Chapter 53 (Chapter 53 (Two in One)...)

This was the first time Song Yao had seen lotus leaves in his life.

The child's eyes were bright, and he took these lotus leaves home as if he was holding a treasure. As soon as he got home, he was full of confidence to make beggar chicken.

According to Yuan Jiang, he asked someone to bring these lotus leaves from other counties. Fortunately, the lotus leaves would not go bad after being left for a day, so they could be in good condition in Song Yao's hands.

Song Yao cherished these hard-earned lotus leaves very much.

Specifically, when making beggar chicken, the child specially watched the [Beggar Chicken Course] while making it.

He felt that he was too cautious and serious, but it was obviously not the case in the eyes of Zhao Xiaodong and Yuan Jiang.

The two watched Song Yao stop after completing a step, and then continued muttering:

"Next, add this, um... Next, add this."

Zhao Xiaodong looked at him with a face that was hard to describe: "Brother Yuan Jiang, do you really think that the youngest can make the beggar chicken he said?"

Song Yao's cooking skills were not bad, but his posture really did not look like he was cooking, but like he was doing an experiment.

Even when he sprinkled salt on the chicken, he wanted to count them one by one.

And he didn't let Zhao Xiaodong and the others interfere, as if he was afraid that they would destroy this hard-won beggar chicken.

Zhao Xiaodong went from being excited at the beginning to being bored now:

"Little boy, I think we can just light the fire directly, without specifying how many firewoods are needed."

Song Yao said seriously: "You don't understand, cooking is very particular about the heat."

This is a very delicious beggar chicken, of course every step must be careful.

He counted the firewood carefully, fearing that he would make a mistake, and counted it again, and finally clapped his hands in satisfaction and stood up:

"Okay, just right."

Zhao Xiaodong: "..."

He looked at Yuan Jiang with a look of collapse: "Brother Yuan Jiang, don't you care about him?"

Yuan Jiang really thought about it seriously, and then said: "What Song Yao said makes sense."

Zhao Xiaodong: "... Have you never cooked before?"

Yuan Jiang nodded.

Zhao Xiaodong: I knew it was like this.

Although he had never cooked before, he watched his mother and grandmother cook every day, so he knew some common sense about cooking.

"Little boy, listen to me, firewood is really not that important, you just need to watch from the side."

Song Yao said seriously: "How can it not be important? The temperature is extremely important for cooking."

He continued to count carefully how many leaves to add to the pit to light the fire.

Zhao Xiaodong didn't listen, so he simply stopped talking.

He rescued two lotus leaves and said: "Let's keep these two leaves. If it doesn't work this time, at least we can try again."

Song Yao vowed: "It's impossible not to succeed, but I have done every step perfectly!"

The child who can get results as long as he works hard continued his perfect steps one by one with super confidence.

However, the two lotus leaves were left to Zhao Xiaodong.

Zhao Xiaodong just watched him quietly.

Yuan Jiang was very confident in Song Yao.

Since he came to Song Yao, he has never seen Song Yao fail to do what he wanted to do.

After a lot of trouble, the three of them broke the mud, and a chicken that was not bad but definitely not delicious appeared in front of them.

After tasting the chicken, Yuan Jiang was silent.

In fact, as a chicken, it was still very good.

But it was definitely not as "super delicious" as Song Yao had vowed before.

Zhao Xiaodong crossed his arms: "See, I said it."

Song Yao fell into deep thought: "How could it be, isn't the beggar's chicken super delicious?"

He followed the course strictly for every step, and even weighed the salt grains.

The child thought hard, but couldn't figure out where he went wrong.

Zhao Xiaodong held up two lotus leaves: "Go, go, let me do some secondary processing for you. I knew what you put in there just now was wrong."

Song Yao looked at him distrustfully: "Have you ever cooked before? Why don't we take it to my mother's place and let her cook. My mother cooks delicious food."

Zhao Xiaodong waved his hand: "I haven't done it before, haven't I seen it? I watch my mother and grandmother cook every day. I have learned such simple things a long time ago."

Song Yao had a suspicious face, but still gave up his position: "Okay, you do it."

Zhao Xiaodong rolled up his sleeves and got on.

After some operations, a tender and smooth beggar chicken with the fragrance of both lotus leaves and chicken appeared in front of the three people.

Song Yao: "Wow!"

He looked at Zhao Xiaodong with admiration in an instant.

Even Yuan Jiang looked at him with a look of "I didn't expect you to be such a Zhao Xiaodong."

Zhao Xiaodong was proud: "See, I said, cooking is so simple, you don't need to learn it at all."

Song Yao immediately applauded him.

