"Are you really not eating?" Xiao Chen asked Zhang Lingyan.
"I don't want to eat." Zhang Lingyan shook her head unceremoniously.
Xiao Chen shrugged and sat down with the bowl.""If you don't want to eat, I will."
After saying that, he directly picked up a piece of dough with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He looked like he was enjoying it. He took a sip of the noodle soup. His expression was as if he was eating some delicacies.
"Is it really that delicious?" Ju Jingyi, who was sitting at the side, put down her phone and looked at Xiao Chen as he ate.
"Do you want me to get you a bowl too?”Xiao Chen asked Ju Jingyi with a smile.
"Do you need money?" Ju Jingyi asked again.
Hearing her words, Xiao Chen's face darkened.""You don't want money and you still want to be a freeloader?"
"Forget it then…" Seeing Xiao Chen like this, Ju Jingyi shrank her head. She didn't want to spend this money.
Xiao Chen didn't care about that. If Ju Jingyi didn't ask for money and said she wanted to eat, he would definitely give her a bowl for free. But this girl was so sensible, so he couldn't ruin her good intentions, right?
"Xiao Chen, give me a serving of Egg Fried Rice.”Seeing Xiao Chen eating so happily, Zhang Lingyan felt the hunger in her stomach become even more obvious. She could only speak to Xiao Chen.
"Sorry, we don't serve Egg Fried Rice today.”Xiao Chen replied seriously.
"Then give me a random serving of the dishes provided today and a bowl of rice.”Zhang Lingyan frowned and continued.
"No, today's dishes are basically all stimulating. If your stomach gets upset after eating, the restaurant can't afford to compensate you.”Xiao Chen shook his head.
Zhang Lingyan understood what Xiao Chen was thinking and said,""Even if you're like this, I won't eat noodles. Give up. At most, I'll order takeout.”
"If you really ordered it, would you be able to eat it?”Xiao Chen asked Zhang Lingyan.
"Even if you can't eat, you have to eat. Who asked a certain someone to not be considerate at all?”Zhang Lingyan shrugged. She knew that if she ordered takeout or ate at the restaurant, she would lose her appetite after a few bites. After all, before she met Xiao Chen, eating was a torture for her.
"Are you really not eating?" Xiao Chen looked at Zhang Lingyan suspiciously.
Zhang Lingyan shook her head.
"Why don't I get a bowl of noodle soup to taste?”Xiao Chen asked again.
Zhang Lingyan shook her head.
Xiao Chen sighed helplessly. He had deliberately eaten in front of Zhang Lingyan to pique her curiosity and to make the aroma of the noodles appease Zhang Lingyan. After all, Xiao Chen had put in a lot of effort into the noodle soup.
Seeing Xiao Chen's expression, Zhang Lingyan said apologetically,""Xiao Chen, I'm sorry."
"Well, if you said you didn't eat noodles in the morning, I would have prepared them in advance. I don't have much stock in my kitchen now, so I can't make other nutritious meals.”Xiao Chen thought for a moment and then said helplessly.
"Why don't I drink some noodle soup?"
Xiao Chen's words made Zhang Lingyan feel even more apologetic. After a moment of hesitation, she said,"
"Oh, that works too." Xiao Chen was overjoyed, and Zhang Lingyan relented. Even though it was just Broth, it was still easy to eat the dough after drinking it.
Xiao Chen immediately returned to the kitchen with a bowl of broth and handed it to Zhang Lingyan. Zhang Lingyan glanced at the bowl of broth, which was as clear as water. Without hesitation, she scooped it into her mouth with a spoon, and her eyes widened.
"How is it? Do you feel that the taste is very unique and rich?”Seeing Zhang Lingyan's expression, Xiao Chen asked with a smile.
"Why? The broth looked so bland.”Zhang Lingyan asked curiously.
"Have you eaten boiled cabbage?" Xiao Chen didn't answer her directly. Instead, he asked Zhang Lingyan.
"Don't tell me you used boiled cabbage soup to make this soup? That's too wasteful.”Hearing Xiao Chen mention boiled cabbage, Zhang Lingyan immediately understood the principle behind the broth.
"That's not it. It's just that the method is similar. As for the specific method, I won't reveal it, but I can guarantee you that Broth is just missing. The core of the taste is in the dough.”Xiao Chen waved his hand and spoke to Zhang Lingyan mysteriously.
Zhang Lingyan was already feeling hungry because of Xiao Chen. Now that she had swallowed the broth, her hunger increased exponentially. The rich fragrance of the broth was still lingering in her mouth, teasing her taste buds and stimulating her psychological defense.
"I..." Zhang Lingyan hesitated.
However, Xiao Chen didn't hesitate. He snatched the bowl from Zhang Lingyan's hands and returned to the kitchen. When he came out again, the bowl was already half filled with dough. Xiao Chen placed it in front of Zhang Lingyan and whispered,""Try it. It's really delicious.”
Zhang Lingyan furrowed her brows, then let go. She raised her chopsticks and hesitated for a long time before finally saying,""Then I'll give it a try. If I really vomit, don't blame me.”
"Of course. If you want to vomit, I'll pay for your food for the next month. It's free.”Xiao Chen replied confidently.
Zhang Lingyan looked at the confident Xiao Chen, then at Ju Jingyi, who was cheering her on. She sighed helplessly and put the dough ball into her mouth.
The dough lump was fresh, fragrant, smooth, and very soft. It only needed to be chewed gently in the mouth to roll into the stomach along with the broth hidden in it, bringing satisfaction and warmth to his empty stomach.
Zhang Lingyan felt that this unique smell was very familiar, but she couldn't name it.
"The pork fat used in the soup base is mixed with chives. The dough is also mixed with egg white and pork fat, so the taste is the strongest and smooth.”Xiao Chen explained with a smile, as if he could see Zhang Lingyan's confusion.
"Lard?" Zhang Lingyan was taken aback. After all, animal fats were rarely used in the city nowadays. Mixed oil and salad oil had become the mainstream of the market, and most of the food in restaurants were like this. As for pork fat, other than in the countryside, there were very few people who used it.
It was precisely this animal fat that was despised by the people in the city that had a unique atmosphere that made people who had eaten it miss it very much. It was the same for Xiao Chen and his inherited memories of Master Chef cooking. The method of using the grease was brought about by the memories of cooking skills.
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