Night falls.

In the atrium outside the eaves, the two ravines cut by the sword wind are still clearly recognizable.

The evening breeze sent two or three insect chirps, the window revealed orange light, and through the glass, Luo He, Ye Jian Wu, and Ye Zhi mother and daughter sat at the dining table.

"Please use tea." The black-haired girl brewed hot tea, and the tea was fragrant.

Ye Jian Wu was a little restrained, holding the teacup in both hands, thanked him in fear, and drank it all in one go.

At the table, the sick and weak woman held the wheelchair in her hand, stared at the red-haired genius Jianhao, and smiled:

"It's good to be your own home."

"Mr. Luohe, you are the same, you don't need to be polite." Chiyoko cast her gaze.

Ye Zhi pushed away the chair, got up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen." ”

"Ye Ori has helped me a lot by telling me about the whereabouts of the swordsmith." Luo He stretched out his hand and said, "It's better for me to be in charge of this meal, just take it as my humble meaning." ”

Chiyoko smiled and said, "You are a distinguished guest, how can there be any reason to make you trouble." ”

The black-haired girl, who has always been taciturn, took the initiative to say:

"Luo He's cooking skills are very powerful, and he is the top breeder in Donghuang."

"Really?" Chiyoko was surprised and looked at Luo He.

Luo He nodded.

"I'm also good at cooking." Yami Mai interjected: "In the past, my master taught me swordsmanship, and one of the tests was to cut tofu with a knife!" ”

"Ling's master, should be surnamed Miyamoto?" Chiyoko asked.

The red-haired girl wiped her nose and said with a smile: "Yes, the famous Miyamoto Sword Hero is my master!" ”

"He's an old man, he should be seventy years old." Chiyoko asked in a deep voice, "Is your body still tough?" ”

"Master, he has passed away." Yami Mai hesitated.

Chiyoko was slightly stunned.

Yami Mai lowered her head and waved the teacup on the table, and said softly: "Before he died, he asked me to go out of the mountains to practice, so I ran from the prefecture to Kyoto alone......"

Chiyoko eased her mind and said in a wide voice:

"I heard that the teacher of several dojos in Nara City lost to you?"

"Yes, but the swordsmanship of those people combined is not as good as his yellow dog." Yami Mai turned his head sideways and said, "By the way, what's your name?" ”

"Luo He."

"Master Luohe!" Yami Mai's eyes froze, "One day, I will win against your family's sword god dog!" ”

Hearing this, Chiyoko on the side was a little crying and laughing.

A first-class genius in the two heavens, the goal is not to be the first in the country's kendo but to defeat other people's Shikami, I don't know how her master will feel.

Luo He said calmly: "Then you have to hurry." ”

"Why?" Night Mai is puzzled.

Because next month, my team will be at the overall totem level......

Luo He coughed lightly and said, "Because I won't stay long in Sakura Island, I'll go back to Donghuang next month." ”

"Donghuang." Yamimai's eyes were in a trance for a moment, "Master and I really want to go there." ”

Zen Buddhism, kendo, literature, tea art... All kinds of culture have been drifting across the ocean since the time of the empress, bringing great edification to Sakurajima.

I often hear the master sigh when I see the dance at night, and it is a pity that I have never been to Donghuang in my life.

For this reason, I saw the foot merchants of the same village at night and inquired about the ferry tickets of Donghuang in the past.

As a result, the price of the ferry ticket was so high that it directly dispelled the idea of night dance!

"Master Luo, I heard that Donghuang's mapo tofu is delicious, is it true?" Yami Mai asked with interest.

"You shouldn't be able to accept the spiciness...... of the original," Luo He groaned.

"Don't underestimate people! I'm good at spicy food! Yami Mai patted her chest and vouched.

Luo He's body stiffened, and he immediately stood up, smiled, and said:

"It's not early, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare dinner, and it will be fine soon!"

With a smile on his face, the young man in white moved his wrist as he walked to the kitchen.

Chiyoko and Haori turned their heads to look at his back, as if they saw a raging fire.

"He seems to care a lot about what you say." Chiyoko said to Mai Yami.

"It's definitely going to be spicy." Ye Ori said solemnly.

"I'm going to eat it all!" Yami Mai stubbornly said, "You must not waste food!" ”

Inside the kitchen.

Luo He stood in front of the candle dragon stove and thought slightly.

Spiciness is not the key to evaluating mapo tofu.

A good mapo tofu should be numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, hot, whole, tender, and crispy.

In traditional practice, bean paste is an indispensable ingredient, and chili oil made from raw materials such as Chaotian pepper, bullet pepper, Sichuan pepper, and sesame seeds can bring out the characteristics of spicy and spicy.

"Xiao Jiu, make a fire!"

The fire is the soul of mapo tofu, and the hot pot gas combined with the spicy and refreshing taste will make it addictive and unstoppable.

