"Didn't go anywhere." Ling Chi smiled and said, "I've been running a store for ten years, and I'm a little tired, so I'll take a year off." As for Peach Blossom Island...... It didn't disappear, it was just hidden by the formation. ”

"Formation?" Shang Xiuxun was stunned: "What formation?" Zhuge Wuhou's Eight Array Diagram? ”

"Almost." Ling Chi nodded, and made a silent gesture: "I'll tell you one person, don't say it." ”

Shang Xiuxun nodded again and again, this feeling of being treated special and having the little secrets of two people is great.

But this kind of thing is amazing, except for hearing some stories of Wuhou gossip in the mouths of some storytellers, but I have never seen it with my own eyes, and I have had the opportunity to see it for the first time in my life, how could Shang Xiuxun miss it.

"Brother Ling, can you let me see the formation?" Shang Xiuxun asked with a hint of apprehension and a strong expectation.

Seeing her like this, Ling Chi smiled and said, "I can't show you the big formation that hides Peach Blossom Island, but some small formations are fine." ”

"A small formation is enough." Shang Xiuxun asked very excitedly and expectantly, "Brother Ling, what kind of small formation do you have?" ”

"It's some maze, phantom array, or the like, such as ......" Ling Chi casually threw a piece of jade on the ground around Shang Xiuxun, forming the shape of a six-pointed star, and the next moment, he saw six pieces of jade flash with black glow, and Shang Xiuxun's eyes suddenly turned black, and he couldn't see anything.

"Huh!?" Shang Xiuxun hurriedly stood up, stretched his hands forward, his face full of horror: "Brother Ling, where are you?" Why can't I see anything? ”

"Don't be afraid, sit down." Ling Chi's voice came from the other side, causing Shang Xiuxun, who was in a panic, to gradually calm down.

"There's a chair behind you, sit down slowly." Ling Chi's voice came again, Shang Xiuxun nodded, touched the back of his buttocks with both hands, and sure enough, he touched the chair, and then sat down carefully.

After sitting down, Shang Xiuxun's heart became calmer, and curiosity immediately emerged, and he asked, "Brother Ling, what kind of formation is this?" ”

"This is a blind formation, that is, people can't see anything, which is the most basic formation." Ling Chi put away the six pieces of jade, Shang Xiuxun's eyes lit up, and all the scenes reappeared in front of him. It's just that her eyes were in the dark just now, and her pupils contracted so much that the light suddenly appeared, so she couldn't help but close her eyes, and it took a while to recover.

"What a magical formation." Shang Xiuxun was amazed: "I heard that Zhuge Liang used the Eight Array Diagram to trap Lu Xun and tens of thousands of Eastern Wu troops, and I thought it was just a story made up by Mr. Storyteller, but I didn't expect it to be true. ”

"Then I don't know." Ling Chi shook his head and said, "I'm not from the Three Kingdoms period, how would I know if the Bagua Array is true or false, but there is indeed a peculiar formation in this world that hides the Temple of the God of War." ”

"Temple of the God of War?" Shang Xiuxun has never heard of it, but judging from the name, it should be a very powerful place.

"It is said to be the place where one of the four strange books, the God of War catalogue is hidden." Ling Chi smiled slightly: "In ancient times, Guang Chengzi, the teacher of the Yellow Emperor, accidentally entered the Temple of the God of War, and according to the God of War catalog, he realized the secret of immortality. ”

"Huh!?" Shang Xiuxun exclaimed: "The secret of immortality is actually realized from the God of War Temple? ”

"I just heard that only Guang Chengzi himself knows whether it's true or not." Ling Chi smiled and said, "But those four great books and three great grandmasters are more powerful than the other, it's not that they can't protect the country and the people, it's better than me to cook, at least after people eat it, they can know what happiness is like." ”

"That's what Brother Ling said." Shang Xiuxun nodded again and again: "In addition to being expensive, I can't find anything else." ”

