While Yuan Zhou told Zhou Jia that Mu Xiaoyun would come over during the winter vacation, it was not early anymore. It was time for dinner.
"Everybody, please come in for dinner." Standing at the door, Zhou Jia said courteously and gently.
"Finally, I can eat. I feel starving. Get me a bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup." As soon as they entered the restaurant, the customers began to order dishes.
The first ten customers took their seats one after another. Then, Zhou Jia entered the restaurant with peace of mind and began to order dishes for others.
Of course, Engineer Cheng also entered the restaurant along with the first ten customers. He had never been absent for a single day. Every day, he would come at the appointed time and leave only after Yuan Zhou closed the restaurant.
From time to time, he would buy some fruits for Yuan Zhou. At that time, Yuan Zhou would place the fruits on the shelf while he was sculpting and eat some when he was free. Of course, most of the fruits were eaten by the children passing by.
After all, Yuan Zhou could sculpt a lifelike animal or flower with the dancing silver light, which naturally attracted those children. However, even Broth ate a lot of the fruits.
Therefore, Broth would wag its tail twice to show its welcome when it saw Engineer Cheng now. Even Yuan Zhou didn't have such a treatment.
"This guy is simply ungrateful." Every time, Yuan Zhou would mutter inwardly, but he still maintained the demeanor of a prince charming. After all, Yuan Zhou was a generous person.
Engineer Cheng entered the restaurant. The first one in the line was a stranger, at least none of the other regular customers had seen him before.
The man was dressed in a decent suit with a brown wool coat and shiny leather shoes. He was wearing an expensive-looking watch and holding a briefcase. The expression on his face was both expectant and perturbed. He didn't seem to be here for dinner.
However, he had a righteous appearance. He was about 40 to 50 years old, had a square face and thick eyebrows, and appeared to be a superior person. He seemed to be the same kind of person as Manager Shi, who hadn't been here for a long time.
Whenever someone was about to come out, Zhou Jia would always come out to remind him. This time, she was stopped by the stranger as soon as she finished reminding him.
"Hello, I want to ask if you have 100 Styles of Rice Cuisine here." As soon as he said that, it was obvious that he came for the 100 Styles of Rice Cuisine. The voice obviously belonged to Mr. Li, Li Wentong, who called Jiang Changxi last night.
"Yes, but there are some very complicated dishes. You have to buy them today and can only eat them tomorrow." Zhou Jia nodded her head and then explained carefully.
"I just want to order some Rice Crust. I don't need to wait until tomorrow, right?" Li Wentong said straightforwardly.
"I'm not sure about that, either. Our boss will tell you when you order the dishes later." Zhou Jia didn't promise him anything, but just said it clearly.
"That's good." Li Wentong nodded and asked no more.
This time, Li Wentong didn't wait for long. In less than five minutes, it was his turn to enter the door.
It was chilly outside. There was always a slight breeze in Chengdu when it got dark, which made people wrap their clothes tightly. However, the moment they entered the shop, they felt relaxed as if they had gone from a gloomy winter to spring.
Li Wentong couldn't help turning his head and taking a look. The breeze was still blowing outside.
"It's really like two different worlds." While saying that, Li Wentong took off his clothes and prepared to hang them up.
"I'm sorry. Our restaurant is a little small and there's no place to hang your clothes. You need to hold them by yourself." Standing at the side, Zhou Jia reminded him gently.
"There's no place to hang my clothes?" Li Wentong looked at the high chair and found there was indeed no chair back, nor were there any hooks or clothes around. The key was that the clothes that were taken off were all placed on his lap. He was a little surprised, but didn't show it.
"Yes. I'm sorry." Zhou Jia said courteously.
"Never mind. Never mind." Although Li Wentong wasn't used to it, he didn't say much.
"What do you want to eat today?" Zhou Jia asked Li Wentong to look at the menu in front of her.
