Chapter 96: Wind Dragon's Invitation and Silver Dragon's Curiosity
At noon, Shen Jiang invited the others to a small restaurant next door for lunch. Lin Yunqing's restaurant was called Fuman Restaurant, which means full of blessings.
The small restaurant is still the same as before, with five tables and the simplest decoration, but the seats outside the door are full of customers waiting for a table.
Lu Chongfeng and Lao Jin seldom come to this kind of fly-in-the-wall restaurant. Lu Chongfeng's apprentice Wang Qiang glanced at the customers outside and thought that this must be an Internet celebrity restaurant, but how long would it take to queue up?
Shen Jiang had greeted Lin Yunqing early in the morning, so she led people directly from the kitchen to the backyard.
Wang Qiang was a little surprised: "Are you familiar with the boss lady? This courtyard doesn't look like it's open to the public."
"This is where the boss lady eats. They don't have many tables, and business has been so good these days that they couldn't reserve a table for us, so they had to arrange for us to eat here." Shen Jiang said with a smile, "Mr. Lu left in a hurry last time, and I didn't treat him well. It's a good thing that you're here today, Mr. Jin, so I'll treat this as a welcome dinner for you two. I hope you don't mind."
Shen Jiang gave a brief introduction to the store employees.
Wang Qiang opened his mouth and wanted to say, "How dare you!" His teacher usually never comes to such a small restaurant to eat, let alone this is a grand welcoming banquet.
Lao Jin waved his hand. "Oh, what are you complaining about? I just came from the kitchen, and it's spotless. I feel so relieved when I eat here."
Wang Qiang was stunned, and then he remembered that when he passed by the kitchen just now, the hygiene inside was indeed very good.
Lu Chongfeng nodded. "This restaurant is nice. It's clean and looks delicious. If it weren't for Shen Jiang, we probably wouldn't have been able to eat here."
Wang Qiang was stunned again, thinking, "You guys are still too naive. If he had told me this shop wasn't even open last month, and now it's open, there are so many people queuing up outside. I guess those people are hired by the shop." However, his master rarely eats out, and when he does, it's always at a big restaurant. I guess this little place really gives them some fresh air.
It would take some time for the dishes to arrive, so Shen Jiangxian and He Mei went to pour a few cups of tea.
Lu Chongfeng randomly picked up one of the cups of brown-red tea. As soon as he drank the warm tea, his eyes suddenly changed.
Lao Jin looked at him, and the same look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Is this three-bean, black plum, and white sugar soup?"
Shen Jiang smiled and said, "As expected of a senior, you can tell right away after just one sip."
Wang Qiang looked at another classmate in bewilderment. "Black plum soup? Is it sour plum soup? Why don't they taste the same?"
Lu Chongfeng couldn't bear to watch his apprentice's behavior. "How come you two don't even know this? Don't say you're my apprentice when you go out."
Lao Jin picked up another cup of brighter tea and took a sip. A rich and unique aroma of dates mixed with the unique sweetness of longan hit him. Although this cup was not as appetizing as the sour and sweet one just now, it made his hungry stomach feel much more satisfied.
"Red date and longan tea, this little restaurant is quite interesting."
Wang Qiang complained in his heart, it’s just a cup of red date tea, it’s probably the same as the free barley tea sold outside.
Because the soup had been cooked long ago, He Dayong cooked quickly, and the whole table was served in no time. Wang Qiang looked at the table full of mostly green vegetables and couldn't help but think that the owner of this Chinese medicine clinic was actually a stingy person.
But he soon realized that he was wrong.
He had never eaten such delicious vegetables!
The tender, crispy, and sweet water celery was not only crunchy, but the stems were also tender and juicy. The best part was, it was stir-fried with bacon. The bacon's unique smoky and salty flavor blended with the water celery's sweetness, and Wang Qiang couldn't stop eating. He didn't even notice that the teacher was glaring at him.
There is also fried amaranth, which looks ordinary but tastes unique, especially the sweet aftertaste that is unforgettable.
Lao Jin laughed heartily. "Lao Lu, it seems your apprentice is already starving. But the food in this little restaurant is really good. I wonder where the boss found this chef."
Mr. Lu nodded: "The dishes here seem to be particularly fresh and have a special flavor."
Lao Jin laughed at him: "Vegetables should taste like vegetables, how can they taste like meat?"
"I'm talking about the taste of that dish from our childhood."
Lao Jin was startled, then he took another piece of radish with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. "Hey, it's true. When I was a kid, I went to my grandmother's house and the vegetables she picked from the fields tasted just like this. They were so tender and fresh..."
Shen Jiang smiled and asked them to try the soup in the clay pot in the middle of the table. "This is the hidden menu of the restaurant. It's the sour jujube kernel and lotus seed old duck soup. It nourishes yin and moistens dryness. Most people can't taste it here."
Looking at the rich broth, Elder Lu knew it must have been simmered long beforehand. It seemed Shen Jiang wasn't as indifferent to the welcoming banquet as she'd let on. On the contrary, her dedication was evident in the details invisible to others.
