Li Yu smiled faintly, "Then dare to be kind, why don't you stay for dinner tonight?" ”

As soon as the lunch was finished, Li Yu thought about leaving Wu Chen for dinner, Wu Chen was speechless, thinking that this person was inevitably too hospitable, and said bluntly: "Li Gongzi ......" Before he finished speaking, he interrupted him.

"If you don't mind, you can call me Li Yu directly, just calling my son seems to be alienated between the two of you."

Wu Chen is not a stingy person, seeing that he intends to befriend, Wu Chen does not hate him, not to mention that his cooking skills are good, so he naturally agreed to Li Yu's words, "Cheng, then you can also call me Wu Chen directly." ”

"Li Yu, I don't know how long you will be in the capital, in short, I may not be able to go to your house to eat a few times, because after a while, I will go out of the capital to Jieshan to see the plans for our new facilities in Yalinju, so ......" said, Wu Chen's eyes were a little regretful.

I saw Li Yu laughing heartily, "If you don't mind, I can go with you, anyway, I can stay in the capital for a while." ”

Wu Chen didn't expect him to say such a thing, but he couldn't find any good reason to refute or refuse, so he agreed to him.

After lunch, the two signed a cooperation contract between Yalinju and Liuli Pavilion, but there were still many things to do in the afternoon, Wu Chen refused Li Yu's invitation to dinner, and hurriedly went home to deal with business.

It's just that since this lunch, Wu Chen has never gone to Li Yu's house to eat, not because he forgot it, but because he didn't have time at all. However, Li Yu took the initiative and repeatedly came to the door to meet Wu Chen, but unfortunately the meeting time was very short, or he couldn't see anyone at all.

On the 25th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the food festival of Yalinju was grandly opened, the streets of the capital were bustling and lively, a long street was full of stalls of different colors, and the stalls hung the main food of the stalls, in order to eat and drink conveniently, they were all street snacks that could be eaten while walking.

The streets are bustling with people, and there are even long queues at some small stalls, and it seems that business is quite good.

In the past, Wu Chen would come to the chefs' stalls in disguise, firstly, to taste the craftsmanship of the chefs, and secondly, to increase the income of the chefs and patronize their own families.

Lin Xia knew that Wu Chen would go to the food festival in previous years, but this year, because of the matter of Yalinju, he hadn't had a good rest for a while, and the robot also had a day off, so Lin Xia let Wu Chen go out for a walk, not to mention that it was okay to play for three days, and it was no problem to play for one day.

Wu Chen learned that his mother felt sorry for him, and let him go out to play for a day of vacation, so he was excited like a child, and hurriedly pulled his personal servant, dressed as usual, took off the jade pendants on his body, and then put on a small purse full of broken silver and copper coins, and went out happily.

On the food street, Wu Chen was dazzled by the dazzling array of snacks, and suddenly saw a stall selling plum blossom soup cakes, there were no customers in front of the stall, so he hurriedly came over, "Let's have plum blossom soup cakes!" ”

Wu Chen was wearing a straw-woven hat and a brown cotton coat, a gray cloth bag taken out of his arms, and his whole body looked as ordinary and ordinary, as an employee and a chef in the back kitchen, he naturally didn't recognize the man in front of him as the second young master of Yalinju.

"This guest officer, you are really in the right place, our chef's self-created plum blossom soup cake is unique! You must give it a try! The cook excitedly lifted the lid of the crockpot, and the aroma of chicken soup suddenly wafted out.

I saw that the soup had been boiled to a pale yellow, but it was extremely clear, and the golden oil flowers floated on it, rolling with the small waves.

Not seeing the existence of plum blossoms inside, Wu Chen couldn't help frowning, "What about plum blossoms?" Isn't it plum soup cake? You don't want to sell dog meat on the head of a sheep! ”

The chef laughed as he listened, "Don't worry, guest, I'm making plum blossoms for you!" ”

Wu Chen looked at the chef and saw him rolling the rolling pin back and forth with one hand, and constantly turning the dough with the other, flying up and down, dazzling people. Watch as the dough forms a round, thin crust.

Immediately after that, the chef divides the dough into three parts and stacks them, takes out the iron mold in the shape of a plum blossom, and presses it on the dough to create a five-petal plum blossom shape. Then take out a flat bamboo skewer, squeeze it hard in the center of the flower, fix several layers of skin, and press out the lines on the petals with a bamboo skewer, and a lifelike plum blossom is completed.

I saw the chef put the prepared plum blossoms into the chicken soup one by one, and after a few minutes, the plum blossom soup cake was completed.

There are more than 30 flowers in a bamboo cup, and the tender yellow plum blossoms the size of fingernails are constantly floating in the clear soup, and occasionally there are red wolfberries scattered among them, and there are several green leaves floating on the soup.

Wu Chen carefully scooped up a plum blossom with a spoon, only to see that the petals were distinct, and even the lines on the petals were still clearly visible.

Wu Chen was quite surprised, looking at the plum blossoms made of dough actually had the taste of plum blossoms, he thought it was just a soup in the shape of plum blossoms, but now it seems that he has underestimated the ability of his own chef.

