Chapter 315 Overturning (please vote!)
Chen Xiuxiu had prepared many questions, but she didn't plan to ask them now.
She found that she seemed to have missed some things in the future.
Her life was once filled with all kinds of negative emotions, study pressure, conflicts between roommates, some unpleasantness caused by trivial matters, obesity, ridicule, and secret love that she dared not speak out. The sorrows and troubles that had never appeared in her life before going to college came to her overwhelmingly after going to college, making him breathless.
She put it all down to her weight and felt that if she could lose weight, everything would be fine.
Until just now, she felt that her idea was right.
But now she calms down and thinks about it objectively. If Jiang Feng hadn't stopped her from going on a near-suicidal diet to lose weight, her end seemed to be self-destruction.
Compared to the obese self, the irrational and crazy dieting to lose weight seems more terrifying and unreasonable.
Chen Xiuxiu was silent, lost in thought, holding a pen in her hand and staring at the notebook but unable to write a word.
Xu Cheng took back control of the interview and followed Chen Xiuxiu's question: "So, you started practicing cooking again for the health of your friends?"
Xu Cheng liked the topic between Chen Xiuxiu and Jiang Feng just now. It was a good beginning, and it was suitable for the word count.
Xu Cheng felt that he could write at least 300 words starting with what Chen Xiuxiu and Jiang Feng just said.
"You can say that." Jiang Feng said, "At first, I just wanted to improve my porridge cooking skills. Then my grandfather came. Under his guidance, I started to practice my cooking skills again. After practicing, I got used to it. Everything became a matter of course.”
“I have tasted all the dishes on your menu at Tai Fung House these days. I am pleasantly surprised that the taste of your caramelized yam can always maintain the same level as on the day of the competition. But what really surprised me was when I tasted it at noon today. What I tasted was Li Hongzhang's chowder. The chef put his own feelings into the dishes. I have eaten a lot of dishes that make diners taste it, but this is the first time I have encountered a dish like the Li Hongzhang chowder you made that makes diners want to cry. I would like to tell you the reason or the cooking method. "Techniques?" Xu Cheng asked, "Or related stories."
Jiang Feng suddenly became energetic. This was the question he was waiting for.
"My great-aunt taught me this dish. To be more precise, he told me the ingredients and methods orally and taught me how to make it. The rest of the specific operations were slowly figured out by me. This dish was originally cooked by my great-aunt. When we were in San Francisco, we made food for my great-aunt, and he remembered it for many years and never forgot it..." Jiang Feng began to tell Xu Cheng the story of Li Mingyi and Jiang Huiqin that he saw in his memory.
"...Actually, it was only after I made it that I discovered that this dish can easily make people cry. Maybe it's because every time I make this dish, I think of the story my great-aunt told me. It's just a coincidence, specifically. I don't know the reason very well," Jiang Feng said.
From the time Zhang Guanghang told Jiang Feng that Xu Cheng asked him if there was a story behind the dish, Jiang Feng had already thought about which dish he should tell.
Because Jiang Feng looks a lot like Jiang Chengde, Li Mingyi would mistake Jiang Feng for Jiang Chengde whenever he was confused when he was still alive, and would drag him into talking vaguely, and even talk about some past events with some confusion. Most of them are related to Jiang Huiqin.
During Li Mingyi's last days, Jiang Feng often visited him. Whether he was awake or confused, Li Mingyi liked Jiang Feng very much and always liked to pull him to talk in the room. At this time, Chen Suhua would Go out to do other things, and feel free to leave Li Mingyi to Jiang Feng to accompany him.
So as long as Jiang Feng insists that Li Mingyi told him these things, no one will doubt or question anything.
He didn't lie. This story was indeed told to him by Li Mingyi, but it was not told to him personally, but what he saw with his own eyes through his memory.
The story of Li Hongzhang's Chowder is not a happy story. On the contrary, it is sad and painful, making people feel how small and powerless an individual is under the wheel of history.
Xu Cheng sighed and said: "It's just a pity that Ms. Jiang passed away early and I didn't have the chance to meet her."
"By the way, when we were packing up my great-aunt's belongings, we found some letters that he had kept." Jiang Feng suddenly remembered this matter, "Some of those letters were recipes recorded by my great-aunt and grandma. The only pity is that I Grandma’s records are a bit vague and difficult to restore.”
When Jiang Huiqin was in the United States, whenever she ate some dishes that she had never seen or heard before or that were cooked differently from what she had eaten before, she would learn them. Some of them were learned, and some were not. After learning, she would write letters to Jiang Chengde, describing the cooking methods of the dishes, and turning the recipes into family letters. After finishing writing, she would organize all the letters and put them away, thinking that one day she would have Jiang Chengde. I sent all those letters to him.
It's a pity that she never sent those letters in her lifetime.
The recipes recorded by Jiang Huiqin in the letter are relatively vague, and the dosage and some language are also unpredictable. It is difficult to restore Jiang Feng's current level, and even the two old men cannot reach this level.
