Chapter 424 Smells Good

The Tianxin Sect is different from ordinary sects. When Gu Zheng first learned about the management model of this sect, he had a lot of feelings.

In ordinary sects, almost all the direct relatives of the sect’s senior leaders are employed in the sect. Even if they don’t have a position in the sect, they will be core-level disciples. If they are a little worse, even if they are not disciples in the sect, they will definitely live a good life and have no worries.

But the Tianxin Sect is different. The higher the sect, the stricter the management of relatives! Without certain abilities, there will definitely be no position. Without certain strength, there will definitely not be a core disciple! Not to mention a good life, even a slightly better life must be exchanged through hard work!

The profession that the Yang family sister is engaged in is simply incomprehensible in the eyes of outsiders. After all, her identity in a sect is already considered a real "royal relative". Looking at the relationship between Yang Zhenling and her sister, as well as the environment at home, it can be concluded that Yang Zhenling’s treatment in the Tianxin Sect will definitely not be particularly good.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, I appreciate your kindness, and I thank you on behalf of my younger sister! But we have lived under such rules since we were young, and we are used to such a life. We also think there is nothing wrong with this way of life where we earn rewards with our own hands."

Yang Zhenling smiled at Gu Zheng, his eyes full of gratitude.

Gu Zheng saw in Yang Zhenling's eyes not only gratitude, but also a little arrogance and sincerity.

"Perhaps, I should respect this way of life?" Gu Zheng asked himself in his heart.

Seeing that Gu Zheng didn't say anything, Yang Zhenling smiled again: "Don't worry, fellow Daoist Gu! I only have this little sister, how could I not think about her? I have paved a way out for her. In a year, she will leave Wufeng Island and work in the port restaurant that Master Gu has been to. At that time, I don't have to worry about her getting into trouble in the sea like her parents."

"Okay, then I won't use my resources to exchange for your dried fish. I will just pick some and take them away, just as a gift from you!"

Gu Zheng smiled slightly, and didn't say anything more on this topic. Anyway, it's not polite not to reciprocate. He accepted these gifts from the Yang brothers and sisters, and leaving gifts when he left was also a normal courtesy.

"I have already processed all the ingredients that need to be processed. Master Gu can come to cook!"

The cheerful voice of the Yang sister sounded.

"Okay."

Gu Zheng responded and walked into the kitchen.

"Master Gu, I'll leave this to you! Do you think I should concentrate on waiting for the meal? Or should I learn from the master?"

The girl from the Yang family blinked her eyes and smiled very shamelessly.

"I said the kitchen is a restricted area, and it's better not to disturb it!"

Not wanting others to disturb Gu Zheng's cooking, Miaomiao pushed the girl from the Yang family out of the kitchen.

Gu Zheng had made eight-treasure rice and dried fish stewed with lotus root on the way to Kunlun Sect. Now it feels very different from before.

Today's Gu Zheng has touched the way of eating. Eight-treasure rice and dried fish stewed with lotus root will bloom with a more wonderful taste in his hands.

After a while, Gu Zheng mixed the prepared fairy rice and candied fruit in a bowl and steamed it in a steamer.

The fire control technique and the water control technique were performed at the same time. Although there was no change outside the pot, the water in the pot was soaking the tightly meaty candied fruit at a very fast speed.

After a while

The fragrance of the immortal rice wafted out, attracting the Yang Zhenling brothers and sisters outside, who kept sniffing.

"It's this familiar fragrance! No, it's more fragrant than what I smelled before!"

Yang Zhenling looked at the kitchen and swallowed his saliva again.

"Brother, I now understand why you are so useless, because I am also useless!"

The Yang family sister also looked at the kitchen, swallowing her saliva from time to time.

"This is really fragrant, I can't stand it, I want to see how Master Gu cooks!"

The Yang family sister jumped up and quietly approached the kitchen door like a thief.

"Ouch!"

The Yang family sister was about to open the door, and the meow behind the door pushed the door open a little, causing the door panel to hit her head lightly.

"Meow Meow, how can you be so cruel? Just let me in and take a look! I have never smelled such a special rice fragrance in my life!"

The girl from the Yang family was playing tricks, sticking her face directly on the door panel, and punching the door panel with her hands, as if she was about to cry.

"Don't open it, don't open it! Who made you so hateful that you actually used a diving suit to catch fish!"

The Meow Meow behind the door didn't buy it and laughed triumphantly.

"Is it wrong for me to use a diving suit? Okay, I admit my mistake!"

The girl from the Yang family wanted to cry but had no tears. This little devil is really difficult to deal with!

"Master Gu, please, just let me take a look!"

The girl from the Yang family did not give up and continued to play tricks.

"Okay, Meow Meow, open the door!"

