Chapter 43

Messenner got a new dress.

Jiang Li also got a new dress.

The tailor shop across the street was open for business. From the moment the master and apprentice entered the shop, they kept smiling. Messenner changed out of his usual gray robe, which was brand new from inside to outside. The new robe was light blue, the fabric was smooth and soft, and it was woven with a kind of magical plant material. It seemed to sparkle when he walked. The silver-haired elf looked in the mirror, his pointed ears trembled, and he adjusted his steps left and right, feeling a little uncomfortable.

The tailor smoothed the wrinkles on Jiang Li's coat and kept praising him: "Mr. Jiang Li, there is no one in Dolei City who is more suitable for this suit than you. Look how handsome you are in it. Even if Master Dean comes, he may not be able to compare with you!"

The tailor picked up a few accessories inlaid with sparkling gems from the shelf next to him. Jiang Li did not refuse and let him hang these jingling accessories on his body.

The person in the mirror almost blended into the style of the other world, and Jiang Li could hardly recognize himself.

However, it is necessary to buy new clothes for the New Year.

He glanced at Messenner. Following the tailor's recommendation, the silver-haired elf tried on several outfits. He seemed to like the light blue robe he was wearing the most. He stood in front of the mirror for a long time without moving.

"Those..." Jiang Li stretched out his hand and drew a circle, circled the ones that the elves had tried on and those that he had tried on, "And these, I want them all."

The smile on the tailor's face could no longer be suppressed. He quickly made a list for the customer, calculated the amount, and asked casually: "Mr. Jiang Li, do you have any important days recently? In fact, if you are willing to give me some time, I can make better and more suitable clothes."

"No, this is good."

Jiang Li took out his wallet, paid for the new clothes for the two of them, and left the address of the house in the other world, asking the employees in the store to deliver the newly purchased clothes to his home.

When walking out of the store door, Messenner pulled his robe to prevent it from being snagged. The light blue robe seemed to contain tiny starlight, and it looked like a shimmering galaxy under the sunlight.

When the master and the apprentice walked on the shopping street, they attracted the attention of countless people.

"Mr. Jiang Li?"

"Mr. Jiang Li, why did you suddenly change your appearance today? I almost didn't recognize you."

"Is this... Mr. Elf? You look so beautiful today."

"Is there something worth celebrating?" someone asked.

Messenner also looked at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was in high spirits, his eyes sparkling: "Teacher, is there anything else you want? Whatever you want today, I can buy it for you, anything is fine!"

The silver-haired elf thought for a moment and said, "Vegetables."

"Huh?"

"You said before that there are many vegetables I haven't seen before." Messenner asked seriously, "And kelp, can vegetables grow in the sea?"

"..."

Jiang Li was helpless: "Okay, then I'll go buy vegetables. Teacher, can you go back and clean the house, please?"

"Okay."

The two parted ways in the shopping street.

During the New Year, many stores on the street were closed, and there were few people in the vegetable market, but large supermarkets were still open, and the restaurants in the shopping malls were also crowded. Jiang Li went to buy a lot of fresh ingredients and also visited the milk tea shop next door. He spent a lot of effort to bring these things back.

When he used magic to float these large and small bags of things back, Messenner had already cleaned the house.

The magic of cleaning swept through the whole house, even the old dirt in the corners was cleaned up, the metal utensils were shining, and there was not even a speck of dust on the intricately patterned carpet, which exuded the fragrance of detergent sold in the supermarket. The elf moved the succulent tree to the window, letting the sunlight shine on the plant, and he was manually cleaning the dust on it.

The succulent tree happily shook its plump, colorful leaves under his hands, basking in the sunlight, and looking energetic.

Jiang Li put down his things, rubbed his hands and walked over, squeezing out Messenner's position.

Messenner looked at him in confusion.

"Let me change its color." Jiang Li recalled the magic he had learned before to change the color of plants. He put his palm on the succulent tree, and the colorful leaves began to tremble. He said to the succulent tree cheerfully: "I'll give you a new dress today."

Under his palm, the magic light lit up, covering the entire succulent tree. When the light faded, the colorful leaves of the succulent tree turned into a festive red.

Jiang Li withdrew his hand, took out a Chinese knot from the shopping bag, and hung it on the top of it.

The elf's emerald eyes stared at him, watching him running around in the living room. Magic made those strange red decorations float up and hang them everywhere in the house. Even the windows were covered with strange red decorations.

After doing all this, Jiang Li took out a cup of milk tea from the bag and inserted a straw: "Teacher, try this."

Messenner looked at the drink in front of him. The appearance was a beautiful pink color. He smelled the fruity aroma of strawberries from it. It was very strong. The bottom of the cup was still precipitated with strawberry pulp. At the same time, he also smelled a faint milky fragrance.

Messenner did not take it: "Milk?"

"No, it's coconut milk."

"Coconut milk?"

"It's made from coconuts. Teacher, have you been to the seaside? There are coconut trees there." Jiang Li gestured and explained: "Its fruit is brown and round, and when you open it, there is clear coconut water inside."

Messenner recalled that in order to challenge the powerful magician, he traveled to many places, including the easternmost part of the continent. He also saw the sea and the fruit called coconut tree. The juice of that fruit was very light, with only a faint sweetness.

He did not smell the smell of animals from the cup.

Messenner took it curiously.

Coconut milk?

In addition to vegetable oil, is there plant milk?

