Fried hemp leaves
Li Xingzang is a person who usually doesn't get angry unless something big happens. Of course, it's a different matter during a battle, as that's revenge.
Whether it was the elders of Xuecheng or the tourists who came to eat, even He Yishu who secretly called her a capitalist, they all had the same impression of her - a good temper.
But there is one thing: she has a strong possessiveness, and if Boss Li interferes with her territory without permission, she will switch states.
Including but not limited to her territory, such as bedroom and kitchen; her belongings, such as quilts, spatulas, ingredients, etc.
"I've felt like you were sneaking into the kitchen these past two days. Ha, I finally caught you!" Li Xingzang was the type of person who would teach her children without hesitation if they were eager to learn. However, Yu Sishi was obviously not one of them.
After ruining a bag of rice, kicking over a bucket of broth, and burning her best ladle, he was driven out of the kitchen by Li Xingzang, who strictly ordered him not to come near the kitchen except to receive dishes at the window. Unexpectedly, he came here to make trouble in the middle of the night without being watched.
"What are you doing?" Li Xingzang looked at the flour all over the ground, suppressing his anger and asking calmly.
"Oh, I think we have to go to the market early tomorrow and get something to eat." Yu Sishi smiled awkwardly.
"Is this the breakfast you made?" Li Xingzang pointed at the huge dough in the iron basin.
"Isn't that what Boss Li said before? If you have too much noodles, add water; if you have too much water, add noodles."
Well...that's fine.
Li Xingzang sighed, "Officer Yu, why are you so obsessed with cooking?" Some people may be like this, they can repair cars but can't make dumplings; they can plant rice but can never sweep the floor clean... Just like Yu Sishi, he is proficient in fighting and working, but the kitchen is like a forbidden area for him, and he will suffer once he enters it.
"Hmm..." Yu Sishi kept kneading the dough in his hands. His two big hands were particularly strong, and the dough he kneaded should be soft and hard enough. "Boss Li is really happy when he is in the kitchen."
"What?" Li Xingzang was looking at his dough and wondering how to remedy the situation when he suddenly heard these completely unrelated words.
"I think Boss Li is really happy when he cooks, and I want to try it too." Unlike his usual playful smile, Yu Sishi's smile was gentle, but there was a hint of loss between his brows. The dough was suddenly flattened, "But I don't seem to have any talent." After trying several times, not only did he fail, but he also made Boss Li unhappy.
Li Xingzang raised his eyebrows and suddenly asked, "What did you put in there?"
Yu Sishi was stunned for a moment, then turned back to look at the seasoning jars in the kitchen, thought for a moment, and said, "Eggs, sugar, salt..."
After hearing these ingredients, Li Xingzang silently rolled up his sleeves and asked, "Where did you see this tutorial? Are you putting these in the dough to make bread?"
Yu Sishi turned around in surprise, then realized that she was an expert and could guess his purpose just by listening to the materials he used.
"Yes, bread is delicious and filling." Yu Sishi watched Li Xingzang bring out a few more ingredients and couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Is Boss Li going to make a move?"
Unexpectedly, Li Xingzang shook his head and looked at him seriously, "No, you should do it."
"Huh?" Yu Sishi couldn't believe it. Boss Li always kept a close eye on the kitchen, so why was he so generous today?
"When I was teaching you before, I was always interrupted by something. Now that I think about it carefully, your failure may be due to my fault. It just so happens that you have mixed so many noodles, so let's try again today." Li Xingzang tidied up the operating table simply and looked at him with a bright smile, as if the anger just now had completely disappeared.
Yu Si Shi stared at her intently. It was late at night, but in this small world, he seemed to see the sun.
"You've come back to your senses." Li Xingzang said with a smile, "Here." She handed him the knife, "Cut it open."
Yu Sishi blinked. His hair had grown a little longer recently, covering the red tips of his ears.
"Are you making bread?" Yu Sishi asked as he moved in the direction she pointed.
"You seem to prefer Western pastries," Li Xingzang said casually. She had been making a lot of pastries as gifts for guests recently, but she'd noticed that while Yu Sishi liked desserts, he preferred Western-style pastries.
Yu Sishi paused for a moment, then continued with a faint smile, "Most of the researchers in the Divine Domain Organization are from abroad, so naturally, their food is mainly Western-style."
Li Xingzang's smile slowly faded, as he felt that what Yu Sishi was going to talk about was not a light topic.
"The experiments in the Divine Realm are basically conducted in groups, with five or six children in each group, each injected with a different drug. If we can survive the side effects of these drugs, we will become stronger and receive some rewards."
Yu Sishi recalled his childhood experiences, everything seemed so vivid, yet so like a lifetime ago. He smiled as he spoke of those days he had never mentioned to anyone else. "Our group was injected with canine-related drugs, which I heard were extracted from wolf demons and werewolves. For the purpose of the experiment, they replaced the rewards with chocolate and other things containing theobromine."
