I conquer the daily life of the protagonist group with food

Just mentioning Kirihara, Yukimura still asked one more question.

"Xianichiro, have you seen Chiya?"

Sanada shook his head, there was no news after they separated last night.

Jiang Cheng spoke worriedly.

"I don't know what happened to Chi Ye, in case there is any trouble."

Yukimura is also worried about this, after all, this era is full of crises.

Just when they were worried about Kirihara, the person concerned had already stayed in the General's Mansion.

As a person close to the general, Mr. Miyahara is highly valued by the general himself, and he also has considerable power.

Kirihara was brought in front of him.

Shinnosuke Miyahara looked at Kirihara who was dressed strangely, couldn't help pushing his glasses and said.

"who are you?"

Qieyuan's mind was also spinning quickly, he spoke without thinking.

"I'm just an ordinary person, I came from Tokyo."

Miyahara frowned slightly, with an inquiring tone.

"Tokyo?"

When asked by Shinnosuke Miyahara, Kirihara was at a loss for words, is there no Tokyo?

Kirihara, whose history is not very good, is naturally stumped by the ancient title. Since there is no Tokyo, what is Tokyo in this era?

Seeing that he couldn't speak, Miyahara Shinnosuke said with a cold face.

"Can't tell? So you are a spy sent by Changzhou Fan?"

Qieyuan didn't know this, but when he heard the other party say spies and saw his gloomy expression, he couldn't admit it, so he shook his head and denied it.

"How is it possible? I'm not a spy. How should I put it? I came here with a few friends."

Miyahara looked at him quietly, raised his eyebrows and spoke.

"Oh? You still have friends in Kyoto?"

Hearing what he said, Kirihara only now figured out where he was, and he immediately explained along the lines.

"So this is Kyoto. I came from the far east."

Very east?

Miyahara Shinosuke understood.

"So you came from Edo Castle."

Although Kirihara said that his wrists were tied, he didn't suffer.

"That's right, that's right, it's Edo, and it's also called Tokyo in our country. I thought people all over the country knew about it."

After a brief inquiry, Miyahara Shinnosuke took out the secret letter that Kirihara translated just now.

"Can you understand the text on it?"

Kirihara swallowed a little guilty.

"Can, can."

Miyahara Shinosuke saw through his little thoughts at a glance, but he also felt cheated, so he joked with a smile instead.

"I can understand everything? Or can I only understand a little bit?"

This time Kirihara was honest, he could only admit it truthfully.

"I can only understand roughly."

But he suddenly thought of Ah Fei and the Minister and the Deputy Minister, and immediately his eyes lit up and he continued.

"Although I can only understand a little bit, a few of my friends are very good. They can not only understand, but also speak."

Qieyuan has now seen his situation clearly, and it may be temporarily impossible to go out, but he hopes that Ah Fei and the others can find him and save the child.

Sure enough, when Miyahara Shinnosuke heard what Kirihara said, he suddenly became interested. Now that the general's mansion is in short supply of translators, it would be great if he could find these people.

Soon, Miyahara Shinnosuke obtained the appearance characteristics of Jiangcheng and the others from Kirihara, and sent a team of samurai to search for these people in the city, and must bring them back to the general's mansion after finding them.

Seeing the samurai looking for someone set off, although Kirihara was detained, he let out a sigh of relief, as long as the news of his whereabouts reaches Ah Fei, he will definitely come to rescue him!

Here, Jiangcheng and the others were left in the garrison, and the investigation into their identities had not yet concluded, so their actions in Jiangcheng were still under surveillance.

Sanada has no objection to being left in the Shinsengumi. After all, he still has no clue about the task of clearing the game, and the voice in his dream that kept asking him to find the chief executive has not yet been answered, so he feels that he will stay here for the time being. Maybe it is an opportunity to find the answer.

And Yukimura went back to Yukikuya, his game mission is still there, besides, he is not very used to the atmosphere of Shinsengumi, especially his every move is being watched.

For the Shinsengumi, Yukimura's fate is not very important, but the existence of Sanada has attracted everyone's attention.

In particular, Mr. Okita said that his swordsmanship is also good, and many people looked at him a little more inquiringly.

Since Jiangcheng only had branch lines, he naturally stayed in the Shinsengumi with peace of mind.

But since he made a breakfast, he was actually watched by Mr. Shanchuan, who was in charge of the food for the big guys, not to mention that the big horn of Yongcang Shinpachi kept playing in his ears.

