Chapter 106: No Help
"Tuan Tuan, be good and go play with Uncle Duan for a while." Jiufang Yan pushed the little Tuanzi towards the guards standing outside the door.
As Si Liang walked, he quietly turned back to glance at Qi Huan, with a hint of worry in his green eyes.
Don't go. If your mother comes out with a whip later, you have to help me stop her, Qi Huan winked at him.
I couldn't stop him. Little Dumpling gave him a pitiful look of helplessness, and was led out by the captain of Madam Jiufang's guard and locked outside the door.
Qi Huan: ...
The long sofa was a little messy, with several cushions thrown all over the seat, and one of them had just been brought to the ground by Qi Huan.
The coffee table was randomly filled with nine-grid snack boxes, water cups, fruit shell basins, and paper and pen for making menus.
"Please take a seat." Qi Huan quickly picked up the cushion and threw it back to the corner of the sofa, and asked Jiufang Yan to sit on the single sofa diagonally opposite the long sofa.
Jiufang Xian pretended not to notice his little action, lifted her skirt and sat down elegantly.
Qi Huan took out another box, placed it respectfully in front of Jiufang Yan, then stood up to pour her a glass of water.
Jiufang Yan nodded in thanks, "Stop busying yourself, sit down, let's chat for a while."
Now comes the main topic. Qi Huan felt inexplicably nervous and sat down properly.
"When I first saw you, I thought you were drinking lei cha." Seeing that he was really reserved, Jiufang Yu joked about the snack box in front of him to ease the atmosphere.
"No, just some snacks and tea. If you like to drink lei cha..." Qi Huan relaxed a little when she mentioned food and drink, knowing that she meant the snack box that looked like a lei cha 'disc'. He paused and jumped up again, "Wait a minute, I'll get one and make you one right away."
He was so fast that he rushed out the door like a whirlwind before Jiufang Yan could refuse.
What a naive child! Jiufang Yan shook his head helplessly at the half-open door.
Not long after, Qi Huan came back with a tray of things. In addition to small plates filled with various ingredients for lei cha, there was also a tooth bowl and a small red clay stove for boiling water.
Most of the things were borrowed from Po Ren. He liked to drink Lei Cha, and sometimes he would drag Qi Huan to have a few cups in the afternoon.
Qi Huan also gave him a tea with the longest name in history, [Sesame Salt Bamboo Shoots Chestnut Luffa Seed Walnut Kernel Spring Bulrush Swan Osmanthus Rose Pouring Brine Lu'an Sparrow Tongue Bud Tea], or tea recipe, because all the ingredients are in this name. This tea is the secret weapon that Pan Jinlian used to charm the gourmet Ximen Qing.
Not to mention the interstellar age, even when Qi Huan wanted to restore this tea on Earth, he didn't fully understand what "Chun Buliao" and "Haiqing Na Tian'e" specifically referred to. After looking through various data, he could only vaguely guess that "Chun Buliao" was a pickled vegetable similar to Chinese mustard, "Haiqing" might be olives, and "Tian'e" might be ginkgo, also known as ginkgo nuts.
When he gave this tea recipe to Po Ren, he just said that he had heard about it by accident and he didn't fully understand what some of the ingredients were. He then provided a bunch of "guesses" and asked Po Ren to study it slowly later. Unexpectedly, Po Ren really started to study it with great interest. Whenever he thought of a possible ingredient, he would experiment and then discuss it with Qi Huan.
What Qi Huan was preparing to make for Jiufang Yu at this moment was the latest version of the formula that they had been researching and improving over the past two days.
"Please wait a moment, it will be ready soon." Qi Huan skillfully placed the items on the tray one by one on the large table in the living room.
"That's troublesome." Jiufang Yan really liked drinking Lei Cha. Now that Qi Huan was ready, he didn't want to spoil his fun, so he just went with the flow and agreed.
