Chapter Seventy-Two Honey-Glazed Char Siu
At home, Xiaoming is studying hard. He's starting with the simplest English, and his English teacher tells him that if he doesn't understand something now, he doesn't need to listen to the lesson; he should focus on building a strong vocabulary first. With vocabulary in hand, he won't have to worry about grades.
As he memorized the material, he discovered that he could understand the reading comprehension passages. Learning was rewarding, and he grew to love it more and more!
There was a note on his desk that said only those who got into the top high school were entitled to good food, which he used to motivate himself.
However, his score was still some distance from the top high school cutoff, so he had to work twice as hard. Thinking this, he pulled out another set of test papers and began writing.
During this time, Huang Mao kept messaging him, asking if he wanted to play games. It's such a precious holiday; it would be such a waste of time not to play games!
Unexpectedly, Xiaoming didn't reply. And this was the nth time Xiaoming had refused to play games with him or skip class to go to internet cafes.
Huang Mao vaguely thought that Xiao Ming must be serious.
Without his friends to play games with, he suddenly found the games boring. After finishing his instant noodles in his room, he scrolled through short videos for a while and unexpectedly came across Yunhe's video.
Yunhe went to a small restaurant near the No. 1 Middle School for a meal. Yunhe was one of his favorite food vloggers; after all, who in the world doesn't love to eat? He even saved Yunhe's videos, thinking that he must go and eat there someday.
Xiaoming hadn't watched her videos for several days, so he watched all of them and found that the small restaurant appeared in the videos very frequently and had a lot of likes.
Xiaoming scrolled to the latest video, and Yunhe was eating roast goose at a small restaurant.
The blogger first showed everyone a bright red and glossy roast goose, and the comments section was flooded with "Give me a bite!"
She bit into the roast goose skin, which made a crisp sound. Yunhe gave a thumbs-up, praising the taste of the roast goose, and then dipped it in plum sauce to taste. Huang Mao watched, his mouth watering. This roast goose smelled so good; he really wanted some too!
Thinking about it, Huang Mao immediately ordered a roast goose for himself.
While waiting, the blond-haired man opened the comments section.
[Watching a video like this while trying to lose weight makes me want to chew up my yoga mat.]
Xiaohe has been going to this restaurant for several days in a row, it must be incredibly delicious!
Yunhe replied - "It's incredibly delicious, absolutely amazing! I don't want to leave Yuncheng!"
[It's my alma mater! I used to eat instant noodles and bread every day because the cafeteria food was so bad. And now this delicious little restaurant has opened at my old high school? The college students are home now. I'll go try it tomorrow.]
[I'm from Yuncheng. Those in the comments saying the blogger is getting paid don't need to worry. This restaurant is really delicious; the owner is an amazing cook. Anyone who's eaten at this place will become her devoted fan. I'm studying hard now so I can get into the top high school and then come here for dinner as soon as get out of class is over [crying]]
The whole building was filled with laughter, and people were encouraging this friend to work hard to get into the top high school, waiting for her to bring back good news.
Huang Mao almost thought the person who posted this comment was Xiao Ming. He also liked the food at the small restaurant, but getting into the top high school was simply a pipe dream for him.
He'd been a "socialite" for many years, but his mind was blank; a quick shake and all he could think about was games.
Sigh, but he also longs to eat such delicious food every day.
As he was thinking, the ringing of the phone interrupted his thoughts.
The takeout arrived, and he rushed out of his room to get it.
As soon as I opened the door, I was surprised to find myself staring at my parents. Oh, right, my parents had said they would be coming home for National Day.
The mother was overjoyed to see her son and called out, "My son!"
Dad came in too, "I bought you clothes, toys, and shoes. Take a look and see if you like them."
As he rummaged through his belongings on the table, he said, "The traffic was terrible during the National Day holiday; I'm only just getting home now."
For a moment, Huang Mao was dazed. He waved the roast goose takeout in his hand and asked, "I ordered takeout. Mom and Dad, have you eaten yet?"
"We'll eat in the car," Mom said, then got up to pack her luggage.
Huang Mao was so hungry for roast goose that he quickly opened the packaging and started eating.
He tore off a goose leg and started gnawing on it. The skin wasn't crispy but rather greasy, and the meat was still a bit dry. Even after dipping it in plum sauce, it didn't taste good. Disappointed, the blond-haired man gnawed on the goose leg, thinking to himself, "If it doesn't look good, it certainly doesn't taste good."
The food at the small restaurant is still the best; he's going to eat there tomorrow.
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After washing the dishes, Yu Miaoyin handed over her order to the pork stall owner. She had ordered a batch of pork shoulder to make honey-glazed char siu. Now that she'd bought a stove, she planned to cook many delicious dishes—roast goose, roast duck, roast ribs, char siu, and so on. When she had time, she wanted to make them all.
