Chapter 1454 - 566: Geng Lishan: I’m Really Curious About Chicken Beak Soup! Lin Xu: Should I Arrange It? [Bonus 5]

Chapter 1454: Chapter 566: Geng Lishan: I’m Really Curious About Chicken Beak Soup! Lin Xu: Should I Arrange It? [Bonus 5]

"Just had a meal, and Master casually taught me how to make fried meatballs."

Although Lin Xu enjoyed the gossip, he didn’t want to spread rumors about his master, so he started talking about the fried meatballs he had just learned.

Upon hearing this, Geng Lele got interested:

"Can you make them now, Xu Ge? This Spring Festival, my grandma volunteered to make fried meatballs, but they all got burnt and turned into a pile of black coal balls..."

Leading with that, Chen Yan also talked about unsatisfying meals at her grandma’s house.

It wasn’t that the food was bad, mainly because of the relatives who kept asking why Ren Jie didn’t come, wondering if he was looking down on people.

Then they said they were blacklisted, asking Ren Jie for help, so Chen Yan excused herself halfway through the meal to head to the restroom and ended up driving to find Shu Yun and Dou Wenjing.

Every festival, some relatives with no usual contact would come to visit.

Claiming relatives should stay in touch, but hinting they were broke, wanting to borrow money, start a business, or arrange a cushy job.

Chen Yan found it annoying, so she spent most of the Spring Festival at Lin Ji.

Seeing everyone’s interest was piqued, Lin Xu willingly said:

"How about this, I’ll head to the kitchen now and make some National Banquet-level fried meatballs for you to taste. See how they compare to homemade ones."

Perfect level fried meatballs could surely make this group of women forget about gossip.

As for Dundun who joined in on the fun, Lin Xu held him in his arms and gave him a choice:

"Want to eat bullfrog?"

Without thinking, Dundun rubbed his big head against Lin Xu’s face.

Evidently, the little cat preferred eating meat to listening to gossip.

Putting Dundun on the service counter, Lin Xu went to the aquarium and caught a few bullfrogs. It was just then that Chen Yuanyuan returned, curious at seeing Lin Xu with bullfrogs:

"Bro, are you planning to make dry pot bullfrog?"

"I’m steaming them for Dundun. If you want dry pot bullfrog, I can make some. The kitchen has dry pot sauce, so it’s pretty easy to make."

"Alright, you make it. I’ll first communicate with Dou about the places I visited today."

In the afternoon, Chen Yuanyuan visited several places, checking out shops she initially saw online, only to find half of them were misleading.

The shops were the same, but the surroundings weren’t as good as described online.

One was next to a garbage station, another by a public toilet, and one in a residential area. Looking around, she ended up finding others that were quite promising.

Now she needed to discuss with Dou Wenjing whether to rent all at once and slowly open stores or to rent the first batch of storefronts now and address the others later.

Lin Xu caught a few more bullfrogs and went upstairs, handing them to the chef:

"Clean them up, remove the skin, steam three for Dundun, and chop the rest into large pieces. Marinate them with scallion and ginger, cooking wine, salt, sugar, and oyster sauce."

"Boss, what are you planning to make?"

"Dry pot bullfrog. Oh, also prepare some fatty intestines. I’ll add them later."

"Got it!"

Lin Xu changed his clothes, washed his hands thoroughly, and started making fried meatballs.

There’s pepper salt in the shop, no need to prepare, and Tiger Sauce is a bit rushed right now, so it’s not prepared. Anyway, this group of girls will likely switch the dipping sauce to ketchup.

Chop the meat and marinate it with seasonings and scallion ginger water, Sichuan peppercorn water, and other ingredients.

The chef also got the bullfrogs and intestines ready.

First make the dry pot bullfrog intestines for Yuanyuan to have dinner, working till dusk must have made her hungry.

However, just as he brought the aromatic spicy dish outside, before Chen Yuanyuan, who was discussing work, had a chance to eat, Chen Yan, Shen Jiayue, and Geng Lele swarmed over.

"Smells good, spicy and fragrant."

"There are intestines too, no wonder it smells so good."

"Wow, fried potato strips, my favorite dry pot side dish, Xuge, can I taste it for Yuanyuan to check the seasoning?"

Lin Xu smiled helplessly:

"Haven’t you all had dinner already?"

"Not full enough, want to eat some more."

Nearby, Chen Yuanyuan, who was discussing shop locations with Dou Wenjing, said:

"Go ahead and eat, just leave me a bite."

Geng Lele, hearing that, trotted to the sterilization cabinet to grab bowls and chopsticks, also fetching three small bowls of rice.

Such a great dry pot dish can’t do without rice, right?

Wouldn’t want to waste Xu Ge’s hard work.

So, they started on their second round of dinner with rice.

"Yueyue, what did you eat at Head Chef Gao’s house? Were the dishes plentiful?"

"All the dishes were exquisite, looked and tasted good. But they were all on the mild side. Probably Master, Madam, and Aunt Lucy aren’t fond of spicy flavors... Oh, Aunt Lucy is going to Beijing University’s foreign languages department. Not sure about the specifics, likely a freelance contract."

Madam has money and connections, finding a job for Comrade Wang Cuihua is easy, especially since Wang Cuihua is also an Ivy League graduate. Somehow she came to China and met her Robin.

Come to think of it, Master caused it, but you have to admit, at his age, managing to master English to the point of fluent conversation with foreigners truly showcases his impressive learning ability.

After Chen Yuanyuan finished talking with Dou Wenjing, the group eating became five.

Luckily, today Zeng Xiaoqi visited the Qi Family with her parents. Otherwise, six women gathered together gossiping would be a scene people’d avoid.