The old man is very satisfied. Ever since he was diagnosed with high blood sugar, his wife has been restricting his diet. It has been a long time since he ate and drank as much as he did today.

Touching his round belly and slowly drinking the free and cheap black tea provided by the dining car, the old man felt that his energy had never been so good.

“Good food, good rice, even this free black tea!

You guys, please don’t look at me like this, old man. Do you think that I, Zhang Zhouxuan, have a bad reputation in the chef world, so I should drink top-quality Mingqian tea?

As for tea...the new products that are most in season and have the best luck will be pinched and made into green tea, and then their value will double, but sooner or later it will empty your wallet.

Some tea leaves were unlucky and were left to be made into black tea. Maybe they are not as noble as green tea, but... they can always warm your heart and stomach when you need it most...

..."

There is a lot of knowledge in this passage.

Xu Ning couldn't help but smile. The old man is really funny. He felt comfortable eating.

Su Rou and Lu Meiqi's expressions were somewhat strange. Lu Meiqi pouted and said, "Old man, why do I feel like there is something in your words?"

"Haha, my old man is just tasting tea leaves..."

Zhang Zhouxuan chuckled.

This is why when he got older, he was pushed to a "highly respected" position by his younger generations. When he was young, he was famous for his sharp tongue. Whenever he was in a good or bad mood, he liked to say a few words.

A few years ago, the railway system wanted to completely eliminate green trains, but it had many big bosses who 'viciously attacked' the railway system. What does it mean to criticize tea leaves now?

"Mr. Zhang, is that you?"

For the first time, the dining car has launched high-quality dishes priced at 388 yuan. Zhang Xia, the train conductor, is naturally concerned.

After hearing the rave reviews from the passengers, I was completely relieved. I walked into the dining car happily, ready to praise Zhou Zhou, but I saw the old man at a glance.

When the old man spoke up for the Green Train and even his photos appeared in the travel media, how could Zhang Xia forget this benefactor of x164?

He quickly walked to the old man's side: "Mr. Zhang, I am Zhang Xia, the conductor of this train. It's great that you can come to our train.

Last time you spoke up for x164, you helped me a lot, and I didn’t even have the chance to thank you.”

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

The old man smiled and waved his hand: "My old man is a road cook. When I was young, I worked as a cook on a green train for half a year.

I'm afraid today's young people don't even know that food stamps were not required on the green trains back then, and the food on the train was more abundant than at home!

In those days... being able to take a train for a business trip was almost like Chinese New Year.

In the 1980s, the chefs of the railway system once held a vigorous "big competition", and passengers could even eat famous dishes from eight major cuisines in the dining car!

It's a pity that the grand occasion is over now... A bunch of boys who have forgotten their roots actually sell prepared dishes on the train that even dogs won't eat! Is this worthy of being called a dining car?

Nowadays, there are still a few green trains left in China. Even if it were not for the incense and love back then, I, the old man, still want to speak for the green trains.

Wait, you are the conductor of x164? That would be great, after lunch time is over, can I meet your Zhouzhou chef?"

...

What's not good about this? Not to mention the old man's romantic relationship with x164, let's talk about the old man's identity, and he deserves the respect of Zhou Zhou, a junior.

So as soon as lunch time ended, Zhou Zhou came to the old man under the leadership of Zhang Xia.

"Young man, you are good at cooking. This 'Osmanthus Zha' is very authentic!"

The old man raised his thumb as soon as he saw Zhou Zhou.

In fact, if you insist on picking Zhouzhou's faults, it's not without its faults: First of all, the Osmanthus Cake itself is very exquisite and does not need to be presented on the plate. The coriander placed on the edge of the plate is really superfluous in the old man's opinion.

After all, the taste of coriander is not acceptable to everyone. Putting this thing inexplicably will only reduce points.

In addition, half of the reason why the old man couldn't stop eating was because this dish had been lost for many years and was a memory of his past; Zhou Zhou didn't know where he learned the authentic secret recipe so that he could eat it again in his sixties.

