Food starts with noodles

Yu Keke is as well-behaved as a princess in a fairy tale at the moment, completely lacking the appearance of the second-generation ancestor who was lying on the sofa with Erlang's legs crossed yesterday.

Chen Guifang also pulled Yu Keke to introduce Xu Wenhai: "Wenhai, she is Keke, the girlfriend of our silly roe deer, isn't she pretty?"

Xu Wenhai obviously came prepared. He took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Yu Keke: "It's the first time we met. I wrapped a red envelope for you. Don't think it's too small. How's your dad doing?"

This question has a big turning point, and Yu Keke was stunned for a moment before he realized it: "Very well, I just don't have time to go out. My mother wants to go out to play this summer, so I accompanied her to Europe for ten days or so."

After finishing speaking, she took the red envelope, said thank you sweetly, and put it into her small bag.

Then Chen Guifang introduced Sun Panpan to Xu Wenhai.

When he learned of Sun Panpan's identity, Xu Wenhai smiled and said, "Your father was eating at our restaurant two days ago."

"Your father and I are old acquaintances. When he lived with your grandparents, he would go to the store to eat my meals when he had nothing to do. Unfortunately, you were in a boarding school in the provincial capital at that time, so you were not allowed to taste my cooking. ..."

After exchanging greetings, everyone went out together to eat at the restaurant Chen Guifang had ordered.

But today, instead of eating hot pot, I came to a big hotel with the same taste as Rongcheng.

Xu Wenhai said before entering the door: "I have been to this restaurant before. Last year's Sichuan Cuisine Exchange Conference was held here. It was also at that party that I met Senior Brother Wei..."

Chapter 208 Chain Missions

No matter the size or grade of this restaurant, the taste of this restaurant is comparable to that of Rongcheng.

Everywhere reveals luxury and grandeur.

In the reserved private room, Yao Meixiang began to order food.

From the more homely cooked twice-cooked pork and Kung Pao chicken, to the more high-end Dengying beef and steamed Jiangtuan, the more time-consuming and labor-intensive jar meat and chickpeas, as well as the more challenging dry-stirred eel and pregnant tofu.

Faced with so many delicacies, Xu Zhuo would naturally not be polite.

When Yao Meixiang and Chen Guifang started their business exchanges again, he had already started to strike with chopsticks.

When eating, what Xu Zhuo dislikes the most is empty talk.

But sometimes this kind of small talk is necessary. For example, if Chen Guifang didn't make such small talk with Yao Meixiang, the scene would be even more embarrassing.

On the contrary, after such a burst of business bragging between the two, they quickly drew closer.

Coupled with Yu Keke and Sun Panpan helping out and saying a few words, the two beauties, two big, two young, and four beauties chatted very lively.

As usual, Li Hao only cared about eating, he didn't care about the content of the chat, and he didn't care about the food, as long as it was delicious, he could keep eating it.

Xu Zhuo, Xu Wenhai and his son sat together and began to taste the dazzling dishes on the table.

Both of them don't have much appetite, Xu Wenhai is usually fine, but he just got off the plane not long ago, so his appetite is not good.

Xu Zhuo is a typical player with high eyesight and low abilities. He thinks he can eat a lot, but after one bite of the same dish, he is almost half full.

Next, the women continued to chat, Li Hao continued to eat, and Xu Zhuo and Xu Wenhai chatted about the dishes on the table.

Pregnant tofu is a famous product in Sichuan cuisine. Although it is not well-known, it has a place in the high-end dishes of Sichuan cuisine.

Looking at the pregnant tofu on the table now, Xu Zhuo felt more and more like a box of tofu in Shandong cuisine.

The same large blocks of tofu are hollowed out, and the insides are filled with meat stuffing before steaming, and no matter the color or taste, they are all the same as the tofu box.

And another pot of meat on the table is a representative of Shandong cuisine, and the name has not even been changed.

As for other dishes, such as Kung Pao Chicken, their status in Shandong cuisine is not low.

"Xiao Zhuo, you have to remember that the classification of dishes is really not important. The eight major cuisines are only for outsiders to hear. This thing, whoever masters it, it's theirs. There are no strict rules."

"And with the development of the times, the boundaries of cuisines will become more and more blurred, and eventually they will even merge together. This is not only true of Chinese cuisine, but also of Western cuisine."

