Chapter 207: Chapter 206: The Pristine Elegance of Early
Spring
Translator: 549690339
The father of Zhang Xi managed to beco the head chef at the Imperial al Room, naturally possessing so impressive family skills.
The signature dish of the Imperial al Tavern is called “Spring Dawn and White Snow,” which is actually a stewed dish. The main ingredients are shredded tofu, green vegetables, and minced fish at. The green vegetables are the essence of the whole dish, which must be cooked by being doused spoonful by spoonful with broth. The whole vegetable looks like a piece of jade in the plate, tender and dripping with freshness, soaked thoroughly inside and out with the broth’s juice, an extrely labor-intensive process.
Xu Cheng was willing to visit the Imperial al Tavern every day just for this “Spring Dawn and White Snow.”
For ordinary diners, without so connections, even if they could afford the expensive price of this dish, it was very hard to wait for Chef Zhang himself to cook this dish.
If another chef were to make it, even if the ingredients and thods were the sa, the taste would be worlds apart. The technique of pouring broth over the greens was unique to Chef Zhang: a secret recipe, never shared with others.
There were only eight pieces of green vegetables in one “Spring Dawn and White Snow,” and with 17 people around the large round table, there was not enough to go around.
In fact, Jiang Zaidi wanted to order two servings of “Spring Dawn and White Snow,” but even if he wanted to order, the Imperial al Tavern wouldn11 sell it. There’s an explicit rule that each table is limited to one serving of “Spring Dawn and White Snow,” even if provincial leaders ca…
They would decide what to do when provincial leaders actually ca.
As the junior who took charge of the situation, Jiang Zaidi was given the important task of dividing the green vegetables.
“Co, co, Mr. Wu, Mrs. Wu, this ‘Spring Dawn and White Snow’ is the signature dish of the Imperial al Tavern, and it’s personally made by their head chef. You should try it,” Jiang Zaidi warmly urged.
As guests arrive, two pieces go away, and six remain.
“Grandpa, Granduncle Weiming, you are the elders, please eat first.”
The two most important things in the world are the grand elders, and with two more pieces gone, only four remain.
“Here, little bro, Minqi, you’ve worked hard in the competition, you should have so too.”
After two more pieces were taken, only two remained.
The remaining 11 people stared collectively at the last two pieces of green vegetable.
Jiang Zaidi silently took out a small knife.
Just kidding, who is he, he’s De! How could he possibly fail at sothing like this?
Everyone was happy with the al.
In the middle of the al, Mrs. Jiang made a video call, still in the boastful state she had been in earlier with her friends and the senior won’s group, full of vitality and even speaking louder than usual, praising Jiang Feng once again with the complints she had heard from her uncle and then praising Jiang Feng from beginning to end with the sa words.
At the end of the video call, Da Hua made a brief appearance. In the darkness of the pigsty, Jiang Feng could faintly make out that it really was much thinner than before, barely recognizable as a pig.
How haggard!
Everyone sadly lanted how Da Hua had beco so thin, and when they rembered that because of Jiang Feng’s illness, Da Hua had to be kept alive and not slaughtered, they felt even more regretful, and even the pork dishes they were eating lost their flavor.
What a great pig Da Hua was, and now it couldn’t be slaughtered for food.
Jiang Jiankang sadly gnawed on his sauce elbow.
After the al, everyone went their separate ways.
When Jiang Feng returned to his dorm, he was just about to check the rewards from the ga and see how the quality of the knife was, wondering if it was indeed a legendary dark iron knife capable of cutting iron like mud and severing hair blown upon it, when he received a WeChat ssage from Wu Minqi.
She asked him to check the Chess Club’s QQ.group—Jiang Feng was the kind of person who could go ten days or half a month without glancing at QQ.once.
In the QQgroup, the mbers of the Chess Club were discussing the details of a gathering the following day.
Since the Chess Club was no longer in danger of being disbanded like in the past, everyone’s relationships had sowhat cooled. Jiang Feng, as the club president, didn’t really recognize all the faces anymore. Tomorrow’s gathering was partly to celebrate the current president and outstanding mbers’ second and fourth-place finishes at the Good Taste culinary competition, and another reason was to announce the handover of the club president while everyone was together.
