Chapter Fifty-Three: The Emperor of Europe
"When did I lie to you. Pei Mingyuan smiled and took Xue Ruoli's hand.
"But it's a pity that I won't be able to eat Longjing shrimp at home at that time. β
"Longjing shrimp?" Xue Ruoli heard Pei Mingyuan's promise, and he had already changed his smile and picked up a piece of shrimp with chopsticks: "Isn't this your favorite Longjing shrimp?"
"Hmm...... I can't eat it. Pei Mingyuan shook his head.
"What's the matter, have you eaten enough, but you haven't eaten much!" Xue Ruoli asked.
"It's the taste, it's not as good as my chef's. Pei Mingyuan took a sip of tea and said slowly.
"Is there a big difference?" Xue Ruoli knew that the Pei family had its own cook, and I heard that she was still the apprentice of the imperial chef in the early years, but she had participated in a lot of banquets, and she boasted that she had eaten a lot of Longjing shrimp, and in terms of taste, the ones outside the building could definitely be ranked in the top three.
Unexpectedly, Pei Mingyuan said categorically: "It's very big!"
"Not to mention what kind of tea is used to make Longjing shrimp outside? If my family makes Longjing shrimp, I must use the best tea. Even my dad only has a few catties a year, so you can see how precious it is. β
"And look again. Pei Mingyuan picked up a shrimp with chopsticks and motioned for Xue Ruoli to watch.
"The Longjing shrimp outside, even if it is outside the building, the shrimp used are at most fresh wild Taihu white shrimp, although it is of the highest quality, but it is not the best choice for making this dish. β
"On my family's tea mountain, in order to grow tea, I deliberately divert water from the spring around the mountain, and there are clear streams all over the tea fields. β
"There is a kind of river shrimp that naturally lives in Chaxi, which is about the same size as white shrimp, but because it lives in flowing water, the meat is firmer. β
"Of course, that's not the point, the point is that when the tea trees are grown and harvested, there will always be tea leaves falling into the stream, and these shrimp have grown up in such an environment since childhood. β
"That's it?" Xue Ruoli showed a little loss, "I thought it would be very different." β
"I ask you, what is tea with water. β
"Tea. Xue Ruoli replied.
Seeing that she had already comprehended the answer, the corners of Pei Mingyuan's mouth curled up and he stopped talking.
"Wait, you, you mean...... These shrimps are equivalent to growing up in tea since childhood?"
"Ordinary people casually use some dead shrimp aged tea, and some restaurants can use fresh shrimp for seasonal tea, but how can it compare to my family, using top-quality Longjing and shrimp raised in Chaxi. β
When Pei Mingyuan said this, he had a sense of arrogance, looking at the plate of Longjing shrimp on the table, his eyes were full of disgust.
"If you take a few bites like this, it's fine. β
Pei Mingyuan didn't notice that after he said these words, Xue Ruoli's expression slowly lowered again, lowered his head, and whispered: "Yes, you don't even want to settle for shrimp, let alone people." β
"Perhaps, this is fate. β
"Maybe I shouldn't have had any illusions from the start. β
"You Pei Mingyuan is the tea king Pei who was born with a golden spoon, and I, Xue Ruoli, am just an ordinary Qingqi person in this Pinghu Villa. β
"We, after all, still go our separate ways. β
"Still, we haven't seen each other since. β
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"Hey, this is gone!" Su Zifang listened happily to the story, but Shen Anyan suddenly interrupted her voice.
"Yes, what else do you want to do?" This is a story, Longjing shrimp has finished speaking, and the rest has nothing to do with cooking, do you still want to hear it?
"I ...... You!" Su Zi muttered, but after all, he was still embarrassed to say the word "yes".
"Su Shuai, I'm leaving, see you next time, I look forward to you making the Longjing shrimp I just talked about." Shen Anyan left with a smile, leaving a good expectation.
[Congratulations to the host for collecting Longjing Shrimp Story*1, the Longjing Shrimp recipe has been updated.] γ
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the achievement "Recorder", reward: 100 points of culinary mastery.] γ*
[There is no shortage of people who have experienced history, but few people have recorded it, because it is recorded, it is inherited. γ
[The function of the gourmet illustrated book is open.] γ
[Congratulations to the host for the achievement "Food Hunter", reward: 100 points of culinary mastery.] γ*
"What you seek is something they have not seen. γ
[The gourmet illustrated book is being entered.] γ
[Longjing shrimp has been entered into the food book, and the host can be viewed in the menu. γ
[Main quest (Food Illustrated): There are still many cherished ingredients in this vast land that are not known to the world, please collect and replenish them to the Food Illustrated Book, and complete the quest to get a surprise reward (1/10)! γ
The continuous and intensive prompts of the system made Su Zi stunned in place, and he didn't react for a long time.
It seems that this is the biggest gain since he got the system
Two achievements, 200 culinary mastery, a new feature, and a new main quest.
He pinched his arm hard, "Shhh
Recall that the reward given by the same A-grade tomato scrambled eggs was just a braised phoenix claw, and this reward gave Su Zifang the illusion that he had become the emperor of Europe.
After swallowing his saliva and taking a deep breath to calm down his good mood, Su Zifang opened the system interface and began to check the harvest.
The first are two achievements:
[Recorder]: When this achievement is equipped, the number of times the cooking status is added +1.
[Food Hunter]: When equipping this achievement, the level of ingredients will be automatically increased.
"Cooking additional status?ingredient grade?" two unfamiliar words appeared in the panel, but there were no explanatory sentences.
"Probably something else. Su Zifang suppressed his curiosity and continued to check the rewards behind.
There is an orange border on the recipe page [Longjing Shrimp], and the video on the right is still loading, but as you can see from the cover, it should also be a movie picture like Wensi Tofu.
There is also a special note below.
[Longjing shrimp]: A dish that records the emotional experience of Xue Ruoli and Pei Mingyuan, which can make the eater feel the sadness of falling out of love after eating. Number of times per day: 1.
Looking at this description, Su Zifang finally understood the use of the recorder's achievements, but this full of slots also made him not know where to start.
Feeling the grief of a broken love?
Is it because the dog food for a single dog is not tasty and needs to be added with some mustard, or is the couple rehearsing the breakup procedure in advance?
Who is so thinking about not having a meeting to feel this state?
Su Zifang silently closed the menu and looked at the food illustrated function.
After Su Zifang opened it, he found that it was really just a picture book, and there was only one card in it, on which a tea mountain was drawn, and a small stream was winding on the mountain, and the existence of Longjing shrimp was faintly visible in the stream.
Clicking on the large picture, I found a sentence under the card: "After the host level is upgraded, this ingredient can be obtained through the system." β
Su Zifang's expression went from disdain to fanaticism in less than a second, and he finally understood why a PokΓ©dextrographical task would become the main line.
"Good boy! It turns out that this time it is the real European Emperor!"