Gu Zheng's smiling voice sounded, and Meow Meow immediately did as he said.

The girl from the Yang family was just like a cat. Before the door was completely opened, she had squeezed into the kitchen. Yang Zhenling, who was originally like an old monk in meditation, was no exception. He abandoned his reserve and ran to the kitchen.

Compared with the fragrance outside, the fragrance in the kitchen was clearer and more intense, making it more unbearable.

"What kind of rice is this? Why is it so fragrant!"

The girl of the Yang family stared at the pot infatuatedly, and she almost wanted to lift the lid to take a look.

"This is a kind of rice grown by ethnic minorities with a very low yield. It took a lot of effort for Gu Daoyou to collect some. Don't have any bad ideas!" Yang Zhenling answered on behalf of Gu Zheng.

"I didn't say anything. Why are you in such a hurry?"

The girl from the Yang family muttered in dissatisfaction, and then looked at Gu Zheng's actions seriously.

"It seems that it hasn't been long since Master Gu came into the kitchen, and this eight-treasure rice is almost ready? This speed is really extraordinary!"

Smelling the sweet smell in the pot, the girl from the Yang family couldn't help but sigh again.

"That's because the eight-treasure rice made by Gu Daoyou is different from that made by others! The eight-treasure rice made by others needs to steam the glutinous rice first, and then process the so-called eight treasures, and then steam the eight treasures and steamed glutinous rice again, and pour the pre-cooked sugar juice after it comes out of the pot. The eight-treasure rice made by Gu Daoyou doesn't need to be so troublesome. He directly steams the eight treasures and rice grains together!"

Yang Zhenling explained the doubts for his sister again, but it made his sister even more confused.

"If you don't soak the candied fruit with a tight texture in advance, how can you achieve a soft texture during the steaming process?"

"You'll know in a moment, chirping like a sparrow!"

This time, without waiting for Yang Zhenling to explain, Miaomiao rolled her eyes at the Yang family girl.

"I know even without you saying it, that Master Gu must have used his inner strength to handle the food like this!"

The Yang family girl stuck out her tongue at Miaomiao.

"You guys, chirping like a group of sparrows!"

Gu Zheng smiled slightly, then shouted at the top of his voice: "Eight Treasure Rice is out of the pot!"

The lid of the pot was opened, and mist rose. Before the Yang family brothers and sisters could see the situation in the pot clearly, Gu Zheng had already turned a bowl of Eight Treasure Rice upside down on a large plate.

"Master Gu, don't do this! We've all been waiting for it, but you didn't even show the appearance of the eight-treasure rice!"

The girl from the Yang family wailed. Gu Zheng deliberately didn't take off the bowl that was covering the eight-treasure rice, which should have revealed its true appearance.

"Why are you in such a hurry? You'll see it when we start eating!"

Gu Zheng laughed and immediately used the fire control technique to ignite the flame under the clay pot next to him.

The dish of dried fish stewed with lotus root had already been in the process of stewing, but Gu Zheng had not ignited the fire. In addition, the fragrance of the eight-treasure rice was particularly strong, so its fragrance was temporarily suppressed.

Now that Gu Zheng ignited the fire, the water control technique and the wood control technique also worked at the same time. The fresh and spicy deep-sea silverfish and the fresh fragrance of the lotus root were completely integrated, becoming a temptation that made people salivate.

"What a unique aroma. I can't wait and am ready to eat it!"

The girl from the Yang family has already prepared the bowls and chopsticks. If Yang Zhenling hadn't stared at her, she would have been impatient to knock the bowls and chopsticks.

A moment later.

"The dried fish stewed with lotus root is ready!"

Gu Zheng shouted again and took the clay pot off the fire.

"You two brothers and sisters, take these two dishes to the table, and I'll make another fresh fish soup!"

The kitchen of the Yang family can only make two dishes at a time. Gu Zheng had to make the last fish soup now.

"Master Gu, you are tired!"

The girl from the Yang family said insincerely, laughing so hard, and ran out with the plate of eight-treasure rice that had not been opened yet.

"This damn girl!"

Yang Zhenling smiled apologetically at Gu Zheng, but also quickly followed her sister's pace and ran out with the dried fish stewed with lotus root.

"These two foodies!" Miaomiao shook her head.

"You said I'm a foodie, but when I shook my head, I couldn't even let go of the fish meat?"

Gu Zheng flicked Miao Miao's forehead with his finger, causing Miao Miao to blush and scream in pain.

At the table, after placing the eight-treasure rice and dried fish stewed with lotus root on the table, the Yang brothers and sisters did not return to the kitchen immediately. Their eyes seemed to be firmly attracted by the hot utensils on the table.

"Brother, you don't eat much. Fellow Daoist Gu made so much this time. You shouldn't be able to eat much, right?" Yang's sister murmured.

