I Just Won’t Play by the Book

"Cows that eat wheat, straw, and corn taste better than cows that eat grass."

When he heard the words "more delicious", Min Niu's ears suddenly moved, and he looked at Jiang Beiran for a while with a pair of tiny eyes before continuing to eat.

Kong Qianqian, who was washing rice, couldn't help drooling and said, "It sounds delicious, hehe."

After listening, Jiang Beiran took out a piece of paper and wrote two lines of words on it, and then handed it to Kong Qianqian: "Make rations according to the above formula, and cows will definitely like it."

"Thank you, sir!" Kong Qianqian wiped her hands and took the paper over. After looking at it, she ran to Mu Yao's side and said, "Senior sister, look, look! Mr.'s words are so beautiful!"

Mu Yao glanced at the paper, there was a hint of surprise in her eyes, and then she grabbed Kong Qianqian's face and said, "I told you to stop calling him Mr.! Also, Brother Jiuri's writing is much prettier than his. already."

"Ouch~" Kong Qianqian, who was pinched in pain, called out a few times and said vaguely, "Senior Brother Jiuri's words are of course beautiful, but Mr.'s words are also very beautiful. Look at this Mai..."

"Also said!" Mu Yao squeezed Kong Qianqian's hand a little harder.

"Ouch~ Don't say it, don't say it."

"Then don't hurry up and cook."

Looking at this scene, Jiang Beiran couldn't help but said to Mu Yao, "You are like a demon girl when you bully Qianqian."

"It's up to you!" After speaking, Mu Yao made a face at Jiang Beiran.

With a chuckle, Jiang Beiran returned to his fire and continued cooking.

Half an hour later, Anniu, who had just drank half a gourd and Penglaichun, just lay down and rested for a while, but his nose twitched.

After a few strong sniffs, Anu suddenly sat up and looked in the direction of Jiang Beiran.

"Gudu..."

Although I clearly ate three crispy yellow ducats made of taro just now, I couldn't stop feeling greedy after smelling the fragrance.

When he came back to his senses, A Niu found that he had walked towards Jiang Beiran's temporary kitchen.

He swayed his nose again, and the aroma that came to his face seemed to be accompanied by hemp peppers, red oil, sweet and sour, and garlic paste, forcing him to swallow hard.

Jiang Beiran, who was cutting small ingredients, smiled and said, "Brother Aniu, do you want to try it?"

As he approached an iron pot, Anniu asked, "Young master, what are you doing? I've never smelled this smell before, it's so fragrant."

"This is called Piaoxiang hoof, which contains bamboo shoots, meat balls, and quail eggs. The meat is almost boiled by now." Jiang Beiran said, picking up a wooden spoon and handing it to Brother Aniu, "I'll ask you to help me. I'll taste it."

"Hey, then I'm welcome, thank you sir."

Taking the spoon handed over by Jiang Beiran, A Niu looked at the pale yellow soup in the cauldron lined with slices of oil, and raised the spoon to taste it.

"Ouch! Ouch! I don't even know what to say about this delicious food."

"You can serve a bowl if it's good, I cook a lot."

"Oh, that's so embarrassing." Having said that, Anniu's eyes completely turned away from the big iron pot.

"You're welcome, come here and give you a bowl."

Taking the bowl, A Niu said that although he was still embarrassed, the spoon in his hand had already reached into the pot, but just when he was about to scoop the second spoon, he suddenly found that the iron pot was coming out from under it. With one head, he was so scared that he almost spilled the gravy in the bowl.

"Shh!" Kong Qianqian, who emerged from the bottom of the pot, made a silent gesture to Ah Niu.

Aniu nodded knowingly and continued to scoop his soup.

"You want a bowl of meat too?" Jiang Beiran asked, looking at Kong Qianqian who was sneaking over.

"Hehe." Kong Qianqian smiled naively, "Sir, keep your voice down, don't let my senior sister find out, I came here quietly to steal it."

"Hey, you are also afraid that you will be miserable, senior sister." Jiang Beiran said while serving Kong Qianqian a bowl of meat.

"Thank you, sir." Taking the bowl that Jiang Beiran handed over, Kong Qianqian whispered, "Actually, Senior Sister is very kind to me."

"As long as you are happy, eat quickly."

Nodding, Kong Qianqian lifted her hair and blew two breaths at the bowl.

"hu~hu~"

When the heat dissipated a little, Kong Qianqian picked up the bowl and took a sip of the gravy.

With just one bite, Kong Qianqian's eyes burst into a strange light.

“Good rich taste.”

After saying that, he scooped up another piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

After chewing a couple of bites, Kong Qianqian stretched out his left hand and began to break it down: "There are ginger, garlic, sugar, fragrant leaves, wine, and... tangerine peel!"

"What else?" Jiang Beiran asked with a smile.

"Also... What kind of material is this spicy flavor? It's not like dogwood or pepper. It has a very strange fragrance."

"This is called a pepper." Jiang Beiran said and handed a red pepper to Kong Qianqian.

Taking the pepper, Kong Qianqian sniffed and sniffed like a curious kitten.

"Where is this spice? I've never seen it."