Ling Chi glanced at her: "It's worth the money, if you want to eat out cheaply, my Peach Blossom Island sells top-notch food, don't come if you don't have money." ”

Shang Xiuxun pouted: "What should I do if I can't eat the food of Peach Blossom Island outside?" ”

"You can buy some food that is easy to preserve and take it home to eat." Ling Chi said: "For example, biscuits, bacon, honey, and candy, although they are not as delicious as those I made myself, they are not bad." ”

"Brother Ling doesn't consider opening a few branches?" Shang Xiuxun seduced: "Don't talk about other places, if you open a branch in Pegasus Ranch, you won't make less money than Peach Blossom Island." ”

"No, I don't." Ling Chi shook his head.

"Why!?" Shang Xiuxun was unhappy: "Isn't it good to make money?" ”

"Money?" Ling Chi chuckled: "Do you think I'll be short of money?" ”

"......" Shang Xiuxun was speechless.

"And it's not easy to train chefs." Ling Chi said: "If you want to learn the cooking skills of Peach Blossom Island, you can't do it without decades of hard work and extremely high talent." ”

"Liar." Shang Xiuxun didn't believe it at all: "How old is Brother Ling this year?" Why did you do it? And how old is the chef in the kitchen? Why did she do it? ”

Ling Chi looked at her and asked, "How old do you think I am?" ”

"......" Shang Xiuxun was stunned for a moment, recalling the history of Peach Blossom Island, and suddenly had a strange feeling.

Oh, yes! How old is Brother Ling?

Peach Blossom Island existed more than ten years ago, and the chef at that time was Brother Ling, but just looking at his appearance, Brother Ling seemed to be only eighteen or nineteen years old, which ......

"Brother Ling, ......" Shang Xiuxun's eyes were filled with surprise: "Could it be ...... Forty years old? ”

"Huh." Ling Chi shook his head with a smile: "Don't guess, you can't guess." ”

"Pretending to be a ghost." Shang Xiuxun pouted and said, "Since Brother Ling doesn't want to open a branch, why don't you accept apprentices?" ”

"Apprentice?" Ling Chi looked at her thoughtfully: "Do you want to learn?" ”

"Uh-huh." Shang Xiuxun nodded again and again: "I like to eat delicious food, and I also like to make delicious food, Brother Ling, do you think I can be your apprentice?" ”

"You can cook me a few specialty dishes first!" Ling Chi said indispensably.

Shang Xiuxun's eyes lit up, and he immediately got up: "I'll do it." ”

……

Ling Chi led Shang Xiuxun to another kitchen, there are all the ingredients in the kitchen, Shang Xiuxun saw this spacious and bright kitchen, and he liked it very much: "This kitchen is really good, after I go back, I will also make one like this." ”

"Let's cook!" Ling Chi leaned against the door and said, "I'll watch you do it." ”

Shang Xiuxun knew that this was a test, nodded seriously, and began to prepare for cooking.

For almost two hours, Ling Chi watched Shang Xiuxun make four dishes from beginning to end, one was stewed mutton with white radish, one was scrambled eggs with green vegetables, one was boiled balls, and one was spring rolls with shepherd's cabbage.

"Brother Ling, you taste it." Shang Xiuxun brought the four dishes to the table and said a little nervously.

"Hmm." Ling Chi nodded, judging from the observation just now, Shang Xiuxun is indeed a woman who often enters the kitchen, and her techniques are still very skilled, but her techniques are all homely, and they are completely different from the chef's skills.

However, smelling the taste, these four dishes are still qualified at least in terms of 'fragrance', as for the three aspects of 'color, taste, and shape', in addition to 'taste', I don't know yet, and the other two are just like that!

Ling Chi picked up the chopsticks, tasted the stewed mutton with white radish, paused, and tasted the other three dishes one after another. After that, he put down his chopsticks and groaned slightly.

Shang Xiuxun was nervous: "No...... Isn't it tasty? ”

Although she feels that she has done her best, compared with the Peach Blossom Island food she ate before, it is indeed a world of difference, and it is no wonder that she has no self-confidence.

