Enter the kitchen

With Yu Wanhong, a local snake, they quickly found a place to stay. Not far from Yu Wanhong's residence was a private courtyard, very clean.

What made Lu Suyi even more satisfying was that the previous owner of the small courtyard was a kitchen repairman, so he generously allocated a large area and built a kitchen with all internal organs.

As soon as Lu Shiyi saw the kitchen, he felt like a fish in water, and Shu Mo could only hold his cheek and watch him jump in almost happily.

"Time is so fast, it's May again." The calendar of Lingyuan Continent is somewhat similar to the world of Lu Shiyi's previous life, but for most immortal cultivators, time is but a flick of a finger, and they will not take this effort to go Remember the so-called time and calendar.

Lu Shiyi was counting the days, and even remembered several festivals from his previous life, but every time he wanted to relive them, he failed for various reasons.Today, for some reason, I suddenly remembered, and it happened to be in his world, tomorrow is the Zongzi Festival.

Festivals are no different for Lu Shiyi, no, maybe they are a little different after careful study.As a cook, he is often the busiest when other people are on holidays. He is trapped in a small-sized kitchen all day, waving the spatula numbly, but he doesn't even have the time to taste his own cooking.

In the world of his previous life, eating seemed to be everyone's top priority, such as Tangyuan Festival, Mooncake Festival, Zongzi Festival, etc., were all named after food, and people's obsession with eating was almost engraved in their bones.

Tomorrow is the Zongzi Festival, Lu Shiyi suddenly got a little greedy thinking about the soft, glutinous and delicious rice dumplings, and immediately took a lot of Lingmi out to make rice dumplings, so that Shu Mo could try it out.

He has already collected a lot of ingredients, but the portion is not much, and the Lingmi needs to be soaked overnight, so the rice dumplings may not be eaten tonight, and if he wakes up early tomorrow, he might be able to make it for breakfast.

Thinking of this, Lu Suyi felt a little happier again, and quickly lit a fire to prepare for cooking.The dinner was not considered a big one, but it was very rare to cook three dishes and one soup in the limited time, not to mention that there was Shu Mo who was there to support him, and he was quickly wiped out.

Before dawn on the second day, Lu Suyi got up early. The ingredients for making zongzi were ready last night, but there was no glutinous rice and we had to use spirit rice instead. I just hoped that the taste of the finished product would not be too different.

As long as it was made by Lu Shiyi, Shu Mo would never be picky, but after more than ten years of getting along, the two were almost inseparable from Meng Meng, and Lu Shiyi gradually figured out some of his preferences.

Shu Mo is addicted to sweets, and he doesn't show it obviously on weekdays, but if Lu Shiyi made sweet snacks, he would definitely taste a piece first, and then put the snacks aside, waiting to finish eating the rest. Taste the aftertaste.If it is paired with a pot of good spiritual tea, he can spend the day with a sip of spiritual tea and snacks.

With limited time and few ingredients, Lu Shiyi only planned to make two flavors of rice dumplings today, a salty rice dumpling with egg yolk, and a sweet rice dumpling with red bean and honey dates.

The zong leaves are replaced by other spiritual plants. Although the substituted zong leaves are slightly wider and thicker than the common zong leaves, they have a scent of zong leaves, which is very rare.Lingzhi has been boiled in hot water for a while, and Lingmi has been marinated in soy sauce and dark soy sauce for a while.

He hasn't made zongzi for a long time, so he picks out two pieces of Lingzhi minus the hard rod at the bottom, puts the leaves back and forth, folds them into a funnel shape at one-third, puts them in glutinous rice, and then uses chopsticks compacted.

For the first time, he only put one-third of the Lingmi into it. After compacting it, he put in a small piece of lean meat and a small piece of fat meat. Finally, he put in boiled salted egg yolk and covered it with Lingmi for compaction.Then it was time to make zongzi. He bent the extra Lingzhi downwards, folded the Lingzhi along the sides of the triangle and tied the cotton thread, and it was done.Although the making of the first zongzi was a bit rusty, thanks to Lu Shiyi's dexterity, the movement of tying half of his hands unconsciously became faster.

