Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 18 Dark Cuisine
"You're 32? I've only seen 15-year-olds like 50-year-olds, but I haven't seen you like this." Chen Nian looked at the other party carefully for a long time, expressing some disbelief.

But Chen Mingyu reached out and pushed the hair in front of him.

Chen Nian suddenly realized: "Indeed, I believe it now."

Maybe a person's mouth can lie, his eyes can lie, but the hairline can't lie.

Chen Mingyu nodded: "Let me tell you my story."

"I majored in advertising. I started my own business when I was in college. After graduation, I partnered with my classmates to open an advertising studio. Through some orders introduced by my tutor and the customers I accumulated during my school days, the studio only took one year. It becomes a company."

"And just one year after graduation, I earned the first million in my life."

"So I bought a house, a house worth 500 million yuan."

"Afterwards, the company's clients gradually owned some well-known international companies, and the circle even called us a cutting-edge advertising company in the advertising industry, but in the fifth year, the company's development began to stagnate, and clients began to lose to a certain extent. "

"At first I didn't care, because I was more in charge of the company's content. It's normal for the company to encounter a bottleneck period in its development, but as the company's business became less and less, and the loss of personnel became more and more serious, I just I checked the accounts together with another friend in charge of the company, and made another phone call. It turned out that the friend in charge of the customer had made a bet. It was just a small bet at first, but just the night before we found out, He has lost all of our money, including client money."

"So he went in, and we went bankrupt, with arrears, liquidated damages, and employee expenses. The company was sold and it was still not enough to make up for the hole. I also sold my house and car, but it was still not enough."

"I want to find a job, but who will let a boss whose company goes bankrupt because of credit be a manager? Even if it's just a small supervisor No, they even worry that you will take away the company's resources. The most common way they do it is in the interview It’s time to ask you for a free prostitution plan, and then tell you that it’s not appropriate.”

"So I did a sales job. Maybe I was lucky. I earned 2500 yuan in the first month, but in the next few months, I didn't even have a few customers. It was only about [-] a month. Food, rent, debt repayments, and money to the family.”

Having said that, Chen Mingyu also showed Chen Nian the photos of his glory days.

With a Ferrari steering wheel and a famous brand, the whole person has a different spirit.

It's just that Chen Nian suddenly remembered some bad things, and his expression became a little complicated.

But Chen Mingyu continued: "After this happened, I didn't borrow money from any friends. I first paid the employees the last salary for selling houses and cars, and then paid back the debts owed to customers. I paid back part of the liquidated damages, and now there are almost only one-third left.”

When Chen Nian heard this, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Slowly said: "Come on."

Most of them don't know how to say it anymore. I can't empathize with this kind of thing now, and what the other party wants is just to say these words. There is no need to say more words of comfort, because it is useless to say it.

A word of cheer is enough.

However, Chen Mingyu is obviously more optimistic: "Fortunately, I met the boss of your store, which made my quality of life soar."

Chen Nian also smiled: "Treasure it, the next dish won't be so cheap."

"It's okay, I've received a private job now, and the future shouldn't be so difficult, at least if you come up with new dishes, boss, I should still be able to afford them."

After Chen Mingyu finished speaking, he stood up: "Boss, I'm done."

"A total of nine dollars."

After seeing off Chen Mingyu, he also added WeChat to each other and left their names.

Of course, Chen Nian knew very well that if what the other party said was true, it would not be easy.

But if you want to borrow money from yourself, then definitely not.

After clearing the table, I went back to wash the dishes and wipe the countertop.

Before turning off the lights, Chen Nian looked at the three tightly sealed jars placed in the corner of the kitchen, the appearance was still intact.

Then lock the door and go home.

At night, Chen Nian had a dream.

This is not that he has traveled again, but a real dream, a reality that once happened.

Probably since college, Chen Nian would compete with Lao Chen in cooking every time he came home from vacation.

This proposal was made by Lao Chen.

It's just that this is not a competition in the traditional sense. Everyone has a B number in their hearts. If he cooks normally, Xiao Chen will definitely lose without a trace.

What they compare is dark cooking.

The judge is Feng Honghong, so the selection is based on who cooks more delicious.

In the first year, Chen Nian came back from winter vacation.

Old Chen has been sharpening his knife for a long time. Based on his understanding of Chen Nian, Chen Nian will definitely come back to be a chef after graduation, so he just took this opportunity to see if his son really likes this line of work and is suitable for this line of work. .

"Dad, I've made up my mind. You will definitely be convinced to lose this time." Chen Nian said firmly.

"Just you?" Old Chen expressed his disdain.

But there is only one kitchen, so in order not to take advantage, let Lao Chen do it first.

Rotten pickles, white smelly dry, moldy amaranth stalks.

These three are the materials used by Lao Chen.

The method is also very simple, just put these materials together in the pot, and then steam them.

After it was out of the pot, a foul smell came over my face.

But Chen Nian didn't know if it was his own illusion, but he actually found that this thing smelled quite layered.

"This dish is called steamed three odors. It is a special dish of Shaoxing. I was lucky enough to eat it once when my mother and I went to Shaoxing to play. I thought it was the last time to eat this dish. I didn't expect to be able to serve it myself this time. Serve."

Chen Nian looked at a row of white moldy tofu on the plate, a row of green moldy amaranth stalks, and pickles on one side, surrounded by strange yellow soup, which made Chen Nian not dare to do it for a while.

But after Hong Hong saw this dish, she moved her chopsticks without hesitation.

I put a piece of tofu in the bowl, then took a bite of rice, and put the tofu directly into my mouth.

"Is it delicious? Mom..." Chen Nian asked.

"It's okay, it doesn't smell so bad, at least it's much easier to accept than what we ate back then." Hong Hong nodded, and stretched out her chopsticks to pick up pickles.

Chen Nian couldn't resist taking a sip. Although the stinky tofu smelled stinky and was a bit salty after eating, it didn't hinder the delicate taste of the tofu itself!

I took another bite of the rice, the soft and fragrant rice just neutralized the salty taste.

Moreover, under the background of tofu, the starch in the rice entered the mouth, and after chewing, it actually exuded a fainter sweet taste.

"Dad, did you put sugar in your rice?"

"If you don't put it in, what you eat is the sweetness of the rice itself, but with the saltiness of steamed three smells, the sweetness of the rice will become more prominent."

Soon, a plate of steamed three smells was eaten by three people.

But how can a dish be enough for three people?
So it was Chen Nian's turn.

Although Lao Chen's steamed three smells are unique, smelling smelly and eating delicious, forming a unique sense of contrast, but the confident Chen Nian feels that he will not lose.

He walked into the kitchen with a large sealed box and closed the door.

Then secretly put on the mask.

Open the box.

Bean juice, stinky tofu juice, canned herring, Laoshan snake grass water, sour bamboo shoots, black garlic.
Flying dragon riding face, what to lose?

　Thank you for the reward of 100 starting coins for Asuka and Yan, who just played and didn't understand.

　　Thanks to Zhang Kantianxia for the 1000 starting point reward.

　　The bosses have spent money~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)