Chapter 139: Let You Open a Food Shop, You Open at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

An Liang was stunned for a moment, then understood the meaning in Xiao Yue's words.

It seemed the waiter's words just now had made Xiao Yue form some indescribable associations about the ramen-making process.

Seeing Xiao Yue's nauseated, about-to-vomit look, An Liang couldn't help but laugh.

Gurgle...

Their stomachs simultaneously let out a cry of hunger.

An Liang and Xiao Yue exchanged a glance, then began searching the street for a place to eat.

The smell of fried chicken drifted from a nearby burger shop; Xiao Yue swallowed her saliva and softly suggested, "Teacher An Liang, how about... we go eat burgers?"

An Liang didn't answer, but his steps had already quickly headed toward the burger shop.

Junk food like fried chicken burgers, he had never looked down on before, but after what just happened, he felt burgers weren't inedible either.

At least cleaner than ramen.

In the fast-food shop, Xiao Yue finished a burger in a few bites, her gaze drifting toward An Liang across from her.

An Liang held a half-eaten burger, chewing mechanically, his eyes drifting outside the window, looking absent-minded.

"Teacher An Liang..." Seeing his state, Xiao Yue couldn't help but ask, "Are you still feeling upset about yesterday?"

Since returning from Lu Feng's shop yesterday, An Liang's face had remained gloomy all evening.

Originally taciturn, today he seemed to have lost all interest in speaking.

An Liang held a cup of cola; hearing Xiao Yue's words, he was stunned for a moment, then said dully, "No."

"Then... when you left yesterday, you said you'd never go to that shop again—is that true?" Xiao Yue pursed her lips and asked cautiously.

An Liang's face showed a hint of unnaturalness; he guiltily turned to the window, but said, "That kind of small shop has more rules than dishes; eating something while being pointed at by a crowd—going once is enough. Whoever loves to go can go!"

Although An Liang concealed it well, that unnatural look on his face still didn't escape Xiao Yue's eyes.

She blinked, recalling how An Liang looked when eating a bowl of noodles yesterday.

Although An Liang wore an unwilling expression, when he finished the last sip of soup, the satisfaction and enjoyment he couldn't help showing on his face didn't look faked.

That look clearly showed he had been conquered by Lu Boss's food.

Xiao Yue smiled and began deliberately saying, "But... Teacher An Liang, the noodles at that shop are really delicious. The beef noodles I had yesterday—beef fragrant, glutinous, soft and tender; biting down, full of meat juice..."

"Enough, enough, eat your burger."

An Liang's Adam's apple moved; he couldn't help swallowing saliva, then impatiently interrupted Xiao Yue: "Jiangcheng is so big; it's not like only his shop makes good noodles."

"That's true; actually, that ramen shop just now..."

Xiao Yue nodded somewhat in agreement, recalling the taste of that ramen shop just now, and casually brought it up.

"Don't mention that ramen shop to me."

An Liang really didn't want to recall that scene he'd just seen again, and couldn't help interrupting Xiao Yue once more.

This matter had almost become a shadow in his heart.

Although Xiao Yue was puzzled by An Liang's reaction, she obediently closed her mouth and continued gnawing on her burger.

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At three in the afternoon, Lu Feng, as usual, rode his Xiao Dian Lu to the intersection of Food Street.

"Lu Boss, so early again today—is there a new flavor?"

Just as Lu Feng parked his electric scooter, the fried skewers uncle shouted loudly at him.

"Of course."

Lu Feng smiled and nodded, then took the food ingredient box off the electric scooter.

Seeing this, the fried skewers uncle enthusiastically went over to help.

Lu Feng said thanks with a smile, then opened the shop door, and the two carried the food ingredient box inside together.

"Lu Boss, the Mushroom Stewed Chicken Noodles I had at your place yesterday were absolutely amazing! Your culinary skill is getting better and better!"

The fried skewers uncle put down the food ingredient box in his hand and said to Lu Feng with a smile.

Lu Feng smiled without speaking, turned around and walked into the storage room, taking out the ingredients he had ordered from the System Mall before coming.

"Lu Boss, what new flavor are you making today? Can you reveal it in advance?"

The fried skewers uncle stared at the box Lu Feng placed in the kitchen with a curious face, his eyes fixed on it, as if trying to see through the box what ingredients were inside.

Lu Feng took out a pig trotter from the food ingredient box and waved it in front of the fried skewers uncle: "Today I plan to give everyone some collagen."

"Pig trotters? Could it be... Pig Trotter Noodles?"

The fried skewers uncle's eyes lit up, his face showing excitement: "Lu Boss, you really understand me! When I worked in Nanfang last year, I loved the Pig Trotter Noodles there the most!"

"Pig trotters stewed until tender are so fragrant! The skin melts in the mouth, the tendons make a click-click sound when you chew... I can't take it, I can't take it! I'm drooling right now!"

The fried skewers uncle got hungrier the more he spoke; seeing Lu Feng take out pig trotters one by one, looking like he was about to start working, he hurriedly rubbed his hands and said, "Lu Boss, you go ahead! I won't disturb you; I'll wait for your Pig Trotter Noodles tonight!"

After hearing this, Lu Feng smiled and nodded; the fried skewers uncle swallowed his saliva and very tactfully left the shop.

From his expectant face, it was clear that today Lu Feng's Pig Trotter Noodles, he was definitely going to eat them today.

When the fried skewers uncle left, he thoughtfully closed the door for Lu Feng; once the shop door closed, the outside sounds suddenly couldn't be heard, and the shop instantly became quiet.

Lu Feng tied on his apron, casually picked out a pig trotter from the food ingredient box and examined it carefully.

The pig trotter looked very fresh at a glance, with thick skin and meat, a smooth surface, not a single fine hair.

Lu Feng nodded with satisfaction; the ingredients bought from the System Mall were still of high quality.

The pig trotters had no stray hairs on the surface, saving Lu Feng the step of plucking them with tweezers.

These pig trotters were all complete front trotters; front trotters had more sinew and membrane, and once cooked they would be softer, more tender, and springier to bite.

Lu Feng picked up the Kitchen Knife, placed the pig trotters on the Chopping Board, and lightly cut through them along the joints.

With a crack, the sinew and membrane connected to the fingertip of the bone snapped apart, the cut surface neat, not a single fragment of broken bone.

Lu Feng's hands kept moving, and the pile of pig trotters before him was soon chopped into evenly sized small pieces, each piece containing both sinew and meat.

The claw tips at the head of the pig trotters, because they often touched the ground, had a stronger taste, and keeping them would affect the texture.

Lu Feng cut them off directly with the Knife and threw them into the Garbage Bin.

After processing all the pig trotters, Lu Feng fetched a basin of water and repeatedly scrubbed them several times, washing every piece of pig trotter clean.

Although the pig trotters already looked very clean, out of rigor toward the ingredients, Lu Feng still patiently washed every pig trotter once more, letting not a single detail slip by.