Because of their strong sense of competition, after noon, the empty-bellied Totsuki students started looking for more ingredients without even taking a lunch break.
Those who fall behind will be expelled. This is a sense of crisis engraved in the bones of Totsuki students. No one wants to be the last one.
Although Yan Kai repeatedly emphasized that this was not an assessment and would not affect the school's evaluation of them, the PTSD assessment still spurred them hard so that they did not dare to fall behind.
However, after working hard all morning, they failed to eat well at noon. They started looking for food again without taking a lunch break. They didn't stop and didn't replenish the food. This group of Totsuki students was really exhausted.
Students who can enroll in Totsuki Academy have relatively outstanding family conditions (poor people are concentrated in Jokusei Ryo), and their life in Totsuki Academy is not to mention very pampering - after all, Totsuki Academy is not used to it. For this group of young masters and ladies, it’s just that they have heavy schoolwork and heavy study tasks. They have never experienced this kind of hardship of running for three meals, and this time they really deserve it.
It’s not just ordinary students who are tired. Even Alice Nakiri, who has always dealt with all the courses calmly and has a high reputation among the freshmen to become the next member of the "Top Ten", was also made very embarrassed this time. She rarely Instead of letting Kurokiba Ryo take care of these trivial matters, she went out in person to look for ingredients with Kurokiba Ryo, because even she was a little confused by the course Yan Kai arranged. It was difficult for her to see how much educational significance it had. Now, it's more like simply teasing these students.
But considering that teasing them would do no good to Yan Kai, it shouldn't be possible, right?
In order to understand the profound meaning contained in Yankai's courses, Alice Nakiri decided that no matter how hard it was, she would humble herself and experience Yankai's courses personally.
And while even Alice Nakiri was struggling to cope with the courses assigned by Yan Kai, there was a person whose style of painting was in sharp contrast to the other students.
"Ajiu, this way!"
"Ajiu, over there!"
"Ajiu, jump over!"
When the other students were hungry and tired, and even their steps seemed particularly heavy, Tan Suo Hui sat on Ah Jiu with a cheerful face, while Ah Jiu ran around in the forest happily, carrying Tian Suo Hui to stay. A burst of cheerful and energetic laughter formed a sharp contrast with the other exhausted students.
Because Yan Kai was afraid that the students would be in danger, Yan Kai left Ah Jiu at the beach before leaving. Ah Jiu's hearing was even worse in some aspects. Within a few kilometers, as long as a student screamed for help, Ah Jiu would definitely Can react immediately.
In fact, there is no need for Ah Jiu to listen. Ah Jiu's sense of smell is many times more powerful than hearing. Within a radius of ten miles, as long as there are large wild animals approaching, Ah Jiu can smell their body odor and then drive them out in advance. It can be said that the students are safer when Ajiu is here than when Youyankai is here.
After all, Ah Jiu won’t torment students, right?
Among the students, Tian Suohui was the one whom Yan Kai told Ah Jiu to take special care of, so when Tian Suohui went to look for ingredients, Ah Jiu followed him. The mountain road was difficult to walk. Seeing that Tian Suohui was having difficulty walking, Ah Jiu decided to He arched Tian Suo Hui and motioned Tian Suo Hui to sit on it.
Tadokoro refused at first, firstly because all the other students were walking and she was the only one with a mount, and she was afraid that this would cause dissatisfaction among her classmates.
At noon, all the classmates were hungry except for Mito Yumei who was half full. She was the only one who was not only full, but also stuffed. She started eating a large skewer of barbecue that Yan Kai gave her. She couldn't stop. She thought she wouldn't be able to finish it, but by the time she realized it, she was already sucking on the branches of the barbecue.
Yan Kai's open and honest favoritism towards Tian Suohui succeeded in making Tian Suohui gain dissatisfaction from most students, but Yan Kai did not dare to show it due to his presence. Now if he sits on Ah Jiu again, this dissatisfaction will probably get out of control.
Second, Ajiu looks round and fat, but when standing on all fours, he is not very tall. It seems that he can only reach the edge of a large dog. Tadokoro is already petite among his peers, but Ajiu When standing on four legs, it was only slightly higher than her knees. If she sat on it, both feet would touch the ground. It might even directly crush Ah Jiu. She would sit on Ah Jiu and let Ah Jiu carry her. , Tian Suohui felt that this was abusing Ah Jiu.
