IRDFPFCIW Chapter 12

As soon as Jiang Tang entered the live streaming room, he was startled by the barrage of comments that seemed to be flashing green light.

…It always felt like he was being watched.

“Good afternoon, everyone.”

Jiang Tang showed a business-like smile and greeted the audience in the live stream, “Today, I’m going to make my favorite mouth-watering chicken and brown sugar jelly.”

Jiang Tang took out a chicken leg and made a cut, then skillfully used a small knife to remove the bone. When he finished, both the bone and meat were still intact, and the removed bone was completely clean.

The audience was once again impressed by Jiang Tang’s swift movements and gifts began to flood in.

Jiang Tang added ginger slices, scallions, and some bay leaves that had a scent similar to Sichuan peppercorn into a pot filled with clear water and heated it. Then he submerged the chicken leg in the water and boiled it for about ten seconds before taking it out and repeating the process three times.

“This is to prevent the chicken skin from getting too mushy and to make it have a crisp texture when eaten,” Jiang Tang explained.

Next, he placed the chicken into the pot, boiled the water over high heat, covered the pot with a lid, and simmered it on low heat for twenty minutes. He waited until he could insert chopsticks into the chicken without any blood flowing out.

Now it was time to prepare the sauce for the mouth-watering chicken.

Jiang Tang quickly chopped garlic and scallions, dividing them into two portions and placing them in different bowls. He then added white sesame seeds, white sugar, Sichuan pepper oil, and his homemade light soy sauce.

Then came the highlight!

Jiang Tang brought out his treasured jar from somewhere and looked at it lovingly.

Barrage: Suddenly feeling like the jar is more important than the person, what’s going on!

Jiang Tang slowly lifted the lid of the jar and the audience leaned in. They saw that the inside was bright red and glistening with oil, a visually vibrant color.

Jiang Tang stirred the red oil inside with a spoon. By now, the red oil had cooled down and lacked the strong odor it had when freshly cooked and was instead replaced by a rich aroma and tempting spiciness.

Wen Renyuan the little cat was sitting on a stool beside Jiang Tang, flicking its tail. Suddenly, he caught a whiff of the scent that reminded him of last night. He couldn’t help but sneeze uncontrollably.

The cute little nose also scrunched up.

Jiang Tang couldn’t reach out to pet the cat, so he bent down and gently coaxed it, “Be good, this is spicy, little kitty, stay a bit further away.”

The interaction between Jiang Tang and the cat was very heartwarming, and the barrage began to lament that people were not as good as cats.

[The streamer is so gentle!]

[Let go of the streamer, let me take over!]

[At this moment, I don’t know whether to envy the person or the cat…]

[Is the streamer’s family still in need of cats? The kind that can eat a lot!]

Jiang Tang added the red oil to the sauce just now, truly giving the mouth-watering chicken’s sauce its soul.

Considering that Qin Fei and a few others hadn’t eaten anything spicy, Jiang Tang only added a little bit of red chili oil. He planned to keep his portion of sauce with more red oil for his own dipping later.

At this time, the chicken was ready. Jiang Tang took the chicken out and placed it into a large basin of ice water prepared by Qin Fei.

Then he cut the chicken into chunks and placed it on a plate. Lastly, he drizzled the sauce over it and added a bit of crushed peanuts. The simplified version of mouth-watering chicken was complete.

The vibrant green scallions, bright red oil, and white sesame seeds created a beautiful contrast, slowly dripping over the cut chicken.

Although the aroma could not be smelled, just looking at the exquisite presentation was enough to whet one’s appetite.

With the weather getting warmer, Jiang Tang decided to add a famous dessert from his previous life: brown sugar jelly.

He added pea flour to clear water, brought it to a simmer over low heat, divided it into four portions, and poured it into bowls to solidify in the cooling machine.

Then Jiang Tang used a knife to cut them into neat little squares in the bowls.

Some viewers who had watched the previous streams or replays felt curious. Jiang Tang’s current actions were very similar to when he prepared steamed eggs. The only difference was that he was now cutting transparent blocks instead of golden yellow eggs.

