Chapter 298 Wuchang Tofu

Two hundred thousand per pound?

Lin Donglai almost jumped up in fear.

He has not drunk the so-called good tea, but those frozen oolongs can only be used to kill a pound of 10,000 yuan.

This is 200,000 yuan per pound of tea!

But Xiao Ming actually threw such expensive tea to them casually.

Is the boss really not sure about the price of tea, or is he pretending to be confused when he understands it?

Thinking of this, Lin Donglai and Erlei looked at each other, with regret in their eyes.

If I had known this, I would have sold the tea, and at least I could have changed to a good car.

"Xiao Ming is really interesting." Mu Yi smiled meaningfully.

Xiao Ming and everyone were drinking wine together, but seemed to be in big trouble.

Lin Anqi, Ye Zhihua, Yao Xinyue, Ye Yunshan, Ling Ning, Ye Linglong... These women seemed to have agreed and poured Xiao Ming's wine together.

Although these beauties usually have different looks, they look the same when they drink other people's wine.

"Oh, Xiao Ming, we are girls. If you don't drink it, isn't it?"

"Yes, as a man, don't you drink it yet?"

Among the group of beakers, Xiao Ming refused everyone, and I would like to drink one.

When Lin Donglai and the others saw this situation, they all laughed secretly next to them.

I dare not brag about anything else. When it comes to drinking, the boss is definitely a big bull at the level of an aircraft carrier warship. The scene at the beginning of school shocked the audience. The women's reinforcement was no match for him.

As expected, Lin Anqi and Ye Zhihua, who had extremely poor alcohol tolerance, were the first to "dead", followed by Yao Xinyue and Ye Yunshan.

After three rounds of drinking, Ling Ning, who had a bad alcohol tolerance, couldn't stand it anymore and got drunk directly.

What made Xiao Ming feel strange was that although Ye Linglong's eyes were blurred, her movements were not messy when drinking.

The two of them drank their daughter Hong and Ye Linglong had nothing to do except her cheeks flushed.

"I can't tell that apart from driving, you have a good alcohol tolerance." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

"Of course, I haven't felt drinking since I was a child. I just didn't drink because of driving." Ye Linglong said proudly.

Xiao Ming scratched his head and asked, "Why... let's change something else?"

"Okay, whatever you want." Ye Linglong nodded.

Xiao Ming called a few bottles of Guangling Daqu again, and the two of them started drinking again.

"Come on, today's main course is served."

Cai Chen was sweating profusely and came up with a plate.

When Xiao Ming saw that there was only a piece of fresh tofu on the plate, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Boss Cai, if you fool me, just say it. Is it worth making a piece of broken tofu worth so long?"

Cai Chen laughed and said, "Brother Xiao Ming, you are wrong. Because you "go down the mountain", you have the custom of eating tofu, which means getting rid of bad luck. For you, I have put a lot of effort into making this piece of tofu. If you don't believe me, please try it."

"Isn't it just a piece of broken tofu? What's the big deal?"

Xiao Ming curled his lips, picked up the chopsticks and put them in his mouth.

When this piece of tofu entered his mouth, Xiao Ming's expression instantly became more exciting.

After savoring it carefully, Xiao Ming then put down his chopsticks and said, "This is not a piece of tofu."

"That's right, he's really a foodie, he can eat it." Cai Chen gave a thumbs up.

"Isn't this tofu?"

Everyone else found it strange and took out their chopsticks and picked up a piece of them and put them in their mouths.

After sucking it into his mouth, everyone's expressions became the same as Xiao Ming.

It is really a rare delicacy on earth!

"You don't have any seasonings on the surface, but you can experience some flavors such as sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty when you eat them. Moreover, this dish is fragrant, smooth and tender, and has a better taste than tofu. Boss Cai, how did you do this?"

Everyone nodded, feeling that Xiao Ming’s summary was very accurate.

"Brother Xiao Ming, you are very smart. You have revealed the mystery of this dish in one word." Cai Chen wiped his hands and sat down.

Xiao Ming filled him with a glass of wine.

Cai Chen took the wine and drank it all in one go.

"ah……"

After breathing a breath, Cai Chen said: "This dish actually has an allusion. I wonder if you would like to listen?"

"Of course, I'm happy to listen." Xiao Ming nodded.

The others also raised their ears and wanted to hear the allusion of this dish.

"I named this dish Wuchang Tofu. According to Confucianism and Taoism, Wuchang is ritual, wisdom, benevolence, righteousness, and faith. In daily life, I have more contact with the five flavors of life, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty."

Cai Chen smiled faintly and said, "My master is the successor of the royal chef back then. He is a famous figure in the cooking world of China. I worshipped him and studied carefully for more than ten years. It can be said that he has been able to stand alone. However, before he became a master, he gave me a test question."

Everyone listened with tilted eyes and wanted to hear what test questions Cai Chen's master gave him.

Cai Chen smiled slightly, took out five things from his pocket and placed them on the table.

These five things are rice, salt, lotus seed heart, pepper and plum.

"Rice itself has a sweet taste, salt represents saltiness, lotus seed heart is bitter, pepper is spicy, and plum is sour."

Cai Chen sighed and said, "When the master gave me this thing, I was completely confused. I felt that the master was deliberately making things difficult for me. How could these things be made of the same dish?"

"And my master said to me at that time that the original taste of food is these things. And a real chef's greatest ability is to use the simplest ingredients to make dishes that are not simple."

After hearing Cai Chen say it, everyone also feels that Cai Chen’s master is deliberately making things difficult for others.

A clever wife can’t cook without rice!

"In the next three years, I tried to use these things to cook, but I never made it. For this reason, I gave up on myself and even had a big fight with my master, thinking that he didn't want me to become a master at all. So, I went out and started to enter the world of chefs."

Cai Chen suddenly sighed leisurely: "Until my master suddenly became seriously ill and asked someone to invite me back, he said something to me. If you can taste all the five flavors of life, this is a truly qualified chef!"

"At that moment, I seemed to have an epiphany. So, I used rice to grind the most delicate rice noodles, and then used several other things to extract the needed flavors to make this Wuchang tofu. When I brought this bowl of dishes to the master, he tasted it and said, "You can get out of the master," and then died."

Speaking of this, Cai Chen's eyes were already a little red.

"If you can make Wuchang Tofu, the old man will die without regrets." Xiao Ming comforted.

"Yes, it was not until that time that I understood my master's intention. He wanted to tell me that life is tempting a lot in life. But in the final analysis, it's just three meals a day, and the five flavors of life!" Cai Chen said with a smile.

"Three meals a day, the five flavors of life..." Xiao Ming smiled bitterly.

The simplest truth in the world, but how many people can understand it?
Chapter completed!