Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 97 Fresh Wild Vegetables

"Cough cough~~"

"Cough cough~~"

Just as Anjie was interacting with the fire-breathing camel and the rock dog, two fragrant porpoises suddenly came over, grabbed Anjie's clothes, and dragged him to the side.

"What's wrong, Fragrant Pig?" Anjie asked, puzzled.

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

The two fragrant pigs continued to pull on Anjie with all their might.

Anjie suddenly understood, "You've found new ingredients again?"

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

Seeing that Anjie understood them, the two fragrant pigs jumped and bounced excitedly.

"Quick, take me there!" Anjie himself was eager to try.

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

The two fragrant pigs quickly turned and ran in one direction. Anjie quickly followed and waved goodbye to the fire-breathing camels and the others.

"Goodbye, Fire-Breathing Camel, Rockruff, and Lycanroc! Watch out next time!"

"Boo~"

"Woof woof~"

"Awoo~"

The three Pokémon responded to Ange with calls, and also said goodbye to Ange.

Bubo stood at the feet of the Super Powerful Ostrich and patted its long legs.

"Bu~Bu~" Were they just talking about something delicious?

"Hiss~~" Yes.

Super Ecliptic nodded.

"cloth!!!"

Bubo's eyes lit up, and he immediately sprinted after Anjie.

Super Powerful Ostrich shook its head helplessly as it watched its retreating figure, then carried Pipa and slowly followed after it with Mastiff Godfather.

Led by two fragrant dolphins, Anjie and his companions arrived at a sparsely vegetated meadow, where a plant with leaves that lay flat on the ground grew in abundance.

"This...isn't this shepherd's purse?" Anjie asked with surprise.

Bubo ran over and hugged Anjie's leg, looking up and asking, "Bu~ Bu~" Shepherd's purse? Is it delicious?

Anjie squatted down and ruffled Bubo's hair. "There's going to be something delicious tonight!"

"cloth!!!"

Upon hearing this, Bubo's eyes lit up, and he started picking the herbs on his own without Anjie's instruction.

Anjie quickly said, "Hey, you picked the wrong one! That's just ordinary weeds!" He then casually picked a shepherd's purse and showed it to Bu Bo, "This is shepherd's purse!"

"Cloth~"

Bubo quickly threw away the weeds in his hand, bent down and picked another one from beside his feet to show Anjie.

Anjie laughed and said, "This time it's right!"

Upon hearing this, Bubo immediately became happy and continued bending down to pick the fruit.

Pipa then rolled off the Super-Powered Ostrich, saying, "I'll help too."

So the group began to pick the fruit with great enthusiasm.

The meadow was covered with shepherd's purse, and although there were other wild vegetables mixed in, they were not plentiful.

As Anjie picked the plants, she told everyone, "Pick the tender ones; don't pick the ones that have flowered or grown moss."

As he spoke, he pointed to a shepherd's purse that had already grown moss and blossomed to show everyone.

"Okay!"

"OK!"

"Hiss~" Mmm~

……

Everyone nodded in response to An Jie.

Soon, Anjie and his friends had collected a large basket of shepherd's purse. In particular, the Super Eccentric Ostrich used its superpowers to collect one leaf at a time, and the total amount it collected was more than Anjie and his friends combined.

Seeing that it was getting late, Anja put the full basket into his system space and said to Pipa and the Pokémon, "We should go back now, or it'll get dark!"

Due to its unique terrain, Zone Zero experiences much shorter days than nights, and it gets dark very early.

"Here you are!"

Pipa was the first to run to Angie's side and nimbly flipped onto the back of the Super Eccentric Ostrich.

So the group headed back in a grand procession. When they passed the entrance to Zone Zero, the guard saw that An Jie had returned safely and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "It's good that you're all safe and sound. If you had been any later, I would have brought people in to look for you."

Anjie said apologetically, "I accidentally forgot the time and made you worry."

The guard smiled and nodded. "Anyway, it's good that everything's alright. Don't take so long next time; the Pokémon on the lower levels are not to be trifled with."

A considerable number of them, even they, dared not easily stroke the tiger's whiskers.

Anjie nodded. "Understood."

He then waved goodbye to the guards.

When the group returned to the upper observation station, the sun was just beginning to set. Tianxi, just like at noon, had already set out the tables and chairs, waiting for Ange and the others to come back and cook.

Angie walked up to Tianxi and asked, "How did the experiment go this afternoon?"

Diancie replied, "It's almost over."

Anjie smiled and nodded: "That's good. Let's start cooking. We'll have something fresh tonight."

"What should we eat?" Tianxi asked, intrigued.

