PFC Chapter 372: No Puns Allowed!
Chapter 372: No Puns Allowed!
As the only cook in the pomegranate garden, Dong Tao cannot leave the kitchen for too long.
After settling Bai Yuan and Pei Jin, he left first and returned to the busy kitchen to prepare the dishes himself, ready to show off his cooking skills.
After Dong Tao left, Pei Jin and Bai Yuan were the only ones left in the box.
Thinking that this was the first time Bai Yuan proposed a "date", Pei Jin felt that there seemed to be a different feeling in the box at this moment, and he even became a little restrained.
The box returned to silence, with only the ticking sound of the decorative standing clock in the corner being heard.
While waiting for the dishes to be served, Pei Jin broke the silence and asked:
"Do you know why this place is called Pomegranate Garden?"
"Why?" Speaking of this, Bai Yuan couldn't help but feel curious.
When you think of a pomegranate orchard, your first thought should be a garden full of pomegranate trees or pomegranate flowers.
But just now, Bai Yuan didn't see anything related to pomegranates in the yard. Even the fruits provided by the pomegranate orchard did not have any trace of pomegranates.
Bai Yuan thought that since it had nothing to do with Jing, it was probably related to people or things. Then he thought that this was in Haiqi territory, and he was ready to listen to Pei Jin's shocking news.
"Brother Dong is superstitious. He consulted a fortune teller before opening the business," Pei Jin said. "It was August 15th at that time. The fortune teller pointed to the moon in the sky and said, 'The moon on the 15th is full on the 16th.' The 16th is full, and the pomegranate garden is full of happiness. It's very auspicious."
Bai Yuan:......
It’s so cold! It’s a pun!!! She almost caught a cold!
Bai Yuan, who had noticed something, went straight to the point: "How much did the master charge?"
Pei Jin stretched out his index finger and thumb and made an 'eight' gesture.
Bai Yuan: "Eight thousand?"
Seeing that Pei Jin did not respond, Bai Yuan asked again: "Eighty thousand?"
Pei Jin: "Add another zero!"
Bai Yuan slowly typed a question mark.
Bai Yuan:...?
The master is virtuous, but he only cheats rich people!
After all the dishes were served, Dong Tao personally came over to explain them one by one. Although the dishes were delicious and whetted people's appetite, Bai Yuan couldn't help but glance at Dong Tao and looked at him several times, while what echoed in his ears was the "800,000" that Pei Jin had just said.
Bai Yuan's gaze couldn't help but become subtle.
No wonder he could be such a close friend of Pei Jin.
She took back her previous words. Sure enough, where there is a sleeping dragon, there is a phoenix chick.
Feelings are also a big complaint!
Bai Yuan and Pei Jin were eating together, and there were not many dishes, just four meat dishes, three vegetable dishes, and one soup.
As time is limited, Dong Tao did not make those time-consuming and showy dishes, but focused on home cooking, focusing on simplicity and rusticity without losing friendliness, bringing you the same warmth as home.
Ordinary and common dishes are presented in his meticulously designed plating, exuding a sense of luxury from every angle, and their value immediately increases several times.
This seemingly ordinary dish, after being improved by Dong Tao, has a unique flavor that you can taste as soon as you put it in your mouth.
The delicious aroma of food stimulates the taste buds and stimulates appetite. It warms the stomach while eating and can even make people feel a genuine sense of happiness for no reason.
Bai Yuan was amazed by the other party's cooking skills after just one bite. He put the "800,000" behind his mind and focused on the things in front of him.
She is very particular about eating. She eats only until she is 80% full at every meal. She follows the principle of "too much is as bad as too little" and pursues a balanced nutrition. She strictly follows the requirements of dietary health and never eats too much.
However, today I made an exception and ate several more bites than usual.
As a chef, in addition to enjoying the cooking process, what I like most is to see diners eat a lot and enjoy the food. The more they move their chopsticks, the greater their recognition of me.
During this period, Dong Tao took some time out of his busy schedule to come and sit with them for a while, and also took the opportunity to observe Pei Jin's love situation.
You should know that what Pei Jin talked about most in his relationship before was freedom of love and true love comes first.
Now that he has this opportunity, he might as well see what kind of relationship can make Pei Jin satisfied.
But this time, he really noticed something was wrong.
Normally, couples aged fifteen or sixteen are either in the stage of youthful naivety or enter directly into the honeymoon period of passionate love.