[The egg pancakes made by Jiangcheng are delicious. 】

[Actually, I think he can make plain porridge so fragrant. 】

Even Hirasuke, who always liked his food, praised Jiangcheng's egg pancakes.

Hearing this, Jin Shanchuan can bear it?

The final strike was made by Mr. Okita. He called Jiangcheng's technique of refining cooking oil from lard suet a hype, and he almost described it as a juggling act.

So every time Shan Chuan Ren saw Jiang Cheng, he always had an angry expression on his face, why did he still want to grab his job.

Regarding Mr. Shanchuan's little awkwardness, Jiangcheng couldn't laugh or cry.

However, he also tasted Shanchuanren's craftsmanship. In all fairness, if it is limited to this era, the taste is naturally nothing to say, but for their modern cuisine, which is used to eating a variety of flowers, the taste is naturally incomparable.

Not to mention anything else, the cooking method alone is too simple.

So when Shan Chuan Ren asked about Jiang Cheng's taste, he could only respond tactfully.

"I think it's still delicious."

Obviously, Jin Shanchuan was not satisfied with such an evaluation. His culinary skills were praised by the elders of Sakai, and Jiang Cheng was still a boy in his teens, so he said a little unconvinced.

"They all said that your culinary skills are very good, so how about we bet on the honor of a kitchen knife warrior today?"

Kitchen knife samurai can also be considered a type of samurai, but what they hold is not a samurai sword but a kitchen knife for cooking, but in this era, it has to be said that a cook named as a kitchen knife samurai is an incomparable honor.

Jiang Cheng had no interest in this kind of title, but he still couldn't bear Shan Chuanren's entanglement, so he agreed.

There are no superfluous rules, the two of them only need to use the limited ingredients in the kitchen to cook, and finally let the people in the whole village evaluate and make choices.

Unexpectedly, this simple culinary competition spread throughout the Shinsengumi.

Nagakura Shinpachi said with a big smile.

"No way, Mr. Shanchuan actually competed with Xiaojiangcheng."

Harada Sanosuke touched his chin.

"And Mr. Shanchuan looks very serious, and really wants to bully children. I heard from the director that Jiangcheng is only 15 years old. I don't think about how many years Mr. Shanchuan has been cooking. I feel that he spends more time cooking than Jiangcheng. old."

Shan Nanjing pushed his glasses and laughed jokingly.

"It's not that you have been talking about Jiangcheng's cooking skills. After eating Mr. Shanchuan's food for so many years, I don't see you all praising him."

Todo Heisuke blinked.

"Wow, Mr. Shanchuan actually cares so much. I said that the omelette in Jiangcheng is delicious. It's the first time I've eaten it. It's quite fresh."

Okita Souji also had an expression of sitting and watching the show.

"Although it's the first time I've eaten that kind of omelette, I admit it's really delicious. I didn't expect Mr. Shanchuan to compete with Jiangcheng as a kitchen knife warrior. It seems that Mr. Shanchuan is very concerned about everyone's praise of Xiaojiangcheng. .”

Even Saitoichi, who has always been reticent, paid attention to the game.

This incident even reached the ears of Deputy Chief Hijikata Toshisan, and even Director Isamu Kondo heard about it.

For a time, the whole village became lively.

It was rare for Sanada to joke with Jiang Cheng.

"It seems they don't know anything about your cooking skills."

Jiangcheng also couldn't laugh or cry, I heard that everyone actually set up a bet on this game, not only for money, but also for their favorite items.

The director took out one of his favorite paintings, and the deputy director Toshizo Hijikata took out a collection of haikus he had written.

Fujido Heisuke exclaimed when he saw the deputy chief's collection of scarlet sentences.

"The deputy chief actually took out all his precious hands."

Saito glanced at it silently, and he quickly took out his own things and pressed them on Jiang Cheng. Although Mr. Shanchuan's cooking skills were unquestionable, his intuition told him that if he wanted to win the deputy chief's haiku collection, he still had to press it. Jiangcheng.

Just mentioning the collection of haiku, Souji Okita suddenly laughed.

Yongcang Shinpachi saw the general manager giggling and couldn't help asking.

"Boss, what are you laughing at?"

After being discovered, Souji Okita coughed lightly and laughed.

"I just thought of the haiku written by the deputy chief."

Fujido Heisuke asked curiously.

"Boss, have you seen it?"

Usually Hijikata Toshizo would carefully collect the collection of haiku, so they had only seen the deputy chief's hand collection, but they hadn't read the content inside.

And Mr. Okita had seen it by accident before, so he closed his eyes and smiled thinking.

