Victor and Skye left the Alchemy Association building with Ike.
Without walking too far, they arrived at the place where the dinner was held - standing outside the building, looking at the gaudy graffiti on the wall, Victor suddenly felt a subtle familiarity.
Although these graffiti were all red and different from the graffiti in Victor's memory, those exaggerated lines and slogans with unclear meanings made Victor feel a vague kindness.
This is Zu An!
"Is this your home?" Looking at the graffiti on the outer wall of the building, Victor asked with great interest, "I'm going to your house for a dinner... Do you want to cook? Does an alchemist also help with cooking?"
"This is a youth dormitory." Ike shook his head and explained in a low voice, "We have made a reservation to use the public restaurant to get together."
"Youth dormitory? Public restaurant?" Victor blinked, "What is that?"
"The youth dormitory is a dormitory for young people who have just completed their education and have not yet turned it into wealth." Ike opened the door and waved to the doorman's aunt, "There are small single rooms for free living.
Separate toilet and small kitchen, with hot water supply - but you have to move out when you get married."
"The public restaurant is the large kitchen that you can reserve to use?"
"Absolutely. It's mainly used for dinner parties. You need to register and make reservations in advance. It's a coincidence that you came here."
Victor nodded and followed Ike to sit in his single dormitory for a while. What surprised Victor was that Ike seemed to be very interested in sculptures. There were actually many sculptures in the dormitory, many of which were sculptures.
Colored.
Some of these sculptured figures are known to Victor (such as his, Jace's, Fander's, and Vi's), and some are unknown to Victor.
"Haha, how are my skills?" When Victor looked at the little sculptures, Ike showed a very proud expression, "How are you, do you want one?"
"Did you make all of this?" Victor's eyes widened in surprise, "Alchemists... also need to study sculptures?"
"It's a hobby that combines work and rest!" Ai Kehun waved his hand nonchalantly, "As long as your hands are steady enough, it's not difficult to do such a small thing as carving."
Are your hands steady enough?
For some reason, Victor suddenly remembered his former teacher - although Singed was usually a thin and shriveled old man, his hands could be said to be quite stable.
So, he shook his head and didn't ask any more questions.
Soon, Ike packed up his things and took Victor and Skye to the public dining room.
When they pushed the door open, there were already two people busy here.
"Milo, blast!" Ike's steps were brisk, "I brought two new friends!"
Victor and Skye waved to them, and their eyes naturally fell on the two young men who were washing vegetables.
They all look to be about the same age as Ike.
The girl named Bangbao has a slender figure and has long blue hair of astonishing length - the front half of the smooth hair is fixed by a hairband, with only a bunch of stubborn hair sticking out; the back is braided into two.
A long braid.
When Ike and the others pushed open the door, she was washing the dishes and humming a song. Her two braids trembled to the beat of the music, making her look extremely lively.
After hearing Ike's voice, Babao turned around, revealing a delicate little face - but it seemed that she had not slept well before, and her eye sockets were obviously a little dark.
After meeting Ike, Bao Bao looked very happy, and then he noticed Victor and Skye.
"Oh ho, there's a new customer!" After Bao Bao turned around, another person who seemed to be mixing the ingredients also turned around, "Hello, I'm Milo, this is Bao Bao - eh, you
It looks familiar, have we met somewhere?"
This is Milo, a young man who is not much stronger than Bao Bao.
"In Ike's room." Victor smiled, "He has good sculpting skills."
"Ah - I remembered it!" Milo snapped his fingers, "Are you that...Jace?"
"I'm Victor."
Called by the wrong name, Milo rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Victor."
Beside him, Bao Bao raised his face slightly, with the corners of his mouth lowered, showing undisguised contempt: "Mi Luo, you have recognized the wrong person again - for the fifth time this month."
"Shut up and blast it!" Milo retorted very naturally, "It's better than you blowing up the laboratory five times this month!"
Bombed the laboratory five times?
Upon hearing this, Victor and Skye's brows trembled involuntarily.
"That's just the result of a necessary experiment." Bangbao said indifferently, "Miss Lux didn't even say there was any problem with this, but you are gibbering here... By the way, Ai
Ke, have you reminded Wei?"
"I told her that she will come after get off work." Ike nodded, "Don't worry, she will definitely come - I heard at the Law Enforcement Bureau that she had her salary deducted again this month. This kind of She will never give up the opportunity to make a living."
"Hahahaha!" Hearing that Wei's salary had been deducted again, Milo gloated at the sidelines, "But it doesn't matter, Fandel will take care of the food - as long as Wei can stand his nagging..."
