Chapter 1636

Entering July, the temperature rose sharply, and it was difficult for the temperature to drop at night.

Going out at this time requires great courage; otherwise, you'd be melted by the heat as soon as you stepped out of the air-conditioned room.

But it doesn't matter!

Qin Yun and He Kuang coincidentally drove out the largest cars in their homes—it didn't matter if they were expensive, cheap, new, or old, as long as the trunk could hold things.

It had to be especially spacious!

Only Yun Feng hesitated: "The temperature in Yunqiao Village is also very high, and the elders at home don't want to go. I'm just a family of three, so I'm considering whether to buy high-speed rail tickets..."

He lives in the Imperial Capital, and it takes nearly ten hours to drive here; it's indeed a bit exhausting.

As for taking a plane... Yuncheng is too small; there is no airport at all.

Qin Yun was heartbroken: "Just three people! If you drive an SUV here, wouldn't half the car be available for holding things?"

"Exactly!" He Kuang was also envious: "If you take the high-speed rail, what if Lu Chuan arranges vegetables and fruits for us? How would you bring them?"

"And also, Lu Chuan hired a chef to cover our three meals a day, using those ingredients! Are you really not bringing the elders?"

Yun Feng:...

It's not that he didn't want to persuade them, it's just that the elders on both sides are now jealous of each other because of that tea. He didn't have a single ounce of the tea Lu Chuan sent this year left for himself; being a son-in-law and a son caught in the middle is not easy!

But for that tea, Lu Chuan introduced a teahouse in Shancheng; only internal members have the qualification to buy it in limited quantities, and it costs hundreds of thousands per jin!

If the elders took a fancy to it and couldn't afford it... wouldn't that be heart-wrenching?

Therefore, he hesitated:

"Eating and taking things at his girlfriend's house—isn't that inappropriate?"

Qin Yun and He Kuang said in unison: "Thick-skinned, eat your fill! Thin-skinned, you won't get to eat!"

Anyway, Lu Chuan won't let his girlfriend suffer, so as a brother, wouldn't it be inappropriate not to take a couple of stabs at him?

In short, you choose!

By the time Lu Chuan got the news, all three of them had already dragged their families onto the highway.

Lu Chuan:...

He had no choice but to tell Lu Jing: "Mom, my editor is bringing elders from both sides over; lock two more high-priced rooms."

Lu Jing was overjoyed: "Oh my, it's rare for your friends to come, and with so many people, it's fortunate that we hired a chef—when will the chef arrive?"

Their homestay doesn't have a proper large kitchen, and for seventeen or eighteen people from three families, the small pots couldn't be efficient, so they built a simple room in the corner of the backyard and modified a set of firewood stoves.

Cooking in the summer is a bitter task, so they installed air conditioning—let's be cool for as long as we can.

But these all require the chef to adapt and get used to them, so it's not good to arrive later than the guests.

Lu Jing is urging him now because she estimates the guests should arrive tonight.

Lu Chuan checked the time: "Boss Chang said the internal selection was delayed by two days; the other party set off this morning with an apprentice, but they should be arriving soon."

As for the head chef, when going out, he always has to bring his own tools, many of which are heavy and metallic, so he didn't choose the high-speed rail, but had his apprentice drive.

Setting off early in the morning, they should arrive around ten o'clock, just in time to adapt at noon and make a few small dishes for the bosses to taste, and then officially take office in the evening.

Now on the road to Yunqiao Village, the 30-year-old apprentice sighed:

"This trip is really not easy."

Money is a small matter; like craftsmen like them, they have a share in the boss's business, so they don't really care about the one-month salary for this business trip.

But, can this be an outsider?

This is the holy land of vegetables carefully selected by Master Qian!

The boss wanders around the back kitchen every day, complaining that there aren't enough vegetables, and complaining that Boss Song refuses to sell him this or that, muttering and resentful, just like a deserted wife whose dowry was snatched away.

See, the chefs have long been yearning for such a place.

It's just that they are low-key, and as a group of wage earners, they couldn't just rush over to disturb them.

Now that there is a legitimate opportunity—

It's called racking their brains and breaking through obstacles!

Master Chai was beaming in the back seat, triumphant: "That's right! If it weren't for the fact that your master has skills and a thick skin, how would we have such an opportunity?"

"Be bolder when you get there; don't repeat the dishes, and strive to use every single ingredient."

Although the vegetable supply at Chang Le Ju is very sufficient, not every head chef can use the vegetables they want every day.

For example, if you want to make garlic lettuce, the lettuce is good enough, but because the amount of garlic is not enough, you can only match it with ordinary ones...

Just ask if it's heart-wrenching or not!

It's too heart-wrenching!

A while ago, they were gifted many baskets of sweet potato leaves, and they used them to make steamed sweet potato leaves, sweet potato leaf buns... the guests ate them so happily!

Just as they were pondering that this thing has a high yield and shouldn't be hard to sell, the sweet potato leaves came to an abrupt end.

Upon asking, they were told that the sweet potato stems were picked to make pickled vegetables and sold online, and now the quantity is enough.

The second batch hasn't grown out yet.

As for the rest... the rest were picked over, and because they didn't look good, or were old, or had holes, they were fed to pigs and chickens.

Oh my!

