Future Shennong Space

When Xiao exited from Starnet, he glanced at the timer on the table: it was half an hour earlier than the scheduled exit time.

Before he had time to think about the reason, he was completely attracted by a strange fragrance in the air, and then he saw that the door to the balcony was open.

This... is rice fragrance, right?

It's a bit familiar, but it definitely doesn't match the taste in his impression, because there is no smell like this in his impression...

"Hey, I'll go, why is this smell so attractive?"

I don't know who shouted from outside.

That's right, it's alluring, the strong sweet fragrance is like a pair of small hands scratching people's sense of smell, hooking people's appetite out.

Shaw walked up to the balcony.Outside, this taste is stronger, and it seems to have added another, more enticing stew flavor.

I don’t know what was added to the stew, which made the whole taste extremely delicious and rich. With the aroma of the rice before, it made people feel hungry instantly.

He saw a lot of people coming out from nearby balconies, looking around trying to find the source of the scent, and some people were discussing what it was cooked for.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of his neighbor.Looking at the balcony on the left, the door is indeed open.

Shaking off the weird thoughts in his mind, he returned to the room, and originally wanted to close the balcony door, but after a moment of hesitation, he still left it in its original state.

Usually this time is dinner time, but now being disturbed by the aroma outside, I feel unbearably hungry.

Thinking of the delicious smell of meat, Xiao took out two boxes of steak-flavored nutritious meals from the refrigerator, heated them and put them on the dining table.

Obviously, the hunger was unbearably aroused by the taste of the food, but he couldn't arouse his appetite for the nutritious meal that had been heated.

The things I'm used to eating suddenly become unpalatable now, and the strong steak smell doesn't smell right now, like a fake flower sprinkled with real flower-flavored perfume, the aroma is only floating on the surface.

Suddenly there was commotion outside again, and there was a burnt, sour-sweet, more appetizing smell in the air.

The spoon that had already been delivered was thrown back into the dinner plate. Xiao stood up almost annoyed, and went to close the balcony door.

A few minutes later, the balcony door was opened again, and Xiao walked up to the balcony with a stern face, carrying a plate, and then he saw someone on other balconies coming out with a plate to smell the smell just like him.

But... Xiao stirs the nutritious meal with a spoon, what should I do if I don't want to eat it?

The doorbell rang suddenly.

Xiao reached out and clicked on the terminal, and the image of his neighbor appeared on the virtual screen, standing outside his door.

"Mr. Holmes, hello."

Xiao nodded expressionlessly: "Hello."

Ji Mingxiao scratched his head in embarrassment, "Well, have you had dinner yet?"

Xiao looked at the nutritious meal that had been stirred up by him, and suddenly lost his appetite.

"Not yet." He threw the spoon back, "What's the matter?"

"Oh," his little neighbor said stupidly, "that's great, I accidentally cooked too much for dinner, can you please have dinner with me?"

How can anyone invite others like this? !

Xiao was speechless.

The scent in the air has stabilized now and is no longer so offensive, but the faint scent is even more unbearable.

By coincidence, the rejection that Xiao was about to blurt out turned into: "What did you do?"

"Well," said his neighbor, "I bought too many ribs, some of them were stewed in soup, and the other part was made into sweet and sour."

really him?Xiao was surprised.

His neighbor was still waiting outside the door. Xiao coughed lowly, suppressed the faint expectation in his heart, and replied very formally: "Thank you very much for your invitation. Please wait a moment. I will be there in 5 minutes."

After closing the terminal, the corners of Xiao's mouth raised slightly unconsciously, and when he saw other people on the balcony who were still talking about it when he left, he felt an extremely strange sense of superiority in his heart.

Xiao quickly walked back to the room, and this time he happily threw the completely uneaten dinner plate on the table.

It was not a formal visit, he changed into a short-sleeved shirt, and hesitated before going out with a bottle of table wine.

His little neighbor seems to be underage, so he shouldn't be able to drink.