Anjie replied, "Dumplings! We picked some wild shepherd's purse today, let's make dumplings!" As he spoke, he took the basket containing the shepherd's purse out of his backpack.

Tianxi had never eaten dumplings before. She picked up a shepherd's purse from the basket and asked, "Are dumplings delicious?"

Anjie said mysteriously, "You'll know once you eat it."

Tianxi pouted: "Fine, I won't tell you then."

Then Angel summoned Munchlax and Lizard from their home.

Snorlax has been finishing its chores early every day, cooking meals for the Pokémon, and then sitting on the steps by the door waiting for its master to call it.

Not only was it extremely diligent in running around, but it also kept urging the mutated lizard to join in, almost driving the mutated lizard to its wits' end.

As soon as it arrived at Anjie's side, the little Snorlax jumped into Anjie's arms and kept acting cute.

"Gang~ Gang~" Master, it's been half a day since I last saw you, I miss you so much!

An Jia patted the back of its head affectionately, "Alright, alright, Master missed you too!"

Hearing this, the little Snorlax was secretly delighted.

Anjie: "Alright, let's start cooking!"

"Gang~ Gang~"

Having just received a burst of energy from its master, Munchlax was full of enthusiasm and raised its fist in response to Anja.

Then it seemed to remember something, and after rummaging around on its belly, it pulled out two Poké Balls.

"Here you go, Master!"

Snorlax handed the Poké Ball to Angel, who opened it, and two Charcoal Squires came out.

"Charcoal Servant, how are you feeling at home?" Anjie asked with a smile.

"Clatter~"

"Click~"

The two little charcoal servants were very happy and held hands, circling around Anjie.

They love their new home. Everyone is very friendly to them, and the house is very comfortable. They no longer have to worry about getting wet in the rain.

In their room, there was also a charcoal brazier that Angie had specially instructed the little Snorlax to arrange. The brazier contained charcoal, which they could lie on to sleep.

Their own high temperature can ignite charcoal, and the burning charcoal provides them with energy. Sleeping in the charcoal brazier is incredibly comfortable.

Anjie said with a smile, "I'm glad you like it. I'll have to trouble you to cook again today."

"Clatter~"

"Clatter~"

The two little charcoal servants nodded vigorously.

Then Anjie began assigning tasks.

"Little Snorlax, could you please help me knead some dough?"

"Gang~"

As if receiving some important mission, the little Snorlax nodded firmly, picked up a bag of flour and water, and went to the table next to it to get busy.

"Papa, you, Tianxi, and Bubo, help pick the shepherd's purse," Ange continued.

"no problem!"

"OK!"

"cloth!"

Piper, Tianshi, and Bup answered simultaneously.

Finally, Anjie looked at the mutated lizard and said, "Mutated lizard, you'll be in charge of washing vegetables."

"Chirp~" Leave it to me!

The lizard confidently gave Anjie an OK sign, then carried a basin over and poured water into it with its finger.

As for the Super Ostrich, Fragrant Pork, and Mastiff Godfather, they can just wait to be eaten.

The two charcoal servants don't need to be busy for the time being.

After giving the instructions, Anjie released the five members of the Chili family to play on the nearby grass and get acquainted with everyone.

Anjie then went to another table, took out a large piece of pork and placed it on the cutting board. He was going to make pork and shepherd's purse dumplings today.

Anjie took out a knife, first carefully chopped the meat into small pieces, and then minced it.

Since it's for making dumplings, the minced meat doesn't need to be chopped too finely.

In her previous life, Anjie bought frozen dumplings from the supermarket. The meat inside was ground into minced meat by a machine and had no soul at all.

Anjie thinks that hand-chopped meat with a slightly grainy texture is the best.

Once the meat was chopped, Tianxi and the others had also prepared their shepherd's purse.

Seeing this, Anjie said to the charcoal servant, "Could you please boil a pot of water?"

"Clatter~"

"Clatter~"

The two little charcoal servants nodded repeatedly and quickly ran to the pot that Anjie had prepared, their bodies bursting with bright red flames.

Anjie herself soaked the washed shepherd's purse in salted water.

The salt is rock salt from the Salt Giant. It seems that after soaking the shepherd's purse in the salt water, its color becomes even brighter, almost lush and vibrant.

After the water boils, he puts the soaked shepherd's purse into the pot to blanch it for about 30 seconds, then takes it out, lets it dry and drains, and then chops it for later use.

Next comes processing the minced meat.

Add rock salt from Salt Giant Spirit, oyster sauce, eggs, pepper, light soy sauce, and starch to the minced meat, mix well, then add scallions and ginger in batches and continue mixing until the minced meat becomes firm.