"Cooking is a process of mutual integration. Don't take these vain things as your sense of honor, and don't argue with others about the cuisine. It's unnecessary."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the gourd chicken on the table and said, "Look at the eight-treasure gourd chicken, there are Shandong cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine, so there is no way to classify this thing."

Xu Zhuo naturally knew this truth. The so-called food culture was compiled, and many materials can prove that the so-called four major cuisines and eight major cuisines were all proposed within decades.

And it was only because of the publicity that it was roughly divided.

The old man told Xu Zhuo about this before, and Xu Zhuo checked the information himself, but why did Xu Wenhai bring up the old story again today?

Is there something else?

After Xu Zhuo asked his doubts, Xu Wenhai shook his head with a smile: "Your grandfather recently went to that station B to watch videos when he had nothing to do, and saw some chefs talking nonsense, so he planned to make a video, but I stopped him. "

Xu Zhuo was stunned: "What kind of video is he doing? Telling everyone that there is no such thing as the eight major cuisines? Surely many people will not accept this, because many people have integrated the cuisine of their hometown into their personal sense of honor. There will be a lot of opposition.”

"My grandfather is really good at making troubles. People say what they say. Anyway, our family cooks Shandong cuisine. After all, Shandong cuisine is also the mother of all cuisines. As long as they promote the cuisine, they will inevitably discuss Shandong cuisine."

Xu Wenhai nodded: "He really wants to do this. No one in the store can record videos, and he plans to ask you to record for him. When the time comes, you should pay attention and don't let your grandpa record the show."

"Those people on the Internet are just waiting to raise an argument when they have nothing to do. But after your new store opens, you have to learn how to cook Shandong cuisine from your grandfather. At that time, your godfather will continue to teach you Sichuan cuisine."

"Besides, you are now dating a girl from the Yu family. It is estimated that you will inevitably learn Huaiyang cuisine in the future. After all, there are no males in the Yu family. If you want to pass on the craftsmanship, you are the only one..."

Speaking of it this way, Xu Zhuo actually wants to master three cuisines in the future.

If we think about the skills of other cuisines at that time, maybe we can integrate all eight major cuisines together.

In this case, it is enough to blow for a lifetime...

When Boss Xu was thinking about it happily, the system suddenly issued a notification tone.

"A new series of missions has appeared, please click on the panel to inquire for details..."

Chain mission?What is this thing?

Xu Zhuo froze for a moment, then entered the system.

Click on the mission details, and this so-called super mission immediately appears in front of you.

Chain task: Cuisine fusion.

Task details: Master all eight major cuisines.

Task rewards and punishments: Every time the host masters the essence of a cuisine, he will be rewarded with an A-level signature dish that can be passed on, and there is no penalty for failure.

Task time limit: Within 30 years, expired tasks will be automatically canceled.

Mission Progress: 0/8.

After reading it, Xu Zhuo felt a little silly.

The 30-year task time limit is really confusing, and what's even more worrisome is that in 30 years, you may not even be able to grasp the essence of one cuisine, let alone the eight major cuisines.

This is simply unimaginable.

But the reward for this task is really too greedy.

Class A signature dish, and it is passable, it is simply mouth-watering.

What are chefs afraid of?I am most afraid that there will be no successors for my craft.

Well now, the dishes can be passed down.

Although Xu Zhuo doesn't care about inheritance at all now, he believes that after 30 years, he will probably be the same as Wei Junming now, and the most important thing in his heart is to find a reliable person to pass on his craftsmanship.

30 years, it's still early, don't worry.

Boss Xu continued to chat with Xu Wenhai about cooking, occasionally taking a bite of the dishes on the table.

While chatting, Xu Zhuo suddenly noticed that Li Hao didn't move his chopsticks. He asked curiously, "Why don't you eat?"

Li Hao smiled wryly: "I don't like the dishes in big restaurants. Although they taste good, they don't have the energy to eat home-cooked dishes. When I sit in a restaurant and eat, I don't have much appetite. I feel..."

Before he finished speaking, Sun Panpan next to him came over: "You are full, right? I ate half of the table by myself, and I still have the face to say that I have no appetite. Li Hao, when are you going to talk to me?" Coco has learned to be thick-skinned."

Yu Keke: ...

MMP, it's none of my mother's business?