"Wow! I didn't expect you to have such a talent for cooking! We'll let you cook from now on!"

Zhao Xiaodong waved his hand proudly: "Small problem."

The three of them happily ate a few bites, then took the freshly baked beggar's chicken and went back to share it with their families.

This was the first time that Zhao Xiaodong had won so thoroughly against Song Yao, so in the next few days he was very proud to cook all kinds of "legendary delicacies" under Song Yao's command.

After five or six days, he finally realized something was wrong: "We can eat at home, why do you want me to cook outside secretly every day?"

Song Yao didn't feel guilty at all: "If you think it's hard to cook outside, you can use the pot at home, I don't mind!"

Zhao Xiaodong nodded first, then reacted: "No, who told you this, I mean, why do you always let me cook."

Song Yao: "You cook delicious food."

Zhao Xiaodong was proud for a short time, and then again: "Then I can't cook every day, I'm very busy, how can I have time to cook every day."

Finally realized that Song Yao used him as a chef, Zhao Xiaodong said he didn't want to cook anymore.

Song Yao was a little disappointed.

After all, it was really fun to cook secretly outside, and when he took out a recipe at home, his father and grandmother would ask (grandfather wouldn't ask, as long as there was something to eat), and now he gradually understood that the learning system cannot be told to adults, so the child can only make excuses.

But Zhao Xiaodong wouldn't ask.

Not only did he not ask, but sometimes he would freely play with the recipes given by Song Yao, and the key point was that he played quite well.

Maybe Zhao Xiaodong really has a talent for cooking. Even if the recipes given by Song Yao are those that he has never heard of, he can still make them.

After these dishes have been made by Zhao Xiaodong, Song Yao can take the recipes back with confidence and ask that they are the ones he and Zhao Xiaodong have studied together.

Now that Zhao Xiaodong has given up, he will not be able to take the recipes he bought in the learning system home in the future.

Because he has been studying very hard, he has accumulated a lot of learning points, and the child who can spend a lot of money in the hobby group was disappointed for several minutes.

For this reason, Yuan Jiang took the initiative to suggest: "If you really want to eat out, I can try to improve my cooking skills."

Song Yao and Zhao Xiaodong: "...No need."

The two children looked at him with the same horror and said the same thing. After finding that the other party said the same thing, they looked at each other.

If we want to describe the look in their eyes, it would probably be "heroes think alike".

Song Yao and Zhao Xiaodong both admire Yuan Jiang's skills.

As a soldier sent by the country to protect Song Yao, Yuan Jiang has sharp eyesight. He can see several people climbing up the mountain from the bottom of the mountain.

He can shoot down pheasants just by throwing stones.

Last time Song Yao climbed up a tree and couldn't get down, he could get down from the tree smoothly and quickly with one hand holding Song Yao.

But such a powerful brother Yuan Jiang's cooking is terrible.

Of course, Yuan Jiang himself doesn't think so. He can even eat what he cooks without changing his expression, but the children who have been carefully raised by their family since childhood will look painful as if they are poisoned after eating a bite.

Since letting him try it once, Song Yao and Zhao Xiaodong agreed that they should never let brother Yuan Jiang touch the pot again.

Yuan Jiang, who was rejected by two children at the same time: "..."

The cold-hard soldier silently doubted himself in his heart: Is it really that bad?

Song Yao gave a positive answer: "Brother Yuan Jiang, don't be sad, at least the food the teacher cooks is worse than yours."

Teacher He who happened to pass by: "..."

She thought the two naughty kids had too little homework.

"Ahem."

When Teacher He coughed, Song Yao's face froze, and he quickly turned around and smiled at Teacher He: "Teacher, what a coincidence, did you just come back from the bottom of the mountain?"

Teacher He didn't bother with him, and waved the letter in his hand: "Go get the letter."

The child immediately became energetic: "Wow!! Is it Brother Ye's letter?!"

Although they had never met, Song Yao liked Brother Ye very much. He thought he was really amazing. He could answer any question. He was worthy of being the teacher's classmate and was as amazing as the teacher.

Teacher He shook her head: "No, it's a letter from my family."

She couldn't hide her worry: "My father accidentally fell and had to be hospitalized. It happened to be summer vacation, and I wanted to go back to see him."

She said apologetically: "I won't be able to teach you for a while."

Song Yao and Zhao Xiaodong shook their heads quickly.

The two children were also very worried:

"It's okay, we can learn by ourselves, teacher, is your father's fall serious?"

Teacher He shook his head: "The letter didn't say in detail, just said that he needs to recuperate in the hospital for a while."

Now everyone should try not to be hospitalized, but since it has reached the point where he needs to be hospitalized, Teacher He is naturally very worried.