Qi Huan first put Qingxin green bud tea in a bowl as a base, soaked it in boiling water, then added peeled and roasted sesame seeds, and quickly ground them together with the tea leaves with a pestle.
In fact, it is more convenient to use a food processor, but the flavor of hand-beaten food is more delicate. This is made for Jiufang Xun, so Qi Huan is naturally not afraid of trouble to show his sincerity.
His physique and strength have increased dramatically, and his hands are strong. Although the grinding speed cannot be compared with that of a food processor, it is not slow, and it takes only two or three minutes. If you make tea in the Song Dynasty, you can basically finish it by adding water, whisking and stirring several times.
Qi Huan knew that his technique was not professional, so he wanted to improve the taste. He added chestnuts, pine nuts, salted bamboo shoots, walnut kernels, spring fruit kernels, rattan threads, mint, green fruit, silver fruit, osmanthus and rose jam, and started pounding it again.
The pestle rolled quickly over the bulging grooves of the bowl, making a light and regular sound. The aroma of nuts and flower paste spread, and Qi Huan's uneasy mood gradually relaxed in the familiar aroma of the ingredients.
Jiufang Xuan looked at the tray filled with dishes of condiments, smelled the gradually richer aroma, and his eyes became more and more filled with anticipation.
"Alright." Qi Huan flicked his wrist, holding the pestle in the bowl and making a handsome dragon-like gesture. He picked up the kettle beside him and poured the slightly bubbling boiling water into the tea mud in batches, stirred it evenly, and then divided it into the two tea cups prepared earlier.
"Please." Qi Huan respectfully handed one of the cups to Jiufang Yan.
The first sip is of sweet floral fragrance, which brings you into the depths of flowers. The rich aroma hits you in the face, followed by the mellow and dense taste of various nuts and auxiliary ingredients. The layers are rich and charming, and occasionally there is a cool mint, like a breeze passing over the teeth. The smooth tea soup goes into the throat, and the green tea aroma surges up, turning the richness into elegance, with a clear and sweet aftertaste.
Even though Jiufang Xuan had prepared himself mentally, he was still amazed by the taste and couldn't help but praise, "The lei cha you made is truly one of a kind."
"Ma'am, you're too kind." Seeing that she liked it, Qi Huan felt a lot more relaxed.
"This morning..." Jiufang Yu had just said four words when Qi Huan drooped his eyelids guiltily.
Am I that scary? Jiufang stopped talking and sighed silently in his heart. This was the second time he doubted himself today.
"Actually, I don't mean anything else. I just want to ask you what you think of Ahan?" Jiufang Xian took a sip of tea, his jaw curved in an elegant arc.
Idea? This word is a bit broad. Qi Huan didn't know how Jiu Fangyu explained it in the morning. He could only hold the teacup and said vaguely, "It's good."
"How good is it?"
Qi Huan choked. How could anyone describe this?
"Originally, there is no room for me to interfere too much in this kind of matter, but now besides Tuan Tuan, I only have this blood-related brother, and I can't help but worry too much most of the time, so I came to you rashly. Please forgive my abruptness." Jiufang Yu bowed his head to Qi Huan apologetically.
"No, no, don't say that." Qi Huan was confused and increasingly unsure of Jiufang Yu's intention.
"Ahan is a thoughtful and proud child. He likes to solve problems by himself and only reports good news, not bad news." Jiufang Yan gently put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Qi Huan with his beautiful eyes. "I can see that he likes you very much, and you should like him too, but I am worried that there are some things he didn't tell you clearly."
When Qi Huan heard the words "he likes you very much", his heart skipped a beat. After hearing the last sentence, many melodramatic plots from movies and TV dramas flashed through his mind. What was not made clear was it possible that he had a childhood sweetheart or a complicated relationship with her in the Ninth Star Region?
"Mrs. Jiufang, I usually only like to think about food. I'm a bit stupid when it comes to some things, so I don't quite understand what you mean."
