I Turned My Daily Skills Into Divine Ability

Chapter 4: Many Skills Don't Overwhelm the Body

Just as Wei Yi was resting, Wei Qing came over with a plate of preserved fruits.

"Brother, have some preserved fruits!" Wei Qing placed the plate on the table and glanced at Wei Yi's trembling right hand with concern.

"Qing'er, take it back and share it with Auntie. After recovering from this illness, I suddenly don't feel like eating these anymore!" Wei Yi lied.

He knew that Wei Qing actually liked eating preserved fruits.

But in the past, whenever there were delicious things at home, they would always be given to Wei Yi first.

Both Wei Qing and Lady Wei were reluctant to eat more.

The previous Wei Yi didn't understand, but the transmigrated Wei Yi did.

"Is that so?" Wei Qing was somewhat surprised, but he didn't question Wei Yi's words and believed him.

"Brother, if you're tired, go back to your room and rest. Your cold wind illness has just gotten better, so it's not suitable to overexert yourself. You need more rest. There's no rush to forge today. Balance work and rest!" Wei Qing paused and continued.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I read in a medical book that people who lack exercise are prone to illness, so I need to exercise and train more. This body is like iron, it needs to be tempered to become strong and durable. It's just right to use forging to strengthen my body, killing two birds with one stone!"

"Oh, alright, but you still need to be careful and not hurt yourself!"

"Okay, Qing'er, tell Auntie to make something delicious for lunch!" Wei Yi said with a smile. "By the way, tell her that I want to learn cooking from her at noon!"

Wei Yi suddenly thought that cooking should also be considered a daily skill.

So he wanted to give it a try and see if he could unlock the cooking skill.

As the saying goes, many skills don't overwhelm the body. If he could master the cooking skill at a grandmaster level, he would have another way to make money.

After all, whether it was taking the imperial examination or cultivating, they were both long paths.

Moreover, Wei Yi no longer wanted to participate in the imperial examination.

With this system, he had ten thousand paths to reach the pinnacle of this world.

Why should he choose the most difficult and boring path?

What he needed to do now was to make money, a lot of money, and change his family's fate.

Then he would find a way to save his second uncle.

After all, in any world, financial ability could sometimes solve some problems.

And clothing, food, shelter, and transportation were always the most fundamental needs of humans.

Skills related to these needs were also the fastest way to make money.

In addition, food was one of the important ways to capture people's hearts.

"Learn cooking?" Wei Qing widened his bright and clear eyes, looking at Wei Yi with surprise.

He used to hate cooking as well.

The so-called gentlemen stay away from the kitchen.

But today, he seemed different.

Not only did he pick up a hammer to forge, but he also took the initiative to propose learning cooking.

This made Wei Qing feel a little flustered.

He didn't know if failing the imperial examination had a great impact on him.

Or perhaps the changes in the family had made him grow up.

But no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't imagine that under the familiar face, there was already a new soul.

"Yes, I want to learn cooking!" Wei Yi said firmly, with a determined and unquestionable gaze.

"Oh, okay, alright!" Wei Qing nodded awkwardly, then prepared to turn around and tell his mother about this matter.

But after taking a few steps, Wei Yi called him back, "The preserved fruits!"

"Oh!" Wei Qing turned back and took away the preserved fruits.

Wei Yi rested on the bamboo chair for a while before getting up again.

He threw the iron material back into the blacksmith's furnace and took out another piece of iron, then started hammering.

Accompanied by the clanging sound, Wei Yi looked at the increasing proficiency with joy, filled with anticipation.

As noon approached, Wei Yi's Blacksmithing Skill had reached 55% proficiency, just one step away from Rank One.

He was confident that he could reach Rank One in Blacksmithing Skill today.

Although he was indeed tired, his palms were covered in blisters, and his arm muscles were extremely sore.

But the fighting spirit and joy in his heart had already overshadowed everything.

When Wei Xue was preparing to cook, Wei Qing also went to inform Wei Yi.

Wei Yi hurriedly ran to the kitchen and looked at everything inside, feeling quite unfamiliar.

Regarding this place, the memories of the previous host were truly blank.

But the previous Wei Yi was very good at cooking.

It's just that now he had changed worlds, so he needed to familiarize himself with the kitchen here and get to know various seasonings and ingredients.

For lunch, Wei Xue was going to make a pot of crucian carp soup to nourish the body, followed by stir-fried pork with green bamboo shoots and scrambled eggs with scallions.

The crucian carp and pork were just bought by Wei Xue in the morning.

The family was already out of money, so she went to the pawnshop and pawned her jewelry to get some silver to tide them over.

Not only that, she also went to several nearby shops with good relationships.

