Zhang Yang, like performing magic, took out an apron and put it on, arranged the small folding cutting board, and began live streaming his cooking.

[Holy moly, looking at this setup, Yang bro is a chef? Equipment is pretty advanced!]

[It's great to see him clearly, but the fact that he can live-stream cooking? Yang bro is definitely a treasure trove anchor!]

[Guys who can cook are the coolest, Yang bro, do you have a girlfriend? I want to have kids with you!]

[My gosh, the person above is obviously a crusty dude pretending to be an innocent girl, even if you're faking it as a trans, please change your avatar, okay?]

Meng Fan glanced at the public chat and chuckled: "Boss, a guy wants to have your babies!"

Zhang Yang wielded a kitchen knife, was gutting carp beside him, heard the joke, looked up, and grinned: "Let's skip the childbearing, next I'm going to show off some skills! This is my specialty! Clear Stewed Carp Soup!

De-scale and gut the fish, and clean the two big carps with water! There, just clean them up to this state!"

While talking, Zhang Yang held up a fish to show it in front of the camera. The scales were all removed, the guts were cleaned out, and since it was freshly killed, it looked extremely fresh.

"Once the fish is dealt with, the next crucial step is to make the carp soup milky, that's the key! Pour a bit of oil, and fry both sides of the fish slowly over low heat!"

As he explained, he poured oil into the pan, and when the oil temperature was right, Zhang Yang placed the two carp into it, with their bellies against the pan.

Sizzle! The sound of hot oil meeting water droplets started bubbling, Zhang Yang calmly watched the situation in the pan.

Once one side was golden brown, turn it over and fry the other side, in a matter of minutes, the two seven or eight-tael carp were fried and ready to be taken out from the pan.

"With carp soup, it's all about the freshness! We need a milky and fresh tasting broth, once the fish is fried well, the next step is to start another pot with water, throw the fish in to stew!"

Zhang Yang casually poured water into another pot, lit the stove, waited for the water to heat up, and tossed the two carp into the water, continuing to stew over medium heat.

At this point, the work on the carp soup was just about wrapped up.

Zhang Yang took out raw eggs, and continued preparing the next dish.

For two people, Zhang Yang took eight eggs, beat them, added a bit of salt for flavor, and it was ready just like that.

Next was to heat the pan, add oil, and when the oil was at the right temperature, pour in the beaten eggs. Under the influence of the oil temperature, the scrambled eggs soon solidified, becoming very tender scrambled eggs.

At this moment, the essential step arrived, Zhang Yang grabbed a packet of aged vinegar from the side, roughly bit open the packaging with his teeth, and poured half a ladle of vinegar like it was free.

"Folks, the key to whether these scrambled eggs taste good is right here, watch closely!"

Zhang Yang called out, and then turned the large spatula around the edge of the pan, sprinkling the vinegar evenly around the eggs.

Instantly, a strong aroma of vinegar wafted up, Zhang Yang flipped the pan a few times, waiting for the vinegar to evaporate with the steam from the pan, then decisively transferred the contents onto a plate.

"Wow, what kind of method is this? Smells amazing!" Meng Fan was live streaming nearby, and was the first to be tempted, swallowing as he smelled the unusual fragrance of vinegar mixed with eggs.

Zhang Yang grinned: "Why so impatient, let's dig in!"

Having said that, Zhang Yang glanced at the carp soup still cooking, took out a packet of luncheon meat, and meticulously sliced it on the cutting board.

To give credit, Zhang Yang's basic skills in cutting are really good. Under his hands, the luncheon meat was uniformly sliced into neat and evenly thick pieces, and in less than two minutes, a platter of luncheon meat was sliced and ready.

After tending to these simple two dishes, Zhang Yang glanced again at the carp soup which was being cooked, the stove was burning quite hot, and the soup was already starting to boil.

It would take a few more minutes to reach the ideal milky white color, Zhang Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, glanced at the public chat.

