The narrator tells us that he's sorry that he can't cook at home because his mum won't allow him to. He's going to use one hand to beat the cook who's using the other hand, and then he'll use his other hand to bully the cook. The narrator thinks that the cook is panicking because his ingredients aren't as good as his own, but he doesn't really know what to make of it. He wants to know if the cook's ingredients are better than his own. Next, the narrator introduces us to a dish called "grass boat borrows an arrow" . It's made with haocheng, a dried herb that's been soaked in alcohol and slowly cooked over a flame to remove the thorns. The herbs are boiled through 39 different processes. Everyone is invited to have a taste of the dish. The kid is nervous, but the cook makes it taste better than he expected. The cook adds a broth made from taisui, another dried herb, which the kid thinks is too good to be true.