gourmet chef

Chapter 275 Fish and Insect Sculpture
After buying the ingredients at the vegetable market, Bai Xiaobai returned to Xiaobai Restaurant on the same road.

There are no customers in the store for the time being, and Gao Chao is sitting on a seat in the hall playing with his mobile phone.

Bai Xiaobai took the ingredients back to the glass kitchen and began to practice the third layer of fish and insect carving.

He already knew the content of the trick.

Picking up the carrot in the left hand and the carving knife in the right hand, I began to conceive in my heart.

Before cutting the knife, you must know exactly what is being carved.

The first thing Bai Xiaobai wants to carve is the carp.

Food carving requires chefs to have solid basic skills, skilled techniques, and a meticulous work attitude.

Bai Xiaobai has already mastered character carving and flower carving before, so he is very handy in using the carving knife.

The appearance of a carp had already appeared in his mind. Bai Xiaobai picked up the carving knife, first used the horizontal knife method to peel off the skin of the carrot, and then used the vertical knife method to scratch, pick, peel, and dig on the carrot. .

The hand moves at will, and the knife is as if there is a spirit.

In just a few minutes, the outline of a carp's food sculpture has gradually taken shape.

Bai Xiaobai switched to the knife-inserting method, poked and shoveled the prototype, carried out fine carving and modification, and then carefully carved the fish scales.

Only the last eye part is left.

The biggest difference between fish and insect carvings and the previous lettering carvings and flower carvings is the "god".

According to the content of the system trick.

Fish and insects have eyes, and the eyes are the window to the soul, and the same is true for animals. Therefore, the most important thing for fish and insect sculptures to be vivid is the finishing touch.

After Bai Xiaobaizai carved the eyes carefully, he looked at the finished product carefully in front of the fluorescent tube.

What the hell.

The other parts are fine, but the eyes are too dull, carved too much like dead fish eyes, and cross-eyed. Anyway, they are not flexible at all, and they are really not interesting.

Bai Xiaobai didn't give up, took another carrot and continued to carp the carp.

I go!

The second sculpture was even more exaggerated, and there was still a problem with the eyes.

It directly became a big and small eye.

Bai Xiaobai was not discouraged, and practiced several times in a row, but the result was without exception. In the fish carving part, all problems were caused by the eye carving part.

In the end, Bai Xiaobai began to doubt life.

Is it so difficult to make eye contact?

The ghost carving is really more difficult than the next level. The first two levels are basically mastered by Bai Xiaobai on the spot or after a while.

But the current fish and insect carvings have first encountered the threshold in the fish carving part.

He didn't believe in evil, and continued to practice several times, but it still didn't work.

I don't know where the problem is?
If you ask the system, it's too much, Bai Xiaobai plans to solve it by himself.

Taking a few carrots, he simply walked out of the glass kitchen and sat on the dining chair outside the hall to continue practicing.

Anyway, it's not time for dinner, there is not a single customer in the store, and Bai Xiaobai is also flustered, trying a second time if he fails once.

There are already a lot of carved carp on the dining table, which are actually very good, but the eyes are lacking in charm no matter how they are carved.

Gao Chao didn't go upstairs, he was also sitting on the dining chair, with his hands on the dining table, and was writing with the Writer's Assistant APP on his mobile phone. He asked casually:

"Bai Xiaobai, why are you carving so many fish with carrots?"

Bai Xiaobai said frankly, "I am practicing food carving, and now I am carving carp, but the eyes are not carved well."

Gao Chao walked over to Bai Xiaobai after listening, picked up a fish and carrot sculpture on his desk, and took a closer look.

The other parts are carved very delicately, and the knife is neat, but there is indeed a problem with the eyes.

It looks good from a distance, but when you look at it up close, you can see that the eyes of the fish carving are not vivid enough, a bit rigid, or a bit deliberate, not dynamic enough.

"Bai Xiaobai, do you want to carve a good fish, I'll take you to a place."

Gao Chao put down the fish sculpture in his hand, and suddenly said something like this.

Bai Xiaobai asked puzzled, "Where are you going?"

Gao Chao made a fool of himself, and said, "You will know when you go, anyway, it should be very good for you."

Although I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Gao Chao's gourd, but hearing his swearing, it shouldn't be a joke.

Anyway, there is nothing wrong in the store, and it will not help if you continue to practice blindly like this, so let's see what Gao Ming can do.

Immediately, Bai Xiaobai closed the shop, and Gao Chao rode a shared bicycle and left Chaotianmen Street.

The reason why Bai Xiaobai doesn't ride his own bicycle is because that bicycle was bought by his parents as a birthday present for him on his birthday several years ago.

This bike has been with Bai Xiaobai for seven years from the third year of junior high school to high school, and now, it is actually very old, so it is more difficult to ride. Generally, Bai Xiaobai will not ride it unless it is close.

Now Gao Chao is riding a shared bicycle, so after all, it is comfortable and saves effort.

Bai Xiaobai rode behind and Gao Chao led the way.

The two rode out of Chaotianmen Street, went to Haichuan Road, bypassed several main roads, and arrived at Jianghai Water Park in about fifteen or six minutes.

After the two parked the car, they entered the park together.

