Shiji Starts from the Beginning of the Month

"Boy, if you want to eat delicious food, you have to rely on your own efforts. Learn how to cook with me, and then become a top cook."

The reason why Ryuji Ishikawa came to this village was also to go to Yuanyue to find an apprentice and inherit his cooking skills.

The Ishikawa family is not prosperous, and when it comes to his lineage, the inheritance has been broken.

Seeing Jiuga for the first time, Ishikawa felt that this kid was quite suitable for him, so he gave up the plan to go to Yuanyue, and directly began to teach Jiuga how to cook Sichuan cuisine.

And Ishikawa's best dish is mapo tofu. According to my memory, it tastes different from all the mapo tofu he has eaten since then.

Shi Chuan boasted that this is the improved Chinese cuisine that he spent the first half of his life, and he will never lose to the native Chinese cuisine.

However, I did not wait for the day when Professor Ishikawa taught me the special mapo tofu.

In other words, Ishikawa disappeared just when he had just learned the basic skills and was about to officially start teaching the secrets of cooking.

On that day, Ishikawa went into the mountain, seemingly wanting to get something, but never came back.

It was already a week later that he was discovered again.

After a week of searching, the villagers found Shi Chuan's body in the river at the foot of the mountain. Jiu Wo didn't know how to make that plate of mapo tofu. Ishikawa's special mapo tofu also completely cut off the inheritance.

It's such a coincidence.

Because of the family rules and the traditional way of thinking, the secret recipe of cooking must be taught mouth-to-mouth, so Ishikawa has always wanted to wait until I have learned all the basic skills before teaching him the secret recipe in person.

Unexpectedly, because of an accident, there would never be this opportunity again.

In fact, in China, there are also countless secret recipes of dishes, which have been cut off for similar reasons.

These dishes are collectively referred to as ancient French dishes.

There are many Chinese chefs who have devoted their whole lives to studying ancient books and want to reproduce them.

However, there are very few that can be reproduced. The loss of these ancient French dishes is a huge regret for the Chinese culinary world.

The original intention of mouth-to-mouth inheritance is to not want your hard-working innovations to be stolen at will.

Because at that time, there was no such thing as intellectual property rights. Once the secret recipe was written down, it could be easily stolen and used by others.

It can only be said that this kind of regret is also the regret of the times.

"So, the reason why you have been studying mapo tofu is because you want to reproduce your master's secret recipe?"

Jiang Xia finally understood the reason why I was so obsessed with the mapo tofu branch of Sichuan cuisine.

In the original work, Jiu Wo was described as only knowing the spicyness of Sichuan cuisine.But this setting is very unreasonable. It is impossible for a person who studies Sichuan cuisine not to know other flavors of Sichuan cuisine.

And if you know it, there is no reason to give up researching it. You must know that when Jiang Xia was learning Hunan cuisine, every time he just learned one dish, he was immediately attracted by other dishes.

This is the most attractive part of Chinese cuisine.

Eight major cuisines, if you move out any one, there are endless changes.

Defining cuisine as a certain type of taste will lose the fun of exploration. For cooks, Jiuga's behavior is really strange.

After knowing the cause and effect, Jiang Xia understood my thoughts for a long time.

It can be seen that although Jiu I is careless on weekdays, I am a very grateful boy.

Otherwise, he would not be willing to waste his talent and spend his time here just because of such a simple reason.

"Well, it is indeed because of this reason, he is my master of Sichuan cuisine, and also the leader who led me to see the industry of chef."

Jiu I replied that after his parents succeeded in business, he suddenly changed from a poor boy to a rich family, but even so, he did not give up the road of cooking.

After that, for a long time, I found a lot of chefs from Sakura Country who improved Sichuan cuisine, but there was no way to reproduce the taste of Ishikawa's mapo tofu.

Then, until he entered Yuanyue and met Jiang Xia this year, Jiu I realized the slightest possibility, and seeking Jiang Xia's help was also to complete the dish and give some comfort to Ishikawa Ryuji who had passed away.

"Okay, after talking so much, find a place to sit down, and then we will study it carefully to see if we can find the key to his secret recipe."

Jiang Xia patted my head for a long time, standing here listening to the story, it's a sunny day, I'm very tired, okay?

Chapter 92 Clues

"Senior Jiang Xia agreed to help? This is really great!"

In fact, Jiu Wo Zhaoji is not sure whether Jiang Xia will agree to his request. After all, researching and replicating those secret recipes is a very time-consuming and energy-consuming thing.

Moreover, good results may not necessarily be achieved, and there is a high probability that they will return without success.

For example, Kuga Teruki himself spent a lot of time, but in the end he didn't research the secret recipe of Ishikawa Ryuji.

For Jiang Xia himself, being idle is idle anyway, and he promised Jiu that I have nothing to do. Anyway, he did not say that he would definitely be able to help Jiu find me.

Moreover, he was also very curious, and he was able to let Jiuga evaluate what kind of magical formula it is, which has a completely different taste from all the previous tofu.

Following Jiu I to the house where he lived in when he was a child, Jiang Xia looked at the structure of the house with some curiosity, now that Jiu's grandmother has moved away to live with Jiu's parents, the house is completely empty.

There is basically nothing in the house, and there are holes in the roof, through which sunlight can shine in.

The walls have not been painted and are kept in their original state.

It seems that the days when I was a child were really, a bit miserable, but it was also this experience that created his easy-going personality now, although he is a bit talkative.

"By the way, Jiumei, do you have anything to drink here?"

Jiang Xia asked.

"Oh, there is a spring at the back of the house. I drank it directly when I was a child."

According to Jiu Wo's instructions, Jiang Xia opened the back door of the house, and sure enough, he saw a water outlet on the hillside outside the yard, and took a sip with his hand. The spring water is very clear, and it has not dried up after so many years. It should be that there is a water source on the top of the mountain.