I remember when he was in high school and in love, whenever he ate with a girl, he wanted to feed the food into her mouth one mouthful at a time and try all kinds of ways to make her happy.
Sometimes when people are in love, they will come up with a range attack with huge destructive power, which gives people goose bumps, and the scene of "You feed me, I feed you, our love is so sweet"
Even if they didn't do such a disgusting thing, the eyes between them were like those of candied sweet potatoes, which could stretch more than a meter long, and they really expressed their feelings through their eyes.
However, there is no trace of such a thing in the way Bai Yuan and Pei Jin get along with each other.
The atmosphere between the two of them was so normal that they didn't look like a couple. Instead, they looked like ordinary friends or dinner partners.
There is absolutely none of those pink bubble flying atmosphere and little actions during the conversation.
From this, Dong Tao realized that the relationship between Bai Yuan and Pei Jin might not be an ordinary couple.
In other words, the two people seem to be walking together, but in fact they are not in a relationship at all.
People who are in love and people who are not in love are in two completely different states, and they can be identified at a glance through clues and atmosphere.
The most intuitive way to judge whether a person likes another person is to observe the other person's eyes.
According to Dong Tao's observation, there was no sign of love or affection in Bai Yuan's eyes at all.
On the other hand, Pei Jin may have some signs, but not much, and it seems that he is still in a period of confusion.
Taking in the whole way the two get along, Dong Tao thought to himself, Pei Jin's love life is simply terrible!
But Pei Jin is his younger brother who grew up under his care, so he can't just leave him alone and let him walk through the minefields of his emotional life.
Therefore, after the meal, Dong Tao found an excuse to hand Pei Jin over, ready to teach him his own experience in love:
"If you want to capture a person's heart, you must first capture her stomach..."
Pei Jin: …
Why do you start eating your stomach right away?
Pei Jin, who thought he had something important to talk to him about, was speechless and said impatiently:
"There's a generation gap every three years. There are several gaps between our families. Your cliché is a bit too old. Besides, my situation is different... Bai Yuan and I..."
Having said this, Pei Jin paused and shut up at the right time. He did not continue speaking, nor did he reveal his agreement with Bai Yuan to the other party.
His situation with Bai Yuan is special, and their relationship is much more complicated.
Pei Jin frowned slightly, a trace of annoyance flashing across his face.
Seeing this, Dong Tao thought that he was still struggling with the issue of whether it was true love or not, and his expression suddenly became serious.
How can you eat from your bowl while looking at what’s in the pot?
The girl he is talking about is the eldest daughter of the Bai family. The Bai family is different from other families. If he is allowed to act so willfully, sooner or later he will cause a disaster that is out of control.
Therefore, Dong Tao said in a serious tone, acting like a brother, and hinted:
"Since you are together, just enjoy it. Don't just treat it as a business marriage. Relationships need to be managed by both parties. There are not so many love at first sight. There are also business marriages where people fall in love over time and end up loving and harmonious. You better take it easy."
Pei Jin was thinking about something else and was slow to react. After Dong Tao finished preaching like a machine gun, he started shouting and defending himself:
"I'm not being perfunctory. I brought her to your place!"
At first, Pei Jin's attention was on Bai Yuan's invitation to him, and he was thinking about which store had a high recommendation index. In the end, Bai Yuan coincidentally chose the Pomegranate Garden opened by Dong Tao from many options.
Pei Jin thought it was nothing just now, but now when he thought about it, he suddenly realized that the meaning of coming here was different.
Dong Tao rounded off and counted him as half his brother. He brought Bai Yuan to meet him himself. What's the difference between this and bringing her to meet his parents!
He completely ignored the fact that he and Bai Yuan had already met each other's parents - that is, they were his biological mothers.
Thinking of this, Pei Jin's heart was burning. Fearing that Dong Tao would notice, he quickly found an excuse to end their conversation:
"Okay, I know what's going on. Go and do your thing. Bai Yuan is still waiting for me. I'm leaving now. We'll meet again when we have time."
"You little bastard, you're getting too cocky and think I'm nagging you, right?" Dong Tao cursed with a smile, but he knew when to stop and didn't continue to persuade him. After all, love is something that only the person involved knows how it feels, so it's really not convenient for people to interfere. If you're not careful, you might end up being caught between a rock and a hard place.
Dong Tao sighed helplessly and waved his hand at Pei Jin, "Forget it, just know what's going on in your mind. You two should get along well. When we get married in the future, I will cook for you personally."
