dry man, dry soul

Chapter 37 Hot Spring Villa

Yongquansi was very quiet.The small snowflake landed silently and melted into the hot spring pool safely.

The young man clapped his hands.

The peaceful tourists who had been taking a good bath in the hot spring pool opened their eyes wide open.

"You, you, you...follow." The young man pointed at a few people, then turned away and walked towards the forest again.And Chi Jiang, Shen Yu and Qiao Jiu who were pointed by him walked slowly from the hot spring pool to his direction.

The three explorers are like puppets.They seemed to have completely lost their ability to control themselves, and somehow obeyed the youth's instructions.This scene was creepy, but both the person involved and the other tourists in the hot spring pool maintained a "peaceful" expression and cooperated with this instruction.

Occasionally, circles of ripples would appear in the water of the hot spring pool that no one noticed.These ripples are as silent as falling snow, making no sound.After all, no matter how closely you look in the water, you can only see extremely small dust-like particles.

The staff took out clean bath towels and put them on for the three of them.

On the snowy road where there was only one person's footsteps, this time there are footsteps of the young man's return journey, and the footsteps of Chi Jiang and the three of them neatly and accurately.On the long snowy road, these monotonous footprints are so small that they will be covered by wind and snow again in a short time.

Unlike the young man who was hardly afraid of the cold, Chi Jiang and the three had a peaceful face, but their bodies quickly reacted to the cold.

In just a few meters, Chi Jiang's feet were red and swollen from the cold.All thin-skinned areas of the body are flushed.His forehead, the tip of his nose, and his cheeks were pink from the cold, as were the joints of his hands and feet.

He continued to walk without realizing it, his eyes fell on the emptiness, and his thoughts were immersed in his own sweet dreams.

Iron pots are full of gas, and traditional chefs love to use them.Old man Ge can pick up a heavy iron pot with one hand.A chef who cooks will not be afraid of high fire and oil of various temperatures.The old man processed a pile of meat very quickly, and Chi Jiang talked about some meat-making details.

"Knead the meat with starch-added water. Massage will make the meat more tender. After the meat fiber is fully rubbed, the blood will be cleaned better, and the smell of meat will be reduced. If it is only soaked in blood, I am afraid I won’t be able to eat it next year.”

Exaggeration is exaggeration, but when it comes to the details of cooking, old man Ge will always say: "After kneading, remove the water."

"The marinated salt should be fried. It depends on what you eat." Ge Laotou heated up the iron pot, "put the cinnamon, star anise, bay leaves and salt into the pot together. The salt should be fried until it turns yellow, and then remove from the pot. Pour it into the meat, Knead again."

Trivial stuff.Chi Jiang had heard old man Ge talk about this since he was very young.As he got older, Old Man Ge would repeat the things he said in the past, and later Chi Jiang inherited this habit, always talking when cooking.

Is being addicted to the past a sign of getting old?

Chi will be able to smell the slightly pungent pungent smell of spices and salt fried.If there is no smoking machine, it will always be a painful thing for ordinary people to cook with iron pots.The strong smell of oily smoke is more terrifying than second-hand smoke.

Soon the heat from the iron pot was transmitted from the pot to Chi Jiang.

He could feel the burning heat all over his body from bottom to top, and he could feel a slight tingling pain in his nose and throat.

While marinating, old man Ge guided Chi to the direction of life: "Knowledge is endless, and you have to learn more to not be left behind. The reason why human beings can dominate the earth is that while possessing IQ, they can make knowledge and culture continue to grow." Handed down."

There is a slight sneer in his tone: "Many people work step by step, and they feel that they are getting older step by step. They can't do this or that. They live a century-old life as if they only have 30 or 40 years."

"The past determines the present, and the present determines the future. The future..." He cut off the subject and put the meat aside. "Marinate overnight, and tomorrow morning will be the time to make porridge."

Chi will fight to pack the meat.The two big men eat a lot, and they still can't finish eating so much.Coupled with the fact that old man Ge's diet has become more and more light and limited over the years, he can't eat all the meat alone.

It would be great if this atmosphere could be maintained.

Chi Jiang thought so.

Why do humans get old?He hopes to be able to learn cooking from old man Ge all the time.In the future, when Old Man Ge can no longer walk, they can find a small place to open a restaurant as they grow older.Welcome diners from all over the world with various dishes.

In fact, like old man Ge, he doesn't like to stay in one place.As a child he always felt that they would never live in one place for more than a year.

But who made human beings slowly weaken?People will stop forcibly because of the body.

After the old man Ge finished the preparation process, he made a request to General Chi: "All the meat in this restaurant is freshly killed. I told the restaurant owner to let you practice the knife. You help the boss kill a cow."

Kill a cow?

Chi Jiang nodded: "How many?"

Old man Ge muttered: "I bought it by the catty, depending on the number of customers. Kill as many customers as there are. One end in low season and two ends in peak season. Now no one has one end. We use the remaining ingredients to bake fresh ones after killing them. If the machine is poor, you will be punished for training. Someone else will take the bull head."

Chi will respond.

The place where they process the meat is in the back kitchen of a restaurant.Butchering cattle requires a lot of space.Large restaurants will directly buy goods from the slaughterhouse, and most small restaurants will handle it themselves.In such a miniature restaurant with the banner of live slaughter, there will be an indoor venue behind the back kitchen, where real slaughter is done on the spot.

