Chapter 993: Chapter 414: Geng Lishan the Instigator! How Could a Little Kitty Possibly Have Bad Intentions!

In the morning, Lin Xu didn’t make breakfast at home but drove with Shen Baobao to the shop to eat.

Today, they’re attending Cheng JianShe’s apprenticeship ceremony and can’t be at the shop in the morning. Guo Xinghai isn’t around either, so they’ll need to arrange the shop’s work properly.

The breakfast at the shop is very sumptuous, lamb soup noodle. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

The dough leftover from last night is baked in the oven, cut into peanut-sized pieces by the morning shift chef, and cooked in lamb soup with vermicelli, daylily, mushrooms, etc., adding sliced lamb at the end.

A big basin of lamb soup noodle is brought outside, and employees can serve themselves according to their appetite.

After serving, according to personal taste, they add chopped garlic sprout and cilantro, and drizzle chili sauce.

Lin Xu served two large bowls onto the dining table, sat with Shen Baobao, stirred the soup noodle slightly, and ate with pickled garlic prepared on the table.

The baked dough pieces, cooked with lamb soup, are chewy, filled with lamb soup, extremely satisfying to eat.

Eating just the soup noodle can be a bit greasy, but with cilantro, garlic sprout, and chili sauce, the greasy feeling is instantly balanced, leaving only the fragrance of lamb soup.

As for the pickled garlic, it is appetizing and refreshing, a perfect match with the soup noodle.

"The soup noodle is really delicious, it’s a shame Dundun can’t eat it, or our family of three would enjoy together."

Wearing a black short windbreaker, Shen Jiayue initially felt quite cold, but after eating a few bites, she felt warm throughout and simply took off her coat, wearing just the white sweater underneath, exclaiming about the deliciousness of the soup noodle as she ate.

Lin Xu said with a smile:

"Cats aren’t suitable for this high-salt, high-oil food; they should eat steamed meat and boiled meat... By the way, after eating, don’t forget to remind me to pack some braised dishes for Lele’s place, Mr. Lishan prepared a gift for the apprenticeship celebration, it’d be inappropriate to go empty-handed."

For this kind of apprenticeship event, the gift can be casually prepared since it’s an occasion for observation, not contribution.

But Geng Lishan, upon hearing the fun, proactively wrote a calligraphy piece ’Master and Apprentice’ to congratulate Lin Xu on the apprenticeship, his eagerness to stir things up was evident.

Simply put, this apprenticeship is a showdown between both sides.

He’s a key figure in the cultural circle sending a piece like this, isn’t it directly confronting those other masters?

If shown at the ceremony, it could absolutely provoke the other side.

Therefore, people from culture circles are like silver coins, stirring things up amidst the brewing storm.

And this piece can’t be left out since it’s by Geng Lishan, not invaluable, but worth at least seven figures; even if Lin Xu isn’t interested, the involved party wants to collect it.

So, they have to take the piece to the event.

As for whether it’s a confrontation or incitement, it depends on how the opposite party interprets it.

"Xu Bao, do you think there will be a fight at noon today?"

"No, the ones who like to fight aren’t here, it’s just a bunch of old limbs, at most some verbal sparring."

If the master isn’t around, no one will fight.

Of course, if the master was in Beijing, those old seniors at Yanjing Hotel wouldn’t have thought about this, given Gao Peisheng’s reputation and actions at the Fishing Platform, which many in the circle have heard about.

He’s now throwing Guo Jichang’s cane into the Goldfish Pond, imagine how he bullied those elders in his youth.

Just as they were eating, Ma Zhiqiang brought over a plate of fried bread slices:

"Fried in salt water, try it to see how it tastes."

Lin Xu thought lamb soup noodle is already greasy, adding some fried bread slices would be even greasier, no?

But the carbon-carb pairing is a classic old Shaanxi eating style, so today they’ll experience the joy of old Shaanxi carb overload.

He picked up a piece of fried, golden-brown bread slice and took a bite; it’s crispy outside, without any oily feeling, indicating it’s refried at higher oil temperature after initial frying, otherwise the bread would be somewhat greasy.

Besides being well-fried, the use of salt water is very clever, giving a suitable salty taste with a hint of freshness, making the bread slice crispy and delicious.

Inside, the bread slice is fragrant and tasty, contrasting strongly with the crispy outside.

If remembering correctly, no one’s steamed bread this morning, but there are some leftover breads in the cold storage from about two days ago, cold and hard... could these bread slices be made from the leftover breads?

Lin Xu smacked his lips, suddenly understanding this part of the process.

During frying, salt water on bread slice surfaces induced by hot oil penetrates inside.

The outside gets crispy, sealing moisture inside, transforming into steam as oil temperature rises, passively making the bread interior soft.

This technique is impressive.

Though it’s not easy to master; less salt water won’t soften the bread slice, too much salt water risks making the slice soggy.

He looked at Ma Zhiqiang and asked:

"These bread slices are good, did you fry them?"

Ma Zhiqiang pointed to Qi Siliang, who was chatting with cart boys nearby, and said:

"No, it was done by Qi Siliang. Last night he moved to our place, sharing a room with cart boys Niu Chuan and Master Xu for easier interaction with colleagues."

Moved out from Qi Zhentao’s house?

That’s good, working isn’t like visiting relatives, staying long at the Qi Family isn’t ideal.

Just then, Shu Yun arrived at work, Lin Xu said to her: