I Became an Old Man in My Leisure Time

Chapter 191 Cooking Notes, Enemies on Three Sides

The woman felt desperate: Wait, why are you serving food so fast now? Just now I had a bowl of noodles while waiting for a cup of tea.

Naturally, Gu Ke would not tell her that the perception of others was very relaxed under the slight influence of the harmony between heaven and man.

Not only were the cooks speeding up their cooking due to the influence, but the waiter women's delivery speed also increased significantly.

Otherwise, if ordinary people want to order those big dishes, they have to spend money first, otherwise this small shop will suffer a lot if they meet a freeloader.

The three young men watching the excitement swallowed their saliva and saw the meaty dishes placed on the table. Their seven-percent-full stomachs seemed to be hungry again.

I couldn't afford this big meal, so sitting and watching others eat it was simply torture. Several people hurriedly finished eating, put down their money, paid and left.

As soon as they left, the three women huffed and sat down.

The tall and tall Salanzhu sat on the right, and the two children sat on the left together. Xiao Ping'er did not forget to pick up the bamboo chopstick tube, scrape off a layer of the bamboo chopsticks with blood, and then distribute them to everyone.

Gu Ke raised his chopsticks and picked up a piece of stir-fried sausage with garlic sprouts and dried spices. He nodded slightly and said, "The garlic sprouts are fragrant and the dried spices are chewy. It's just that the ingredients of the sausage are a little off, probably because there's not enough spice. It's pretty good."

When the three girls saw him moving their chopsticks, they immediately began to taste this rare feast from the outside world.

Xiao Ping'er and Sa Lanzhu are only good at eating, and it would be difficult for them to talk about the quality of the dishes.

Xiaoman was an excellent cook, but he was too busy cooking rice out of a bamboo tube, so he just nodded and said, "Me too."

The woman opposite looked stunned. Her eyes fell on the plate of stir-fried sausages with garlic sprouts, and her nose moved slightly, as if she was thinking about something.

Gu Ke picked up the delicacies of bacon and bamboo tube rice again, took a bite and chewed it carefully: "The mushrooms are rich in flavor and the bamboo shoots are fresh. They are all fresh products picked today. The curing salt of the bacon is a bit heavy. However, it is hot in Nanye and it is difficult to practice martial arts." It needs a lot of salt, but it’s not a pickling mistake.”

After hearing this, the waiter woman smiled with a smile on her face and nodded repeatedly: "Little brother, you really know the goods. Our bacon is shipped from Liangshan Village. It has been smoked on the stove for three years and it tastes very fragrant. The other mushrooms and bamboo shoots are from the village. Someone helps pick it and delivers it every morning. It’s fresh.”

Gu Ke smiled back and continued to taste dishes such as spicy potato chicken and bamboo shoots and ball soup, commenting on their advantages one by one.

This time, not only the waitress, but also many customers around me listened.

Nowadays, most of the people in Bihai City are immigrants from Liangshan Village, and a few are people from other places. Among them, there are only a few big households with money and leisure.

There are very few people who have the leisure to understand cooking skills, and even if they do, they are not here right now.

Hearing Gu Ke's comment, everyone in the store felt a sense of novelty.

The key is that he speaks clearly and eloquently, and there is a waiter woman nearby who praises him promptly. Although everyone does not understand, they think it is very powerful.

In contrast, the woman sitting opposite Gu Ke only had eyes shining and said nothing, so she was not very eye-catching.

The review didn't last long. After it was over, the customers left the store one after another and checked the tables several times.

The waitress continued busy ordering dishes and greeting guests, and no one paid attention to Gu Ke's table.

Gu Ke took two bites of each dish on the table, and the rest fell into the belly of the three women.

The woman who was "accounted for" didn't eat a bite and could only watch the three women feast.

Seeing that the three girls had finished eating and the projection time limit was coming soon, Gu Ke reached into his arms and took out several books.

It spread out in his hand like magic playing cards, and he smiled at the woman: "Since you are destined to me, this meal cannot be in vain. You can choose any one of the three books in my hand."

The woman was stunned: "This..."

Gu Ke smiled and shook his head: "You have ten breaths of time to choose, and when it expires, you have no choice."

The woman was startled and quickly looked carefully. The titles of the three books were Agricultural Science, Tianluo Hands, and Cooking Notes.

Just by looking at the name, you can tell that 80% of agriculture is related to farming.

The martial art of Tian Luo Shou is spread all over the country. It is said that it comes from the Immortal Mountain. There are many people who know it. She has never practiced it but has heard of it.

The Cooking Diary was obviously a cooking book. When the woman's eyes fell on it, she couldn't move.

Gu Ke's voice came slowly: "There are still five breaths left."

