the next day.

"This tree..."

"Miss, don't be sad. It's unlucky and gets struck by lightning. There's nothing you can do about it..."

In the courtyard, Chris looked like she was about to cry: "This tree has been with me since I was a child. It has been here since the first day I can remember... Wuwuwu..."

Wayne walked up and looked around at the remains of the tragic tree.

The tissue inside has been scorched black and is too dead to die.

"It's really unfortunate." Wayne concluded.

"Cut down all its branches." Chris wiped away the non-existent tears, "Put a pot on it and let's make a hot pot together."

???

Wayne turned his head with a question mark on his face and looked at her expression.

You can't see the slightest bit of sadness, but he clearly looks happy!

Kallen sighed and said, "Miss, are you going to make trouble again? Madam will be angry when she sees it."

"Oh, why don't you tell her?" As she said this, she warned the people present coolly: "If anyone dares to secretly snitch behind my back, he must be prepared to bear the unbearable weight of his life."

It was really because Ashwell was too busy with other affairs recently that she started to behave randomly.

So Wayne also sat down and enjoyed Chrissy's performance.

She instructed the maids to get a big pot from nowhere, lay a few stone bricks on the lawn, and set up a simple stove in the courtyard.

"Ven, next is the moment to witness the miracle! I guarantee you will fall in love with this way of cooking!"

The maids who were carrying the ingredients out of the kitchen at Chris's request suddenly showed expressions of confusion.

Wayne also had a bad premonition.

"Chris, have you tried this before?"

"Well, I tried it secretly once, although it failed." She said lightly.

"But this time it will definitely succeed! I have completed sufficient demonstrations and all the ingredients that can be replaced are ready."

Hey, you've been looking for a chance to try again for a long time, right?

"Really?" Wayne smiled innocently, "By the way, I don't know if Xiaobai is still used to staying at Mr. Pokerland's place after one night. I have to go and see."

Chris grabbed his collar and said with a sinister smile: "It's not too late to go see him after eating."

She rolled up her sleeves and muttered something while throwing the strange-shaped plants into the water and boiling them.

"I barely used it, similar to comfrey... star anise... cinnamon... tangerine peel... fragrant leaves..."

After a while, take out two clean slender wooden sticks and stir them inside.

I have to say, it feels like a perverted evil witch preparing a potion.

"Hey!" The ignorant maids huddled together in fear.

Karen brought the bowl filled with meat slices on a cart, and Chris's eyes lit up as she continued to put the thinly sliced ​​meat slices in the bowl into the big pot.

"Here comes the bowl!" She stretched out her right hand.

Wayne handed her a clean bowl.

Chris took out a piece of beef, put it in a bowl, and looked up to examine it carefully.

"You should... be able to eat it, right?"

Wayne said speechlessly: "Wouldn't you know if you try it?"

"That's right." Chris closed her eyes and stuffed the slightly cooled beef into her mouth. "Well..."

After chewing for a long time, she opened her eyes.

“You can eat it!”

Chris announced loudly with joy on her face.

In fact, it can be eaten as long as it is cooked, right?

Wayne looked at Kallen who was serving meat and water, and asked curiously: "How did you fail last time?"

"Uh..." Kallen glanced at Chris, who was still enjoying her meal, and said softly: "Because we are on vacation at a villa in the suburbs, the eldest lady picked a lot of mushrooms from the mountains..."

"Oh, have you seen the little man?"

Kallen said with shame: "I just fainted as soon as my vision went dark. When I woke up, I was already lying in my bedroom, and I didn't have any other symptoms."

That's really lucky...

Wayne still remembered that in the news in his previous life, there were people who burped after eating poisonous mushrooms every year.

But mushrooms are really delicious, especially grilled mushrooms fried crispy on the iron plate.

"Everyone, come and try some!" Chris greeted.

Seeing the suspicious looks around her, she wrinkled her little nose and emphasized: "It's really edible!"

Looking around, Chris's eyes stayed on Wayne.

Wayne swallowed hard and said with a look of death, "Let me try it for everyone."

Chrissy instantly showed a satisfied smile and served him another piece of beef with her own hands.

"How's it going? It's delicious!"

"biaji,biaji..."

Not to mention, it really tastes like the hot pot from a previous life, spicy yet delicious.

Wayne was surprised: "It's surprisingly delicious..."

"That's right!" Chris was extremely proud, "This is the recipe I finally improved after investigating seven or eight restaurants behind the scenes!"

"Hey... what are you doing?"

A surprised voice sounded from behind.

Poquelin held a few manuscripts in his hand and carried Xiaobai to the courtyard. What he saw was a huge pot that was disgraceful, and people holding various dishes and dishes gathered around as if they were performing some strange ceremony.

"Mr. Poquelin!" Chrissy called him happily, "Come and try the hot pot!"

Wayne's eyes were fixed on the dog in his arms.

With its small ears and soft fur, it looks a bit like a young corgi, but it's different.

With Chris's forcible support, the people present finally accepted the "hot pot" cooking method.

"When I was touring abroad, I heard that in some remote areas, earthenware bowl racks were used to cook various soups over the fire, but the taste was very different from this one."

Mr. Poquelin is indeed well-informed and talks about the customs and customs of those distant places.

"Huhuhu~ Of course, the biggest secret of hot pot is the base! I also studied it for a long time before I figured it out." Chris said.

"recovery?"

"Well, I first discovered the original recipe in a personal travel journal. I thought it was interesting, so I wanted to give it a try."

Pokerland said with relief: "Haha, those adventurers do record a lot of weird things in their personal travel notes."

After a hot pot meal, his attitude toward everyone became much more friendly.

Xiaobai anxiously circled around his legs and kept humming.

"Well, little one, do you want to eat too?"

Seeing that Poquelin seemed to want to feed it a piece of meat and lick it, Wayne immediately stopped him: "Mr. Poquelin! It's too young to eat this."

Xiaobai became angry and barked "woof woof woof" at Wayne.

Wayne pretended to be worried: "What's wrong with Xiaobai? A good dog must be obedient, right?"

Without saying anything, it suddenly jumped up at Wayne's hand, knocked over his bowl, picked up the meat in its mouth, and tried to run away.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Wayne accurately grasped its tail and hoisted it up.

"Spit it up!"

"Uuuuuu——"

"vomit!"

The dog struggled painfully, but Wayne showed no mercy at all.

Seeing that it was helpless, it had no choice but to vomit the pieces of meat on the grass and began to scream "woof woof" again.

Wayne smiled with satisfaction and put it down.
Chapter completed!