"Sister Dong, I'm really sorry. Mother Qian said she can't let you in the kitchen anymore. You'd better go back and don't embarrass me..."
In the courtyard, a delicate beauty was stopped outside the kitchen door by a young waiter in gray clothes. She frowned lightly and looked at the kitchen behind the waiter with a pair of wet peach blossom eyes.
His eyes stayed for a long time, and then he sighed slightly, turned around and returned to the building.
The guy shook his head and walked in, murmuring, "You're just a singer, you can open your mouth and you'll have food, clothing, and wealth. Why come to this hot place?"
After Dong Bai entered the building, he went straight back to his room regardless of the disdainful looks of others on the way.
She sat down at the round table covered with brocade cloth, raised her hand to a cup of tea, took a sip, and then sighed softly.
Dong Bai is the top singer in Wangchun Tower in Qinhuai City. She grew up in this building and helped in the kitchen since she was a child.
But since one day, the mother in the building heard her singing softly, so she dressed herself up and sent her directly to the front of the building, where she sang songs every day to serve the noble people they called her.
In her free time, she also studies piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Over the past few years, she has become one of the best in Qinhuai City. People spend a lot of money on her every day, just for a night of spring.
Although she would occasionally sneak back into the kitchen to make some snacks to satisfy her cravings, her mother always turned a blind eye.
But who would have thought that since she rejected the advances of the young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion two days ago, her mother had directly banned her from entering the kitchen.
She still remembers her mother's threat at that time, "Little girl, you have offended the most noble man in the city and ruined my business. If you don't let me make money, I will also take away your favorite thing."
"I have been too indulgent in the past. From today on, you will never even think about going to the kitchen again."
In this way, Dong Bai never had the chance to enter the familiar kitchen, or even step into the backyard, except for the negligence of the person watching him.
In this way, ten years passed. One night by chance, Dong Bai became pregnant and gave birth to a well-behaved daughter 10 months later. Now he is 8 years old.
Although Dong Bai has never been to the kitchen in the past 10 years, her daughter Dong Buwan goes there every day.
He is very weird, especially in the past few months. He will steal one or two dishes every time and then sneak out.
One day, while his mother was out in the building, Dong Buwan used medicine to stupefy the janitor in the kitchen, and then secretly took her mother to the kitchen, hoping that her mother would prepare dishes for her.
When Dong Bai saw his daughter acting like this, her hands itched as she had not wielded a knife or a spoon for a long time, so she cooked four dishes and one soup in one go, plus her homemade halva.
After it was done, she saw her daughter putting the dishes into the food box one by one, and seemed to be going out again. She asked, but got the same answer from her previous daughter.
"This is for the two beggar brothers outside the city. Today is their birthday. Mother, I will definitely be back in the evening."
Seeing his daughter's coquettishness, Dong Bai agreed, but still sent the man who had just woken up to accompany his daughter.
That guy was the man who blocked Dong Bai from entering the kitchen. He was now in his twenties, but he had not yet married and had children.
Although he was dissatisfied and glared at Dong Buwan, he still agreed for the sake of the ingot of silver that Dong Bai handed over.
He took the silver, bit it with his back teeth, and then followed Dong Buwan out of the back door after confirming it.
Dong Bai went back to his room to knit and embroider, waiting for the two of them to come back.
However, she waited for thirty years, and until she died of old age, she did not wait for her daughter, Dong Buwan, to come back.
And Dong Buwan only walked to the door of Huanxi Tower again after a hundred years. Behind her was the kitchen boy who went out with Dong Buwan back then.
The two looked up at the plaque on the door. Things have changed and people have changed. In a hundred years, the world has already changed dynasties.
Her mother's tombstone can't be found either.
Dong Buwan was stunned for a moment without taking a step forward. After regaining consciousness, she turned around and headed out of the city to meet up with the other two friends. The original kitchen boy followed her without saying a word.
Just like that year when she walked out carrying a heavy food box, he just watched from behind and followed quietly.
Finally leaving Dong Buwan's body, watching the four of them slowly fly away, the scenery in front of Yu Wan became increasingly blurry.
She returned to the kitchen.
At this time, the old voice seemed a little younger, and he asked Yu Wan, "How is it."
Yu Wan told the truth, "Senior, to be honest, this junior did not understand the test of this illusion."
It turned out that after walking in the door with Heng Ha, she found that Heng Ha was missing. Then she discovered that she was in a state of nothingness, and the people next to her could not see her at all.
And no matter how hard she tried, she could only move within 5 feet of Dong Bai, and she couldn't even get out of the room by herself.
What was even more outrageous later was that after Dong Bai became pregnant, her whole body was directly sucked into Dong Bai's belly by a strong force.