The delicious food in his memory fulfilled one of his wishes.

However, Zhouzhou's cooking skills have not yet reached the level of flawlessness. Although it has reached the state of 'change of five flavors and ending with a mellow and fragrant aroma', it is a pity that the aftertaste after the ending is still a little weak, and it is not as good as 'a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth'.

It lingered for several days and there was still some distance.

This is actually due to the limitations of Zhou Zhou's basic attribute panel. Even if he exchanged his perception value for the secret of this 'Osmanthus Tie', his cooking skills still have shortcomings. Ordinary people may not be able to taste it, but they cannot hide it from the old man.

However, the flaws are not concealed. A young chef in his early twenties can restore this famous dish that has been lost for many years to 90%, which has surprised Zhang Zhouxuan.

The more he looks at Zhouzhou now, the more he loves him, and at the same time he feels aggrieved for Zhouzhou.

How could the current chef world become like this!

There were thousands of passengers on x164, and he couldn't believe that there were no chefs among them. However, after eating Zhouzhou's food, none of these 'companions' were willing to speak for Zhouzhou on the 'Zhiwei' forum. Instead, they were ordinary passengers.

We can still support this conscientious and talented young chef!

Today's Qinxing is really unbearable...

Thinking again of the various disputes among the eight major cuisines and their tendency to slander and undermine each other, the old man became angrier as he thought about it, and couldn't help but snorted coldly.

Xu Ning and the others didn't leave after lunch. They all wanted to stay and see what the old man was going to say to Zhou Zhou. At this moment, the old man was startled. What was going on in his mind? He was just thumbing his thumb, but his face changed in the blink of an eye.

Is there something wrong with Master Zhou's food? No, what the old man ate just now tasted better than anyone else.

"I'm sorry, I'm not pointing it at you, Chef Xiao Zhou."

The old man also felt something was wrong, and quickly explained with a smile: "You are also too good, and it reminded me of some unsatisfactory things in the chef world..."

He Wuhuo, who was sitting next to the master, suddenly felt a chill on his neck.

There is a huge gap between me and the senior brother who is super talented and stunning. The master always said that he was blind before he accepted me as his apprentice. Now he must have seen 'other people's children' and was annoyed.

Are you feeling down on yourself?

"Xiao Zhou, my old man felt particularly attached to you the first time he met you. You just like me!

So I’m going to ask a big question based on my status as a senior: Where did you learn this ‘Osmanthus Tie’? Who is your master?

I have been in the chef world for decades, so I have some qualifications. Maybe I am an old acquaintance with your master."

Some passengers posted on the Internet that Zhou Zhou was a top student who graduated from a chef school, but the old man didn’t believe it at all; the profession of chef is just like traditional Chinese medicine, which cannot be learned in a technical school alone. Many dishes must be taught orally by the master.

, you have to follow the master for enough years before you can get the inheritance.

Let’s just talk about this ‘Osmanthus Tie’. Even I don’t know the secret. How can a chef school teach me this?

Sure enough, this is the problem...

Zhou Zhou glanced at Aunt Xia, who was smiling, and said the excuse he had told Aunt Xia before. (For those of you who have been following the book from the beginning, please see Chapter 7 for details, patched later.

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"An old chef from Zangdu?"

Zhang Zhouxuan frowned and thought carefully for a while, then his face suddenly changed slightly.

"Xiao Zhou...didn't your master tell you his name?"

"No, I guess it's because the master doesn't want people to know that he has accepted me as a useless apprentice, right?"

Zhou Zhou felt a flush in his face, but fortunately he had just come out of the kitchen, and others would only think it was due to his hard work.

"Then we are inseparable...that senior has such a temper..."

Zhang Zhouxuan was shocked and regretful at the same time. He originally thought of finding an opportunity to accept Zhou Zhou as his closed disciple, but now it seems he can only give up this idea.
Chapter completed!