Li Xingzang watched him nonchalantly, and thought of the scene she had witnessed in the Yuncheng laboratory. Experimental subjects, tubes of medicine, one after another. Compared to Yu Sishi, she was the luckier one.
"I'm very strong," Yu Shishi put the cut dough aside and used chopsticks to melt the brown sugar according to Li Xingzang's instructions. The dark red color was like the blood of the little guys in the laboratory. "I can get a reward every time. Sometimes it's chocolate, sometimes it's small cookies, and sometimes it's strawberry cake." His smile was bitter but also had a hint of sweetness, just like the cocoa beans he ate in those days.
"I am the strongest." Yu Sishi put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Xingzang beside him. The kind girl did not change her nature even after turning into a blood-sucking monster, unlike him.
Li Xingzang blinked, "Well, you are the strongest." The animal world is cruel and realistic. It is conceivable what will happen between those puppies. To become the white wolf today, Yu Sishi must have experienced many battles for the wolf king.
"Then your Majesty, the strongest wolf king, today we are going to prepare traditional Chinese cuisine. It's time for you to show your skills." When a person is in pain and tastes a hint of sweetness, even if this sweetness is poisonous, he will still enjoy it.
"Come, heat up the oil." Li Xingzang moved his lips, determined not to take action today.
Yu Sishi sighed inwardly. How could she be so calm? Didn't she feel sorry for him? She even let him work.
"You really don't want to make bread?" He looked down at her with some disappointment, his wolf-like eyes drooping slightly, appearing harmless and aggrieved.
Li Xingzang sighed, "Why do you think I went to the market so early in the morning?"
"Why?" Yu Sishi looked at her movements curiously.
"You'll know tomorrow." Although Boss Li had made up his mind not to do it himself, he still skillfully folded the rolled dough into a cute... "little shorts".
"Just do as I say." She went to the other side to feel the oil temperature, "Throw it in."
Yu Si was completely confused, not knowing what this was. He felt like it was some kind of dark dish, but Boss Li looked determined, as if he firmly believed that he could make it.
Yu Sishi put the "little pants" or "flowers" in one by one. Yes, the little flowers were pinched by him on a whim, and Boss Li even expressed his approval for this.
A golden color appeared on the dough. Yu Sishi stared at it for a while and suddenly said, "I remember now. This seems to be fried hemp leaves."
"Yes," Li Xingzang nodded, "It's Chinese New Year, so fried hemp leaves are a must."
"Come on, continue." A large basket of fried hemp leaves was placed aside. Li Xingzang didn't mind the heat. Seeing that Yu Sishi's hands were busy, he took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. "How is it?" Boss Li asked with a smile.
The crisp sound continued to ring out, and Yu Sishi's eyes widened, "Hmm!"
Li Xingzang also ate a piece and clapped his hands, "Officer Yu is so awesome! You did all this by yourself, I didn't do anything!" The emotional value was given very well.
"I know this too." Following Boss Li's instructions, Yu Sishi mixed brown sugar water into another ball of dough, and then kneaded the red and white colors together. "These are cat ears. My grandma made them for me when I was a child." He said with surprise, and then realized that something was wrong. The persona he had put up in front of Boss Li during the day was that of a poor little guy who had nowhere to go back to during the New Year.
Li Xingzang didn't seem to notice the omission in his words and just kept giving orders, "Stir it over there, the oil is a little too hot."
The light in the kitchen of Lao Li's Restaurant was on all night, and finally the big bowl of noodles that Yu Sishi had saved was finished.
"So many...what should I do?" Looking at the kitchen full of finished products, although he felt a sense of accomplishment, it was also followed by an unknown fear. Will these become his dog food in the coming period?
"What else can we do?" Li Xingzang looked at him strangely, "Of course, send it to the bath center." Although the hotel is closed, the bath center is very busy during the Chinese New Year, so it is just right to send the medicine directly to the restaurant to help customers kill time.
Seeing Yu Sishi's relieved look, Li Xingzang suddenly raised an eyebrow, "Why? Officer Yu, are you afraid that I'll treat these fried hemp leaves as your dog food?"
Yu Si Shi suddenly laughed, "How could that be? Why would I miss Boss Li so much? Why would Boss Li miss me so much?"
Look at him, he doesn't look like the Officer Yu who could poison himself to death by licking his lips. Li Xingzang snorted lightly, not intending to argue with him, "Go upstairs and change your clothes. I'll go deliver the things and wake up the others. We should set off."
At 6:30 in the morning, everyone from Lao Li's Hotel arrived at the market on time.
"Wow~" Led by Wu Fei, Ye Ying, Zhu Wang and others were dumbfounded as they looked at the scene in front of them.
Breakfast snacks, fruits and vegetables, eggs and meat, old people and children, young men and women, shoulder to shoulder, crowds of people, stretching for dozens of miles, in an endless stream.
"Family, today we are at the famous Northeast Morning Market!"
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