Whether or not to get married is still uncertain!
Thinking of this, Pei Jin felt a little embarrassed by what Dong Tao said. He did not stay in the pomegranate garden any longer. He responded with a few words casually and returned to Bai Yuan.
After meeting Bai Yuan, Pei Jin began to think about what Dong Tao meant by "stomach emptying".
He didn't do this because he wanted to win anyone's heart, he was just curious about this theory!
"How is it? Is it to your liking?" Pei Jin asked, while watching Bai Yuan's reaction, "How is my buddy's cooking?"
Bai Yuan approved and said, "Very good."
You should know that Bai Yuan usually just says "pretty good" when giving comments, but this time he used the word "very", which is enough to show that his recognition is very high.
Pei Jin was just about to take the opportunity to ask Bai Yuan which dish was good, when he heard Bai Yuan continue to say: "He is amazing to be able to cook such a good dish."
Pei Jin was stunned for a moment, and by the time he reacted, he had missed the best opportunity.
He felt a little uncomfortable as he listened to Bai Yuan's comments on everything from the food to the people.
At this moment, he also remembered that during the meal just now, Bai Yuan looked at Dong Tao several times. He felt something was wrong at that time. Bai Yuan had such a cold personality, so when did he become so interested in someone he met for the first time.
The more Pei Jin thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and he couldn't help but become suspicious.
Could it be that Bai Yuan... has a crush on Dong Tao?
As soon as this thought came out, Pei Jin's heart was alarmed, his face turned cold, and he said righteously:
"He is married."
Bai Yuan:?
Not understanding how Pei Jin's brain circuits jumped so much, jumping from the dishes to Dong Tao's marital status, Bai Yuan was rarely slow to react, looking at Pei Jin with a blank face, his mouth was faster than his brain, "Getting married so early?"
When he realized what was going on, he was too unfamiliar with the topic to know what to say, so he just continued in a dry voice, "It's rare to get married at such a young age nowadays."
Pei Jin had been watching Bai Yuan's reaction. When he heard her say that, he thought Bai Yuan was expressing regret, and his guess was confirmed.
The good news: Stomach scratching actually works.
Bad news: You caught my fiancée!
He didn't care whether Bai Yuan liked him or not, but he was worried that he would accidentally fall in love with a married person, which would have a bad influence!
I just wanted to remind her without any purpose!
After convincing himself in this way, Pei Jin decided to try harder and try to make Bai Yuan give up completely.
"He's lucky to have found true love. Didn't he get married right after graduating from college?"
Pei Jin deliberately emphasized the word "true love" to remind Bai Yuan that this was a marriage based on love, which could not and would not be broken up!
Bai Yuan: “Oh.”
This touched upon her blind spot in knowledge.
Apart from this 'oh', she really didn't know what to say at this moment.
Pei Jin thought that Bai Yuan's "Oh" was a sign of disappointment, but he felt that he was using the right direction. In order to completely extinguish the flame that had never existed, he continued:
"Brother Dong is one of the few people in our circle who has escaped the family's business marriage mission, passionately pursued love, and finally entered the marriage palace!"
After hearing this, Bai Yuan understood.
Pei Jin was madly hinting that he wanted to share other people's sweet and perfect love gossip with him.
Everyone loves to hear gossip. Although Bai Yuan does not take the initiative to inquire about it, he will still accept any gossip that comes his way when there is something to eat.
After all, Haiqi’s gossip is different from other places. If you don’t understand it, you will always feel like you have missed some important plot in your life.
What's more, Fengchu's melon must be more extraordinary.
Bai Yuan: "Then tell me in detail."
This just happens to satisfy Pei Jin's desire to share which has nowhere to go.
When talking about his brother's love history, Pei Jin also became excited and immediately told Bai Yuan the whole story as if he knew it in detail.
"At that time, Brother Dong had just entered university and secretly represented his country in a cooking exchange competition..."
As a talented player, Dong Tao won the first place in this international competition for the first time, defeating all opponents and eventually beating players from other countries.
The second place is a French girl who is about the same age as him. She is also a rare talented player. She was once Dong Tao’s strong point and is also the player who poses the greatest threat to the national team.
During the game, the scores between the two teams were deadlocked and every point was very close.
But in the end, the state banquet was still better, and the French girl won the second place in that competition, 0.2 points behind Dong Tao.