Chapter 719

The silence didn’t last long . Yuan Zhou hadn’t opened the book when Chu Xiao suddenly spoke .

“Why didn’t you speak last time?” Chu Xiao said all of a sudden without any sense .

But Yuan Zhou understood him immediately . He said calmly, “It cost me nothing to answer the phone . “

Yuan Zhou said that so straightforwardly that even Chu Xiao became stupefied and answered, “It costs me nothing to make the call, too . “

“According to my phone package, the telecommunication company will offer me one more hour of chatting time as long as I spend no less than 40 Euro every month . Coincidentally, I still have one hour of talk time left,” Chu Xiao paused for an instant and then continued, “It doesn’t cost me anything, either . ”

“Um,” Yuan Zhou answered vaguely and simply and didn’t say anything else .

“Goodbye,” said Chu Xiao abruptly .

“Bye . ” This time, Yuan Zhou still waited for Chu Xiao to hang up the phone first .

Yuan Zhou indicated that he would like to offer help to Chu Xiao to consume this one-hour free talk time very much . As a result, he could make collect calls as long as he wanted to .

However, Chu Xiao always hung up the phone very quickly . He did that almost at the same time Yuan Zhou finished speaking .

“He’s really swift,” Yuan Zhou muttered to himself .

“Speaking of which, I’d like some tofu pudding this evening . ” After Yuan Zhou hung up the phone, he decided what to eat for supper today on a whim .

There was a dish named Spring Water Tofu Pudding in the Sichuan Cuisines of the Chengdu School . It was an extremely common but also a high-class dish .

The reason why it was extremely common was that everybody in every family could do it on their own . And the reason why it was extremely high-class was that a great master of Sichuan Cuisine won a gold medal once with this dish, which outclassed a dish whose main ingredients were edible bird’s nest, abalones and shark’s fin .

“System, are the soybeans that you provide in season?” As it was spring, Yuan Zhou asked that .

The system displayed, “The system doesn’t provide vegetables, meat, poultry or any other food ingredients that are not in season . ”

“All the food ingredients provided by the system are cultivated scientifically . They are all sown and mature during the proper seasons . Host, you don’t need to worry about that . ”

“So all your ingredients are from all over the world, right?” Yuan Zhou suddenly thought of those different kinds of seasonal vegetables in different cabinets .

The system displayed, “Host, you are unqualified to know that with your current level . ”

“All right . The next words will be ‘You must work hard . ‘ I know that . ” Yuan Zhou was fairly helpless .

The system displayed, “The soybean is an annual herbaceous plant from the glycine max of the bean family . It’s about 30-90cm tall . Its stalk is thick and strong and it grows up vertically . It’s covered with long brown hard hairs . The leaves usually have three smaller leaves while the stipules have veins and are covered with yellow soft hair . Its flowering phase is from June to July and the fruit-bearing stage is from July to September . ”

“China is the native habitat of soybeans . The breed selected and used by this system comes from the original local soybeans grown in the black earth of Northeast China . ”

“Only the middle soybean is taken from each bean pod and the others are kept different purposes to make sure each shade-dried soybean is a light yellow, oval-shaped, slightly flat, 1cm-long, 8mm-wide, and a light brown navel bean . ”

“Stop it . I don’t wanna know what fertilizers a soybean takes . I need a quiet atmosphere to cook . ” Yuan Zhou stopped the system in time . He definitely didn’t want to have the misconception that he didn’t even live as well as a soybean .

The system displayed, “Okay . ”

Yuan Zhou didn’t know why, but he felt a sense of pleasure from the system’s answer . Of course, it might be his misconception .

Spring Water Tofu Pudding was really very simple . There were only three ingredients for this dish, the spring water, soybeans, and brine water .

The soybeans were provided by the system and so was the spring water . It wasn’t any kind of existing water .

“The water tastes good . ” Yuan Zhou took a cup of water and then tasted it .