Maybe only Jiang Chengde can make the recipe Jiang Huiqin left to Jiang Chengde.
The conversation between Jiang Feng and Xu Cheng became more and more off-topic, and in the end they deviated directly from the topic. They simply forgot that this was actually a food interview, and turned the food interview into a storytelling session.
Chen Xiuxiu was on the side, listening to the story attentively like an audience at a storytelling session.
When Xu Cheng's assistant came in and reminded Xu Cheng that he still had a video conference to hold and needed to end the interview temporarily, they realized that the topic had reached this point.
Jiang Yong has also returned and is sorting out the previous interviews with Deputy Editor Wang next door. The topic of Jiang Feng and Xu Cheng's interviews was so off-topic that it would probably add a lot of workload to their arrangement tonight.
After Xu Cheng finished the video conference, he also had to go to Yongheju for dinner. His schedule was very full, and other employees of "Zhiwei" also had their own things to do. Not only do they have to go to Yonghe Residence with Xu Cheng for dinner, the photographers have to go back and sort out the photos taken today, and Chen Xiuxiu has to write a manuscript based on today's interview and give it to Xu Cheng for review tomorrow.
As for what Professor Ye Shi was here for at noon today, of course he was here to eat.
He is Xu Cheng's friend, and they have a good friendship. All friends who are on good terms with Xu Cheng know one thing, that is, if Xu Cheng goes to do an exclusive interview with them, he must follow Xu Cheng to make money.
Xu Cheng loves to make friends and never mind if friends come to have a meal with him. On the contrary, he welcomes friends to have a meal with him, which is why he has friends all over the world.
Eating with Xu Cheng is an extremely comfortable thing. You don't need to think about where to eat, and you don't need to be confused about what to order. Just eat with Xu Cheng. Xu Cheng will never make a mistake when ordering.
When Xu Cheng went downstairs, he and Jiang Feng preliminarily agreed on the time for tomorrow's shooting and visit again. It was only a preliminary agreement, and whether it would happen or not would depend on Xu Cheng's own situation.
It was getting late, and Tai Feng Building was about to start preparing for the evening business. Wang Xiulian was very surprised when she saw Chen Xiuxiu and said a few words. Jiang Feng still felt that Shen Yao looked at her strangely, but he didn't know where he was offended. Got him.
Just like when they came, when they left, it was still Jiang Yong, Chen Xiuxiu and Shen Yao in the same car with many equipments.
"You're in a bad mood." Chen Xiuxiu keenly noticed that Shen Yao's mood was not right.
Shen Yao was indeed in a bad mood. He had just encyclopedized Jiang Feng and found that his hidden love rival was better than he thought.
Yes, Jiang Feng has an encyclopedia.
"I had a crush on him when I was in high school. Later, when he passed the exam and went to City A, my crush ended. Isn't this what crushes in school days are like?" Chen Xiuxiu said.
"Who knows what that kid was thinking when he was in high school." Shen Yao said sourly.
"I weighed over 180 pounds when I was in high school."
Shen Yao:......
"And he already has a girlfriend. The Wu Minqi that Mr. Xu interviewed is his girlfriend. We should have talked about it in April. I remember he seemed to post it on WeChat Moments. I also laughed at him that he finally got out of singlehood after 21 years of singleness. Yes." Chen Xiuxiu smiled.
Shen Yao suddenly felt that he could become friends with Jiang Feng.
From the moment I knew you were not single, I knew you were my friend!
"Do you know why I suddenly told you this?" Chen Xiuxiu said with a smile.
Shen Yao suddenly had a bad feeling.
"A few days ago, a girl who claimed to be your ex-girlfriend from high school sent me a message through QQ. Didn't you say that I was your first love?" Chen Xiuxiu looked at Shen Yao.
Shen Yao swallowed a mouthful of saliva nervously. He knew very well that if he and Chen Xiuxiu fought, he would definitely not be able to beat Chen Xiuxiu.
"How many did you date in high school?"
"2...2, we started dating in the first year of high school. Wasn't it the rebellious period at that time? Others were rebellious and went to Internet cafes to play games. I was rebellious... and fell in love early." Shen Yao said that he regrets it now, very regretful, why he was so obsessed with him in the first place. Chen Xiuxiu said that she was his first love.
"What now?"
"I broke up early. I wasn't a teenager who was ignorant at that time. I was the kind of person who vowed to be inseparable in QQ space when talking, and wrote thousands of words, just like today's junior high school students, and then broke up and deleted their friends after more than ten days. That kind of thing." Shen Yao confessed leniently, "I didn't know that someone would do this. I had no contact with them for a long time. We all deleted each other as friends when we broke up."
Chen Xiuxiu couldn't hold it back and burst into laughter.
Jiang Yong shook his head helplessly while driving. The young man now is really... Hey, I think back then, he never knew how to read...
Hey, hey, I never lie to my wife. (End of chapter)