Zhang Zhao walked out of the back kitchen, rushed up the path quickly, and came to the residence of the disciple of Yangxian Hall and pushed the door in, he didn't expect that not only was it empty, but it was also thick with dust, and it was obviously uninhabited for a long time.

To the right of the entrance is a large hall with beds on both sides, which are also covered with dust. I roughly counted them, and there were probably dozens of them.

On the left is a porch, Zhang Zhao went in to see, sure enough, it was a kitchen, although it was not as large as the back kitchen under the mountain, but there were also a few large stoves, through the stove, there was a door in front of it, and when the door was opened, a green came into view, and there were all kinds of plants of different heights in front of him. You can't see the edge in a row.

Zhang Zhao stretched out his hand to remove the plants in front of him and slowly moved forward, and found that this place actually looked like a backyard, but it had been abandoned for too long, and it was overgrown with all kinds of things. Walking through this green, the nose is full of fresh smells.

After walking for a while, he roughly figured out the original shape of this courtyard. What could have been the courtyard wall was covered with vines. The radius is dozens of zhang. He walked back along the low wall of the small courtyard, and then eastward along the outer wall, and in front of him was a dense wood.

Between the hundreds of steps between the courtyard wall and the distant woods, densely overgrown with dwarf bushes with small yellow fruits, Zhang Zhao picked one casually, saw that the skin of the fruit was hard and could not be swallowed, pinched hard, the thin yellow hard shell shattered, revealing some yellowed flesh.

Zhang Zhao smelled it, felt a burst of fragrance, took a small bite but was disappointed, this fruit looks pleasing to the eye, and it smells fruity, but the entrance is bitter and unpalatable.

If it were someone else, he would have spit it out a long time ago, Zhang Zhaohuo has not even dropped a grain of rice in the past ten years, although this fruit is unpalatable, and there are tens of thousands in front of him, Zhang Zhao has not lost it, chewed a few times and gradually got used to the bitter taste, and he didn't feel any difficulty in swallowing it.

Zhang Zhao took another bite, he meant not to waste it in vain, who knew that after a few bites, there was an indescribable taste, and after a careful experience, he felt that after getting used to the bitter taste, the more he chewed, the more he faintly revealed a trace of sweetness in the bitterness.

The translucent flesh is very biting, Zhang Zhao ate a few bites, gnawed up the flesh on it, and found that there was a semi-soft and not hard core in the flesh, he threw away the kernel and picked another fruit, eating it all the way.

The large grove of yellow fruit stretched for a long time, reaching the edge of the woods. Feeling the sweeter and sweeter fruity taste in his mouth, Zhang Zhao was in a good mood, and walked straight out of this bush, after a golden patch, there were waist-high weeds, Zhang Zhao walked a few steps in the grass, and suddenly let out a cheer.

In this grass there are a few mountain onions, Zhang Zhao usually likes to eat this thing at home, and when he looked carefully, he found that in the green that could not be seen at the edge, the mountain onions were not a few, which made Zhang Zhao happy than just now that he found the nameless fruit.

Zhang Zhao stepped forward quickly, selected a few trees that grew well, peeled off the outer skin, broke the roots connected to the soil, grabbed the green onions in his hands, looked around, although he was still unsatisfied, he still had a serious deal in his heart, ran back to the small courtyard quickly, went into the kitchen and threw the shallots on the desk, and began to clean up.

After hastily sweeping the dust all over the room, Zhang Zhao found two buckets and ran quickly towards the water light one by one. After running hundreds of steps, the water in front of me gradually became clearer. It was a quiet lake, with ripples on the surface of the water, as smooth as a mirror.

Turning around the trees surrounding the lake, Zhang Zhao was about to rush towards the lake, but when he raised his eyes, he saw that his feet were firmly nailed to the ground. Three or four steps in front of him, a girl dressed in white was looking at the lake with her back to this side, and when she heard Zhang Zhao's footsteps, the girl in white slowly turned her head and looked at Zhang Zhao.

The girl was eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate face and a long black hair hanging lightly on her shoulders. The willow eyebrows are thin, and the black and white eyelashes are long. There was a small black mole on the upper left corner of her mouth, which not only did not destroy the beauty of her face, but set off some smart charm.

Zhang Zhao has lived in the town for more than ten years, except for some aunts who came to buy meat, girls of the same age as him walked away around the meat case, and he didn't dare to face it, and the only time he went to Aoki City was to look at those new things flawlessly, and never paid attention to women.

For the first time in his life, he saw such a beautiful and moving girl in white at close range, Zhang Zhao's eyes were straight, he looked at the girl's face blankly, and his heart was fascinated, and he felt a little similar to his mother in his childhood memory.

The two looked at each other for a while, the girl in white didn't speak, and Zhang Zhao didn't have anything to say, just stared at the girl's face, and the wooden barrel that was lifted in despair suddenly rolled to the ground. He picked it up in a hurry, and then saw that there was no one in front of him, the girl in white was gone, Zhang Zhao rushed to the front, and only saw two shallow shoe prints in the wet mud by the lake. Only then did I believe that the girl just now really existed.

He came back to his senses, didn't bother to enjoy the beautiful scenery by the lake, and ran back quickly with two buckets of water. After he had completely cleaned up the house, he quickly ran down the mountain and went to the back kitchen to get food.

