The Age of Discovery: Chinese cuisine swept across Europe

When Min Xi heard this, he burst into laughter.

Yun Ji's eyes were filled with tears because of the spiciness, but he was reluctant to spit out the piece of meat. He rolled it around with his tongue for a few times, chewed it, and swallowed it.

Min Xi almost laughed to tears, he held back his laughter and asked Yun Ji: "How is it?"

Yun Ji exhaled: "It's like swallowing a ball of fire."

Min Xi grabbed his wrist, leaned over, and bit off a piece of the spicy lamb skewer with his hand. It was really spicy. Even though he sprinkled a little chili powder, it was as spicy as any he had ever eaten. For Sanvis, who had never eaten chili before, it was really like a bee sting.

Min Xi was very happy eating it, this was a familiar taste to him: "It's delicious, although it's spicy, but it's very satisfying!"

Yun Ji looked at Min Xi's happy face and asked, "Do you like spicy food?"

Min Xi nodded: "I like it! Sanvis, how do you feel?"

Sanvis was crying and drooling, but he couldn't bear to put the skewers down. He gritted his teeth and finished eating them. After finishing, he wiped away his tears and said, "It's spicy, but delicious!"

Min Xi laughed: "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

"Where did you get such hot spices?" said Sandvis.

"I got it from the Baron. Sanvis, I want to grow some of this spicy spice, can you help me find a piece of land?" Min Xi asked.

Sanvis looked at him and said, "Are you sure you want to grow it? It's so spicy, few people can accept it."

Min Xi said: "I want to plant them and bring the seeds back to China."

Sanvis said, "It will take at least a few months to harvest after you plant it, but you will be leaving in two months. You might as well just take the seeds back with you."

Min Xi shook his head: "I'm not going back for the time being, so I still have to plant it." He knew that the germination rate of plant seeds would be very, very low if they were more than a year old, so pepper seeds could not be stored.

Sanvis was surprised: "Why don't you go back again?"

Min Xi said: "I still want to go to England, so I won't go back for the time being."

"What are you going to do in England?" asked Sanvis.

"I am very interested in plants. I heard from the Baron that there is a botanical garden at Oxford University in the UK that collects plants from several continents. I want to go there and take a look," said Min Xi.

Sanvis found it hard to understand why he would stay for this reason: "Just for this?"

Min Xi nodded: "Yes. So I will not only grow spices, but also open a restaurant."

"You're crazy!" said Sanvis.

He could understand why people were crazy about gold and silver, but he totally could not understand why people were crazy about some plants.

However, Min Xi knew that no matter how precious gold and silver were, they were not as important as those plants. When disaster and war came, gold and white things were of no use. Only food could truly save thousands of lives.

Min Xi smiled and said, "So is there any land I can grow crops on? Or I can pay someone to rent a piece of land, it doesn't have to be very big."

Sanvis said, "Would you like to pay to rent land to grow spices?"

Min Xi nodded: "Yeah."

"Then I'll help you find a piece of land."

"Thank you, Sanvis."

In the evening, when he got to the attic, Min Xi took out two bright red tomatoes, put them to his nose and smelled them. They smelled really good. It had been a long time since he smelled such delicious tomatoes. The skin of the tomatoes was very thin and ripe. He had kept them in his pocket for a day, and the skin was about to break.

He opened his mouth and was about to take a bite to taste it, but Yun Ji snatched it away: "Ninth brother, what are you doing? This is poisonous, you can't eat it!"

"Who told you it's poisonous?" Min Xi remembered that he didn't tell him that tomatoes were poisonous.

"I heard it. The Baron didn't let you eat it, saying it was poisonous. I understood." Yun Ji said.

Min Xi thought, this is a bit difficult to deal with. How did he understand? "It's not like that. They said that the locals thought it looked good and might be poisonous, so it's best not to eat it. It doesn't mean that you can't eat it."

"The locals don't dare to eat it, so why do you want to eat it? We don't lack it." Yun Ji said firmly.

Min Xi said: "I held it for most of the day and nothing happened. I think it should be non-toxic."

"Some poisons are chronic and may not manifest themselves immediately," said Yun Ji.

Min Xi said: "But it really looks like our Daming persimmons, the shape and color are similar, and it smells so good, it feels like it's edible."

"I'm going to throw it away." Yun Ji said.

"No, Seventh Brother, these are the seeds I begged from the Baron with great difficulty. Even if they can't be eaten, they can be used for viewing. I won't eat them, so keep them for seeds." Min Xi took them from Yun Ji.

Yun Ji looked at him: "You really don't want to eat?"

"Really! I don't want to die. I won't joke with my life." Min Xi said seriously.

Yun Ji said, "Then put it aside and don't hold it anymore."

