Chapter 191 No Food to Eat
"Niuniu has grown so tall? And become prettier?" Xiao Jiuyue pinched Niuniu's face. She was different from the chubby Niuniu she saw when she tasted the food for the first time last year. Now she was getting prettier and prettier.
"Sister, you are pretty!" Niu Niu grinned, with a gap between her front teeth showing.
"Come, try the snacks on the table. Which one do you like?" Xiao Jiuyue asked proactively.
"I've never eaten this." Niuniu looked at the watermelon shaved ice and asked, "Sister, what is this?"
"Watermelon." Xiao Jiuyue had just finished speaking when Niuniu said, "Sister, you're lying! Watermelons don't look like this, and they don't even have seeds!"
Niu Niu stared at Xiao Jiuyue with her big round eyes, and her eyes seemed to say: Sister, you are lying!
"Niuniu, when did I ever lie to you? This is seedless." Xiao Jiuyue filled a bowl and handed it to her: "Smell it, does it taste like watermelon?"
Niuniu came forward and sniffed it carefully, her big eyes full of doubt as she said, "This seems to smell like watermelon!"
"Then try it again and see if it's a watermelon." Xiao Jiuyue said encouragingly.
Niuniu took a spoon and put big mouthfuls of watermelon into her mouth. Soon, her eyes widened and she said, "Sister, the watermelon is so cold and sweet!"
Niu Niu ate the watermelon shaved ice with big mouthfuls.
"Is it delicious? We put a lot of effort into making this watermelon shaved ice!" Tang Tian felt so proud when she saw Niu Niu's happy expression.
It took a lot of effort to make this watermelon shaved ice, but after it was made, Tang Tian loved it the most!
Having a bowl of this in summer is simply the happiest thing in life!
"tasty!"
While eating, Niuniu said to Shopkeeper Zeng, "Daddy, it's delicious."
"Be good." Shopkeeper Zeng looked at her and said, "Miss Xiao, what do you mean by these snacks?"
"Doesn't the restaurant need snacks? For example, some guests might need snacks after their meal?" Xiao Jiuyue tapped the table and said, "I know that restaurants used to make their own snacks, but this is the capital city now. Just the upstairs and downstairs, the boat room in the pond, and the backyard—there must be sixty-six tables in total."
"The restaurant doesn't have enough staff. If we turn over tables once a night, that would be over a hundred." Xiao Jiuyue looked at Shopkeeper Zeng and said, "The snacks made by the candy shop can be supplied to the restaurant in a fixed quantity, killing two birds with one stone."
"The taste of my snacks is beyond reproach." When Tang Tian heard this, she immediately started to praise her own snacks.
Zeng Qing watched his daughter eat with relish. Raised in a restaurant since she was a child, Niu Niu's taste buds were pickier than others. Ordinary snacks were not acceptable to her at all!
"Sure." Zeng Qing was worried that the taro balls and tofu pudding were difficult to make, but now he can finally have a break.
After finishing the snacks, the dishes were served one by one.
Tang Tian said, "Shopkeeper Zeng, we've already arrived in the capital, why aren't there any of Lancang County's signature dishes?"
"Braised pig's trotters, boiled cabbage, nine-turn large intestine, stir-fried blood duck, etc., or worst case scenario, drunkard peanuts will do!" The dishes that Tang Tian mentioned are all the must-order dishes when she goes to Fengchunlou!
"Hahaha, thank you Miss Tang for liking it. Today, all the dishes are new." As soon as Shopkeeper Zeng mentioned the new dishes, Tang Tian couldn't wait to pick up her chopsticks.
“Stir-fried small loach.”
"Eel noodles."
“Pan-fried crucian carp.”
Shopkeeper Zeng introduced the new dishes. Although they were new, he knew them all by heart. He said, "There are also a few dishes called Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. They are all fresh from the seaside. This one is called shredded kelp. It has shredded cucumber and mung bean sprouts. It is served cold and crispy and refreshing."
"tasty!"
Tang Tian had been waiting for the entire afternoon. Apart from eating some melon seeds, she was looking forward to this dinner in the evening!
"I'm glad that Miss Tang likes it. Take your time to eat." Shopkeeper Zeng was in a very good mood when he saw Tang Tian eating with relish, as if he had foreseen that the restaurant's business would be booming.
"Sister Xiao, the new dishes at Fengchunlou are just as delicious as the ones at Fengchunlou!" Tang Tian narrowed her eyes as she ate. If Shopkeeper Zeng hadn't been here, she would have eaten even more extravagantly.
"Shao Lan, right? It's so delicious." Tang Tian squeezed Sun Shao Lan beside her.
"Yeah." Sun Shaolan nodded.
Xiao Jiuyue sat aside and watched carefully. Sun Shaolan ate without saying a word.
"Tiantian, try this?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at the basin of snails, but didn't touch any of them.
"Here, they're all shells." Tang Tian stared at the snails and said, "Who eats them with the shells?"
She had eaten it before. It had a fishy smell and was fried with leeks, so it wasn’t very tasty!
Not to mention, the snails nowadays still have their shells.
Xiao Jiuyue didn't say anything, she just picked up the snails and started eating. The snails with shells looked particularly beautiful between her slender fingers.
Xiao Jiuyue took the snail and sucked a sip of the soup, then sucked it gently again, and the snail meat was in his mouth.
Tang Tian was stunned: "Sister Xiao, is this delicious?"
Without waiting for Xiao Jiuyue to answer, Tang Tian started sucking directly. She didn't know how delicious the soup tasted until she sucked it: "This soup is delicious!"
"The meat inside tastes even better!" Xiao Jiuyue chuckled, took another snail and taught Tang Tian how to eat it!
Sun Shaolan watched from the side and followed suit. Then, as if she had opened the door to a new world, she started to eat the snails one after another. Soon, the snails in front of her piled up into a small hill.
Tang Tian tasted it several times and said, "No, either I can't eat it, or I'll eat my intestines too." Tang Tian gave up and put the snails on the table. Her long nails were useless now.
"Who told you to have such long nails?" Sun Shaolan couldn't help but laugh. As she sucked on the snail meat, she said, "Cousin, this snail meat is the best I've ever tasted."
Tang Tian, who couldn't even eat it, was so angry when she saw Sun Shaolan showing off: "Sun Shaolan!"
"Cousin, let me help you eat more." Sun Shaolan increased the speed of her hands.
Tang Tian: “…”
Xiao Jiuyue who was watching from the side was laughing. For a foodie, Tang Tian's expression when facing the delicious food but couldn't eat it was so funny.
"Sister Xiao." Tang Tian looked at Xiao Jiuyue with resentment on her face: "Such delicious food, but someone like me can't even eat it, isn't that just frustrating?"
"Look how anxious you are." Xiao Jiuyue looked at her resentful expression and took out the homemade bamboo sticks that had been placed on the table long ago. "Use this. One poke and it will come out."
As soon as Xiao Jiuyue demonstrated, Tang Tian couldn't wait to pick up the snail meat with a bamboo skewer. The moment she put it in her mouth, Tang Tian immediately understood: "Shao Lan, you are absolutely right!"
"tasty!"
After Tang Tian got the bamboo sticks, she took them one after another, as if she was going to compete with Sun Shaolan.
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the two piles of snail meat in front of them and asked, "Tiantian, Shaolan, do you think eating snails like this is not aesthetically pleasing?"
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