Chapter 17 My sister is lucky that she doesn't hurt anyone
To be precise, it was not frozen, but was 'poked' in the air by a green hair.
To be more precise, it was not hair, but a green vine with thorns.
Qi Huan blinked twice to make sure he was not mistaken. It was a vine. Lin Jian's green hair floated horizontally in the air against gravity, turning into a vine that looked like a restless living thing.
"Do you want more?" Lin Jian calmly glanced at Wei Jin who was sitting diagonally opposite him.
Wei Jin nodded.
The thin vine stretched forward and brought the fish ball with the tip to Wei Jin. Wei Jin picked up the fish ball as if nothing had happened. The vine turned back into hair. Lin Jian took out his handkerchief, picked up one of the strands and began to wipe it slowly.
"Ahem..." Qi Huan cleared his throat, trying to ignore the weird scene just now, "Fish balls are slippery, I suggest you use a spoon."
"This fish ball is delicious." Lin Jian nodded to Qi Huan affirmatively.
Huh? Qi Huan was stunned. Wasn't Lin Jian busy drying her hair? There were still three fish balls in the bowl of fish ball soup in front of him, clearly untouched.
Could it be... He subconsciously glanced at Lin Jian's just-brushed hair, and a part of his worldview slightly cracked.
"The staple foods include red rice, Chunfeng Biluo, and braised beast's foot noodles. Does anyone want to try braised beast's foot noodles?" Qi Huan tried hard to maintain a smile, mechanically calculating in his mind the time to make boiled pork slices and pear and shrimp.
Everyone was obviously averse to ingredients like animal feet. In the end, a young man with a crew cut at Qin Huai's table asked for a small portion, saying he wanted to try it.
When the main course was served, Qi Huan added an extra braised egg to the young man's portion of braised pork bone noodles.
The man was a little worried at first, but the overflowing aroma dispelled many of his concerns. It smelled almost the same as the braised pork that was just served. He tentatively picked up a piece of animal bone and sucked it gently. The soft and glutinous animal meat fell between his teeth, and the taste was fresh and fragrant, refreshing.
"Hmm!" The man couldn't speak with the meat in his mouth. He could only nod vigorously at Qi Huan. It was so delicious!
The rich aroma of the braised meat made everyone around crane their necks. Xue Ke sniffed and immediately felt that the plate of steamed buns next to him was no longer fragrant.
"Little Star Chef, how about you give me a small portion to try?" He couldn't help swallowing. Not sure if it was a psychological effect, but Qi Huan felt that his movements were a bit bear-like.
"Give me one too." Wei Jin couldn't sit still anymore.
"I want one too."
“I want one too!”
Small portion of braised pork bone noodles, +7!
By the time the seven servings of braised pork ribs noodles were served, everyone had been tempted by the aroma of the first bowl and wolfed it down in the blink of an eye, so they had to order eight more bowls. Lin Jian liked the refreshing and sweet pear and shrimp very much. He was very satisfied with the meal and was as generous as ever. He paid three hundred yuan out of a total of just over two hundred yuan.
When they were almost done, Qi Huan urged Quan Hai to go home and bring food to Quan Yu. In addition to the braised pork bone noodles and pear and shrimp he had prepared, he also specially made a limited edition sugar-coated red fruit with sesame seeds for Quan Yu.
After seeing off everyone in the room, Qi Huan was clearing up the dishes in the lobby when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the little guy hiding on the stairs and peeking around.
"Are you hungry?" Qi Huan waved at him. The little guy nodded and ran downstairs.
"Sit down for a while, I'll get you something to eat." Motioning for him to sit at the empty seat at the table next to him, Qi Huan wiped his hands and walked into the kitchen.
The fish ball soup and braised pork bone noodles were both reserved. Qi Huan took out two sets of tableware and was serving the soup when there was a sudden loud noise outside.
He rushed out holding a soup spoon, and saw the basin containing cutlery upside down on the stool, with cups, plates and bowls scattered all over the floor.
"I just want to help." Tuantuan stood by with an empty plate, looking at a loss.
