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The Missing Spice

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A chef in a small restaurant realizes his special chili oil is missing right before a big order, and he enlists the help of a regular delivery rider to track it down.

Added 6/9/2026 · 164 characters

Story text

10 sentences

  1. chénshīfù
    shì
    '
    lǎo
    jiē
    fāng
    '
    cāntīng
    de
    zhǔ
    chú
  2. jīntiān
    zhōngwǔ
    zhǔnbèi
    zuò
    zhāopái
    málà
    miàn
  3. dàn
    fāxiàn
    zhì
    làjiāo
    yóu
    bùjiàn
    le
  4. zhèshí
    sòng
    cān
    yuán
    āyīgǔlì
    zhènghǎo
    jìnlái
  5. chénshīfù
    zháojí
    wèn
    :' :
    '
    kàndào
    de
    hóng
    guàn
    le
    ma
    '
  6. āyīgǔlì
    xiǎng
    le
    xiǎng
    shuō
    :' :
    '
    zǎoshàng
    hǎoxiàng
    zài
    hòu
    mén
    jiànguò
    '
  7. tāmen
    yīqǐ
    dào
    hòu
    mén
    de
    xiǎo
    yuànzǐ
    xúnzhǎo
  8. yuánlái
    guàn
    bèi
    zhī
    xiǎo
    māo
    pèng
    dǎo
    le
  9. làjiāo
    yóu
    le
    yīxiē
    dàn
    huán
    shèngxià
    bàn
    píng
  10. chénshīfù
    hěn
    gāoxìng
    qǐng
    āyīgǔlì
    cháng
    le
    wǎn
    xīn
    zuò
    de
    miàn

Quiz

Reading comprehension

Question 1 of 4

Question 1

What was Chef Chen preparing to make when he discovered something was missing?

Narration

The Missing Spice