Ren walked the black line, thinking that Naruto, this kid, really had a true love for ramen.

But he's also heard that Naruto Uzumaki doesn't like ramen, but Uncle Ramen's smile when he faces him. Before the Hokage ended, there were still many people who claimed that "Uncle Hand is actually a doppelganger of the Six Paths" and "Uncle Hand is actually a 'Big Barrel Wood Ichiraku'", of course, it turns out that these speculations are all nonsense. However, regarding the speculation of "why Naruto likes to eat ramen", Ren Xing thinks it is true.

Because this kid's life is really not easy.

Seeing the young Naruto's Ren Xing with his own eyes intuitively understood this.

The child's blond fur was a mess, it had never been trimmed properly, the white T-shirt he was wearing was a little yellowed, and the edges of his shorts had been jagged. At the moment, he had dust on his face and a few red marks on his elbows, and he didn't know what had happened to him.

Ren Xing sighed in his heart, he was obviously a hero's child, the officially certified "second generation of officials" + the son of destiny, and his childhood was so miserable. He always felt that this setting was unreasonable, but it was also an important reason why he liked Naruto - he had been treated so cruelly by the world and had not been blackened, and his heart was always full of sunshine, which was not something that ordinary people could do.

Even if he has lived in a honeypot since he was a child, his attitude towards life is far less optimistic and positive.

He couldn't understand Naruto, but he was respectful.

"Ramen, huh?" Ren replied in Japanese, "I'm a Chinese restaurant, and I don't have the kind of Japanese ramen you've ever had." But you're lucky, you happen to have Chinese LZ ramen on the menu today, would you like to try it? ”

In fact, Ren Xing's "Cooking Expansion Pack" also includes Japanese food, Western food, etc., but as a Chinese, he still prefers to cook Chinese food. When setting up the restaurant, he directly chose the "Chinese restaurant" template - the decoration is full of Chinese flavor. The layout is also very simple, there is a rectangular open kitchen at the back of the hotel, which is the owner and chef Ren Xing "surrounded" in the middle, and the rest of the kitchen is staggered with tables and chairs, single tables, double tables, and four-person tables, of course, the first two are the majority, because the guests in the store generally come alone, occasionally double, and there are very few more than two people.

Although Naruto didn't quite understand what "Chinese-style LZ ramen" was, he thought it must be delicious, he swallowed, lowered his head, clutched the hem of his clothes tightly with both hands, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I—I didn't bring any money." ”

He knows that the behavior of eating without money is called "eating overlord meals", and he wants to be a good boy and can't eat overlord meals. Otherwise, the three generations of grandfathers will be disappointed, and the rest of the village will hate him even more.

And......

If he really did this, this young uncle, who smiled at him like an uncle, would not smile at him like this again. Maybe he will become like the other villagers, looking at him with a cold gaze.

Thinking of this, Naruto's body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and at the same time, he also made up his mind, lowered his head and turned around, ready to leave here.

Naruto's stomach was still rumbling, but his will was strong - the hunger pangs he had become accustomed to were nothing compared to the rare kindness.

At this moment, he was stopped-

"It doesn't matter if you don't have money."

Ren Xing originally wanted to say "I invite you", but he was afraid of hurting Naruto's pride, so he said, "In this case, it's time to wipe the tables in the store." If you want, I'll hire you to help wipe the table with this meal. Actually, this is a lie, and he actually wiped it out not long ago. He looked at Naruto's sparkling blue eyes when he suddenly raised his head, coughed lightly, and said with a serious face, "Of course, wipe it clean, I'll check it." ”

"Hmm!" Naruto nodded heavily, then happily ran to the counter connected to the kitchen, and climbed onto the barstool with his hands and feet.

"Please wait."

Ren Xing smiled slightly and began to prepare the ramen.