The new president would be Liu Zixuan, a well-liked and outgoing fellow who got along well with the newer mbers and was widely accepted as the successor.
The Chess Club was no longer like before, where due to a shortage of mbers, seniors wouldn’t leave the club for fear of it being disbanded. Next sester Jiang Feng would be a senior, so according to convention, he should hand over the presidency and prepare to leave the club this sester.
Ji Yue would soon go from being the forr president to two terms removed.
He Jiahui was now interning at a comic magazine and working overti until she was out of her mind, Zhao Lin had successfully stayed at the law firm to accumulate experience under her seniors and beca so busy her hair was falling out, and Chen ngxing chose to return to Beiping to tackle harder challenges.
But it wasn’t too hard for him; his family owned property in the inner city due to being relocated residents.
The old mbers of the Chess Club, except for Liu Zixuan, were all about to leave.
Tomorrow night would be the farewell dinner.
Looking at the chat history in the QQ.group, Jiang Feng suddenly felt a bit lost.
Then Jiang Feng received a bank transfer notification.
Counting the zeros, Jiang Feng felt a bit relieved.
In this cold world, only money still held so warmth.
It was getting late, Wang Hao had already sent a voice ssage wishing Zhenzhen good night and had gone to bed to continue playing on his phone with the lights off. In the darkness, Jiang Feng quietly opened his attribute panel.
Looking at the kitchen knife in his item slot, Jiang Feng really wanted to take it out and hold it in his hand to feel what this ga – awarded knife was really like.
But it was late, the lights were off, and moonlight stread through the window onto the bed. A roommate holding a kitchen knife in bed, with its tip glinting coldly, was a scary sight indeed.
Considering that Wang Hao had not yet fallen asleep, Jiang Feng decided against it.
He closed the attribute panel, lay down, turned over, and went to sleep.
The Good Taste culinary competition was over, and the newbie village instance had been officially cleared. Now, his journey lay among the stars.
Daydreams filled the day, and at night, dreams ca. Jiang Feng even dread of Chef Wang.
Do you want my recipes? I left them all in…
Cough cough.
Early the next morning, Jiang Feng arrived at the Healthy Stir-fry Restaurant and saw the banner that Mrs. Wang Xiulian had put up.
“To celebrate my son Jiang Feng’s second-place victory in the Good Taste Culinary Competition, all specified dishes at our restaurant are 50% off.”
Jiang Feng:…
Before the lunch service began, Professor Li andered into the Healthy Stir- fry Restaurant.
He was there to see Jiang Feng.
” I’ve asked a friend in Beiping to pull so strings. The renovation cost for Taifeng Building can be negotiated down to 13 million,” Professor Li got straight to the point.
“13 million?” Jiang Feng was shocked. Previously, Jiang Zaidi had also used his connections to negotiate with Chengju Decoration Company, but they refused to budge from 20 million. Professor Li had managed to reduce it by 7 million with just one discussion.
“Leave the renovation to . Are the blueprints all set and good to go? I heard that you specifically had a designer draft them. Can you trust this designer?” Professor Li said, “If you can’t provide the full amount right away, you can start with a 6 million down paynt and slowly pay the rest. If it’s really too difficult, I can front the money for you. It’s not a small sum, and it is indeed challenging to co with that quickly.”
Jiang Jiankang started to calculate how much money each family needed to gather the mont he heard the price of 13 million. His ntal abacus was clicking away fervently, and so was Wang Xiulian’s.
“No need, no need, Professor Li. How could we let you front such money? We’ll figure it out and co up with it ourselves,” Jiang Jiankang said repeatedly.
“I’m not very familiar with design, but my cousin looked at the blueprints and said there were no issues. The blueprints are upstairs; if you’re not assured, I can bring them down for you to see,” Jiang Feng said, now lying through his teeth as he rushed upstairs to retrieve the Renovation Blueprint from his attribute panel.
A minute later, Jiang Feng ca back down with a thick stack of Renovation Blueprints and placed them before Professor Li.
Professor Li knew a bit about the field and after a cursory glance, asked, “Which designer drafted these?”
“I’m not too sure myself, Mr. Han recomnded them,” Jiang Feng shifted the responsibility to Han Guishan, as many knew he had spent a long ti cooking at Han Guishan’s ho last sester.