Ling Chi nodded: "If it is according to the general standard, it is not bad." It's just that by my Peach Blossom Island standards, you don't even count as an apprentice. ”

Shang Xiuxun immediately hung his head and said that it was hopeless to apprentice.

"But ......" Ling Chi said with a smile: "Being able to make this kind of taste with ordinary ingredients proves that your talent is very good, but you have never been taught by a famous teacher, otherwise you will likely become a generation of famous chefs in the future." ”

"Really!?" Shang Xiuxun turned from sadness to joy, and said with anticipation: "Then Brother Ling is willing to accept me?" ”

"That's up to you." Ling Chi said.

"Me?" Shang Xiuxun was puzzled.

Ling Chi nodded: "You are the owner of Pegasus Ranch, and you have a big family, so I'm afraid you don't have time to learn cooking with me." ”

"......" Shang Xiuxun frowned slightly.

Ling Chi smiled slightly: "When you take care of the Pegasus Ranch, when will you come to me again!" ”

Shang Xiuxun sighed: "Brother Ling is right, I really don't have time, Pegasus Ranch has been passed down from generation to generation by my merchants, and I can't leave it alone." ”

"Understood." Ling Chi nodded: "But it can be seen that you really like food." After a pause: "In this case, I will pass you some simple recipes, you go back and practice them, when you feel that you have practiced, when you come back to me for new recipes." ”

"Is that okay?" Shang Xiuxun was pleasantly surprised.

"Who told us to fall in love!" Ling Chi smiled: "Besides, you are so beautiful, I would be happy to have a closer relationship with you." ”

Shang Xiuxun was stunned for a moment, and then his face flushed: "Brother Ling, what are you talking about!" ”

"Everyone has a love for beauty, I'm just telling the truth." Ling Chi said with a smile.

Shang Xiuxun's face turned even redder, stomped his feet, and ran out.

"Hey, hey, hey." Ling Chi smiled a little proudly: "I didn't expect it to be quite pure." ”

……

The business closed that night, and Ling Chi introduced Shang Xiuxun to Huang Rong and Shuang'er. From the first time they saw Shang Xiuxun, Huang Rong and Shuang'er knew what he had in mind.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of appearance alone, Shang Xiuxun is faintly above Bai Qing'er, and even the beauty, filters, slimming face, big eyes, etc. are more obvious, and she is also a bronze-skinned wild beautiful girl, which is also unique among the women Ling Chi has met. In terms of scarce attributes, Shang Xiuxun can definitely be ranked first among all the women in Lingchi at present.

This is also a matter of course, even Bai Qing'er can be compared to Huang Rong and Xiaolongnu, and Shang Xiuxun, who is above Bai Qing'er, is self-inflicted. In the entire Tang world, Shang Xiuxun is the top few, and probably only Wan Wan, Shi Qingxuan, Shi Feixuan, and Shang Xiufang can be compared.

Ling Chi felt that this was not good, he already planned to let the women in the space start eating beauty recipes, at least not to be compared to these women who had opened beauty filters in Datang.

Then again, even the women in the Datang world have turned on their beauties and filters, if they enter the Xianxia world in the future, do they have to add some fairy light, aura and body protection?

There is no limit to such a thing as beauty.

"The mall owner is so beautiful." Shuang'er was amazed: "I have never seen such a beautiful woman as a shopping mall owner in my life." ”

Huang Rong looked at Shang Xiuxun, although she didn't want to admit it, but Shang Xiuxun was indeed a little more beautiful than her, which made her, who had been extremely confident since she was a child, a blow and a sense of urgency.

She knew that Ling Chi would never only have those women in the space, there would definitely be more and more women entering the space to survive in the future, although the farm was already full, there were still more than ninety places in the ranch, and there were even two empty places for the cook! She already knew about Shang Xiuxun's test by Ling Chi in the afternoon, from this point of view, Shang Xiuxun should be a woman with great culinary talent, if Ling Chi recruited her as the third assistant cook, then her status would ......

