Chapter XXXIII: Late Understanding

Lu Ming also came to the cooking table alone, looked at the Hojo Sojiro Masase, and said, "Senior Brother Hojo, we have postponed the victory and defeat for 15 years, and it seems that there will be a result today." Sojiro smiled and said, "Amin, is the victory or defeat between us really that important to you?" Lu Ming also smiled and said, "Senior Brother Hojo, we have studied art together in Yangquan Restaurant, and we have lived for 10 years, and the victory or defeat is no longer important, but 15 years ago, the dragon head duel you and I won one each, and the key third competition, you actually withdrew, and now some people say that the position of the dragon head was given to me by you, and today I only want a result." "I won't let you down today!"

"It's exciting again, the final dessert is decided!" The host calmed down, but his voice still trembled slightly, "The time is 45 minutes, and the chef can only do it alone!" The timer begins!! ”

Sojiro Hojo mashes the peeled taro in a bowl, adds 5 eggs and a large glass of milk, stirs well, and then adds sugar. Jiang Yunfeng found that as the dessert production was gradually completed, Sojiro's expression became more and more sad, and the hands holding the pestle began to tremble visibly, so he asked Miyoko next to him, "What's wrong with Uncle Sojiro today?" The style of painting is wrong! Miyoko Hojo replied with the same sad expression, "Today is my birthday, does Kaede know why I never celebrate my birthday?" Because my birthday is my mother's death day. Jiang Yunfeng was taken aback and hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, Miyoko, I shouldn't have asked about these topics." Miyoko smiled and said, "It's okay, every year today, my father will be alone in the back kitchen making tamagoyaki, and then put it in front of my mother's photo in a daze, but unfortunately I have only seen my mother's photo, and I haven't seen a real person, which is a bit of a pity." Kohei Sojin interrupted the whispers of the two, and on the field, Sojiro Hojo had already stirred the egg taro puree, took out two square pots specially made for tamagoyaki, smeared them with oil, and then filled the two pots with egg taro puree and fried them on the stove. Half of the dessert time has passed, and Lu Ming's 'purple potato glutinous rice glutinous rice cake' has also come out of the pot, and after sprinkling the coconut on the plate, Lu Ming sat in front of the cooking table with his arms crossed and waited for Sojiro to finish, seeing that this posture was to serve the dish with Sojiro. After a somewhat messy but skillful flip, Tamakoyaki took on an alluring golden color, and Sojiro Hojo placed the fried Tama-yaki on the board, held a willow blade in his right hand, and steadily divided the whole Tama-yaki into pieces of rectangle of the same volume, and placed them in a small plate. At the end of the dessert making time, the host beckoned the staff to pick up the desserts of the two chefs and send them to the judges' table.

Erina Nagikiri looked at the two plates of desserts in front of her, a little hesitant and hesitant, so she first asked Sun Yuanliang and Ling Zhendong, who had already tasted them, what they thought of these two desserts. Ling Zhendong said, "Miss Erina, these two desserts are excellent, you should taste the quality of each by yourself." Sun Yuanliang's answer was even more ambiguous, "Girl, savor it with your heart." "Getting such an answer, Erina Nagi was also confused, forget it, eat it first, and then talk about it, so I picked up the 'purple sweet potato glutinous rice glutinous rice glutinous cake' as soon as the cherry lips touched the soft and glutinous feeling, and a bite came lightly, the first feeling, sweet! The sweetness of happiness, the second feeling, the soft and glutinous, just the right amount of sticky teeth, mixed with purple sweet potato, condensed milk, desiccated coconut, and Erina Nagikiri's face can't help but smile, as the end of the whole dish of Yangquan Restaurant, it is really flawless! Calm down her state of mind, Erina picked up Hojo Sojiro's 'Tamakoyaki' and observed carefully, it is not the same as the usual Tamakoyaki, this dense texture, uniform texture should be added to the taro puree, take a bite, "boom" delicious bomb exploded on the tip of the tongue, one by one pictures appeared in Erina's mind, the first is the picture corresponding to the mellow egg is in the backyard of Yangquan Restaurant on a summer night in Guangzhou, a boy holding a plate of Tamakoyaki, came to a girl who was looking at the bright starry sky in a daze, Smiling while looking at the girl's slightly vulgar eating appearance while listening to the girl's complaints, the unique greenness and haze of love touched Erina's girlish heart. The slight bitterness of the taro makes the picture turn sharply, the girl is already an expectant mother at this time, but lying on the hospital bed, weak is the wires connected to various instruments on the body, the haggard face still has a beautiful smile, bite by bite eating the tamako that has become a mature man's boy fed to his mouth, stretching out a trembling hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of the man's eyes, and the lips are lightly opened as if telling something. The sweetness of milk and white sugar makes the picture change again, the woman finally leaves the man and goes to a world called heaven, the man is very painful, but when he sees the baby in his arms, the man wipes away his tears, cheers up, raises with his heart, and watches his child grow day by day, and the man also changes from youth to middle-aged with gray temples. This tamagoyaki carries that man's 20-year experience! Erina Nagikiri was in awe of Sojiro Hojo and pressed the blue button.

