Chapter Seventy-Four: Oden
"Wait, what's that?" Gorou asked the store manager with some curiosity.
Just now she took a cup of "flowers" in her hand and sent it to a female guest at the next table, Gorou actually doesn't have much resistance to this kind of thing, he is a person who likes "beauty" very much.
"Ah, that's craft tea, add flowers to the tea leaves, soak them in hot water, and the flowers will bloom." The female store manager explained with a smile.
It's true that Gorou has a somewhat vicious appearance, and asks about this kind of thing with a serious face, and there is a huge contrast cuteness.
"Will the flowers bloom?" Gorou confirmed it seriously.
"Well, do you want a jasmine tea?" The store manager was smiling.
"Then please."
When the store manager walked into the counter again, Gorou asked Lu Yan, "Do you want one?" ”
This should be regarded as a huge breakthrough in the relationship, and it is very difficult for a person like Gorou to become his "friend".
Lu Yan happily refused: "If it's just to watch the flowers bloom, then it's enough for me to stare at your quilt." ”
"If it's for tea, then I don't like bells and whistles."
Gorou said with emotion: "You young people still don't understand." ”
"If you don't understand, you don't understand, what the years will give you, it is generally difficult to be given by others, and it is best to go with the flow." Lu Yan still didn't care much about Goro's statement.
Craft tea is much faster than oden, and after a while, the boss gave a transparent cup similar to a "gaiwan".
At this moment, the top lid of the quilt has covered the heat with a thick layer of mist, but in the transparent tea below, there is still a gray-black dumpling quietly brewing.
"This is Jasmine? It looks a bit like a chrysanthemum. Lu Yan whispered next to Gorou.
Indeed, the leaves of the grass ball in front of me have long since dried up, and the leaves have retracted into a cylindrical shape, which really looks like a chrysanthemum.
However, Gorou's viewing angle was different from Lu Yan's, he had already seen from the stamen in the center that this was indeed a jasmine flower, and it was still slowly blooming under the effect of hot tea.
"Don't interrupt, just watch it." He glanced at Lu Yan dissatisfied.
This guy really has no artistic cells, so he can't care about complaining about Lu Yan.
Gorou's eyes stared at the crystal cup in front of him, watching the petals of the grass ball inside shatter and detach, but the feeling of slowly opening from the inside out is really addictive.
The feeling of this flower blooming to the point of dryness, dryness and blooming is so beautiful.
Withering... Kurong...
Finally, with a "plop" sound, the little bit of the flower that is still relatively tender absorbs enough water and jumps out of the middle of the stamen.
"The flowers are blooming." Gorou smiled quietly.
Then open the lid of the cup, take a deep breath, and wait until the fragrance is only left in the mind, and gently swallow the tea.
Perfect~
A guy like Lu Yan can only drink ice drinks on the side in a daze, he can only smell the fragrance of flowers in the air, and he really can't understand this kind of uncle's state of mind.
However, the store manager didn't let Lu Yan wait too long, and after a while, the oden was placed in front of the two of them.
In addition to the things that Gorou ordered, the store manager also specially sent some homemade pickles, which looked crispy and looked very good.
Lu Yan was already grumbling with hunger, and the only egg quietly placed in a push was his first target.
The whole body of the egg is pitch black, but it is a bit like a piece of five-one braised egg that Lu Yan bought, and its surface is sprinkled with a little seaweed bonito powder, bringing a piece of green to the pitch-black body.
Lu Yan immediately clamped it, but it was really naughty, and slipped away in the middle of the chopsticks from time to time, Lu Yan could only press the head of the chopsticks into its body hard, and then put it into his mouth.
First of all, it is the taste, it is not as hard as the eggs produced in the factory assembly line, and it is not as soft as the surface of the white water eggs that have just been boiled in hot water, just right.
As soon as he took a bite, the oden soup naturally flowed into his mouth, and the egg yolk inside was a little hot, and Lu Yan couldn't help but open his mouth to cool down.
It's just that Lu Yan faintly regretted it in his heart, he had just poked the eggs with chopsticks and ran out of a lot of soup.
Great taste, piping hot and heartwarming.
A bamboo skewer pierces the sky, a bit of an eyesore, okay, I'm sorry, my next target is you - Blackfish Yam Cake!
The fish and yam were beaten into a puree and then gently kneaded together.
The feeling of both the fresh aroma of the fish and the fullness of the yam is really wonderful, and the bonito powder on the surface makes this umami feel sublimated, delicious!
Lu Yan took the miso soup on the side with satisfaction and took a sip until he swallowed the food in his throat completely and breathed a long sigh of relief.
The abdomen is warm, and sure enough, he shouldn't order ice water, Lu Yan scolded himself secretly, and continued to join the action against the food.
...
"Is there still beef tendon?" A little girl walks into the store, holding her own lunch box.
"Yes, there are." The female store manager smiled very dotingly, this little girl is a frequent customer in the store, quite a cute little guy.
"Then I want three strings of beef tendon, as well as radish, sausages, and please give me five points of fish cakes." The little girl looked at her handwritten notes and read out the things she needed one by one.
The female store manager quickly packed the girl's things and sent her away.
"Beef tendon? I just heard the manager introduce it, and it should be the signature dish here. Okay, I'll have one too. Gorou muttered in his heart, but there was always someone faster than him.
"Boss, bring me two more strings of beef tendon and an egg." Although Lu Yan ordered food from the store manager again, he did smile at him, and he would definitely order it if he died.
This guy...
Gorou also raised his hand: "I also want two beef tendon skewers, an egg, a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup." ”
"Okay, right away."
...
The fat beef tendon was quickly placed on the table, and Gorou took a deep breath and picked up a bunch with joy on his face.
"What should it be?"
Then the mouth gave him the answer, and when the cow tendon came to the mouth, it was like water that melted into the whole mouth, and disappeared without a trace.
If he hadn't chewed it a few times, he would have thought he would have drunk water again.
"It's melted... Beef tendon in the mouth, this taste, so delicious. This was the only thing left in Goro's mind, but the movements of his hands kept pulling the beef tendons on the skewers into his mouth.
...
Satisfied~
Gorou stepped out of the store leisurely, he stretched his waist, looking at the sunset sinking in the distance, and his whole body was warm.
He suddenly remembered what Sha Yuki said: "You may regret it in ten years." ”
That's what she said after being rejected by Goro.
Gorou just smiled lightly and thought, "Maybe in the future he will regret not accepting Shayuki's marriage proposal, but not today." ”