The fat master was already impatient, he thought that the new kid was probably lost, and when he saw Zhang Zhao entering the house, he complained: "Why did you come, go eat something first, and then go to deliver food." ”

Zhang Zhao held a large basin and devoured some food, but he didn't notice any strange eyes from other people around him, cultivators abound in the Lingxiao Sect, and his meal is nothing at all.

After eating a big meal, Zhang Zhao rushed up the mountain road with a big food box, ran to Yangxian Hall and pushed the door in. He worked as a helper in the teahouse of the small town for many days, and he quickly opened the food box with his hands and feet, and then placed the dishes and chopsticks that had already been filled in front of each elder.

His neat movements made these elders look sideways, the disciples who came to Yangxian Hall in the past were all in a hurry under their cold gaze, and the incident of overturning the dishes and chopsticks also happened from time to time, but Zhang Zhao did not squint, and divided the meal in a moment.

Elder Sheng is the most cheerful, and he picks up the dishes and chopsticks and eats. Then several elders began to eat, when Zhang Zhao first came, Elder Cheng, who was sitting among the two elders who were sitting and lying down, helped Elder Uncle and handed the dishes and chopsticks to him, Zhang Zhao wanted to go up to help, Elder Cheng looked at him and shook his head.

Elder Pang sitting on his back did not move at all, and Zhang Zhao whispered, "Elder Pang, the food has been delivered." But he didn't say a word, ignoring the food that Zhang Zhao put behind him.

Zhang Zhao was about to say something more, when he heard Elder Sheng behind him shouting, "Come here." He quickly turned and came back.

"You just have to bring the food and take it in a while. You don't care if you eat or not. Elder Sheng had a little smile on his face. "After a while you get used to it. ”

Don't look at this Elder Sheng with a big head, red face and messy hair, and he looks very fierce, but after this meal, only he and Zhang Zhao said these words.

Seeing them put down the dishes and chopsticks one after another, Zhang Zhao finished cleaning up, and when he left, he remembered tomorrow's events, turned around and said excitedly: "Elders, I want to take something up and make it myself for this dinner tomorrow." I wonder what the elders want to eat?"

When Elder Sheng heard this, he said loudly, "If there is anything else for us people to choose, you can do whatever you want." ”

Elder Deng on the side snorted: "You want to pick, over the years, every day I turn over and over that is, stewed meat elbows, cabbage and tofu, I'm afraid ten fingers can't be used." ”

Zhang Zhao casually answered: "Then I'll change some tricks for the elders, I don't know what dishes you like to eat?"

Elder Leng with a straight face said in a cold voice, and said without emotion: "You don't need to ask these useless words, if you really have the ability, first cook the same dishes that have not been the same for a month." ”

Zhang Zhao answered, turned around and walked out of the house, and went down the mountain to send him to the back kitchen. I saw that the fat master had just finished his work and was sitting and resting.

Zhang Zhao asked, "Tomorrow I will take more things and try them, I want to ask those elders what they usually like to eat." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a disciple on the side with a few black ashes on his face laughed loudly: "Another one looking for scolding." ”

Zhang Zhao looked blankly. The disciple looked at him and asked, "Did you ask those people what they want to eat?"

"yes, they said whatever it was. ”

The disciple reached out and pulled up the hem of his shirt and wiped it on his face. "Did you say you were going to give them a different trick, and then they said you wouldn't do it the same every day?"

Zhang Zhao was a little surprised: "Yes, how do you know?"

The disciple's eyes were full of pity, and he replied sympathetically: "Of course I know that several people who have asked so kindly when delivering food have been scolded. He learned Elder Leng's cold tone. "If you don't have that ability, don't blow nonsense, it's all useless waste. ”

The fat master beside Zhang Zhao scolded: "It's not big or small, Zhu Liang, don't teach the new junior brother badly." Then he looked at Zhang Zhao: "Don't listen to him, Senior Brother Leng has a cold face and a warm heart, but he is actually a good person." You just delivered the food, and don't care what they say. ”

Zhang Zhao didn't think anything: "Then just make some meals that are not the same and let them eat happily." ”

Zhu Liang said with disbelief: "It's easy to say, how many dishes do you cook? Besides, these are the kinds of meals on the mountain every day, what other tricks can you conjure." ”

Zhang Zhao scratched his head: "I think there can be a lot of tricks." ”

The fat master shook his head: "You are new to the city, and you don't know their temper. Zhu Liang, you led Zhang Zhao to the miscellaneous hall to change his clothes, and then received some usual items. ”

Zhu Liang is lively by nature, and Zhang Zhao and he walked for a while and got acquainted. Knowing that the miscellaneous disciples on the mountain are all called each other's senior brothers, they can start learning art after three years, and they can only be regarded as official Lingxiao disciples after worshipping the master.

"Senior Brother Zhu, who is your master?" Zhang Zhao looked at Zhu Liang and asked.

"My father is Elder Zhu of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, and he asked me to follow Elder Fang. After speaking, he remembered that Zhang Zhao was new: "Elder Fang is the fat master, in the back kitchen, everyone calls him that." You're going to have to call it that way in the future, he said Elder, Elder, Elder didn't listen well. ”

Zhang Zhao didn't understand: "What do you learn from the fat master?

Zhu Liang smiled: "You just came, you haven't seen the fat master's methods, you will know tomorrow morning." ”