Fortunately, most of the tableware used today was made of metal materials similar to stainless steel. Although the sound was loud, there were not many fragments. After looking the little guy up and down and confirming that he was not injured, Qi Huan gently comforted him, "It's okay, I'm glad you're not hurt."
During the rare dinner time together, Qi Huan tried to improve his relationship and trust with Tuantuan and began to work hard to find topics to talk about.
"Try the fish balls. Are they delicious?"
"Um."
"How about braised pork? I used eighteen kinds of spices as the base."
"tasty."
"How was your day at home?"
"Good."
For each topic, Tuantuan could keep the answer within two words, and could not extend it further. Qi Huan took a big mouthful of noodles in frustration, and then suddenly thought of something that might be of interest to the little guy.
"Is your uncle really that great?"
"Of course, he is the strongest in the entire alliance star field." Tuanzi raised his chubby little chin proudly.
"When I was your age, I also thought my sister was the smartest person in the world." Qi Huan raised the corners of his lips. His attitude changed when he mentioned his uncle. This kid is an uncle-con, right?
"You don't think so now?" the little guy asked back for the first time.
Qi Huan paused with the chopsticks holding the meat and tilted his head slightly, "That's not it, it's just that later I happened to meet a lot of extremely smart guys. We humans have a saying, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. They are good at different fields, and I am the most ordinary one among them, with a limited upper limit, so I can't tell who is smarter among them."
The little guy's eyes lit up. "I see. It's just like the regular force gauge, which can only measure up to the S level. No matter if you are S or super S, the result can only be S. It can't recognize anything higher."
"You know so much." Qi Huan smiled dryly. He didn't even know what the force meter he was talking about was. He could only guess from the Super S level that it might be used to measure mental strength or physical fitness.
"You know too little." The little guy said mercilessly.
"I can't help it. I was seriously injured a few days ago and lost my memory. I forgot a lot of things." Qi Huan shook his chopsticks and put the blame on 'amnesia' without blushing.
"I'm sorry." Little Dumpling showed a guilty look on his face, as if he felt that what he said just now was not very polite. Then he tried to think for a while and praised him, "But your cooking is delicious."
"Thank you." Qi Huan touched his head, and Tuantuan gave him face and did not dodge.
The little guy also has a meat-brained mind. Although he also likes fish balls, he obviously prefers the braised bone noodles. After finishing one portion, he blinked his big, bright eyes and looked at Qi Huan eagerly.
"Want more?" Qi Huan laughed and stood up to serve him a second bowl. "You look a lot like a friend of mine. I learned how to make the braised animal feet dish for him. At that time, I spent a lot of effort to get him to eat more to nourish his body in order to follow the dietary therapy route."
"Replenish your body?"
"Although he looks tall and handsome, he actually has a very poor health. He would end up in the hospital if he wasn't careful. He is literally the type of person who looks good on the outside but is actually rotten on the inside. At that time, I often joked that I was afraid that a mosquito would step on his face and hurt him."
"Is he your partner?"
"Cough! Cough! Cough!" Qi Huan was choked and waved his hands repeatedly, "Of course not, we're just good friends."
"Then why do you take care of him so much?"
"Isn't it normal for friends to tolerate and care for each other? He will take care of me too," Qi Huan shook the spoon twice. "He is a person who often lacks a clue about small things, but is more reliable when things get bigger. Let's put it this way, even if you make a mess of things, he can help you sort it out, and by the way, he can even collect those messes to use as a pillow for you. And he is very patient with his friends, unlike my sister, who will beat people up if they still don't understand after explaining it twice."
"My uncle is the same, and his beatings hurt a lot." The little guy's chubby face wrinkled, looking sympathetic.
"My sister is fine, it doesn't hurt when she gets beaten." Qi Huan winked at the little guy with a 'gloating' look.
"Actually, my uncle's beatings don't hurt that much." Tuantuan added in a low voice, then looked up at Qi Huan, "Has eating more made your friend's health better?"