Chapter 209 You Are My Girlfriend

After eating and drinking enough, the group went back to Yao Meixiang's house to prepare for a lunch break.

Just as Xu Zhuo entered the room and was lying on the bed, Yu Keke suddenly ran in sneakily.

"What are you doing here? Don't sleep for a while?"

Sitting by the bed, Yu Keke took out the red envelope Xu Wenhai gave her from her bag: "The red envelope your father gave me was too big, I'm a little embarrassed..."

Xu Zhuo was taken aback, took the red envelope and opened it, and took out 2 yuan from it.

He was immediately happy: "I just gave my dad 2 yuan in pocket money before eating, but I didn't expect that the meeting gift he prepared for you was also [-] yuan. Just take it for you. Why are you embarrassed?"

Yu Keke was still a little embarrassed: "Why don't I give you the money, I'm embarrassed to take it..."

Xu Zhuo smiled and said, "The woman will only return the bride price when she regrets the marriage. If you don't accept the money now, do you have a problem with me or don't want to have a relationship with me?"

As soon as he said this, Yu Keke hurriedly stuffed the money into his bag.

Xu Zhuo turned over, lay down on the bed and started the mobile game: "You are my girlfriend, it is normal and reasonable for them to give you a greeting gift."

Yu Keke put her arms around her small bag: "After that, when you see my parents, will they also give you a gift?"

Xu Zhuo shook his head: "According to the experience of my classmates and their blind dates and marriages, it seems that there is no habit of the woman's parents giving the man a gift."

"Only on the wedding day will the change fee be paid, but it is also in the hands of the man, and the money is still the woman's."

Yu Keke didn't understand this. Hearing Xu Zhuo's words, his eyes widened immediately: "Doesn't that mean that you men are the oppressed party?"

Xu Zhuo was delighted, this girl really knows how to think.

But now the cost of getting married is indeed getting higher and higher. The car and the house need to be paid in full, the bride price starts at six figures, and even the bride's family has hundreds of dollars in red envelopes on the day of the wedding...

There are more and more reasonable and unreasonable demands, leading to higher and higher costs of marriage.

Although Xu Zhuo has always been single, he has participated in a classmate's wedding anyway, so he has some understanding of this aspect.

After hearing this, Yu Keke said with some emotion: "No wonder there are more and more men advocating being single now. The cost of marriage is really high."

After the emotion was over, the girl suddenly turned her face to look at Xu Zhuo, and asked suspiciously, "What about you? Why are you single all this time? With your conditions, you don't have to worry about finding someone, right?"

According to the thinking of ordinary people, the standard answer to this question is that I am waiting for you, so I have always been single.

But Boss Xu, who doesn't follow the usual path, will naturally not be so vulgar.

While concentrating on playing Peace Elite, he said slowly: "It's too affecting playing games."

For this reason, Yu Keke was stunned for a long time.

This is the proper way to be single based on strength, even if you are good-looking.

Perhaps because he felt that his words were a bit inappropriate, Xu Zhuo specifically explained it.

"This is not my experience, I learned it from others. In the past, every time our guild sent out a mission, those few people with girlfriends would have problems."

"Either I couldn't go online with my girlfriend, or I went offline suddenly while playing, and we were wiped out because of this situation several times."

"Since then, our guild has stopped accepting people who have a partner. Once someone says they are in love, they will be kicked out immediately..."

After Yu Keke listened blankly, his face was full of shock.

She always thought that having a girlfriend playing games was just an internet joke, but she didn't expect such a person to exist in reality.

And not alone, everyone in Xu Zhuo's guild should be like this.

What is it called?League of straight men?

After thinking about it, Yu Keke asked Xu Zhuo a question: "Then if I pester you when you play games from now on, will you bother me?"

Xu Zhuo glanced at her sideways: "Why, I'm not so obsessed with games now, I just have nothing to do to relax... Keke, you didn't sleep well last night, go and rest for a while, my mother is going to let you Are you going shopping with her..."

These words made Yu Keke feel happy in his heart.

It's great that the handsome boss is caring more and more about others.

She told Xu Zhuo to play for a while and then go to sleep quickly, and then happily went to Sun Panpan to show off.

Xu Zhuo changed into a more comfortable position, then turned on the voice, and assigned tasks to his teammates while skillfully operating: "Take a look in the room on the right, there are usually ammunition and bandages inside..."