The method of red bean and jujube dumpling is similar to egg yolk meat dumpling, but because it is sweet, the Lingmi is not seasoned, but mixed with soaked red beans, and the candied dates are tightly wrapped in the middle.

Seeing that after both kinds of zongzi were wrapped, there was still some Lingmi left, so he didn't waste it, and wrapped it all into Lingzhi to make white zongzi.

By the time Shu Mo found the kitchen following the scent, the rice dumplings were almost out of the pot.

"What is this?" Shu Mo asked curiously, the rich fragrance of grasses and trees filled the tip of his nose, instantly waking up his still confused mind: "It smells so good."

Lu Shiyi blew on his burned fingers, and explained: "This is zongzi, in my..." He continued after a barely traceable meal, "My hometown, that is, the mortal world, today is the zongzi festival. "Shu Mo replied as if he didn't notice his hesitation: "Ordinary people's festivals are really interesting."

"Hmm." Lu Shiyi knew that he would only talk too much and make mistakes at this time. Shu Mo only needs to go to the mortal world for a while to realize that his so-called Zongzi Festival does not exist. Sharing: "There are many festivals for mortals, and there is also the Mooncake Festival and Tangyuan Festival. Each festival has its own delicacy. After a while, I will find all the ingredients and make it for you."

"Okay." Shu Mo didn't show it on the surface, but he was already looking forward to it in his heart.

Lu Shiyi slipped a bunch of zongzi and put them in front of him: "I didn't prepare enough ingredients yesterday, so I only had time to make three flavors of zongzi." He took out an egg yolk meat zongzi and put it in a bowl, and pushed it in front of Shu Mo: "This It is meat dumpling with egg yolk, wrapped in egg yolk and marinated fresh meat in Lingmi, cooked and eaten, it is salty. Red bean and candied date dumpling is sweet, wrapped in red beans and candied dates. There is also a white dumpling , This is what I ate the most when I was a child, and it can be dipped in sugar." Then he took out a small plate covered with sugar and placed it in front of him.

Shu Mo took the small bowl he handed over, and there was already a triangular egg yolk meat dumpling lying in the bowl. After soaking overnight, the Lingmi was soft and delicious, with an ethereal fragrance of grass and trees.He took a bite, and the Lingmi was soft and glutinous but chewy. I don't know if it was seasoned, but the Lingmi not only had a light salty taste, but also had a meaty aroma.

The zongzi in front of him was like a treasure, he couldn't help but took another bite, and soon he bit into something slightly harder than Lingmi, which should be seasoned lean meat.Although the combination of Lingmi and lean meat and egg yolk is good, it will inevitably feel dry after a few bites.Coincidentally, at this time, the fat he added when making the zongzi had an effect, a small piece was not much, and when it was cooked, it turned into fat and infiltrated into the zongzi, which not only added the aroma but also neutralized it like a finishing touch Too dry taste.

Lu Shiyi saw that he was eating fast, his eyes were shining like stars, and he couldn't help but be filled with joy. He took a bite of the rice dumplings and looked at his side face, even eating the salty egg yolk rice dumplings. Sweet taste.

In the end, more than half of the zongzi went into Shu Mo's stomach. Fortunately, Lu Shiyi was not completely fascinated by the beauty. He still remembered Hushi who was thrown into the mirror garden by himself alone, and left two zongzi for him, one sweet and one salty.

Hu Shi, who was still a bit tempered, forgot everything when he saw something delicious, and happily returned to the mirror garden with his two rice dumplings in his arms.

Not long after the meal, Yu Wanhong also came as promised.His back seemed to be a little more stooped than yesterday, his face was hidden under the hood, and his age could not be seen, but from his voice and posture, he looked like an old man who was dying.

"The topic of the competition has been decided." Yu Wanhong not only came as promised but also brought a big news: "As soon as I heard the news, I came to you first."

"Don't you know what the competition is on the day of the competition?" Lu Shiyi was puzzled: "Why did you release the news today?"

"This year is a bit different. In addition to the monks invited from outside, the disciples of the four great families will also participate." Although Yu Wanhong's news is much better than others, he still has no way of knowing the inside information that many families do not want to disclose .

