[Through] Delicious Journey

Chapter 30

Yi Nie was eating a piece of thigh meat at the moment, and when she turned around, she saw Ying Cui staring at her so "affectionately", the water color in her eyes glowing warmly against the background of the ceiling lamp.

One couldn't hold back and choked.

"Cough cough." With great difficulty, the man looked at Ying Cui who was complaining while patting himself on the back, and smiled wryly.

Seeing but not touching, the key point is that the guy in front of him is usually unconscious. Doesn't he know that this subconscious state of letting go of guard is the most alluring?

Unfortunately, I still have my eyes on you.

"Cai fan, do you have someone you like?" Looking at Ying Cui, Yi Nie felt an impulse surge out of nowhere, and blurted out without any foreplay.

The latter didn't expect it at all, and looked stupid for a while.The eyes are a little empty, the mouth is slightly opened, and the facial features that are not sharp are even softer, revealing a silly cuteness.

"Well, is there any?" Yi Nie caught the confusion in the other party's eyes without any effort, and said there was something to be said.

"A person you like?" Ying Cui's mind flashed back to the scenes of getting along with her parents when she was young.

His childhood was not happy. His father was addicted to gambling, drinking, and beat people when he was drunk. All the qualities that a father should have did not appear in a man, and her mother stabbed a man in the chest with a knife during a resistance. heart.

He clearly remembered the woman sitting in the hall wiping the fruit knife that night. The despair and hatred engraved in his bones left an indelible mark on his young heart.

He was 7 years old that year. Later, he was adopted by his second uncle until he started to learn cooking.

"No way." Ying Cui couldn't imagine the kind of love that Bai Toujie always had. In his memory, the two of them only had endless quarrels and women's cries when they were together.

If this is love, he would rather not have it.

"That." Yi Nie felt good about herself and poked forward, "Do you want to find one?"

Ying Cui smiled unkindly, because the person in front of him had a really weird look, half of his gnawed leg meat was still in his hands, and his mouth was greasy, like a sloppy uncle, but it happened that this person didn't have the slightest self-consciousness, holding his head up A victorious rooster made his accumulated bad mood disappear.

"You have that spare time, why don't you help me think about the decoration of the house, don't just think about what's there." Ying Cui stepped back a few steps, resolutely not letting that greasy hand come over.

About love, about staying together, let nature take its course.

"How could there be any? Hey, why are you walking so fast? That's the way to the food market on the floor, and the direction is reversed." Yi Nie wanted to reach out and hold Ying Cui to talk, but the oil stains on her hands were almost Can't look directly.

While annoyed at being greedy, he chased after him and muttered, "This is related to my life."

The two returned to the central exhibition area, sat down on the stool and waited for Fan Mi and the others to come over.

Yi Nie washed her hands, bought a bag of peanut candy around and handed it to Ying Cui, and talked about the sugar tree elf.

As we all know, the foundation of Karil City is built on the rainbow marshmallow sea, but the foundation is only a plant after all, and if it is a plant, it will wither and flourish.

The existence of the Harvest Festival is not only to celebrate the harvest of this year, but also to pray for the growth of rainbow marshmallows in the coming year.

And this wish fell on the sugar tree elf.

Every year during the autumn harvest, a creature will be bred on the top of the big tree in the middle of the sea of ​​rainbow clumps of cotton. Its appearance will bring about a new season of cotton candy replacement.

"To describe it in one sentence, it is the owner of the entire sea of ​​flowers, and we are only the renters inside." Yi Nie said, "The annual harvest festival is when we pay the rent."

"The sugar tree elf wakes up and wakes up the rainbow balls of marshmallows, which require a lot of high-quality sweets, and part of the existence of the inner city is due to this."

"Ah?" Ying Cui was a little confused, "You said that you exchanged sweets for the lease right for the next year. How did the sugar tree elves wake up before Karil City?"

Hearing this, he understood that the so-called sugar tree elf is actually the pet he received during a mission in the game—Rainbow Enchantress. Its greatest ability is treasure hunting. It can detect high-sugar ingredients within 500 meters and collect dreamy ingredients. There was no shortage of effort.

However, the plot that Yi Nie told was somewhat different from the previous missions, so he interrupted it aloud.

"This is also the origin of another reason for the Harvest Festival." Yi Nie pointed upwards.

Ying Cui looked up suspiciously, there was nothing but marshmallows, "What happened up there?"

"Look carefully, is there a white thread where the branch meets the cotton candy?"

Yi Nie leaned over, her warm breath hit her ears, Ying Cui felt a little itchy, and couldn't help touching her ears.

"It seems there is." He squinted his eyes and asked, "What is that?"

Rainbow marshmallow is a large crop, and it is not surprising that it grows on the branches, but what is puzzling is the place where the fruit and the branches meet, where the silk threads are entwined, like the sugar threads of cotton candy before it is formed.

"The quality of the mature fruit of marshmallow is very light. Without these white silks, it will run away as soon as the wind blows. If there is no supply of high-quality sweets, these will be consumed as food when the sugar tree elf wakes up."

"Consumption?" Ying Cui was startled, "You mean, before the new cotton candy grows, the old cotton candy is consumed again, so Karel City."

