There were only a few small items left in front of Gu Zheng.
There was only 50 milliliters of honey in a bottle. This bottle of honey was a reward that Gu Zheng had won in a food competition. It was the highest reward, and there was only so much of it.
Back then, the organizer had said that it was extremely difficult to collect this kind of honey. There was a type of Hongjuan flower that bloomed in a few mountains in the Yungui region. The honey of this flower was different from other flowers. Not only did it have a penetrating fragrance, but it could also refresh the mind and nourish the brain. The more one smelled this flower, the more energetic one would be. If one worked under this flower, one could get twice the result with half the effort.
The honey collected from Hongjuan flower was sweeter than ordinary honey. Most importantly, when one took a sip of this honey, the fragrance would moisten the heart, making one feel refreshed and energetic for the whole day.
There were not many Hongjuan flowers, so the amount of honey that could be collected every year was very little. It was extremely expensive. The organizer had only given out 100 milliliters of honey as a reward. The other 50 milliliters had been drunk by Gu Zheng this year. It tasted very good and could even refresh one's mind. This was also one of the most important ingredients that Gu Zheng had collected.
Among all the ingredients, this was the only one that was rated as ordinary.
Next to the honey was a stalk of wild ginseng, which was decades old and pure. This was an ingredient that Gu Zheng's father had left behind. Every year, Gu Zheng's father would come back for a period of time and live with his son. It was an ingredient that he used to make soup.
Next to the wild ginseng was an ingredient that Gu Zheng had not expected the most.
This was a can of sorghum rice that Gu Zheng had bought online. The online seller had said that he had grown it himself. It was pure natural sorghum rice without any fertilizer or pesticides. Moreover, it was grown next to a mountain spring, and it tasted very good. At first, Gu Zheng did not completely believe it. However, seeing that the seller's description was good and the price was not expensive, he bought a can back. He had never eaten it before.
Wild ginseng and sorghum rice were all second-grade ingredients. There were also two bottles of seasonings that Gu Zheng's father had brought back from abroad and were rated as second-grade.
One ordinary ingredient, three second-grade ingredients, and two second-grade seasonings. These were the ingredients that Gu Zheng had rummaged through his house to find. With so little ingredients, even one person wouldn't be enough, let alone three people. It was impossible to make the food that he wanted.
Moreover, the high-quality olive oil in his kitchen was rated as low-quality. The salt, vinegar, and soy sauce were all rubbish. There was no way he could cook with them.
"Gu Zheng, what are you doing? Why haven't you started yet?"
Wang Tao came over to get the water and stood at the kitchen door looking at him in confusion. If they didn't know that Gu Zheng didn't like people around when he was cooking and didn't even let them into the kitchen, they would have come over to help.
"I'm not cooking today. There's not enough food at home. You guys go out and eat first. Tomorrow, when all of you come over tomorrow night, I'll make an absolutely sumptuous meal. I guarantee that it'll be something you've never tasted before!"
When Gu Zheng said these words, he was almost gritting his teeth. Even the cleverest housewife couldn't cook without rice. This damn test was so strict. He couldn't do it with only the things in front of him. He could only delay it for one day.
With each day delayed, Gu Zheng's pressure increased. He only had three days. He had to conquer the taste buds of the three people in three days and make something that they thought was the best in their lives. Otherwise, he would be obliterated.
In order to protect himself and not be obliterated, Gu Zheng could only risk it all.
"Well, okay then!"
Wang Tao was a little disappointed, but soon became very expectant. Gu Zheng had said that he would make a meal that they had never tasted before. He also guaranteed that it would be the best.
Gu Zheng's food was originally very delicious. They had never tasted it before. If there was really such delicious food, it didn't matter even if they had to wait for one more day. They believed in Gu Zheng very much. After being together for so many years, they knew each other very well. Gu Zheng never boasted. He would definitely do what he said.
Gu Zheng didn't stay with the three people in the evening. After sending the three people away, he immediately called a taxi to the market. The test was so strict that Gu Zheng didn't know how Gokusen divided the grades of ingredients. If he couldn't find enough ingredients, he would also fail this test.
