Chapter 131 Private Chef Invitation

This situation is likely related to the special topics that alchemists are interested in. Some inventions and achievements often stem from a scientist's sudden inspiration, and here they are closely related to the alchemists' life experiences and brainstorming, and may not necessarily keep pace with the history of Takuya's world.

For example, the baking powder that Jiangyou saw the old captain use to fry fish, in her world, the first similar product would not have appeared until at least the 1840s; but in this world, an alchemist who was keen on baking had developed a magical version early on - the principles were somewhat similar but very different: the version in the magical world did not use chemical ingredients to produce a large amount of carbon dioxide, but directly captured and solidified tiny wind elements, and fully released them when heated.

The cheaper pineapples sold at the Yadela stall were similar to those in Jiangyou's world. Their flesh contained a high amount of bromelain and calcium oxalate raphides, which damage the oral mucosa and cause numbness and pain. The more expensive, improved variety, however, contained a lower level of protease, making the numbness less pronounced.

The method for reducing and removing these proteases and calcium oxalate crystals is also very simple. Soaking in salt water or heating can achieve very obvious results. However, the alchemists of this world have apparently developed a set of special alchemical potions of their own to deal with bromelain.

Every problem has countless solutions, some simple and direct, others complex, but none of them are wrong. However, the direct consequence of complex solutions is that pineapples that numb your mouth become very cheap, while those that don't numb your mouth become very expensive. But for Takumi Yuu, who knows the correct and simple solution, this is actually a good thing.

She happily bought up all the cheap pineapples on the stall - there were only two hundred left in this batch, and the next batch was still being shipped by sea - for only six silver coins, which was a real bargain.

The potted lychees that come with the magic of constant temperature and moisturizing are very expensive, costing 50 silver coins per tree, but the generous Yadra gave a pot to Jiangyou as a gift without blinking an eye.

Jiang You was so happy that her whole skeleton almost fell apart. She excitedly held Yadra's hand and said, "Really? Give it to me? Are you kidding?"

"No kidding." Yadra raised her chin as her men loaded the lychee pots and boxes of pineapples onto Dr. Charles's carriage. "It's just that I heard from Loris that you're a good cook, so I'd like to ask you for a small favor."

"You say! As long as I can help, I will definitely do my best!" Jiang You rolled up his non-existent sleeves and said with a solemn vow.

"Ten days from now, I need to hold a banquet at a villa on the outskirts of the city." Yadra pointed to a box of passion fruit and signaled his men to load it onto the carriage. "This banquet is very important to me, and I need to entertain a few... distinguished guests."

She smiled meaningfully, with infinite charm in the corners of her lips that were slightly raised: "It's just that I haven't found a chef I like until now."

"Oh! You need me to cook, right? This is easy. Whether you want meat, vegetarian, luxurious, or light, I can make it all!"

"Then it's settled. I'll send someone to pick you up in nine days." She pulled out a flyer from Takumi Yuu from somewhere. "All you have to do is wait at your brewery. Stay with me for two days and help me cook thirteen dishes. I'll provide all the ingredients you need. Once you're done, I'll pay you ten gold coins."

The fire in Jiangyou's pupils instantly turned into the shape of gold coins: "Alright! Leave it to me!"

"I'll give you that basin of lychees and that box of passion fruit." Yadra accepted a few silver coins politely. She took out a card and slipped it into Jiangyou's bone claw. "This is my Raven Cage. If you need anything exotic, just ask. My fleet is spread across the entire South China Sea. I can get you anything you want."

"Wow! This is awesome!"

It only cost six silver coins to get so many tropical fruits, and I even got a home cooking order—ten gold coins! Jiang You smiled with her teeth showing... um, wait, her teeth always showed when she smiled.

She and Loris returned to the carriage with a cheerful gait, both practically dancing. Only the doctor had a hint of doubt between his eyebrows: "Such a large sum of money, just to hire a cook?"

"Ayou is not just any ordinary cook~" Lolita corrected the doctor, "Ayou's cooking is super delicious!"

"Hehehe, thank you for the compliment!" Jiang You scratched his head embarrassedly, and his skull was almost turning a shy pink.

"...Ah, no, I was saying that the female shop owner seemed to have other plans..."

Doctor Birdbeak was silent for a moment, but ultimately swallowed his words. He had no evidence, and it was not right to accuse such a generous shopkeeper for no reason... Maybe the owner was just impressed by the lich's cooking skills and simply wanted to give him some money?

After finishing their work, they drove back to the Witch's Forest. Jiang You had already taken out his notebook and sent a message to Andre in advance. She had a lot of belongings, and she needed a deputy knight captain and his heavy draft horse to run back and forth.

Aunt Wolf asked Holly to send a carriage to pick her up this morning. She must have been actively spreading the news that Jiangyou Workshop will open tomorrow to her relatives and friends in the west city of Eston.

However, thinking of this, Jiangyou scratched his head somewhat worriedly, wondering whether Andre's renovation project was completed or not... Well, could she really open the store smoothly tomorrow?

The return journey was quite smooth. When Jiang You jumped off Doctor Bird's Beak's carriage, she saw Andrei waiting at the village entrance. She ran over happily and took a piece of wood shavings from the knight's black hair. "Good afternoon, Andrei."

"Good afternoon." Andrei led the black horse Diego, who was pulling a cart. "Where's the luggage?"

"All those fruits on the carriage are gone. I have to go back to the room to get Xiao Nian Gao and her luggage, and I also have to go find the witch in charge to get the beer I ordered." Having not seen Andre for several days, Jiangyou's chatterbox suddenly opened up. She chattered and couldn't wait to share her experience of the day with the investor. She talked about how she got the alchemy refrigerator in installments and the generous benefits of hiring a chef from the fruit shop owner.

"Hmm, the [Alchemical Constant Temperature Cooling Box] is really a good thing." Andre, who was carrying fruit, glanced at the two hundred large pineapples. "Eighteen gold coins is really not expensive. Not many people can make this thing. When I was studying at the Magic Academy, you could buy one in the capital for twenty-five gold coins."