The elf took a sip cautiously. Coconut milk mixed with strawberry jam went into his mouth through the straw. The dairy product called coconut milk had the aroma of coconut, a mellow taste, and was mixed with the fragrance of strawberry jam. Messenner couldn't help but take another sip. The ice cubes in the cup had not melted yet. The iced drink was not only not sweet, but also very refreshing.

Gulp. A transparent succulent Bobo was sucked in by him.

Messenner blinked in confusion, chewing the succulent Bobo in his mouth. It was bouncy and crunchy. His green eyes lit up slightly, and he used a straw to look for traces of other succulent Bobos.

Jiang Li had already entered the kitchen with the remaining shopping bags and started to prepare the ingredients. The kitchen utensils inside were very complete, all of which he moved from the supermarket.

While enjoying the delicious milk tea, Messenner returned to the succulent tree in a happy mood and continued his unfinished housework.

He reached out and touched the fiery red leaves of the succulent tree. They were round and plump. In the bright afternoon sunlight, the new color looked like rubies.

"...Huh?"

Messenal let go of the straw and looked at the red succulent tree in front of him in confusion.

Why am I suddenly unhappy?

...

At dusk.

The orange-red sunset shone through the window, covering the fiery red succulent tree with a layer of warm gold.

When the door was knocked, Jiang Li was moving things to the big table in the restaurant. He had no free hands, so he glanced in the direction of the door from a distance, and the two tall wooden doors automatically opened slowly to both sides.

Augustus, dressed in his best clothes, stood outside the door. His ceremonial dress was hung with exquisite pendants. His blond hair was tied behind his head, revealing his shiny forehead and azure eyes. This was the first time he received an invitation from Jiang Li, and it was as solemn as accepting a summons from the king.

"Jiang Li, what is that you posted on the door?" Augustus walked in. While presenting the gift he had prepared, he couldn't help but look back: "What's on that red one? Is it a kind of magic?"

Jiang Li smiled and explained: "It's not magic, it's a decoration of my hometown."

"Your hometown?"

"Just like the Winter Snow Festival in Dore City, today is an important day for my hometown."

Augustus suddenly realized.

At the same time, he was more excited and overwhelmed by joy. On such an important day, Jiang Li did not leave as usual, but stayed in Dore City and invited him to his home. This greatly shows that Dore City has a special status in Jiang Li's heart.

And he, Augustus Dean, is the most trustworthy friend in Jiang Li's heart!

The blond noble rolled up his sleeves, took a cassette cooker from Jiang Li, and placed it on the long table in the middle of the restaurant.

The table was already full of processed ingredients, with two pots in the middle and a black iron plate, whose use was unknown. Augustus looked at the cassette cooker in his hand curiously. From the outside, he had no way of telling the use of such a thing.

When Jiang Li turned the button, a blue flame suddenly rose, and his eyes widened: "Magic, magic props?"

The silver-haired elf also stood in front of the table, looking at the stove in front of him with a serious face. He did not feel any magical elements from it.

Jiang Li opened several cassette cookers one by one, put two pots on them, poured tomato hot pot base into one, and the other was filled with bone soup that had been simmered for an afternoon. Tomato hot pot is for vegetarian elves, and big bone soup is used to cook seafood hot pot.

As for the black iron plate in the middle, it is intended for grilling.

Jiang Li's cooking skills are limited, and he can't make any big meals. Hot pot and grilling are the most convenient.

"This is called a cassette stove." Jiang Li explained to the two people: "As you can see, it's just a stove."

But it is a convenient stove.

Augustus' eyes lit up when he saw the cassette stove. He had heard from Jiang Li a long time ago that the real way to eat hot pot is to eat it while it is cooking. As a nobleman, and the dining etiquette that has been followed from childhood to adulthood, he can't move the restaurant to the kitchen where food is cooked, but this mobile stove just solves this problem.

However, before he could think about it, his eyes were quickly attracted by other things on the table.

He pointed at the king crab that had been processed and reassembled, and asked in confusion: "What is this? A spider monster?"

Jiang Li: "...It's a crab."

"Crab?" The blond nobleman who lived deep inland had never seen such a creature: "What is this?"

Jiang Li concluded: "It's delicious."

It looks so ugly and has a strange smell. Can it be delicious? Augustus was skeptical.

Out of trust in Jiang Li, he did not refute.

When everything was ready, the sky outside had completely darkened, all the candles in the house were lit, and the magic lamp hung high above the head, illuminating the room as bright as day.

The hot pot was boiling, and the aroma from the bottom of the pot was emitting. Everyone put the ingredients into the pot and waited for them to be cooked. Jiangli put the pre-processed scallops on the baking tray, which was already topped with vermicelli and minced garlic, and served with the prepared sauce.

The silver-haired elf stared at the tomato pot intently, and the blond noble glanced at the strange-looking ingredients, and his eyes also fell on the tomato hot pot. There were many vegetables in it that he had never seen before. Could they be the seeds to be sown in the spring?

Compared with those strange-looking seafoods that exuded a fishy and salty smell, these vegetables were undoubtedly more attractive.

The plump scallop meat was roasted at high temperature, the aroma of garlic and seasoning sauce was wafting with the steam, the baking pan was sizzling, and under the effect of high temperature, the fishy smell was gradually covered and disappeared by the garlic aroma, and the unique freshness of seafood was stimulated.

When the aroma came out, Augustus began to become restless, and couldn't help but move his eyes away from the tomato hot pot and look at the vermicelli scallops in the baking pan.

What...what is this smell? !