Chapter 2: Apricot Blossom Workshop
Isn't that what it means to be mentally retarded, Jiang Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes, there was a faint figure of a girl in the stream in front of him, but he didn't have the heart to look at it now, he just wanted to eat a bag of steamed buns next to him and fill his stomach.
"Goo-"
The stomach made a hungry protest like thunder.
Jiang Yi scooped up a bowl of clear stream water with a broken bowl again, but this time he didn't rush to tear up the steamed buns and soak them softly, but took a small sip of the stream water, held it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully.
Listening to the sound of her stomach screaming, and then looking at Jiang Yi drinking the stream water in the posture of a century-old wine, the girl couldn't help but laugh.
"I said, what does this stream smell like?"
Who knew that Jiang Yitou didn't reply, and said seriously: "Mountain spring, it's a little sweet." β
Sweet?
Does water still taste sweet?
The girl was stunned, "This is a branch of Lishui, called Xinghuaxi, speaking of water quality, the water quality is not as good as the well water of my old well, why is it sweet?"
Jiang Yi just smiled and didn't explain, and a piece of tongue poked out of his mouth, like a small and delicate red spirit snake. He tapped his fingers lightly on the tip of his tongue, and in a strange tone, he whispered to himself, "What's the matter, after completing the novice task, my sense of taste has been unlocked...... But this tongue, with a strong sense of taste, is more powerful than what it used to feel?"
A slightly calloused and slender hand shook in front of his eyes.
"Hello?"
The girl didn't know when she got closer, and looked at the little beggar's unkempt hair, a rather beautiful face, and was even more surprised, secretly saying that she had given birth to a young man, and how she had become a beggar.
"My name is Su Cailing. The girl looked at him curiously, and there was a clear glint of kindness in her eyes. She moved her eyes to the broken bowl in Jiang Yi's hand, and then looked at the oil-paper bags on the stones on the side, the few cold steamed buns, and pursed her lips, "My house is behind." Don't nibble on steamed buns, come with me, although my family is not a rich and noble family, it is no problem for you to have a full meal. β
"I'm Jiang Yi. β
Jiang Yi listened to her introduction, and finally looked at the cardamom girl standing in front of him.
About fourteen or fifteen years old, the typical Oriental woman's facial contours, but, aside, the girl's crystal eyes are beautiful, covering the faint freckles on her left cheek.
"Your home?" Jiang Yi looked at the place where the girl's finger was, and suddenly saw a house.
This is the outer city of Lishui County, about a few hundred meters away from the city wall.
Xinghua Fang, Xinghua Creek.
Jiang Yi knew that in the urban blueprint of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Fang was a small urban area, roughly the same as streets and alleys and shopping streets.
"Oh, what's so embarrassing, it will disturb your house, right?" said politely on his mouth, but the actual action was not polite at all, Jiang Yi stood up and patted his buttocks.
The girl named Su Cailing was angry and funny, "Let me make it clear to you first, my family runs a restaurant, and you can't enter the store like this, anyway, you can follow me from the back door, don't run around, otherwise the eldest sister will definitely scold me." β
Open a restaurant?
Jiang Yi followed behind the girl, looking at the dress on her body, the material was not bad, and there were small and delicate decorations on the belt and hair, such as beaded flowers and sachet bags.
On the way, Jiang Yi took the time to observe around and found that the environment of this apricot blossom workshop is much better than that in the city, the houses of each family are scattered, and every household is planted with trees in front of and behind the house, and the greening is excellent.
Listening to the sound of Dingdong running through the Xinghua Creek not far away, Jiang Yi couldn't help but secretly praise, it was really a small paradise.
To be honest, after going around for a month after the crossing, Jiang Yi was a little tired.
He should find a place, settle down for a while, get back his lost cooking skills, and strive towards the unattainable goal of "kitchen god" in this world legend, surpassing himself in his previous life.
Xinghuafang is a good place to live.
"It's hereβ" Su Cailing stopped in front of a courtyard-style house, but pointed to the dark alley on one side, and drilled over, Jiang Yi followed.
With a click, the backyard door opened, and Su Cailing led Jiang Yi into the courtyard, "You are here, don't walk around, I will serve you hot meals immediately, so that you can eat and be full......"