The system displayed, “The spring water comes from the areas of Caishi and Ganggou towns of the Licheng District .

“The book Commentary on the Waterways Classic written by Li Daoyuan read, ‘The spring water comes from a 100 meters beneath the rock stratum . It’s sweet and mellow like the holy water . ‘ This system just took water from that spring mentioned in the book .

“Did you excavate the springs of Ji’nan?” It was Yuan Zhou’s first reaction .

After all, the spring water was much too famous . If one of them disappeared suddenly, what chaos it would cause .

The system displayed, “This system only takes water from one of them and doesn’t take it away . “

“Well, that’s great . ” Yuan Zhou let out a sigh of relief .

Seeing the system no longer reply, Yuan Zhou drank a mouthful of water again and sighed with emotion, “The spring water is like holy water and is indeed unusual . ”

“Gu Dong . ” Yuan Zhou gulped it down .

The spring water was clear and cool, but not as cool as to make the throat and stomach uncomfortable . It only felt slightly cool when it entered the mouth at the beginning . Once it flowed into the throat, however, it immediately moistened the throat like the sweet dew, making the throat feel relaxed and comfortable .

When the spring water got to his stomach, it even brought a good warmth, which made him feel comfortable and agreeable to the taste . –

After drinking up the spring water, Yuan Zhou started to wash the soybeans . As there was a layer of invisible thin film over the soybeans themselves, Yuan Zhou washed them very carefully .

After he washed the soybeans and soaked them in water, Yuan Zhou took a chair and went outside . He began to sculpt the radishes while waiting for the soybeans getting ready .

It required three hours in total, from the moment he soaked the soybeans in water to the moment they were ready . Therefore, Yuan Zhou had sufficient time to do that .

Nowadays, it had almost been a habit for the children to come and get the sculptures . So, Yuan Zhou always spent some time sculpting every day and put his works on the shelf .

Once he started to sculpt, he forgot about the time . Two hours passed very soon . Yuan Zhou put down the last piece of finished goods and then went back into the restaurant with the chair again .

After a sound of “Hua La”, Yuan Zhou closed the door .

That’s right Yuan Zhou was smarter now than before . The system wouldn’t turn on the scent-free function when it wasn’t business time . The bean flavor would be very strong later and it wasn’t good to keep the door open . –

Yuan Zhou had good self-awareness . After all, he would be beaten if he let others smell the fragrance but didn’t let them eat .

Having been soaked in the spring water, the 1cm-sized soybeans bulged out and became smooth and transparent . Every soybean grain was round and plump, which looked very lovable .

After draining the water, Yuan Zhou rinsed them with the spring water again before he began to grind the soybeans with the stone mill .

“Zhi Ya Zhi Ya . ” Every handful of soybeans was guaranteed to be grounded for at least three times . He didn’t stop until the soybean milk became fine and smooth and the bean dregs became even . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .

The work of grinding was done quickly and well . The remaining work was to filter out the bean dregs and then boil the uncooked soybean milk .

It wouldn’t be ready until big cream bubbles appeared in the pot .

Yuan Zhou immediately scooped a bowl of the soybean milk and prepared to drink it by himself . After all, the tofu pudding couldn’t be prepared until the soybean milk became cooler . Therefore, it was a good idea to drink a bowl of soybean milk .

“One bowl with sugar and the other without . ” Yuan Zhou directly scooped two bowls of the soybean milk .

Of course, he didn’t forget to scoop a bowl of broth . It was also time for Broth to drink the broth .

“Kuang”, Yuan Zhou opened the back door and just as expected, Broth was waiting at the back door .

“Here’s your dinner . ” Yuan Zhou poured the broth into Broth’s bowl at once and then, he took a bowl of soybean milk and drank it at the side .

Even if he was drinking the soybean milk, he still couldn’t refrain himself from speaking . Now, he began to afflict Broth with great suffering .

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