Tian Suohui refused, but Ah Jiu did not dare to forget Yan Kai's instructions, and did not know what method it used. He just stretched out his paw and patted Tian Suohui's feet. Tian Suohui staggered, and Ah Jiu moved along with the trend. Waiting at the place where Tazoe was about to fall, Tazoe sat on Ajiu's back, and then Ajiu started running with Tazoe on her back.
The road was bumpy, but Ajiu ran like walking on flat ground. Tian Suohui couldn't even feel Ajiu running. Her furry back was soft and soft, and it was very comfortable to sit on. After the initial fright, Tian Suohui even fell in love with it. I felt like I was flying against the wind and started to laugh.
In fact, Tadokoroi also found it a bit strange. Ajiu was clearly not tall, but her back was very wide. After sitting firmly, Tadokoro could even bend her legs on Ajiu's back, although she didn't know much about dogs. There are too many, but I have also heard from Uncle Liu that wild wolves have "copper heads and iron tails, tofu waist". Dogs and wild wolves are both canids, so this should be similar, right? So dogs’ waists should all be thin, right? And in Tian Suohui's impression, dogs' waists seem to be indeed slender, but why is Ajiu's waist so thick?
Tian Suo Hui didn't think about it, and finally she could only say to herself, Ajiu is special!
Yes, Ah Jiu is special, very smart and very cute, so it is understandable that she has a thicker waist!
Tian Suohui quickly found what he thought was a reasonable reason.
Ajiu was running around in the mountains and forests with Tazoe on his back, but he was not running around. He was very smart and knew that Tazoe was looking for something edible, so he used his keen sense of smell to start searching the mountains and forests for Tazoe. Excellent quality ingredients.
"Well, look what I found, it's a wild matsutake mushroom!"
A Totsuki student discovered a wild matsutake under a tall hemlock. This matsutake was previously hidden under the fallen leaves and could not be seen at first glance. It happened that a mountain wind blew by and swept away part of the cover. It was only by chance that this student discovered its existence while it was growing on the leaves of a matsutake mushroom.
Seeing the matsutake that had revealed its true form by chance, the Totsuki student couldn't help but let out an excited exclamation, but then quickly covered his mouth.
Wild matsutake has always been a scarce high-end ingredient. Even if you go out of your way to buy it, you may not always be able to get it. At this time and in this place, to encounter a high-quality wild matsutake, this student can laugh in his dreams. Awake.
But then he thought that his classmates were not good at it. If they found that he had found a matsutake, they would definitely go around trying to share it with him. There was only one matsutake, and it was not enough for him to eat alone. , how can it be distributed to others?
no! no! He would not give this wild matsutake to anyone!
So he immediately covered his mouth after reacting, for fear that some classmates around him would hear what he was saying to himself.
After looking around, the Totsuki student finally confirmed that there were no other students around, so he knelt down in front of the hemlock happily, preparing to carefully pick this God-given wild matsutake.
How to cook such precious ingredients? Should it be made into grilled matsutake or matsutake rice? No, I only have a few simple props at hand. I'm afraid it will be difficult to cook wild matsutake... Forget it, this is a rare and high-grade ingredient. Just perform the simplest processing and make matsutake sashimi directly, so as not to waste it. Delicious in itself!
Just thinking about it for a moment, the student began to drool, and even the taste blockade set by Yan Kai seemed to be crumbling.
Hey, I hope my classmates won’t be too envious then. If they keep staring at me while I’m eating matsutake mushrooms, I will definitely... have a better appetite!
Just as the Totsuki student was eating, thinking about getting the envy and jealousy from other classmates during dinner time, a black shadow passed in front of him. When he reacted, the matsutake that had been "slim" before had disappeared. not see.
"Matsutake? Where's my matsutake? Where's the one as big as me?"
The Totsuki student suddenly let out a shrill cry.
Sitting on Ajiu's back, Tasokoro heard a sharp and desperate voice coming from behind, and couldn't help but turn around and look back. However, Ajiu was running too fast, and the big trees and shrubs were retreating quickly in front of her eyes. She couldn't see anything at all. not see.
"Ajiu, did you hear anything?"
Tazoe touched the soft fur on Ajiu and asked softly.
It feels so good, I can’t stop!
Of course Ah Jiu couldn't answer Tian Suohui, but he shook his head and threw something in his mouth to Tian Suohui on his back.
Tadokoro took it and a delighted smile immediately appeared on her face: "It's such a big matsutake. I didn't expect to have such a good-looking matsutake in August. It's really rare! Thank you, Ajiu!"
After being praised by Tian Sohui, the expression on Ajiu's face remained unchanged, but her pace became faster. She was obviously very happy to receive the praise.