Jiang Yi watched the girl slip into a house and disappear, his eyes swept over the courtyard, and he found that the courtyard was high and low, and there were many shelves, and the shelves were full of drying baskets.
The strong smell of medicinal herbs permeated the courtyard.
Even, you don't have to look at them one by one, through the smell of medicinal herbs, Jiang Yi can roughly distinguish which basket contains what.
The smell is relatively light, such as red dates, longan, and lotus seeds.
The strong flavor is some real medicinal herbs, such as angelica and astragalus.
However, there are also those that Jiang Yi can't recognize, his eyes are attracted by a basket of strange ingredients, and he can't help but get closer, only to see that in the basket, there is a miniature version of pearl rice grains, with a clear color.
The basket is like a cornucopia in the sun.
"This is rice?"
"Is there such a beautiful rice?" Jiang Yi was skeptical for a while, but suddenly realized that he had crossed over, so he smiled bitterly, "Sure enough, you can't rigidly apply the experience of your previous life to this world." β
Immediately, he poked out his paws with great interest, "So, what type of rice is this? glutinous rice or japonica rice?"
"Ahh
A surprised voice made Jiang Yigou's paws freeze in the air.
He secretly exclaimed, "I can't help it, I can't help it, I can't help but explore one or two when I see unfamiliar ingredients, this is the chef's instinct, please forgive ......it."
But Jiang Yi was slightly stunned when he saw the visitor.
It's not Su Cailing, but a slightly older, about twenty-year-old Fanghua woman.
The woman's mouth opened slightly, obviously frightened by the little beggar who suddenly appeared in the house, this beggar even stretched out his dog paws to spoil the ingredients on the shelf, her willow eyebrows were raised, and she was about to scold, but unexpectedly heard Jiang Yi's mouth explain.
"You?"
"Cook?"
A suspicious gaze came, Jiang Yi raised his chest lightly, a genius, always had to show a little arrogance and said: "I, the chef, fight ...... Ahem!"
I almost blurted it out.
"Big sister!" The girl Su Cailing finally came back, holding a very heavy food box in her hand, and when she saw the woman, she looked panicked, lowered her head, and looked like a good baby who had done something wrong.
Su Cai's soft eyes glanced at Jiang Yi, and she said to her sister Su Cailing, "I was looking for you!"
"There are guests in the store, order a medicinal porridge that strengthens the spleen and stomach, little sister, you go to the Wang Po's house in the workshop to get a pumpkin and come back, there are no ingredients in the store. β
Su Cailing sighed, put down the food box and hurriedly ran away.
Strengthen the spleen and stomach?
Pumpkin?
Jiang Yi listened to it, but his brain turned, and the occupational disease was committed again, and he couldn't help but say: "Pumpkin is warm, sweet, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians, and it does have the effect of detoxification and stomach protection." Are you going to make a pot of pumpkin porridge for your guests? Well, I'm thinking about what to go with......."
"How about yams, nourish the spleen and stomach!"
Hear the words.
Su Cairou was stunned, and said in surprise: "My recipe is "Corn and Pumpkin Porridge", not yam and pumpkin, but your match is not wrong!
Jiang Yi said with a smile: "Corn is also good, a golden crop, but I recommend using corn flour, which is cornmeal, which is appetizing ...... spleen."
Grunt~
A hungry protest brought the words to an abrupt end.
Su Cairou was even more surprised, her eyes moved to Jiang Yi's little belly covered with both hands, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a touch of amusement, "I'm quite hungry." β
Jiang Yi didn't answer, his face turned faintly blue, and he looked at a panel that suddenly popped up in the retina:
"Host: Jiang Yi
Cooking Level: ?
Martial arts cultivation: None (slightly stronger than the powerless otaku nerd, but the host please recognize the fact that you are a war scumbag in the fantasy food world, so, do it daddy!)
Talent: [Extraordinary Taste] ('God's Tongue' Invasion!)
Cooking skills: None
......β
Comprehensive comment: A fallen genius who has not yet found his culinary realm positioning in another world. Rookie or old driver on the road? (funny). β
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