My family has fields waiting to be cultivated

"That is very fragrant, what is it?" The little boy's voice suddenly sounded behind him, Mourning turned around in surprise, only to find that the little boy who should be unconscious was standing behind him at some point And I don't know how long I've been standing there.

Mourning asked awkwardly, "When did you come?"

"While you were wiping those peppers with a cloth." The boy with a plain face said something that was not plain at all, and the boy who didn't realize that his behavior was stealing his teacher said it as a matter of course.

Mourning was even more embarrassing, "Don't you know that some chefs want everyone to avoid them when they are working?"

The little boy glanced at him, "You said it yourself. If I'm interested, I can learn cooking with you. I was just learning just now!"

Mourning: "..." Does this count as shooting yourself in the foot?

"Well, you're right. Anyway, I planned to take you as my apprentice from the beginning. Would you like to?" Mourning waved his hand and said indifferently. He found that he was really attracted by the boy's honesty at first. The human appearance was deceiving. It seemed that the little boy was just suppressed. If he was given a chance, he would definitely become a scheming and cunning businessman!

Unaware that in Mourning's mind, he was already equivalent to a scheming and cunning businessman. The little boy did not hesitate at all. He imitated the movements from the play, bowed to Mourning with his hands clasped in fists, and said respectfully: "Teacher I have seen the master!"

"Okay!" Mourning nodded in satisfaction. It would be good to accept a strong apprentice, at least he would have face and help a lot, "You have already entered my door. You have to listen to me, now you introduce yourself first."

"Yes!" The little boy nodded, and cut himself apart neatly, "My name is Chen Chen, and it was given to me by a scholar who passed by my house the year I made my voice. Just eight years old."

"Gone?"

"Gone."

"You just said your name and age." Mo Ning said, but he was quite surprised. At first, he thought the little boy was only five or six years old, but he was almost eight years old. , it seems that he was malnourished because of his poor life!

"I am now the master's apprentice, so I don't think the previous ones are important anymore." The important thing is that now, his new life is about to start!

"Okay, well said." Mourning likes such a little boy very much, "Then I will call you Xiaochen from now on, and you will learn cooking skills by my side obediently, you know?"

"Yeah!" Chen Chen nodded obediently, and then he couldn't help asking, "What is that delicious thing you made just now?" He has been watching Mourning make it all the time, seeing how skillful his movements are. He wiped the peppers carefully, and cut the ingredients into very small pieces with scissors, but he didn't understand, those things were obviously only used as condiments, why they became so fragrant after passing through the hands of the master!He is curious!very curious.

"Haha, you really deserve to be my apprentice, you are so thirsty for knowledge!" Mo Ning bent down and patted his little head, smiling happily, "The one I made just now is called chili noodles, but it will be the highlight of tomorrow oh!"

"Chili noodles?"

"Yeah, didn't you watch me do it just now? If you were asked to do it, would you be able to do it?"

The little boy looked at him, hesitated for a moment or shook his head, "I remember all the steps you used to make the chili noodles, but I don't know what ingredients you put in it, even if I follow your steps to make it now, next time I will Still don’t know, I don’t recognize the material.”

"Well, children can be taught!" Mourning was very pleased, "I will teach you the first lesson first. The most basic thing to learn to cook is to learn to identify all the condiments, and to understand the uses of various condiments, Taste, function, let those condiments play a 100% role, although this sounds easy, but it is not so simple to do, Xiaochen, you still have to learn!"

"Well, I understand." Chen Chen nodded obediently, "Then the master will teach the apprentice these things first, take it slowly bit by bit, and the apprentice will learn it seriously."

"Okay, as long as you study hard, I will teach you seriously!" Mo Ning felt more and more that it was the right thing to accept this apprentice, "Come with me!"

Mo Ning walked to the stove, the bowl of chili noodles was completely cold, he picked up his chopsticks and dipped a little bit, brought it to Chen Chen's mouth, "Smell it, then lick it."

Chen Chen did as he said.

"How do you feel?"

Chen Chen frowned slightly, "The taste is very fragrant, but it smells a bit pungent and spicy, and it tastes quite spicy, but this spicy taste is a little different from the peppers I have eaten before." The little boy Tasted it carefully again, "It's...a special taste." After thinking for a long time, he could only think of two words to describe it, other than that, he really couldn't find any other adjectives.

Mourning nodded with a smile and put down his chopsticks, "You have a very sensitive tongue, although not every chef must have a sensitive tongue, but it's better to have it than not to have it, the special thing about this chili noodles is that It is made with many kinds of seasonings, such as star anise, cinnamon, cooked sesame, Chinese prickly ash, just a few other seasonings, you see—” He grabbed a handful of the remaining star anise, “—this It is star anise, the full name is star anise, it is the fruit of a plant, shaped like a star, so it is called star anise, and, do remember that, except for cultivated star anise, the fruits of other wild species are generally It is highly toxic and can cause death if misused."

Chen Chen took the star anise in Mourning's hand without saying a word, carefully identified it, and asked: "Then how to distinguish wild star anise from cultivated star anise?"

"Good question!" Mourning clapped his hands together, "Listen, the real star anise is usually composed of eight bony protruding fruits. It looks like a star with eight horns, and it is light brown or reddish brown. , the skin is thick, the front part of the single-lobed fruit is blunt, or the tip is blunt, it smells strong, and the taste is a little pungent and sweet, remember?"

"Yeah." Chen Chen stared at the star anise in his hand, and suddenly stuck out his tongue to lick it. The taste was really as Mourning said, a bit spicy, but with a touch of sweetness.

"Remember first, buy an empty notebook when you have time, write down all the things I told you to remember, read it when you have time, it will be of great help to you!"

"oh, I understand now."

Mourning is very satisfied with his newly recruited apprentice. Not only is he obedient, but he is also smart.

"This is called cinnamon..." Then, he taught Chen Chen the rest of the materials, letting him know how to identify them. Before he knew it, it was completely dark, and when Mourning finished speaking, the last thing When I raised my head, I realized that the sun had sunk to nowhere.