Chapter 24: The First Stop on the Eastward Journey

Hao Yuan Building

At noon, the huge wine store was crowded with people.

The guy in the hall carried the tray and walked like a fly.

On a few stoves spitting flames in the back hall, the chefs in charge waved vegetable spatulas vigorously, sweating on the plate of Chinese food.

"Two portions of roasted river fish! Three portions of ginger filaria! Six ...... of braised soil mole with stalks"

Before the sizzling dishes were cooked, Xiao Er's high-pitched voice came from outside.

The tall man stood in front of the stove, shirtless, and the movement of his arms as he tossed the spoon touched the muscles of his back, heavy and powerful.

As the sauté pan jolts rhythmically, the dishes in the pan flown up and down, gradually taking on a charming ripe color......

The man swung a shovel and sprinkled a layer of oil, took the pot, and put it on a plate, without a single cumbersome action.

"Chef Bi's craftsmanship is absolutely not mentioned, there are two dishes of sweet vitex red squid, and the guests want you to burn them!"

The young man who made the hand smiled and walked away the freshly cooked dishes on the stove, with obvious sycophancy in his tone.

Bi Cheng lowered his eyes and his expression was calm.

wiped the sweat with the white hand towel around his neck, picked up the side dishes and poured them into the pot, and waved the frying spoon again, showing the calm and ability that he had cultivated over time.

The guy in the hall held a large tray and put the steaming white dishes on the dining table.

The guy raised his head and smiled toothily at the girl sitting alone at the table: "The girl has all the dishes ordered, you can use it slowly!"

The girl held the hand of the chopsticks and paused.

glanced at the tray in the man's hand, and his brows furrowed: "These two plates are clearly one dish, why is the plate given to me completely different from the color of the plate in your hand?"

The guy was busy for a long time, and he was tired and lazy to talk at the moment, but he was inexplicably refreshed to the girl's pair of smiling bright eyes, and patiently explained to her: "The girl's eyes are so sharp, you can see it when you open your eyes!"

"The chef in charge of these two dishes is not the same person. Your plate is the craftsmanship of Master Qu. The rest of the plate was named by other guests for Master Bi to burn. ”

The girl's eyebrows and eyes were shallow and sweet: "Then can you give me the dish in your hand?"

When the words fell, the girl saw that the guy's face was embarrassed, and quickly added: "I want these two dishes!"

"But this is specially ordered by other guests......" The man looked at the table of guests facing the window behind him with a look of embarrassment.

The girl followed the man's gaze and saw that there were adults and children at the table, and the family had come out to the restaurant.

At this moment, the other party is also looking at this side, obviously waiting for the food to be served.

The girl smiled at each other, and her eyes were as clear as a spring: "The little girl has just arrived, and she has never seen local delicacies, can you give in to this dish? ”

When the other party saw that she was a little girl, speaking generously and decently and kindly, he didn't care about her, and just smiled.

The man left both dishes on the girl's table and turned to get busy.

Faced with two dishes with the same style, but obviously different styles in color and presentation, the girl playfully turned the chopsticks in her hand: "This is obviously a cat greasy!"

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After cooking the last dish, Bi Cheng walked out of the stove hall and returned to the backyard of the restaurant.

In the backyard is a row of ordinary gray brick bungalows, in addition to the account room and storeroom, there are also several rooms for the master and the men of the liquor store to rest.

Bi Cheng didn't go directly to his house, but walked to the well first, carried a bucket full of water, tore off the towel on his shoulder to wipe off the fumes on his skin, and then went back to the room to change his clothes.

By the time he left through the back door of the liquor store, he was already dressed in a neat blue and gray shirt and trousers, and he couldn't smell the greasy smell of the stove man.

Passing through the vegetable market, Bi Cheng bought some fresh seasonal vegetables, and also picked a fat pheasant, carried everything with his left hand, and walked into an ordinary house in Tiaofeng Lane.

Walking through the simple but neatly furnished courtyard, Bi Cheng didn't enter the main house, and went straight to the kitchen in the backyard with the vegetables.

As soon as he put the ingredients on the stove, a pair of slender white hands reached out behind his back, fumbling and holding the placket of his clothes.

"You're not tired of cooking every day, go and rest, I'll come." The woman spoke softly, and pulled him by the garment.

The woman was born with a pair of extremely gentle eyes, and her delicate facial features are very attractive, but the eyes are like a white membrane on those eyes, but the eyes do not turn when she speaks, which reduces the aura of the originally vivid facial features.

His gaze fell on the woman's face, and there was tenderness in Bi Cheng's silent eyes.

Raised his hand to pick the withered grass on the woman's sideburns: "Went out to play with the children again today? You can't see it, children love to run wildly, and it is inevitable that they will be reckless, so be careful not to hurt." ”

At the mention of the child, the woman immediately smiled: "The children are very good to me, don't look at them as young, they all know how to take care of me." As he spoke, his hand had already groped for the food on the stove and began to pick it neatly.

Bi Cheng didn't stop her, let her do it, turned around and walked out of the kitchen.

Back in the courtyard in front, Bi Cheng stood still, his face cold: "You have been following you all the way since you came out of the wine shop, what are you going to do?"

"Oh, good ears!" a soft, pleasant voice came from outside the walls.

"Squeak", the courtyard door was pushed open, and a girl in a lilac-colored embroidered gauze skirt walked in, who was the one who had dinner in Haoyuan Building.

The girl's appearance is not outstanding, but her eyes are extraordinarily bright and bright, especially when she looks at people, there is something deep in her eyes before she speaks.

The girl stood in front of the door and smiled at Bi Cheng. That smile is like the red dragonfly agate pendant on her ear, vivid and bright.

Bi Cheng was also a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, what followed him all the way was such a young girl who was as smart as a green fruit.

He rarely interacted with young girls, but he became cramped at first.

The girl was uninvited, and she was generous: "What is there to ask, I am a girl's family, since I follow you, I am interested in you as a person." ”

Bi Cheng frowned: "I ......"

Before the words could be spoken, Bi Cheng found that the girl's gaze had moved away from his face and cast behind him.

Bi Cheng also turned around, and the woman in the kitchen came slowly with a plate of hot dishes in her hand, groping for the wall.

Bi Cheng was about to speak, when the uninvited girl had already passed him and walked towards the woman.

took the plate in the woman's hand, and the uninvited girl took her hand by the way: "Sure enough, I know my husband and wife, these small dishes that Chef Bi bought back are exactly the same as you said." ”

The woman smiled gently, and let the girl lead her into the hall.

"Ah Cheng's temperament has always been like this, and the habits he has developed cannot be shaken. Although the temperament is a little stuffy, it makes people feel very relieved. Since we are neighbors, Miss Yan will use dinner at my house. ”

Yan Yan responded happily with a "yes", and sat down at the dinner table generously, like a girlfriend for many years.

didn't care at all, he was still in the yard, and his expression was surprised.