"A cherry blossom blooms, and the cherry blossoms fall and bloom again. Every year, the cherry blossoms are still cherry blossoms, and they will not become anything other than cherry blossoms."

???

"Pfft—?" Hearing this sentence, Yongcang Shinpachi burst out laughing instantly.

Fujido Heisuke blinked in confusion.

"Director, do you remember correctly, this is written by the deputy chief?"

Saitoichi drank his tea calmly, he didn't believe the nonsense of that guy from the head office.

Seeing the unbelievable expressions on everyone's faces, Souji Okita stuck out his tongue with a smile.

"Of course I lied to you. The deputy chief wrote that the years are always similar, the flowers bloom as before, and the people are gone, and the passing years will destroy each other."

Jiang Cheng also knew about haiku. Hearing this sentence, it has the same meaning as the poem "The human face doesn't know where to go, but the peach blossoms still laugh at the spring breeze".

In this way, the cooking showdown between Jiangcheng and Shanchuanren was staged in everyone's game.

Shan Chuanren said generously.

"Then you come first."

The person who started first should choose the ingredients first. Since he said so, Jiang Cheng was naturally not too polite. He scanned around the kitchen first. The main reason is that the materials in this era are too scarce, so there are no particularly good ingredients, and the types are also different. single.

However, Jiang Cheng still focused on the piece of pork belly and tofu.

That being the case, let's make a stew with minced meat and tofu.

Jiang Cheng made a decision and started working. He first cut the tofu into triangular pieces, then cut the pork belly into small cubes, and finally the simple ingredients, garlic and shallots.

After finishing the ingredients, Jiang Cheng dug out two tablespoons of his refined lard and began frying the tofu cubes in a frying pan. Because there were a lot of people eating in the whole village, it took him a lot of effort to fry the tofu.

But the aroma of fried tofu in lard couldn't be suppressed, and it permeated the whole village.

Smelling the smell, Todo Heisuke first took a deep breath, and then sighed.

"smell good."

Yongcang Shinpachi looked in the direction of the kitchen in surprise, and saw that Mr. Shanchuan was still sitting next to them, so he knew that the smell must be Jiangcheng's handwriting.

With the familiar aroma, Director Okita immediately thought of the lard refined in Jiangcheng. It seemed that he was making something delicious again.

Even Jin Shanchuan could not sit still and stared unconsciously over there from time to time.

Jiangcheng makes tofu stew, and what takes time is the process of frying tofu. If you want it to be delicious, you must control the heat so that both sides of the tofu are just crispy and not mushy. As long as it is crispy, it cannot be burnt.

Soon, Jiangcheng's minced meat and tofu stew was completed.

Although there are not many ingredients, what he cooks is delicious, especially the golden tofu cubes that are fried on both sides are covered with mellow soup, and finally decorated with emerald green shallots.

He divided each of them into a small portion and brought them over.

At this time, they were so greedy for the fragrance, their eyes lit up when they saw Jiangcheng coming, and their expressions were full of anticipation. Even Shanchuan Jin, who was the opponent in this competition, looked over eagerly.

They looked at the tofu packaged in white porcelain bowls, and the tempting taste made everyone salivate.

Fujido Heisuke ate first as a respect, picked up a piece from his own bowl and ate it.

The salty and rich taste, the tofu is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, he immediately ate and said vaguely.

"Okay, delicious."

With Fujido Heisuke's first tasting, others moved their chopsticks one after another.

Saitoichi silently picked up a piece of tofu and ate it on top of the white rice. It had an unfamiliar taste, but it was unexpectedly delicious, so after he tasted the taste, he kept picking up another piece with his chopsticks and ate it.

Director Okita believed in Jiangcheng's craftsmanship, so he was not surprised when he ate it. It was really delicious, and it was a flavor he had never tasted before.

In this way, a simple meal of tofu with minced meat conquered the taste buds of everyone in the Shinsengumi.

Even Shan Chuanren himself ordered two bowls of rice, but he still forced his mouth to make a hard comment.

"Okay."

Jiang Cheng didn't argue with him, instead he raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"I am very happy to hear such an evaluation from Mr. Yamakawa."

Mr. Okita smiled and said nothing, Mr. Shanchuan is sore, is he also anxious?Thinking of this, he couldn't help snickering.

The daily ingredients in the village are fixed, so after everyone eats Jiangcheng's tofu stew at noon, Shanchuan Ren will make lunch, and then we will taste it after everyone has finished eating.

