Chapter 5: The Cook

After exchanging salutes with the shopkeeper, Lin Xiuyuan walked out of the Hongfu Inn and came to Shenfang on Bingjie.

Lin Xiuyuan took out the jade pendant and put it on his eyebrows, and after a while, he put the jade medal away again and rubbed the temples on both sides.

It was a bit nerve-wracking to memorize the map around C Street for a while. Lin Xiuyuan felt that after such a short while, the rust in his head should have fallen a lot.

"The bookstore seems to be over there. ”

After glancing at the surrounding streets, Lin Xiuyuan walked towards a large bookstore marked on the map in his memory.

If you happen to meet a high-level immortal envoy on the street, and the other party is willing to help you solve your doubts, it is equivalent to picking up 10 million on foot.

Then the probability of going to the bookstore to find some books about the immortal envoy is much higher.

Just as there must be Sichuan recipes in bookstores in Sichuan, there must be books on stopping Peking duck in bookstores in Beijing.

Anyway, the local area should also have its own specialties.

With anticipation in his arms, Lin Xiuyuan walked through the streets and alleys, and under the interference of barren memories, he finally found the bookstore marked on the map with all his strength.

The wine is deep in the alley, and I don't know if this bookstore hidden in the depths of the alley is so "fragrant".

Lifting the door curtain, the rows of wooden bookshelves that came into view, the old bookshelves did not fall a little dust, only the mottled traces of the years, clean and abnormal.

Rolls of turquoise jade tubes are neatly stacked on the shelves, and next to it are placed volumes of ancient books in threads, and the thick history is mixed with the fragrance of rue vanilla.

A beast-headed incense burner, with a faint sandalwood overflowing from the open mouth of the beast, filling the entire study house.

It is worthy of being a big bookstore, with a row of noodles.

Lin Xiuyuan was secretly speechless, he didn't know the price of Kyushu very well, he was also suppressed, at least this book house was really unusual in Lanxing.

"This boy is here to buy books?"

A young man sat on a bamboo chair in the corner of the study room, holding a jade book, looked at Lin Xiuyuan, who was stunned at the door, stood up and asked politely.

"Yes, I'm here to buy... That one... Haha, I'm going to see if there's a book I need first. ”

Lin Xiuyuan was about to respond, but suddenly remembered that he seemed to be penniless now, so he immediately changed his words and snorted.

"Hell, what is the currency of this Da Luo Tian?" Qingfeng Dao Chief didn't seem to tell me, and he didn't ask for my money at the hotel, so it's hard to do, and a penny is hard to beat a hero. ’

"In that case, Childe will take a slow look first, and if you have any questions, you can ask me. ”

The young man didn't know whether he didn't see Lin Xiuyuan's embarrassment or pretended not to care, so after instructing the latter, he lay back in the chair just now and continued to look at the scroll in his hand.

"Forget it, look for it first, it's a big deal to wait for the assessment task and have money, and then come and buy the book." ’

Lin Xiuyuan didn't come up with a reason for the money here, so he simply didn't care about it, took out the jade card, and concentrated on finding his target book.

Anyway, looking at the situation of the inn, there should be no need to pay, and he doesn't panic, and the main task now is still the same.

Three days later, he was assessed exclusively.

Half-paid

Just when Lin Xiuyuan was obsessed with finding a book and couldn't extricate himself, a white palm put on his left shoulder.

"You... Are you looking for a book?"

Awakened by the abrupt male voice, Lin Xiu calmly turned his head and looked in the direction of his palm, and found that the young man who had just greeted him was standing behind him at the moment.

"yes, what's the problem?"

Lin Xiuyuan was inexplicably a little nervous, could it be that he had committed some taboo just now?

'Am I flipping the books too hard?' these antiques are expensive;

There are many inner dramas, and this attribute has nothing to do with gender, at least the current big man Lin Xiuyuan, his inner drama at the moment is enough to make a one hundred and eight episodes of family ethics and bloody soap opera.

The young man smiled and looked Lin Xiuyuan up and down a few times.

"Nothing is a problem, it's just... Don't you think it's too inefficient to find books like this?"

"If you guessed correctly, you should have just come to Da Luotian and haven't passed the assessment. ”

"Huh... Yes, how do you know about the store?"

"My performance is so obvious?" Lin Xiuyuan secretly pondered, thinking about his reaction to the way he entered the store.

'It's normal'

The young man stretched out his hand and waved it on his waist, took out a jade plate out of thin air, and shook it at Lin Xiuyuan.