"Of course there are. Food supplements are not as good as medicine supplements. And delicious food can make people happy. When they are in a good mood, the brain will secrete..." Qi Huan frowned in confusion. He couldn't remember the term that Song Ci had mentioned at the beginning, so he had to vaguely skip it, "ingredients that are beneficial to the body will make the body better. In the short term, for example, when you are tired from staying up late, you can make something salty to replenish your vitality. In the morning, if you can't get up or wake up, you can eat something bitter to wake up and restore your energy. When you are particularly excited, eat sour food to help you concentrate. When you are in a bad mood, eat spicy food to make you happier. When you are irritable and angry and can't control your anger, eat sweet food to make you feel better."
Tuantuan nodded thoughtfully and started eating again.
Qi Huan frowned. Could it be that the little guy was just like Song Ci, sleeping most of the day? Was it because he was in poor health?
After coaxing him to bed to rest, Qi Huan returned to the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to complete the last task: boiling oil and cooking meat.
The Duoduo beast that Lin Jian and his friends brought here today was very fat and very similar to pig fat. He asked Wan Laoer for a piece of fat from its belly, intending to boil it himself to see if it was edible. He also asked for a small piece of spotted beast meat, intending to see what the so-called "unbreakable" effect was.
It is said that the meat of the stone beast is poisonous to the beast clan, just like the viscera of the long-faced beast. It would be bad if someone made a mistake while cooking and got it into the dish, so he deliberately waited until the last minute to get it separately.
Poisonous ingredients are extremely common on Earth, such as some mushrooms, puffer fish, and green beans. In severe cases, they can even be fatal. But as long as you are careful enough, handle them properly, and use the right cooking methods, you can enjoy many top-notch delicacies. Although lard alone is not top-notch, it is an excellent ingredient to enhance the flavor of ingredients.
So even if he can't sell it in the store in the end and can only eat it himself, he thinks it's worth a try.
It is actually very simple to boil lard. Wash the lard, cut it into small pieces, put it in a pot with a small amount of water and boil it over high heat. Wait until all the water evaporates and the lard starts to produce oil. Turn to low heat and stir slowly until the oil is clear and only golden oil residue is left in the pot. Then, just let it cool and solidify into an ointment.
The oil residue that was filtered out was brown in color and fragrant, making people salivate. However, the spotted beast meat did not become soft after stewing, but became tougher and tougher, so hard that it was impossible to eat it.
Qi Huan turned on his personal terminal and confirmed that there was a signal on the star network before carefully picking up a piece of oil residue and throwing it into his mouth. If he felt any discomfort after eating, he would immediately call for medical assistance from the base. After all, no one said that what was harmful to the beasts would be harmless to the humans, right?
The crispy meat scraps burst between the teeth, and the rich aroma of fat quickly filled the entire mouth. All the taste buds were wrapped and swallowed by the meaty aroma. At that moment, there were only four words left in Qi Huan's mind: "I was confused by the aroma."
After waiting for ten minutes, he breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't feel anything unusual. The data said that the beastmen would feel uncomfortable immediately after eating, but it seemed that humans would not.
Later, he sprinkled pepper and salt on it and ate four or five spoonfuls. On the one hand, the taste was too fragrant and he couldn't stop eating. On the other hand, his sister and the dormitory leader often mentioned the issue of dosage when doing experiments. How did they say that it was nonsense to talk about toxicity without considering the dosage. So, he wanted to increase the "dose" to try.
Twenty minutes later, Qi Huan still did not feel any discomfort, but he felt sleepy, so he prepared to wash up and go to bed, intending to wait until the next day to see if there were any delayed adverse reactions.
He had just stepped half a foot into the bathroom when a dark figure suddenly jumped down the stairs from the attic.
The sound of the wind made Qi Huan feel a slight chill on the back of his neck. He was startled and turned around to find that it was Xiaotuanzi.
"You..." What happened? Before Qi Huan could finish, the little guy had already grabbed the corner of his clothes anxiously, "A stone beast broke into the base."
"Are you sure?"
Before the little guy could answer, a sharp alarm sounded outside.
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