"Come to treat you to a meal!" An Hongdou said with a smile, then turned around and headed towards the airport to take a taxi, Chen Nian followed behind with his schoolbag on his back.

"Why do you suddenly think of inviting me to dinner in the middle of the night?" Chen Nian asked curiously, following An Hongdou.

"Because I'm hungry, and I can't find anyone to go out to eat with at night, so I asked Wonderful Witch. She wants to make a video at night, so I have to ask you."

"But I've already eaten it in the evening," Chen Nian said again.

"Let's have a midnight snack. Didn't you finish your meal after six o'clock in the evening? It's just a good time to have some midnight snack to fill your stomach."

After hearing this, Chen Nian had no choice but to do as the other party said. Then they got into a taxi. An Hongdou reported the name of the place. The driver stepped on the accelerator and headed towards the destination.

"Master, can you adjust the radio channel to 103.2?" An Hongdou suddenly said.

When the driver heard this, he said on the spot: "Want to listen to music? No problem!"

Then I adjusted the broadcast to the music channel.

"Many people are busy all their lives. They pass by many passers-by on their way to work, in the subway, and on the bus when they go to eat. But among the 1.4 billion people in China, in addition to their own family members, there will always be others.

When a very special person appears, they will go from strangers to acquaintances, then to acquaintances, and finally come together, sharing a house with three meals a day for four seasons, spending all day in the kitchen but giving each other all the love in the world.

Next we are going to play a song from singer An Hongdou - "Scallion Oil Noodles"

"A touch of the setting sun is cool

The drama of fame and fortune is over

The elegant makeup and colorful clothes have not been changed

Eight delicacies at the Daya Hall Banquet

Not as fragrant as a bowl of noodles

I don’t know how much scallion oil there is

I don’t know how many taels of white flour

Ignore makeup and wear red lips

But I saw only one pair of bowls and chopsticks

…”

The song was singing eloquently, and it was particularly fitting to look at the streets on both sides of the car window in this late-night taxi.

The two of them just hummed secretly in their hearts, and no one spoke for a while, including the taxi driver.

The atmosphere softened for a moment. At this time, neither An Hongdou nor Chen Nian were thinking about anything else. All they were thinking about was the story behind the song.

Three minutes later, the song was finished, and the sound of an advertisement came from the radio.

"This song is pretty good." The taxi driver suddenly said, "But I haven't heard it before. Is it a new one?"

"Well, it's a new song that was just released this year." Chen Nian nodded and said, but he didn't tell the driver that the original owner of the song was in this car.

"It's okay. I can't appreciate many of the new songs now, and they are very noisy. This kind of quietness is very good, but just now the host said that this song is called Scallion Noodles?"

"Yes, it's noodles with scallion oil." Chen Nian responded again.

"Scallion oil noodles should be noodles from the south, but let me tell you, no noodles are as delicious as our Sichuan red oil noodles. There is also the red oil noodles. I can eat four taels of them every time and end up with more.

Drink the soup." The driver said enthusiastically.

"Yes, our Sichuan noodles are delicious." Chen Nian also agreed.

"There are also Yibin burning noodles. My favorite food is chicken offal. Every time I go to eat, I have to get one portion of dry noodles and one portion of red oil soup noodles. Eating two portions together is really satisfying."

Watching the driver talking incessantly in front of him, Chen Nian didn't feel annoyed but felt very friendly. Of course, this was not because he was from Sichuan himself, so he thought so, but out of respect for the food and the driver.

No matter which city you take a taxi in, the taxi driver will always look proud and proud when talking about the various delicacies in his hometown.

That kind of feeling makes people feel very simple.

Soon the taxi arrived at the destination. Chen Nian paid the money and got out of the car to take a closer look!

"BBQ?"

"Yes, you should have something warm like this at night."

"Let's go, I'll treat you today."

Then he walked towards the store with Chen Nian.

An Hongdou originally wanted to book a private room, but was told by the waiter that there were no private rooms, so they had to sit in the lobby.

However, the lights here are not too bright, and the dense light shines on the table. Although the privacy is not as good as that of a private room, it will not be disturbed.

However, since they happened to be sitting in a corner, no one could see An Hongdou's current appearance.

Speaking of which, An Hongdou is more easily discovered now than before. In the past, I still only listened to the songs and didn't know what the main actor looked like. But with the broadcast of the Wensi Tofu video, many people have recognized An Hongdou.

And under that video, many people kept slapping their wives, some of them were talking about An Hongdou, and some were talking about Chen Nian.

After sitting down and ordering the food, they started to wait. The barbecue was served very quickly. After all, most of it was ready-made. It was impossible for the customer to order and then start cutting the meat and then marinating it in the back of the kitchen.

