Episode 301 Assistant

For chefs, the quality of an ingredient has never been determined by its price.

Take, for example, the "Li Yun" that Wang Zhanrui fished out from the paddy fields. In terms of price, they could be considered as some of the most worthless things. These creatures feed on reeds in summer and grain sprouts in autumn, moving brazenly through the fields every day, and for those who cultivate crops, they are nothing but a major pest.

It was only after asking Meng's old mother that Hua Xiaomai learned that in autumn, whenever the people of Fire Knife Village found Li Yun in the fields, they would often grind their teeth in frustration, quickly eliminating them and crushing the pests to be used as fertilizer; the crops would then grow especially lush and robust. No one had ever thought of eating them. Yet now, they sat on the tables of Daoxiang Garden, transformed into a rare and supreme delicacy.