"Selling boxed lunches! Delicious boxed lunches! Top-quality boxed lunches!"
Li Huan continued to hawk his wares.
His voice was loud and clear, containing inner strength.
The musicians playing the suona and gongs had already fled, covering their noses from the stench.
Yang Guo, Li Fu, Zhou Botong, the Wu brothers, and Lu Youjiao surrounded the electric tricycle, observing it with curiosity.
Gongsun Zhi strode out of the gate with his head held high.
Huang Rong, Guo Jing, Master Yideng, Qiu Chuji, and many other guests followed closely behind.
Upon seeing the red electric tricycle, Gongsun Zhi looked surprised, then sized up Li Huan.
"Are you Alliance Leader Li?" Gongsun Zhi suppressed his displeasure and asked with clasped hands.
“That’s right!” Li Fu exclaimed first, “He is the leader of the martial arts alliance, my father!”
Gongsun Zhi was stunned.
The martial arts alliance leader is so young, he doesn't look to be more than thirty years old, and his clothes and appearance are very strange.
Li Huan also quickly sized up Gongsun Zhi.
The man was about forty-five years old, tall and handsome, but with a sallow complexion and looked haggard.
If he were to marry Xiaolongnu, it would definitely be an old cow eating young grass.
Li Huan, holding a ladle, said to Gongsun Zhi, "Judging from your groom's attire, you must be Gongsun Zhi, the master of the Valley of Heartbreak!"
Gongsun Zhi said, "Since Alliance Leader Li knows my identity, why is he still shouting outside the door and disrupting the wedding banquet?"
Li Huan chuckled: "That's not true! How can I not shout out my wares when I'm running a stall? Today's food may smell bad, but it's delicious!"
"I set up my stall here to add to the festive atmosphere of the Valley Master's wedding banquet. It's a well-intentioned gesture, and I certainly didn't mean to cause any trouble!"
Gongsun Zhi barely suppressed his anger: "Popularity and joy? Humph, it's clearly stench!"
As they were talking, the bride quietly arrived and stood beside Gongsun Zhi.
She was dressed in a wedding gown and wore a phoenix crown, her face obscured by a beaded curtain, making it impossible to discern her features.
Upon closer inspection, Li Huan noticed that the bride's height was similar to that of Xiaolongnu, but her figure was somewhat fuller.
Gongsun Zhi hurriedly said, "I've disturbed you, madam. Please return to the hall, and we will continue the wedding ceremony later."
The bride remained silent; it was impossible to tell whether she was pleased or angry.
Zhou Botong said anxiously, "Li Huan! Quickly introduce today's dishes!"
In terms of being a "foodie," the Old Urchin was no less than Hong Qigong. The two once sneaked into the imperial kitchen of the palace to steal all kinds of delicacies.
Li Huan tapped the food container with a ladle and said loudly.
"Four meat dishes! Fried stinky tofu balls, stinky mandarin fish, stir-fried pork intestines with stinky sauce, and natto mixed with dried shrimp."
"Four vegetarian dishes! Cucumber with fermented bean curd, fermented amaranth stems, fermented tofu skin, and cold fish mint salad!"
After the introduction, Li Huan felt happy.
That system is really awful, it arranged eight classic stinky dishes!
Li Fu hurriedly reminded him, "Daddy, fried stinky tofu balls are clearly a vegetarian dish!"
Li Huan said, "Fu'er, you don't know this, but today's 'deep-fried stinky tofu balls' are different from the previous 'deep-fried stinky tofu'. They contain meat filling!"
"Hahaha..." Zhou Botong drooled, "I'll definitely eat a few more fried stinky tofu balls!"
Li Huan tapped the food bucket again: "Today's staple food is snail rice noodles!"
Zhou Botong suddenly slurped his saliva: "I love snail rice noodles the most! Five years ago, Hong Qigong and I went to western Guangdong and searched everywhere for snail rice noodles, but we couldn't find any!"
Yang Guo, in high spirits, pointed to the "stir-fried pork intestines with stinky sauce".
"Uncle Li, stir-fried pork intestines should smell delicious, why do they smell so bad?"
Li Huan said, "It's very simple. I use stinky sauce to pair with pig intestines, which makes the texture better and the taste more delicious!"
Huang Rong approached the food bucket and asked curiously, "The beans in this 'Natto with Dried Shrimp' dish look like soybeans."
Li Huan said, "Actually, it's just soybeans!"
"If it's soybeans, why is it called natto?" Guo Jing couldn't help but ask.
Li Huan explained, "After soybeans are cooked, they ferment through 'natto bacteria,' producing a sticky substance that smells rather foul, hence the name 'natto'!"
Guo Jing asked again, "Natto bacteria? What's that?"
Li Huan said, "You've tried fermented glutinous rice before, haven't you?"
Guo Jing nodded.
Li Huan said, "The ingredient for making fermented rice is yeast, and natto bacteria are equivalent to yeast. Do you understand?"
Guo Jing seemed to understand, but still nodded.
Huang Rong said, "Natto and fermented black beans are quite similar."
Li Huan said, "Natto originated from fermented soybeans in the Central Plains of China. It spread to the island nation of Japan. The locals discovered natto bacteria on rice straw, so they put cooked soybeans into bundles of rice straw, which fermented into natto."
Huang Rong said, "Oh, I see. Natto is produced in Japan."
Gongsun Zhi became increasingly surprised as he listened.
The martial arts alliance leader spoke logically and didn't seem like he was deliberately causing trouble.
What kind of superb culinary skills can turn the rotten into the magical, and cook up smelly ingredients into delicious dishes?
Huang Rong then said, "Brother Huan, today Valley Master Gongsun has won a beautiful wife. Why not send him a thousand boxed meals as a congratulatory gift?"
Zhou Botong hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, the boxed lunches will be a congratulatory gift! After the Valley Master accepts them, he will definitely share them with everyone. We will all benefit from the Valley Master's favor and have a good meal!"
As the old man spoke, he swallowed hard, his stomach growling.
Gongsun Zhi's thick eyebrows furrowed.
Imagine the pungent smell of a thousand smelly boxed meals placed in a wedding banquet hall.
Li Huan shook his head: "Rong'er, you're wrong!"
Huang Rong asked, "Where did you go wrong?"
Li Huan said with feigned seriousness, "Today is a joyous occasion for Valley Master Gongsun, with many guests. How can a thousand boxed meals be enough? At least three thousand!"
Gongsun Zhi was so angry that his mouth twisted into a crook.
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