Soon after the waiter brought the meat, he planned to take the initiative to help the guests grill the meat. Many barbecue restaurants will provide such a service, of course, the premise is that they can be busy.

"I'll bake it." Chen Nian said to the waiter politely.

This barbecue restaurant is relatively high-end, so when customers ask to grill it themselves, they will not say that they are afraid that you will not be able to grill it well. Although saying this is considered responsible for the guests, many people have a glass heart.

People will feel that this is looking down on them.

Finally Chen Nian took the tongs from the waiter and began to place the meat on the plate on the baking sheet.

Then I remembered the sizzling sound, and wisps of green smoke kept coming out, accompanied by the water vapor that had evaporated from the meat.

The beef is roasted first because it is very easy to cook.

"How mature does it need to be?" Chen Nian asked.

Mainly because he saw that the beef was still relatively fresh, so he asked this question. If the quality of the beef was not good and it was not cooked like Western food, he would probably get worms in his stomach after eating it.

"Ten percent or eleven percent is fine." An Hongdou said quickly, "Now that I'm old, I can't eat those raw foods. I'm afraid I'll have diarrhea if I eat them."

Looking at An Hongdou's frightened look, it was obvious that she had experienced this.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect you to watch it when I was eating."

The aging technique was skillful, and the meat was quickly grilled until the surface was slightly burnt, but the inside was very tender. He took the scissors on the side and cut it into small pieces evenly, and then took it out from the small jar on the table.

Sprinkle some seasonings evenly and stir, then set them aside.

"Okay, you can eat."

Then each of them picked up a piece of lettuce, sandwiched the meat and dipped it in the wet sauce, and dipped another piece of meat in the dry sauce. Finally, they put a garlic clove and a chili ring into the package of lettuce before rolling it up.

"When you wrap the meat in lettuce, you have to eat it in one bite to be satisfied." Chen Nian said with satisfaction after opening his big mouth and eating the wrapped meat in lettuce.

"That's right, if you don't eat garlic when eating meat, the flavor will be half as bad!" An Hongdou also imitated the old way and ate the rolled meat in one bite, and said happily.

There is nothing happier than eating barbecue in the middle of the night.

"By the way, how was the result of your competition this time?" An Hongdou asked just as he was finishing the beef and continuing to roast the lamb.

"It's not bad. I won first place and got some bonuses. Now I can pay back part of the debt." Chen Nian said. Although he might not care much about the words, Chen Nian knew that he was doing this.

Showing off.

An Hongdou couldn't help laughing when she saw Chen Nian like this.

"What a shame. Are you doing the same thing you have been practicing every night a while ago?"

"Yes, but when I arrived in Yangzhou, I changed some ingredients on the spur of the moment. I replaced the fish meat with local white fish, and added cattail leaf. In the end, the taste turned out to be surprisingly suitable." Chen Nian said excitedly.

However, he remembered the two people who finished second and third: "But this is only a youth competition that I participated in. There are several players who are very strong, and in my opinion, they have not yet exerted their full strength."

"Then if it's the turn of those great chefs to compete, wouldn't the battle become more intense?" An Hongdou looked a little surprised, because this was the first time she had seen Chen Nian say such a thing about cooking.

In her impression, basically anything made with Chen Niang will taste delicious, and the rice made from it is often compared with that of a star-rated hotel by many people.

But this time Chen Nian came back from Yangzhou and actually took the initiative to say that there were several people who were very strong.

"Of course, the people competing with me this time are all the apprentices of those masters. Maybe some of them come here to participate in the competition to get rankings, but the first few are probably here to exercise and gain experience.

Especially the second and third place, I also chatted with them, I guess if they bring out their best dishes, it is still unclear who will win by then."

"Then you have to work harder. You entered the industry later than them. Although I am not in your industry, I also know that many people have been exposed to this since they were young. But with your talent, you want to surpass them.

That's not a difficult task, after all, you are a top student." An Hongdou comforted Chen Nian in a slow tone, fearing that Chen Nian would be hit.

Although Chen Nian won the first place in the competition this time, Chen Nian himself also said that it was because some players did not show their true strength, because under such circumstances, the first place might be a bit watery.

And Chen Nian is a very strong person, so she felt that she needed to enlighten him.

In fact, Chen Nian thought the same thing in his heart. Although on the surface he won the competition, in fact everyone's level was still different, especially when Chen Nian found that he did have many shortcomings.

But he is not the kind of person who likes to be pretentious. Now that he has an opponent, he just needs to surpass him.

Anyway, now that I know my own shortcomings and have seen the strengths of others, the right way is to work harder to study dishes in the future.

Every time I think about these old memories, my heart is filled with energy.

"Boss, please add another plate of meat." After feeling high-spirited for a while, Chen Nian felt a lot hungry again.
To be continued...