Soon, there was Jiangcheng’s delicious tofu stew again, and Shan Chuanren’s pressure doubled. He also offered his special rice, Kabayaki eel rice. Originally, he planned to make vegetable pickled rice, but vegetable pickled rice always felt that he could not win. So this guy actually cheated and bought eels at his own expense.

This made Shan Chuanren couldn't help showing a painful expression.

So when he brought Kabayaki eel rice, Jiangcheng glanced at him clearly, and agreed to only use the limited ingredients in the kitchen. Why are you still cheating? You don’t talk about cooking ethics as a cook, it’s still me Careless.

Jiang Cheng also ate the eel rice with an attitude of learning. It has to be said that it is still very standard, the taste is just right, and there are really two brushes.

After dinner, the results of the honorary duel between kitchen knife warriors should also be announced.

Jiang Cheng and Shan Chuan Ren sat together, while the others voted for both of them.

Fujido Heisuke looked at Mr. Yamakawa with some embarrassment.

"I prefer Jiangcheng's tofu."

Nagakura Shinpachi personally likes eel rice very much, so he voted for Yamakawa Jin.

Harada Sanosuke also voted for Yamakawa Jin, but Okita Souji and Saito Kazu all voted for Ejo.

Okita Souji is simply because he likes the taste, while Saito Kazu is because he overwhelmed Jiangcheng from the beginning, hoping to win the deputy director's haiku collection.

Shan Nanjing assisted Shan Chuan Jin.

Up to this point, Jiang Cheng and him each received three votes in support, and soon the results came from the director and deputy director.

Director Isamu Kondo likes eel rice, and deputy director Hijikata Toshizo actually voted for Jiang Cheng, even though they had never seen it before.

When Shan Chuanren heard the news, he suddenly looked shocked. The deputy chief actually liked the craftsmanship of that brat. Others didn't care, but the deputy chief he respected the most actually voted for opponent.

With four to four votes now, Jiang Cheng and him were once again tied.

As for Sanada, he chose to abstain in order not to mix friendship.

However, he naturally prefers Jiangcheng's cooking skills, even though eel rice is quite delicious.

In this way, I did not expect the result to be a tie.

However, Shan Chuanren felt that he had already lost, and when the deputy chief cast his vote, he lost.

Jin Shanchuan took out the kitchen knife given to him by the boss.

"I lost today. From now on, the title of Kitchen Knife Warrior is yours."

Jiangcheng has no interest in such a title at all, and they can't prove anything with just one dish, especially since they are still modern players and hackers, so they just accept it like this, which is really invincible.

So he declined.

"Don't be like this. Today's competition is nothing more than exchanging cooking skills. We are good at different cuisines. Let's learn from each other in the future. What do you think, Mr. Shanchuan?"

Shan Chuanren didn't expect Jiang Cheng to say that, he was a little ashamed of his narrow-mindedness before.

The whole person responded in embarrassment.

"I apologize for my impulsiveness, and I will teach you a lot in the future."

After finishing speaking, he carefully put away the kitchen knife that symbolized honor.

Since the happy ending was a happy ending, there was no winner or loser in the game, so everyone's bets were taken back.

Saito took a long look at the deputy chief's haiku collection, and finally took it back to the deputy chief silently.

Hijikata Toshizo asked with great interest in the room.

"So that child and Mr. Yamakawa are tied?"

Saito nodded slightly.

"Ah."

Naturally, Hijikata Toshisan also ate the food made by Jiangcheng. It was indeed very freshly cooked. He had never eaten it before, and he didn't know where the kid learned it from.

The days were fairly peaceful, but Sanada became more and more irritable.

He would dream of that voice every night before, but since coming here, he has never heard it again.

Is the Souji whom the voice told me to find, really the Souji Okita?

During this period of time, Sanada has also been observing Souji Okita, and found that he would always hide from the crowd and cough suddenly.

Wait a moment?

Sanada looked at Souji Okita who was coughing constantly, and suddenly thought of something.

They arrived in the first year of Yuanji, that is, 1864. In this year in history, the Ikedaya incident occurred. At this time, Mr. Okita seemed to be seriously ill.

Unexpectedly, Sanada's observation was discovered by Okita Souji, he put away the blood-stained handkerchief in a panic, looked at Sanada and said with a smile.

"Why are you here?"

Regarding Okita's cover-up, Sanada spoke seriously.

"Consumption needs peace of mind."

Unexpectedly, he pointed out the illness with a single word, Director Okita was slightly startled, but quickly recovered and said pretending not to understand.