"Shut up, you." Bao Bao stepped on Milo's foot without hesitation, "If you say a few words, no one will treat you as a mute. You like to talk so much. Wait until the next time the caravan goes to Bergun.
, you can say enough to the Noxians!"
"Tch! I'm too lazy to laugh at ordinary people!" Milo quickly retracted his foot, and then curled his lips in disdain, "The Noxian guy just got beaten up by the Ionians, did you see my joke?
?”
"When the newspaper just reported it the day before yesterday, you smiled the most happily, even your gums were exposed."
"Nonsense, I won't show my teeth no matter how I smile..."
"..."
"..."
Once Bao Bao and Milo started bickering, they couldn't stop bickering, which made Ike a little embarrassed - he was usually used to it, but now that he had guests, it was not good.
However, Victor and Skye didn't care much.
Victor has had very few friends since he was a child, so he only finds this kind of playful way of getting along new.
As for Skye, she envied this easy communication even more than Victor did.
Neither of them is the kind of guy who abides by etiquette - besides, Bao Bao and Milo look to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. There is nothing wrong with such young people being more lively.
Amid the commotion, Victor and Skye briefly introduced themselves, and then, just as they asked if there was anything they could do to help, the door to the public dining room was pushed open again.
"Sorry, there are no live marsh frogs left. I only bought peeled frozen ones. I heard from the boss that what has become popular recently...Griddle marsh frogs, the fresh ones are out of stock early - eh, there are customers
?”
"This is Clegg!" Ike pulled the big man who had just pushed in the door with a lot of ingredients in his hand to his side, "Super reliable Clegg, the future architectural star of Zaun!
He built the building of the Alchemy Association!"
"I'm just one of the builders. Sir, you must be Victor, right?" Clegg freed up a hand and twisted the goggles, changing them from sunglasses to clear glasses, "I
I’ve seen your sculpture—is this your wife?”
"Uh, I'm just Mr. Victor's assistant!" Skye's face instantly turned red, and she waved her hands in a panic, "Not yet - uh, not Madam..."
There was no expression on Craig's goggled face, but Ike, who was familiar with him, always felt that the corners of this guy's mouth were slightly raised.
Then, just as Skye blushed and asked if there was anything she could help with, another member of the party came.
"Ah, I finally got off work. Thank God. You don't know how hard it took me to convince Fandel not to come over... Hey, Mr. Victor is here too."
Wei, who opened the door and walked in, looked at Victor and Skye who also appeared here. Even though she was mentally prepared when Ike took the initiative to pick them up, her face was still a little embarrassed.
"Wei!" Victor didn't mind at all, "We meet again!"
At this time, Skye finally spoke at the right time: "Should everyone prepare their own meals for the dinner? I also have a few special dishes!"
"It's ready!" Ike glanced at the stove, "We're having a dinner together today to eat Zu'an's pot. The ingredients are almost ready, so we can start eating after lighting the fire!"
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The so-called Za'an Zaguo is Zu'an's special hot pot.
This kind of delicacy, which is somewhere between hot pot and spicy hotpot, is one of the few dishes in Zaun, the food depression of Runeland, that can be called a gourmet meal.
This kind of delicacy that was born with Xinzuan was originally just to allow hard-working workers to eat several more vegetables in one meal, so as to increase everyone's enthusiasm for work.
After boiling the water, add all kinds of spices and vegetables you can collect into it, and add fried noodles - although the taste is different every time, as long as the fire is on and water is added in time, you can
Keep cooking.
With the end of the three-year plan, the living conditions of the Zuan people have improved significantly, and the Zaun pot has gradually become more sophisticated.
Not only have there been more types of vegetables, but the easy-to-fill fried noodles have gradually been replaced by various fried meatballs. After signing a meat supply agreement with Bergun last year, Zaun has its own slaughterhouse.
Fresh, thinly sliced mammoth mutton is also added to the regular ingredients of the large pot.
In addition, there are some things that a few people like that often appear in large pots. For example, Wei likes to eat the devil's marsh frog. According to her, the blanched devil's marsh frog, paired with the sauce, is simply delicious.
A delicacy worth a thousand dollars.
Now, Wei, Bangbao, Clegg, Milo and Ike, these five young people who grew up together when they were children and are now running in different directions, sit together with Victor and Skye in a scrubby room.
In front of the shiny cauldron.
As the soup began to boil and the heat began to rise, Ike was the first to raise the juice in the cup high.