Jianghai Water Park is a very famous park in Jianghai City, especially the artificial lake here, which was completed as early as the end of Qing Dynasty and the beginning of Republic of China.

Later, after expansion, the water area of ​​the park has increased a lot. Now it is mainly composed of three artificial lakes in the east, west and south and 16 artificial islands scattered in the lake, so it is called a water park.

The lake and the island are respectively connected by arch bridges, curved bridges, flat stone bridges and Taoliu embankments, criss-crossing.

There are lotus flowers widely planted in the lake, and the blue waves are rippling. Visitors can row boats on the lake. The vermilion pavilions and buildings are reflected in the lake water, which is so beautiful that it constitutes the unique water world of this park.

Every weekend, this park is the most crowded place in Jianghai City.

In summer, it is an excellent summer resort. The boundless beauty and cool water vapor make tourists linger and forget to return.

Bai Xiaobai didn't know why Gao Chao brought him to this park, could it be to enjoy the scenery in the park and spend a good time together?

I'm going, it's not a couple, two big men go shopping in the park together, this...

Facts have proved that Bai Xiaobai really thinks too much in his little head.

Gao Chao led the way until he reached the largest arch bridge in Jianghai Water Park.

There are already many tourists standing on the bridge, holding bread in their hands, tearing up the bread crumbs bit by bit to feed the koi in the lake.

Gao Chao turned to Bai Xiaobai and said, "This is the place. There are hundreds of koi under the lake, and some of them are said to have lived for almost 100 years."

Bai Xiaobai looked at the lake, and sure enough, there were many koi eating the bread crumbs.

Koi fish body has red, white, yellow, black and various colors, even mixed with various colors, and the size is not exactly the same.

Bai Xiaobai heard old people in the country say that koi have a long lifespan, and some can even live for hundreds of years. Moreover, this animal is very spiritual and can speak human languages. It is said that if you kill them, they will even shed tears. It can enrich life and cultivate sentiment.

Therefore, rich and noble families in ancient times liked to draw running water into their mansions to build lakes and raise koi.

These koi raised in the water park don't want the lifeless fish waiting to be slaughtered in the vegetable market. Their eyes are particularly agile and full of vitality.

Bai Xiaobai kept his eyes on, constantly watching the eyes of each koi.

one, two...

Seeing the bright eyes of the koi with his own eyes, he suddenly had an inspiration in his heart.

This feeling is really subtle. Every look of Yu'er seems to be engraved in his heart, which is indelible. Now that he closes his eyes, he can completely reproduce this scene.

Bai Xiaobai finally knew why Gao Chao brought him here.

Blindly nesting in the store and working behind closed doors, even if I have a sense of fish shape in my heart, I can't carve out that kind of agile and charming eyes.

It is necessary to return to nature and regain a sense of tranquility.

To be honest, after participating in a cooking competition recently, the number of customers has increased sharply. He is overloaded with work every day and rarely goes out. Bai Xiaobai has actually been in a sub-healthy state.

At this moment, breathing in the fresh air, watching the koi swimming freely under the endless green lotus leaves, Bai Xiaobai felt a little more peaceful in his heart. Dissipate a little.

The lotus petals in the lake are all withered, only the lotus leaves are left. Occasionally, a few dragonflies stand on the lotus leaves, or lightly touch the water to wash away a trace of the lake surface, which is quite beautiful.

Not only can you see fish, but you can also see worms. It's really right.

In this way, Bai Xiaobai and Gao Chao played in the water park for an hour, walked around half of the park on foot, observed the fish and insects in the park, and completely relaxed their mood.

It was already 04:30 in the afternoon when they returned to Xiaobai Restaurant.

The energetic Bai Xiaobai returned to the glass kitchen, picked up the carving knife, and re-carved the fish.

This time it was completely different from the previous state, he carved it very easily, and there was no obstacle to the finishing touch.

Not only that, but he can also carve lifelike dragonflies out of carrots.

In this way, Bai Xiaobai carved it with ease. Not only did he initially master the carving of fish and insects, but he also used the existing ingredients for the first time to carve a food sculpture of a beautiful summer scene.

Several green lotus leaves are carved with watermelon rind. The lotus leaves are old and tender, closed and open. The veins and veins on each lotus leaf are exactly the same as the real lotus leaves.

The koi carved with carrots are put under the lotus leaves. The eyes of the fish are lively, and the tail is also carved gracefully and naturally, which is far superior to the previous carvers.

Then use a small cucumber to carve a dragonfly standing on the lotus leaf. The dragonfly is vividly depicted, and even the wings are cut as thin as a cicada’s wings. There are unique patterns on the dragonfly’s wings. With a breath, the wings of the food carving can even vibrate slightly. , as if it is real, it is really uncanny craftsmanship.

Bai Xiaobai carves every detail of the food carvings extremely meticulously, fully demonstrating the uniqueness of each ingredient, and the overall shape is also exquisite and natural, without any cumbersome strokes, which is very demeanor of a top food carving master.

This food sculpture has a profound artistic conception, and it can't help but remind people of the famous line of Tang poetry:

"Little lotus has just shown its sharp horns, and dragonflies have already stood on it"

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