State Banquet Master?
Could Old Mr. Gao actually be a State Banquet Master?
Looking at the elderly man in a floral T-shirt taking off his apron in the kitchen, Lin Xu had a surreal feeling. But now that he had such an eminent figure by his side, he could directly consult him whenever he encountered sothing he didn’t understand.
"Old Mr. Gao, do you have any more kitchen tips?"
"Exactly, teach us so more."
"Old Mr. Gao definitely still has so tricks up his sleeve."
The custors surrounded Old Mr. Gao, wanting to learn so more.
Old Mr. Gao smiled and said, "You all think too highly of . I’m just an odd-jobber; I don’t have that many tips. Finish your soup and head back, so you don’t delay Boss Lin’s rest."
After saying that, he wiped his hands and walked toward the door.
The custors felt the soup in their bowls grow more delicious with each sip.
Then they looked at Lin Xu and asked, "Boss Lin, will you serve this soup tomorrow?"
Lin Xu was quite eager to add new items.
He still had a reward task for a Soup Update waiting for him.
But the Nori Egg Drop Soup also had a task.
He shook his head and said, "Not tomorrow. I need to practice properly. I’ll add it to the nu when I can match Old Mr. Gao’s standard. There’s no rush."
Old Mr. Gao, who had reached the door, heard this and nodded slightly. He obtained the recipe but isn’t rushing to add it to the nu, wanting instead to thoroughly understand it himself. Such calm, composed, and humble young people are truly rare these days. What a promising talent!
After finishing the Nori Egg Drop Soup, everyone dispersed in twos and threes.
Lin Xu and Che Zi tidied up the kitchen, then clocked out and left.
At the entrance of the store, Chen ijuan looked at Shen Jiayue with a friendly face and asked, "Does Yueyue still want to eat stead buns? If you want so, Auntie will make so for you tomorrow morning."
"I might not have ti to co eat, because I have to go to work tomorrow."
Shen Jiayue adopted a pitiful, wronged expression. If it weren’t for the Ferrari F8 parked nearby, Lin Xu would have truly thought she was a hardworking laborer just trying to make ends et.
"Then add as a friend. When they’re stead tomorrow, I’ll find soone to deliver them to you."
After Shen Jiayue added her future mother-in-law as a friend, she drove off.
Watching the red sports car’s receding figure, Chen ijuan suddenly said, "I looked it up when I had so free ti; that car costs around four million on the road."
What?! Lin Xu was dumbfounded. Why would you check out soone else’s car? Are you planning to scam her out of it and sell it?
"Son, considering your current earning speed, you can easily make nine hundred thousand a month. Six tis nine is fifty-four, so that’s five million four hundred thousand in half a year. That’s more than enough to buy that car with plenty to spare; you’d even have enough left over for a Land Rover! Don’t feel you can’t asure up just because her family has money. Be confident, son. You’re no less than anyone!"
Hearing his mother’s words, Lin Xu felt both amused and helpless.
I don’t feel inferior. And I don’t think Shen Jiayue is out of my league. I’m just slow to warm up when it cos to emotions. But to earn five million four hundred thousand in half a year... is my earning ability really that explosive?
When Shen Jiayue got ho, all those relatives had already left. She took the elevator upstairs, and just as she was about to sneak into her room, she found her parents sitting in the small living room outside it. Obviously, they were waiting for , she realized.
"Where have you been?" her mother, Han Shuzhen, asked, maintaining the authority of a chief physician even at ho.
"I went to hang out with a classmate."
Shen Jiayue sat cross-legged on the cashre carpet in front of the coffee table. Just as she was about to pick a Lychee from the fruit plate, her mother stopped her. "Eating without washing your hands? Do you know how many germs are on them? Anyway, how did you feel about those young n you t today?"
Shen Jiayue pouted, "Not great. Please stop letting those relatives introduce people to . They bring all sorts of oddballs ho; it makes the place feel like a junkyard."
Her dad, Shen Guofu, nodded in agreent, "She’s absolutely right. So of those young guys with their earrings and dyed yellow hair were really getting on my nerves."
Han Shuzhen shot her husband a glare. The big boss, who owned several listed companies, imdiately shut his mouth and tilted his head back to study the crystal chandelier above, as if it were so priceless treasure.
"You’ve graduated from college; it’s normal to go on arranged dates and be in a relationship. Why don’t you set so standards, and I’ll talk to those relatives about it?"
Shen Jiayue actually listed a few. "First, he must be at least ten centiters taller than ; otherwise, I’ll look both tall and bulky. Second, his monthly inco must reach one million, and he must earn it independently, not rely on his family. Third, he must be the sa age as to avoid a generation gap. Fourth, he must be a good cook. Fifth, he must..."
Before she could finish, Han Shuzhen waved her hand, "Alright, alright. Any more criteria, and we’ll have to search outer space for your match."
There’s no need for outer space; there’s one right on Welcoming Spring Street.
Every ti she thought of Lin Xu, a sweet smile couldn’t help but appear on Shen Jiayue’s face.
My dear Xu, I’m missing you again. Could you miss a little too?
"Go back to your room. Tomorrow, you’ll start working at your Uncle Tan’s audit firm. Don’t cause any trouble, understand?"
Upon hearing she could go, Shen Jiayue imdiately jumped up from the carpet, excited.
She saluted her mother, Han Shuzhen, "Yes, Madam!"
After her daughter returned to her room, Han Shuzhen sighed softly, "Yueyue seems to be dating soone."
Shen Guofu nodded, "Indeed. But can her boyfriend actually et those criteria she listed? A million a month? I couldn’t earn that much even when I was in my twenties."
「At 4:20 in the morning.」
Lin Xu got up on ti.
After washing up, he went down to the market to buy groceries.
"Morning, Boss Lin! The red onion heads, dried shiitake mushrooms, and quail eggs for the braised pork rice are all prepared for you, all top quality," Uncle Shen said, as warm and enthusiastic as ever.
Lin Xu picked out the vegetables he needed for the day, then bought at and other ingredients.
Back at the store, he first soaked the dried shiitake mushrooms.
Then he washed the quail eggs he’d bought and put them in a pot to boil.
Next, he began to prepare the pork belly.
Previously, only the Squash Diced Sauce required at, using about fifty to sixty pounds a day. But today, as he was adding Braised Pork Rice to the nu, Lin Xu bought over a hundred pounds of pork belly at once. This made Old Hu, the at vendor, grin from ear to ear.
He laid the pork belly skin-side up on the workbench and used a blowtorch to singe the Pork Skin, burning off any stray hairs and impurities in the pores. After that, he soaked it in clean water.
Then he started to prepare the Chicken Feet.
「At seven-thirty in the morning.」
Just as Lin Xu finished the breakfast his mother had brought him, the stear he ordered yesterday was delivered.
Several workers installed and tested it, then showed Lin Xu how to use it before leaving.
"Boss, with such a big stear, are we switching from noodles to rice?" Che Zi asked, curious.
If they were selling rice, a couple of extra-large rice cookers would suffice; there was no need for such a large, electricity-guzzling, space-consuming stear.
Lin Xu smiled and said, "Besides rice, I’m planning to introduce so stead dishes soon to further enrich our nu at Lin Ji’s Food."
After yesterday’s live broadcast, the buzz around Lin Ji’s Food remained high. Completing the "Minor Celebrity" side quest and winning the Perfect Level prize for stead dishes was practically a done deal, so purchasing a stear was essential.
As Che Zi started cutting the at with a cleaver, Lin Xu carried the julienned red onion to the stove.
He began to make the soul of the braised pork rice—crispy fried red onion.
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