The woman suddenly realized: "I choose the cooking diary."

Gu Ke's expression was subtle, as if he was surprised, but also expected. He put away the other two books with a wave of his hand, and placed only the cooking notes in front of her.

As he stood up, he said casually: "If you take this book, you are destined. Remember not to bully the people and eat the king's meal."

After saying that, he took the three girls out of the store.

The woman was stunned for a moment, grabbed the cooking diary, and chased after her: "Your Excellency, wait..."

When I chased them outside the door, I saw a lot of people coming and going, but there was no sign of the four of them.

She blinked, confirming her previous guess: Although she was only a second-rounder, the strength of someone who could suppress her with invisible momentum must be beyond imagination.

So, this somewhat godly...ahem, free and easy gentleman wouldn't come here to blackmail her for a meal...right?

Just when the woman was thinking a lot, a voice sounded in her ear: "Sister, is that brother gone?"

The woman turned her head and saw the waitress beside her, looking around in similar postures.

The woman hummed and quietly stuffed the cooking diary in her hand into her wide cuffs.

The waiter woman looked away and looked at her with a kind smile: "Sister, you've finished your food, it's time to pay."

As soon as Gu Ke left, without the cover of heaven and man, the woman suddenly felt uneasy: the food on the table was not cheap, and she didn't know why she agreed just now.

The woman's face froze, and she was silent for a few breaths before she spoke: "Sister, are you still short of a chef?"

The waitress was surprised: "My husband is a chef, what's wrong?"

The woman smiled bitterly: "Well, how about I work in the kitchen to pay for this meal?"

The waitress widened her eyes: "What are you talking about! You can't even pay for this meal by working for half a year."

The woman felt that she should still work hard: "Actually, I'm a chef from Zhongting, and my skills are very good..."

The waitress interrupted in annoyance: "It's just a small shop. I wait for the waiter myself, and my husband is a chef. It's to save wages. How can I have extra money to hire someone."

The woman was helpless: "Sister, I really have no money, and I can't eat a free meal. Why don't you let me work and try?"

The waitress frowned, looked at her for a moment, and sighed: "Wait first, wait until I become the boss."

People who can open a shop in Bihai City will not be blind.

Judging from the woman's words and deeds, it is obvious that she is not an ordinary family. She also claims to be from Zhongting.

The wealthy family in the courtyard is indeed more stylish than the local rich man in the south.

Besides, they didn't say they would refuse to pay the debt. They were willing to work to pay the debt. This attitude is not bad.

Although Liangshan Village has become prosperous in recent years, the people in the old village still retain a lot of simplicity of the mountain people.

People who are not cunning and responsible are more to their taste.

So the waitress took the girl in and stayed there honestly, and she prepared to go to the kitchen to discuss with the man.

As a result, a group of guests came again, and the waitress started to be busy again, and she couldn't spare time for a while.

At first, the waitress kept an eye on the girl from time to time, but when she saw her sitting quietly in the corner, she stopped paying attention to her all the time.

The girl then quietly took out the cooking notes left by Gu Ke, opened the page, and saw a line of words-the taste of the world is pure joy.

When she saw this word, she felt that all kinds of pictures of people enjoying food and laughing happily flashed in her mind, and she felt relaxed and happy in her heart.

After a while, the woman came back to her senses, her face full of shock: this book can actually affect people's minds, and the feeling is so clear.

Can Wu Zong do this?

After a moment, she suppressed her excitement and continued to flip through this cooking book.

The methods and experience of each dish flowed into her consciousness like water, allowing her to quickly understand the meaning.

After flipping through it in one breath, the woman breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly froze after a moment.

This book, which is neither thin nor thick, is full of tiny characters, and it is hard to write the experience of making hundreds of dishes.

She originally had a good foundation in cooking, but she remembered half of it just by flipping through it once.

When did she have such a memory? The woman was at a loss for a moment, and then felt it again, and suddenly found that she remembered not only the dishes, but also many basic cooking techniques.

They were not written directly on this cooking book, but were revealed little by little in the preparation of the dishes.

She didn't even notice it herself, but now it appeared in her mind.

Although the book is about cooking, the effect is incredible.

The woman was shocked again: Is this really a magical thing?

Gu Ke and his four companions left the store and turned into the alley.

The next moment, the projection disappeared in the Bihai City, and the four people in the Bihai Cave Mansion opened their eyes.

Xiaoman patted her belly with satisfaction: "Although the food in this store is rough, it still has some characteristics."

Saranzhu also patted her round belly: "You still eat so much even if you dislike it, look at your belly, hehe."

Xiaoman was furious and slapped her paw away: "Where are you patting! Is this the belly?"

