"Okay, now there is only one last ingredient left. If any of you can guess who these forty taels will belong to." The middle-aged man looked at Li Qi and Zhao Yun with a smile on his face. As for the young man beside him,
, he never paid attention to it.
Zhao Yun took a sip first and said, "Yellow wine?" There was a hint of uncertainty in his voice.
The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head.
Zhao Yun took three more sips in a row, with a solemn look on his face, shaking his head silently, as if he was stumped by this last ingredient.
Li Qi was not very optimistic either. He drank four or five sips in one go and the bowl of soup was all the way down, but he still couldn't figure it out. He squinted his eyes and looked worried.
"Brother, do you need another bowl for you?" The middle-aged man said kindly when he saw that Li Qi had finished a bowl of soup. He seemed to hope that Li Qi and Zhao Yun could guess the last part.
Grow materials.
Li Qi was slightly startled, then shook his head and said, "Thank you, no--."
Halfway through his words, Li Qi suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the empty bowl in front of him. He picked it up and took a closer look. He saw a thread-like substance stuck to the inner wall of the bowl. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't find it at all.
Is this something?
Li Qi twisted the thread-like object with his fingers and took a look. His eyes suddenly lit up and he said happily: "I know, I know."
Zhao Yun was suddenly startled and said: "Brother Li, could it be that you have already tasted this last ingredient?"
The young man also looked at Li Qi expectantly.
Li Qi nodded with a smile.
The middle-aged man said happily: "Brother, please tell me quickly."
Li Qi glanced at him and said slowly: "They are silkworm chrysalises that have been dried in the sun and soaked in fine rice wine."
There was an uproar.
Zhao Yun was surprised and said: "You said it is - silkworm chrysalis?"
Li Qi nodded, and then said to the middle-aged man: "I'm not wrong."
"Yes, what you said is absolutely correct."
With that said, the middle-aged man uncovered the last piece of red cloth on the wooden board.
Sure enough, the word 'silkworm chrysalis' was written on it.
Immediately there was a burst of cheers.
Zhao Yun laughed and said: "I didn't expect that Brother Li, not only are you an excellent cook, but you also have a very tight tongue. Zhao Yun admires you. I admire you."
Li Qi shook his head and smiled: "Actually, the reason why I can win against you is just a fluke. When it comes to tasting food, I'm afraid you and I are only in the middle of the pack."
"Brother Li, are you afraid that I can't afford to lose?" Zhao Yun said dissatisfied.
"of course not."
Li Qi shook his head and smiled: "Brother Zhao doesn't know something. The reason why I can taste this last ingredient is actually not with my tongue, but with my eyes."
Zhao Yun said in surprise: "Oh? Why is this?"
"Yes, yes, can your eyes also drink soup?" The young man also asked with interest on his face.
Li Qi rolled his eyes, raised his right index finger, and said, "The key is here."
Zhao Yun took a closer look and saw a thin thread on it. He remembered the answer Li Qi just said, raised his eyebrows and said, "Could this be silk?"
"good."
Li Qi nodded and said, "Brother Zhao must have tasted the smell of alcohol in this soup just now."
Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Yes, but the wine taste is too bland, it doesn't look like it was poured in directly."
Li Qi's eyes flashed with admiration, and he nodded and said: "I couldn't guess it just now because the smell of the last ingredient was masked by the smell of wine, but later, I saw that there was actually a root in the bowl.
Silk, and judging from the color of the silk, it seems that it just floated in, so I thought that the last material was silkworm chrysalis."
“Wonderful, wonderful.”
After hearing this, the middle-aged man clapped his hands and said happily: "This young man is observant and quick-thinking. He is indeed better than his predecessor. I admire him. Of course, Mr. Zhao is not too generous. I can meet you two today.
It’s really a worthwhile trip.”
Li Qi laughed and said, "I'm not as good as you said. If I didn't have these forty taels of silver, I might not even be able to guess a single material."
"Ha ha!"
As soon as this was said, everyone burst into laughter.
The middle-aged man laughed a few times and handed the forty taels of silver to Li Qi.