In the end, he replaced the table wine with a kind of fruit juice from La Guxing, which he brought back when he was doing missions there. It is a bit like wine mixed with rose flavor, but it does not contain alcohol. It is very popular among ladies and gentlemen. kids like it.

After ringing the doorbell, Ji Mingxiao quickly opened the door, and the faint aroma immediately became substantive.

The room, which seemed quite spacious at first, suddenly became a little cramped after Xiao came in. Ji Mingxiao took the gift that Xiao handed him, and shyly brought him to the table.

The food was already set on the table, and it looked a bit like the oriental restaurant he had been to, even the tableware was the same two small sticks.

The first thing that attracted Xiao was the plate of caramel-colored pork ribs, with a sweet and sour taste.After Ji Mingxiao lifted the lid of a soup pot, his attention was immediately diverted.

This is the smell of stewed meat that I smelled before. As the lid was opened, the rich and delicious smell spread directly in the room.

These two dishes are the special dishes of the restaurant where Ji Mingxiao worked. They look ordinary, but they are very skillful in cooking.Especially the stewed soup, which is stewed with ribs, yam and Cordyceps flower. It is very particular about what heat to use at different times.In addition, I added a special small Chinese medicine bag, which contains more than 20 herbs such as Codonopsis pilosula, wolfberry, cinnamon, clove, angelica dahurica and licorice, but the taste of the medicine is not obvious, but both soup and meat are extremely delicious. A health-care soup that customers of the store must order.Ji Mingxiao started stewing in the afternoon for nearly 4 hours, until the pork chops were so tender that the yams were almost melted into the soup.

Xiao rejected Ji Mingxiao's proposal to change the tableware for him. Under Ji Mingxiao's surprised gaze, he skillfully used two chopsticks to pick up a rib and put it on the rice bowl.

Speaking of which, the rice seems to be weird, the rice grains are slender, crystal clear, with a hint of blue color, and the aroma is tangy, which should be the smell at the beginning of the afternoon.

Xiao didn't know what it was, but Ji Mingxiao knew it all too well. It was the green rice that was mentioned many times in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Bijinga rice is a kind of high-quality rice. It was originally produced in Yutian County, Hebei Province. It was a tribute in the Qing Dynasty. It is as crystal clear as jade and has an attractive aroma.In the early days, when a newborn was weaned in a local family in Yutian, they used rice soup made of green japonica rice instead of breast milk.

However, later on, pure white japonica rice is rare, and rice farmers usually keep their own seeds, so it is hard to find in the market.

It was only when Ji Mingxiao was threshing that he discovered that the rice he harvested turned out to be Japonica rice. In a moment of excitement, he stepped on a flying skateboard and ran to the supermarket to buy vegetables, but he accidentally overcooked.

When he was on Earth, the master chef of the restaurant praised Ji Mingxiao for his talent in cooking. Now, with the added flavor of the ingredients produced in the space, the dishes he cooked became [-] points from [-] points.

He added an extra bowl of rice for himself, and ate a belly ball with pork rib soup, and Xiao took care of the rest, not even the two vegetarian dishes.

From this point of view, Xiao is a very popular guest, and he is too flattering to the host.

Xiao is also very satisfied. The sweet and sour pork ribs are sweet and sour, soft and tender, and the surface is slightly burnt. The mouth is simply full of fragrance.

After following the previous fruit, he once again failed to control his appetite.

Ji Mingxiao finally made a small dessert with pumpkin and red bean filling, but neither of them could eat it anymore.Ji Mingxiao kept some of them, and packed the rest in a constant-temperature fresh-keeping box, and Xiao took them all back.

Before leaving, Xiao thanked the neighbor very sincerely for his hospitality, connected with him to the terminal, and exchanged contact information.

After the doctor, the name of the second friend finally appeared in Ji Mingxiao's communication column.

Note: The introduction about Bijaponica rice comes from Du Niang.