Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 31 Details
After Rhodes practiced the sword, he ran to the kitchen to teach Weber how to make dumplings.

He used a rolling pin polished smooth by a carpenter to roll a small ball of dough into a dumpling skin, put the meat filling in the middle of the skin, dipped a little water on the edge of the dumpling skin, squeezed the dumpling, and one dumpling was ready.

Weber learned it after watching it once. Rhodes originally wanted to use the steamer made by the carpenter to make steamed buns, but he found a problem. Steamed buns are much more difficult to make than dumplings.

Unlike dumplings, you can use a rolling pin to roll the small dough into a layer of skin. The bun skin also needs to be added with baking soda or yeast. He doesn’t know how much baking soda to add, nor how long it will take to leaven. He takes the time to research.

The most important thing is that he doesn't know how to knead the bun into the shape of a bun...

In comparison, the dumplings are much simpler. He is going to divide the dumplings into two parts, one for cooking and the other for frying.

Cooking dumplings is also much easier than steaming buns, just add water and cook.He can also fry dumplings. Pour a layer of oil into the pan, then put the dumplings on top, add water so that the water just covers the dumplings, cover the pot and start heating. When the water boils dry, the dumplings are cooked.

Eating dumplings can be tolerated without vinegar. Rhodes thought for a while, as if there was vinegar here, he ran to the wine cellar and found a bottle of apple cider vinegar. After tasting a little, he decided that eating only dumplings was delicious.

There was one more person for dinner this time, and Racal left the room today and ate with them in the hall.

Rhodes looked at Lakar and thought that he should also be a person who doesn't care about noble etiquette, otherwise he wouldn't be so sloppy.

Lakar sat on the long table without saying a word, making Baron, who had been carefree all the time, also remain silent.

The servant brought the divided dumplings in front of everyone, and everyone kept staring at Rakal, only daring to move the fork after he started to move the fork.

Racal put a dumpling on a separate plate with a fork, and ate it bit by bit with a knife.

The people who had been silent all the time saw the knowledgeable Racal eating this kind of food that they had never seen before, and they began to follow suit.

Rhodes was a little embarrassed to correct them, but in the end he couldn't help it anymore. He told them that this was not the way to eat it. Then he picked up a dumpling with the chopsticks polished by the carpenter, threw it into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it.

The dumplings were a bit big, and it made Rhodes feel a little uncomfortable to swallow them in one bite.

Seeing Rhodes' demonstration, everyone began to fork the dumplings clumsily. The boiled dumplings were easy to fall apart with a fork, but the fried dumplings were much better.

Baron ate all the dumplings on his plate like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and then stared at what was on Rhode's plate.

Rhodes gave some of his share to Baron, and Lacal didn't eat any more after Rhodes' demonstration, but kept staring at Rhodes eating dumplings with chopsticks, which made Rhodes very embarrassed, but he was also embarrassed to ask Lacal reason.

"Young man, can you explain to me how to use the two wooden sticks in your hand?" Racal asked.

It turned out that he wanted to learn to use chopsticks. Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief and began to use chopsticks slowly in front of him, explaining the movements to him little by little.

After Racal finished reading, Rhodes gave him a pair of unused chopsticks.Lakar stared at the round chopsticks above and below for a long time, and then began to try to use them. After several attempts, he couldn't pick them up. "Hands are not so flexible when you get older."

He let go of his right hand, and the chopsticks moved on their own, pinching a boiled dumpling precisely and bringing it to his mouth. He took a bite and commented, "It's tender and juicy, the noodles are very thin, and you don't need to chew them at all. It has meat but is not greasy, it is very suitable for an old man like me to eat."

Why didn't he pick up the dumplings directly with his mental strength instead of using chopsticks?Rhode thought to himself.

Although Lakar is old, he eats very quickly. Although he is not as good as Baron, he is faster than Rhodes.Soon he finished eating all the dumplings cooked in front of him, and only ate one or two fried dumplings. He also stared at the plate in front of Rhodes, who ate the slowest.

Rhode reluctantly gave him all the boiled dumplings. It seemed that Lakar didn't like fried dumplings, but he liked boiled dumplings very much.

Racal nodded, and quickly started eating again, "If I eat this every day, I can live another ten years."

"I'll order the kitchen to make this for you every day," Jon said.

"I will get tired of eating every day." Racal said while eating.

"You can ask the kitchen to make different fillings, this is pork, you can also make beef, eggs, cabbage, pork and cabbage..." Rhodes said.

"Is it so interesting? Tomorrow you will teach me how to do this. I will try it myself. I forgot to ask you, what is the name of this." Racal said.

"This is called dumplings. I'll teach you how to make them tomorrow." Rhodes replied.

After Racal finished eating, he hiccupped, left the long table, and walked towards the stairs.

Everyone on the long table breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally back." Jon muttered.

"You are the lord, why are you still so afraid of him?" Baron asked.

"He's my grandpa's uncle, and I'm the brat he beat up since he was a child. Even if I'm the lord now, what am I in front of him?" Jon said helplessly.

"Uh……"

"However, there is such an elder in the family, which makes me feel at ease. As long as there is no problem with him, there will be no problem with my territory." Jon said.

"By the way, what did that person do and was locked in the dungeon?" Hammer asked.

"Human trafficking, and it's still nobles." Jon took a sip of wine, "A teenage girl from a lord's family in the Far North Province stole a carriage from the family to go out to play, and he robbed her of everything including her and her car." Gone. He was originally a traveling merchant, and a luxury carriage with its badge torn off appeared in his caravan was not very noticeable, and then he went all the way south, planning to sell her to the Roman Empire at a high price."

"Then why was he attacked by the Dragon Worship Cult? Is it really because the Dragon Worship Cult has no food?" Hammer asked again.

"Of course not. The little girl's necklace was made by Dragonglass, so the Dragon Cult robbed his business. After he had nothing, he came to me." Jon explained.

"Where did that little girl go?" Weber asked.

"Abducted by the Dragon Cult." Jon replied.

"Then he is not seeking his own death when he asks you for help. If that little girl tells you that she is a nobleman and was kidnapped by him, then he will die." Rhodes asked.

"In order not to attract attention, he made the little girl dress in rags. Who would believe a homeless little beggar who was taken in by a caravan but daydreaming every day?" Jon said.

Rhodes recalled that the luxurious carriage was taken away by a group of free riders. He let them go without chasing them back, and the group of riders never appeared again.

He couldn't figure it out at all before, and now he wants to understand a little bit, but he still has a lot of doubts.

Rhodes thought about it, he had never seen a girl in the caravan before, and he didn't know where Daniel hid the girl before.

"Tomorrow I will send someone to exterminate the believers of the Dragon Worship Cult. I originally wanted to go in person, but was stopped by Master Lakar, who said that the family has no heirs, and that I will not be allowed to leave this castle unless I can give birth to a son." Joan En smiled wryly, "But I'm not married yet, when will my son be born?"

Baron and Hamer next to him both laughed, "Then we'll wait for you to invite us to your wedding." Baron smiled and patted Jon on the shoulder.

Jon asked the cook to make some more food, and they were getting drunk and wanted a few bottles.

After Rhodes finished eating, he returned to the room and began to run the Divine Lighting Technique. He has a new feeling today...

(End of this chapter)