After ten months of pregnancy, until Dong Buwan was born and grew up, although she was in Dong Buwan's body, she could only watch everything happen and what Dong Buwan did like a bystander. One decision at a time.
It wasn't until she returned to her hometown a hundred years later that Yu Wan finally came out and regained her freedom. Unfortunately, before she was free for a moment, she was taken to the kitchen by the senior and asked questions by him.
But the real problem is that she doesn't know what's wrong.
She had no idea whether everything here was just an illusion spun by her predecessors, or whether it was real. She had no choice but to tell the truth.
"You said that you practice food just for eating. Then why didn't Dong Buwan follow her master to practice food together after becoming a disciple?"
"She is her, and I am me. Maybe she has something more she wants to pursue besides these."
After Yu Wan finished speaking, the voice was silent for a long time, and then he spoke slowly, "There is a long table in the courtyard, and we can cook dishes that can fill the long table."
"When I am satisfied, I will let you out. Otherwise, you will stay with me in this space until death."
After the voice finished speaking, it never appeared again. At this time, a humming voice came from outside the door, and Yu Wan walked out immediately.
Seeing the scene outside, Yu Wan had some guesses in her mind.
It seems that this senior just restored the kitchen.
Except for the kitchen in this illusion, there is no pavilion outside, just a pure white space. There is a long mahogany table in the space. Hengha is running back and forth on it at the moment, having a great time.
Ignoring Heng Ha who was running wildly, Yu Wan rolled up his sleeves and returned to the house to look at the items in the dish storage area.
After a while, having confirmed the recipe in her mind, she picked up the black kitchen knife on the chopping board and began to process the ingredients.
Ding ding ding ding~
Thumb thump thump thump~
Bang~bang~
Zhi~
One dish after another was placed on the wooden table by Yu Wan using his spiritual power.
Hengha, who had been warned by Yu Wan, stared at the gradually increasing number of dishes. The pig noses on both sides of his body continued to tremble, inhaling the aroma inward.
There are more and more dishes, and they are already a little dazzled.
The next moment, three more plates of food flew out, one plate landed firmly on the wooden table, and the other two plates landed in front of Heng Ha's two heads.
"Little greedy pig, eat first."
Looking at the Erzhu who lowered his head and started to eat, she couldn't help but laugh and shake her head. They looked quite similar to the two beggar brothers in the fantasy.
The same greedy person, but the same obedient person.
While Yu Wan watched Heng Ha eating there, he also quickly finished the spiritual food on the small plate, then turned around and continued to fight.
Alas, it was less than half done, and she still had a lot to endure.
In the middle of the journey, everyone and the beast ate three more small plates, and Yu Wan finally finished the last dish.
This time she flew forward and placed the plate firmly on the last place on the wooden table with one hand.
After putting it away, she jumped back with her feet. When she got closer, she saw a middle-aged male cultivator with a long black beard wearing a gray robe squatting at the door.
The beard hung down to the ground, but he just kept teasing Heng Ha, sometimes touching Ha Ha's head, and sometimes touching He Heng's.
What surprised her was that Hengha didn't resist at all. He looked like he was enjoying himself there, which was really... hard to see.
Yu Wan also guessed the identity of the middle-aged male cultivator. She walked behind him, raised her hands and said, "Senior, the dishes are ready. There are 1680 dishes in total. Do you want to start tasting now?"
After Yu Wan finished speaking, he waited for a while. The male cultivator slowly stood up, turned around and stared at himself.
The eyes seemed to be examining.
Rather than asking later, he walked directly to the end near them, raised his hand and tasted them one by one with chopsticks.
After taking a mouthful of jade belt soup, the male cultivator frowned slightly.
After taking a bite of fried cherries, my brows were still furrowed.
After taking a sip of Lin Xian, the wrinkles became tighter and tighter.
…
After most of the table passed, Yu Wan never saw him unfurling his eyebrows.
Duck feet soup, shake your head.
Dongpo Tofu still shook his head.
He picked up the four treasures in vain and shook his head again.
Obviously every dish is unique and delicious, and it is a hot commodity in Xinghai Tower.
Among them, the tiger skin meat and Shao Erdong are extraordinary, reaching the ninth level.
But looking at the senior, everyone was clearly dissatisfied.
With only the last few dishes left, the male cultivator's face became increasingly ugly, and Yu Wan suddenly felt uncertain.
She began to think about the possibility of forcing a breakthrough.
Just when Yu Wan began to think about how to escape, the male cultivator finally finished eating the last dish. However, at this time, he suddenly put down his chopsticks.
Yu Wan was startled and on full alert.
