The old beggar looked at him and smiled, “Hehe, since the entire Qingzhou City is so big, you should slowly look for restaurants one by one. I’ll wait for you in the bamboo forest twenty miles west of the city. I’ll only wait for three days. After three days, the old man will travel all over the world …”

As he spoke, he hummed a tune and walked out of the pavilion. His figure slowly disappeared into the night.

Xiao Chen couldn’t figure out what this person was up to for a while, but he just wanted to do as he pleased. Let’s see which restaurant’s chef would cook these four dishes in Qingzhou City.

Early the next morning, he went to the restaurant and asked the shopkeeper about the four dishes. The steamed bass and roasted carp in front of him were fine, but the fish in the back were envious of him and Shui Qingwu. The shopkeeper did not know what to say. He asked the young chef and the chef shook his head. He said that he had never heard of these two dishes.

On this day, Xiao Chen went to a number of restaurants. However, without exception, no one knew what kind of name this Envious Fish and Shui Qingwu were.

On the third day, Xiao Chen searched almost all the restaurants, big and small. He arrived at a restaurant called the Drunken Immortal Building this morning.

When the shopkeeper saw that he was holding two sparkling gold ingots in his hand, his eyes naturally lit up. However, after hearing the name of the strange dish, he felt a little confused. However, he vaguely felt that the word “envious fish” was somewhat familiar. It seemed that he had heard of it before, but he could not remember the exact year.

“This … Sir, please wait a moment. I’ll go back and ask Old Xu if he will cook these two dishes.”

As the shopkeeper spoke, he was about to walk towards the kitchen behind him. Xiao Chen said, “I’ll go with the shopkeeper. If you can cook these four dishes by this evening, I’ll give you ten gold ingots.”

“Good, good. Please don’t worry, Old Xu is our old chef. I think I’ve heard of these two dishes.”

The shopkeeper was both shocked and delighted. He enthusiastically led him to the kitchen. These ten gold ingots were no joke. They were equivalent to the income of the entire restaurant for several years.

In the kitchen behind him, he saw an old man in charge of cooking. He heard from the shopkeeper that when he was young, Old Xu had been cooking in this restaurant. Every New Year, he never visited relatives. He spent most of his life alone in the restaurant. He had never married or had children and rarely talked to anyone. It had been almost thirty years since then.

“Old Xu, hurry up and come over!”

The shopkeeper was very excited. He waved his hand continuously. Master Xu was cutting vegetables. He turned around. His body was a little greasy. Looking at the clean white-clothed Childe in front of him, he subconsciously retreated, afraid that the grease would get on his clothes.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, “This guest officer wants four dishes. Listen carefully, they are steamed bass and roasted carp … These two dishes are your specialties, shouldn’t they be difficult?”

Master Xu nodded his head. There was no change in his cloudy eyes. He looked very silent and even a little clumsy.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, “Then listen carefully. The next two items are ‘Envious Fish’ and ‘Shui Qing Wu Yu’ …”

To be honest, even the shopkeeper himself felt that these two dishes were a bit ridiculous. How could there be such a dish in the world? I only hope that Old Xu can be clever and not just make two dishes.

Unexpectedly, after Master Xu finished listening, his muddy eyes suddenly lit up. Even his hands involuntarily trembled. When he looked at Xiao Chen again, his expression was completely different.

When the shopkeeper saw his hesitant appearance, he was extremely anxious. He repeatedly winked, “Old Xu? Let me tell you, don’t be stupid at this moment. This guest official gave him ten gold ingots. Could you say something?”

“Yes … yes, I will … I will …”

Master Xu nodded his head repeatedly. He spoke intermittently like he was talking in a dream. Even his body couldn’t help but tremble. The shopkeeper finally heaved a sigh of relief. Ten gold ingots, that was ten gold ingots! This time, even in his dreams, he would be able to awaken his beauty.

“But …”

Just as the shopkeeper was looking beautiful, Master Xu raised his head again and looked at Xiao Chen with a trembling expression. He whispered, “If you want to make this’envious fish ‘, you can’t make any other fish. You must have mandarin fish. And this mandarin fish is only found in Taihu Lake, Suzhou. We only buy it from Suzhou after the late spring of March every year, but it’s only the early spring of the first lunar month.”

