Cute Beast Food Garden

"Fourteen is fourteen, and forty is forty."

In the small courtyard behind the hall of the Fourteenth Restaurant, Qi Yan was lazily leaning halfway on the rocking chair, reciting this tongue-twisting sentence.

There was a sound of steady footsteps from far to near.Not a moment later, a tall figure of a man appeared in front of him.

Today's Si Dongmo was wearing a light unlined garment, holding a small teacup in both hands, and placed it by Qi Yan's hand.

"I've been so busy these days, it's rare to have a moment of leisure."

The man uncovered half of the lid of the teacup and handed it to Qi Yan.Qi Yan nodded in thanks, brought it to his mouth, and took a sip.He rolled his eyes and noticed that the man's hands were very clean. He thought that before serving him tea, he carefully wiped off all the dirt left between his fingers after working in the kitchen for a long time.

Although he is strong and strong, Si Dongmo has always been a thoughtful man.

Qi Yan casually picked up a handful of roasted peanuts and stuffed them into Si Dongmo's hands.

"Come on, eat a little, chatter."

"Maybe I won't be able to chat anymore." Si Dongmo stretched his limbs tiredly, "Tomorrow is the deadline. I plan to work hard and work all night to finish all the orders from the government."

Qi Yan sneered when he heard the words: "So hard? There are still some dry goods and snacks left, let's talk about it tomorrow. You and I haven't closed our eyes for two days and one night. If this continues, we will all have to stop eating." He grabbed He grabbed the man's arm and forced him to sit on the bamboo chair next to him.

"The body is the capital of labor! Chef Si, come and taste the peanuts, I just fried them."

Si Dongmo couldn't resist him, so he stuffed a few pieces into his mouth, chewed them, and unexpectedly found that they were a bit delicious.Look closely, the peanuts are covered with a thin layer of flour, and some fragrant seasonings are mixed in.The whole layer of thin shell is yellow and burnt, obviously it was specially made with a lot of effort.

He couldn't help but look at the pale side face of the young man.During this period of time, they worked in the kitchen almost day and night in order to complete the orders from the government at the Lantern Festival. Even Le Hong, who was not very good at cooking, helped, and was so tired that he was about to collapse.

Hard work always pays off, though.Most of the dishes are cooked and sold, and they are sent to the government as soon as they are cooked, and the officials are responsible for the preservation of the food.The last batch left to be finished is pastries and snacks.

Looking at the bags of various snacks packed and secured by the waiter on the dining table, Si Dongmo and Qi Yan inadvertently showed exactly the same gratified smiles.

"It's almost over." Qi Yan exhaled lightly, but his voice became weaker and weaker.

"Qi Yan, are you okay?"

The man turned his head to look at him, and found that the boy's face was getting paler.He hurried forward, pinched the veins on the young man's arm, and said worriedly: "You have imitated my movements for a long time, but your physique is not as good as mine. If you continue to learn so hard, your body will definitely not be able to bear it..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the boy's white arms hanging down limply, and the man was gently tilted in his arms.

"...Qi Yan!"

He was taken aback, and quickly rushed forward, picked up the boy horizontally, and then rushed to the back kitchen in a hurry.

"Boss Lan, Boss Lan! Come and help me!"

Calling loudly while running, Si Dongmo hugged the young man's limp body curled up weakly, regretting in his heart: I have been busy working, but I didn't notice that Qi Yan's body was already in a state of extreme fatigue.

Hearing his shout, Boss Lan came out quickly from the house, stretched out his hand to help support Qi Yan's limp body, and let him lie down on a bed in the inner room of the house that was specially designed for rest.He took the young man's pulse, checked other parts of his body swiftly, and sighed softly: "It's okay, he's just too tired. He can recover after a good rest."

Si Dongmo looked at the sweat dripping from the forehead of the boy in his arms and the slightly trembling eyelids like butterfly wings, feeling distressed and guilty.Boss Lan also said apologetically: "Everyone is too tired to catch up with work these days. Blame me for not taking this into consideration and making Qi Yan suffer. Sigh..."