The result was beyond the expectations of the audience, and finally Yangquan Restaurant fell at the foot of the dark horse Hojo Building, Lu Ming sighed, applauded and congratulated, "Senior brother, congratulations!" Sojiro smiled and said, "Amin, you lost, aren't you afraid of returning home and being attacked by those people?" Lu Ming didn't care and said, "What are you afraid of, it's not that I haven't lost, they want the position of the dragon head, yes, if you have the ability, take it from me!" By the way, come with me later, someone wants to see you. ”

The results of the game spread all over Japan through the live broadcast, but the people in Hojolou followed Lu Ming to the residence of Yangquan Restaurant after the end of the game. In the lobby of the hotel, Sun Yuanliang was talking and laughing with an old man on crutches, Ling Zhendong and Erina Nagikiri were also sitting on the side, and the old man saw Lu Ming and Hojo Sojiro coming in, so he got up and greeted them. Sojiro saw the faces of the visitors clearly, and exclaimed, "Master! Are you old enough to come to Japan? The old man did not answer. Just looked at Sojiro fixedly, sighed for a long time and said, "I, Xu Jieming, have never doubted the decision I made, but let you take care of my daughter Xu Jing, I still doubt whether I did something wrong back then." Sojiro smiled awkwardly and said, "Master, I didn't take good care of Xiao Jing, she... After giving birth to Miyoko.,It's gone.。。。 Xu Jieming looked up to the sky and sighed, "I know that Xiao Jing hates me, because her mother's death is inseparable from me, her dream is to be a photographer, but I forced her to inherit my mantle, I have never smiled in front of me since I was a child, you eloped to Japan on the day of your wedding, I was at the door, seeing the happy smile on Xiao Jing's face, I can only silently bless you." I'm not a qualified father, and for the sake of the family's face, I'm 。。。。。 Xu Jieming choked up several times, and Lu Ming and Sun Yuanliang hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him. After a long time, Xu Jieming asked, "How did Xiao Jing go?" Sojiro replied, "Cancer... At that time, Xiao Jing was starting her dream in Africa, I followed her, all the way to take care of her life, that day, Xiao Jing was photographing elephants when suddenly fainted, sent to the hospital for examination, the doctor told me that it was cancer, it was advanced, optimistic estimate that there was less than a year left, what made me more painful was that Xiao Jing was two months pregnant at that time, I wanted to persuade Xiao Jing to kill the child, so as to cooperate with chemotherapy, Xiao Jing refused, she already knew that her time was short, insisted on giving birth to our child. I had no choice but to take her back to Japan, inheriting the Hojo House left by my father, when Xiao Jing gave up chemotherapy, fortunately I met my uncle who was barely able to maintain it with medicinal diet, but the illness tormented her, she vomited when she ate, and she lost weight day by day, and Uncle Shi couldn't do anything, I really had no choice but to make Tamako every day to feed her, and finally gave birth to Miyoko, Xiao Jing exhausted her last energy. I didn't even look at my daughter and left. Speaking of this, Sojiro Hojo hid his face and cried bitterly, and finally told the secret that had been buried in his heart for 20 years, and the iron-beaten man could only vent his depression by crying. Xu Jieming stretched out his trembling hand and gently patted Sojiro's shoulder and comforted, "You are what I grew up watching, I know who you are, you have done your best, I didn't expect that prodigal son to be in Japan, hey~ Xiao Jing is also a hard life, I didn't expect to be the same as her mother, back then, I also took care of Xiao Jing's mother like you, and it was also your uncle who also helped with the conditioning, Liang Heng, I was busy with work back then, so Xiao Jing mistakenly thought that I killed her mother, what a self-inflicted sin, Sojiro, take me to Xiao Jing's grave tomorrow, Let me, an unqualified father, help my daughter sweep the grave. ”