"Huh? What do you mean tuberculosis?"

Sanada looked serious.

"You don't need to hide it, I can tell that the handkerchief is full of blood, and your voice has been wet recently, it seems that the tuberculosis is already very serious, so why didn't you tell everyone? Instead, you hid in someone's place The cough persists, and I think you should receive systematic treatment immediately."

Now that Sanada exposed it, Okita Souji no longer pretended not to understand, he spoke with a warm smile on his face.

"Since you know what the disease is, you must also know that it is also called terminal red disease. I... don't want to spend the rest of my life in bed."

In a word, Sanada was stunned. He forgot that tuberculosis in this era is terminally ill and can be treated by modern medicine, but in this era, there is no hope of recovery.

Jiang Cheng also heard their conversation around the corner, red terminal illness?

Souji Okita...has tuberculosis?For these characters, Jiang Cheng is actually very vague. If he is not a person who studies history, his knowledge of them is only a sentence or two in the textbook, but the time he spent together made him feel that everyone is so Real, with very different personalities.

Hearing Souji Okita's words, Sanada once again remembered the introduction in the textbook, Soji Okita's newly selected team leader, a natural flow of mind, only 24 years old.

When I saw it at the time, it was just a sentence that was too succinct, but now after getting in touch with him, I realized the cruelty of reality.

24 years old, it means that his life is less than a year.

Sanada was silent for a moment before asking.

"Mr. Okita, can I ask you a question?"

Okita Souji said with a smile.

"Why are you suddenly so serious, you can ask, as long as I know, I can answer."

Sanada spoke with serious eyes.

"Why did you join the Shinsengumi?"

Okita Souji didn't answer his question, but asked Sanada instead.

"Do you know about the black ship incident? Foreigners broke into our country, and people in our country still want to learn from foreigners. By the way, there is a word that sums up this kind of behavior very well, reform."

Because Sanada knew that the Meiji Restoration would happen later, he felt that the Restoration had indeed brought new life to the country, but he didn't say this, he just asked Mr. Okita.

"Mr. Okita must be against the Restoration."

This is the position of the Shinsengumi.

It's just that what Sanada didn't expect was that Okita Souji smiled and said in a low voice.

"If it were me personally, I would neither support nor oppose, so you ask me why I joined the Shinsengumi, because I want to fight for the people I care about, as long as I can still wield my California clear light, I will I will swear to protect it.”

All he cares about is the Shinsengumi, which is like a home, only Chief Kondo, Hajime, the deputy chief, and everyone else.

Jiang Cheng had been listening to their conversation, but Sanada was silent for a moment and actually offered to join the Shinsengumi?

This sentence really surprised Jiang Cheng, since Sanada wasn't willing to stay at first.

Who would have thought that now he would take the initiative to speak and stay in the village.

In fact, Souji Okita was quite surprised, but he pressed his chin and said with a smile.

"Of course I welcome you, but you have to undergo a test before you can stay."

The so-called test is a small game called Red and White Battle.

Soon, Director Okita told the deputy chief and the others about the news. In fact, they had also heard that the child was good at swordsmanship, but they had never had the chance to meet him. Moreover, they also found that the child had no intention of staying, so they Shelved it.

I didn't expect that now he would take the initiative to join everyone, so they naturally wanted to test it out.

The small game of the red and white battle has been arranged, and it is scheduled for tomorrow morning.

Regarding the rules of the red and white battle, Okita Souji also gave Sanada a detailed introduction.

The rules are very simple, that is, the participating players are divided into red and white.

At the same time, everyone will tie red and white cloth strips on their foreheads, but a small porcelain plate will be tied in the middle of the forehead. As long as you use your sword to break the porcelain plate on the forehead of the opponent, one person will be eliminated, and the person who stays at the end will be eliminated. win.

Although the rules are very simple, it is still too difficult to implement.

Especially since all the top swordsmen present, Sanada felt a lot of pressure.

But he was also very excited at the same time, it was a rare opportunity to compete with top swordsmen, so he made full preparations for this joint battle.

On the other side, Yukimura in Yuju House, because of his superb sketch style of painting, he gradually became known to the regular customers of Hanami Koji, especially many wandering girls who came to ask for paintings.

However, he also made a rule himself, temporarily only drawing pictures for the wandering girls in Yuju House, and now his mother, mulberry chestnut and wasabi, are happy to bloom.

Yukimura is very comfortable as a painter here, and Jiangcheng will come to share with him every day, so Yukimura also knows that Sanada will stay in the Shinsengumi.