"Come on, let's watch TV and chat. Here are some snacks from Yuan Zhou."
After lunch, Mr. Yin quickly returned the bowls and chopsticks to the table. Then, Mrs. Yin moved the snacks Yuan Zhou gave her as well as the dried fruits and snacks at home onto the coffee table.
In Yin Ya's house, the living room was decorated like most families. There was a three-seater sofa facing the TV wall, a coffee table in front of it, and a single-seater sofa on each side of the coffee table.
Yin Ya and Mama Yin sat on the three-seater sofa while Yuan Zhou and Papa Yin sat on the single-seater sofa.
The TV was playing a recent domestic drama series. Actually, they didn't watch TV but just chatted about their daily lives.
At first, they chatted happily until Mama Yin ate the snacks made by Yuan Zhou.
"I've had the Honey Fruit Cake before, but it wasn't as good as this!" Mama Yin said.
Papa Yin frowned. She really didn't know anything about the world. Papa Yin had eaten the Honey Fruit Cake before, but how good could it be? It was too exaggerated.
While he was thinking, Papa Yin also ate one.
Then …
"No wonder Yuan is the best chef in Asia. This Honey Fruit Cake is the best I've ever had," Papa Yin said.
Yuan Zhou said, "Uncle and Auntie, do you have time tonight? If you do, I'll make a table for you."
"That's too troublesome."
"I don't think so."
"It's not troublesome at all," Yuan Zhou said immediately.
Then, it was settled. At night, Yuan Zhou's preparations came in handy and he showed off his skills.
Jiangdu's cuisine belonged to the Huaiyang Cuisine, which focused on delicacy and knife skills.
Yuan Zhou made his mother-in-law's favorite dish, shredded beef with green peppers. Under Yin Ya's suggestion, he also made Papa Yin's favorite braised fish head.
The two dishes were amazing and gave them a direct impression of Yuan Zhou's cooking skills.
"Yuan is calm and good at cooking. I have to persuade Yaya to hold on to him," Mama Yin said.
"There are so few boys who can cook so well and play chess these days," Papa Yin said.
In fact, there might be some misunderstanding here. There was no one who could cook as well as Yuan Zhou.
The next day, Yuan Zhou was thoughtful. He prepared lunch at Yin Ya's house in the morning, and then went shopping with Yin Ya and his mother-in-law in the afternoon.
When it was time to rest, it was time to leave.
"Blockhead, have you packed your things? We're leaving," Yin Ya said.
"It's almost done. It's just that Auntie gave me too many things. I almost couldn't fit them all." Yuan Zhou was a little helpless.
Mrs. Yin knew that Yuan Zhou was leaving, so she wrapped up some rice cakes and dumplings for Yuan Zhou and gave them to him. Of course, she also gave him a red envelope.
Yuan Zhou knew that this was the rule, so he didn't refuse.
"Mommy told you to have a taste. Why don't you like it?" Yin Ya smiled and moved closer to Yuan Zhou.
Yin Ya was also very surprised by Yuan Zhou's performance this time. She didn't expect that Yuan Zhou, who had always been a blockhead, could make her parents so satisfied this time.
The two of them were finally settled, so she was more relaxed.
"How could I not like Auntie's kind intentions?" Yuan Zhou said.
"That's good. Let's go." Yin Ya smiled. The smile on Yin Ya's face hadn't left her face for the past two days.
The flight was at nine, so Yuan Zhou didn't say much and let Yin Ya send him off.
After waving goodbye to Yin Ya at the airport, time passed quickly. Two and a half hours passed in the blink of an eye. As soon as he got off the plane, Yuan Zhou called Yin Ya and told her that he had arrived.
Knowing that Papa Yin and Mama Yin were still awake, they talked for a while. When Yuan Zhou returned to The Kitchen God, it was already past 12.
After washing up, he lay on the bed and looked at the time. It was almost time for him to go to bed. Yuan Zhou thought he might as well read a book or two.
However, he suddenly thought of something and said in his heart, "Little comrade system, I haven't received my Big Gift Bag of Milk Tea, right?"
He had been quite busy recently. Previously, he had successfully cooked the first dish of Yuan Family Cuisine, Roasted Suckling Pig of Yuan Family. It could be considered as the official opening of the Yuan Family's private home cuisine. However, it seemed that he hadn't received the mission reward yet.
"Yes, Master Host. Do you want to receive the reward?" the system displayed cooperatively.
"Yes." Yuan Zhou thought for a while and directly received the reward.
It was good to serve new dishes in the New Year. The new atmosphere of the New Year had to have a new beginning, right?
After receiving the Big Gift Bag of Milk Tea, a lot of knowledge poured into his brain. After analyzing and sorting them out, Yuan Zhou found that even a single milk tea could have so many changes. The system's ability to collect information was as strong as ever.
Milk tea originated from the Grassland Milk Tea. This was something he knew.
"I need to find some time to practice it tomorrow. I wonder if I can make it into something like milk tea powder. If possible, I can make more of it. In the future, Little Ya will be able to drink it directly if she wants to. The product I make will definitely be better than the one sold outside." While sorting out the knowledge in his mind, he was thinking about his future plans.
Milk tea was both simple and difficult. At the beginning, the Grassland Milk Tea was salty. It was boiled with tea leaves, fresh milk and salt so that it could be used to supplement nutrition, dispel cold and relieve heat, and quench thirst.
But as time passed, it gradually spread to other places and became the multi-origin milk tea of today. For example, Hong Kong-style milk tea, Taiwanese-style pearl milk tea, English milk tea, Indian milk tea, Thai milk tea and so on. There were many varieties.
Apart from adding milk and tea leaves, there would also be other spices added or different manufacturing methods were used to create milk tea with different tastes.
Yuan Zhou made seven cups of milk tea for himself in one night.
"The drinks in the shop are really abundant this time."
"Speaking of which, with the increasing number of drinks in the shop, will The Kitchen God become the best beverage shop in the world?" Yuan Zhou thought casually and didn't take this matter to heart.
Before going to bed, Yuan Zhou asked Yin Ya what her uncle and aunt thought of him this time. After getting a good evaluation, Yuan Zhou went to sleep with peace of mind.
As soon as it was time in the morning, Yuan Zhou woke up automatically. According to his usual order, he washed up, changed his clothes and went out for a jog.
"Boss Yuan is back. Did you meet your mother-in-law smoothly?"
"Did you have a smooth trip?"
"When will you invite us to the wedding banquet?"
"Punctual as always!"
The reason why Yuan Zhou asked for leave this time had long been known by everyone. Therefore, as soon as they saw Yuan Zhou's figure, the neighbors who were familiar with him immediately expressed their concern.
Being besieged by everyone, Yuan Zhou still had to answer, "Everyone, wait for the wedding candies!"
Just a few words made Taoxi Road livelier.
Su Ruoyan went to work very early on the first day of the New Year. When she arrived, even Wuhai hadn't come to line up yet.
"Boss, good morning. Happy New Year." Su Ruoyan smiled sweetly.
"Happy New Year. Take the red packet for the opening ceremony. It's a good omen." Yuan Zhou took out a red packet from his pocket and handed it to Su Ruoyan. He had prepared it long ago.
"Thank you, boss." Obviously, Su Ruoyan had heard it from Mao Ye, but she still smiled with her eyes squinted.
It was a new year for The Kitchen God.
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