"You are stupid, the vegetable filling of these buns is just made from dried horse lettuce that is available everywhere!" After taking a bite of the bun, An Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and said to the group of beggars around her with a little contempt in her eyes.
Ye Chui and Qin Yiyue, who were standing at the entrance of the hotel, also stiffened at the same time. They felt that they were both despised by this little beggar girl...
Qin Yiyue looked at Ye Chui with a puzzled look on his face: "Ma lettuce?"
"A kind of wild grass that can be found everywhere... Its scientific name is Purslane, and in some places it is called horse lettuce." I know about this wild vegetable with drooping leaves, and just as An Xiaoxiao said, this wild vegetable can be found everywhere. The dried vegetables in the buns are actually the dried Purslane
Ye Chui looked around and soon he saw something in the flower bed in front of the Manhan Building. He hurried over and pulled out a plant with purple-red stems and flat and thick leaves. This plant was Purslane, a very common weed that can be found everywhere in the country.
Ye Chui rubbed the purslane leaf, then put it into his mouth and chewed it carefully.
Bitter, sour.
The taste of this wild grass eaten raw is definitely not that good, but Ye Chui showed a hint of surprise on his face. Yes, that's the taste!
With Ye Chui's gourmet-level taste buds, he can accurately determine that this wild vegetable has the perfect taste of dried vegetables after being exposed to the sun!
This dried vegetable is exactly purslane!
Ye Chui had also done research on wild vegetables, and had studied purslane before. However, the taste of this wild vegetable was not very good after all, and was far less delicious than other wild vegetables such as shepherd's purse and amaranth. Therefore, Ye Chui was relatively unfamiliar with the taste of this wild vegetable, and could not recognize the dried purslane.
Qin Yiyue also hurriedly walked to Ye Chui's side, and imitated Ye Chui by picking a purslane from the flower bed and chewing it. He frowned and looked at Ye Chui uncertainly: "Is this the dried vegetable?"
Ye Chui nodded: "Yes, that kind of dried vegetables is this kind of wild vegetables!"
Han Yuyan, who had already distributed the steamed buns, also came over and followed Ye Chui and Qin Yiyue's example, plucked a purslane, wiped it carefully, and put it into her mouth. However, after taking a bite, she spat out everything in her mouth with a "Puh, Puh, Puh" sound: "It's bitter and sour, Master, you are lying to me..."
“Dried vegetables are indeed what wild vegetables look like after being dried. They are bitter when eaten raw... Even other vegetables would not taste very good if eaten raw.” Ye Chui comforted his disciple, and then looked at the little beggar who had previously said what these dried vegetables were with some surprise—neither he nor Qin Yiyue could taste what the dried vegetables were, but this little beggar could!
Although purslane is a common wild vegetable, the taste of this wild vegetable is very different when eaten raw and dried. Only Ye Chui, who has the tasting ability of a god of food, can confirm that this dried vegetable is purslane after being dried. Qin Yiyue couldn't confirm it, and Han Yuyan vomited directly...
How did this little beggar recognize it
Now that the beggars had food to eat, they didn't care much about other things. Most of them were wolfing down the buns, and only a few were paying attention to Ye Chui's situation.
An Xiaoxiao sat on the stool and continued to eat the bun in her hand. She didn't seem to care much about the gazes of Ye Chui and others.
Ye Chui walked over.
Several beggars looked at Ye Chui warily.
"Little girl, how do you know that these buns are made of horse lettuce?" Ye Chui asked with some curiosity.
An Xiaoxiao glanced at Ye Chui with her big eyes. Although her face was dirty, her eyes were exceptionally bright. She said as if it was a matter of course, "Of course I tasted it."
"Do you often eat this kind of wild vegetable?" Ye Chui continued to ask.
An Xiaoxiao seemed a little impatient: "Why are you asking so many questions? Do you think we are like you rich people who don't eat good food but have to eat wild vegetables? These wild vegetables are bitter and sour. What's so delicious about them?"
"So you rarely eat this kind of wild vegetable?" Ye Chui showed a surprised expression on his face. When it comes to food, Ye Chui rarely shows such an expression of amazement. In fact, if it were him, if he had eaten this kind of wild vegetable once or twice in a short period of time, he would be able to immediately taste what it is when he tasted the dried vegetables. But what about a little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old
That was enough to surprise Ye Chui.
An Xiaoxiao still looked at Ye Chui unhappily: "Yeah, what's wrong?"
Su Lao San, who was standing next to him, seemed to realize something and said excitedly, "Sir, our girl cooks delicious food. Although we are beggars, we can still make a meal occasionally. Every time, it is our girl who does it. Wow, the food is no worse than that in a big restaurant."
"Really?" Ye Chui looked at An Xiaoxiao with a smile.
Ye Chui's smile was very warm, which made An Xiaoxiao slightly stunned, but she soon thought of the contempt and disdain that other people usually gave them when they saw them. She snorted reflexively, stared at Ye Chui and said: "It's none of your business whether my cooking is delicious or not, you are meddling in other people's business..."