In the live stream room, a bunch of dudes were all conquered by Zhang Yang's neat cooking skills.

[Wow, Yang bro must have practiced at home! You know a master by the first steps, your cooking skills are better than mine!]

[Look at those steady hands when slicing luncheon meat!]

[I'm really curious, what's the deal with adding vinegar to scrambled eggs? Does it taste good? I just saw half a ladle of vinegar go in, won't it be too sour? We usually add scallions or tomatoes!]

[Brother above, you don't understand then, vinegar with scrambled eggs tastes great! Most of the sourness from the vinegar gets evaporated by the steam, so it's slightly sour but mainly leaves a fragrant taste in the eggs! When I used to cough, my grandma often made this for me!]

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "When we go fishing, we shouldn't skimp on ourselves!

Actually, I know more complex recipes, but they don't quite fit the reservoir fishing and camping scene, usually won't bring that many complicated seasonings!

Even though we're live streaming, we need to match the setting! Hence today's lunch menu!

The cooking stations you saw are all mini products, easy for car transport, suitable for outdoor camping, reservoir fishing, etc. If you go out often, you can prepare a set, they're available on Taobao and not too expensive!

The ingredients for the dishes are simple, only used oil, vinegar, salt, anyone can learn if they wish! When you're out fishing, you won't have to make do at lunch!"

[I've learned so much! Next time I go to the reservoir to fish, I'll try the same way!]

[It's hard for someone who only cooks instant noodles!]

[Eggs are good stuff, for soups or stir-fries, they're useful, simple yet effective. Another godly camping seasoning is hot pot base, for noodles, stir-fried dishes, making hot pot, all so easy!]

[The carp soup should be almost done, right? Are you sure it will taste good without adding anything? I've always thought, at home when making fish soup, we add some cilantro, scallions, chili, etc.!]

Seeing someone in the public chat mention cilantro, Zhang Yang slapped his forehead: "Everyone, hang on, I'll be right back! One minute tops, Meng, watch the pot!"

Zhang Yang said, turned around and quickly walked out of camera view.

About three minutes later, Zhang Yang returned holding a bunch of green leaves.

"I'm back! Look at what I brought?" Zhang Yang spread his palm, happily showing off his new harvest.

They were green leaves, looked very fresh, vibrant green.

Some sharp-eyed viewers recognized it first.

"Mint!"

"That's right! Wild mint growing by the roadside! Just now a viewer mentioned the carp soup didn't have cilantro or scallions! We can substitute with mint, tastes really good too! Before adding it to the pot, let's wash it!"

Having said that, Zhang Yang began washing the mint leaves.

After washing, he opened the pot lid to check the carp soup status, the fish soup was already turning milky, with the aroma coming through.

"Normally, this kind of carp soup is ready to be served, but we just picked some mint leaves, so let's simmer for another three minutes!"

Having said that, Zhang Yang added the cleaned mint leaves into the soup.

The initially milky white carp soup with green leaves tossing in the pot, making it visually appealing.

After three minutes, Zhang Yang tasted with a spoon, adjusted with some salt for seasoning, smiling widely: "Alright, mint carp soup is done! Let's eat!"

Two dishes, a soup, along with handmade pancakes brought from home, lunch was ready in under half an hour!

Zhang Yang positioned the tripod, aimed the live stream camera at the foldable small dining table, handed Meng Fan a folding stool and said: "Hungry? Dig in while it's hot! There are pull-tab cans in the car, want some drinks?"

"Yes! I'll get it!" Meng Fan stood up and quickly headed towards the car.

Soon he returned, carrying half a case of Tsingtao beer.

On the table, there were three dishes — one cold, one hot, one soup, not far away was a vast shimmering water surface, with a box of fishing gear and rod bag on the shore, this is the kind of life many outdoor-loving office workers dream of.

Two dudes, just under the shade, started today's reservoir fishing lunch!