Chen Mo had Lu the Second buy some odd things, but the Second still knew roughly what they were for. He had a car, and a good one at that.

Lu Yingqiu was busy, cleaning the shop next to Lu Fang.

"When I was a kid, this shop was open too. Grandpa said one was my dad's, and this one belonged to my second uncle. He wanted them to run the businesses together, saying life would get better and better."

Chen Mo listened with some emotion.

The older generation was like this; they had a hard time accumulating wealth due to societal constraints. Mr. Lu being able to set up two shops in the town made him quite an accomplished person.

Leaving them both to his children was understandable, not a problem at all.

The place wasn't big, with a similar layout to Lu Fang, so Lu Yingqiu quickly finished cleaning.

Boss Lu moved swiftly, and returned carrying a beef tenderloin after just over half an hour.

"Brother Lu, I reckon you'll need a few more trips; one might not be enough."

"You make Lantern Shadow Beef, two pounds become one, this tenderloin weighs twenty pounds! How much can ten pounds of Lantern Shadow sell for?"

Chen Mo retorted, "How much is this tenderloin per pound?"

"Since we only wanted this cut, it's 60 Yuan per pound."

Tsk.

Chen Mo calculated; just the raw meat costs 60 Yuan per pound, yielding at most half a pound of Lantern Shadow.

In other words, just the beef cost for one pound of Lantern Shadow Beef is 120 Yuan.

Adding other seasonings and labor, fortunately, the rent is free.

It seems Lu the Second saying one pound of Lantern Shadow sells for 400 Yuan isn't too far-fetched.

"With ten pounds of beef producing five pounds, selling for 2500 Yuan isn't unreasonable."

One or two, fifty.

Chen Mo instantly decided on the price, mocking Lu the Second for his expensive beef one moment, only to charge even more the next!

It feels like a new type of hitman will soon appear in the market.

Beef hitman!

No more waste of words, Chen Mo took the ten pounds of beef tenderloin and placed it flat on the cutting board of the food truck.

[Traditionally made Lantern Shadow Beef should use the lean meat above the bend of the hind leg, commonly known as "Monk's Head," which is pure lean with delicate texture and long, neat fibers.]

[But that's a hidden flaw left by culinary history. Through system matching improvements, the choice has been changed to beef tenderloin, with less muscle fiber and fat content, more suitable for dried meat products.]

Chen Mo understood.

Beef tenderloin is a good cut; using it for other beef dishes wouldn't be worse than Lantern Shadow Beef, so in the past, people were reluctant to use such good meat.

Thinking slightly, it's clear meat with long and tough fibers would be very chewy after drying, while tenderloin only retains that taste without being hard to swallow even after a long chew.

"Our conditions are really better now!"

Beef tenderloin began to be handled slowly.

First, remove the sinew, as Chen Mo held the sinew with one hand and slowly sliced with a knife in the other.

It looked meticulous.

But he really was meticulous.

A chef under the food truck felt a bit embarrassed, "Boss Xiao Chen, why don't I help you remove the sinew?"

Chen Mo turned his head.

What does that mean, think my knife skills aren't good?

"Sure."

Chen Mo willingly stepped aside, thinking he wanted to see what gave them the right to criticize his knife skills!

Upon getting Chen Mo's permission, the chef stepped into the food truck. Of course, Chen Mo just took out the usual kitchen knife from the cupboard, without letting him use Black Blade.

The chef had a stance similar to Chen Mo's, holding the sinew with the left hand, a few swipes with the right hand's knife, efficiently stripped all the sinew from the tenderloin, "With this task, knife cutting is just auxiliary; it's primarily about using force with your hand to pull downwards, not cut downwards."

Alright, alright!

Chen Mo forced a smile, "Thanks, please help with a little more, Brother Lu will have to buy lots of meat later."

The chef: ???

I'm the head chef of Master Lu in Yu City, now becoming your assistant, Chen Mo, in little Hanyang?

Chen Mo returned inside the truck, with the left hand pressing the beef tenderloin, right hand poised with a knife, ready to slice.

[Slice the tenderloin to about 1.5mm thickness.]

Tsk!

Chen Mo measured with Black Blade, scenes of meat slicing from the recipe playing in his mind.

Why does everything feel off?

According to the recipe, this large piece of tenderloin isn't just sliced into thin pieces one by one.

It's about slicing the tenderloin into a single slice about 1.5mm thick, maybe two or three slices, aiming to cut as complete as possible.

The chef saw Chen Mo measuring for a long time without cutting, looking somewhat awkward, "Xiaochen, if you don't mind, let me help you slice?"

Seeing Chen Mo a bit unhappy, the chef immediately added, "It's mainly that many hands make light work! I absolutely didn't mean to underestimate your knife skills."

Chen Mo:凸(艹皿艹)

Do you want to make it clearer?

"May I know the honored name of this master?"

"I'm Meng Biao, a bit older, out of respect my peers call me Uncle Biao."

Chen Mo politely nodded slightly, "Uncle Biao, then please do. Mainly, I never sliced like this before, the Lantern Shadow Beef I learned to make needs a piece of meat cut into as complete a slice as possible, preferably without breaks, the larger the better."

Meng Biao frowned slightly upon hearing this, pondering before nodding, "Got it."

Meanwhile, Meng Biao found it strange, this Xiaochen clearly cooked better than him and Boss Lu, yet looked very novice when handling sinew and slicing, quite odd indeed.

But on second thought.

Xiaochen wasn't working for a boss in a restaurant, he ran a food truck on his own terms, and one's energy is limited. The fact that he mastered cooking at such a young age suggests he might not have had much time to practice knife skills.

Thinking this way, it made sense.

Chen Mo carefully observed Uncle Biao's slicing techniques.

Realizing the master was indeed skilled, as Chen Mo cluelessly hesitated, Uncle Biao promptly began to act.

He first rid the tenderloin of sinew and any unsightly, possibly contaminated parts, then trimmed it to form a neat rectangular cuboid, instantly giving it a quality feel.

"There are two ways to slice a whole cut into a thin sheet, I'll use the rolling knife method first, feel free to watch closely if interested."

Uncle Biao said calmly, with the demeanor of a master.

Chen Mo quickly leaned over.

Recipe techniques could be learned through the food truck's functions, but knife skills weren't as easily acquired.

With such a good opportunity, of course, he had to seize it!

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