The more he said, the more confused he became. The shopkeeper hurriedly interrupted, “Ah! I remember. A few days ago, I happened to have someone bring back tens of kilograms of mandarin fish from Suzhou. It’s in the backyard pond. I, I’ll go get it now …”

“Shopkeeper, slow down …”

Master Xu reached out and stopped him. He shook his head and said, “This envious fish must be Suzhou’s mandarin fish. Don’t I know if there are mandarin fish in the backyard?”

After saying that, he looked at Xiao Chen and continued, “Suzhou is about two thousand miles away from Qingzhou. One trip and half a month is enough. If Little Childe can wait, I will send someone to Suzhou to get fish. After half a month, Little Childe can come back.”

The shopkeeper was so anxious that he stamped his feet and thought to himself, “Old Xu, Old Xu, you usually don’t have to be stunned. Why are you still so honest at this time?” Without mandarin fish, there is no mandarin fish. With your skill, can’t you make a delicious dish with other fish? This time, it was good to see the ten gold ingots fly away.

“It doesn’t matter. I will bring the mandarin fish here before evening.”

Xiao Chen said slowly. The distance of two thousand kilometers might be very far for mortals, but for him, it was just a blink of an eye or two.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and stared blankly at him, “This … this … more than two thousand li. In the evening, Sir, you … are you joking …”

“I’ll get it.”

As Xiao Chen spoke, he walked out. The shopkeeper was stunned. He wanted to say something, but he hesitated. Xiao Chen said, “Don’t worry, as long as the four dishes are ready, ten gold ingots and a lot of gold ingots.” After saying that, he walked out.

After leaving the restaurant, Xiao Chen immediately went outside the city. He had to seize the time. There was only this last day left. When it was dark, the old beggar left.

Thinking of this, he took out his flying sword and instantly transformed into a streak of sword light that flew towards the southern horizon. He had never been to Suzhou in the mortal world, but relying on the map, it was not difficult to find it.

Around noon, he had already arrived at Suzhou City, but he saw that the sky was drizzling, the lake was vast, the tender willows on the shore were spitting out new leaves, and the pedestrians were hurrying on their way.

What a rain. Jiangnan.

Unexpectedly, in this mortal world, there was something else like poetry and pictures. Xiao Chen strolled through the rain, unable to understand the old beggar’s intentions. He knew that there was no mandarin fish in the Azure Province, so he insisted on coming to Suzhou by himself.

He suddenly remembered that it was already spring. When Wei Yang woke up, he would bring her to Suzhou City to take a stroll. Apart from the distractions in his heart, he would no longer think about the path of the Righteous Devil.

If there is an afterlife, I will no longer be a disciple of the Profound Sect, and you will no longer be a demoness of the Devil Religion.

…

Only at noon did Xiao Chen arrive at the Taihu Lake on the edge of the city. The drizzle drifted and landed on the surface of the lake. It was quite peaceful.

At this moment, a fishing song suddenly sounded by the lake: “Egret flying in front of the Xisai Mountain, peach blossom flowing water mandarin fish fertilizer, green bamboo hat, green raincoat … wind drizzle does not need to return.”

The person singing the lyrics was a white-bearded man wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat who was leisurely fishing. Beside him was a water urn. There were several mandarins swimming inside.

Xiao Chen walked over and asked with a smile, “Old sir, how much do you sell this mandarin fish?”

“This mandarin fish of mine … is not for sale.”

Bai Xu Weng had a smile on his face. After he finished speaking, he sang a fishing song again. Xiao Chen smiled and said, “At this time of year, in Suzhou City, I’m afraid only the old gentleman is fishing here. Please make a bid, sir.”

“If you said you wouldn’t sell it, then you wouldn’t sell it.”

Bai Xu Weng smiled and leisurely looked at the person beside him. After saying that, he slowly put down the fishing rod in his hand and picked up the water urn beside him. He actually poured all the fish back into the lake.

…

Siniperca chuatsi (gui) fish: “egret flying in front of the cisai mountain, peach blossom flowing water mandarin fish fertilizer.” -Tang, Zhang Zhihe.