Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me-Chapter 31 - 30 Gourmet Food Manual

Xu Niannian smiled, scooped out some cracklings with a bit of lean meat from the pot, sprinkled some salt on them, and gave a few pieces to each of them.

The two tykes cradled the cracklings excitedly, their eyes gleaming.

Taking advantage of Xu Dawei and Yang Cuihua not noticing, they stuffed them into their mouths and wolfed them down, the crunch echoing.

Eating with their mouths slick with grease.

Xu Zhiqiang saw this and felt a pang of discomfort.

He couldn’t help but say, “Eat slowly, don’t burn yourselves.”

A big pot of fatty meat was just enough to fill the biggest earthen jar at home to the brim.

Xu Niannian had Xu Zhiqiang separate the cracklings and the fried lard into different containers.

At dinner time, Xu Niannian casually cooked some noodle dumplings for the family.

The family, eating noodle dumplings, couldn’t be happier.

Never mind that it was fine grain.

The fact that it was so delicious made them want to swallow their tongues along with their meal.

Xu Duoyu and Xu Zhicheng almost ate themselves into a stupor, but luckily Xu Zhiqiang held them back; otherwise, they would have kept eating.

Having fine grain to eat delighted the two brothers, but Yang Cuihua was not so pleased.

Her daughter finally earned some money, bought fine grain, and didn’t eat it in secret.

Instead, she insisted on sharing it with the whole family.

Feeling discontent, Yang Cuihua couldn’t help but nag, “Eat less, you two bunny brats.

Are you reincarnated from starving ghosts?”

A finger pointed straight at Xu Duoyu’s head, who was the most excited eater, pushing his head to one side.

“Let me tell you, don’t think just because your sister bought fine grain that you can take advantage of it in the future.

That’s all hers.

She earned the money with difficulty, so don’t squander it.”

Yang Cuihua was used to nagging, and compared to the vile things she used to say, this didn’t sting the heart too much.

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Xu Zhiqiang opened and closed his mouth several times, but in the end said nothing, just buried his head and kept eating.

Xu Niannian’s head was still wrapped in coarse cloth.

Drinking medicine was fine, but eating was inconvenient since it took so long.

So she simply made an excuse and took her bowl to her room to eat.

As a result, she had no idea that this meal of noodle dumplings had once again caused Yang Cuihua to look at the three brothers with disfavor.

She felt her daughter had finally earned some money, only to have it consumed by her sons.

Xu Niannian planned to go to the town to sell pastries the next day.

After eating, she came out and mentioned it to Yang Cuihua and Xu Dawei.

Xu Dawei, still puffing on his dry pipe, felt delightful after a meal of noodle dumplings and was proud of his capable daughter.

So when he heard Xu Niannian planned to sell pastries, he immediately agreed.

Yang Cuihua instructed Xu Zhiqiang to go with her.

Xu Niannian tried to say it wasn’t necessary, but Yang Cuihua was insistent on this matter.

Unable to decline, she reluctantly agreed.

Pastries had to be made fresh to taste good; overnight they wouldn’t be as fragrant, and the ingredients would not be fresh.

So Xu Niannian went to bed early to get up early the next day.

Xu Duoyu slept obediently inside.

But as soon as Xu Niannian closed her eyes, she immediately appeared in the magical space.

At that moment, Xu Niannian was somewhat bewildered.

She saw an old book with yellow pages suddenly appear in the void above the space.

As Xu Niannian reached out her hand, the book automatically dropped into her grasp.

The book’s cover had only four big characters: “Gourmet Food Manual.”

Upon seeing it, Xu Niannian immediately burst into laughter.

It was actually the Gourmet Food Manual.

As a chef herself, she had a significant interest in—and research on—food.

The sight of those four characters—Gourmet Food Manual—ignited an unprecedented, intense curiosity within her.

If this book had appeared anywhere else, she might not have been so enthused.

But this place was different; it was a product of the mystical realm.

She had previously drunk just a bit of the milky-white spring water from this space, and her body had undergone such a drastic change that the effects were even better than those of the Miraculous Elixir.

So Xu Niannian regarded the Secret Treasure before her very highly.

She flipped to the first page where, on the left, there was a beautifully intricate circular design that enchanted Xu Niannian even through just a picture.

On the right was an explanation of the method.

The first three characters read: “Liuyue Su.”

After a quick glance at the step-by-step guide, Xu Niannian couldn’t help feeling somewhat disappointed.

Liuyue Su, such a poetic name, yet it turned out to be just a fancier-looking pumpkin cake.

She had thought that a recipe from this space would be something incredible.

Pumpkin cake was something she had mastered eons ago.

And her pumpkin cake had even won first place in a city-wide pastry competition.

The reason she didn’t go on to the provincial level was that she had other things to attend to and didn’t continue in the pastry contest.

And since she was more skilled at cooking, she hadn’t spent much more effort on pastries afterward.

The only difference in the recipe was that although it was for pumpkin cake, the steps were more complex than the ones she used before, and it specifically required water from the space for the preparation.

Even though it was still a pumpkin cake, and Xu Niannian was indeed a bit disappointed, she decided to give the method and steps in the recipe a try.

What if the taste was significantly different?

Remembering the transformative experience she had gone through after drinking the spring water, Xu Niannian hastily went to the stream to drink a few mouthfuls, curious if it would have any effect.

Almost ten minutes passed with no impact or changes, and that’s when Xu Niannian felt relieved.

It seemed that only the spring water had the potential to change one’s constitution.

She certainly didn’t want to sell non-human creations to others; it would be terrible if they started seeing her as a monster or a lab specimen for research.

Thinking of this, Xu Niannian couldn’t help but shiver.

The cookbook was thick, and Xu Niannian wanted to flip further down, but no matter how she tried, she couldn’t turn to the second page.

What’s going on?

Curious, Xu Niannian thought it impossible that such a thick cookbook would only contain the recipe for one pastry.

If that were the case, it would be too disappointing!

Perhaps sensing Xu Niannian’s disdain, the cookbook suddenly trembled all over.

And then Xu Niannian saw a line of small print appear at the bottom of the first page.

“To unlock the next recipe, the first dish must meet the requirements.”

Attached was the method on how to test if the requirements were met.

That was to place the first finished pastry into the stream.

If the stream swallowed it up, it meant the criteria were met; if it continued to float, it was a failure.

That serious?

Xu Niannian couldn’t help but stare at the calm stream, wondering if the water might be some kind of sprite.

However, the space had no second person beside her to answer her doubts, so she had to swallow her questions.

Of course, in reality, she had a rough idea that the space was definitely special, but to call it a sprite was a bit of a stretch.