Chi Jiang came to the yard with a civil and military sword.He felt the softness under his feet, and looked down to find that there was snow in the yard that had been tended not long ago.It's hot inside, but cold outside.It's snowing today, with a thin layer on the ground.The snow in the north is always very dry and will not easily turn into water.The temperature difference between day and night is large, even in June and July, there may be snow and hail in the morning and evening.

A cow is tied to a stake with a bucket of water beside it.It was covered with a thin layer of snow, and besides the snow, there was also a little icicle hanging on the edge of the bucket.The cow doesn't know that he will suffer disaster.

Chi Jiang temporarily put the knife aside, pulled out the brown linen belt from his body, and quickly tied the cow's eyes.Cows are intelligent and emotional creatures.It didn't know that it was going to suffer a catastrophe. After being covered with a belt, it sensed what was about to happen, and quickly wet the belt with tears.

Chi put the knife next to the cow's neck.

"Moo-"

The cow barked.

"Moo—" The long and sad cry almost touched the depths of Chi Jiang's heart.Chi Jiang's profile was reflected in the bucket.White hair, indifferent, almost expressionless.

Chi stopped his hand.

[Sanity: 2/74, big success. 】

Chi Jiang suddenly opened his eyes wide and pursed his lips tightly.A severe cold feeling swept the whole body.No, no.He is in the hot spring villa.He wasn't in the yard of some little restaurant, and he wasn't killing cows.

Old man Ge has been missing for a long time, and his life and death are unknown now.He entered another world to explore, and there should be Shen Yu by his side.The hot springs here are problematic.

He was soberly aware that he was dreaming, subconsciously withdrew the knife and looked around.

This dream was so real that he could feel the moisture on his lips when he exhaled and the coldness when he inhaled.He could see the weeping cow in front of him, wetting his belt, and he could smell the animal smell of the cow.

It is the smell of grass, mud, manure and live cattle.

Old man Ge reappeared, seeing Chi Jiang not knowing what he was doing, he raised his voice angrily: "Dream? Why don't you kill the cow? It will open soon, and the guests will arrive soon. You didn't even release the cow's blood."

Chi Jiang turned his head and met old man Ge's eyes.

The people in the memory reappeared in front of my eyes.The drooping appearance of Old Man Ge's eyes was exactly the same as in his memory.Chi Jiang didn't break away from his previous familiarity and tacit understanding for a long time.

Before the old man couldn't help scolding him, Chi Jiang turned his wrist, changed the position of holding the knife in his hand, and relaxed his expression on his face: "Old man, if I disappear someday, will you come to me? "

Old man Ge didn't expect his apprentice to say such a thing, so he cursed impatiently: "What nonsense are you talking about. Why don't I ask you? I raised so much. Let me tell you, your life and death are bound to me .I'm dead and you have to collect my body."

For traditional old chefs, apprentices are more like possessions.In addition to studying with the apprentice, he even takes care of the master's daily life and the collection of the body in his later years.With the progress of the times, the current master-student relationship has gradually become more like a teacher-student relationship that is only related to knowledge inheritance.

Only then did General Chi chuckle at Old Man Ge: "So you're missing, and you expected that I would definitely come back to look for you."

Old man Ge's wrinkled old face showed an expression of incomprehension: "What are you talking about?"

Chi Jiang stared at the master in his dream, raised the knife in his hand and aimed it at his neck.

He is not afraid of strange creatures, not afraid of death, and not afraid of the dream he is in: "Master. I have a young companion recently. It is a young companion who has nothing to do with my identity as a chef by accident."

The relationship between the explorers is not the same as the casual guests he met when he was a chef.For temporary guests, he seldom meets a second time after meeting them once.Even exchanging shallow words is useless, there will be no fetters.People who are always on the go rarely have long-lasting friends.

He was actually a little happy when several explorers met again this time.The passerby he thought was no longer just a passerby.

If everyone didn't realize it was a dream, then he had to wake up quickly.

If he was the only one who didn't realize that it was a dream, it meant that he was now a burden to Shen Yu and the others, and he had to wake up quickly.With Shen Yu's personality, there is a high probability that he will find a way to bring him along when he runs away.

He might die if he hit it with a knife.

But after half a year of popular science, Chi will have an intuition.With intuition and great success, the behavior in the dream will not have any impact on his reality.

Chi Jiang looked at the normal old man Ge in front of him, and thought of the madness at the end of the diary and the violation of the young master who spied on the Jenny: "I have too many questions. I want to ask you for an answer to every question."

"So we must all be alive."

Chi Jiang squeezed his hand hard and took a breath, his eyes were covered by drips of scarlet.

After an unknown amount of time, General Chi's vision became clear again.He saw a huge tree falling in the center of the snow-white ground.Judging by the width of the trunk, this tree is over a hundred years old.

There are countless vines and fruits hanging from the trees.The fruit is so huge that it is close to an ostrich egg, and it weighs heavily on a large number of branches.Taking a closer look, the vines slid slowly, and it turned out to be countless thin brown snakes climbing on the trees.

[Sense: 65/74, the judgment is successful. 】

Chi Jiang shivered and looked down at himself.Short swimming trunks, thin bath towels.

Can I have some snow snake soup now?He is so cold! !

The author says:

池将：我在珍妮号，捡到好朋友~马上找到老葛师傅说一遍~老葛把头点，还没说话就见我自刎在面前~（被幻境纯属虚构，不可学习）感谢在2022-07-0223:44:03~2022-07-0323:33:17期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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