Chapter 991: Chapter 413: Hometown Series New Release—Hometown Bump Soup! Dundun’s Service Fee!

Taking the tablet, I first checked the homepage recommendations, which still featured yam juice and braised mutton, with no new items or any hints.

Just as I was about to ask Xiao Dong, a partner who leaned over pointed to the sidebar:

"This ’Hometown Series’, could it be Lin’s surprise?"

Hometown Series?

Isn’t it just a dish of fried noodles? Could it be...

After clicking, three images appeared on the page. The top one was fried noodles, the bottom was egg soup, and the middle image looked like a soup with green spinach and red shrimp visible in it.

This is...

"Hometown Bump Soup? Is this the surprise Lin planned?"

"Wow, this bump soup is just like my grandma used to make. She’d love to find some withered spinach before frost to make bump soup. Those spinach leaves may not look good, but they taste so sweet... Let’s have a portion, since we can’t go back home for now, let’s enjoy some hometown dishes."

"This hometown series is nice, Xiao Dong, change our tripe soup to bump soup."

"Okay."

Before long, alcoholic peanuts and pig’s head meat arrived. They opened the bottle, sipping Erguotou while chatting about hometown matters.

As they were eating and drinking, the main course was served.

In the past, everyone would immediately pick up their plates and start on the oily, dry, and fragrant fried noodles.

But now, all attention was drawn to the white porcelain soup bowl on the tray.

White flour bumps, red shrimp, green spinach, garnished with yellow chives, and the white thick soup formed a colorful display.

The aroma of the soup constantly teased the taste buds of the customers.

"Smells quite fragrant."

"Carry it slowly, careful it’s hot."

"Just looking at this bump soup makes my mouth water."

"Stop talking, serve it up quickly."

As the waiter placed the soup on the table, they couldn’t wait to pick up the small soup bowls in front of them, using a spoon to fill them with a full bowl of bump soup.

Scooping up a fingertip-sized flour bump into the mouth, the chewy texture and rich flour aroma made one feel like they were instantly back at their hometown dining table.

After finishing the flour bump, tasting the spinach brought back the same tender and sweet experience as remembered.

"This surprise Lin arranged is truly awesome."

"I actually disliked bump soup as a kid, but now taking a big mouthful brings pure happiness."

"Same here, the things I refused to eat as a kid are now what I dream about."

"This small bowl clearly isn’t enough for the four of us... Xiao Dong, get another big bowl of bump soup, and tell Lin thank you for the wonderful surprise, we’re really touched."

They ordered another serving of bump soup, and continued eating with small bowls in hand.

As a kid coming home after school, I’d wonder all the way what we’d eat, and upon entering, seeing bump soup cooking would bring a look of ’surprise’ to my face.

Now, I thought Lin was just playing games by withholding information.

Unexpectedly, it was this soul-stirring delicacy from deep in my memory.

After drinking two small bowls and seeing the bottom of the bump soup bowl, I picked up the phone, snapped a picture of the soup bowl on the table, and immediately posted an update in the Lin Ji’s Food topic:

"Thanks to Lin for arranging this special surprise. As a kid, I disliked this common soup, but now I can’t get enough. One big bowl wasn’t satisfying, just ordered another. Friends dining at Lin Ji, remember to flip through the menu, there are unexpected surprises."

Netizens saw this.

Special surprise?

Unexpected surprise?

These words immediately piqued everyone’s curiosity.

The soup bowl showed only the bottom, and it was unclear what had been eaten, tempting everyone to go to the store and taste?

Curious, someone else uploaded a picture of a soup, but like before, this photo also showed the bottom of the soup bowl, making it impossible to identify what soup it was.

Liang Mountain Drought: Lin Ji folks never deceive Lin Ji folks. Can someone say what the delicious dish is? No mood for crane operation.

Blind Taxi Driver: Heading to Lin Ji now, I’ll DM you, let’s not spill the beans, whoever’s curious should go to Lin Ji to eat.

Lost Roasted Whole Sheep: On a business trip in Southern Yunnan, it’s disheartening. Blind man, if you have a conscience, send me a private photo too.

Great Mahayana Stage Cultivator: Already at the store, haha, there’s indeed a surprise on the menu!

Lin Daiyu Uprooting Willow: Cultivator, DM me what it is, or at the next offline meet, I’ll give you panda eyes.

Great Mahayana Stage Cultivator: Your man is in the Lin Ji’s kitchen, ask him directly, why ask me?

Lin Daiyu Uprooting Willow: No sense of achievement asking him, hurry and tell me, I haven’t hit anyone in a long time, don’t force me to punch.

Great Mahayana Stage Cultivator: Women are truly obstacles on the path of cultivation, DMing you now.

Lin Daiyu Uprooting Willow: Hahaha, this really is a big surprise, taking leave to go eat delicious food at Lin Ji!

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These conversations made the already curious netizens even more intrigued.

When Shen Baobao came downstairs planning to take Dundun home early to shoot some video material, she found that netizens were mysteriously sharing today’s new dish.

The secretive way they were acting, anyone might think Lin Ji’s was selling some contraband.

She quickly took out the photo of bump soup on her phone and posted it in Lin Ji’s Food topic:

"Today we introduced bump soup, my Xu Bao named it ’Hometown Bump Soup’, and it’s part of the same series as Hometown Fried Noodles. Since this bump soup is too ordinary, it wasn’t specially advertised, you guys don’t need to be so mysterious, making it seem like Lin Ji’s is selling something illegal."