This restaurant is simply amazing. Just like Mingxintang, if he hadn't tasted every dish, he really couldn't imagine that this unassuming little restaurant was full of wonders.
He Mei: "That's true. I've been here so many times, but I've never seen the boss lady make this soup."
Wang Qiang envied her a little. "It's great that you live so close. You can come here to eat from time to time. The food here is even better than some Black Pearl restaurants. But there's a line here, so it's probably hard for you to get a seat."
Chen Ru shook her head. "No, we eat lunch here every day, but it's never as sumptuous as today. We use those cafeteria lunch boxes, and each person has three dishes and a soup, and it's different every day."
As soon as she said this, she immediately attracted the hateful gazes of everyone who was eating here for the first time.
Lao Jin was a little bit incredulous: "Shen Jiang, can you eat these every day?"
Shen Jiang nodded. "Everyone works very hard every day, and this can be considered an employee benefit. In fact, I have a stake in this restaurant. These dishes are all fresh vegetables that my cousin brings in from the countryside every day. Don't worry, everyone can eat them. They are all pesticide-free."
Old Jin's eyes were complicated. "Old Lu, if I tell Shen Jiang now that I can come to Mingxin Hall for consultations two days a week, wouldn't that be too obvious?"
Elder Lu ate his food silently. After everyone started a new round of conversation, he suddenly said to his apprentice and assistant, "Find an excuse to postpone the contract renewal at the Sixth Hospital a few days ago. Also, cancel other unnecessary meetings and see if you can squeeze out time to come to Mingxin Hall to see patients."
Wang Qiang puffed up his cheeks and nodded repeatedly. If the master could come, then he could follow him. He thought this was a good idea.
*
The other side of the world.
Wind Dragon Quick finally broke through his long-standing bottleneck and successfully advanced.
"This is such great news, Quick, I've known for a long time that you are an extraordinary little dragon." Quick's mother Ruth's face was full of pride in her.
Quick's face was also full of pride. The magic stone in the human's hand was of amazing power. He only used dozens of them and effortlessly broke through the level that he had not been able to successfully break through in the past few decades.
Now, with his greatly increased strength, he can better deal with the assembled human magicians, and maybe even obtain more top-grade magic stones from his human master.
"Why don't we throw a grand party to celebrate your safe return home and your successful advancement. Everyone is very interested in your experiences this year."
Quick's smug expression froze. Aside from him and Godwin, no other dragon in the clan knew how he'd returned. But his parents were convinced: Quick's charm must have captivated the unsympathetic black dragon, who then let him go home.
Quick politely declined with a stiff expression, "Let's talk about this tomorrow. I'm a little tired after my breakthrough, and I want to get a good night's sleep first."
"Don't worry about this! Just have a good rest and leave the party to your father and me." Ruth didn't notice her son's unnaturalness at all. She had only one thought at this moment: the goddess of luck finally visited their home again.
Ruth acted without hesitation. She was a wind dragon, famous for her speed among the dragon clan. That day, almost all the dragons received invitations from Ruth's family, inviting them to the Wind Dragon Valley where Ruth was, to attend Quick's promotion celebration party.
Silver Dragon had just returned home after a journey through time and space. When he walked outside, he found a striking fiery red invitation stuck on the door, which was from the family of Wind Dragon Ruth.
"Interesting, Godwin is so kind as to let Quick go home. I wonder if Ruth has invited Godwin to this party?" Perrin touched his chin, a wicked smile on his lips, and without even stepping into the door of his house, he turned around and went to another Dragon Mountain that he was familiar with.
"Godwin, why didn't you tell me you moved?" The silver dragon Perrin searched several places and finally found Godwin on a remote island.
The black dragon was lazily lying on the white beach, basking in the sun, looking very comfortable.
"Why are you here again?" He didn't even raise his eyelids. Perrin was his father dragon's friend. Apart from him, no dragon dared to enter or leave his dragon mountain for no reason.
Perrin looked up and around. "Where's your human follower? Where did she go?"
"Put aside your curiosity about her," Godwin looked up, his eyes full of menace.
Perrin smiled softly, "I told you she was special to you, and it's true."
Godwin was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, she is just my most loyal believer..."
Perrin looked at him with a half-smile, but didn't continue the conversation. "Did you know that Quick advanced successfully within a few months after you returned? Many dragons are probably speculating that it was your training that allowed Quick to advance in such a short time. Why don't you tell me, is that really the case?"
"That stupid dragon was able to advance because..."
Inexplicably, the solemn faces of humans flashed through Godwin's mind.
"From now on, please don't tell anyone that Quick is my disciple."
But that was what she said to others, and it had nothing to do with the great black dragon Godwin Caesar.
Perrin had an amused look on his face, waiting for Godwin, the dragon in question, to tell him the most authentic firsthand information.
Godwin's expression remained unchanged. "...Of course, it's because he practices magic every day with me as his target."
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