Hello Mr. King - Chapter 239

Chapter 239: Chapter 239 - : Hunting for Local Delicacies

Chapter 239: Hunting for Local Delicacies

Yun Xiangxiang bumped into the program team when she was coming back from her morning workout . They asked, “You work out this early in the morning?”

“I’m used to it . Keeps me energetic for the whole day if I do my morning workout,” Yun Xiangxiang smiled . She didn’t mind the camera filming her looking sweaty .

Yun Xiangxiang and the others gathered after washing themselves up . They didn’t have their breakfast .

Yun Xiangxiang arrived first . She was the energetic young lady of the group .

Lu Jin and Hou Cang then arrived looking fresh and were all smiles .

A yawning He Xingzhou then appeared and leaned on Lu Jin’s shoulder .

Sun Qiluo was the last to arrive . She was still half-asleep .

“Great, everyone’s here . The first thing we’re going to do is some breakfast hunting . It’s right here in this old town . ”

Shen Yitang announced, “There’s a lot of different food here in the old town . But only the local specialties are on the breakfast menu . Confirm with the crew if the food you found is one of the specialties here . If it is, you’ll be answering some questions . You can only eat for free if you get it right . ”

“Ah?” He Xingzhou immediately sobered up . “How should I know the local specialties here?”

Not to mention the fact that the crew confiscated his phone, but even if he wanted to check, it was too late now . They only mentioned breakfast hunting being the first segment during the briefing last night . They didn’t say anything about hunting like this .

“If the food you found isn’t the local specialty after confirmation, you have to keep looking . Three strikes means no breakfast for you,” Shen Yitang announced the cruel rules .

He Xingzhou clutched his stomach, his face had a look of despair .

Sun Qiluo brightened up . When she went on an excursion with Yun Xiangxiang yesterday, she found out a lot about the local delicacies .

“Anyone know what’s special here?” He Xingzhou quickly asked the others .

“That’s breaking the rules . You can’t ask anyone for answers . ” Shen Yitang warned before continuing, “Okay everyone, let’s start searching, chop chop . Let’s be done with breakfast so we can get on with the games . ”

“Can we form teams?” Hou Cang asked eagerly . He knew nothing about the local food either .

“No you can’t . If someone finds and confirms it first, the ones behind them must move forward,” Shen Yitang denied him .

Hou Cang and He Xingzhou were frustrated . Lu Jin was fine with it . He came here to film before, so he knew a bit about the local food .

Yun Xiangxiang came here for the food and the scenery . She was confident about her knowledge . Sun Qiluo also knew about the food during her excursion yesterday .

The pair walked down one of the streets and immediately saw a shop selling Grilled Erkuai [1] . Sun Qiluo’s eyes lit up .

“You can have it,” Yun Xiangxiang smiled and went forward .

Grilled Erkuai was one of the local specialties . The locals claimed that it tasted great .

“I love you, Xiangxiang,” Sun Qiluo happily confirmed with the program team . They handed her a card after confirming that the food was a local specialty .

The question was: There were four great beauties during the warring states period . Who were they?

Sun Qiluo was stunned by the question . “I have to answer all four correctly before I can eat?”

“Yes . ”

“I only know about my sister Madam Xi and Xi Shi!” Sun Qiluo was frustrated . The aroma of the grilling Erkuai wafted through the air .

She then guessed the names of every beauty during the warring states period she heard of and only got Xia Ji right .

After leaving the shop selling Erkuai, she came across a shop selling soy flour broth . She was also handed one question after confirming it with the program team .

The question was: Please list three poems made for Madam Xi by different poets .

It was a cinch for Yun Xiangxiang . She saw some when she read about Madam Xi .

Her answers were: “Madam Xi” by Wang Wei, “Traveling Past Madam Xi’s Temple” by Liu Changji, and “Madam Xi,” by Song Zhiwen .

“Correct . You may have your breakfast,” the program team staff followed Yun Xiangxiang inside .

“I can eat as much as I want? Can I have any other food?” Yun Xiangxiang noticed that there was a variety of food inside .

“You can . ”

After getting their permission, Yun Xiangxiang ordered as much as she wanted . Of course, she had to order the soy flour broth .

“Have you guys eaten your breakfast?” Yun Xiangxiang chatted with the staff as she waited .

“No . ”

“Can I treat you?”

“No, you cannot . ”

“I feel sorry for you guys,” Yun Xiangxiang pitied them . But when her breakfast arrived, she enjoyed it as if nobody was around .

Yun Xiangxiang was the first to have her breakfast . Lu Jin was the second . He went to the place which sold one of the local specials: Tounao [2] .

He had it once when he came here to film a few years ago . One of the most famous local specials of Heshun Town was Tounao . It tasted great too .

He also got one question after confirmation: What was the hat King Wen of Chu invented called?

Lu Jin also did his research, “The Xiezhi Crown . ”

Lu Jin and Yun Xiangxiang enjoyed their breakfast . Meanwhile, Hou Cang had botched one of his chances . He had two chances left .

Sun Qiluo was stuck on the final beauty . “Does the question change if I change the food I choose?”

“This is the only question . ”

Sun Qiluo widened her eyes in despair .

He Xingzhou was the unluckiest of the bunch . He saw a lot of great food, but he thought everywhere else had them too . They must not be the local specials .

And of all things, he had to bump into Yun Xiangxiang as he trudged around town . He could only gulp as he looked at her enjoying the great food .

“Can I have some if Xiangxiang wants to treat me?” He Xingzhou had an idea .

“No,” the program team refused him unhesitatingly .

He Xingzhou still walked in, “What are you having there?”

“Soy flour broth . It’s a local special,” Yun Xiangxiang answered before taking a clean spoon . “Have a taste . ”

He Xingzhou quickly came forward, but he was blocked by the program team before he could have some .

“Hurry up and find something to eat . You won’t have the strength for the games later,” Yun Xiangxiang held back her laugh .

He Xingzhou left like a lonely man traversing the cold, wintry land .

Hou Cang was the third to have his breakfast . He went for Tengchong Ersi . He knew nothing else about Yunnan specialties, except for this one . The question he was given was related to the history of their film, and he knew the answer to it .

Yun Xiangxiang went back the way she came from . She bumped into a dejected Sun Qiluo who was squatting outside the Grilled Erkuai shop .

“What happened?”

“I can’t answer the question . I am starving,” Sun Qiluo looked sad .

“What is it about?” Yun Xiangxiang asked .

“The four beauties of the warring states period .

“The rules state that I only can’t give any hints about the local special, right?” Yun Xiangxiang used the flaw in the rules . “It didn’t say anything about helping someone answer their question . ”

The program team was speechless .

Yeah, the rules didn’t say anything about that .

“Xi Shi, Madam Xi, Xia Ji, Qi Wenjiang,” Yun Xiangxiang answered swiftly .

“Darn you, Qi Wenjiang . You made me starve,” Sun Qiluo jumped . “Shopkeeper, give me ten pieces of Da Jiujia and some fried breadsticks at the side . I want everything from the salty ones to the sweet ones, and to the sweet-and-salty ones . ”

Yun Xiangxiang was stunned .

The program group shared the same sentiments .

The shopkeeper was taken aback at her request .

Only after a while did the shopkeeper remind her softly, “You can’t finish ten of them . ”

“Give her three . One salty, one sweet, one sweet and salty,” Yun Xiangxiang decided for Sun Qiluo .

Yun Xiangxiang didn’t return immediately after separating from Sun Qiluo . She wanted to look around and digest her breakfast .

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