"Little sister, I found you are really thick-skinned today! I was deceived by what you said. I almost thought that the person with a small appetite was really me!" Yang Zhenling said speechlessly.

The Yang family girl continued to mutter: "Did I remember it wrong? Impossible, the person with the smallest appetite is definitely not me! Brother, don't you think that even if there is a cow, let alone a four-pound blue cod, I can still eat it? Yes, the person with the smallest appetite must be Miss Miaomiao. Look at her petite figure, she can't eat much."

"Little sister, no matter how big your appetite is, you must be reserved later!"

Yang Zhenling tried to withdraw his eyes from the utensils and patted his sister's head earnestly.

"Reserve, rest assured, I will be reserved!" The Yang family girl murmured almost unconsciously.

"Forget it, you should go to the kitchen with me! I really don't feel at ease leaving you here!"

Yang Zhenling felt that if he left, the two dishes he had prepared would definitely be stolen.

"No, I won't leave, I'll just take a look, I won't steal!"

Under Yang Zhenling's pull, the Yang family girl was infinitely reluctant to leave, and she almost hugged the table leg.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

The girl from the Yang family, who was struggling the moment before, jumped up the next moment. In the stunned eyes of Yang Zhenling, she burst out with unprecedented speed and rushed into the kitchen again.

The tempting aroma was rising from the pot on the fire, one after another, making people inhale hard.

"Friend Gu, is this really the blue cod stew? How can it be so fragrant!"

Yang Zhenling, who also entered the kitchen, was full of disbelief.

The girl from the Yang family quickly twitched her nose, and her mouth was also not idle: "No, this should be fresh, so fresh! I have eaten this fish, it shouldn't be so fresh!"

"It's a live fish, what's the fuss about it being a little fresh!"

Miaomiao glanced at the girl from the Yang family, with a look of disdain and pride in her eyes.

"Live fish can't be so fresh! Master Gu must have used some special method to force out all the freshness and fragrance of the fish meat!" The girl from the Yang family affirmed.

Miaomiao rolled her eyes: "It's the same whether I said it or not!"

"Is it possible that this pot of fish soup was made with some medicinal herbs or ingredients?" Yang Zhenling guessed.

"It must have been put in something else, as for whether it was medicinal herbs or ingredients, I don't know." The Yang family sister swallowed her saliva and said.

"Okay, it's done!"

Finally, with the Yang family brothers and sisters and Miaomiao looking forward to it, Gu Zheng's fresh fish soup was also ready.

The lid of the pot was opened, and a strong fresh fragrance in the rising mist completely filled every corner of the kitchen! Such a delicious dish, if you can only look at it but not eat it, it is no different from the ten tortures for the people around you.

The mist in the pot dissipated, leaving only a blue cod, still in the boiling white soup.

"There is only one fish in the pot, and nothing else is put in it? Is this how fresh fish soup is made?"

The Yang family sister looked at Gu Zheng in disbelief, as if she was looking at a freak.

It is common sense that fresh fish soup should at least have some scallions and ginger to remove the fishy smell, but Gu Zheng didn't add anything, and the smell was so fresh and fragrant, which is really unbelievable.

"What? Are you still questioning me that Master Gu's cooking is the best? Just a fish soup, without scallions and ginger, can have such a fragrance, which is enough to make people amazed! What's more, we have eaten the fish used in fish soup, and we know how its original fragrance is." Yang Zhenling's eyes were full of admiration while speaking.

"Get ready, let's eat!"

Ignoring the shock of the Yang brothers and sisters, Gu Zheng poured the fresh fish soup into the soup bowl with cheers, and Miaomiao immediately walked out quickly with it.

"Miaomiao, you are not allowed to eat secretly!"

The shocked Yang sister woke up as if from a dream, and immediately picked up the bowl and chopsticks to chase after him.

"Boss Yang, Boss Yang!"

"What delicious food did you cook at home? Why does it smell so good?"

"Would it be convenient for you to invite us in as guests?"

At this time, there were actually four or five people gathered outside the yard. They were not only Yang Zhenling's neighbors, but also Yang's sister's companions.

"It's not convenient. We have distinguished guests at home today. You guys should stop making trouble here!"

Yang's sister walked out of the main room and closed the door. The steaming food on the table behind the door suddenly disappeared from the sight of people outside the yard.

"We didn't go in directly because we knew there were distinguished guests!"

"Boss, even if there were distinguished guests, it shouldn't be a problem to give us a sip of soup, right?"

"Yes! I've never smelled such a good fragrance. The boss said that we are all in the same boat and should share the hardships and happiness together!"

"Boss, give us something to eat! We haven't had a hot meal all day!"

Several big men were grinning, and one even got a broken bowl from nowhere, looking like a beggar.