"Not bad, how much is a bowl?" Wu Chen planned to eat while holding it, so he asked the chef the price and was ready to pay.

"A tael of silver, thank you for your patronage." The assistant chef said with a smile.

Wu Chenzhi was speechless, no wonder no one came to this plum blossom soup cake, it turned out that the price was expensive, but looking at the materials and ingredients, coupled with the chef's skills, this price is also reasonable, but it is not very suitable for operating in the food festival, and the audience is relatively small. After all, the food festival is still aimed at ordinary people.

I just wanted to take out the money bag from my arms and pay for it, but I didn't realize that the man next to me had already handed over the broken silver, "I'll pay." ”

Wu Chen was stunned, and turned his head to look at the man who was paying, it was Li Yu.

"Why are you here?" Wu Chen was very surprised, as if he hadn't seen him for several days.

Li Yu hooked his lips and smiled deeply, "With such a big event as the Yalinju Food Festival, I want to come and join in the fun." After paying the money, Li Yu walked side by side with Wu Chen on the street.

"Oh, what did you eat?" Wu Chen saw that Li Yu's hand was empty, and there was no accompanying servant behind him, looking like he had just come to the food street for a short time.

Li Yu thought for a while and said, "En...... I ate a phoenix jade. As he spoke, Li Yu glanced at the plum blossom soup cake that Wu Chen was holding in his hand, "What are you, is it delicious?" ”

Wu Chen's inky eyes flashed with starlight, and he was busy introducing, "This is a plum blossom soup cake, it's delicious, you can take one and taste it." ”

Li Yu was not polite, took the spoon in Wu Chen's hand, scooped a plum blossom in the bowl and tasted it carefully, and then commented: "I understand why you don't come to my house for dinner, the chef of Yalinju is really not comparable to my home-cooked small dish." ”

There were words in the words, Wu Chen's face was slightly embarrassed when he heard this, and he said slightly apologetically: "No, no, I'm really busy, and I was able to go out today because my mother saw that I hadn't come out to relax for a long time, so I was allowed to have a day off, and I went out to visit the food street." ”

Li Yu saw that he was indeed a little haggard than when they last met, there was a faint blue under his eyes, and his eyebrows frowned slightly, "You don't seem to have slept well, since you have a holiday, why don't you rest at home and run out?" ”

Wu Chen waved his hand indifferently and said, "You can sleep whenever you sleep, but you can't eat at any time." After all, the festival has only been held for three days, and he only has one day to eat to his heart's content.

Hearing this, Li Yu laughed helplessly.

"Coincidentally, why don't I go to your house for dinner in the evening." Compared with the delicacies of Yalinju, the dishes made by Li Yu are not available at any time, not to mention that I don't know how long Li Yu will stay in the capital, and the dishes on the food festival will also be on the follow-up menu, and they can still be eaten.

Li Yu's eyes lit up, and he naturally agreed, "Okay, then I'll go buy some food and go back to cook for you." ”

Wu Chen nodded, which was the answer.

Just as the two were about to walk over, a pure beauty like a flower and jade with a puzzled face came up, "Brother Chen? ”

Hearing someone call his name, Wu Chen raised his head from the soup bowl and looked at the source of the voice, which was a woman who had depicted a hundred flowers at the flower viewing party before, named Bai Manjing. He still remembers Bai Manjing vividly, not because of her beauty and posture, but because one of her flowers in full bloom actually provoked many butterflies to stay in the garden, you can imagine how lifelike this hundred flowers are in full bloom.

Therefore, after that time, Wu Chen met with Bai Manjing a few times afterwards and learned from each other's painting skills.

The eyes of the two looked at each other in the air, and Bai Manjing's eyes were full of surprise, "If it's really you, I thought I recognized the wrong person, and I thought I recognized the wrong person just now, how should I step down." ”

Wu Chen was also very surprised, he didn't expect that Bai Manjing, who had only met a few times, would be able to recognize him in such an ordinary dress in the crowd, "Sister Bai, it's really thanks to you that you can recognize me." ”

Bai Manjing smiled, smiling like a flower, "I naturally remember Brother Chen's appearance clearly. Then he looked at the man beside Wu Chen, who was also handsome, but compared with Wu Chen, he was still a lot inferior, and he didn't look like a person from the Wu Dynasty, so he asked, "......Who is this?" ”

Wu Chen remembered that he hadn't introduced their identities to each other, "This is Li Yugongzi, a native of Yuliang, and a partner of our Yalinju." He turned to look at Li Yu and introduced, "This is Miss Bai, Bai Manjing." ”

The two nodded to each other, which was regarded as a greeting, after all, they were not interested in each other.

Bai Manjing said affectionately, "Brother Chen, I'm still"

Li Yu smiled faintly, "Then dare to be kind, why don't you stay for dinner tonight?" ”

As soon as the lunch was finished, Li Yu thought about leaving Wu Chen for dinner, Wu Chen was speechless, thinking that this person was inevitably too hospitable, and said bluntly: "Li Gongzi ......" Before he finished speaking, he interrupted him.