"The taste is fresh and delicious. The chicken soup is delicious." Master Liu scooped another spoonful of soup and then said.
"Grandpa, how is it? Is it delicious?" Liu Jianan couldn't help looking at his grandpa and asking.
"Not bad. You also scooped half a bowl for yourself." Master Liu said very generously.
"Only half a bowl." Liu Jianan muttered.
"Half a bowl is not bad. It's not much in total." Master Liu stared at him and said.
"I'm just afraid that you can't finish it and can't come next time." Liu Jianan said hurriedly.
"Humph." Master Liu snorted coldly and then continued to drink the soup.
Actually, there was a reason why Master Liu didn't want to share too much. After all, all the dishes of Yuan Zhou were prepared for one person.
For example, the Stewed Chicken with White Fruit of Mount Qingcheng was the same. The soup was scooped in a brown clay pot. The milky white soup and the pieces of fresh and tender chicken meat floating in the pot looked very fragrant and tempting.
For a normal young man, one can of soup was not enough. For example, Liu Jianan could drink three cans of soup while Wu Hai could only drink five cans of soup for fun. After all, one can of soup could only be poured into two small bowls.
However, Master Liu was old and weak. If he drank up the soup, he wouldn't be able to eat anything else. Master Liu was quite clear about that.
"The soup is neither too thick nor too bland. It just suits my taste. It's really not bad." Master Liu drank the last chicken soup in the bowl and revealed a satisfied expression. Because the next dish was served at that time.
"Here's the Fried Eggplant with Vegetable Fish. Please enjoy." Zhou Jia carried the second dish to them and put it between them.
"Okay. Thank you." Liu Jianan thanked her politely.
"Um." Master Liu set down the clean small bowl and nodded his head.
"You are welcome. Please enjoy." After saying that, Zhou Jia left.
"Grandpa, can I eat it together with you?" Liu Jianan's eyes lit up. Looking at the deep purple eggplant in the plate, he swallowed his saliva.
Eating was like this. If you didn't eat a mouthful, you could endure it a little. But if you ate a mouthful and didn't feel full, you couldn't stop your desire to eat.
Liu Jianan was in such a situation now. At the beginning, he could still help to scoop the soup for his grandpa. But after he drank the soup, he felt so hungry that his stomach was growling and he had no strength at all. Looking at the eggplant on the plate in front of him, he even drooled.
"Eat slowly," Old Man Liu reminded.
"I know. Don't worry, grandpa. I will definitely eat slowly." Liu Jianan immediately guaranteed.
Old Master Liu ignored him. He raised his hand and picked up the chopsticks beside him.
The chopsticks were dark brown, while Elder Liu's hands were thin and yellow, with many age spots on them. At first glance, they seemed to be in harmony with the chopsticks.
Raising his chopsticks, Old Man Liu picked up a piece of eggplant.
The eggplant was cut into long strips by Yuan Zhou. Each eggplant strip was 5 cm long. The white eggplant flesh had a deep purple skin. The glossy gravy was poured over the eggplant and some seasonings were sprinkled on it. The Fried Eggplant with Garlic Sauce didn't look greasy at all. Instead, it gave off a refreshing feeling.
"It's not the soft kind. It's more interesting to eat like this." Looking at the eggplant on the chopsticks, Old Man Liu was quite satisfied.
That's right. Although the eggplant of Yuan Zhou was a neat and long strip, it wasn't soft at all when picked up by the chopsticks. It was still an intact strip. The chopsticks were vertical while the eggplant was neatly horizontal.
"It's good that it's not soft. I have no appetite if I always eat those soft and rotten ones." Old Man Liu muttered and then stuffed the eggplant into his mouth.
Once the eggplant entered his mouth, Old Man Liu couldn't care about anything else anymore. The white eggplant flesh melted in his mouth and the moist gravy directly exploded on his tongue. The sour, sweet and salty taste directly swept through his entire mouth.
"Um." Old Man Liu answered and then started to chew.
As the most oil-absorbing dish, the eggplant wasn't greasy at all. Instead, it had the original refreshing taste of the eggplant. It was extremely delicious. Even the deep purple skin of the eggplant was soft and chewy. However, it was so tough that even Old Man Liu could chew it.
Therefore, the eggplant skin only added some texture to it.
"It turns out that vegetable dishes are also so delicious." Although Liu Jianan said to eat slowly, he didn't intend to stop even after eating three times.
In the end, Old Man Liu only ate up 1/3 of the plate of Vegetable Eggplant with Garlic Sauce and the rest all went into Liu Jianan's stomach.
If it weren't for the third dish of Orange Fragrant Worm's Grass Duck being served, Old Man Liu might have killed this grandson in the name of justice.
This dish wasn't soup. When it was served on the table, it was served in silver cutlery, which appeared to be very exquisite and magnificent like the palace dishes.
As soon as it was served, the fragrance of oranges surrounded them along with the fragrance of the sauce, which whetted their appetite.
"The authentic Cordyceps Duck," Old Man Liu said.
Liu Jianan didn't say anything at the side. He just stared at the duck on the table and waited for his grandfather to start eating so that he could take the chopsticks.
Fortunately, he didn't have to wait too long. Old Man Liu also ate less this time and only ate up 1/3 of the dish. However, it was already a rare good appetite for him in normal times.
Therefore, even if he wanted to kill this unfilial grandson of his, his stomach was really full.
"Hey hey." Liu Jianan touched his round belly and scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Get lost." Old Man Liu took a look at his grandson angrily and didn't want to talk to him.
Old people ate slowly. When they finished eating, Yuan Zhou also announced that the lunch time was over.
Therefore, only Engineer Cheng, Zhou Jia, Yuan Zhou and Old Man Liu were left in the restaurant in a little while.
Oh, by the way, the man with a straight back had been standing behind Old Man Liu and had never sat down. Naturally, he hadn't eaten anything, but he could smell the fragrance.
He felt that it was another extreme challenge of his mission career, the Hunger Training.
"Master Yuan. Are you Master Yuan?" Old Man Liu didn't intend to get up from his seat. Instead, he said to Yuan Zhou.
"Yes." Yuan Zhou nodded the head.
"Are you interested in cooking in my home? I don't have many years left to live. I just want to eat something good." Old Man Liu didn't beat around the bush and asked straightforwardly.
As soon as he said that, Engineer Cheng and Zhou Jia were both stupefied for an instant. Then, they looked at Yuan Zhou and waited for his answer.
It wasn't that no one had tried to headhunt Yuan Zhou, but this Old Man Liu didn't look simple at first glance. Since he even had a bodyguard standing beside him while eating, his identity was definitely not ordinary.
"I'm sorry. I don't intend to close the restaurant." Yuan Zhou refused flatly.
"Don't be in such a hurry to refuse. Look, you still remember my taste even now when you cooked a birthday banquet for me last time. Doesn't this mean that you also value this old man?" Old Man Liu said calmly and leisurely.
"You know so much and remember my taste. That explains a lot." Old Man Liu didn't wait for Yuan Zhou's answer and continued saying.
"No, I can't. I remember and understand the taste of each of my customers, even if they come to my restaurant for the first time." Yuan Zhou took off the face mask and said unhurriedly.
As soon as he said that, Liu Jianan, who hadn't said anything since just now, shrunk himself even more. He wished there was a hole on the ground that could fit him in.
Master, you think too much.
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