If there is no vacation, it's fine if she doesn't go back. Now it's summer vacation, she will go back no matter what.

She estimated that if the family is too busy, she may have to stay at home to take care of it for a while, and it is very likely that she will not return to Dashu Village for the entire summer vacation, so when packing her luggage, she specially copied Ye Xinghua's address to the two children.

"I will write to him and ask him to answer your questions. If you don't understand anything, write to Brother Ye. This is the key to my room. There are letter paper, envelopes and stamps in the drawer. You can just use them directly."

"This is the address of the teacher's home. You can write to me. Come on, pack it up."

Zhao Xiaodong often loses things, so after the two children discussed it, they let Song Yao keep these two addresses.

The child ran home and told his grandmother that Teacher He was going home.

Grandma Song stopped pumping the bellows and said, "Going home at this time?"

Song Yao didn't understand why she said that, and curiously leaned over to ask: "What's wrong with going home at this time? The teacher said that it's summer vacation now, and many students are going home."

Grandma Song patted her grandson's shoulder: "It's because there are too many people going home that it's unsafe."

"You forgot what the county magistrate told you yesterday. The human trafficker who was caught before, his upper and lower lines were caught. It is said that he specifically chose to abduct students when there were many people at the train station."

Song Yao certainly remembered.

He still believes that the human trafficker is a multi-tasking person, acting as a human trafficker and a spy at the same time.

Song Yao also knows very well that many female students and children have been abducted. He even knows that some human traffickers will deliberately move to the next door of a family with children, gain trust, and then take the opportunity to steal the children.

But he has never linked the abducted students and children with Teacher He.

In his eyes, Teacher He is amazing. He can do everything except cooking.

How could such an amazing Teacher He be abducted?

Grandma Song doesn't think like Song Yao.

Teacher He is a teacher in their Dashu Village, but when she goes out, she is a young and beautiful girl.

To be honest, it was already very dangerous for her to come to the deep mountain village to be a teacher alone, otherwise Grandma Song would not have deliberately expressed her closeness to Teacher He, just to reassure her.

When she first came, nothing happened along the way, and the people in Dashu Village were simple and honest. No one would have any bad intentions towards this young teacher, which was also a kind of luck.

Now she is going back alone again, with the previous incident of human traffickers in Xinghe County, Grandma Song is a little worried.

She thought about it and said to Song Yao: "Call your dad back."

Song Yao went to the back mountain to find Song's father.

Song's father's practice of beekeeping is almost done, but he is afraid of stinging Song Yao, so he has always strictly prohibited his son from going up the mountain. Usually, only Grandpa Song occasionally goes up to help.

So the way Song Yao asked Song's father to go home was to stand at the foot of the mountain and shout to the top.

"Dad! Grandma wants you to go home!!"

Song's father on the mountain immediately replied: "I know!!! Come back immediately!!!"

The little kid went back happily again.

As expected, Father Song came back soon. He was darker and thinner now, but he still looked righteous. He brushed off the dust on his body as he walked in. As soon as he entered the yard, he picked up Song Yao.

"Little son, you didn't go out to make food with Zhao Xiaodong today. It's so rare that I can see you at dinner time."

Song Yao pouted when he was reminded of his sad story: "Zhao Xiaodong was tired and said he wouldn't make delicious food in the future."

Dad Song was not surprised at all.

The fact that Zhao Xiaodong could hold on for so many days was beyond the expectations of the two adults.

He deliberately used his nose to touch his son's nose: "It's okay, if he doesn't do it, there's still your mother. Your mother's cooking is also delicious. If you want to eat, Dad will take you to Liuye Village."

Because she made a lot of money by drawing the design drawings of the fan, Mother Song has been very generous in buying all kinds of seasonings recently, and her cooking has become several times more fragrant. The father and son have gone there to eat and drink several times.

Song Yao was amused by his father and chuckled: "Dad, you have to keep your word. I asked you to go before, but you always said you didn't have time."

Song's father immediately promised: "Keep your word!"

"Don't worry, Dad is almost done with his work now. Whenever you want to eat what Mom makes in the future, I can take you there immediately."

Grandma Song watched the father and son being so affectionate for a long time, and she was really impatient to wait before interrupting:

"You said before that you wanted to go to a big city to learn how people do business. Have you chosen which city to go to?"

Song's father, who was holding his son and laughing, was stunned: "No, I just finished my work, didn't I?"

Grandma Song immediately said: "Then I'll choose one for you, and you can go to Lecheng."

Song's father had no opinion on where to go.

Since he went to the other two counties last time, he found that people should go out more often.