Su Laosan patted An Xiaoxiao on the head and said, "Stop talking, girl!"
Ye Chui smiled at An Xiaoxiao indifferently: "Little girl, do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"Bet?" An Xiaoxiao stared at Ye Chui, "What do you want to do?"
When the other beggars heard Ye Chui's words, they all looked at him curiously. Qin Yiyue and Han Yuyan also looked at Ye Chui in confusion, not knowing what Ye Chui was up to.
Ye Chui smiled, looked at An Xiaoxiao and said, "I will use this horse lettuce to make a dish. You can try it. If you can learn to make this dish again, you will win." Ye Chui looked at the other beggars around him and continued with a smile, "Someone must have deliberately sent you to make trouble here. Let's make a bet. If I win, I will ask you to leave here. If I lose, I will ask you to stay in a hotel for as long as you want."
"Is there such a good thing?" Beggars immediately became restless.
"Xiao Xiao, promise him, how difficult can it be to make flowers out of wild vegetables like horse lettuce? You are so talented that you can definitely learn how to make it."
"That's right, Xiaoxiao, promise him!"
Su Laosan had a thoughtful look on his face. He was able to become the leader of this group of beggars because he was quite smart. Unlike other beggars, he thought about things a lot. But at this moment, he was not sure what Ye Chui meant. Did he want to use the bet with An Xiaoxiao to drive all the beggars away? But that didn't seem likely...
So Su Lao San touched An Xiaoxiao's shoulder and said, "Girl, what do you think?"
"Humph, what's so difficult about that?" An Xiaoxiao looked confident and puffed out her chest, "Let's compete, who's afraid of who?"
"Then let's compete!" Su Lao San said. He rubbed his bare chest with his hands and continued lazily, "Little boss, don't think about going back on your bet with us beggars. We won't let you go when the time comes."
"Of course not." Ye Cui smiled gently, but his eyes were always looking at An Xiaoxiao.
That look... was quite strange.
"Why is the Master looking at this little beggar with lustful eyes..." Han Yuyan, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but say to Qin Yiyue, "Is he thinking of her?"
Ye Chui's look is exactly the same as the look the weird uncle had when he saw the little loli...
Qin Yiyue smiled and glanced at Han Yuyan: "I think he does have some ideas about this little girl, Da Yu, you are in trouble."
When Han Yuyan heard Qin Yiyue say this, his face changed: "No... No way? Master... How could he?"
"what's on your mind?"
Qin Yiyue smiled mischievously, which was rare for her, and continued, "This little girl's taste is extraordinary. She recognized the wild vegetable that neither the boss nor I recognized after just one bite. Her taste is probably not worse than your grandfather's... But the difference is that your grandfather's taste is the result of countless experiences, while this little girl's taste is obviously innate. If I'm not mistaken, the boss wants to take this little girl as his apprentice."
"So that's how it is..." Han Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief. Qin Yiyue said that she was going to be miserable. It turned out that she meant that she would have a new junior sister in the future. Han Yuyan glared at Qin Yiyue. She didn't expect that this blockhead had such a bad heart.
But then she felt a wave of pressure: Although she was nominally Ye Chui's apprentice, she had basically learned nothing from him. If Ye Chu really wanted to take An Xiaoxiao as his apprentice, and An Xiaoxiao's talent was as great as Qin Yiyue said...
Wouldn't her position be awkward in the future
"Well, it seems that I really need to practice my cooking skills..." Han Yuyan secretly made up her mind - in fact, she didn't know how many times she had made up her mind...
Ye Chui had already discussed the bet with a few beggars. He walked to the flower bed nearby, squatted down and pulled out a few lettuces from it, then walked back to the kitchen of Manhan Building to start cooking.
Qin Yiyue and Han Yuyan naturally followed Ye Chui at this time, wanting to know how Ye Chui planned to make wild vegetables like horse lettuce into delicious dishes.
The beggars outside the Manhan Building were also very concerned about this matter, and were discussing what Ma Shengcai could make. An Xiaoxiao looked nonchalant, but Su Laosan obviously had other ideas.
"Xiaoxiao, I think this young boss is no ordinary person. Maybe this is a good opportunity..." he whispered to An Xiaoxiao.
"Uncle, stop talking. I won't leave you!" An Xiaoxiao said immediately.
"Girl, are you forcing me to hit you?" Su Laosan was a little angry.
An Xiaoxiao was a little scared when she saw Su Laosan's reaction, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, don't be angry... If you want me to learn cooking from someone, at least that person's level must be higher than mine. This young boss is only a few years older than me, how can he be as good as me?"
"Don't judge a book by its cover..." Su Lao San said in a deep voice.
"Let's talk about it after he beats me!" An Xiaoxiao said with a proud look on her face.
She had discovered since she was seven or eight years old that her tongue seemed different from others. She only needed to taste a little of the dishes in the big restaurants to guess how the dishes were made. Horse lettuce? What kind of delicious food could be made from this wild vegetable? No matter what Ye Chui made, she could easily learn to make it! (~^~)