I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 382 The Road to Spreading Culinary Knowledge is Long and Arduous

Lei Xiu had already heard Le Zhi enter the room, but because he was holding a spatula, he didn't go out to greet her immediately. He didn't expect Le Zhi to ignore Cang Jin, a guest, and go straight into the kitchen.

It seems that he is really hungry.

Lei Xiu, who knew Lezhi very well, did not reply. Instead, he picked up a pair of clean chopsticks, took a piece of stewed meat that was bubbling and steaming from the pot, and fed it to Lezhi.

With food practically offered to his mouth, how could Lezhi possibly refuse?

"Mmm, whew...delicious." Lezhi beamed with joy after taking a bite of meat.

"I'm glad you like it. There will be pulled noodles later, which you've been saying you wanted to eat. Okay, if you're not busy, go wait outside. I'll be done here soon." Her voice was gentle as water, and the frost on her face melted away in the hot steam in the kitchen, turning into a clear spring in her eyes, reflecting only the image of Lezhi.

But Lei Xiu's flirtatious glances were meant for the blind. Le Zhi didn't notice how gentle his gaze was at all. All his attention was drawn to the food that was about to be cooked, oh right, and that plate of hand-pulled dough that was already mouthwatering even before it went into the pot.

"Forget it, it's all his own fault." Lei Xiu raised an eyebrow, seemingly somewhat helpless, but he couldn't blame Le Zhi, so he could only laugh helplessly to himself.

"Pulled noodles, great! I love them! Let's make boiled fish too, then soak it in the broth, perfect. Maoqiu and I caught a lot of seafood, you can cook it all. Cangjin's here too, so we won't waste any."

Food was indeed Lezhi's weakness. Seeing the dough that Lei Xiu had made, which was about 80-90% perfect for making pulled noodles, Lezhi was filled with anticipation for the finished product. Incidentally, he also revealed his purpose for rushing into the kitchen at the first opportunity. Seeing Lezhi continuously pulling out all sorts of still-living seafood from his spatial storage, Lei Xiu was both amused and exasperated.

The remaining space in the kitchen was quickly filled with Lezhi's spoils. At this point, he still had half of his inventory left to take out, so Lei Xiu quickly stepped in to stop him.

"Alright, that's about enough. We can make more if we need more later." He'd have Cang Jin help him out; he couldn't just freeload, he had to do the work. Lei Xiu's double standards were crystal clear.

"Is that enough?" Rakuchi was so hungry that she lost all sense of how much food there was. When she came to her senses, she realized that there was almost no room to step in the kitchen. "Ah, I'll help out in a bit, but before that, I need to eat something. I'm starving."

Boiled fish is quick to make, and other dishes are simple too. Just peel the skin, open the shell, remove the internal organs, and blanch or steam it. If the seafood is fresh enough, there is no need for complicated cooking methods, so it doesn't take much time.

Hearing Lezhi say she was hungry, Lei Xiu didn't want to waste any time, so he pushed Lezhi out of the kitchen, saying, "The meat in the pot will be ready soon, and the hard rice cakes are steamed too. You can just sit outside and wait to eat."

"Hey, you're out now. Can you eat?" Forgotten in the restaurant, Cang Jin was forced to watch two birds put on a show of affection right in front of him, and he was already getting impatient.

Finally, the two appeared, and their first question was about food; they must have been starving.

When Lezhi cried out that he was hungry, Lei Xiu felt extremely sorry for him, but if it were Cang Jin, he could only endure his glaring attacks.

Attacked by Lei Xiu's piercing gaze, Cang Jin's body, which had just sat up straight, immediately slumped down.

After all, he was a guest, and also their nominal savior. Le Zhi didn't notice Lei Xiu glaring at Cang Jin behind his back. When he saw that Cang Jin's upper body was almost lying on the table, he thought that he was so hungry that he didn't care about his image, so he quickly went forward to greet him.

"Excuse me, just a moment. Lei Xiu said the food will be ready soon, right?"