"Behind this hillside is a group of mountain peaks. There is a lake on the mountainside. This exit is connected to the water in that lake."

Jiu Wo Zhaoji's words later also confirmed Jiang Xia's conjecture.

"You said, the day before your master's accident happened, he went into the mountain. Have you gone up the mountain to see it after that?"

Jiang Xia remembered a very important point in Jiuwo's ​​memory. The original plan was to teach Jiuwo the special mapo tofu the next day, so going to the mountain one day in advance must be for this purpose.

"I did think of this. However, I went up the mountain a few times, and I didn't find anything strange. There is a cave by the lake. It seems that Master did some experiments there before. However, inside the cave, I didn't find anything out of the ordinary."

Jiuga Teruki recalled that at that time, his cooking skills were not high, and he didn't have much knowledge, so he couldn't find any clues from the cave.

"However, with Senior Jiang Xia's words, it is really possible to find something. Senior Jiang Xia wants to go to the mountain to have a look?"

After a long time, I heard Jiang Xia's meaning according to Ji, and that's right, there is the only clue. If Senior Jiang Xia can find something, maybe he can directly solve the problem.

Jiang Xia nodded, indicating that he really thought so.

Seeing this, Jiu I tilted my head and thought for a while.

"At this time, if you want to enter the mountain, I'm afraid you have to spend the night on the mountain. Senior Jiang Xia, don't look at the small hill in front of you. In fact, there is still a long way to the mountain road to that cave. Senior Jiang Xia, wait for me, I will Go find someone."

After finishing speaking, I ran out of the house as expected.

About 15 minutes later, I walked back for a long time, followed by two people who seemed to be residents of the village.

One is about thirty years old, a burly middle-aged man, and the other is about the same age as Kuga. It seems that he should be the son of that middle-aged man.

"Jiu said, do you want to go into the mountains?"

The bold voice of the middle-aged man sounded.

"In the past few years, my kid has gone up quite a few times, and there is nothing on it. If you want me to say, you are just messing around."

Judging from the middle-aged man's words, he should be an acquaintance of Jiuwo Zhaoji when he was young.

"Brother, I'm also curious and want to go up and have a look."

Jiang Xia knew that the middle-aged man was not malicious, so his tone was very polite.

"Well, that's okay. The mountain roads in this place are not easy to walk, and it's easy to lose your way. Therefore, you need people from the village as guides to take you up. You are someone I have known for a long time. I will not charge too much. Just follow the normal Let’s charge for the guide fee, if you want to go up now, you must stay overnight, I’m going to pack some things. By the way, my name is Kuata Seiji.”

It seems that this middle-aged man, Kua Tian Qingzhi, should be the kind of occupation in this village who specializes in taking people up the mountain.

Soon, Kwata Seiji packed up his things, he casually threw the things to the somewhat silent young man beside him, turned around and called Jiang Xia and the others to set off together.

"Brother Kuatian, who is he?"

Jiang Xia pointed to the silent boy and asked, at first he thought they were father and son, but now it looks like it shouldn't be.

"Well, he is the child of my deceased brother. This child has been stupid and doesn't talk much since he was a child, but you can rest assured that he has been running around on the mountain since he was a child. The skill of finding the way up the mountain is better than mine. sharp."

Kwata Seiji thought that Jiang Xia was worried about his nephew slowing down the schedule, so he explained.

It wasn't until Jiang Xia walked to the mountain path that he realized what Kua Tian Qingzhi said was right. It is really easy to get lost in this place.

Because, this so-called mountain path is just a trace left by people who have walked and stepped on it. If you don't look carefully, you can't even tell that it is a road.

Kuata Seiji was obviously very familiar with this mountain road, and he walked without any hesitation or pause.

But even so, when the sun was about to set but had not yet set, everyone hadn't reached half of the destination.

"Teacher Jiang Xia, it's almost there. Although there are no beasts on the mountain, if it's too dark, it's easy to trip and slip, so we're going to set up a tent for the night, and we'll fix dinner by the way."

During the chatting along the way, Kuatian Qingzhi also knew Jiang Xia's identity as Yuanyue's teacher, and their village often delivered goods to Yuanyue, so Jiang Xia's status also increased a lot in Kuatian Qingzhi's heart .

Although he is an ordinary villager who doesn't understand anything, he knows that Yuanyue's teachers are very rich.

Thinking about it this way, Kwata Seiji regretted it a bit. If the guide fee had been raised a little higher, presumably, this Yuanyue teacher would have agreed?

However, if he really wants to shout the price, he can't get rid of that face. Jiu, I am a former resident of the village, if Jiu is my guest, he will charge more.

In this not very big village, it was going to be poked in the back.

This is the simplicity of a small mountain village. There is no law here, and everyone's standard of getting along depends on friendship, but compared with the city, it has a little more warmth.

Chapter 93 The Taste of the Mountains and Fields

"What's for dinner?"

Jiang Xia asked curiously, he had no experience of spending the night in deep mountains and old forests before, but he had seen many food bloggers cooking in the mountains, and those natural and simple foods looked very attractive.

"By the way, Mr. Jiang Xia, you and Jiu and I are both cooks, why don't you cook dinner?"

Kwata Seiji suggested that Kwata Seiji was invited by Totsuki to participate in the cooking activities organized by the students before, and he had seen those dishes.

It was indeed delicious, just like the village chef who died on the mountain back then.

However, Kwata Seiji was also a little cautious. When he saw those cooks, there were a lot of tools in cooking, and the process was very cumbersome.

But here is the mountain, and the tools are very limited, so what else can you chefs cook?

The behavior in this is probably a kind of mood that wants to see the other party say no, and then act aggressively.