"Yes! Master," Sojiro replied respectfully. Xu Jieming threw his cane on the ground, glared at Sojiro and said, "You still call me Master?" ”

"Eh~~~ father-in-law!"

"Well~ that's right." Xu Jieming saw Miyoko hiding behind Sojiro and asked, "Son-in-law, this is my granddaughter, Miyoko Hojo, right?" It's really carved out of the same mold as Xiaojing. Come on~ let my grandfather take a good look. ”

Miyoko timidly walked up to Xu Jieming and greeted, "Hello grandpa." Xu Jieming gently stroked the hair of this beautiful son, and said with a kind smile, "Mmmm, really good, baby, don't learn to cook with your waste father, go back to Guangzhou with your grandfather to study at Yangquan Restaurant!" Sojiro choked and coughed. Miyoko replied embarrassedly, "Grandpa, I'm still a student of Yuanyue, and I like Sichuan cuisine more. "Far Moon? What's so good about that bad old man in Senemon, Miyoko wants to learn Sichuan cuisine, I can take you to Kikushiro to learn! When Sun Yuanliang heard this, he immediately became calm, "Hey, hey! Are you still going to provoke that crazy woman? "Everyone is so old, and the small peppers of the year are now dried peppers." Sun Yuanliang took out his mobile phone, clicked on the video website, and showed Xu Jieming the headline: 'The 80-year-old master of Juxialou Town Store is agile and agile, chasing the ruffian with a frying spoon'. Xu Jieming smiled awkwardly and hurriedly changed the topic, "Oh, there are really everyone in this world, by the way, this guy is Miyoko, your boyfriend, grandpa wants to help you check it!" Jiang Yunfeng couldn't help but complain, "Hey! Senior Xu, you are also a generation of masters, are you a little disciplined! If you change your face, you will change your face, and there is. Miyoko and I are just classmates! Xu Jieming ignored Jiang Yunfeng's complaints, and said to Sojiro, "Son-in-law, do you know how I felt after you eloped with Xiaojing? Now that you see Miyoko appear in front of you with this kid, the feeling in your heart is what I felt back then. Sojiro sang and said, "I really wanted to cut this kid at that time!" I want to take advantage of my baby girl! ”

"Hey, you two listen to people, don't mess around with your emotional experience!"

Xu Jieming walked up to Jiang Yunfeng with a smile and asked, "Young man, what's your name, how old is you this year, when are you going to come to the door to propose?" ”

"My name is Jiang Yunfeng, 16 years old this year" Jiang Yunfeng suddenly woke up in his routine, and continued to complain, "Can you two listen to people carefully, and what's going on with the proposal?" ”

"Huh?" Xu Jieming hooked Jiang Yunfeng's collar with a cane, and asked with a cold face, "Boy, are you just planning to play with Miyoko?" ”

"Forehead 。。。。。。。。" (To be continued)