Chapter 176 Meow Meow
Jian Yunlan lifted the lid of the stew pot, and a rich aroma of braised meat instantly rose up along with the hot steam.
He used chopsticks to take out pieces of braised pork belly from the pot and placed them on the chopping board. The pork belly soaked in brown-red sauce was trembling on the chopsticks, and the marinade was dripping down continuously. It was so fragrant and hot that it could make people stare at it!
...Hu Qianye is a person who has no special requirements for food.
It can be seen from his current living conditions - he has not been able to open the pot for several days, and he eats only to survive. He is really extremely hungry, so it is not impossible for him to go outside and pick up a piece of tree bark to chew on.
In his eyes, there is no difference between delicacies from land and sea and simple meals; they are just things that can fill the stomach.
He had other more important things in mind and certainly wouldn't waste time on eating.
There are some gourmets in the city who can do anything for a bite of food. Hu Qianye has always been disdainful of those people.
Isn't it just food? What's the difference between delicious and not delicious?
However, at this moment, standing in front of Jian Yunlan's stove, for the first time in history...
"Goo-gi-gi-gi!"
Hu Qianye's stomach growled loudly and he couldn't help swallowing.
But the more I swallowed, the more I felt the empty stomach.
“…”
Over there, Jian Yunlan gently crushed the pork belly on the chopping board with the back of a knife. The thoroughly cooked pork belly was very soft, and even the fat part was as crystal clear as jelly, oily but not greasy. It was flattened in an instant, and the fragrant fat flowed out.
Jian Yunlan then finely chopped the meat and green peppers, poured a small dish of sauce on them, and stuffed them into the cut bun.
A roujiamo is freshly baked!
Suddenly, I heard a suspicious sound of water.
"Tick-tick, tick-tick, tick-tick..."
Jian Yunlan: “?”
Following the sound of water, I saw Hu Qianye standing next to the stove without knowing when, his eyes shining as he stared at the roujiamo.
The dripping sound was actually the saliva flowing down from the corners of his lips!
Jian Yunlan was suddenly amused and said, "Mr. Hu, this roujiamo is prepared for you, please eat it!"
Hearing this, Hu Qianye wiped his saliva and asked hesitantly: "I, can I really eat it? I didn't do anything, so I can't accept the reward without any merit..."
"You can eat, there are still a lot of ingredients."
The chef system provides a lot of ingredients, enough to make at least twenty roujiamo. Hu Qianye can eat one without any impact at all. Moreover, Hu Qianye saved his life. If he hadn't come to his aid, Jian Yunlan would probably be in jail now.
Since Jian Yunlan said so, Hu Qianye certainly didn't refuse anymore. He was already very greedy.
"Well, then I won't be polite!"
Hu Qianye took the roujiamo from Jian Yunlan's hand with trembling hands.
The most critical steps in making roujiamo are stewing the meat and kneading the dough to make the steamed bun. Now both ingredients are ready. Jian Yunlan was also hungry, so after handing the steamed bun to Hu Qianye, he quickly made a roujiamo for himself and started eating it.
Hu Qianye, who was standing next to him, stuffed the roujiamo into his mouth without hesitation the next second he got it and took a bite -
“Ouch…”
After taking the first bite of Roujiamo, Hu Qianye’s eyes widened in shock.
...This is so, so, so delicious!
The golden crust of the steamed bun was even crispier than he had imagined, and it was hot, with a freshly fried aroma. The steamed bun is so crispy on the outside, but soft on the inside, with a kind of chewy texture, soaked in the fragrant fat of the pork belly, and every bite gives people an incomparable satisfaction.
With a little force from my teeth, I was able to penetrate the steamed bun skin and taste the rich filling.
The pork belly filling, which is fat and lean, is braised to be salty, fragrant and juicy. It is thoroughly soaked in the aroma of the sauce when stewed over a slow fire. It melts in the mouth without the need for chewing, and the juice overflows. The full sauce flows in the mouth along with the animal oil. It is so delicious that one can't wait to swallow his tongue!
Just one bite was enough to completely conquer Hu Qianye.
"Jian..." Hu Qianye racked his brains but couldn't think of what to call Jian Yunlan, so he simply said, "Master Jian, your cooking skills are simply amazing. After having a bite of this, I would not even be able to envy the life of a god!"
Jian Yunlan has been making his living with his cooking skills for many years and is used to being praised, so he accepted it without being too humble.
Moreover, he himself thought that this roujiamo was really good.
Jian Yunlan is a cook and has never lack of delicious food, so he eats quite moderately.
Hu Qianye is different.
He held the roujiamo in his hands and ate it in big mouthfuls, wolfing it down. His face turned red and he felt that he had never been so happy in his life.
——The chewy steamed bun skin and juicy meat filling contain both carbohydrates and meat. The soft and crumbly steamed bun skin tightly wraps the fragrant braised meat, but it may be a bit greasy if you eat too much. However, the presence of chopped green peppers completely dilutes that slight greasy taste, adding a refreshing spiciness that makes people more addicted the more they eat it.
Hu Qianye ate one bite after another and soon finished the whole roujiamo!
Just as the two were immersed in the joy of delicious food.