Call!

The fire burns in the stove hole, and the golden dragon oil in the Vermilion Bird Ding is stir-fried with Sichuan pepper and dried chili pepper to produce a rich fragrance.

Luo He took out Sichuan pepper and dried chili peppers, replaced the bean paste with special chili oil, and then added minced beef and stir-fried over high heat, boiling into the rich cooking wine.

The aroma has already spread.

Luo He added water, soy sauce, salt and other seasonings, put in the tofu cubes that had been cut neatly and blanched in advance, and began to simmer over low heat.

The tofu is as white as jade, soaked in boiling red oil, and after three thickenings, the soup becomes thicker and thicker, and the hot smell of fragrant hemp is fragrant.

In the last step, the fire of the Vermilion Bird in the pot suddenly sprung up, giving the pot gas and soul to the mapo tofu, Luo He suddenly covered the pot with the lid, turned off the heat and collected the juice with the remaining temperature.

"That's it."

Luo He nodded with satisfaction: "Get out of the pot and serve!" ”

Today's dish is called "Mapo Tofu Rice Bowl".

The steaming, spicy but refreshing mapo tofu is paired with pearl rice, which is round and jade, white and clear, and has a magical taste.

To put it bluntly, with such a dish as mapo tofu, it is enough for the following three bowls of rice!

Inside the restaurant.

Yami Mai was yawning, and suddenly felt a chilling aura, and cast his gaze vigilantly.

But I saw a young man in white, holding a wooden plate, walking slowly.

This aura is both confident and powerful, like an invincible swordsman, which shakes the mood of the night dance!

No, it's just a dish, as for the same focus as the swordsman's life and death battle!

When I saw the dance at night, I was stunned.

Luo He brought the wooden tray to her, and Xiao Jiu also helped to place the other two plates in front of Ye Ori and Chiyoko.

"Please taste it."

Luo He lifted the lid of the cup: "Mapo tofu!" ”

Whew-

It's hot, spicy and fragrant.

The white and delicate tofu is soaked in red oil soup at the bottom, and the top is dyed with a golden color, which glows seductively in the light!

Yami Mai subconsciously swallowed a large mouthful of saliva.

The spicy aroma made her forehead sweat, and she couldn't wait to taste a spoonful!

"This ......" Ye Jianwu sniffed the spicy fragrance and stumbled: "This is mapo tofu?" ”

Luo He said kindly: "You can scoop a spoonful and eat it with the rice next to it, or directly cover the rice with mapo tofu!" ”

Ye Zhi looked at the mapo tofu that was full of color and flavor, and sipped his mouth with difficulty.

I can't even imagine how delicious this bowl of rice bowl can be!

"Then ......" Chiyoko said gracefully with a spoon in her hand, "I'm moving." ”

Seeing this, Ye Zhi and Yami Mai also said in unison: "I'm moving." ”

The three of them scooped up a spoonful of mapo tofu at the same time, and the trembling tofu cubes were sent to their mouths along with the red oil soup.

In an instant, there seemed to be a flash of inspiration, and the eyes of the three of them widened in unison.

Suddenly, the aroma and spicy taste rushed straight to the brain!

Yami Mai's eyes widened in shock: "Hmm! ”

Haori and Chiyoko also exude incredible colors at the same time.

It looks like a bright red chili oil, but when you taste it, you can barely feel the spicy taste in your mouth.

Only the refreshing aroma is mixed with the sweet tofu taste, bringing a wonderful enjoyment to the tip of the tongue!

The heat is so perfectly controlled that the texture and taste are impeccable, and you just want to taste it spoonful, spoonful after spoonful!

The three of them were immersed in this wonderful taste when they were suddenly stunned, and their cheeks turned red.

Just now, the tip of the tongue was paralyzed by peppercorns, and when the stamina came in, the fragrant, spicy, numb, and hot taste was like a warm current, warming the body and making the mouth secrete a lot of saliva.

But even though the tongue was numb, the body was unwilling to stop, and the three of them still scooped the hot and fragrant mapo tofu, and felt warm and comfortable all over the body.

"Hiss......" Yamimai hissed, and her heart shook.

What exactly did he add to this dish?

Why, the spicier the more you want to eat it?

"Whew." Ye Ori let out a sigh of relief, her cheeks flushed.

It's too spicy.

However, it is really delicious!

"Hmm..."Chiyoko held the soup spoon in her mouth, her eyes were a little dazed.

Unexpectedly, this classmate of Ye Weaving has such superb skills!

At this time, Yami Mai picked up a large bowl of pearl rice and put it upside down into the mapo tofu soaked in red oil.

She picked up the soup spoon, scooped up half a spoonful of rice and half a spoonful of tofu, and chewed it in one bite, so that the rice was perfectly mixed with tofu, minced meat, and soup, and a smile on her face that could not be concealed.

