[Through] Delicious Journey

The mayor's family just held a birthday party a few days ago, and I don't know which party it was contracted to. Just looking at the colorful stripes at the door that haven't had time to fade, I know it must have been a big deal.

There are people playing in front of the lawn, one old and one young.The child is about 4 years old, just at the age of lively and active running around. He is held by the old man with both hands, dancing happily on a jelly-shaped crystal.

Cha Bei looked surprised, and pulled Ying Cui eyes eagerly towards him.

Looking closer, the sports equipment similar to a modern trampoline looks more like jelly, crystal clear, full of elasticity, and has a fruity fragrance.

"Hey, this is jelly, right?" Ying Cui recalled the scene of the game, trying to find out what it was with the help of memory.

"Wild jelly fungus." Fanmi said with no surprise, "There are many around the town of Gumula." He rubbed his chin, "But it's rare to see such a big one."

Cha Bei couldn't help rushing over to touch it out of curiosity, and excitedly shouted at Ying Cui, "Brother Ying, it's really a jelly fungus, it's so big."

The shape of the jelly fungus is like a mushroom. The cap is large and smooth, but the stalk is small and covered by a huge pale pink umbrella. You have to squat down or bend down to see the clearer plant veins as you get closer to the roots.

"Hello, old man." Ying Cui stepped forward to greet the old man, nodded politely, and then looked around.

This place seems to be the place where the town's sports equipment is placed. Apart from the jelly fungus, there are also solid original chocolate dumbbells for arm strength training, large triangular hole balls made of hollow lollipops, and some things that don't seem to be famous at all.

Ying Cui was quite eye-opening, this was the first time he saw the effects of ingredients in life with his own eyes, even though he had predicted that there would be today after he came to this world, he was still surprised when he actually saw it.

What a weird, rather interesting world.

"Tsk tsk, if I knew it, I would have walked around the town more, so I wouldn't have discovered these things until today." Ying Cui muttered to herself, walked to the original chocolate dumbbell, bent down and lifted it.

Cha Bei had already started playing on his own, Fan Mi talked to Ying Cui, and sat down by the side of the tree, holding a cowboy hat to block the sun, preparing to take a nap for a while, without getting involved in the next bullet.

"Well, it's so heavy." Ying Cui held back all her strength to lift it up, and couldn't bear to put it down after doing it for three times. She rubbed her slightly sore arms and sighed, "Is this really made of ingredients?"

He knelt down and wiped the handle of the dumbbell, marveling at the texture of his hands, and murmured, "Isn't it chocolate, why didn't it melt when the palms were sweating?"

"Young people still need to practice their physical strength." The old man witnessed Ying Cui's activities, and now he teased his grandson and came over to talk to him, "These ingredients were covered with a layer of isolation film by the hunters, and they were not removed or suffered major damage. , it can be guaranteed for ten years without deterioration.”

"Ten years?" Ying Cui's eyes widened, "The shelf life is ten years, so you can't eat it after you untie it."

"Of course it can be eaten." The old man stared, as if he was dissatisfied with Ying Cui's questioning, "It will keep the same taste as when it was sealed within an hour after removing the isolation film." The old man said, looking forward, "If you meet A powerful hunter, the isolation membrane can last up to hundreds of years."

"Hundreds of years?" Ying Cui took a deep breath, "Isn't this enough to become a master? Oh, by the way, old man, let me ask you something."

He hasn't forgotten the business of coming here, pinched the face of the child in the old man's arms, and asked, "You are a resident nearby, do you know that the old mayor lives in the house?" There is no need to be hastily disturbed.

"Old mayor?" The old man turned his face away, and tightened his grip on the sleepy child in his arms, "What do you want him for?"

"Entrusted by someone." Ying Cui saw that the other person's face was not right, and looked at the old man again, and suddenly his heart moved, and he took out the bullet.

"This is it?" The old man snatched it with sharp eyes, "Where did you get it?"

Looking at the other party's expression, Ying Cui knew that she had made the right bet, and smiled slightly, "Don't worry about it, I just ask if the agreement made back then still counts?"

Chabe also came over, his eyes rolled around, and he looked at the two curiously.

"Forget it, of course it does." The old man narrowed his eyes and said with a little melancholy, "Let's go, let's talk inside."

Ying Cui nodded, glanced at Fan Mi who had nothing to do with her, shook her head and followed the old man into the house.

The next thing will be easy to handle, or Ying Cui didn't expect everything to go so smoothly.

They informed the news of Grandpa Chabei's death, and of course the matters about the choice were taken over by Ying Cui.

The old mayor handed his grandson to his wife at home, warmly entertained the two in the backyard, and talked about the past with great sorrow.

A chase made the two accidentally establish a friendship. Just waiting for the old mayor to come back, the place where Zeng Jin met has already been covered with mulberry fields, and the only thing left is the bullet as a token. He has also tried to find it over the years. , but in the end it was nothing.

