With a crisp "click", Zeyu curled his lips, and threw the bamboo tube and knife in his hand to the ground in a fit of anger, rubbing his forehead irritably:

There are only seven days left before the graduation banquet, and he hasn't decided what dishes he will make.

Wenxianglou suppressed half of Xie Zeyu's salary, nicknamed it "tuition fee". According to the contract, if he failed to pass the apprenticeship banquet, he would either continue to be an apprentice until he was allowed to be a master, or the money would be wasted.

And Xie Zeyu has been an apprentice in Wenxianglou for five years, and his monthly salary is four taels, half of which is deducted. When he leaves the teacher, he can get at least 100 taels.

As long as these "deposits" can be recovered, Xie Zeyu can immediately become a rich man, and it is not a problem to buy a big shop in the best location.

Unfortunately, this is impossible. No one has ever been able to get back all the suppressed wages after leaving the teacher. This is an open secret. It would be good not to be deducted.

Most of the apprentices are rushing to Wenxianglou's reputation, doing cheap hard work for a year or two, and returning to the countryside to open a stall before they can make it out of the teacher.

Because Wenxianglou is the leader of restaurants in the city, his family has an unwritten overlord rule: no other restaurants are allowed to hire his apprentices, but any restaurant that is disobedient will be forced to do so by the boss in one way or another. B.

It is conceivable that Wenxianglou will definitely try every means to make things difficult for Xie Zeyu at the graduation banquet. In the end, he is destitute and has only two options: go far away, or continue to stay and suffer.

"Ugh."

Zeyu couldn't help but sighed, thinking that he should not change his mind, wait for him to recover some mana, change some money at will, manage it, and open a small stall in a place that no one knows.

"Little brother, why are you so sad?"

There was a silver bell-like laughter from behind, and Zeyu turned around to see that "Hunter" Song Da was holding the mountain ghost Luluo in one hand, and a fat wild boar standing half a person's height in the other.

The laughter just now came from Luluo. The raccoon tail on her neck flicked and landed lightly. Her wet nose moved into the bamboo tube that Zeyu threw on the ground. The little girl blinked and pointed to the bamboo tube and asked: "what is that?"

"It's just sharpening some tools, why are you here?"

Zeyu got up quickly and bowed sincerely to Song Da: "Did you trouble Brother Song earlier?"

"What do you mean?"

Song Da was baffled and didn't understand why Zeyu thanked him suddenly, so he said cautiously:

"We are the ones here to thank you. This is a thank you gift for you two. I hope you don't feel disgusted, Young Master."

The respectful attitude of the other party made Zeyu a little overwhelmed, and took the boar hesitantly. After thinking for a while, he suggested:

"I don't know if the two of you would mind coming to have a light meal in the afternoon, or else I would have received the favor from the two of you in vain, and I would be very sorry."

"It's obviously the two of us who are favored."

Song Da was overwhelmed when he heard that, he exchanged a glance with Luluo, and clapped his hands gratefully, and replied, "Then respect is worse than obedience."

Staring at the backs of the two mountain gods, Zeyu fell into deep thought. Their reaction just now was too weird:

Does the other party know that he is Jiao?But it's not so polite. Judging from Song Da's attitude, it can be said that he is almost flattering, but what does he have to make others think about him now?

Or, these two knew his parents, so they took care of him specially?

He shook his head, maybe his parents haven't returned to Yushan yet, maybe they don't know what happened to him, so it doesn't make sense.

There is another point that makes Zeyu grieve. Song Da's voice is rough and slightly vicissitudes, and he is wearing tiger skin clothes for the two meetings. These two points are slightly different from the person who rescued him by the stream.

Although he was already unconscious at that time, he vaguely remembered that the benefactor's voice was gentle and full of life, and he was dressed in a light-colored robe.

Could it be that there is a third mountain god in this mountain?

It seems that we have to ask carefully later, Zeyu dragged the boar to the stream, thinking while sharpening his knife.

This boar weighed at least two hundred catties, and it was difficult to handle, but it was not a problem for Zeyu.

The first is slaughter, bloodletting, depilation, removal of inedible internal organs, and then thorough cleaning.

Then he carefully cut open the pork belly. Since he still wanted to keep the shape intact, he only removed the ribs and shoulder blades, as well as part of the thicker fat, and reserved them for other purposes.

At this time, Zeyu heard a "swish" sound behind him, and he knew who it was without turning around:

"Will you stay with me?"

I saw the geese flying down on the stream and swimming towards him slowly, with four blue eyes staring at the boar in his hand.

Although Zeyu suspects that this stupid bird may not be able to find its way home, it will follow him, but the goose has helped him a lot along the way, and he can be regarded as a difficult brother.

Looking up at Goose's four pupils glowing blue, Zeyu was stunned for a moment, then remembered that the mountain god mentioned "this is a thank you gift for you two". Could it be that Goose is really a Chongming bird?

This idea just came up, but it was a pity that the goose bumped his head hard several times and left a deep impression on him. As soon as the picture appeared in Zeyu's mind, he couldn't help laughing and said: "It's impossible for a divine beast to be so stupid."

Chongyun washed his feathers in the stream, and watched Zeyu talking to himself by the stream, wondering if it had something to do with the two mountain gods.

There were other things in this mountain that made Chongyun uncomfortable, but they didn't pose any threat, so he didn't bother to care about them.

Zeyu looked away, set up a fire by the stream, took an iron pot from the house, cut the fat meat into small pieces and threw it into the pot, poured another handful of cold water, and started to boil lard.