"Boss Lan, you don't have to blame yourself. Winning this order is our joint business, and we should work hard to complete it." Si Dongmo looked at Qi Yan who was curled up in his arms like a kitten, his tone A bit bitter, "I should have thought of it... He has been using his ability to imitate for the past few days to learn how to cook from me, but his physical strength is not as good as mine. It is really hard for him to work hard for several days without rest. It's too forced."

Suddenly, a faint light radiated from Qi Yan's body.Not long after, the boy curled up like a cat on the bed disappeared, replaced by a chubby bird with its feet upturned.

The body of Qi Yan's little fat bird suddenly appeared in front of them, which surprised both men.

"This... is it that you are tired enough to change back to your original shape?"

Si Dongmo looked uneasy, Boss Lan stretched out his fine-boned fingers, gently poked the little bird's fluffy body, looked at its eyelids and small mouth, and nodded: "He is too tired. "

After speaking, he got up and went out, intending to get Qi Yan some body-replenishing ointment to drink.Si Dongmo stayed by the bed, he gently pulled a corner of the sheet, put it on the bird's soft belly, and silently stared at the sleeping face of the bird.

The bird's body was covered by a sheet, only a small head was exposed.Seeing it pouting and smacking lightly in sleep, an inexplicable feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and his eyes sparkled.

After staying with Qi Yan for too long, Si Dongmo almost forgot that he was not a real "person", but a little spirit beast.Judging from the bird's current size, it is just a fledgling, perhaps younger than its human form appears.Although Qi Yan looks like a handsome boy, this little bird might actually be a baby.

Thinking about it this way, Si Dongmo felt even more guilty.

For the rest of the day, Si Dongmo didn't enter the back kitchen again. He entrusted the other cooks in the restaurant to do the work in his hand, while he stayed in the resting hut, waiting for Qi Yan to wake up.

Finally, after the night fell, the bird's plump body moved.It opened its big light blue eyes, puffed up its cheeks, and let out a thin grunt.

"Gu, Guji..."

The little bird stretched out its wings and rubbed its eyelids with the tips of its feathers.

Si Dongmo uncovered the quilt, and picked up the bird lying on his back on the bed with both hands.The little bird sat in the man's big hand in a daze, and the slightly trembling fluff rubbed against his palm.

The little bird is really small, such a small thing sits in the palm of his hand, pouting his mouth, looking confused, it looks in stark contrast to the usual lively and cheerful teenager.The more Si Dongmo looked, the more he couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth.He couldn't help scratching the fluff on the top of its head, which caused the little bird to tremble violently.

"You also said that you want me to take a good rest, and you will fall down first." Si Dongmo said half-jokingly, "We have something good to eat tonight, but it's a pity that your body has shrunk so small, you probably won't be able to eat so much Bar?"

Xiaoniao froze for a moment, then remembered that Boss Lan had prepared a thank-you banquet tonight to reward friends who made outstanding contributions to the restaurant during the Lantern Festival and afterward.Boss Lan personally cooked the restaurant's signature fish meal and pine nut fried rice, and said that Qi Yan must try his improved cooking.

But now, looking down at his tiny body, Bird drooped his head in frustration.With such a small amount of food in his bird shape, he will be full after eating a little, let alone feasting on it.

"It's okay, save all the delicious food tonight for Qi Yan, and it won't be too late to eat after he recovers."

Boss Lan walked over with a smile, and handed a small cup to Si Dongmo.The cup was filled with thick ointment, and when the bird saw the black stuff inside, it immediately backed away in disgust.

"Dear little bird, don't run away." Si Dongmo pinched the little bird's back and carried it back, "Drink the medicine obediently, and you will recover after drinking it."

"Gujigu!" The little bird shook its head desperately, and the fluff on the top of its head swayed from side to side.

Qi Yan doesn't like to drink such bitter things, and he feels that his body has recovered now.Seeing the little bird turn its head to one side, the man stretched out his hand, pinched its face left and right, and squeezed slightly in the middle, forcing the little bird to open its mouth.

"Hey, drink!"