"100 Styles of Rice Cuisine. But the name I want is Green Jade Rice Crust, the kind with soup." Li Wentong didn't open the menu, but said straightforwardly.
"Okay. It's 118 RMB in total. Here, you have to pay first before you eat." Zhou Jia calculated the price and said straightforwardly.
"Okay." Li Wentong nodded the head and took out 120 RMB from his wallet and directly handed it to Zhou Jia.
"Here's your change of 2 RMB." Zhou Jia took out the change and gave it to him quickly.
"Thank you." Li Wentong nodded the head and received the change.
"Boss Yuan, one serving of Green Jade Rice Crust with soup." Zhou Jia nodded the head and then turned around to report the name of the dish.
"Okay." The voice of Yuan Zhou passed from the face mask.
Only then did Li Wentong, who had been staring at him closely, relax a little.
"It seems that this young chef can cook it. I just don't know what the result will be." Li Wentong sat on the seat and looked at Yuan Zhou earnestly.
However, no expression could be seen on the face of Yuan Zhou that had been paralyzed for thousands of years.
"System, I can cook the Green Jade Rice Crust, but what's the matter with the soup?" Yuan Zhou was a little curious.
The system displayed, "I've searched it. This dish was created by a chef 100 years ago. It was once a specialty of Reef. But now it has been lost. There's no authentic cooking method of the Green Jade Rice Crust."
"It's surprisingly another lost dish? What about the cooking method?" Yuan Zhou was quite interested in it.
The system displayed, "It has been released. You can read it now."
"Chinese cuisine is really broad and profound. It's surprisingly cooked in such a way. It's really interesting." Yuan Zhou received the cooking method of the Green Jade Rice Crust. The customers in the restaurant only saw Yuan Zhou stand still and close his eyes for a while before he opened them again.
"No wonder it's lost. It's surprisingly another kind of tribute rice." Yuan Zhou naturally opened the cabinet with the words "Babao Rice" written on it, as if it didn't appear suddenly but had always been there.
That's right. The rice crust ordered by Li Wentong was called Green Jade Rice Crust. The raw material was also a kind of tribute rice.
This kind of rice was called Babao Rice, which originated from Babao Village in Guangnan County. It was bordered by Funing County in the east, Xichou County and Malipo County in the south, Qiubei County and Yanshan County in the west, and Xilin County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the north. It was the junction of Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou provinces (regions). Therefore, this rice was also a kind of Yunnan rice.
Yunnan was the origin of artificially cultivated rice and also the starting point of spreading the "Road of Rice". Therefore, a lot of high-quality rice was produced there. Among them, Zhefang Rice and Babao Rice were the best.
It was called Babao Rice because of its origin.
Babao Rice was divided into two kinds. The first kind was white with a hint of green inside, slightly similar to the color of green jade. It was most suitable for cooking porridge. The other kind was snow-white with a texture as white as jade. It was delicious when used for cooking.
However, the rice Yuan Zhou needed to cook today was the first kind, the white with a hint of green.
"I heard this master cooks very fast. I wonder if it's going to be served soon." Li Wentong didn't sit in a good position. He could just see Yuan Zhou but couldn't see the movements of Yuan Zhou's hands.
Therefore, he couldn't see the Green Jade Rice Crust that Yuan Zhou had prepared.
Not long after, however, it was carried up to him by Zhou Jia.
"Here's your Green Jade Rice Crust of the 100 Styles of Rice Cuisines." Zhou Jia set down the plate gently.
"Thank you." Li Wentong first thanked her and then looked at the plate.
The plate was the kind with a wide edge and a concave in the middle. A complete semi-circular rice crust was inverted in the bowl. The middle of the rice crust was golden yellow with a hint of green. The closer it was to the edge, the darker the green became.
Such a peculiar rice crust was floating in the bowl of clear water.
"It's really the Green Jade Rice Crust, regardless of the shape or appearance. Now, let's see the taste." Li Wentong was a little excited. He picked up the chopsticks steadily and prepared to eat.
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