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Chapter 460 Let’s have dinner together

The rest was simple. Siwu didn't mind Lezhi learning his unique barbecue recipe. Besides the seasonings, the cooking method was even more important. He even took Lezhi to visit his kitchen.

Just as Lezhi had thought, Siwu devised a way to make a fully enclosed oven. Compared to baking over an open flame, this method was more convenient, but also more difficult to master.

"The tools aren't difficult to make; the important thing is knowing how to use them and how to use them." He was very confident in his grilling skills and naturally wasn't afraid of being watched by Lezhi.

However, because it is Lezhi, firstly, he is not a member of the Kunling Clan, so even if he learns it, he will not compete with him for business. Secondly, this is Lezhi, the only member of the clan who can cure the Shadow Disease, the benefactor of the entire Tree Spirit Clan, and even Jormungand. Siwu cannot hide it from Lezhi.

Both are food enthusiasts with huge imaginations and a willingness to experiment. After a conversation, Siwu and Lezhi had a very good impression of each other.

After saying goodbye to Siwu and leaving the shopping street, it was almost afternoon.

Everyone was satisfied with the lunch, except that Lezhi didn't eat much and was a little hungry.

But it's okay, they can make it themselves when they get back to their lodgings, since they just got some fresh pepper.

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They stayed in the Kunling tribe for three days. Except for the first day when they needed to go out for treatment and took the opportunity to stroll around the shopping street, Lezhi stayed at home for the remaining two days. Lei Xiu would occasionally take two birds out to hunt, but Lezhi never left the house. When asked, he always said he was busy, but he never missed a meal.

On the morning of the fourth day, Snow couldn't resist going to the door to see if there was anything he could do to help.

Lei Xiu opened the door as usual, asking, "What brings you here?"

"Let's check on our customer. Siwu has acquired quite a bit of good meat these past few days and specifically asked me to inquire about Lezhi, hoping to invite him to the shop." Having already figured out Lezhi's foodie nature, Snow knew that starting with food would maximize his chances of success.

Sure enough, upon hearing his purpose, Lei Xiu paused in his attempt to shoo him away, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "...Wait a moment, I'll go ask."

These past two days, Lezhi has simply disappeared from the eyes of outsiders. In Leixiu's eyes, Lezhi has always maintained a normal routine, eating and sleeping as usual. Lezhi even remembered to bathe Maoqiu after it went out, it just didn't go out, so Leixiu wasn't too worried.

However, since they've come all the way to invite me, I should still ask Zhizhi's opinion.

With the idea of ​​mutual respect in mind, Lei Xiu knocked on the door.

"Zhizhi, Snow is here. Siwu invited us to dinner. Do you want to go?"

The thick door blocked most of the sound, but even though they were so close, the people inside could still barely hear what the people outside were saying.

A moment later, with a click, the door opened, and Lezhi, dressed neatly, appeared behind it.

He still had a smile on his face, but it was slightly different from his usual signature smile, and Lei Xiu could tell the difference at a glance.

"Zhizhi seems very happy? Has something good happened?"

"Is it that obvious?" She raised an eyebrow in surprise, but then couldn't suppress a smile. "It is a little. I'll tell you later. You just said Snow is here?"

“Hmm,” Lei Xiu stepped aside to let Le Zhi pass, following behind him. Watching Le Zhi walk with a bouncy gait, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved into a smile. In his dark purple eyes, the figure of the person in front of him was reflected, which was a transparent ball changing different shapes. The soft edges of its body flowed like waves, which was seven or eight parts similar to the skirt of the Light Leaf Insect when it was happy.

"Siwu got some fresh meat and invited you to the shop. Didn't you say before that you wanted Siwu to try your cooking? This is a good opportunity."

They've been in the Kunling Clan for several days and should be leaving soon. Opportunities are rare, and Zhizhi probably doesn't want to miss them.

It has to be said that Lei Xiu's understanding of Le Zhi is getting deeper and deeper. Sure enough, as soon as he heard him say that, Le Zhi agreed without hesitation.

"Really? You agreed? That's great! I'll go and inform Siwu to make preparations right now."

Snow left without warning, giving the two no time to stop him.