“Mr. Han is really considerate. Since Zaide says there’s no problem, then there must not be any issues. I’ll ask my friends in Beiping to pay extra attention to the materials and construction period as well. Since you guys aren’t there, you can’t tend to many matters. If everything goes smoothly, work can start soon,” Professor Li said, “It just so happens that I’m going to retire due to illness after this sester, so I can witness the reopening of Taifeng Building with my own eyes.”
“Then we really have to trouble you,” Jiang Feng knew that Professor Li must have accumulated a lot of favors for this.
“By the way, Jiankang, when you and your family move there, have you found a place to stay?” Professor Li asked seemingly casually.
“Not yet. My brother and I plan to rent several adjacent apartnts in the sa neighborhood, just to have a place to live for now,” Jiang Jiankang said.
Though they boasted at the dinner table every day about each buying a house or courtyard in Beiping to live joyfully together, everyone knew the realities of their family’s finances and the housing prices in Beiping.
Boasting was one thing, but they had to be realistic about the actual situation.
“I know a real estate agent; let handle this matter as well,” Professor Li offered.
“How could we? That’s too much trouble. We already feel bad asking you to deal with the renovation,” Jiang Jiankang tried to decline.
“It’s no bother at all. We are relatives after all, and helping each other out is only natural. Plus, my teaching load is lighter this sester. I’m not busy, so let take care of it for you. It’ll be less hassle for you all when you move,” Professor Li said with a smile, “My wife is waiting for to buy her so mung beans. I should be going.”
Having said that, he took his leave.
“We really do have such great relatives,” Jiang Jiankang remarked with feeling.
“We’ve gained so good relatives indeed. Jiankang, rember this when we go to Beiping. We must keep in touch more often. When it’s ti for dinner, invite them over. If they don’t want to co, send Feng over to deliver so food,” Wang Xiulian said.
“Exactly, we must invite them over for dinner.” Once up at the Jiang family’s dinner table, everyone becos one family.
“Why are you still standing there like a fool? Go to the kitchen! Have you finished cutting the vegetables? Is the at marinated? Are you going to open for business at noon or not? What about the 13 million for the renovation? Do you really have the nerve to askyour brother for a large amount?” Wang Xiulian suddenly snapped.
“Oh, right, Feng. Isn’t there also so sort of Most Popular Award in that competition of yours? I rember that award being quite lucrative,” Wang Xiulian quickly calculated in her head.
Jiang Feng hadn’t looked at the Most Popular Award for a long ti, since there was such a big gap between him and Zhang Guanghang’s votes; there was no hope for him.
“Mom, I think that’s pretty unlikely, but let check it out.” Jiang Feng pulled out his phone to check the voting on the official account.
First place, Zhang Guanghang: 230,000 votes.
Second place, Jiang Feng, 120,000 votes.
Third place, Wu Minqi, 90,000 votes.
Hey, he was actually in second place with 120,000 votes?
Jiang Feng himself didn’t expect to have such high popularity.
At Han Guishan’s ho—
“When does the top 4 competition air?” Han Guishan asked, glancing over the report on the cumulative progress of the Good Taste Culinary Competition brought by his departnt, when he suddenly rembered the variety show.
“Next Sunday,” his assistant replied.
“How are Jiang Feng’s votes?
“He’s already at 120,000 votes. Our digital teams on Weibo, WeChat, and the official account haven’t encountered any issues, and no one has noticed that our people are rigging the votes.”
“Good. After the top 4 competition is broadcast, you take care of it. Make sure to boost Jiang Feng’s vote count to the first place before 9 p.m. on the 30th,” Han Guishan plotted in his mind.
The plan was to approach Jiang Feng for a sponsorship deal after he won the Most Popular Award, show his face to establish rapport, bring Wang Jing along for a visit to Jiang Yuanchao, and maybe have a al together, share a porridge, reminisce a little, lead into eting Xu Cheng, have a chat, cook a few dishes.
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
One arrow, three targets—not just two.
Han Guishan was pleased with himself as he looked over the report and the increased revenue for the company this month.
Such an outstanding boss like himself was indeed a rare find nowadays.
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