Time was tight. He couldn't waste any time.
"This is a very good Malaysian swallow cup. Although it's a white swallow, it's already very rare. The grade is actually trash?"
After going to the market for a while, Gu Zheng kept howling in his heart. Many ingredients were directly defined as trash, and there were even poisonous ingredients. This made Gu Zheng not surprised. But he didn't expect that the bird's nest, which was produced in Malaysia, was also a trash ingredient.
The value of this kind of bird's nest was not low, and Gu Zheng himself could identify many ingredients. He could see that this was really a good bird's nest. He thought that he would be able to identify a second-grade result, but he didn't expect that it was trash.
"Lord Gokusen is very strict about the classification of ingredients. If it's not trash, then what is it? You can eat this kind of trash ingredient, but you can't use it in this test!"
The voice of the weapon spirit was very flat, and it seemed to be a little arrogant.
"You win!" Gu Zheng's heart was fiercely stunned. Finally, he scolded and didn't speak anymore.
"Spinach, black bean, trash!"
"Fresh peas, almonds, low-grade!"
Gu Zheng kept listening to all kinds of trash and low-grade evaluations. Basically, he would put down most of the things he picked up and look around the market. He felt more and more despair towards this big market that he usually came to the most and was quite satisfied with.
"Small ground sesame oil, second-grade!"
Gu Zheng put down a bottle habitually. He was just about to leave when he suddenly turned back. He had been walking for half an hour and had picked up hundreds of ingredients. This was the first time he had heard of a second-grade ingredient today.
This was an ordinary glass bottle. There were 250 milliliters of yellow-brown sesame oil in the bottle. This shop also sold various kinds of oil, with a strong fragrance of oil.
Sesame oil, also known as sesame oil, sesame oil, etc., had a long history in China. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, people used sesame oil.
The production method of sesame oil was somewhat different from other oils. It was not simply pressing oil. Sesame oil was divided into raw sesame oil and cooked sesame oil, both of which were made from sesame seeds. The white sesame seeds were slightly stir-fried and then pressed raw. The oil that was squeezed out was clear and translucent, with a slight yellow color. It did not have a strong fragrance, but it had a peculiar fragrance. This was raw sesame oil.
Raw sesame oil was cooling, and it was used in Chinese medicine. In addition, it could also be used as fuel. After burning it, it could be used to light up the place, and at the same time, it brought a clear fragrance. Many people went to the temple to burn incense or to fulfill a vow, and they would donate some sesame oil so that the lamp in front of the Buddha would not be extinguished. Some people did not bring any sesame oil, but they donated money, which was also called sesame oil money.
Cooked sesame oil was also called small ground sesame oil. After stir-frying sesame seeds, it had to be squeezed out. After squeezing, it had to be ground with a stone mill. After hundreds of processes, it had to be extracted again and again, and the oil would be slowly ground out. The process of the stone mill was very complicated. Only the best old craftsmen could grind out pure small ground sesame oil. This kind of small ground sesame oil was yellow-brown and had a strong fragrance. When the bottle was opened, the fragrance would spread for 300 miles.
The so-called fragrance would spread for 300 miles when the bottle was opened was definitely an exaggeration, but it also showed the strong fragrance of this kind of sesame oil.
Nowadays, most of the sesame oil on the market was blended. Even if it was branded as small ground sesame oil, it was either a fake or a substandard product blended with other oils. Pure small ground sesame oil was very difficult to buy.
But even if it was pure small ground sesame oil, it was only a low-grade ingredient. Gu Zheng's house had pure small ground sesame oil, and it was a whole bucket of ten pounds. Gu Zheng had seen them grind it out in a small ground sesame oil shop. Gu Zheng had paid for the raw materials and wages. After grinding, all the waste materials were taken away. This way, he could avoid using fake ingredients and get the real small ground sesame oil.
Gu Zheng's house had low-grade sesame oil, but this bottle was second-grade. Could it be that this was better than the pure sesame oil that he had paid for?
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