In the early morning, a huge dog with three burning pens in front of him was lying on a cushion of the same size with his eyes closed and concentrating. Next to him, a man who was also sitting on the cushion with a somewhat painful expression clasped his hands together and placed in front of him A pen with a flickering flame.
"Huh, I can barely do it for thirty minutes or the flame will go out, although the progress is very slow."
Zheng Yuan's face looked a little bitter. After a week, even 100 million could reach the level of three pine needles. If he continues at this rate, he will have to wait for the next life to learn how to eat righteousness.
"However, although the hunger still cannot be ignored, it is not so easy to get out of control."
Zhou chuckled at Zheng Yuan and said that Zheng Yuan's condition is much better now.
"Zhou, do you think there is any difference between Shiyi and Shiya?"
Zheng Yuan held his calf in his hand and sat on the cushion to smell it.
"Shukatsu? Where did you hear that name?"
Zhou asked with some confusion.
"That's what my food demon said."
Zheng Yuan replied.
"Self-aware food fiend? You're in luck."
Zhou sighed with emotion and then said.
"You also know the meaning of food. Be grateful. If you focus on this, your food cells will be able to store more energy, your body movements will become more refined, and the power you can release during battle will be increased several times. As for food pressure, The two are similar in appearance, but in essence, food stress is a condescending oppression of everything except oneself. No matter how it has been in the past, once you master the existence of food pressure, your heart will definitely be cold and cruel. You must not Trying to save trouble and taking shortcuts.”
"I see, I understand, that means those who control food pressure are all villains?"
Zheng Yuan touched his chin and said thoughtfully.
"Most of them are like this, but there are exceptions. For example, the director of the IGO Development Bureau once came to our Shilin Temple to look for Master Zhen. He was aware of the existence of food pressure, but in appearance he was no different from ordinary people."
Zhou said, putting away some of the burned Songming brush grass, and then he would start other exercises.
Breakfast in the morning was white fish somen, a creature of the family Eelidae, with lubricating oil-like mucus on its surface. You need to use special iron chopsticks to pick them up. There is almost no friction between the already smooth iron chopsticks and the white fish somen, but Zheng Yuan By feeling, find the center point of the white fish somen noodles and pick it up.
Next came the practice of eating rituals. Under the attack of the Gatling cactus, Zheng Yuan successfully passed without any damage. Although the dark durian melon in front of Baiyi still smelled bad, it was compared to the miserable smell at the beginning. , already very slight.
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At night, after a day of practice, Zheng Yuan sat on the tiles at the top of the attic, looking at the not-so-round moon in the sky, with a silent expression and confused eyes.
"You look like you're in trouble?"
A figure appeared beside Zheng Yuan like the wind, and a hoarse female voice spoke calmly.
"Why are you here? Yunyinkan...forget it, your place only has regular customers who go back to eat."
Zheng Yuan did not turn his head, his eyes still reflected the full moon.
"Anyway, idle is idle."
Qianliu replied, and then sat next to Zheng Yuan.
"Harmful!"
With a slight sigh, Zheng Yuan said nothing.
"What's wrong?"
Qianliu asked.
"I'm too hungry to sleep, so come up and take a look at the scenery."
Zheng Yuan felt a little tired from sitting, so he lay down on the tiles.
"I see you're not simply hungry, right? If you have anything to tell me, I can't let you call me sister in vain, right?"
Qianliu said with a difficult smile.
"Actually, maybe it's the hypocrisy caused by frustration. Now I always feel like there is no direction to work towards."
After a moment of silence, Zheng Yuan said with some relief.
"Originally, it was for survival. At that time, every bite I ate was a great happiness to me. Later, in order to get more delicious food, I embarked on the path of a food hunter. To be honest, it was very exciting. In the past, I never imagined that there were other ways to live in this world. I just did whatever I wanted. The more I went on, the more I changed. You may not be able to imagine that at the beginning, I was a person who was in danger and almost took the initiative to leave someone behind. Is the little girl the one who ran away on her own?”
Before Qianliu could respond, Zheng Yuan continued.
"After I gained some skills, money and power came to me as if I was in a hurry without even waving my hand. I should still be considered a good person, right? I didn't do anything wrong. I could obviously live a better life. I have been suppressing myself. Morality, law, and family affection are my shackles, allowing me to restrain my thoughts, all dark and negative thoughts, because I know that I have the ability to achieve it."
"Then we arrived here, Shirin Temple. To be honest, practicing was not tiring at all compared to my 007 life. But maybe it was the difference in strength. I started to think why should I treat myself so badly? Just give up. Here, escape from here...what do you think? Sister Qianliu."
