Since the 'Big Hole' (Bilbo's name for Chu Xiaobai's new home) was built, Chu Xiaobai has welcomed a few hobbit friends almost every day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sometimes it's morning, sometimes it's noon, and more often it's night. Without exception, these little friends came here in a hurry to eat.

It's not that hobbits don't know how to be reserved, it's that they really can't resist Chu Xiaobai's craftsmanship - although they haven't studied or studied it in particular, and they only know some uncomplicated home-cooked dishes, Chu Xiaobai, who was born in a big foodie empire, has become the 'kitchen god' in the eyes of hobbits.

Maybe I feel a little embarrassed to come over every day to eat, so many times, hobbits will bring some small gifts. Sometimes it's self-grown vegetables, sometimes it's rough but interesting knick-knacks, and sometimes, there's something special, like charre's specialty tobacco.

There was only one person who always came empty-handed, and it was none other than Bilbo Baggins.

The reason is because there is another layer of relationship between the two, at this moment, Bill Bo Baggins is not only Chu Xiaobai's friend, but at the same time, he is also Chu Xiaobai's disciple.

As a member of the Hobbit's peace-loving family, Bilbo shares the same character.

No matter how Chu Xiaobai showed his martial arts and magic strength without a trace, no matter how surprised he was when he saw these skills, as long as a little time passed, Bilbo would forget about these skills, and he didn't have the slightest idea of wanting to learn them.

The only thing that interested him and tried everything he could to learn was Chu Xiaobai's cooking skills.

Faced with such a situation, Chu Xiaobai was somewhat speechless - it won't be long before you will be dragged by Gandalf and the dwarves to go on an adventure, and now is the last time you can use to prepare, and you are actually blind to the skills that can be of great help during the trip, and you are bent on learning useless cooking? Are you being confused by eating?

Of course, he was just complaining in his heart, Chu Xiaobai was not stupid enough to say these words directly to Bilbo.

In this way, under Bilbo's strong request, Chu Xiaobai had no choice but to agree to his request and become his cooking teacher.

Whether it is in New Zealand in reality or Middle-earth in the novel, there is no saying that 'a teacher for one day and a father for life', but the relationship between teachers and students is second only to blood relatives is the same.

After having a closer teacher-student relationship, when Bilbo came to Chu Xiaobai again, he became more and more casual and comfortable in his actions.

Go to Chu Xiaobai's house first, observe the whole process of making breakfast, and after enjoying it, go back to your home and use the skills you have learned to make it again. It's the same at noon and at night.

Taking advantage of the rule that hobbits eat twice as many times a day as humans, Bilbo's cooking skills quickly improved dramatically. In just one month, he learned more than ten new dishes from Chu Xiaobai, and practiced them to the point where he could become a teacher.

Just like an elementary school student who has scored 100 points can't wait to show off to his parents, after learning so many new dishes, Bilbo can't help but want to show off to other hobbits. So, on a sunny day, he sent out an invitation to his neighbors who lived nearby and held a lively banquet in his pouch.

It was only at this time that Chu Xiaobai met Old Tuke for the first time.

Old Tuk's full name is Sogriktuk, and he is the Grand Commander of all hobbits living in the Shire region. As for Baburu, he was only the head of this hobbit village.

Although he lives nearby, or even in this village, Old Tuke does not interfere in the affairs of the village. The relationship between him and Baburu is like that of a real provincial government. Municipal administration of prefectures and provincial capitals. The government complements each other, but does not interfere with each other.

It is worth mentioning that the previous commander of the Shire, Sogriktuk, was Grontistuk. Decades ago, when Bilbo was a child, he had attended a banquet hosted by Grontistuk with his mother, Belladonna Baggins, and it was at that banquet that Bilbo met Gandalf for the first time.

Sogriktuk is the son of Grontistuk, and he is now about seventy years old, which is only ten years older than Bilbo. But even so, Chu Xiaobai still prefers to call him Old Tuke, rather than calling him by his first name like when he calls Bilbo Baggins - the rest of the life span of the two is completely incomparable, Sogrek has more than ten years to live at most, and what about Bilbo Baggins? At least eighty years remaining, if not longer.

is not only because of the identity of the other party, but also because he thinks that the other party should also know Gandalf, and the friendship may even be deeper than that of Bilbo and Gandalf, unconsciously, Chu Xiaobai's attention stayed on Old Tuke's body for a short while.

