Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 456 - 268: The Students of Jiang University Are So Lucky to Have You (3)
Sour with a bit of sweet, sweet with a hint of sourness, it not only dissolves the tartness of the black plum but also carries the light sweetness of licorice, with a rich osmanthus fragrance that directly touches the heart, making you feel like you’re going to be intoxicated by this floral scent.
The iced sour plum soup, chilled overnight, is sour and sweet, cool and refreshing, down to the heart. Just a small sip, and the accumulated heat in the stifling kitchen seems to melt instantly like fire meeting ice.
How can just a single word, ’refreshing’, describe it?
Feeling this wonderful taste in his mouth, Lu Shuwu couldn’t hold back any longer, raised the cup to his mouth, and with a few gulps, downed a full cup of iced sour plum soup, then couldn’t help but shout with joy:
"Refreshing!"
Isn’t it refreshing?
Just before, he was sweaty and hot, his mind felt like it had a swarm of little bugs crawling, making him irritable yet helpless, wishing to find someone to have a fight and vent fiercely.
After drinking this cup of sour plum soup, that sense of irritability disappeared instantly, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured from head to toe, making him feel cool and transparent, with an indescribable comfort throughout his body.
"Boss, I’ll have another cup!"
Lu Shuwu felt unsatisfied, and after saying this, without waiting for his own reaction, he reached out for the big ladle and scooped another big cup of sour plum soup, just like drinking plain cold water, tilted his neck back, and a few gulps polished it off.
"Alright, don’t just gulp it down like an idiot, if you want more, wait a while."
Lu Shuwu glanced at him, frowned slightly, and then said,
"Hurry and have someone print a reminder, enlarge the words ’Sour Plum Soup’, and write ’Free to Take’ below, then put a reminder at the bottom saying, ’Consume in moderation, excessive consumption may lead to bloating and diarrhea’."
"Hehe, okay!"
Lu Shuwu couldn’t help but lick the corner of his mouth and chuckled,
"This sour plum soup is really delicious. If I stop running a restaurant in the future, I’ll just open a beverage factory and specialize in producing this sour plum soup. Who knows, it could make me rich."
"Getting rich? That depends on whether you have the luck."
Jiang Yu curled his lips, not caring at all.
These days, there are plenty of capable people, but how many can truly get rich relying on their capability?
Getting rich isn’t just about having a recipe; connections, opportunities, and luck are all indispensable.
After sending off Lu Shuwu, Jiang Yu didn’t think about it any further. He turned to look at Jia Dequan, who was sitting aside, squinting at his phone, and couldn’t help but ask with a smile: 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
"Lao Jia, aren’t you going to try it?"
"Ah? You’re talking about the sour plum soup?"
Jia Dequan snapped back to reality, put down his phone, glanced at Jiang Yu, and shook his head, saying,
"Though I know it’s certainly delicious, I’d rather not try it.
I’m getting old, and my stomach hasn’t been good for years, so I stopped drinking iced drinks a few years ago, let alone iced sour plum soup."
"Well, then after a while, I’ll serve you some mung bean porridge and put it in the fresh-keeping cabinet."
On hearing this, Jiang Yu nodded with a smile and said,
"If your stomach isn’t good, you should take care of it. Only when you’re healthy can you enjoy more good food in the future."
Jia Dequan, with a squinty smile, said, "Well said, to get more, you have to learn to give up first."
Jiang Yu chatted casually with him while handling his tasks, managing to do both without delay.
Time flew by quickly as he dealt with various chores, and before he knew it, it was near noon.
In the dining hall, seven or eight students dashed inside, heads covered from the scorching sun outside.
The thick plastic door curtain at the entrance seemed to separate two worlds, with one side having the blazing summer sun and the other a breeze of spring.
Rushing inside, a few students couldn’t help but let out a comfortable "tss" sound from their mouths, with the ample air-conditioning in the dining hall making them feel as if they had gulped down a big bowl of ice water in the summer, a refreshingly cool feeling flowing from their heads down to their toes.
"Wow! So comfortable! In this damned weather, just those few steps, and I almost got toasted!"
"It really is too hot, coming all the way here, I even heard the ’sizzling’ sound, making me wonder if I’ve been roasted out of my oil..."
"If you walk back barefoot later, you might smell the aroma of roast meat!"
"..."
They stood under the air-conditioned outlet at the entrance, teasing each other while feeling the cool air.
As they were about to run to the meal counter to line up like before, suddenly, a sharp-eyed boy pointed to the corner of the canteen and curiously shouted:
"Huh? Look, what’s that stainless steel barrel doing in the corner of the hall?"
Several students turned their heads to take a few glances, with someone speculating:
"It should be the free soup offered by the canteen, right? I’ve seen the same at the Second Dining Hall."
"I think it should be mung bean soup. In such hot weather, having some mung bean soup can clear heat and relieve summer heat, just like we had in our high school canteen."
"Not necessarily, this is the Seventh Dining Hall, how could it be the same as other canteens?"
"..."
"Ah, you guys are really funny, it’s just a few steps to walk over and take a look, why stand here guessing around, isn’t it exhausting?"