"Okay, I'll go get it now."

"See? Just bear with it a little longer." Watching Lei Xiu walk into the kitchen, Le Zhi turned to comfort Cang Jin. Taking advantage of this moment, Le Zhi remembered the question he wanted to ask Cang Jin earlier, and quickly took it out of his spatial storage, lest he forget it after eating and drinking his fill.

"Oh, right, I was just about to ask you, do you recognize what this is? Maoqiu and I found it in a water forest outside your tribe's territory."

Lezhi placed the whole plant he had carefully picked on the table and stared intently at Cang Jin. His talent had already told him that this thing was non-toxic and edible. Now, he just wanted to confirm with Cang Jin, a local, whether they had a habit of eating this plant before.

Cang Jin recognized the plant as expected. He glanced at it and immediately gave his answer, "Ah, a round spike fruit. Is it ripe?" As he spoke, Cang Jin plucked a fruit from the spike hanging from the top of the plant. He twisted his index finger and thumb together, and the thin outer skin of the fruit was rubbed open, revealing the pure white flesh inside.

"Round spike fruit." Seeing Cang Jin's actions, Le Zhi asked curiously.

“Yes,” Cang Jin nodded, “This is a plant unique to this area. It is very popular with the water birds and aquatic creatures here, and it is a common food for them.”

Waterfowl and aquatic life. Catching the key point in Cang Jin's words, Le Zhi raised an eyebrow. "So, haven't you tried eating them?"

"Shall we eat the round spike fruit?" Seemingly surprised by Lezhi's words, Cangjin's eyes widened. "Why would we eat it? It's not tasty, it's hard and doesn't have much flavor."

He wasn't surprised at all.

His lips pressed into a straight line, Lezhi forced a smile, his eyes full of understanding. Yes, his tribesmen were so cooperative that he almost forgot that his dear tribesmen, because they never lacked food, were still in the nascent stage of culinary development.

They weren't interested in this naturally unremarkable food, just like with the thorny grains and hard, powdery fruits at the beginning. Only some birds, beasts, and insects with poor hunting skills would not miss any edible food.

"Okay, do you have a lot of these round spike fruits here?" If they didn't want to eat them before, fine. Once he cooks them properly, they'll naturally win over their taste buds. After several food tutorials, Lezhi was already quite familiar with the process.

Not knowing what Lezhi was planning, Cang Jin put down the fruit in his hand, clapped his hands, frowned and thought, "Hmm, it's alright. Even in winter, it's not too cold here. This thing can be found everywhere in the shallows, almost all year round."

Lezhi nodded upon hearing this. It seemed that this plant, which resembled rice, was not a rare sight here. Its ubiquity indicated its strong ability to spread. He had never seen it in the tribe before, probably because of the climate, or perhaps because the water quality here was suitable for the growth of round spikes, thus making it a specialty of the Shui tribe.

Based on her memories of rice from her previous life, Lezhi analyzed the growth principle of round spikelets. But as Lei Xiu appeared from the kitchen carrying food, her brain immediately shut down. Lezhi and Cang Jin quickly got up, one frantically tidying up the clutter on the table, while the other diligently took the tray from Lei Xiu and placed the food on the table.

Stewed pork with hard-fleshed fruit, pan-fried pork chops, steamed egg and meat patties, braised purple melon, stir-fried amaranth, the broth originally intended to be used as the base for pulled noodles, was modified by Lei Xiu because Le Zhi specifically requested boiled fish noodles, so Lei Xiu simply added some mushrooms and spicy leaves to the broth, along with some large green vegetables, and a delicious soup was ready.

In addition to the foods that terrestrial species are used to, there are various blanched seafood, as well as boiled fish and pulled noodles that Lezhi specifically requested.

"Come on, try my special garlic sauce, it's absolutely amazing with seafood." Determined to conquer the taste buds of the aquatic creatures, Lezhi immediately put his plan into action, starting with switching from raw to cooked food.