He had long planned to hunt a wild boar in the mountains, but he didn't expect the mountain god to send it to him, saving him a lot of trouble.

This kind of pure wild lard oil is white and fragrant if squeezed well. When cooking, add a little bit to enhance the flavor, and it is likely to be used in the master banquet.

While turning the lard in the pot with twigs from time to time, Zeyu crushed peppercorns, fennel, and star anise, added rice wine and honey to reconcile, and spread the seasoning evenly on the wild boar from inside to outside. The pork roasted in this way will have a more unique flavor.

Putting the seasoned wild pig aside, Zeyu found two thick branches, sharpened the head and tail, and used them as a grill to fix the pig's body.

After an hour like this, Zeyu removed the iron pot for boiling lard, replaced it with marinated boar and roasted it on the fire.

The boiled lard is steaming, with sporadic white foam floating on the surface of the oil, bright in color and mellow in taste. This is an original fragrance that cannot be replaced by other ingredients.

Pouring the lard into the earthen pot, Zeyu didn't even waste the oil foam in the pot, and fried the mushrooms picked a few days ago into a side dish.

In the end, only the roast wild boar was left, starting from the belly, roasting each part for about half a quarter of an hour over a high fire, and using acupuncture to drain the blood.

In addition, when roasting, turn it over more, smooth out the fat that seeps out from the inside and outside, and brush it with honey from time to time.

In this way, the roasted wild boar will have an even color, the skin will be browned and crispy, and the meat will be tender and delicious.

The sparks crackled, and the pig's body gradually showed shiny oil. Drops of hot oil slowly slid down the roasted pig's skin, making a sizzling sound when it fell into the fire, which whetted the appetite.

The longer the roasting time, the oil oozing from the pig gradually became clearer and brighter. Zeyu extinguished the fire, wiped off the sweat from his head, and washed his cheeks that were reddened by the flames with stream water. Looking at the sky, It's almost time for guests to arrive.

"Thank you little brother, we haven't eaten such delicious game for a long time."

Song Da and Luluo came as scheduled, and brought a pot of sweet fruit wine. He ate boldly, and simply cut off a wild boar's leg with a big knife, and gnawed it straight away.

Lu Luo was a little girl, but she didn't hesitate at all. She tore off a piece of pigskin and gave half of it to Wenli, making a "cracking" sound from her mouth.

"By the way, besides the two, is there anyone else in this mountain?"

Seeing that the two were eating happily, Zeyu seized the opportunity and asked.

"No, it's just the two of us here."

Song Da subconsciously replied, suddenly thought of something, his face froze for a moment, he lowered his head and gnawed down a piece of pork with a guilty conscience, glanced quietly at Chongyun next to him, and forced a smile to Zeyu: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just asking casually, we will leave in a few days, thinking that if there are others, we can say hello by the way."

Song Da's reaction did not escape Ze Yu's eyes, so he just dealt with it vaguely, unexpectedly, the two people on the opposite side paused at the same time.

Luluo exclaimed even more, her face changed as soon as she said it, and her eyes were full of tears:

"Are you leaving so soon? Wouldn't it be better to stay a few more days?"

"This……"

Before Zeyu could answer, Song Da interrupted eagerly, looking at Chongyun:

"Is there any lack of hospitality? Just mention it, and we can satisfy you."

"no."

Can't help frowning, Zeyu waved his hands, and replied gently and sincerely:

"I have to go back to the city to do something in a few days. After I finish it, I may come back."

Song Da and Lu Luo glanced at each other, there was an unspeakable worry in them, as if they were worried about something, the two never forced their mouths, only replied:

"So that's the case, then I hope we can get together again in the future."

The meal didn't end very happily. The actions of the two mountain gods made Zeyu a little uneasy, thinking that it would be better to find the ingredients quickly and go down the mountain as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, Zeyu ran into Luluo again by the stream.

"Brother, did you say you were looking for mountain delicacies?"

She led a small red-haired and black-spotted beast, hiding in the grass, as if she was waiting for Zeyu.

"Well, do you know where it is?"

Recognizing the red leopard beside her, Zeyu thought that since he already knew that she was a mountain ghost, it would be no harm to ask for advice, maybe she could help.

"I'll take you there, but only the two of us."

Grasping the red leopard's mane unconsciously, Luluo raised her head and said this, with an imperceptible tremor in her voice.

Sensing the master's nervousness, Chi Leopard lowered his head, rubbing his moist nose against Lu Luo's side face.

I don't know if it's Zeyu's illusion, but Luluo's eyes are a little erratic, as if she dare not look at him.

"Ok."

The mountain ghost feeds on the essence of heaven and earth, and has a kind disposition, so it would not hurt his life, so Zeyu comforted himself, followed Luluo, and walked deep into the valley.

"is it here?"

The fog in the forest was getting thicker and thicker, and an inexplicable sense of oppression hit Zeyu. He couldn't help but turned around to ask Luluo, but found that there was no one behind him early in the morning.

"rustle……"

Something slid over the dead leaves and was approaching Zeyu quickly. He had to stroke his oppressed chest and step back step by step.

In the dense fog that covered the sky and the sun, two blood-red dark lights lit up, and wherever the giant snake went, all the big trees in the sky were broken.

"how is this possible?"

Zeyu was leaning against a big tree, gasping for breath. The giant snake was only a few feet away from him. The body of the snake was so long that it could not see the end. The sound of "呲呵" like a reminder echoed in the forest.

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