Zheng Yuan said slowly, the word order was a bit confusing, but Qianliu still understood it.
"Generally speaking, I have to tell you a lot of truths here to enlighten you, right? Unfortunately, I am a chef. Come on, I will cook for you."
After listening to Zheng Yuan's words, Qianliu stood up, stretched out his hand to Zheng Yuan, and pulled him up.
In the middle of the night, there was not a trace of ingredients left in the kitchen due to Zheng Yuan's cooking in the morning. Fortunately, there were some wheat and rice growing in the field beside it, and there were also ground eggs growing deeper.
Like a thief, Qianliu took her saber and chopped down a large field of wheat seedlings. Zheng Yuan returned to the kitchen with a few earth eggs still covered in soil (eggs that grow underground). .
Holding a lot of wheat stalks in his arms, Zheng Yuan shook violently, and the grains of wheat fell out.
Use the tip of the knife to gently peel off the outer shell of the wheat grains, revealing the slightly yellowed wheat inside. This should be a very time-consuming step, but with Qianliu's amazing knife skills, he can cut through five kilograms of wheat in just ten minutes. It appeared on the chopping board.
The sharp blade easily chopped the wheat. In a moment, the delicate wheat flour appeared on the chopping board. Dig a hole in the middle of the flour, break the eggs into it, and add 20 grams of salt to increase the gluten. Five grams. Yeast, then knead and squeeze little by little, and a somewhat stiff dough is completed.
Put the dough aside, heat the pan with oil, pour in the beaten eggs, spread it into a thin egg cake, fold and cut into thin strips.
Simply fry the ginger and stir-fry the ground egg sprouts. When the ground egg sprouts are fried and the water is released, pour in boiling water directly. The hot oil reacts with the boiling water, and a pot of thick white soup base is completed.
While the soup continued to simmer, Qianliu began to process the dough. He picked off a ball and kneaded it into a long strip. Then when he pulled it, the yellowed dough stretched out. After folding and pulling again, the noodles became more slender. After repeated folding and pulling, Lengthen the noodles until they become one millimeter thick, then set them aside to wait for them to be cooked.
The oversized dough was all pulled into thin noodles by Qianliu, and piled up into a fluffy pile. Pour the appropriate amount of salt into the pot. No other seasonings are needed. Wait for five minutes and you can eat it. .
Putting two bowls on the table, Zheng Yuan smelled the strong aroma in the air, and the suppressed hunger swelled. He subconsciously picked up the chopsticks and prepared to eat.
"Snapped!"
A hint of coolness on his forehead stopped Zheng Yuan from doing anything, and he subconsciously looked up.
"You forgot that."
Qianliu tapped Zheng Yuan gently with his chopsticks, then clasped his palms together and closed his eyes. Zheng Yuan suddenly realized, put down his chopsticks and clasped his hands together.
“Thanks for all the ingredients in the world, I’m rolling!”
Under these simple words, Zheng Yuan found unprecedented tranquility. The lights were a little dim, but very warm. The ingredients for making noodles were not rich, but they were delicious.
The texture of the noodles is very strong. Although it is very thin, because no water is added during the making process, it feels a little crispy in the mouth. After frying and stewing, the flavor of the ground egg sprouts has been fully released, which is very refreshing and slightly crispy. The firm noodles complement each other perfectly.
Take a sip of the noodle soup, it is sweet and sweet. Because the starch content of the ground egg sprouts is very high, the soup tastes slightly sticky. The ground egg shreds are cooked and perfectly absorb the deliciousness of the soup. The entrance is soft and fluffy, which contrasts with the noodles. contrast.
Perhaps it was because he had not eaten this kind of food for a long time, which did not require so many demands and did not require thanks. Zheng Yuan felt a sense of satisfaction inexplicably in his heart. Some scalding hot noodle soup and noodles entered his belly, soothing Zheng Yuan's body and mind.
"It's so...delicious!"
Unknowingly, Zheng Yuan had already burst into tears, and his heart was filled with gratitude, gratitude for the ingredients and the delicious food.
Gratitude is never utilitarian. When Zheng Yuan's starting point is to become stronger, its nature has already changed. He is grateful in order to become stronger, and he is grateful for the sake of gratitude. In fact, gratitude is something that, when you are hungry, eat When you eat something that soothes your mind and body, your heart will naturally be filled with gratitude.
"thanks, thanks."
PS: Isn’t it a little awkward? Sorry, I don’t have much experience communicating with people in this kind of community.