"That's what you think." Yi Nie nodded with a solemn expression, "The whole city will collapse."

Ying Cui didn't know what to say for a while.

Yi Nie patted Ying Cui on the shoulder, it was very natural, "Don't worry, there will be such an event every year, nothing will happen if you feed the sugar tree elves, and then just wait to eat cotton candy, fully mature There's nothing like that wall of rainbow marshmallow flavor."

Ying Cui's black line, thinking of half of the shop's walls being eaten away, and thinking of only half a month's renovation time, suddenly lost the thought of caring about the survival of Karil City.

Well, if the sky is falling, someone with skills will support it, as long as he knows that his goal is fantasy cooking.

Oh, yes, fantasy cooking.

"Hey, wait a minute, I'm going to be fooled." Ying Cui digested the amount of information, and then asked in confusion, "What does this have to do with ancient cooking recipes? The store provides high-quality sweets, but how to choose from them?" No.1? Is it possible that the sugar tree elves are picky eaters?"

In his mind, it would be great for newborn spirit creatures to have a little sense of autonomy, and they need a lot of food, so why would they be picky eaters?

Unexpectedly, Yi Nie nodded, and gave a narrow smile, "You will know when the time comes, let me tell you a little more, the sugar tree elf will be rewarded with the ancient recipe, if you want to get the ancient recipe, then try hard to get the elf Be happy."

……

The four of them made do for one night in an undecorated shop.

Early the next morning.

In view of the outrageously high prices of meals in the city, Ying Cui took Yi Nie around the underground trading market, bought kitchen utensils and ingredients, and started the fire by herself.

The stove in the store was an unknown creature wrapped in marshmallows. The four of them researched it for a long time, and finally Ying Cui went to the next door and opened the door to start the fire.

For breakfast, a large pot of noodles was served. Each person was covered with a poached egg and sprinkled with some seasoned sesame oil. It was a pleasant surprise.

The next thing is about house decoration, which is also a long-standing problem.

First of all, it is necessary to determine the style, and then it is necessary to think about what ingredients to use for construction. It is required to be beautiful and at the same time highlight the characteristics, so as to attract more customers to consume.

Of course, signature sweets and other merchandise are also important, which is the key to earning hunter recommendations.

For a while, after receiving the letter of recommendation and owning her own store, Ying Cui was a little confused.

Finally, Yi Nie made a final decision, "Go out and have a look."

Then, with a distressed face, Ying Cui consumed all the playable and edible food that she had seen in the outer city, and the small coffers she had saved for the second time were exhausted again, and she owed Yi Nie a large debt.

"Shall we go to the inner city tomorrow?" Yi Nie walked up to Ying Cui, and sneaked around Ying Cui's waist lightly.

Ying Cui was holding the kitchen knife in anger, and the meat on the chopping board was chopping loudly, "No! You must have done it on purpose!"

Yes, it was on purpose, to encourage myself to owe a foreign debt after playing all over the outer city, so now I have to become a cook for the other party!

"Hehe." Yi Nie was not annoyed, she just hung her body on Ying Cui's body, helping to hand over a few ingredients from time to time, "I didn't want you to return it, anyway, it's the same whoever sells himself to anyone else."

Ying Cui was furious, this guy with feelings was revenge for not buying him food when we met, now he's fine, he's directly tied to a boat.Well, it seems that he has to find a time to carefully calculate the money lost in the small treasury last time, which can cover a lot of debts...

He was thinking so seriously that he didn't notice the pig's trotter on his waist rubbing his hands while eating tofu.

Until Yi Nie sighed regretfully, "Why don't you grow meat, you have to raise it again."

Ying Cui frowned in an instant, and served her with one kick, "Nurture your sister!"

On the side, Fanmi and Chabei watched their experience reduce their sense of existence, and silently ate marshmallows on the other wall.

Three days later, Ying Cui thought hard and finally decided on the design plan.

"Crack." The design was slapped on the ground, and the three heads immediately came over to watch.

Cha Bei blinked, and was the first to make a remark out of face, "Brother Ying wants to make black bread?"

"Idiot, how can black bread have rules." Fan Mi immediately retorted, "According to me, it should be dumplings."

"Duanzi?" Chabe asked naively, "What is it?"

"Dumplings are dumplings. Isn't the landlord's signature dessert just dumplings? As for why it's made black, uh, well, the color is a bit off-putting..." Just as he was speaking, Fan Mi suddenly paused, and suddenly turned his head to look at Chabei, his face seemed to be delighted to discover the new world, "Is 'Tuanzi Bar' a new joke?"

"..." Ying Cui patted Feifanmi, telling him to roll as far as he could, then smiled and looked at Yi Nie, who had remained silent all along, loosened his fists, and said in a very gentle tone, "Tell me that you saw it." What?"

"Eh." Yi Nie glanced at the compatriots who were killed in battle, staring at the black ball on the paper, thinking that the two children already had imagination if they could name black bread and dumplings, but its owner obviously didn't understand the answer. dissatisfied.

Thinking that their dinner is still held in each other's hands, they have to be more cautious about exporting.

"I think so." Yi Nie swallowed her saliva, "I can help you contact a hunter who has embodied images."