"I planted it myself."

"Wow, Mr. is amazing."

After complimenting, Kong Qianqian picked up the bowl and tasted the gravy again, but when he raised his head again, he almost spit it out.

"Teacher...Senior sister..." Kong Qianqian looked at the gloomy Mu Yao in front of her and shouted, then picked up the bowl and asked to please: "Senior sister, do you want a bowl too, drink it well."

But in the next second, Kong Qianqian was directly connected by Mu Yao.

The person dragged away with the bowl, but halfway through, he returned the bowl with a little meat left.

"Woooo~ my meat, woohoo..."

Seeing Kong Qianqian being dragged away ruthlessly, Anniu sighed sympathetically, and then continued to eat his own hoof.

"Qianqian! What's the matter with you today, Senior Sister's words are useless, aren't they!"

Beside the stove, Mu Yao glared at Kong Qianqian and said.

"But...but it's really fragrant, senior sister, listen to me, Mr. Jiang has an ingredient called chili, which is very fragrant for cooking meat, and that soup..."

Seeing Kong Qianqian talking more and more vigorously, Mu Yao grabbed her little face and said, "You are my junior sister, you should ignore that Jiang Beiran with me, why do you always go to him."

"Because it's really fragrant..." Seeing Mu Yao's eyes widen, Kong Qianqian had no choice but to shut her mouth, but soon she asked cautiously, "But senior sister, why do you hate Mr. Jiang? What did he do to you? Is it bad?"

This question made Mu Yao stunned for a moment.

"Yeah, since when did I hate him, no, I can't call him hate... just..."

Mu Yao, who felt a little confused for a while, shouted back: "You don't need to worry about this, anyway, don't pay attention to him anymore, and quickly cook."

"Yes~"

Seeing Kong Qianqian walk away, Mu Yao lay on the table and seriously thought about this question.

The first time she remembered the name Jiang Beiran was because he defeated her eldest brother, her omnipotent eldest brother, which made it difficult for her to accept it. Later, when she knew that his cultivation was only at the fifth level of Qi practice, it became even more unacceptable. .

His eldest brother is such a genius, he would actually lose to a waste material who only has the fifth rank of Qi practice.

Although playing chess has nothing to do with cultivation, she just couldn't take this breath for her eldest brother, so she felt that this disciple who only practiced Qi must have used some disgraceful means to win her eldest brother, after all, these so-called decent People are the most hypocritical. On the surface, they are sanctimonious, but in fact, they are always unscrupulous in order to win.

But when he went to question him, he actually...

call! save! Life!

This made Mu Yao even more angry, her eldest brother lost to such a spineless person! From then on, she just looked at him and didn't like it, but the eldest father insisted on arranging for him to investigate the Huang Gang with him!

The thought of staying with him for a few decades, or even a few months, made her feel like she was going crazy, so she tried every means to bring Qianqian, in order to make Jiang Beiran more interesting and not bother herself.

Who knows that this journey has just begun, and he seems to be the isolated one.

'Isn't it just that the singing is better, the writing is better, and I can cook a few dishes, what's so amazing. ’

Just when Mu Yao thought about it more and more, she suddenly heard Jiang Beiran's voice.

"I cooked more noodles, let's eat it instead."

"Okay! Okay!" Kong Qianqian agreed quickly, but just after agreeing, she looked nervously at Mu Yao.

Mu Yao, who was lying on the table, just wanted to stand up and refuse, but the spicy and magical taste made her unable to say anything.

Finally, under Kong Qianqian's careful watch, Mu Yao stood up and looked at Jiang Beiran and said, "Since you want to eat with us so much, then I will reluctantly agree once."

"Oh, it's alright, you don't have to be reluctant, I'm eating with Qianqian, you can eat it or not."

"You!" Mu Yao glared at Jiang Beiran fiercely, but before she could speak, Kong Qianqian hugged her and said, "Mine belongs to Senior Sister, let's eat together."

"Humph! Who wants to eat his noodles!"

Shaking his head, Jiang Beiran put two bowls of sweet water noodles on the table, and brought the other cooked meat and side dishes together.

Seeing Kong Qianqian serving her dishes one by one, Jiang Beiran couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Fried tofu, stewed tofu, fried tofu, stuffed tofu, tofu soup...

‘Your tofu is having a meeting! ’

"Do you like tofu so much?"

Seeing that Kong Qianqian finally brought up a plate of green vegetables and tofu, Jiang Beiran couldn't help asking.

"Yeah, senior sister and I both like tofu."

"Okay, then I'll make a mapo tofu for you to try next time."

"Mapo tofu? It sounds delicious!" After saying that, Kong Qianqian dragged Mu Yao: "Senior sister, we can eat a different kind of tofu."

"Got it! It's just tofu, why are you so happy, eat quickly."

"Okay~"

As soon as she agreed, Kong Qianqian pulled the bowl with sweet water noodles in front of her, and immediately picked up the chopsticks to eat.

"Slimy~slimy~"

Two big mouthfuls of noodles, this time she didn't have to worry about being heard by the senior sister because of the loud voice, she directly patted the table and shouted, "This noodles is delicious too."