"Then I'll be direct," Jiufang Xian smiled bitterly, "Ahan's health condition is not very good. To be more precise, it is very bad. According to the latest examination report from the medical team, he may not live for more than half a year. Do you have this psychological expectation?"
Qi Huan was stunned. He didn't expect that Jiufang Yan wanted to talk about this.
"He strictly forbade the medical team to tell anyone about this. I can understand that he doesn't want everyone to worry about him. But if the two of you..." Jiufang Xian paused, "I still think you should know about this."
Qi Huan felt that Jiufang Yu might have misunderstood the "progress" between him and Jiufang Yu, but through Jiufang Yu's words and what Diwu Yuan had heard before, he suddenly understood why Jiufang Yu had been unwilling to speak clearly before. The Star Lord felt that he did not have much time left, so he did not want to confirm this relationship, so as not to drag him down in the future.
Seeing Qi Huan in a daze without saying anything, Jiufang Yan thought that he couldn't accept this matter so he sighed and said, "Fortunately, it's not too late to know now, and there is still a chance to choose. You can think about it carefully. If you really want to break up, don't worry about Ah Han. I will do my best to comfort him then..."
"No, I know. I also know that the special properties of my mental power may be very helpful to his condition. If we combine them, there is a 20% to 30% chance of curing him." Qi Huan was afraid that Jiufang Yu would think too much, so he hurriedly explained. There was no doubt about the source of Jiufang Yu's information. It must be the medical team. Then she must know the special nature of her mental power, so there was no need to hide anything.
"Did he tell you?" Jiufang Yan looked surprised.
Qi Huan shook his head and omitted the part about Diwu Yuan. "I found out about it accidentally."
"Then do you know that there is a 70% chance that this treatment will cause irreversible damage to you?" Jiufang Yu said solemnly, "If it fails, it will ruin your future as a guide."
As a sister, she hoped very much that Jiufang Yu would be Qi Huan's first choice so that the combination could be carried out smoothly. But as a guide, she didn't want to see a top guide with unlimited talent being ruined like this, so she came to Qi Huan and tried to give him the right to choose.
She even thought of a backup plan. If Qi Huan was worried about the danger of backlash, he would provide assistance, and she, who also had A-level mental power, would be in charge of the specific operations. She was willing to take the risk of backlash and lose everything she had to save her brother, as long as he was alive.
"Looking at it the other way around, isn't there still a 30% chance of success? It's slightly higher than the probability of him being cured." Qi Huan gestured with his thumb and index finger, and said optimistically, "Besides, I didn't intend to focus my future life on being a guide. My life ideal is to be a happy chef and make a lot of money." It would be even better if she could get a handsome husband by the way.
"You leave me speechless." Jiufang Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
She never expected that the future of a guide was not something Qi Huan considered at all. Jiufang Yu was not his first choice, but his only choice. This unlucky boy finally got lucky in the end and met a very good person.
"Don't worry, I have tried my combing technique. There is no problem in operation. It's just that I don't have practical experience. I may need to start with shallow combing and take it step by step." Qi Huan added.
"That's perfect. I brought a top-level combing cabin with me this time. When the time comes, I'll find a location with a suitable energy concentration in the new base to install and activate it. The combing effect will be much better..."
Before Jiufang Yu finished speaking, the door was suddenly opened and Jiufang Yu strode in.
Jiufang Yu looked at the two people in the room, and was relieved to see that Qi Huan's expression did not show the discomfort and embarrassment he had expected. "Sister, you tricked me away just to come to see Huan Huan alone?"
He took a few steps towards the two of them and stood in front of Qi Huan with a protective attitude.
Jiufang Yan didn't feel the slightest bit of embarrassment at being exposed. He calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip. "You're rude. We're both guides. What's wrong with chatting alone?"
"Sister, he is a very simple person, you don't have to..."