The combination of mapo tofu and rice has increased the happiness index of this dish by several orders of magnitude again!

Luo He also served himself a bowl of rice, and looked at the professional eating method of the Jianhao girl, and couldn't help nodding in approval.

"Compared to when you were on the varsity team, your cooking skills have improved again." Haori gave a rare smile.

"Luo He ......" Chiyoko took advantage of the situation to invite and said with a smile: "When you are on Sakura Island, why don't you live in our dojo?" ”

Luo He coughed lightly: "It's still not very convenient, I can rent a hotel apartment." ”

"yes, that's a pity." Chiyoko sighed with emotion: "However, I am lucky enough to be able to taste your craftsmanship today!" ”

Ye Jianwu ate the most anxious and fastest, his eyes were already red with spicy, and his eyes were blurred with tears, while gobbling up, and said vaguely:

"This is the authentic mapo tofu... What is that Master doing before? ”

Luo He said: "If you eat slowly, the master level will also be spicy......"

The red-haired girl scraped the remaining rice grains on the plate with a spoon:

"It's okay, well, you can't waste food!"

The night is getting deeper.

Dinner has come to an end.

Ye weaving actively indicates cleaning the dinner plate.

Luo He had to go back to the city to find a hotel and get up to say goodbye.

Ye Jianwu drank a large glass of ice water, put down the cup with a bang, and hurriedly said:

"Wait a minute, Master Luo, I'll go with you!"

"Won't you sit a little longer?" Chiyoko retains the road.

"No, I've caused you a lot of trouble today." Yami Mai scratched her head and said, "Master Chiyoko, I didn't know you were ...... I'm really sorry that I'm physically inconvenient and kicked the gym. ”

"Out of the way." Chiyoko held the wheelchair in her hand and said with a smile: "You are the same age as Ye Ori, if you have the opportunity, I hope you will give her more guidance." ”

"I'm pointing at someone?" Night see dance finger to himself, incredible.

"Of course." Chiyoko nodded.

Ye Jianwu's cheeks turned red, and he muttered, "I, let's try it......"

"Oh yes." Yami Mai turned around and looked at the battlefield outside the window, "The money for repairing the dojo will be returned to you when I get it together." ”

"What?" Chiyoko was surprised.

"That is, I don't have any money right now." Yami Mai's face turned even redder, and she whispered, "When I succeed in kicking the gym, I will have money......"

Chiyoko was slightly stunned, then sighed with some emotion, and nodded: "You are welcome to come to my house at any time." ”

"Luo He." Chiyoko looked at the young man in white and smiled, "You are also welcome to come at any time." ”

If you are an orphan and a widow, it is inconvenient for you to disturb others, but morally, you can help Senior Sister Ye Zhi.

Luo He said goodbye again, left the dojo, and walked in the night.

There was the sound of hurried footsteps behind him.

When I turned around, I found that the red-haired girl's face was full of desire to speak.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Luo He Dao.

"Huh? How do you know I have something to say. "Night dance stunned.

Luo He pointed to his face.

Suddenly, Luo He was stunned and said secretly:

"I've also become a senior who can read faces!"

Ye Jianmai's expression was delicate, and he immediately took a deep breath and solemnly requested:

"Master Luo, I want to learn cooking!"

Luo He was at a loss: "Huh? ”

"I can feel that my swordsmanship has reached a bottleneck and I need to enter the Tao in another way."

Yami Mai wrung the corners of her clothes, bowed her head and said, "So, I want to start from a culinary point of view......",

"With your talent, just learn the sword well." Luo He persuaded and said: "The path of cooking is not for you!" ”

"Why? Is cooking harder than practicing a sword? Night Mai asked unwillingly.

Luo He Wangtian said: "At least for me, cooking is 10,000 times more difficult than practicing swords, so I will also put in 10,000 times more effort." ”

Under the moonlight, Yami Mai seemed to be hit by this sentence and froze in place.

"I'm not going to take apprentices." Luo He said flatly, "But if you don't understand anything about cooking, you can ask me, and I'll be happy to teach you the dishes." ”

"I see."

Yamimai said seriously: "It's like a disciple of a Confucian sage...... Rest assured, I will prepare the gift of bondage! ”

Luo He was surprised: "Do you still know the gift of bondage? ”

"It's just tuition." Yami Mai grinned: "I don't have any money now, but I will definitely get you something good!" ”

Luo He smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll wait and see...... Let's go. ”

"Goodbye!"

Under the moonlight, Ye Jianwu looked at the back of the young man in white, his eyes were bright.

The champion of the annual National Kendo Tournament has the right to ask the Sakurajima Imperial Family for a royal tribute.

Or jewelry, or tea sets...... But needless to say, at least the sixth level starts.

Take this royal tribute as a gift to Master Luo!

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(End of chapter)