Food Intelligence King

Chapter 145 New Developments in Five-Nut Mooncakes, and the Recent Situation of Junior Sister
Take Chen Taotao to class.

Chen Zhou also brought a large five-nut mooncake for Teacher Wei and the others.

It's bigger than a person's face. The elderly couple probably can't finish it all; they might be able to share some with the children in class.

Teacher Wei was very happy to receive the large mooncake and invited the family of three to sit at her home for a while.

The group exchanged Mid-Autumn Festival greetings.

However, other children and parents were arriving one after another, and Teacher Wei and his wife's introductory class was about to start, so people didn't chat much more.

Afterwards, Chen Zhou and his wife went to pick up their junior sister as arranged for the day.

Chen Zhou had promised her a small get-together before the holiday.

Ms. Lin sat in the car, looking at the days on her phone, and remarked how quickly the holiday had passed.

"It feels like I haven't done anything, and half of the eight-day holiday is already over."

Chen Zhou smiled and said, "You've had two drinking sessions, how could you not be having a good time?"

“No way,” Ms. Lin lowered her head, her voice barely audible. “I only had one drink.”

Okay, even my wife can't resist teasing me.

He changed his tune and praised, "But in this respect, you're better than your sister."

Ms. Lin raised her head proudly and said, "Of course!"

Chen Zhou continued driving. He chatted with her about the Mid-Autumn Festival moon-eating appreciation event.

"There's an event on a short video platform, would you like to try it out?"

Ms. Lin was genuinely interested.

She started searching for details about the rules and requirements for participating in the activity.

She casually read a couple of lines to her husband.

The activity is not complicated; anything related to mooncakes will do. Videos, text, and pictures are all acceptable.

Ms. Lin felt somewhat regretful:
"I didn't film the last time I made rose red silk at home."

"I forgot to remind you," Chen Zhou said casually, "but we still have some homemade mooncakes at home, some of the five-nut and some of the fresh meat ones."
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"Ah."

Chen Zhou trusted his wife's consistent performance.

Soon, the couple picked up their eldest daughter.

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, senior brother and sister-in-law." Zhao Yilin brought some gifts for Chen Zhou's family, not leaving empty-handed.

Chen Zhou, of course, didn't stand on ceremony with her. "Look at you, what else did you bring?"

With a tap of my finger, I opened the trunk.

The three got back into the car and drove back.

Aside from being a bit gossipy, Ms. Lin was also very concerned about this young woman.

She inquired:

"Yilin, what's going on with you guys right now?"

The junior sister wasn't stupid at all; she pretended to be clueless and said, "Oh dear, what's going on?"

Chen Zhou finally found a relatively suitable opportunity.

He helped his wife sort things out briefly:

"They went out to play together at the farmhouse before, but later they went out to eat separately."

Ms. Lin nodded.

“I know that. Two days later, when he bought breakfast, he brought some cream puffs for Yilin, and you brought them back to me.”

Chen Zhou continued, "Do you know about the grape incident?"

Ms. Lin thought for a moment: "Did Brother Meng from next door bring some Muscat grapes from home? They're quite sweet. But what does that have to do with Yilin and Wang Meng?"

Chen Zhou was indeed not quite sure what had happened. "I just heard Sister Meng say something."

The junior sister had been listening to their conversation the whole time.

At this point, she finally grasped some information that the two of them didn't know.

"Hey, I know!" the guy exclaimed smugly.

"Because my senior brother gave me two extra bunches of grapes, I shared some with him when I ran into him later. He thought they tasted good, so I helped him ask for directions to the picking garden. He said he couldn't find the way, so I asked him to take him there."

But I still couldn't find the way. I was definitely following the GPS that day.

The junior sister accidentally rattled off another long string of words.

After hearing this, Ms. Lin smiled like an aunt:

"And then what happened? What's your relationship now?"

"It's nothing really, we're just ordinary friends."

The junior sister also talked about how ordinary friends would go for a walk along the river together to watch the National Day fireworks and drone shows.

Chen Zhou nodded silently. It was good to slowly get to know each other.

However, when these topics came up, the junior sister was naturally curious about how the senior and senior sisters got together in the first place.

She started gossiping too.

"Now that we're married and have children, there's no need to hide it anymore," Chen Zhou recalled.
“One day I asked your sister-in-law if we should try dating, and she nodded. Later I asked her if we should try getting married, and she nodded again.”

Chen Zhou turned to Ms. Lin and asked:
"Did I remember correctly?"

Ms. Lin pondered for a moment, then responsibly hummed in agreement.

"If I remember correctly."

After hearing this, the junior sister scratched her head:
She just hummed in agreement a few times; Chen Taotao is already five years old.

As Chen Zhou drove back, he suddenly received a flurry of positive reviews from seven or eight diners.

+1, +1, +1
It was probably during recess when Teacher Wei shared the extra-large five-nut mooncakes with the children.

There were three people in the car: the owner and his wife of the community canteen, and the canteen's employees.

Chen Zhou couldn't help but think about work.

He planned to give Zhao Yilin the contact information for Mai Xiang Ji, and she would be in charge of handling their food orders from then on.

The junior sister readily agreed, telling her senior brother to just send over the contact person later.

Chen Zhou stopped in time, saying, "It's a holiday, let's talk about work later."

Public and private matters must not be confused.

These are all bad habits I developed from my previous job.

Chen Zhou habitually shifted the blame to the design institute.

Ms. Lin nodded in agreement with her husband, "Yes, let's talk about these things after you go to work."

She wanted to hear more gossip about Yilin.

The junior sister secretly thought to herself: I actually quite enjoy going to work.

After picking up Chen Taotao, the four people in the car were officially all together.

The little girl was very excited to see Sister Zhao, and the two of them even fooled around for a while.

After getting in the car, the two, one big and one small, started whispering to each other in the back seat.

Chen Taotao has found someone her own age again.

During class, although there were many children, the master didn't allow them to talk freely.

She was so frustrated.

"Sister Zhao, the kids today really loved the mooncakes my dad made. I only ate a little bit, and I shared the rest with them. Have you ever tried the mooncakes my dad makes?"

Zhao Yilin: "Of course I've eaten!"

Chen Zhou had no idea what his junior sister was so excited about.

These are employee benefits at the store, and Chen Zhou shared quite a bit with his aunt and her.

However, he was still pleased to learn that Chen Taotao's classmates really enjoyed the five-nut mooncakes.

The childhood memories of each generation cannot all taste the same.

Then, Chen Zhou heard Zhao Yilin asking Tao Tao what she wanted to eat today.

Judging from this, Sister Zhao is going to treat us to a meal again.

At this moment, Ms. Lin was driving, and Chen Zhou turned his head towards them.

Chen Taotao originally planned to cover Zhao Jie's ear with her hands and tell her her little wish for the day—she wanted to eat some meat, and it would be even better if she could have a hamburger and get a small toy.

But after she frowned slightly, she withdrew her hand.

"What did you say, Peach?" the junior sister asked, puzzled.

Chen Taotao shook her head, "No."

Chen Zhou teased his daughter, "Your aunt has gone home."

Chen Taotao disagreed: "But I promised her I could only go once a month."

Chen Zhou smiled and asked, "What month is it now?"
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It's October.

"Right, let's go eat this month's worth of food later."

Chen Taotao is indeed learning math from Teacher Qi, and it's quite effective. She asked:

"So, can we go ten times in October?"

Before Chen Zhou could speak, the little girl's mother couldn't sit still any longer: "Just once!"

"Ow."

Of course, Ms. Lin doesn't mind eating a little less in exchange for a small toy.

(End of this chapter)