That day, the back kitchen was full of sighs, wishing they could just stand in front of Boss Chang! Shake his dead mouth:

We'll carefully pick and tidy them up! The broken ones can be made into buns, and the old ones can be kneaded again and made into pickled vegetables!

How can you feed them to pigs and chickens?

It made Boss Chang full of anger too:

He didn't bring them over—is it because he didn't want to?

He asked everyone again: "The pork, beef, and mutton sent over, as well as the chickens and ducks—if they weren't fed these things, could the taste be good?"

Only then did everyone calm down.

Hey! A chef without good ingredients is like a cultivator without a Foundation Establishment Pill; it's incredibly anxiety-inducing.

And now...

The 50-year-old, sturdy little old man, Master Chai, shouted happily in his heart:

【Yunqiao Village, here I come!】

While not forgetting to ask his apprentice:

"I told you to buy a new mobile phone; did you buy it? You young people know how to use it; remember to take good-looking photos and send them to our group."

Although the apprentice isn't qualified to take a share yet, he was also cultivated by his master, and he is at an age full of ambition.

He said proudly at this moment:

"Master, don't worry! I guarantee I'll make them drool and howl in the group every day."

"I heard there is also a Master Song here who is good at making rural wild vegetables, not a bit worse than Master Qian; I'll go and learn from him when the time comes."

That's right!

The master was also very satisfied.

"Master Song is good at making wild vegetables, but I heard he isn't very handy at making the currently popular desserts. If you have a chance, coax some of their meat, eggs, and milk too."

"Isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival coming soon? Show off your skills with all kinds of mooncakes, like custard lava and this and that."

"In case they eat it and like it, they'll call us again next time."

The master and apprentice imagined the future in the car, made good plans, and the dream was exceptionally perfect.

And on this side, Boss Chang called someone over, and didn't forget to claim credit with Song Tan—first revealing that he had dispatched capable generals, and then stating the carefully selected standards.

"This Master Chai has a great body, can endure hardship and work hard, and has no problem burning a big stove in the countryside; I gave him a high-temperature subsidy."

"Especially since he lived a poor life when he was young, just like our Master Song, he is particularly good at utilizing ingredients. From the tip of the leaf to the root, as long as it's not inedible, he can utilize it all, and the taste isn't bad."

This is an advantage that is very much appreciated in the countryside, especially in the old Song family.

So after picking and choosing this time, he was still the one decided upon.

Although Boss Chang's intention was not in the wine, Song Tan still accepted this favor, thanked him, and asked him:

"The eagle-beak peaches are about to ripen; should I just call your truck to transport them back, and you can do the packaging yourself?"

Boss Chang's spirit was lifted.

It wouldn't be appropriate for him to package these again—but to separate a portion and supply them exclusively to his member customers, that would be no problem at all.

Now the membership cards of Chang Le Ju are very popular, because the supply is limited, and they are hard to find online.

After many basic card customers sold them second-hand at a premium, seeing the price still soaring, they couldn't help but feel a lot of regret.

It was truly unexpected that one day, a membership card for a restaurant without a Michelin star could also rise with the tide like this.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the car of Master Chai and his apprentice stopped steadily at the entrance of the Fairytale Homestay.

Just after getting out of the car, Master Chai's eyes lit up:

"Oh my, this hotel is decorated beautifully!"

In the current high-temperature weather, many rose flowers have bloomed into a big pancake; they look lively from a distance, but a mess up close.

However, the blue hydrangeas, oak-leaf hydrangeas, and panicle hydrangeas that Lu Chuan carefully tends to are clusters of blue, light cyan, milky white, pink, and green, looking enthusiastic.

There are also many begonias of different colors in the shade, paired with various green plants like caladiums; because the color transition is harmonious, they look very brilliant.

The blue dragon feather maple sways in the wind, the olive trees are tall and big, and in the corner, they create a shade for the large patch of hostas blooming at the bottom.

The teahouse of Chang Le Ju has also been carefully planned, and Master Chai has been to many high-end hotels, so he has a good aesthetic sense.

Looking at these robust and brilliant flowers and trees at this moment, he couldn't help but nod:

"This boss is attentive."

And a boss who is willing to be attentive to flowers and plants usually has requirements for ingredients.

Isn't this just a perfect match for them!

Wonderful!

Master Chai happily opened the trunk with his apprentice to pack their things, when he saw the gate open, and a young man walked out from the depths of the flower corridor.

Seeing him, the other party smiled first: "Master Chai, Master Zhou, thank you for your hard work."

Oh my.

Master Chai and his apprentice were stunned, thinking it's no wonder the boss swore: working here, you can get all the ingredients from Boss Song's house!

This is very reasonable!

A young man as handsome as this should eat bird's nest, abalone, shark fin, and fish maw—no!

Eat those sweet potato leaves that have everything!

Spicy and fragrant garlic!

And those tender water chestnuts and small lotus pods that are limited and only given a little to taste...

Oh my, oh my!

The apprentice was excited: "Master, you said if I ask him to send me a bucket of milk now, can he get it?"

Master Chai hummed and scolded his apprentice: "What are you talking about!"

"He's so handsome, you should ask for two buckets first. Use the remaining bucket to bargain with him."

?? Here it comes, here it comes!