She usually buys her groceries from this pork stall, and over time, she became familiar with the owner and they could chat for a while.
"I've reserved the best batch for you, boss, please check it out," said Boss Lin.
“Okay.” Yu Miaoyin looked at it. The pork belly looked beautiful, with the fat distributed like snowflakes on the lean meat. It would definitely taste delicious as honey-glazed char siu.
"I've already sent you the money," Yu Miaoyin said.
Grandma Chen and Zhou Gui asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"
The two were filled with anticipation, wondering what delicious treat Xiaoyin would prepare tomorrow; the roast goose smelled so wonderful today. Grandma Chen prayed, "Dear roast goose, come visit me in my dreams, let me feast on you in my dreams too!"
"Char siu." With that, she and Boss Chen carried the pork belly into the kitchen.
Will there be roast goose tomorrow?
"Yes." As he spoke, the owner of the goose farm came over, bringing along geese that had been slaughtered and plucked.
"Boss, the goose you ordered... I've been too busy today to come and try it." After all, an old man had described it in such a mysterious way, so she was naturally very curious.
Yu Miaoyin looked at the goose and said half-jokingly, "Then you're in luck, I'm going to make char siu tomorrow."
The Tencent CEO nodded. "Okay."
Then she drove away.
She followed yesterday's procedure to complete the preliminary preparations for the roast goose. The char siu was made with her own specially prepared char siu sauce. Yu Miaoyin massaged each piece of char siu sauce to infuse it with flavor before putting it in the refrigerator to marinate.
Once the char siu sauce and honey have fully permeated the pork shoulder, roast it again; the flavor will definitely be amazing. The ribs should also be marinated beforehand; this will make the rib and sausage claypot rice even more fragrant.
After finishing everything, it was already late. Yu Miaoyin took Xiao Tangbao back home, and the two of them took a shower and went to bed together.
Yu Miaoyin really enjoys sleeping with Xiaotangbao; they can whisper sweet nothings together, which is quite nice. The two are currently watching a video that Yiling and Xu Jiajia recommended to her.
It turned out that a blogger was recommending her small restaurant, and Yu Miaoyin remembered this girl.
Little Tangbao watched the video with great surprise and exclaimed, "Wow! Big sister is amazing! So many people say it's delicious! Today I heard some older sisters say that they are from out of town and came to Yuncheng for tourism. Their homes are so far away from here!"
Grandma Chen and Grandpa Xu had both told her that many tourists from other places had come to her small restaurant. Yu Miaoyin was quite surprised that people would actually come to Yuncheng for her small restaurant.
However, Yuncheng is also a nice little tourist city; maybe everyone is here for tourism.
Regardless of the circumstances, quite a few people did come to eat here, which naturally delighted Yu Miaoyin.
After exiting the video app, Yu Miaoyin received a WeChat message from He Tianyou—
He Tianyou: Thank you for the promotion, boss! Thanks to your restaurant, many people have bought the chestnuts I posted online. Thank you! I'll come back to the restaurant tomorrow to thank you again!
He Tianyou was truly grateful to Yu Miaoyin. His chestnuts had been listed on his online store for so long, and he hadn't even earned back his deposit. But with Yu Miaoyin's help, he experienced the feeling of having a surge in orders for the first time!
Although it was an unexpected stroke of luck, He Tianyou was still extremely grateful. Many people sent him screenshots asking if these were the chestnuts used in the small restaurant's braised pork ribs and sausage rice. He also posted about it to ride the wave of popularity, and unexpectedly, he sold a lot of orders.
Yu Miaoyin replied: Your chestnuts are very good, so it's normal that everyone likes them. It's just something I did.
He Tianyou sent many more messages of thanks, saying that He Li had been helping with packing and shipping these past few days, and his whole family was very happy. He said they definitely wanted to thank Yu Miaoyin in person.
In the end, Yu Miaoyin couldn't refuse. He Tianyou was just too enthusiastic; he insisted on personally visiting to express his gratitude.
Yu Miaoyin had no choice but to agree.
On the other side, Xiaoming had been studying for several hours and felt a little tired. He picked up his phone and opened Yunhe's video. Just watching Yunhe's video gave him a lot of motivation, and his determination to get into the top high school became even stronger.
After looking at it for a while, he pulled out a math test paper.
He had just exited the video app when he received a WeChat message from the blond-haired guy—
Hey bro, do you have any study materials for really bad students? Like, the kind where you can get a 6 on a math test by guessing, but still score higher on an English test even if you were a complete idiot?
Xiao Ming slowly typed out three question marks.
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