"Alright, alright, let's stop talking, okay?" Jiufang Yan interrupted him and stood up with a cold face, "I've been on the starship for two days and haven't had a good rest. I need to go get some sleep to make up for it."
"Huanhuan, your tea is delicious. Try my craftsmanship next time you have the chance." When turning to Qi Huan, Jiufang Huan's face was filled with a gentle smile again.
"Okay." Qi Huan nodded hurriedly.
After Jiufang Yu left, Jiufang Yu immediately looked at Qi Huan, "My sister didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"
"No," Qi Huan shook his head, "She's very nice, kind and sincere to others."
If there hadn't been an "accident" with Diwuyuan, he would have learned about Jiufang Yu's true condition from Jiufang Yu today. He was very grateful that Jiufang Yu was willing to tell him the truth, giving him the opportunity to choose, instead of being heartlessly kept in the dark until the end.
"You were really rude to your sister just now." Qi Huan added.
Jiufang Yu choked and sighed softly, "Then I'll find a chance to apologize to her later."
"We can have it tonight." Qi Huan walked to the coffee table proudly and picked up the menu that was already mostly written. "I asked Tuantuan about your sister's preferences, and I will definitely make her happy when the time comes."
The bright smile in Qi Huan's eyes dazzled Jiu Fangyu in the sunlight and made him lose consciousness for a moment. "Thank you."
"Just a 'thank you' is too insincere, give me a red envelope!"
Jiufang Yu nodded slightly, a smile flashing in his eyes, "Okay."
"Oh no, that's bad. I forgot to tell your sister about Si Liang's small treasury. I should have given her the investment contract just now." Speaking of the red envelope, Qi Huan suddenly remembered another thing.
"I told you, she won't care about that." Not only will she not care, she will probably spend more money to give to Qi Huan as pocket money.
At the welcoming banquet for Jiufang Yu and Si Liang, the Pozhan couple, the Ferocious Beast Squad, Diwuwei, Diwuyuan, the shop owner, Senior Aluan, No. 2, No. 4 and other acquaintances were all present. In addition, there was also Jiufang Yu's sworn brother, Yao Yao.
Qi Huan and Po Ren naturally had seats as well, but they had to work in the kitchen for the first half of the meal, and could only sit down to eat after they had finished preparing the last dish.
The first dish, Taishi Glass Shrimp, was a huge success.
The color is pure white and the shape is pretty, just like a piece of glass condensed into a flower. It has a slightly crispy aroma when you put it in your mouth. The fat aroma of ham, the mushroom aroma of matsutake, and the salty and fresh taste of shrimp roe together bring out the sweetness of the shrimp meat. The fresh taste is like thick ink falling on paper, spreading layer by layer on the tip of the tongue and lingering.
What’s even more surprising is the texture of the shrimp meat.
In the past, shrimps in most dishes were designed to be soft, tender and chewy, but this dish is crispy and firm, tender on the outside and soft on the inside. The center is as soft and smooth as half-cooked juicy pork, giving the lips and teeth endless tenderness and tenderness, and is extremely satisfying.
In the kitchen of Tianfeng Pavilion, Qi Huan and Po Ren were preparing other dishes in an orderly manner.
Qi Huan skillfully cut open the broken vine, and transparent mucus flowed out along the cut surface.
He was just about to rinse off the mucus as usual, when for some unknown reason he had an idea. He picked up the half vine and put it to his nose and sniffed it. He then took out the detector and scanned the mucus left on the chopping board. The value instantly soared to SS level.
Qi Huan frowned in confusion, scraped the mucus on the vine into a small bowl, rinsed it clean, and measured the remaining vine branches with a detector. An S grade was shown on the display.
Why would the mucus have a higher energy than the vine branches? His heart suddenly jumped and he thought of a possibility. He immediately wiped his hands and sent a message to Jiufang Yu, [Do you think it is possible that the beast core is not solid or gem-like? ]
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