Chapter 254: Chapter 176: Senior Brother, Is This the Surprise You Mentioned? The Secret to Delicious Garlic Sauce! [Seeking Monthly Ticket]
Upstairs in the small living room.
Shen Jiayue was lying on the sofa playing with her phone, her two fair, long legs indelicately propped up on the back of the sofa.
"What were you two doing locked up in the room earlier?" Chen Yan asked, lifting the hem of her skirt as she leaned over with a mischievous smile, looking at Shen Baobao.
"Nothing much, just hugging and kissing."
"I don’t believe you!"
"Experts say that people with small breasts are suspicious and paranoid. Looks like it’s true..."
"Yueyue, you just wait, I’ll get you for that!"
After a bit of playful roughhousing, Shen Baobao opened up the Lin Ji’s Food topic and posted the food photos she took before lunch in the image section.
At this time, most people hadn’t had dinner yet, and lunch was long digested, leaving their stomachs rumbling.
No spies around, perfect time to drop some food bombs!
The moment the photos were posted, various replies came flooding in.
Liang Mountain’s Drought: Is this something a crane operator like me should be seeing?
A Fist Big as a Sandbag Ever Seen: My takeout will be here in three minutes. Perfect timing to eat while looking at these pics.
Great Mahayana Stage cultivator: I can’t quite approve of ingredients that haven’t been cryogenically preserved in a cosmic black hole.
Urgently Hiring Part-timers (No Online Writers Please): Saw the lobster and POP! I clicked right in, so fast!
Meow Meow Sect High Priest: WAKAKA, I saw Dundun’s photo! He’s even wearing a little bow tie!
Host Wu Kexin: Heard Boss Lin went to the missus’s place today. Not sure what to say except, hope you have a baby soon!
Zhi Shen Burial Flowers: Hope you have a baby soon!
Why Can’t Boys Wear Dresses: Hope you have a baby soon!
Lin Daiyu Plucks Weeping Willows: Hope you have a baby soon!
Blind Taxi Driver: Hope you have a baby soon!
...
Seeing these messages, Shen Jiayue cheerfully liked every one of them.
While she was busy, Lin Xu sent over a photo of Fried Sausage.
She immediately sat up. "They’re making Fried Sausage downstairs! I’ll go taste some for you. You keep sleeping, Yan Bao!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yan also promptly got up from the sofa. Hurriedly fastening her high-heeled sandals, she said, "Wait for me!"
Shen Jiayue looked helplessly at her cousin. "Why wear high heels at home? Isn’t it better to wear slippers like me?"
"No way!"
"Why not?"
"Because my legs aren’t as long as yours..."
After putting on her high-heeled sandals, Chen Yan carefully adjusted the hem of her long dress before heading downstairs with Shen Jiayue.
When they arrived in the kitchen, all the Fried Sausage had already been cooked. The enticingly fragrant Fried Sausage was fried to a golden color, its surface even showing some bubbles from the hot oil, looking utterly tempting.
The two sisters each took a plate and started eating, dipping the Fried Sausage in a saltwater garlic sauce.
As children, the sisters often ate Fried Sausage together. Back then, Chen Yan had tricked Shen Baobao into believing it tasted better cold. Shen Baobao actually tried it and discovered it was practically impossible to bite into...
「In the evening.」
The Shen Family’s dining table was laden with several trays piled high with crayfish. Besides the spicy crayfish made by Lin Xu, Auntie Liu, eager to prove herself, had also prepared garlic crayfish and thirteen-spice crayfish.
Mm, the competition was on.
To do justice to these delicious crayfish, Shen Guofu opened a 3-liter container of draft beer, thoroughly enjoying the exhilarating feeling of "crayfish and beer, gout, here I come!"
「After dinner.」
Lin Xu sat in the living room chatting with the Shen Family for a while before picking up Dundun and taking his leave. His senior brother had asked him to come to the Fishing Platform early tomorrow, so he needed to go home, bathe, and sleep to avoid being late.
「The next day.」
At five forty in the morning, Lin Xu drove through the gates of the Fishing Platform.
Upon reaching Building No. 2, he parked his car in a shaded spot. Carrying the drowsy Dundun, he entered the restaurant in Building No. 2. The restaurant was still empty at this hour, completely dark. He placed Dundun on a cushion at the reception desk, letting the little fellow continue his slumber, then walked through the spacious restaurant and into the kitchen.
Just as he entered, he saw flour, dough, and various fillings laid out on the worktable. His senior brother, Xie Baomin, was busy beside it.
This... is the so-called surprise?
"You’re here, Junior Brother? Come, come, quickly help me take a look at these."
With that, Xie Baomin put down the dough he was working on, opened the steamer, and took out a steaming tray. It was filled with a variety of Cantonese dim sum: custard buns, barbecued pork buns, siu mai, and more. It gave Lin Xu the distinct impression he had walked into a Cantonese restaurant for morning tea.
"What’s all this for, Senior Brother?"
Is he planning to serve morning tea at Building No. 2? If I’d known this was the surprise, I would have slept in a little longer.
"I used to think these kinds of pastries weren’t much to learn," Xie Baomin said. "Unexpectedly, it’s become a weak point for me, so I want to improve in this area. Help me out, see how they taste."
Sheesh... Senior Brother, you’re already at the pinnacle of the culinary world, why are you still pushing so hard? It must be chefs like you who start this kind of intense industry competition, right?
Lin Xu had initially been somewhat disappointed with the day’s "surprise," but the aroma wafting from the steaming tray suddenly made him hungry. Last night, he’d been too focused on the crayfish and had barely eaten any staple foods. This morning, he’d woken up just after five and hadn’t had a bite to eat.
So, while Xie Baomin was talking, Lin Xu picked up one of the barbecued pork buns—steamed so perfectly it had split open at the top—tore off a piece of the dough, and tasted it.
Gotta say, this barbecued pork bun was exceptionally well-made. The incredibly soft dough had a slight sweetness, making it fragrant and delicious. Lin Xu figured he could eat two or three of them even without the barbecued pork filling.