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Chapter 24 Learning to cook from the old lady selling chestnuts
"Grandma who sells chestnuts?"

This familiar and ethereal voice no longer frightened Chen Ye, but a burst of surprise.

I've been looking for it all day, and now it's here!

Ever since the weirdness value has continued to increase, suona attainments have become more and more proficient, and the level of music theory has been improved...

Chen Ye noticed that his sense of hearing had become stronger, and he could judge the direction of the sound more accurately.

Meditate, listen carefully, and even roughly hear the distance between the sound source and yourself.

at this time.

Night has fallen quietly to the earth.

Unknowingly, the night of the second day of the Strange Era has arrived.

The alleys in Xining are very dimly lit. Looking beyond the low old buildings in the alleys, you can see the neon lights of the city in the distance illuminating the night sky, but not here.

"Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar, does anyone buy it?"

"Fresh fried chestnuts..."

The ethereal and illusory cries kept coming from the alley, sometimes seeming far away, sometimes near.

Chen Ye remained in a state of high tension, concentrating on observing the surrounding roads, his eyes seemed to be able to pierce the darkness, and he walked around the messy trolleys and several maze-like alleys with familiarity, and suddenly paused slightly.

The shouting has disappeared.

Chen Ye found it even more difficult to follow the voices coming from far and near behind.

For a moment it seemed to appear here, and for a moment it suddenly appeared there...

Chen Ye pondered for a moment, just as he was about to turn around and go to another alley...

The moment he turned around, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him!
Ding Ding Deng!
Almost instantly, Chen Ye stepped back a few steps like a cat with a fury, feeling a chill down his back.

But soon, he saw a familiar trolley from the blurred outline in front of him.

Those pale hands slowly lifted the lid of the pot, and the aroma of roasted chestnuts in sugar came to the nostrils.

"Can you stop being so scary..."

Chen Ye almost cursed out loud, but thinking that this old lady might become his cooking teacher in the future, he still had to understand the reason for respecting a teacher.

Life makes people know how to be humble and polite.

He padded his feet slightly, and stopped his staggering figure with the extraordinary mobility endowed by the [Wanderer's Boots].

To get along with tricks, first of all, don't be afraid, and second, integrate into normal conversations.

As long as you follow the rules and get along normally, you will be safe.

A friendly smile suddenly appeared on Chen Ye's face, as if he had found his long-lost mother, he opened his arms and chest in a hug, and greeted:

"The weather is really nice today!"

"It's just that the road is a little slippery, and I almost fell."

"Grandma, you are old, you should be careful when you walk."

The old lady selling chestnuts laughed and said, "Young people sometimes have slippery feet and mouths. Unlike old women, I'm old. Even if I'm frying chestnuts with sugar, I can't move smoothly."

As soon as the words fell, she slowly picked up the spatula beside her, shoveled the fried chestnuts in the pot into the oil paper bag, and said with a smile:

"Young man, you must be very hungry at such an early night?"

"Would you like to try sugar-fried chestnuts for free?"

That voice became ethereal again, as if possessing some kind of magical power, as if it kept spinning in my mind.

Chen Ye felt this dizzy feeling again.

But unexpectedly, this time Chen Ye didn't have the feeling of being unable to control the sinking of consciousness, he just felt a little dizzy in his head.

However, the aroma of sugar-fried chestnuts is not so fatally alluring, and it is easier to maintain rationality.

"Is it because my weird value has increased?"

"Or...my hunger is not that strong, so my appetite has been reduced."

"I've already eaten candied chestnuts today, so the appeal is naturally not that great."

Chen Ye found that compared with the last time, the bewitching power of this voice was not so strong.

He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Grandma, I've already eaten, and I haven't finished that bag of fried chestnuts yet."

Before the grandma could speak, Chen Ye added another sentence:
"Your sugar-fried chestnuts are so delicious, so naturally they can't be wasted. I'm afraid I can't finish them, and it would be a pity to throw them away if they go bad."

The old lady selling chestnuts paused for a moment, then laughed and said:

"Yes, saving food is a virtue. Now there are not many young people who cherish food like you."

Chen Ye smiled, and changed the topic to today's main purpose:
"Grandma, you said last time that I have the ability to cook, so I can come to you as a teacher. Now, I feel as if I already have this ability."

Hearing this, the old lady selling chestnuts narrowed her eyes, as if she was observing Chen Ye carefully, then nodded slightly:

"You do have the ability to cook."

But before Chen Ye could speak, the chestnut-selling grandmother suddenly sighed and said, "But there's a saying that goes well—a clever woman can't cook without rice."

"Today's ingredients have already been stewed by the old woman in one pot. Now they are all in the pot, and there are no extra ingredients."

"If you really want to learn how to cook, you still have to use real ingredients, so that you can control the heat and master the details of making different ingredients."

"Unfortunately, there is no food now, so I can't teach you the real skills."

"The business these days has been really bad. I haven't sold a single bag of sugar-fried chestnuts... Hehe, you young people don't like to eat these healthy foods anymore. You all like to eat all kinds of messy things. If this continues If there is no money to buy goods."

This is a side mission for me... Do I need to find the ingredients first?

Chen Ye touched the three copper coins in his pocket. With his current property, even if he wanted to buy ingredients, he might not be able to buy many... What's more, the coins are universal in "Strange Era", and he wants to keep some for later use A rainy day.

What's more, where to buy ingredients, will it bring danger to yourself, and do you have enough money...

Even if it seems to be enough, it may not be an equivalent exchange. As long as you violate this law, you may bring yourself a fatal crisis!
All kinds of problems made Chen Yewei fall into silence about how to obtain the ingredients.

But one thing is for sure...

At least the old lady who sells chestnuts still sincerely wants to teach her true skills.

He remembered that before the bloody countdown came, many technical schools that mainly trained "master chefs" did not even prepare any ingredients for the students, and practiced epilepsy in the school all day long.

It was still a pot of sand.

After graduating from school, he is still no different from an ordinary apprentice. He needs to work in a restaurant for a year or so before he has a chance to be qualified as a chef.

At this moment, Chen Ye suddenly heard light footsteps not far from the alley in Xining.

More than one person's footsteps!

There are at least four or five people!
Although I deliberately slowed down my movements and walked lightly, there was not even a dog barking in the alleys of Xining in the middle of the night, and the silence was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

Chen Ye's sense of hearing was several times more sensitive than before, and he could discern these small footsteps in the dark, which should be people.

Moreover, judging from the frequency of walking steps, it is too similar to ordinary people and too normal, but it seems a bit abnormal in this world.

Not surprisingly, it should be a player!

(End of this chapter)