After speaking, she looked at the sweet water surface in the bowl with surprise.

It's obviously just a few noodles wrapped in red oil and drizzled with sugar, but the taste is endless. In addition, the texture on the top is mellow and chewy, and it's hard to stop after one bite.

"Slimy~slimy~"

Listening to Kong Qianqian's noodle sound, Mu Yao suddenly felt that the green vegetables and tofu in her bowl had become tasteless.

"Really... is it really that delicious?"

Mu Yao looked at Kong Qianqian and asked.

"Mmmm! It's really delicious!" Kong Qianqian said while stroking the noodles more forcefully.

Seeing that Kong Qianqian had absolutely no intention of letting herself eat a little, the blue veins on Mu Yao's forehead burst out again.

"There's another bowl here, you can eat it."

At this time, Jiang Beiran put a bowl of sweet water noodles next to it in front of Mu Yao.

This time, Mu Yao didn't push the bowl away, but picked up the chopsticks and said, "I'm just tired of tofu, so if I want to change my taste, I don't want to eat your noodles."

Jiang Beiran was too lazy to care about her, and ate on his own.

Although Jiang Beiran didn't look at her, Mu Yao still held up a piece of noodles and put it in her mouth.

As the stringy noodles broke in his mouth, the chewiness made her heart fly.

'What is this red oil made of...how can it be so fragrant, um...try another one, I'm trying to taste how the red oil is made, um! That's it. ’

Convincing herself in her heart, Mu Yao picked up another noodle and ate it.

Then the third, the fourth, the fifth, six, seven, eight, nine...

A bowl of sweet water noodles was quickly eaten by her.

"Huh..." Seeing that there was not a single noodle left in the bowl, Mu Yao couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, but she was relieved to find that the other two didn't look at her.

'That meat...I don't know what it tastes like. ’

Seeing Kong Qianqian's satisfied look after eating the meat, Mu Yao couldn't help swallowing again.

'no! Isn't it just some food, as long as you can fill your stomach. ’

After a lesson to herself, Mu Yao continued to take the plate with the tofu and started eating, but after only two bites, she couldn't eat it anymore.

'I felt that Qianqian tofu was pretty good before...'

"Senior sister, don't eat it. Try this. It's much better than tofu." Kong Qianqian said while putting a plate of Mao Xuewang in front of Mu Yao.

"What is this?" Mu Yao asked.

"I don't know either." Kong Qianqian shook her head, looked at Jiang Beiran and asked, "Sir, what is this dish called?"

"Mao Xuewang is made from duck blood."

"Blood!?" Kong Qianqian and Mu Yao were shocked at the same time.

"Yes."

"Can duck blood be eaten too?" Kong Qianqian asked.

"Don't you eat deliciously?"

"Yes." After Kong Qianqian finished speaking, she continued to eat hard.

"Can you eat what's in this hairy blood?"

Hearing Jiang Beiran's question, Kong Qianqian slowed down a bit and replied, "Well...it smells like chicken soup."

"Oh? Your tongue is really powerful."

"Hehe." The praised Kong Qianqian smiled naively, "My father used to be a cook, so I've eaten a lot of delicious food."

"Have you tasted anything else?"

"Well... there are also sesame peppers, coriander, and the same red oil as in the noodles."

"Yes, I do have some talent for cooking."

"Then sir, just accept my apprentice. In the future, you will teach me and I will cook it for you."

"cough!"

Hearing Senior Sister's cough, Kong Qianqian decisively continued to lower her head to eat.

The appetite of cultivators is much larger than that of normal people, and soon a table of dishes was eaten up, and even Kong Qianqian's "Tofu Family" was eaten together with Jiang Beiran's fried three-line meat.

During this period, Mu Yao saw that no one was paying attention to her, and she secretly ate several mouthfuls of hairy blood.

After eating and drinking, and packing all the kitchen utensils into the Qiankun ring, the four returned to the Min ox cart and continued to set off.

After walking the road for a day and a night, I saw A Niu on the side of the road, pulling off his clothes and asking, "Young Master Jiang, there is a small town in front of you, do you want to go there and find an inn to rest your feet?"

Before waiting for Jiang Beiran to speak, Kong Qianqian shouted first, "Okay, okay! Let's go shopping in the town." After that, she grabbed Mu Yao's arm and said, "Senior sister also wants to go."

"I really can't help you, then go find an inn in the town and settle down."

Jiang Beiran was about to speak when he saw three options pop up in front of him.

[Option 1: Everyone goes to town together. Completion Reward: Entangling the Heart (Middle Grade Xuan-level)]

[Option 2: Let Kong Qianqian and Mu Yao go to town. Completion Reward: Glazed Festival (Yellow Rank Top Grade)]

[Option 3: Don't go to town. Completion Reward: Random Basic Attribute Point +1]

'I know... fortunately I have prepared in advance. ’

The reason why Jiang Beiran likes to be a loner most of the time is because he knows that if someone walks with him, the doom will be bound to him.

Take the current situation as an example, if Mu Yao and the others came here by themselves, they would probably not encounter much trouble in the town ahead, but when they were with him, the trouble would be magnified infinitely.