Huang Rong took a deep breath: "The mall owner came all the way from Pegasus Ranch, it's really hard. ”

"The two sisters just call me Xiuxun." Although Huang Rong and Shuang'er were only fifteen or sixteen years old in appearance, Shang Xiuxun didn't dare to call them sisters, after all, Ling Chi was the chef more than ten years ago, and when they talked before, they also knew that Huang Rong and Shuang'er had been his helpers from the beginning, and even the kitchen on Peach Blossom Island was in charge of Huang Rong, and Shuang'er had always been a cook.

She guessed that these three people should have the practice of youth permanence, although they looked young on the outside, maybe they were already thirty or forty years old or even forty or fifty years old, and they might be able to call them 'sister', maybe she would still have something to earn.

Huang Rong and Shuang'er nodded with a smile.

Ling Chi said: "Xiuxun has a lot of talent in cooking, but unfortunately she is busy with affairs and doesn't have time to learn cooking skills from me, so I gave her some recipes and asked her to hone them by herself when she goes back." ”

"Brother won't take another apprentice, right?" Shuang'er asked, "Same as Wanjing?" ”

"It's different." Ling Chi shook his head: "Wanjing learned martial arts from me, Xiuxun learned cooking, and it was also correspondence, there is no comparison." ”

"What does correspondence mean?" The three girls didn't understand.

"It's just to give her recipes, let her go back to practice by herself, and give her some guidance at most." Ling Chi said: "The efficiency is much worse than my personal guidance, but now it is the best way." ”

"I see." Shuang'er and Huang Rong nodded: they learned a new word.

Shang Xiuxun also felt that Ling Chi was very talented, and in just half a day, she heard many new words from his mouth that she had never seen before, but after explaining it, it was very reasonable, which made her suddenly realize that she was even more admired.

"Brother Ling is really knowledgeable and talented, Xiuxun has been taught." Shang Xiuxun stood up and saluted.

"You're welcome." Ling Chi waved his hand: "I will write down the detailed production process on the recipe, you can do it, if there is any deviation, you can ask someone to send me a letter, and I will answer." ”

"Thank you, Brother Ling." Shang Xiuxun nodded happily, turned her head to look at Huang Rong and Shuang'er, and said, "Speaking of which, Xiuxun still doesn't know the relationship between the two sisters and Brother Ling. ”

"What do you think?" Huang Rong suddenly hugged Ling Chi's arm.

"......" Shang Xiuxun opened his mouth and said, "Huang ...... Sister Huang is Brother Ling's ......"

"Wife." Huang Rong smiled: "It's been many years. ”

"......" Shang Xiuxun turned his head to look at Ling Chi and said, "I didn't expect that Brother Ling would already get married, it's really unexpected." ”

"When you're old, how can you not get married." Ling Chi smiled faintly, stroked Huang Rong's hair, and said, "Okay, in front of outsiders, don't be ashamed." ”

This 'outsider' made Huang Rong smile: "Oops! Got it! ”

That's when he let go.

"......" Seeing Ling Chi and Huang Rong's affectionate appearance, Shang Xiuxun suddenly felt panicked in his heart, although it was only for a while, but it was indeed a little uncomfortable.

"Double ...... Sister Shuang'er, shouldn't it be ......" Shang Xiuxun turned his head to look at Shuang'er.

"It's not." Shuang'er shook her head and smiled, "I'm my brother's sister." ”

Well, forever 'sister'.

Shang Xiuxun breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay, it's just a sister.

But when she came back to her senses, Shang Xiuxun was a little dazed: Why should I breathe a sigh of relief?

Secretly glanced at Ling Chi, looking at his smiling face, he was obviously very ordinary, why was he so kind?

It should have been delicious, and he taught me how to cook. Well, it must be.

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The first shift, there is another shift around the early hours of the morning.

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