"I don't know the details, I just heard that there was a change in the Yunshui River a few days ago, and the mermaid was discovered!" Yu Wanhong continued: "The rules of the competition have also been changed, and the monks who voted under the names of the four great families were rejected. It is allowed to enter the water, but if you find some clues about the merman, you can get the spirit feather, and if you can find the merman, you can get a rich reward." Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be ready to move.

Although Shu Mo didn't say anything, Lu Shiyi, who grew up with his childhood sweetheart, still found out his hidden worries, but now is really not a good time to ask him.

"Let's go to Yin's house first." Lu Shiyi said, turning his gaze to Shu Mo, who nodded, accepting the next step.

"I'll take the two of you to Yin's house." Yu Wanhong said.

It is said to be the Yin family, but in fact it is just a foothold set up by the Yin family on the outskirts of the Yunshui River. Even the people who stay here on weekdays are mostly disciples with low cultivation.It's just that maybe because of the approaching of the Galanji, they heard the news that the young master of the Yin family had just arrived as soon as they arrived at the Yin family.

"Those who came to fish in troubled waters pushed them away, and the left and right were just here to die." Hearing such slightly disgusting words just after entering the gate of Yin's house, even if they knew that the words were good, it would still make people feel harsh, and even more so. What's more, this arrogant voice is still very familiar.

"Why do you..." The young master of the Yin family didn't expect that he would run into an old acquaintance right after he was sent by his father to preside over this competition.His gaze stayed on Lu Shiyi for a short while, and he said jokingly, "I haven't seen you in half a month, but fellow Daoist's skill has improved by leaps and bounds." There is such a kind of person in this world, as long as he opens his mouth, he can't wait to block his mouth again Mouth, now it seems that the young master of the Yin family is such a person.

"Thank you, Young Master Yin, for your praise." Lu Shiyi said calmly. He had already learned the other party's ability to speak in the hotel. At this time, it is better to misinterpret his meaning and respond openly.Young Master Yin obviously didn't expect the other party to respond like this, and he was a little speechless for a moment, and said to the subordinate beside him: "Do you remember what I just told you, the Yin family will not accept those below the Golden Core stage in this competition?" Monk."

After he finished speaking, Lu Shiyi and Shu Mo didn't respond, Yu Wanhong became anxious first, his own strength was limited, so naturally he didn't find any masters. If the Yin family made such a request, then most of the helpers he found would be He can only go to the other three houses to try his luck, but even if the rules are changed in the other three houses, it will be difficult for his mediocre helpers to get Lingyu in the other three houses!

Lu Shiyi almost wanted to slap him in the face, but he was the young master of the Yin family, so he still had some authority in the Yin family.He forcibly held back his anger, and when he was planning to use the formula on hand as a bargaining chip to talk to the other party, Shu Mo said: "I have reached the Golden Core stage of cultivation."

"Shu Mo." Lu Shiyi's eyes suddenly turned to his face, full of puzzlement, Young Master Yin snorted softly, and waved his hand casually: "Take him there." Lu Shiyi didn't want to argue with Shu Mo, but rather What's more, with his temperament, he really couldn't lose his temper with the other party, so he could only follow behind him and watch him write his name on the paper talisman.

Talismans are mostly precious, but paper talismans have the ability to transmit sound, and only one top-grade spirit stone can be bought, and they can only be used three times.If it wasn't for the Yin family's wealth and wealth, it would be that they attached great importance to this competition.

After collecting the paper talismans, the three of them left the Yin's house. Lu picked up the things along the way very quietly. He didn't blame Shumo for deciding to go alone without asking him, but he was secretly annoyed that his cultivation was low, and Young Master Yin just let him go with a casual sentence. He lost the qualification for the competition.

Yu Wanhong separated from them on the way, only saying that he had other cultivators who needed to be contacted, and that he was very distressed at the thought of Young Master Yin's magical pen.

"Sorry, I participated in the competition alone without discussing with you." As soon as he entered the room, Lu Shiyi heard the other party's lowered voice, and his heart softened immediately. He felt like an old father, and sighed: "I should say I'm sorry, I can't go with you."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Shu Mo comforted softly, the Yunshui River was connected to Futu Mountain, he had to find out whether it was a change or a shark.