After a moment's thought, Chen Dong understood the secret behind it.

Clearly, the good ingredients are one reason for the success, and the excellent processing techniques are another.

The latter mainly relies on skilled chefs.

Needless to say, high-ranking officials like Mr. Lin have chefs with superb skills and a knack for nutritional balance.

As for the ingredients, Chen Dong believed that the ingredients supplied to Elder Lin and other high-ranking officials were definitely of very high quality.

Even if they weren't tribute items, they still surpassed ordinary ingredients in many aspects, including nutrition and health, and by many.

Many people in later generations believed that the food they ate was not of particularly good quality, that it was contaminated, or that it contained pesticide residues.

At the same time, they all felt that the quality of food in the 1980s and 1990s was fine because there was less environmental pollution at that time.

However, many people have overlooked one issue: although environmental pollution was less in many places during the 1970s and 80s and into the new century, people still used a lot of highly toxic pesticides in production.

It could even be said that, compared to later generations, people in the 1990s still had a much weaker awareness of food safety.

Many pesticides used in later generations are highly effective, low in toxicity, and have low residue.

Nowadays, many pesticides used by people are actually highly toxic and have high residue levels, such as hexachlorocyclohexane, DDT, toxaphene, dibromochloropropane, and amitraz.

Although some pesticides were banned from production and sale in China until 2018 due to their extreme toxicity and significant environmental impact, many of these pesticides have become increasingly difficult to obtain as people become more safety-conscious.

Of course, this doesn't mean that people at this time had no sense of safety at all.

Even in the 1980s, people had already begun to pay attention to food safety.

At the time, some newspapers even published articles introducing tips on how to identify whether food is safe or not.

For example, some people specifically buy vegetables with wormholes, based on the premise that since insects can eat such vegetables, it means there are fewer pesticides on the leaves, making them safe for human consumption.

However, some people argue that it's very likely that when farmers find insects in their vegetables, they quickly spray them with pesticides, making vegetables with insect holes even less safe.

Therefore, the presence or absence of insect holes cannot be used as a standard for judging whether vegetables are safe.

Ultimately, this became an unsolvable mess, because it seemed like everyone had a point.

But the debaters only focused on avoiding getting hurt, instead of thinking about how to solve the problem.

Specific issues still need to be addressed through national regulations, industry standards, and technological advancements.

Of course, overall, people's awareness and safety consciousness are gradually improving.

From this perspective, the later the era, the stronger people's awareness of food safety became, and the higher the safety of food became.

In this day and age, many people are not very aware of food safety and still retain many unsafe and unhealthy lifestyle and eating habits.

It must be said that with economic development and the arrival of the information age, people have easier access to information. With just a little attention, they can acquire more information, overwhelming their predecessors in terms of sheer volume.

With these thoughts in mind, Chen Dong quickly finished his meal.

Old Mr. Lin was getting on in years, and not long after finishing his meal, he went to his room to rest.

Only Chen Dong and Lin Zichang remained to continue their casual conversation.

Before leaving, when Chen Dong wasn't paying attention, Old Lin gave Lin Zichang a look.

Lin Zichang nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Then, he continued his conversation with Chen Dong.

The two talked for a long time, and only then did they realize the enormous differences between them.

It was during this process that they gained a deeper understanding of each other.

Lin Zichang always felt that his life was rather mundane.

Because my grandfather was strict with himself, his life could be described as "hardworking and simple".

He felt that compared to children of the same age, he was really ordinary. He lived a hard life and did not enjoy the various privileges enjoyed by many other children of high-ranking officials. Although he sometimes felt regretful, he was also glad that he avoided many problems because of this.

However, when Lin Zichang listened to Chen Dong talk about his past life, he realized that compared to Chen Dong, he was living in paradise.

At least, he has no worries about food and clothing, no shortage of money, not to mention, he has all sorts of opportunities.

As for Chen Dong, he not only faces problems with food and clothing, but also lacks job opportunities.

After hearing that Chen Dong had once planned to go to Pengcheng with only a few dozen yuan to make a living there, Lin Zichang found it even more unbelievable.

He simply couldn't understand how Chen Dong, who was so down on his luck just a few years ago and had practically nothing, could suddenly become such a wealthy man.

Of course, he believes that Chen Dong's success is mainly due to luck and hard work.

"I really can't understand where you got all this knowledge!" Lin Zichang found it unbelievable after hearing Chen Dong recount his legendary experiences.

It's like someone who has lived an ordinary life for over a decade, and then suddenly one day, he becomes rich.

Chen Dong had already considered how to answer questions like Lin Zichang's without arousing suspicion.

Actually, as long as you don't reveal that you are a reincarnated person, that's fine.

Historically and in reality, there have been many people who were originally clueless and confused, but then suddenly had an epiphany and learned many things they didn't know before.

For example, many child prodigies in history were like this.

For example, many legendary masters who attained enlightenment were originally quite ordinary, but one day, they learned Taoist arts and acupuncture.

Some people who hadn't read many books suddenly found themselves able to read and write.

Of course, we live in an era that values ​​science.

Especially in contemporary China, the official stance is materialism, rejecting supernatural and superstitious beliefs.

Most people either disbelieve strange occurrences or try to explain them scientifically.

Whether it makes sense or not is not something they consider.

Chen Dong's explanation for his unusual abilities was not to showcase his supernatural powers. On the contrary, he wanted to demonstrate his ordinariness in many ways, only being slightly better than ordinary people in certain aspects.

Even if it's just a little bit stronger, it's still within the scope of what science can explain.

In this way, it can be ensured that he is not pulled into research or that people are too wary of him, so as to affect his own work and prevent him from living a normal life.

Therefore, he already had a logically sound explanation to cover up his identity as a reborn person.

Chen Dong also briefly talked about his development process, saying that he grew up step by step.

For a long time, he had been thinking about how to make money.

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