This is also the reason why the old mayor did not return to his hometown, but stayed in Gumula Town, hoping to see someone come back with a token in his lifetime.

"Unexpectedly, so many years have passed." The old mayor relaxed his eyes, seeing the bullet and hearing the news of his old friend's death, he was filled with grief and joy, "Speak." He rubbed Chabei's head, " Whatever is within my power, I will do it.”

Ying Cui took a sip of tea, licked her lips and said, "It's actually like this. I want to open a shop in the main city, and hope to get a letter of recommendation from the mayor."

The old man was taken aback for a moment, apparently not expecting such a request from the other party. He pondered for a moment, and smiled wryly, "Only this is the only thing I can't decide." It is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say.

"I know the rules." Ying Cui said quickly, "We will prepare the dishes for the test, and we only hope to get a chance to compete."

Before he came here, he had already inquired clearly that the small town has one selection quota for each season. In addition, since the performance of the recommender in the main city is also related to the election of the mayor of the town every three years, each recommendation letter is sent out. quite discreet.

The mission he did in the game was because he hosted the mayor's daughter's birthday, so he got the test-free reward, and this time, the selection quota was naturally given to the sponsor this time.

Therefore, Ying Cui didn't want to make any progress, and only asked for a chance to compete with her.

"This." The old mayor didn't think too long this time, put away the bullet, and said, "OK, tell me which main city you are going to?"

"Career City." Ying Cui replied, the recipe for the first fantasy cuisine is there, he has no other choice.

The old man nodded, "Since you know the rules, you must also understand the saying of 'Five Cities and Five Flavors'."

Five Cities and Five Flavors, representing the five main cities that focus on five flavors, arrange their food customs and characteristics according to the five flavors of "sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty", which is also one of the highlights in the game setting.

Among them, Karel Santo is sweet.

"I understand." Ying Cui was also unambiguous, "I will bring special sweets over in three days."

……

"Fan Mi, let's go." Ying Cui went out and recruited the young man who was lying under the tree very comfortably.

On the side, Chabe was holding a handful of various snacks in his arms, smiling so hard that he couldn't see.

Fanmi stood up, turned the cowboy hat on his face, and it fell firmly on his head, "It's pretty fast."

"That's right." Ying Cui resolved a problem in her mind, and in a good mood, she waved her hand, "Let's go for an autumn outing tomorrow!"

As soon as the words came out, the big and small people beside them all turned their heads, "Qiuyou?"

"Well, by the way, I'm looking for ingredients for special sweets. I remember there is a sweetheart candy forest outside the town, so let's go there." The dish of sugar baked pudding that was forced by the task at the beginning, this time the initiative is in my hands, so I naturally want to make something different. the same.

"Special sweets?" Fanmi immediately asked, "You want to use sweetheart candies to make special sweets?"

"Well, what's the matter, is there a problem?"

Fan Mi curled his lips, "Since you are going to Karil City, wouldn't it be easier to use this kind of ingredients as a signature dish... Although we can hug our thighs, the grade is too low."

Special sweets, that is, the dishes prepared by each store in the main city when accepting the mayor's test, and it will also be the signature dish of the store in the future.

"Thighs, what thighs?" Fan Mi's voice was too low for Ying Cui to hear.

The boy rolled his eyes and tugged at the corners of his mouth, "It's nothing."

Hey, he really wants to tell a bad joke now.

……

The small town of Gumura borders the sea to the north, while the other three border on vast land.

Go south out of the town, past the sour fruit grassland is the sweetheart candy forest.

Cha Bei bounced and walked in the front, Ying Cui stopped and stopped, occasionally picking some food under his feet, and Fan Mi walked lazily at the end, carrying a basket of autumn outing food on his head as if performing acrobatics.

"Brother Ying, brother Ying, there are a lot of red berries here, come quickly." Chabei made a big discovery, and called the two of them over loudly.

The weather is fine, and several hills that depend on each other in the distance are scattered one after another.

The sun shines straight down, covering the earth with a layer of golden gauze, the sky is clear and clear, and the white clouds are thin and transparent, drifting past leisurely, indescribably leisurely.

"What a big cranberry." Ying Cui walked to Chabei and took the fruit from the child.

The red fruit is as big as a baby's fist, round, and looks like a strawberry, but there are no black particles. There are hard leaves at the junction with the growth vine, which is a bit like a plum.

"Well, there's a lot of juice." After one bite, it tasted sweet and sour, and the taste was more like strawberries. "Huh, what are those?" Ying Cui groped along the vines, and found strawberries not far away, which were also relatively tall. Big, just not as dramatic as cranberries.

"It's good to go back and make jam." Ying Cui took off the basket, and said to Cha Bei while picking it, "Xiao Bei, if you like this, pick more, and if you can't finish the rest, Brother Ying will make you Guozhen as a snack.

"Good!" The child blushed and cheered.

At such an unreliable speed of collecting while walking, they finally arrived at the Sweetheart Candy Forest before noon.