Xia Duo's cooking skills are not very good, but they are definitely not bad, at least there is no problem with ordinary home-cooked food, it has been a long time since then, how can he not miss the food of his hometown!

Since the beginning of Linshui Village, he has tried to restore the food of his hometown, but except for simple staple foods such as steamed buns, other foods can only be eaten by himself occasionally.

The so-called "don't get tired of eating, don't get tired of fine", in fact, the hidden threshold is not low, cooking utensils, craftsmanship, spices, and even time are not easy for ordinary people to obtain.

As it stands, the realm does not have the conditions to allow ordinary people to have enough "cooking freedom" like the people of Xia Duo's hometown.

In addition to the hospitality itself, there is also Xia Duo's temptation of Oreps, because he knows that ordinary elves will not eat the finished food that humans have handled.

Of course, Xia Duo will not test the elves with food that he is not very acceptable, and prepare it himself, which is both sincere and a little pressure.

There are three dishes in total, two meat and one vegetable, the meat is braised pork and braised fish, the meat is venison, hunted by the territorial guards, and the fish is the trash fish in the Wolfburg River next to it, which is very ordinary, and the color-resistant people call it "white stripes".

As for the vegetarian dish, it is a sautéed lettuce, and the color-resistant people also eat vegetables, but they are usually mixed with meat and boiled in water to make a hodgepodge, or simply eaten raw.

This is unacceptable to Chateau.

As for barbecue, ordinary people in Naserel basically can't eat it, it's not that they can't afford it, but only rich people can afford to use spices, barbecue meat has no spices, it's basically difficult to eat, it's better to boil a big pot of soup and share it with the whole family!

After being busy for almost two hours, Xia Duo put the sauced braised pork on separate plates, and then said to Cook, who was constantly sniffing his nose on the side, "Do you understand everything?" ”

Cook was thrilled and immediately replied, "See! ”

"Then practice hard, if I can't be satisfied by the end of the year, then I may have to consider changing the chef!"

"This, this—"

Cook's eyes rolled, and he didn't say anything for a long time, but Xia Duo didn't want to listen to him, anyway, the deadline had been given, if it didn't work, he really had to consider a replacement, anyway, there are not a few people in the territory now, and you can always find someone with good culinary talent by casting a wide net.

This is actually a manifestation of the cost of silence, Xia Duo has already invested a lot in Cook, not to mention how valuable the Arcanist Lord's personal teaching is, just the spices he provided for Cook can't afford to sell Cook.

It is precisely because he has invested a lot that Xia Duo is willing to give him opportunities again and again, but Xia Duo's patience will last until the end of the year at most, in his hometown, even if he has never cooked, under the guidance of his family, he can quickly complete a home-cooked meal.

Although there is a lack of environmental edification from childhood to adulthood, Cook has been around for almost a year, and he has not yet opened his mind, and it is really a rotten tree, and his dedication to guidance has been in vain.

The only thing that made Xia Duo feel a little relieved was that Cook's steamed buns were not bad, and perhaps he could develop into a pastry master in the future, as for other aspects, Xia Duo was no longer too hopeful.

……

While Chardo had set up the table in the dining room of the Lord's Villa and sat down for a while, Layton had already come in with Oreps, and after saluting, he withdrew alone.

Xia Duo stretched out his hand and took the initiative to beckon, "Patriarch Aureps, please take a seat!" ”

As soon as Orepus sat down, he was attracted by a special tableware on the table, he raised his head in surprise, looked at Xia Duo, and asked with some uncertainty, "Lord Xia Duo, is this '&%¥#'?" ”

Xia Duo didn't understand what the word was, but judging from Orips' gaze just now, he should be talking about "chopsticks", Xia Duo picked up the chopsticks on his side with one hand, and clamped them demonstratively, and asked rhetorically, "Patriarch Orides, are you talking about this?" ”

"That's right! That's it! Orepus nodded violently, picked up the chopsticks on his side, and clamped them very dexterously, "Lord Xia Duo is an Oriental?" ”

"Huh?"

Shado was keenly aware that Aureps had spoken a special elven word, and that Muyan's hometown was called "Karatu" in the language of Nayx, but he didn't know what it was in the language of the elves.

But now that Orips uses the word "East" to refer to Karatu, does this mean that the elves can really be sure that Karatu is in the East?

He hurriedly asked, "Patriarch Orips, what do you mean by 'East'—"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot that Lord Xia Duo is not an elf, 'East' in the Elven language in addition to means 'the direction of the east', there is also a special reference, referring to the 'eastern country'!"

"The Land of the East?" Shado repeated.

"Yes!"

Oreps' eyes suddenly became a little misty, and he whispered in a subdued, almost aria Elven language, "There is a legend in the Elven nations that there is a mysterious ancient kingdom in the far east, where it is magnificent and full of gold. ”

"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"

Seeing Xia Duo looking at him with a very exaggerated look, Orepus realized that he was probably an Oriental in front of him, and couldn't help but smile embarrassedly:

"Of course, legends are legends after all, there are not a few Oriental people entertained by the elf countries, and the mystery of the eastern country has been greatly reduced, if it weren't for the fact that no elves have really been able to go there and return smoothly, maybe the legend of the eastern country has long ceased to circulate."

"Really no elves have ever been to the Eastern Realm?" Shado asked.

Perhaps feeling sad that the humans in front of him were far away from home, Aureps switched to Elven words that could express more complex emotions, "Except for the original High Mage, no spirit has ever been to the Eastern Land since then, and in fact, if it weren't for the original narrator being a High Mage, such a legend would not have been passed down at all." ”

"Who is that High Mage? Is he still alive now? "Although Xia Duo is not a true Karatu, he is indeed interested in the legendary eastern country of Karatu.

If the High Mage is still alive, he may be able to visit him in the future.

It's just that Oripus's answer is not very satisfactory -

"The High Mage's name is 'Saint Norder', and he is a court mage in the ancient kingdom of Uvelon, a very famous polymath, but the kingdom of Uviren disappeared due to an accident two thousand years ago.

"Two thousand years, even for an elf, is a long time, not to mention that the High Mage of Saint Nordel lived in the early days of Uviren, and it is almost five thousand years from today."

The millennium time is often timed, which makes Xia Duo feel that time is so long, the past and the present, endless, and at the same time, it also triggers Xia Duo's desire for immortality again.

As long as you live long enough, anything is possible. (Positive or negative, try to eliminate negative)

After being silent for a while, Xia Duo did not continue on the topic of the Eastern Country, but motioned to Oreps to move his chopsticks, "Patriarch Oreps, please taste the food of my hometown." ”

Saying that, Xia Duo introduced the raw materials and methods of the three-course meal to Oreps, which can be regarded as promoting the cuisine of his hometown.

"Good!"

Oreps did not refuse to eat the food cooked by humans, but skillfully picked up a piece of braised venison with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and after eating a piece, he took another piece, and then slowly spoke:

"Lord Xiaduo, this meat is fat and thin, it tastes sweet and soft, and the spices are blended with the flavor of the meat itself, compared to roast meat, it is indeed a lot better!"

After saying that, Orepus came with another piece, and he picked up the steamed bun on the side and bit it without a teacher.

Xia Duo nodded secretly in his heart, glanced at the three dishes that had not been touched on his side, and he also began to eat, just eating steamed buns, or eating steamed buns with vegetables.

In fact, the steamed bun is still a little less meaningful, it would be better if there was rice, Xia Duo grew up from snack rice, but unfortunately he didn't find rice in Nesser, so the rice was nowhere to go.