"Because you don't have any cultivation on you, and the official immortal envoys, even if they are yellow-level, will take the initiative to use the jade card to find it. ”

"The jade tube and books in my store can be directly searched for keywords on the jade plate. ”

Hearing this, Lin Xiuyuan's eyes widened, looking at the jade book in his hand, his lips trembled, and he was powerless to complain.

It's because I'm too young, and sure enough, Da Luotian is a high-tech society, and any antique is an illusion. ’

He looked at the store with the jade plaque in his hand while sneering, wanting to ask him how to use it.

The young man clearly saw Lin Xiuyuan's intentions, and said firmly:

"You should be looking for information about Da Luo Tian and the assessment."

"Yes, then can you tell me that those books have news about these?" Lin Xiuyuan was not ambiguous, and climbed up the pole.

Now that he has learned the clues, he doesn't care whether there is money or not, solving the current difficulties is the top priority, and there will always be such a thing as money.

It's a pity that the young man's answer made Lin Xiuyuan completely lose his dream.

"It's useless, since you haven't passed the assessment yet, then you can't know more than the news you saw in the jade plate, whether it's from others or books. ”

The young man looked away and denied Lin Xiuyuan's behavior.

"It's... Could he also mosaic me with words in the real world?"

Lin Xiuyuan was a little unwilling, and asked the shopkeeper in front of him a question that he thought was very tricky.

However, it is clear that this question does not sound difficult to answer to the man in front of him.

"I don't know if you read that information and it will become a mosaic in your eyes, but you probably don't know Kyushu's words yet. ”

The man pointed to the jade plate in Lin Xiuyuan's hand, and it was obvious that a person who was still using a translator would probably not.

...

Lin Xiuyuan walked out of the bookstore empty-handed, dejected.

He kind of understood why Qingfeng Dao Leader didn't tell him anything, so it was.

"Hey, I can only take one step at a time. ”

Lin Xiuyuan looked up at the big sun that had disappeared in the distance, and the golden afterglow was scattered all over the sky.

He touched his rumbling belly and turned to walk in the direction of Hongfu Inn.

"Since I don't need money to live in a hotel, I guess the shopkeeper won't charge me for food, I don't know if this food in Kyushu has a different flavor."

...

A bowl of thick white porridge is full of fragrant rice, and when you take a bite of it, the warm air flow rises from the abdomen, and flows through the whole body in a blink of an eye, making people feel warm and don't want to move.

A few plates of emerald green side dishes, with distinct branches and leaves, Lin Xiuyuan carefully picked one up with wooden chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

The crisp and tender stalks are broken, dripping out a refreshing juice, and the salty flavor is mixed with the unique fragrance of the plant, lingering between the lips and teeth.

A bowl of porridge and a few dishes are Lin Xiuyuan's meals tonight.

Fresh and excellent ingredients, supplemented with a pinch of fine salt, make for a delicious dish under the master's exquisite heat.

Lin Xiuyuan held the porcelain bowl in his left hand, and selflessly enjoyed the top delicacies in front of him.

No big fish, no meat, no complicated spices, just the most rustic home-cooked snacks.

"Shopkeeper, your chef is so good, you can cook so delicious with such ordinary ingredients. ”

Lin Xiuyuan swallowed the last mouthful of porridge, and put down the empty porcelain bowl in his hand with unfinished thinking, and the bowl surface flashed with a glimmer of light under the afterglow.

"He'll be happy to hear your compliments. ”

The shopkeeper sat next to Lin Xiuyuan, and there was still a small half of the porridge in the bowl.

He moved the bench quietly, trying to avoid Lin Xiuyuan's fiery eyes, and took a sip of porridge.

"My chef's favorite thing to say is that there are no best ingredients and seasonings, only the most suitable techniques and heat. Cooking is also a practice, and the cultivation of the mind is the first thing to cultivate; the kitchen is full of ups and downs, and life is full of joys, angers, and sorrows. ”

"There is no such thing as the best ingredients, only the best way to cook them. Ups and downs, joys and sorrows..."

Lin Xiuyuan chewed on this sentence, a little unconscious, and secretly wrote it down.

'The chefs at this shop are some... It's not ordinary... Da Luo Tian is even so good at cooking?'

Delicacy is never expensive but refined, the most suitable method meets the most suitable raw materials.

As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world.

In the back kitchen of the inn, a Taoist took off his apron and poured the only remaining porridge in the iron pot into a bowl on the side.

Just right.

He picked up a pair of chopsticks and took a porcelain bowl and savored his masterpiece one bite at a time.

He glanced at the inn lobby and turned to leave.

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