Li Qi took the silver unceremoniously, took out twenty taels and handed it to Zhao Yun, smiling and saying: "You and I are equally divided, so we should share this silver equally."
Zhao Yun shook his head and declined: "No matter what, Brother Li is superior in skills after all, and this money should belong to you. Besides, if I came here for this money, maybe I will be the one to win."
"
Li Qi laughed and said, "It makes sense, it makes sense."
At this moment, the attendant beside Zhao Yun suddenly whispered: "Master, it's getting late, we should go back."
Zhao Yun nodded slightly, then cupped his hands towards Li Qi with regret on his face and said, "Brother Li, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first. When Zui Xianju opens in the future, Zhao Yun will definitely come to support it."
Li Qi cupped his hands and smiled and said, "Okay, let's meet in Zuixianju in three days."
After Zhao Yun left, Li Qi let out a long breath. He glanced under the locust tree from the corner of his eye and noticed that the middle-aged man had already left. He shook his head with a smile, turned around, and found that Chen Xiaozhu had also arrived at some unknown time. He smiled.
Said: "Xiaozhu, when did you come?"
Chen Xiaozhu said: "I've just been here for a while, oh, Madam asked me to come and ask you to eat."
"I understand." Li Qi nodded and handed the money to Wu Xiaoliu.
Wu Xiaoliu held the silver in his hand and smiled flatteringly, "Brother Li, you are so awesome. You can teach me this skill anytime."
Li Qi smiled and said: "This is not a big skill. As long as you have been cooking for more than ten years, you will know it naturally. I don't need to teach you."
Over ten years?
Wu Xiaoliu and Chen Xiaozhu looked at each other, this skill is really not easy to learn.
Chen Xiaozhu took Li Qi to a rather grand house, three stories high and decorated with carved beams and painted beams. He pointed at the house and said, "Brother Li, Madam and the others are waiting for you inside."
Li Qi was stunned for a moment. Hearing his tone, he seemed not to be prepared to go in with him, and asked: "Where are you going?"
Chen Xiaozhu smiled honestly, pointed to a small room next to him, and said, "We'll eat in that room."
Li Qi looked in the direction pointed by Chen Xiaozhu and saw that it was just a very simple hut with a narrow door. Looking from a distance, he could vaguely see a few young men dressed as servants. He sighed, nodded and said: "Then hurry up.
Go ahead."
After Chen Xiaozhu and Wu Xiaoliu left, Li Qi shook his head and walked towards the dining hall. But as soon as he came to the door, a white paper folding fan was suddenly placed across his chest.
Immediately afterwards, a contemptuous voice was uploaded, "Boy, you are in the wrong place."
Li Qi turned around and saw a man in his twenties. He was slightly fat and average-looking, but he was very gorgeously dressed. He was wearing a soft gauze scarf with four corners on his head and a red embroidered robe.
With a bit of playfulness.
Li Qi looked around and said in surprise: "You're not going wrong."
The man saw that Li Qi was wearing a green gown and was extremely shabby, so he said disdainfully: "This place is not for a servant like you to enter."
Li Qi frowned secretly, but still had a smile on his face, and asked curiously: "Why can't I come in?"
The man seemed to find Li Qi's question very interesting. He laughed and said, "Could it be possible that when you went to the palace and the guards there stopped you and refused to let you in, could you ask him the same question?"
Li Qi shrugged and said, "But this is not the palace, and you are not a guard."
"For a servant like you, there is no difference between the two."
The man smiled disdainfully, then pointed to the hut where Wu Xiaoliu and the others had just gone and said, "See, that's where you should go."
"That's wrong."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "I don't know very well about other places, maybe it's like what you said, but this is the territory of the Buddha. Grandpa Buddha often warns us that 'all living beings are equal.' Since all living beings are equal, that is to say, at least
In this three-quarter acre of land owned by his old man, animals and humans have equal status. If animals can enter, why can't I?"
"Okay! Well said."
At this time, a voice suddenly sounded from behind, "If a beast can get in, why can't I? That's too damn good to say."
Li Qi turned around and saw that the person coming was the young man who had tried the food with him just now.
The man glanced at the young man, and his face, which was already green, turned even greener.
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