I'm Really Not the Demon God's Lackey Chapter 429: Duan Xuemin

"So… what are chives?" A frowning Franca muttered as her slender fingers slid over the colorful pages of the book. She couldn't help feeling confused.

Ever since she bought this book, 1000 Classic Homedishes (The Complete Colored 365 Days Edition), at the Ji Family's auction, Franca had hardly left the house as she spent all her time studying recipes day after day.

However, some of the stuff in this recipe book was a little difficult to understand.

For example... chive dumplings.

Franca flipped through various books but couldn't find any vegetable called chives.

"From the pictures, it looks a little like black hair grass..." Franca pursed her lips, feeling a little creeped out.

The story of black hair grass dates back to more than a thousand years ago where a type of huge monstrous creature lived underground. These monsters were covered in thick mucus and fleshy, white mouths. They fed on the rotting corpses of other beasts, and a type of grass grew on their bodies that looked like black hair.

The humans in that age fed the corpses of their loved ones to these creatures, then collected the grass for their own consumption.

With rare curiosity, Franca searched for information in her own extensive library to verify whether the black hair grass and chives were the same thing. And in the end, she did come across a visual depiction of a monster covered in mouths.

The densely packed mouths with long tongues sticking out on them were on a pillar of flesh at least two stories high.

Eww... Franca felt disgusted.

But these chive dumplings looked really delicious, and chives probably weren't the same thing as black hair grass.

Franca sighed and continued flipping through the thick recipe book, finally coming across a dish—white cut chicken.

There weren't too many things needed, and the recipe was simple, with the main ingredient being chicken.

"Hmm... A southern dish, with a beautiful appearance, golden skin and white flesh. Tender, delicious, with an exceptionally fresh and delicious taste, very appetizing." Fra

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