Saranzhu did not admit her mistake at all: "It's just a little bit up, it's not a small belly at most."

Xiaoman rushed over: "Then I see your belly is divided into two pieces, is there an iron plate?"

Gu Ke and Xiao Ping'er looked at each other, shook their heads, and the two disappeared in the Bihai Cave Mansion.

Anyway, Saranzhu can control the cave, and they will return to the Yulong Cave Mansion by themselves after fighting enough.

Just now, he spent a Tianfu Tongbao to give the woman in Bihai City a cooking skill book, but it was just because he noticed that she had the inscription of heaven and earth.

If there is the inscription of heaven and earth, then there is a destiny.

He took out the three skill books purely on a whim, and felt that they would be useful to the woman.

He did not use the initiation, of course, because he did not want the "new vest" to be associated with the fairy mountain early.

If the elders of Liangshan Village and the second-round masters stationed in Bihai City knew about it, it would definitely be known to everyone.

Gu Ke himself has divine thoughts and vague perceptions, and he is not very interested in shopping, so it doesn't matter if he is discovered.

But if Xiaoman and the others want to project to Bihai City to play again, it will not be so convenient.

Two little hired workers and a palace spirit are both well-behaved, diligent and capable, and he doesn't want to deprive them of the fun of shopping.

In the following days, the three women will go to Bihai Cave Mansion every now and then to project shopping.

Gu Ke rarely goes with them, preferring to stay in Yulong Cave Mansion.

He was also a otaku for a while in his previous life.

It's not social phobia or depression, it's just that I've encountered something unexpected and I'm not interested in communicating with others.

In the city, I look at the crowd from a distance, read novels and watch movies online, and act as a keyboard warrior. I just want to feel that I'm still living in human society.

Although there is no Internet in this life, Gu Ke has divine thoughts and a wide range of vague perception. He can know what's happening thousands of miles away without going out, so he has even less expectations for going out.

The three girls can go shopping however they want, and he just needs to accompany them occasionally.

...

While Bihai City is booming, the situation in Beimo and Nanye Kingdom is becoming increasingly tense.

With the example of Beimo, Nanye had someone to copy.

It was reasonable to withdraw residents in the south on a large scale, shrink the defense, and seek assistance from Zhongting and the two countries of East and West.

Monsters are not like strange creatures, they are closer to humans.

They are strong and good at running, all of which require enough blood to support.

In addition, except for natural flying monsters, monster kings and above can fly, most of them can only travel on the ground and... in the water.

So it didn't take long for the coastal cities in the south of Donghai to be attacked by monsters.

Some monsters get blood from the sea, and aquatic monsters lead the way, bypassing the long and uninhabited coastline between Nanye and Donghai, and completing a leapfrog attack.

At present, the number of monsters transferred from the south to the east is not large, and the pressure on Donghai is not too great.

But it has to retain some strength to deal with the next monster group attack, and can no longer provide full support to Beimo and Nanye as before.

The situation faced by the three countries is different.

The fighting in Beimo is the most brutal, and no one knows how long it can last.

Nanye has just started the war, so there is pressure but it is not great.

Donghai is just raising its vigilance and preparing for war, and the actual damage is small and can be ignored.

Even so, the temporarily stable Zhongting and Xihuang are not at ease at all.

Zhongting has the most abundant supplies, personnel, and military force, but it has the need and obligation to support the four countries.

The bigwigs in the Zhongting court have all muttered privately, such as "Why not swap Xihuang with Donghai and Nanye?"

After all, Donghai has the best environment, and its industry, agriculture, and commerce are relatively developed, and it has the strongest comprehensive national strength among the four countries.

Nanye is a little worse, but its agricultural environment is unique. It is the largest grain-producing area in Dawu, which is conducive to the stability of Dawu's bottom.

Xihuang even has the word "huang" in its name. The environment cannot be said to be barren, but at least it is poor and bad.

The population is smaller than that of Beimo, and its industry, agriculture, and commerce are the bottom of the four countries.

Even if it is safe and sound, the support it can provide to the other three countries is very little, less than one-tenth of that of Zhongting.

But the Zhongting bosses can only mutter a few words and then forget about Xihuang.

Instead of wasting time squeezing oil from the extremely poor Xihuang country, it is more practical to tap the internal potential and save money.

At this time, they will silently thank Xianshan in their hearts.

The exotic crops and martial arts that flow out of Xianshan are continuously providing food and soldiers to the four countries in Yiting.

Compared with ordinary food, exotic food can not only assist in martial arts training, but also be particularly hungry.

In the past, the more manpower was needed to transport food, the greater the loss, and 50% was considered a small amount.

The exotic food that bloomed everywhere has greatly alleviated the pressure on food transportation.

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