She asked the owners and shopkeepers if anyone was willing to buy their courtyard.

Also, I asked them to help introduce suitable buyers.

Regarding Wei Tieshan's situation, those who are close to him are actually well aware.

When everyone heard that Wei Xue wanted to sell the house, they were not surprised at all, and could only express sympathy and regret.

Wei Yi watched Wei Xue cook fish soup and stir-fry fresh bamboo shoots, asking questions and learning from it.

He also thoroughly understood the various seasonings and common ingredients in this world.

In fact, there is not much difference between the ingredients and seasonings of the two worlds, and the main difference is the difference in time.

This world is similar to the ancient world of the previous life, and many modern seasonings from the previous life are not available here.

There are also some special seasonings here that were not present in the previous life on Blue Star, but overall, it is similar and not difficult to master.

"Aunt, let me make the scrambled eggs with green onions!" Wei Yi suggested.

He wanted to quickly practice cooking and see if he could unlock cooking skills.

"You want to do it?" Wei Xue hesitated.

After all, eggs are quite expensive, and she was worried that Wei Yi would not fry them well and waste the ingredients.

But seeing Wei Yi already cracking the eggs and skillfully stirring them, Wei Xue swallowed her words.

She exchanged a glance with Wei Qing next to her, both of them showing surprise on their faces.

As Wei Qing said, Wei Yi was indeed acting a bit unusual today.

Wei Yi also didn't bother to pretend anymore. He stirred the eggs and didn't wait for Wei Xue's guidance before cutting the green onions and frying the eggs.

Wei Xue was afraid that Wei Yi would overcook the eggs, so she quickly gave instructions by the side.

As the eggs went into the pan, Wei Yi saw numbers appearing in front of him again.

119, 120, 121...

The change in numbers was different from forging iron. Forging iron produced the same number with each strike.

But this time, the numbers seemed to be like time, increasing every second.

After a plate of scrambled eggs with green onions was cooked.

Wei Yi found that the cooking skill had indeed appeared in the system interface.

Cooking Skill: Rank One (88% proficiency remaining to level up)

Seeing that system interface, Wei Yi felt secretly delighted. He had indeed unlocked a new skill.

And improving this cooking skill was much easier than forging iron.

He just didn't know how much effort he needed to put in to reach the level of a master chef.

Wei Yi felt a sense of joy in his heart, and from this cooking skill, he also thought of the brewing skill.

Food and wine naturally complemented each other.

According to the memories of the original owner, the wine culture in this world surpassed that of the ancient times in his previous life.

A pot of fine wine could be worth a fortune without exaggeration.

There were countless restaurants and taverns in the city.

The social interactions among the nobles and dignitaries in this world also revolved around fine wine, delicious food, and beautiful women.

So if he could master both fine food and wine, along with his sword skills...

That would truly open up networking resources, earn a lot of money, and be invincible with the combination of the three.

"Aunt, what do you think? Am I talented in cooking?" Wei Yi looked somewhat proud as he looked at his aunt and sister.

His aunt used chopsticks to pick up a piece of egg and tasted it, unable to hide her surprise. Wei Yi's plate of scrambled eggs with green onions was very successful.

The eggs were tender and the saltiness was just right. The taste was really good.

Although this dish was simple, for someone who had never been in the kitchen before, it was already quite rare to achieve this level.

"It's delicious. Yier, you really surprised Auntie!"

"In that case, Auntie, continue to guide me in cooking tonight. I'll take care of cooking from now on!"

"Brother, why do you suddenly like cooking?" Wei Qing felt a bit worried in her heart.

After all, Wei Yi was really acting out of character today.

She was afraid that he had been greatly affected and that was why he was acting this way.

She was worried that Wei Yi's mental state might be a problem.

"As the saying goes, having many skills doesn't burden oneself. And I've been thinking about the reason for my failure these past few days.

I realized that focusing solely on studying is a mistake. Sometimes, knowledge is not found in books, but in life, in the market.

We scholars talk about governing the country, discussing the past and present, but we don't even know the price of firewood, rice, oil, and salt. We only know how to theorize.

So, only by increasing our experience and life knowledge can we have a deeper understanding of the books of sages.

As the saying goes, it's better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. That's the principle!"

Wei Yi's words gradually brightened Wei Qing's eyes, and her eyebrows relaxed.

She originally thought that Wei Yi had changed so much because of his failure and the blow he suffered.

She didn't expect him to have a new realization.

And just now, his words sounded so reasonable.

"Okay, Auntie, continue to guide you in cooking tonight!" Upon hearing Wei Yi's words, Wei Xue's worried heart finally settled.

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(End of this chapter)