a long time to finish."

"How about the taste? Is it really different?" Yingyue seemed to be getting more and more curious. Xinxiu could clearly see that while asking, the girl was paying close attention to everything Xinxiu was doing.

"When it comes to lamb like this, there's actually not that much difference in taste quality. It's just that later we shouldn't cook it too long because the heat from the microwave has already made the meat a bit cooked."

"In that case, if we defrost the meat a little longer in the microwave, then the meat will become more cooked?"

Xinxiu shook his head. "There's a special trick to thawing meat in the microwave. You shouldn't put the meat in the microwave for too long. The meat will become tough."

"Wow! This is very interesting." Yingyue's face brightened.

Xinxiu looked at the spices Yingyue was frying. "This looks quite ripe and dry. Now lower the heat first."

Yingyue turned down the flame that came out of the stove. The girl was quite agile. Xinxiu watched while occasionally glancing at the microwave. After the flame was completely small, Xinxiu poured the rice into the pan. He then took control of the wok from Yingyue's hands.

"Now, you look at that microwave. Sixty seconds from now, please take the meat out." Xinxiu gave a hint to Yingyue.

Xinxiu started to fry the rice on the griddle. He moved the spatula in such a way that the rice and seasonings were thoroughly mixed. After a while, Xinxiu turned off the stove.

"Why did Xiuge turn off the stove? Yingyue's face was confused.

"We will fry the meat using another tool."

"Then, we don't mix these meats into the fried rice?"

"I don't mix it now because the meat won't mix with the rice evenly. I mean, some people will get fried rice with a lot of meat, and some people will get fried rice with less meat. So we'll mix it up later when we share fried rice per serving."

Xinxiu took another wok, which was much smaller. After thinking for a while, he put the wok back again. He took a frying pan and placed the frying pan on the stove next to the stove he had previously used. Xinxiu then turned on the stove and greased the pan with butter. "You can fry this meat, can't you?"

"Don't worry!" Yingyue answered confidently.

"Don't make the flame too big this time," said Xinxiu.

"Okay!"

After Yingyue put the lamb into the frying pan, Xinxiu also added the rest of the seasoning. He only put half of the remaining spices. Then he told Yingyue to stir the meat and spices until they were evenly mixed.

Xinxiu watched Yingyue, who was frying the lamb. Yingyue seemed to have quite a talent for cooking. Shanquan would be thrilled to know about it. Or maybe Shanquan, for some reason, had realized Yingyue's potential in that field.

Yingyue moved the lamb from the skillet onto a wide flat plate. After he finished frying the diced lamb, he looked thrilled. Xinxiu was also happy.

This girl is far more talented than Xiongge in the culinary field.

"Then how about the turkey eggs and the green clam sauce?"

"Now, let's start frying the eggs."

After saying that, Xinxiu took out seven eggs from the fridge. One by one, he broke the eggs. Carefully, he put the yolks and whites into a bowl. The basin was large enough to hold seven turkey eggs. Xinxiu took the remaining spices and put them all into the basin. Besides the fried rice seasoning, he also added several kinds of spices in the form of powder. He then mixes the egg and seasoning contents slowly and carefully. The eggs would expand if he stirred too fast, so they were not suitable for frying with rice.

Xinxiu started to light the fire on the stove they had just used for frying the mutton. This time he uses a rectangular pan. This pan was flat at the bottom and deep on each side. Xinxiu poured the egg liquid into the rectangular pan and began to fry. Deftly, he fried the egg in the same way he made an omelet. However, when the omelet was still half-cooked, Xinxiu put the lamb fried rice and green clam sauce on top of the half-cooked omelet. Then, with hand movements such as turning the contents of the frying pan, the fried rice, lamb, and green clam sauce were wrapped in an omelet.

"This isn't fried rice," Yingyue said after realizing what Xinxiu was doing. "It's more accurately called a 'Stuffed Omelet' or something."

Xinxiu just laughed. "Here we call it 'Egg Wrap Fried Rice.'" He repeated what he did for a total of twelve servings. There were actually thirteen, but the thirteenth portion was tiny, barely half the size of the others. The thirteenth portion was made from the leftovers of eggs, rice, and meat.

"That's a lot," Yingyue said.

"One person gets two servings!"

"So, when can we start eating?"

"As soon as Dage and the others come back!"

"What if they're still down there a long time?" From the tone of her voice, Yingyue seemed impatient to taste the deliciousness of Xinxiu's fried rice.

"Then let's just eat this small portion first." Xinxiu pointed to the thirteenth portion of fried rice.

They both laughed.