"Never mind, I was going to give him a surprise anyway, but we can wait until the time comes."

Shrugging, Lezhi turned to give the pounced furball a close hug, then rolled up her sleeves. "I'll cook today. We can't be too impolite as guests. Let Siwu try our special cuisine too."

Without hesitation, Lei Xiu stepped down as head chef and became sous chef, assisting Le Zhi. Given the time constraints, Le Zhi didn't cook much. Braised pork was a must, and he was also an experienced cook in salt-and-scallion fried pork chops and water-fried pork. Besides these, Le Zhi instructed Lei Xiu to chop minced meat and made braised lion's head meatballs and clear broth lion's head meatballs – the day's special dishes.

With the meat dishes sorted out, the focus shifted to the staple foods and vegetables. Last time I wanted to make stir-fried stinky fruit with garlic, and this time I succeeded. This method can be applied to all green vegetables, as long as the heat is controlled properly.

In addition, Lezhi also made a cold purple melon salad with lots of stinky fruit, and a stir-fried hawthorn with insect eggs. This one didn't have stinky fruit, but Lezhi added some sweet crystals to enhance the flavor.

Finally, there's the ever-popular mixed mushroom soup. The broth was specially prepared for making clear lion's head meatballs, and the leftover broth was used to make the mixed mushroom soup. It has a meaty flavor but you can't see any meat; you can only see the delicious mushrooms. It's so fragrant that you'll want to swallow your tongue.

The staple foods were the usual three dishes. Since there were hard rice cakes, there was no need to make steamed buns, so Lezhi simply made stuffed pancakes. They were pan-fried in plenty of oil until the crust was crispy, and the filling was surprisingly delicious. Once you started eating one, you couldn't stop, and you'd want to eat more. Finally, a pot of rice was cooked, and everything was ready.

When they were halfway through their preparations, Snow rushed back from the shopping street, bringing with him a message.

“Si Xu wants to join too? Sure, I have no objection. If you can do it, so can I.”

It turned out that when Si Xu went to inform Si Wu, Si Xu happened to be eating at the shop. Upon hearing that Si Wu was going to entertain Le Zhi, he refused to eat and insisted on waiting for Le Zhi to join him.

“Si Wu had no choice. He was going to close the shop for a day. Si Xu wouldn’t leave no matter what I did. Just now when I left, he went hunting, saying he was going to bring his own food. I guess he was afraid you wouldn’t agree.”

Why shouldn't I agree?

"Yes, that's what I said too. You're beautiful and kind-hearted, how could you possibly disagree?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said it; the fact that he did makes the listener feel uncomfortable.

Lezhi glanced sideways at Snow, who was deliberately being mischievous, and went back to work in the kitchen, leaving Maoqiu and Kele to entertain the guests.

Snow didn't mind. He and Lezhi had traveled together from the Valley Tribe to this place, and he had long been familiar with Maoqiu and Kele. Even when he was alone with them, he could enjoy himself.

Taking out the fruit he had just bought on the way from the shopping street, one for each of the two birds as if offering a sacrifice, Snow smiled calmly, "Here, have a taste, it's freshly picked today, a treat before we have dinner."

The two birds were coaxed into submission.

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Good things come to those who wait. They prepared for this feast until almost noon. Since the Kunling tribe's territory was underground, they couldn't use the sun to tell time. Therefore, they specially erected something similar to a sundial on the tallest building in the tribe, engraved the corresponding time, and used a plant called "Wu Shi He" to move the sundial's time to determine what time of day it was.

Lezhi had once asked about the plant "Guo Wu Shi He" out of curiosity, and Lei Xiu gave him a brief explanation of the plant.

The noon-time plant is a plant that changes its form with the sunrise and sunset. There are subtle differences every minute and second throughout the day and every day, especially at noon when the leaves are completely closed, hence the name.

Therefore, the Kunling tribe took advantage of the noon hour to create a "sundial" for timekeeping.

In Lezhi's view, it was a great invention, but for the Kunling Clan and even the Tree Spirit Clan, it was just average. Perhaps because their biological clocks were already very powerful, they didn't have much need for sundials.

On the contrary, Lezhi himself, perhaps due to the influence of past life memories, or his habit of referring to environmental factors to judge time.