By this time, Pipa, the lizard, Diancie, and Bup had all finished their work and gathered around. Bup was too short, so he tried his best to stand on tiptoe, but he still couldn't see it. Helpless, Diancie had no choice but to pick it up and hug it.

"Cloth~"

Bubo happily kicked his legs twice in Tianxi's arms.

Seeing that Lizard and Piper were watching intently, Ange began to explain the steps for preparing the filling in detail, and the two of them, along with their Pokémon, listened with great interest.

After the ground pork is seasoned, add the chopped shepherd's purse and a suitable amount of Orinoa oil and stir until well mixed.

"Snorlax, is the dough ready?" Angie called out to Snorlax after setting the prepared filling aside.

"Okay~ Okay~"

The little Snorlax carried a bowl of dough over with its tiny, quick steps.

"Okay, let's roll out the dumpling wrappers!"

As she spoke, Anja walked to another table, sprinkled some flour on it, took the dough from Snorlax, placed it on the table, kneaded it into a long strip, and then cut it into evenly sized pieces with a knife.

He bought a rolling pin from the system store and then got to work.

Anjie's dumpling wrapper rolling skills are superb. In no time, dumpling wrappers of almost the same size are produced, thick in the middle and thin on both sides, truly top-quality dumpling wrappers.

Seeing Angel's swift movements, the little Snorlax was filled with admiration and quickly said:

"Gang~ Gang~" Master, let me try! Let me try!

Anjie readily handed it the rolling pin, "Okay, you give it a try!"

The little Snorlax excitedly took the rolling pin, recalled Ange's movements, and began rolling with great enthusiasm.

Because it didn't know the proper technique, the first dumpling wrapper that Snorlax rolled out was not only oddly shaped, but also had several holes.

"Chirp~ Chirp~~" Hahaha~ So ugly!

The leper didn't hesitate to mock the little Snorlax.

Anjie said, "Why don't you give it a try?"

The lizard with the amber skin looked confident.

"Chirp~ Chirp~" No problem for me, I'm awesome!

Anjie: "Alright, then let me see how powerful you are!" As he spoke, he bought another rolling pin for the lizard.

As it turned out, the lizard was no better than the Munchlax; the first dumpling wrapper it rolled out was just as oddly shaped and full of holes.

"Gang~ Gang~" Hahaha~~ Look at you!

Now it was Snorlax's turn to mock the lizard that had turned into a leopard.

"Now you know how difficult it is, right?" Anjie said with a smile, and then he began to teach his two apprentices the techniques.

Both Pokémon were very quick to learn and soon successfully rolled out the dumpling wrappers. Although they weren't as pretty as Ange's, they were just as good to use.

Anjie said, "Okay, then you guys can take on the task of rolling out the dumpling wrappers. We'll make the dumplings."

"Yes!" Munchlax nodded.

"Chirp~" The lizard gave Anjie a thumbs up.

After laying out the dumpling wrappers one by one, Anjie added an appropriate amount of filling and skillfully began to wrap them. In the blink of an eye, a beautiful dumpling was wrapped.

The dumplings are plump, and the pleats on them are as pretty as a skirt, even and neat.

"Are these dumplings?" Tianxi carefully picked up the dumplings Anjie had wrapped, her eyes full of surprise. "They look so beautiful!"

Bubo was also full of curiosity and reached out to poke the dumpling's belly, but was slapped away by Diancie.

"Don't touch it, you'll break it!"

(ó﹏ò) Bu Bo covered his hands, looking aggrieved.

"Brother Anjie, can I help too?" Papa asked.

"Of course, I'll teach you." As Angie wrapped the package, she explained the steps to Papa.

Pipa was quite talented. Under Angie's guidance, she quickly made her first dumpling. Although it wasn't as pretty as Angie's, at least it looked decent, and the dumpling wrapper didn't break.

Anjie praised, "Not bad, with more practice you'll be able to wrap them even better."

"Okay, I got it." Pipa nodded happily and continued wrapping the second one. Because he was a beginner, he wrapped it very slowly.

Anjie's hands moved with lightning speed, and one beautiful dumpling after another took shape. He would glance at Papa from time to time, and seeing that Papa's dumplings were quite good, he would concentrate on making his own.

Soon, the dumpling wrappers were rolled out by the little Snorlax and the Ember Lizard. Anja then began teaching his two apprentices how to make dumplings. At first, they couldn't make them well either, but as one oddly shaped dumpling after another was born, they gradually got the hang of it.

(End of this chapter)