It has been almost two months since I arrived in Japan. With Aku's intelligence, after spending nearly two months watching Japanese dramas with Mikado Ryoko and Tia Yu, it can basically understand Japanese at this time, so it knows that Tadokoro is It's praising it.
Hehe, I’m so embarrassed...
"What should I do with matsutake? Grandpa said chicken soup with matsutake is the best, but I don't have any chicken on hand..."
Tadokoro murmured to herself while holding the matsutake mushrooms in her hands.
Ah Jiu, who was carrying Tadokoro on his back, twitched her nose a few times, turned around quickly, and ran in another direction. While Ah Jiu was running, even if she turned suddenly, she was not stable. Tadokoro was thinking about how to make the most of what she had at hand. He used his resources to cook the matsutake mushrooms more deliciously, without even realizing that he had turned.
She didn't know how long she had been moving forward, but Ajiu, who had been running fast, suddenly slowed down. Tazoe felt that she could see the surrounding scenery clearly. Before she could adapt to this change, a group of brightly colored things fell to the ground. In her arms, Ah Jiu's speed also became faster again.
"This is..." Tian Suo Hui was startled by the thing that suddenly fell into her arms, but after seeing clearly what it was, Tian Suo Hui became happy again, "It's a pheasant! Ah Jiu, it's a pheasant Hey! Ah Jiu, did you understand what I said just now? Ah Jiu, you are so smart!"
Compared with ordinary feed chickens and native chickens, pheasants have higher nutritional value and more delicious taste. Stewing matsutake with pheasants definitely tastes better than ordinary feed grade and native chickens.
But that's not the real reason why Tadokoro is so happy. What really makes her happy is that Ajiu can actually understand her!
"Ajiu is so awesome, Ajiu is so smart!"
Knowing this, Tadokoro could not help but praise Ajiu more. Ajiu, who took all the praises into his ears, ran even more cheerfully and worked harder to collect ingredients for Tadokoro.
Under the big tree, Ye Shanliang found a honeycomb hidden in the canopy with his excellent sense of smell. He raised his head slightly, with a smile on his face, took off his shirt and wrapped the sleeves around his waist, turning the shirt into an apron. A long branch broke off a nearby tree.
It’s time to show off your real skills!
He carefully clung to the big tree, holding the branch with one hand and aiming at the honeycomb surrounded by bees. With the other hand, he pulled up the hem of the coat wrapped around his waist. He planned to poke the honeycomb, then wrap it up with clothes and run away quickly.
Different from those young men and women who grew up in fine clothes and fine food, Ye Shanliang had no father or mother since he was a child. He grew up in Tianzhu, a place where most people are not actually human. He ate countless foods in his childhood. Kutou, its ability to survive is quite tenacious. When it was placed in Tianzhu, poking the honeycomb was a common occurrence and was not a problem at all.
Just when Ye Shanliang was looking at the right time to use his strength, a black shadow flashed in front of the honeycomb he coveted. When Ye Shanliang came to his senses, the honeycomb had disappeared, leaving only a group of bees at a loss. The place where the honeycomb was originally located kept spinning, as if wondering why my hometown suddenly disappeared?
The confusion was only momentary. After the bee flew around aimlessly for a while, it immediately targeted the only living thing around - Hayama Ryo!
Ye Shanliang looked at the bees flying towards him in horror. He quickly threw away the branches, put the clothes wrapped around his waist to catch the honeycombs on his head, and then ran away.
"I didn't do it, don't chase me!"
Of course, Ye Shanliang knew that his words would not be heard by the bees, but he could not just hold back his grievances, so even when facing bees who could not understand human words, Ye Shanliang had to shout out his grievances first. .
Tian Suohui became even more happy with another nest of honeycombs in her arms.
"Yes, matsutake sashimi drizzled with honey is also delicious, Ajiu, you know how to eat!"
Tadokoro felt that she could hardly hold it in her arms, but she still praised Ah Jiu.
"It's a pity that we only have one matsutake, which is not enough to cook in two ways..."
After praising Ah Jiu, Tian Suohui felt pity again.
What should she do? Pheasant stewed with matsutake and honey matsutake sashimi. She wanted to try both of these, but what if she only had one matsutake? I can only give up one type, it’s so confusing!
Tian Sohui's sigh was quickly received by Ah Jiu, who quickened his pace and ran towards another place that exuded the aroma of matsutake mushrooms.
Only incompetent people make choices, and I, Ah Jiu, want them all!