"Okay." Min Xi put the tomatoes on the only small table in the room. Just as he put it down, he picked up one of them, put it in his mouth and took a bite. He ate one third of it. It was sour and sweet, full of tomato flavor, and very delicious.

After swallowing it, put the two side by side on the table with the bitten side facing inwards, and they will still look complete.

Yun Ji felt that his movements were a bit slow: "You didn't eat?"

Min Xi smiled and said, "Of course not, I'm not a child anymore."

Yun Ji spread out the quilt and said, "Go to sleep."

Min Xi lay down next to him, and Yun Ji suddenly asked, "What's that smell?"

"What's that smell? I don't smell it." Min Xi said.

Yun Ji has a keen sense of smell. He followed the smell to Min Xi's head and looked down into his eyes: "It smells a bit like wolfberry. Did you eat it?"

Min Xi kept his mouth shut and said nothing, because if he opened his mouth, he would be completely exposed.

Yun Ji said, "Open your mouth and let me smell it."

Min Xi looked at his serious face, knowing that he probably couldn't avoid it. Suddenly, a bold idea came to his mind. He leaned forward and quickly kissed Yun Ji on the lips.

Yun Ji's pupils trembled, and he stepped back suddenly in fear. Because he stepped back too fast, his head hit the roof behind him. He ignored the pain and looked at Min Xi in panic: "You, you..."

Seeing that he didn't dare to get close, Min Xi opened his mouth and spoke: "I was just joking with Brother Qi, don't take it seriously, I'll sleep on the other side."

Then he blew out the light in one breath, crawled to the other end and went to sleep.

Leaving Yun Ji alone in the dark, what exactly did Min Xi mean? Why did he kiss himself?

After Min Xi lay down, he saw that Yun Ji had not fallen asleep yet, so he said, "Seventh Brother, don't you want to sleep?"

Yun Ji ignored him.

Min Xi said again: "Seventh Brother, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean it. It's just that you came too close, so I was just joking."

Yun Ji still didn't say anything.

Min Xi realized that the situation was a bit serious. Yun Ji was not as shameless as modern men. This kiss might really go wrong.

Min Xi sat up and said, "Seventh Brother, I ate a piece of wolf peach. I was afraid you would be angry if you knew, so I wanted to use that method to scare you away."

Yun Ji finally reacted, and it was quite big. He rushed over and grabbed Min Xi tightly: "What did you say? You ate the wolf peach?!"

Min Xi said, "Well, I took a bite. I might die soon. Can you forgive me for my disrespect just now?"

Yun Ji grabbed his arm and said, "Ninth brother, why are you so stupid? You don't know if it's poisonous or not, why do you eat it? Spit it out quickly, or you will die. Why are you so disobedient? Didn't you say you wouldn't eat it?"

Min Xi hurriedly comforted him: "Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother, calm down. Don't worry, you may not die."

Yun Ji's face had already turned red with anxiety: "It's called Wolf Peach. How can a wolf be a good thing? It's treacherous and vicious. Come on, I'll take you to see a doctor." He pulled Min Xi and was about to go downstairs.

Min Xi certainly didn't want to see a doctor: "Seventh Brother, don't worry. It tastes sour and sweet, and it tastes good. I don't feel any discomfort. I think it may not be poisonous."

Yun Ji was sweating profusely from anxiety, but seeing that Min Xi was not anxious at all, he said, "Are you going to piss me off to death?"

Min Xi said sincerely, "Seventh Brother, I'm sorry. I made you worry. I was willful. But I really don't have any symptoms of discomfort. Don't worry, just observe it, okay?"

Yun Ji said: "Then I'll take you down to drink some water. Drink more and then spit it out, and you'll be fine."

Min Xi certainly didn't want to have his stomach washed: "Don't you know a little bit about medicine? Take my pulse and see if there's anything wrong."

Yun Ji grabbed Min Xi's wrist, touched it for a while, and then let go: "No, my mind is too confused, I can't feel it out."

Min Xi said, "Seventh Brother, you are too concerned. The reason why wolf peach is called wolf peach is not because the locals think it is poisonous after eating it, but because they see the bright color of the fruit and believe it is poisonous, so it is called wolf peach. No one dares to eat it, and no one is sure whether it is really poisonous or not."

"Really?" Yun Ji was skeptical.

"Really. It tastes sour and sweet, and it's delicious. I don't feel any discomfort." Min Xi grabbed his hand and touched his forehead. "It's not hot at all. Your speech and thoughts are clear, and your energy is strong. Calm down and take my pulse."

Yun Ji said, "Let me light a lamp and take a look."

"it is good."

Yun Ji rubbed the tinder, lit the charcoal cloth, and then lit the oil lamp. He looked at Min Xi again, only to see Min Xi making faces at him: "Seventh Brother, I'm really fine."

Seeing how full of energy he was, Yun Ji couldn't help but sigh: "You, you, I really don't know what to say to you!"