The man speaks decisively, and his tone cannot be doubted.He was anxious, and tried to forcefully push the ointment into the bird's squeezed open mouth, which made the bird that had been treated so "roughly" burst into tears.

"Gujigu——" the little cute bird looked so pitiful, and wept softly, tears falling to the ground like broken pearls.Those big agile eyes were filled with tears, and he looked at the man with aggrieved eyes, which made Si Dongmo speechless for a moment, and his heart softened.

"Okay... I'll get you some candy." The man put the bird back on the bed helplessly, and was about to turn around and leave.Suddenly, a bulging black shadow suddenly appeared from behind Boss Lan.

It was the Wind Beast - it tore off the hair band on Boss Lan's head with one paw, and at the same time landed quickly, opening its mouth wide in front of the little bird.

"Whoosh-"

A strong suction came, and the bird sitting on the bed instantly lifted its feet from the bed, and its whole small body whirled and was sucked towards the blowing wind beast's big mouth.

"careful!"

At the critical moment, Si Dongmo turned around quickly, grabbing the little bird's body before being sucked into the belly of the blowing wind beast.On the other side, Boss Lan, whose headband had been ripped off, had long hair hanging loose, and nimbly grabbed the wind blowing beast's small tail and pulled it down from the air.

"You naughty ghost, you almost ruined the big thing!" Boss Lan caught the wind beast, looked at the ball with innocent eyes puffed up, he laughed angrily, and snatched the hairband from its claws, "Lian Ling You dare to eat beasts!"

"Aw, ah!"

"You still dare to talk back!" Boss Lan said and called the waiter in the shop, "Come here, lock the wind blowing beast in the woodshed, and let it out tomorrow morning!"

"Aw, gah!" Blowwind Beast swayed desperately and broke free from the boss's grasp.It spun and fled towards the outside of the door, knocking Le Hong who was carrying two big bags into the room head-on, and threw his feet into the air.

"Oops, my ass..."

Le Hong fell down on the ground, howled wanting to cry without tears, and almost dropped the bag in his hand to the ground.After the Gufeng Beast hit the person, it ran away non-stop, followed by two rumbling shop waiters, who were out of breath after chasing them.

Le Hong, who was confused about the situation, quickly hugged the bag, and shouted at Si Dongmo: "Brother, I came back from the village, Lao Kang and the others just entered the mountains and bought a lot of good things, and sold them to us at a low price! Here is another bag that Uncle Lo asked me to bring to you, saying that it is a mountain product they just picked!"

Si Dongmo helped his younger brother up, and took the two big bags casually.He opened one of them, and it contained good meat cut into whole pieces; the other was filled with all kinds of freshly picked mountain products, almonds, walnuts, hawthorns, cashews and so on.

"Hong'er, didn't you pay for the mountain goods?"

Le Hong was taken aback, and shook his head: "No, Uncle Le said that I brought them a lot of delicious food from restaurants this trip, so I just offset it and didn't charge for it!"

"Ah, Uncle Le is so polite." Si Dongmo weighed the heavy bag, with a smile on his face, "When our new snacks are finished, I'll send a bag back to them, and Lao Kang's house, let them They all tasted it. By the way," he raised his head and asked Le Hong, "Is my mother okay, did you give her the medicine bought from the town?"

Hearing this, Le Hong grinned and said, "Mother's body is much better than before. Every day at home, she feeds the chickens, collects vegetables, chats with the aunt next door, etc. She is agile. I told her We won the gourmet competition, she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, saying that we are both promising, and we are both good sons of her old man..."

"Haha...it's good that mother is fine."

Boss Lan tied her hair back and checked the ingredients in the bag.

"These game and nuts are very good in appearance." He showed approval, and turned to look at Si Dongmo, "I remember, you said earlier that you wanted to make a mountain snack platter set?"

"Yes, Boss Lan, we plan to start researching the nut set after finishing this government order. Qi Yan told me about his idea before, and we are waiting to get started."

"Okay, you guys go ahead and try it." Boss Lan smiled, "If you have any requirements, just ask the restaurant. As for now-hey, it should be time for dinner, you go out with me!"