Then Jiang Tang poured the brown sugar syrup over the ice jelly. Unfortunately, he didn’t have fruits to add, otherwise it would have been perfect to include his favorite fruits.

“Time to eat.” With Qin Fei’s help, Jiang Tang brought the ice jelly to the dining room and served rice to everyone.

Yes, he had discovered a large field of rice on the other side of the barren planet, so their main food on the table finally had rice again.

Jiang Tang picked up a piece of chicken with his chopsticks, dipped it in the sauce, and then let the camera zoom in on the chicken.

The viewers watched as the red oil slowly dripped along the texture of the chicken, and they felt drool pooling in their mouths.

Jiang Tang placed the chicken on the rice, coating the plump and glistening rice grains with red oil.

Barrage: …Please be a human and stop showing close-ups! Ahh!

After several days of training in grabbing food, Qin Fei and the others had become increasingly skilled with their chopsticks. Seeing this, they couldn’t resist and hurriedly picked up a piece of chicken.

As soon as the chicken hit their mouths, their eyes widened in shock. An intense explosion of numbness, spiciness, freshness, and fragrance flooded their tongues like a tidal wave.

So delicious!

Qin Fei and Lu Rongming, who had never eaten anything spicy before, immediately broke into a sweat on their foreheads. Their tongues went numb, but they quickly reached for another piece of chicken.

They imitated Jiang Tang. They placed the chicken on the rice and instinctively combined the rice and chicken to eat together.

This was incredible!

Then they scooped up a spoonful of the ice jelly in front of them. It was cold, sweet, and slightly chewy. The texture was quite unique and perfectly relieved the spiciness in their mouths.

Refreshing!

They found it hard to describe the feeling, while the viewers could only see their red and swollen mouths, drenched in sweat, occasionally gasping for air, yet their actions of grabbing food and swallowing were becoming faster and faster.

Seeing how spicy the food was for them, Jiang Tang added another dish of cold mixed tomatoes for them.

Meanwhile, the little cat sat nearby and watched coldly as Qin Fei and Lu Rongming frantically searched for tissues to wipe their tears and runny noses. For some reason, Jiang Tang felt that the fluffy little cat had a look of disdain on its face.

Noticing a suspicious red stain at the corner of the cat’s mouth, Jiang Tang went silent.

“Kitty, did you sneak some chicken while I was in the kitchen?”

Wen Renyuan’s ears twitched at his words, and his eyes shifted guiltily to the side.

Jiang Tang reached out to pry open the cat’s mouth. Upon seeing that its tongue was unchanged, he finally felt relieved.

He really didn’t expect that this cat could eat spicy food better than Qin Fei and Lu Rongming.

Jiang Tang chuckled to himself and gave the little cat a piece of tomato.

The little cat sniffed at it with some disdain, not particularly liking it. But seeing the young man looking at him expectantly, he finally ate the specially cut small piece of tomato.

It’s sweet, not too bad.

While Jiang Tang appeared to be enjoying a happy moment with his “family”, the viewers in the live stream was suffering.

They were so angry!

What’s the use of being angry? They could only keep tipping gifts and praying for the streamer to switch to holographic equipment as soon as possible.

Especially Chen Jiesen and his group of rich second-generation friends, who were generously throwing gifts without holding back.

Hearing the continuous sound of tip notifications, Jiang Tang clicked on the details of the top user on the reward leaderboard and saw that it was a minor. He furrowed his brow. “Thank you, everyone. I appreciate your kind intentions and support. To all the underage viewers, please spend wisely.”

Barrage: No! I want you to give it your all!

After expressing his thanks again, Jiang Tang exited the live stream.

In his previous life, Jiang Tang had seen many cases where underage viewers secretly tipped streamers using their family’s money. He clicked on the top-ranked user “My Brother is Lin Yucang” and chose to private message her.

[Jiang Tang: Hello, little friend. What’s your payment account? I’ll transfer the money back to you.]