Whether it's Japanese ramen or Chinese ramen, the soup base is very important. In terms of meat, he chose beef tendon meat, beef bones and some chicken, and then accompanied by a good ratio of cumin, spices, bay leaves, grass fruits, cinnamon, white cardamom, pickles, ginger, angelica, cloves, peppercorns and other things, of course, green onions and ginger slices are also indispensable. Bring to a boil on high heat and simmer over low heat, skimming off the foam halfway. The soup always gets more and more fragrant, and it is said that many long-established restaurants have a history of several decades. Ren Xing was not in the mood to boil the soup for decades, but he had a secret recipe.

When he was lucky in the lottery before, he once got a small bottle of "Chef's MSG", even if it was a bowl of boiled water, it could be turned into a fresh soup if sprinkled with a little, not to mention the already delicious broth.

The most troublesome part of ramen is the preparation work in advance.

Now the soup is on the stove and the noodles are prepared in advance, so you can just pull it directly.

"Do you prefer thick or thin noodles?" Ren asked Naruto.

"Both, you can." Naruto's requirements for eating are frighteningly low, as long as he can eat enough. Because he is really not qualified to be picky, but if he "does" a little, he will starve to death.

Ren Xing thought about it, and still pulled the noodles into "capillaries". When they were ready, he scooped the pliable noodles into a bowl, poured the hot and fragrant soup over them, and then placed the beef slices and boiled radish slices on top of the pre-made beef slices, and then picked up a fried tiger skin egg and put it in half in the bowl.

"Do green onions and coriander hate them?"

Naruto stared at the noodles that had already been made, swallowed and licked his lips, "Uncle, I'm not a picky eater. ”

Regardless of the black line, he sprinkled green onions and coriander into the bowl and said angrily: "Don't call me uncle." ”

Naruto blinked, "Big ...... Big brother? ”

“…… Just call me boss. Although Ren Xing felt that he was still quite young, he was not shameless enough to let a five or six-year-old child call him brother.

He brought the noodles to Naruto, pointed to the spice box in front of the latter, and said, "There's vinegar and chili oil here, I want to eat it myself." ”

Naruto was already eating noodles in a daze, and he didn't have time to deal with him.

Ren Xing: Although "......" is a little sad to be ignored, this is at least an affirmation of his cooking skills.

"You eat slowly," he reminded Naruto, "no one is robbing you, and the noodles are hot." ”

"Mmmm Naruto replied vaguely with his mouth full of food.

“…… Swallow what is in your mouth before you speak. "Leave the black line at bay.

Naruto struggled to swallow the food in his mouth, but unfortunately choked on it.

Seeing that the kid in front of him was holding his neck with his head up, looking like he was about to hang up, Ren Xing hurriedly poured him a glass of warm water: "Quick, drink this!" "International joke, if the protagonist of the Hokage world hangs on him, something big will happen, right?

Naruto grabbed the glass of water and drank it in one gulp, then let out a long breath with a sunny and silly smile, "I just said that I've never eaten anything so delicious. "Even the best hand-made ramen he's ever tasted at Uncle's ramen didn't seem to be so delicious.

Ren Xing rolled his eyes and reached out to brush Naruto's hair casually, "Do you still need to say this?" "Not to mention, although this child's hair looks fried, it is quite soft to the touch. And the roots of the hair are very strong, he didn't even get a single golden retriever down, no wonder this unlucky kid was slow to upgrade in the early stage, how can he become strong without baldness? ! The fact that he has lost so much hair after becoming the village chief is proof of this!

As soon as he thought so, he saw that Naruto was actually stunned in place, and then showed an expression of wanting to cry or not.

Ren Xing: "...... Hurt you? "Isn't it? He didn't use his strength!

Then he saw Naruto sniff, shake his head vigorously, and bury his head in the noodle bowl again and feast.

Tears flowed into the bowl at some point, snot bubbles bubbled out, and Naruto cried as he gulped down noodles: it was the first time that someone had touched his head so tenderly, except for the three generations of grandfathers.

It's a good feeling.