Chapter 33 Dining elegantly!
When Mr. Holland turned his attention to Catherine, who was preparing lunch for Brand.
Master Holland suddenly discovered that he had never seen many things used by Catherine.
“What vegetable is this?”
“This is pepper.”
"What about this? What is this powder? It has a bit of a choking taste."
"This is a powder made from ground Sichuan peppercorns."
"Then what is this yellow one?"
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“This is ginger, which can be used to remove the smell.”
After some questioning, Mr. Holland was surprised to find that these strange things are actually used for cooking. !
And judging from Catherine's skillful movements, this is obviously not the first time!
Mr. Holland couldn't help but be curious about where Brand bought these things.
But Catherine's answer made him frown slightly.
"You said that not long ago, Brand enclosed a small area of land in the family's most advanced medicine garden, specifically for the rapid cultivation of these... seasonings?"
Does anyone know about these strange seasonings? After hearing this, Mr. Holander felt a little dissatisfied in his heart.
I originally thought that Brand's personality had changed after going to the Mage Academy, and he knew how to fight for the honor of the Holland family!
But now it seems to have gotten worse!
Is the family’s most advanced medicinal garden used to satisfy one’s appetite?
That is used to plant family strategic materials!
You should have listened to Yersin's advice and restricted Brand's "authority" in Holland Castle!
But let’s talk about this later!
The first priority is to find where the magic sauce is!
Catherine's side, after discovering that Chef Como made such "horrible" smelling food.
She had an urge to escape from the kitchen.
Afterwards, when those "horrible" dishes were thrown away, Catherine breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought that I should be able to make lunch for my young master smoothly next.
However, when she discovered that Mr. Holland had not left the kitchen, but instead turned his attention towards her.
A bad feeling arose in Catherine's heart.
She knew how powerful the "impact" the next dish would have on the Viscount's spirit.
Although he was an elegant Viscount who always paid attention to his image, Catherine could not guarantee whether he would lose his temper at all!
Then, when Mr. Holland began to ask about the names and origins of the various "seasonings" she used.
Katherine thought, ask as soon as possible, and leave as soon as possible after asking!
However, it is a pity.
Although Mr. Holland did not find the magic sauce in Catherine.
But now that he is here, Mr. Holland is still prepared to pay attention to what kind of delicacies his second son eats every day.
Out of curiosity, Mr. Holland found a chair and sat down in the kitchen!
On Catherine's side, although she has been dawdling all the way, she wants to wait until Mr. Holland leaves before cooking.
But as time passed, we finally came to the last step of frying vegetables in a hot pan with oil.
Looking up, she saw Mr. Holland still sitting there, looking at her with a smile on his face, showing no sign of leaving.
Despaired, Catherine had no choice but to hope that Mr. Holland would be an "elegant gentleman" who could perfectly control his desires!
However, when the smell mixed with spices and meat overflowed from the oil pan,
Mr. Holland also looked like he had fallen under the "charm spell".
Catherine gave up the last bit of luck in her heart.
The eyes are getting firmer!
——She is ready to defend her young master’s lunch with her life!
When she finished cooking, she was ready to take the dishes "immediately" away from Mr. Holland who made her feel uneasy.
She found that everything around her stopped.
Only the elegant Mr. Holland picked up the knife and fork and walked slowly over.
Swallowed the food she carefully prepared for Brand piece by piece, piece after piece!
Catherine's eyes also lost their highlights.
For a long time, Mr. Holland, who looked enjoying himself, gracefully put down the knife and fork stained with oil on his hands.
Tearing off a paper towel to wipe the oil stains around his mouth, and gargling his mouth with lemon water, Mr. Holland sighed with satisfaction:
"What an unimaginably delicious dish!" After that, Elder Holland finally turned his attention to Catherine, who had empty eyes.
Although he was a little embarrassed that he "elegantly" snatched away the lunch dishes carefully prepared by the little girl for his son.
However, as the well-informed Viscount Holland, there are various ways to boost Catherine's "morale"!
Just listen to him say:
“It’s almost noon, and poor little Brand is still hungry!”
Hearing this, Catherine’s eyes quickly focused, That sad and angry look seemed to say: What do you want?
Seeing that Catherine was finally a little more energetic, Mr. Holland smiled and pointed at the remaining condiments and asked: "Tell me in detail, what has Brand done recently?"< br>
Because Brand specifically asked him not to hide his affairs from Mr. Holland.
So Catherine had no intention of hiding anything from the curious Viscount.
Katherine told the truth about Brand's recent movements.
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A few days ago, Brand successfully opened up a spiritual space and became a junior mage apprentice.
Afterwards, Brand couldn't wait to test the specific functions of the mental space.
Although Brand was a little surprised by the results of the test, he also frowned a little.
The reserve of mental space is about 4 times the upper limit of mental power.
If you fill it up.
In a short period of time, Brand can have 5 times the upper limit of mental power.
This is good, but the problem is that storing mental power will cause the loss of mental power. Only one of the two mental powers can be successfully saved in the end.
If there is no awakening potion, it will take about 3 to 4 days for Brand to fill up his mental space.
——This is a bit slow.
However, after all, he has a higher limit of mental power, and the size of the items that can be embodied is also much larger. From this point of view, Brand is quite happy.
In the next few days, Brand used his ability to manifest dreams and used the awakening potion to "improve" his living conditions.
Among them are young plants that have produced a batch of seasonings.
Considering that his family is already engaged in planting business, Brand will certainly not let go of such good innate conditions.
After some inquiries, Brand set his sights on the Holland family's most advanced medicinal garden, which has the effect of accelerating plant growth.
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“Those are the original plants of the seasoning!”
Arriving at his most advanced medicine garden, Mr. Holland was very surprised to see the various plants growing in a small area in the corner of the medicine garden.
Originally, Mr. Holland was very dissatisfied with Brand using the highest-grade medicine garden of the Holander family to grow whatever spices he wanted to satisfy his appetite.
Because after hearing Catherine’s description of the growth and yield of those plants.
Mr. Holland is very sure.
That is not some "priceless" "magic spice".
Just some ordinary plants with unknown uses!
After all, in a medicinal garden with accelerated growth, whose magic spices can be harvested in just a few days?
However, after Mr. Holland "personally tasted" the dishes Brand eats every day.
He felt that his previous judgment was still a bit arbitrary.
Even if it is an ordinary plant, it does have its value.
Mr. Holland now understands the inner thoughts of the two count families in the North better now.
After all, if Catherine hadn’t learned the inside story.
Who would have thought that the things that make food so delicious are just ordinary plants?
Thinking of this, Mr. Holland pointed to the various plants in front of him with an unquestionable expression, and then said to Catherine who was anxious to go back to cook:
“Katherine, you Go back and tell Brand that because he uses my medicine garden, as my son, although I can exempt him from the cost of using the medicine garden, he still has to pay the 'plantation tax'."
Having said this, Mr. Holland made a gesture with his open palm and continued: "For the sake of Brand's lunch, I only need 50% of the seasoning here!"
(End of this chapter) )