In turn, Old Tuke also noticed Chu Xiaobai. After all, he was the only big man at the banquet, and he was still in the name of Bilbo's teacher.

As the leader of the hobbits, Old Tuke has seen many more outsiders than other hobbits, and his ability to recognize people is naturally much stronger. After observing for a while and feeling the extraordinaryness of Chu Xiaobai, Old Tuke took advantage of the excitement to quietly come to his side and took the initiative to chat with him.

"Chu, can I call you that?"

"Of course." Sitting on the small bench that Bilbo specially got for himself, Chu Xiaobai greeted Old Tuke with a smile: "Do you want a drink?" Although it was the first time, Bilbo's craftsmanship was quite good. ”

"It smells good, give me a drink." By the way, did you also teach him how to make this wine? ”

"Yes. That's what I learned in my hometown. While pouring wine for Old Tuke, Chu Xiaobai said: "Speaking of which, I'm actually not very proficient myself. I didn't think I could get it here, hehe, I didn't expect it to work pretty well, and I even let Bilbo learn it. ”

After taking a big sip of the rice wine, feeling the dense and warm taste and the hint of sweetness, after a while, Old Tuke squinted his eyes and laughed: "It's really delicious, what is this thing called?" Rice wine? Really? ”

"En~."

It's always easy to talk to each other, even if they didn't know each other before. Maybe it was because of the rice wine in the wooden cup, or maybe it was because of the atmosphere, after a while, Chu Xiaobai had already chatted with Old Tuke about two or three topics, although it was not as casual as with Bilbo, but it was already very smooth.

"You're a lot like a friend I know." During the conversation, Chu Xiaobai said something. For him, it was just an ordinary conversation in daily life, but from Old Tuke's point of view, he didn't know that Chu Xiaobai was just borrowing the summary of his predecessors. More and more I felt that Chu Xiaobai was not a mortal, and unconsciously, Old Tuke remembered an equally extraordinary old friend: "His name is Gandalf, maybe you have heard his name before?" ”

"Yes, Gandalf, the gray-robed mage. In a sense, he and I should be the same kind of people. Nodding, Chu Xiaobai secretly cheered up.

"In Valinor, some call him Dream; In Gondor, the people called him the Grey-robed Saint; Among the dwarves of the north, he is known as the wand-bearer; In the south, some people called him a spy of the north; In Lohan, some people called him the Grey Man or bad news. Hehe, my old friend's nickname is really a lot, where did you hear his name? Well, you called him the Grey-robed Mage, and it seems that you should have heard it in Gondor. ”

"Sort of." Chu Xiaobai was noncommittal: "Actually, I think he should be given a new nickname, what do you think of the 'old smoking gun'?" As far as I know, he is very fond of the tobacco you make. ”

"Hahahaha~, that's right, he's indeed an old smoker." A joke immediately shortened the sense of distance between the two sides. At the same time, it was this joke that made old Tuke have a small misunderstanding - the young man in front of him and Gandalf should know each other, otherwise, how could he know Gandalf so well?

Looking at Chu Xiaobai with this point of view, Old Tuke became more and more enthusiastic about him - as the Grand Commander of the Charles, he did not only regard Gandalf as a pyrotechnician like other hobbits.

Not only does he know Gandalf's identity, but he also knows that he is a very kind and decent person, on this premise, combined with the judgment that 'Chu Xiaobai and Gandalf are the same kind', how could he snub Chu Xiaobai?

"On behalf of the Hobbits, I welcome you to your arrival and settlement. Before I do that, though, I would like to ask why you chose us to settle here. ”

One yard at a time. The recognition of Gandalf made Old Tuke love Chu Xiaobai and Wu. However, as the leader of the Hobbits, he couldn't help but think about it more comprehensively - thinking that Gandalf was always running around dealing with all kinds of evils, he subconsciously thought that the reason why Chu Xiaobai came to settle in the Shire was for the same purpose.

"......, I can't tell." I really didn't know how to explain it, Chu Xiaobai could only pretend to be mysterious and shook his head: "I came here during my trip, and since I came here, I can't help but have a thought, I feel that I should stop and take a good rest." Maybe it's because it's so beautiful, or maybe it's because of something else? ”

"Other reasons? Is it ......? The more vague he said, the more powerful old Tuke became, and he felt that he was likely to guess the right answer, so he couldn't help but get a little anxious.

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