Chapter 1448 - 564: Master Gao: Years in the Jianghu, Ultimately Manipulated—What a Sin! [Subscription Request]

Chapter 1448: Chapter 564: Master Gao: Years in the Jianghu, Ultimately Manipulated—What a Sin! [Subscription Request]

"Mistress, I just made some fried date cake, please try it."

Lin Xu was a bit confused with the current situation, so he placed the food box he was carrying on the coffee table, opened the lid, and everyone in the room was captivated by the rich aroma.

Luo Shan wasn’t shy either, she walked over for a look and said to Lucy:

"Try it, this is a delicacy. I loved eating it when I was a child, but in recent years, there are fewer people selling it, and Beijing doesn’t have it either. I haven’t had it for several years."

The reason wealthy people say they haven’t had something for several years is because there’s so much good food that they forget about it unless it’s seen.

It’s not because they’ve been yearning for it yearly.

Lucy walked over, saw the fried date cake in the food box, exclaimed "Wow," then picked one up with her flour-covered hand and started eating.

Shen Jiayue curiously asked:

"Can Aunt Lucy understand Mandarin now?"

Such rapid progress, I remember during the last wedding, she was completely baffled by Chinese.

Luo Shan pointed at the Bluetooth earphone Lucy was wearing:

"This foreigner was afraid I’d scold her, so she specifically bought real-time translation, even insisted it’s a music earphone, worried I’d figure it out... more cunning than a honeycomb coal."

Lin Xu: "..."

She’s using a real-time translator, and you’re still calling her a foreigner, how is that not scolding?

Be careful that she might accuse you of racial discrimination, and then intellectuals will demand reflection within the country.

But Lucy didn’t react; she just glanced at Luo Shan, then sat on the sofa to eat the fried date cake, while Luo Shan handed the food box to Xie Yufei and Xie Yuhang:

"Have a taste, Uncle Lin’s fried date cake looks delicious... Little Shuai, you try it too, why are you so unhappy now that the apprentice has come?"

Old Master Gao sat down, picked up a piece of fried date cake similar to an oil cake, tasted it, and said to Lin Xu:

"The dough hasn’t cooled enough. You need to let the steamed dough cool completely before wrapping the date paste stuffing and frying it. The stuffing should be finer, replace the big red dates with small ones; big dates are too dry and don’t have the good texture of small dates."

That’s a master for you, even if not in a good mood, can still spot flaws in fried date cakes with one bite.

"I’ll try that next time."

Lin Xu replied, wanting to ask about the current situation but couldn’t with both the mistress and Lucy present, feeling quite restless inside.

For a bystander, having melon but unable to eat it is a truly unpleasant feeling.

Everyone was eating the fried date cake, Xie Baomin said:

"I didn’t expect the millet flour to have such a good taste when fried. I’ll try frying it too later; it could make nice snacks."

Xie Yuhang quietly said to Xie Yufei:

"Just like in Yueyue’s video, I wanted to eat it then."

"Me too, it looked tasty, Yueyue was chewing loudly on purpose."

The two brothers were now not only fans of Lin Xu, but also followed all his accounts.

Lin Xu, having just eaten fried date cake at the store, didn’t have any now, instead eating a piece of hazelnut chocolate, then stood and asked Master:

"Are you wrapping dumplings in the kitchen? Let me help, I didn’t get to wrap during the New Year, so I want to enjoy it today."

During the Spring Festival, wrapping dumplings was monopolized by Chen Meijuan’s grandmother and aunt, Lin Xu had planned to teach Shen Jiayue how to make rabbit-shaped dumplings, but found it impossible to squeeze in.

Xie Baomin felt the atmosphere in the living room a bit odd, holding his fried date cake, also headed to the kitchen:

"I’ll check the stuffing Master prepared, I’ve eaten so many different dumplings these days; us Northerners focus our festive thoughts on dumplings."

The kitchen was large but not the usual open style, with a sliding door fitted at the entry.

Probably because Master would make heavily spiced dishes in the past, to prevent aromas from spreading throughout the house, hence the specialized design.

Upon entering, Xie Baomin carefully closed the sliding door, quietly asked Lin Xu:

"What’s going on? Did we come at the wrong time?"

Lin Xu shook his head:

"I’m a bit confused too, but Master doesn’t seem too happy; it feels like Mistress has him completely under control now."

Recalling last time at the wedding, Mistress was overly friendly towards Lucy, helping find her a job and eating together, and now, even making dumplings at home.

The world of a casanova truly is beyond the understanding of us mere mortals.

Master’s kitchen was similar to Lin Xu’s home, having a large island with a faucet in the center, currently holding a huge bamboo cutting board with dumpling wrappers and dough pieces.

Beside it are three bowls containing beef with scallions, egg with chives and shrimp, fresh meat with lotus root stuffing.

Xie Baomin sniffed the meat stuffing:

"Wow, Master bought good meat, pretty fresh, taste a bit mild, likely meant to be eaten with dipping sauce."

In poor moods, Master immediately identified the flaws in the fried date cakes.

Amidst thoughts of gossip, Senior Brother analyzed the dumpling filling quality just by sniffing.

Compared to these two, Lin Xu felt he was just a slacker, unable to taste for deficiencies or assess dumpling stuffing... wait a minute, there’s an olfactory enhancement in special tools.

If exchanged, could also sniff and assess like Senior Brother.

Luckily, I have cheats, otherwise, really couldn’t mix within this circle.

He was about to exchange but found insufficient points; having spent quite a few during the New Year, just missing around three hundred thousand.