No one noticed that the rich aroma of Roujiamo flowed out through Hu Qianye's leaky broken window and completely filled the entire street...
“…”
It was noon.
Every household has started cooking for lunch, and the various food stalls on the streets have become bustling with activity. Along with the stall owners' shouts, long queues have formed in front of many food stalls and restaurants. The whole street was filled with the aroma of various foods, mixed together, making it difficult to tell what exactly was what.
Until, a rich aroma of roujiamo suddenly came with the wind.
——Even on Dongyun Street filled with the aroma of various foods, the aroma of Roujiamo is extremely strong. The aroma of the braised meat and the aroma of the hot steamed bun are mixed together. The style is distinctive and unique. It swept the entire street in an extremely domineering way, and for a moment it even overshadowed the aroma of all other foods!
All the pedestrians on the street were stunned.
Many restaurants on the street are reluctant to use enough ingredients, and often they only have a small amount of meat on a large pancake. Most of the food does not have such a strong meaty aroma. Therefore, the aroma of the roujiamo becomes more special, and just smelling it makes people drool.
People looked at each other and whispered:
"This... tastes similar. Which restaurant is this food from?"
"The aroma of this braised meat is so rich, I wonder how big the meat is. It's really generous."
“I really want to try it!”
There was even a little girl who sat on the ground, hugged her mother's skirt, and burst into tears: "Mom, mom, Yun'er wants to eat roujiamo!!!"
This cry expressed the thoughts of half the children on the street.
Adults can still hide it. People on the street, even if they are greedy, would at most ask a few questions so as not to appear too anxious. But it’s different for children. No matter whether they have eaten or not, when they smell the aroma of roujiamo, their stomachs will rumble loudly in unison.
For a moment, the whole street was filled with the loud cries of children: "I want to eat Roujiamo, too!" "Daddy, Mommy, I'm so hungry, I want to eat it so badly, please." "Wuwuwuwuwu! I'm so hungry! So hungry!"
The parents with their children were in tears.
Not to mention the children, they themselves would feel hungry just by smelling this smell!
In Mingyue Tower, the most famous restaurant in Dongyun Street, the young masters who were having a party were all disturbed by the crying of the children and frowned: "Why are these children crying for no reason?"
The restaurant owner hurried to close the window, but it was too late.
Along with the crying sound, the rich aroma of roujiamo also drifted in through the window.
In the restaurant, Li Fugui, the chubby son of the Li family, was surrounded by servants. He was holding a big, shiny chicken leg and eating it with great pleasure.
But after smelling the aroma of roujiamo, Li Fugui suddenly stopped gnawing on the chicken leg.
Smelling the roujiamo, the table full of fish and meat in front of me suddenly didn’t smell good anymore!
"...Tomorrow is the Wanling Sect's general election, and this young master must eat well." Li Fugui murmured while wiping his saliva.
"No matter which restaurant this is," Li Fugui put down the chicken leg and stuffed a few taels of silver into the hands of his servants. "Go to the street and find it for me immediately. Whoever finds it will be rewarded handsomely!"
The same scene also happened in many different corners of Dongyun Street.
Even the officers and soldiers who had just been chasing Jian Yunlan began to pace restlessly on their horses, smelling the fragrance and almost forgetting their mission.
The two soldiers on horseback didn't look at the road and bumped into each other.
"Oh my god! You're looking for death by walking without looking at the road!"
"You still have the nerve to say that to me?! I see you're drooling, aren't you ashamed——"
As they were talking, they actually started pushing each other!
As a result, the entire Dongyun Street was filled with crying children, helpless parents, fighting soldiers, and people running around looking for the source of the fragrance. It was a complete mess.
...Jane Yunlan, the main culprit who caused all this commotion, was still sitting in Hu Qianye's thatched cottage, eating roujiamo, and was oblivious to all this.
He had to finish the roujiamo quickly, fill his stomach, and restore his energy, so that he could continue to look for Lord Taotie.
Hu Qianye's hut is located at the very edge of Dongyun Street. It is not as prosperous as the center, and the houses are not densely populated. The neighbors keep their doors tightly closed for fear of being broken in. Therefore, no one around has noticed anything unusual for the time being.
Hu Qianye reacted quickly.
...At this moment, he had already finished five whole roujiamo. Although he wanted to eat more, his full stomach would not allow him to eat more.
When the crying of a child was heard in the distance, Hu Qianye's ears moved, his expression changed, and he immediately understood what had happened.
It would be bad if so many people followed the smell and found his hut.
So he immediately concentrated, held his breath, and made hand gestures.
Soon, an invisible barrier unfolded rapidly, like a curtain, wrapping the entire room. Suddenly, all sound, light, and gas could not penetrate or dissipate.
Jian Yunlan looked at his actions curiously, wanting to ask something but not knowing how to start.
Hu Qianye saw through his doubts at a glance and smiled slightly, but did not explain. Instead, he asked, "Brother Jian, you are not from this world, right?"
Jian Yunlan had no intention of hiding it and nodded sincerely: "I came here to look for someone."
"I just heard you say on the street that you were looking for..." Hu Qianye paused before saying the name, "Master Taotie?"
When Jian Yunlan heard Hu Qianye mention Taotie, his eyes lit up.
"Do you know him? Do you have any clues?"
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