No matter how detailed the old people tell you about some things, you really can't learn them unless you encounter them yourself.

If there were no old and young people in the family, he would have gone to the big city long ago.

But he was still a little confused: "Why Lecheng? I think the capital is also good."

Grandma Song said: "Teacher He is going back to Lecheng. You can go with her and have a companion."

Dad Song suddenly realized: "Mom, you are not afraid that I will get lost again in an unfamiliar place. I am so old, how can I still expect Teacher He to take care of me."

Song Yao was held by his father: "Dad, you are so stupid. Grandma didn't ask you to be taken care of by the teacher, but to take care of the teacher!"

Dad Song didn't have any opinions, but he scratched his head a little confused: "Teacher He is a city person, does she still need me to take care of her?"

Grandma Song glared at him: "What do you know as a man? Hurry up and pack your things. Teacher He went back because of something at home. Don't delay things."

Dad Song went to pack his things with a confused look on his face.

Song Yao was running around to help him pack his clothes. As he was packing, the child became lively.

"Dad, where will you stay if you go to Lecheng?"

Song's father thought for a while and said, "I will probably be gone for about a month. I definitely can't stay in a hotel. I'll see if I can rent a house."

He has mastered the beekeeping technology, but he still has no idea how to recruit people and avoid risks.

I heard that there are schools in big cities that teach people how to do business. You can go there as long as you pay the money.

It is said that it is specially set up for small business owners who have little business experience but have started a business. Dad Song is wondering if it is reliable. If it is reliable, he will go and learn from it.

Song Yao's eyes lit up when she heard her father talking about renting a house.

He took his father's arm familiarly and said, "Dad, I want to go too."

Dad Song refused without thinking: "No, you are so young and can't travel far."

Song Yao looked pitiful: "I'm already eight years old, so I'm not young anymore."

Father Song: "That's not what you said when you asked me to carry you back yesterday."

Song Yao wilted, but he did not abandon or give up, and began to argue: "Dad, do you know? A person's knowledge is linked to his vision."

He gave an example: "It's like you have never been out of Planet Aquamarine, so if I tell you now that there is a bug that can speak human language on the distant 6743x-on: planet, you will definitely not believe it.

Because you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you can't say with certainty that this kind of bug doesn't exist. "

Dad Song put the clothes into his bag: "I can tell you with certainty that this kind of bug does not exist."

Song Yao immediately said: "Then can you provide evidence that it does not exist?"

Dad Song: "I don't need to provide evidence, because you just made it up."

Song Yao continued to hum: "Then dad, can you show me the evidence that I made up?"

"You can't take it out because you haven't been to 6743x-on:星. If Teacher He tells you now, there is a kind of food in Lecheng called sticky candy. It is very delicious and costs three cents a piece. It is a specialty of Lecheng. , you will believe it, because you have never been to Lecheng, and you don’t know if there is such a specialty.”

Dad Song was almost stunned. He stopped packing his clothes and said, "Yao'er, what do you want to say?"

Song Yaoli said confidently: "I just want to say, Dad, you should take me to learn more. Raising children is not just about food and clothing, but also raising children to broaden their horizons."

Afraid that Father Song wouldn’t understand, he even patted his small chest:

"I'm just a little kid."

Dad Song: "..."

"...Dad is going to a strange city where I am not familiar with the place. How can I take care of you with you?"

Seeing that his father was about to relent, Song Yao's eyes lit up and he immediately said:

"Dad, how come you are unfamiliar with this place? Don't you know the teacher?"

"And I don't need you to take care of me. Brother Yuanjiang will follow me. I have brother Yuanjiang to take care of me."

Father Song looked at Comrade Yuan Jiang who looked reliable next to him: ...It is true that this comrade is much more reliable than his own father.

But: "I go to class every day, who will cook for you?"

Song Yao looked at Yuan Jiang: "I can eat what brother Yuan Jiang made..."

The child really couldn't say the rest of the words, they were all on his lips, so he suddenly turned around and said, "I have a way!"

He ran out quickly.

After a while, he ran back and pushed Zhao Xiaodong towards Father Song:

"Zhao Xiaodong can cook!!"

Dad Song: "..."

Zhao Xiaodong, who was pulled over in a daze, said: "What to cook? I don't do it, I don't want to cook."

Song Yao immediately muttered to him: "...So that's it, let's go to Lecheng to play. My dad has to study and doesn't have time to cook. If you don't cook..."

He glanced at Yuan Jiang from time to time and whispered: "Then we can only eat the food cooked by brother Yuan Jiang."

Zhao Xiaodong: "!!!"

He immediately stood up bravely, with a heroic look on his face: "Let me cook!!"

“I love cooking!!”