Chapter 38 Treat
I opened the lid and the mung bean soup felt a little cool. It tasted better after being refrigerated. I didn't need a spoon and just drank it in big gulps.
This is so delicious!
It is soft and sweet but not greasy, it is simply the best mung bean paste!
"It's delicious, right? This isn't takeout, I packed it from the restaurant. I think it's called Qiong Ye Restaurant or something..."
"Qiong Ye Restaurant?" Xu Zijun was stunned for a moment. He felt that the name was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
Just as he was about to ask, a loud shout suddenly came from a distance.
"Brother Xu, what are you drinking?"
Xu Zijun threw the bowl in his hand in panic, as if nothing had happened.
At noon the next day, Bai Mengmeng was preparing to close the shop.
As a result, the person who packed half a bucket of mung bean soup yesterday came running over again in a hurry.
"Boss, please pack me another bucket of mung bean soup."
Ma Penghao came here this time on the director's orders.
We drank mung bean soup yesterday afternoon and everyone felt very satisfied. It was also very effective in cooling down the body.
Usually in the afternoon, I would feel dizzy due to the heat and lack the energy to work, but yesterday I felt very refreshed.
The director thought it was the mung bean soup's credit, and actually said that he would treat everyone today and asked Ma Penghao to buy more.
The director is usually very stingy, a real miser, who will take advantage of anything he can get. I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to treat us today.
Originally, Ma Penghao planned to order takeout, but he couldn't find Qiongye Restaurant on the takeout platform.
No one else knew where the store was, so he could only borrow an electric car, bring the plastic box that usually contained breakfast, and hurried over to pack it up.
Bai Mengmeng felt a little embarrassed when she saw this person running over to buy mung bean soup in the middle of summer.
"Sorry, I didn't make mung bean soup today, but I did make sour plum soup. Do you want some?"
"Sour plum soup?"
Ma Penghao looked a little unhappy.
The main actors in the crew treated us to a meal a few days ago and we also drank sour plum soup.
This stuff is not very tasty. Most of it is made directly from powder. Although it tastes sour, sweet and cool at first, the aftertaste is a little bitter, and there is a strange taste in the mouth. It neither quenches thirst nor relieves heat.
So he suddenly became disappointed, sighed, and planned to turn around and leave.
He came here originally for the mung bean soup. After driving for such a long time in the hot summer, he wanted to have a bowl of it to cool down, but he didn't expect that the boss didn't make it today.
Bai Mengmeng saw that Ma Penghao was tall, his clothes on the back were soaked with sweat, and his face was covered with sweat, so she hurriedly called him to stop.
"Why don't you use the air conditioner for a while? And even though I didn't make mung bean soup, the sour plum soup I made is pretty good, not much worse than mung bean soup."
The sour plum soup she made was not made with powder. It was slowly simmered with hawthorn, dried tangerine peel, black plum, roselle and rock sugar. Before it was cooked, she added a little dried osmanthus, so it tasted a bit fragrant.
Then simmer it over low heat for two hours to make the soup fragrant and rich, then put it in the well to cool.
Ma Penghao thought about it and felt that he was indeed quite hot.
"Boss, give me a bowl of sour plum soup. Let me try it."
Bai Mengmeng nodded in agreement and filled a cup with water.
When he got it, Ma Penghao found that the sour plum soup seemed to be indeed different from what he had tasted before.
Not only is the color darker and looks more satisfying, but it is also very cold, with steam on the cup. Before he even takes a sip, the sour and sweet aroma penetrates his nose, making him drool.
He was already very hot, and at this moment he couldn't help himself and drank half a cup directly.
XA City has a strong sour smell, followed by sweetness, and a slightly sour aftertaste. It can be said that the taste is just right.
Although there is no ice in it, it is very cool. After taking a bite, even your internal organs feel cold. You can feel all the heat in your body dissipate, and the aftertaste is long.
"Boss, your sour plum soup tastes really good. Why does it feel a little different from the ones sold outside?"
Bai Mengmeng laughed and said, "Sour plum soup is always different. I made it myself. What do you think?"
"It's so delicious! I've never tasted anything so good!"
Ma Penghao held the sour plum soup with a bright smile on his face: "I like it very much. Please pack thirty servings for me today and I will take them all away later."
Bai Mengmeng frowned and counted it out, then said awkwardly: "Maybe only 20 points, is that okay?"
Ma Penghao finally agreed.
Not everyone has to drink sour plum soup. Let’s buy some ice cream later. People who don’t like sour plum soup can also eat ice cream.
When the time comes, just put it on the table and let everyone take it themselves.
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As soon as Ma Penghao arrived at the crew with a foam box, Director Feng came over with a smile.
"Have you bought the mung bean soup? Tell everyone it's my treat, everyone should have some."
Ma Penghao opened the foam box, which was half full of sour plum soup and a small portion of ice cream.
Director Feng's smile instantly vanished, and he said speechlessly, "Didn't I tell you to buy mung bean soup? Why did you buy sour plum soup?"
"Director Feng, that store isn't selling mung bean soup today." Ma Penghao said mysteriously, "But this sour plum soup is also really good. I bought it from the same store. It's not the cheap kind made with powder. Try it, it tastes really good!"
Director Feng looked at him suspiciously. What was this guy talking about?
How delicious could sour plum soup be? He had drunk it at least ten times during the time he came to Phoenix Mountain to film. He didn't think sour plum soup was that delicious, so he just took an ice cream.
The staff nearby were not picky. They had been moving things for a long time in the hot summer and were already very hot. They just picked up the sour plum soup and drank it with a straw.
But after drinking it, he immediately realized something was wrong.
It tastes sour and sweet with a fragrant aroma. The sour and sweet taste stimulates me and makes me salivate.
It feels like you are in a deep canyon, so cool.
“It’s delicious!”
"Ma Penghao, where did you buy this sour plum soup?"
"Did your girlfriend do this?"
"It's really delicious. If you haven't got it yet, come and get it quickly. It will be gone if you're late."
Seeing that others liked it so much, Director Feng couldn't help but take a cup and savor it slowly.
As soon as he took a sip, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. This sour plum soup was absolutely genuine.
When he was a child, on hot summer days, he would sit on a recliner and his grandfather would fan him.
The sour plum soup cooked with licorice and black plums in the stove tasted exactly like this one when he drank it after refrigeration, which made him unforgettable for the rest of his life.
For a moment, Director Feng's nose felt sore and he was reluctant to swallow it.
Just as I was feeling emotional, Ma Penghao came over with an invoice.
"Director, this is the invoice."
Director Feng didn't care, but when he saw the amount, his eyes widened suddenly.
"Hmm...? Why is it so expensive? Does sour plum soup cost this much?"
Ma Penghao quickly explained: "This isn't genuine material, so it's normal for it to be a bit more expensive."
That's the truth.
But this time, I couldn't swallow the sour plum soup in my mouth.
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