Food: Starting with Wonton Noodles

"It seems that the wish can only be considered complete after He Jiafu has spent He Xiaoli's birthday with her," Zhou Yu thought.

Zhou Yu didn't care too much, after all, a few more days wouldn't make a difference.

But should we prepare a birthday gift for He Xiaoli in advance?

Thinking that the 11th was a Monday, Zhou Yu couldn't help but remind He Jiafu: "But, Uncle He, the 11th is a Monday, Xiaoli has to go to school, so how are you planning to celebrate her birthday?"

He Jiafu said, "Actually, it's not that complicated. We usually just have a meal at home, so this time we asked her in advance where she wanted to spend the day and went out to eat with her on Sunday."

When they set up their stall that evening, Zhou Yu didn't even have time to share the good news with He Xiaoli.

Then I saw He Xiaoli start taking pictures of Han Yuanyuan with her phone again.

Zhou Yu: "Weren't you planning to do a live stream?"

He Xiaoli smiled and said, "Yuanyuan hasn't fully opened up yet, so I decided to help her shoot a short video first."

Looking at Han Yuanyuan's utterly dejected expression, Zhou Yu almost laughed.

Zhou Yu ignored their antics and said directly to He Xiaoli, "Your dad is planning to take you out to dinner for your birthday."

......

When Zhou Yu got home that evening, he checked the system as usual.

Chef System

Today's satisfied customers: 172 (Click to view detailed customer wish list)

[Wishlist tasks claimed/Completed: 2/0]

[Recipe already mastered: (Click to view details)]

Today's settlement rewards:

[Today's Customer Satisfaction Rewards: Braised Char Siu Recipe (to be claimed); Rice Noodle Roll Recipe (to be claimed)]

[Basic Settlement Bonus: If the number of paid customer orders reaches 100 today, the sales revenue will be quadrupled.]

Zhou Yu was pleasantly surprised to find that today's reward menu included char siu and rice noodle rolls.

There are many delicacies in Lingnan, but if you were to choose the dishes that best represent Lingnan, these two dishes would definitely be on the list.

After all, a dish is like one's own sibling—Lingnan mothers' favorite saying: It would be better to give birth to a piece of char siu than to you!

One dish that is considered by people all over the world, including those from Lingnan themselves, to be the best Cantonese breakfast: rice noodle rolls.

He clicked to claim both recipes and the sales bonus at the same time.

Today, 134 servings of wonton noodles were sold, and the total revenue after doubling was NT$7160.

But after yesterday's turnover of 15,000, Zhou Yu felt that this turnover was a bit low.

He looked at the wish tasks again and felt a little conflicted.

He has already accepted the wish missions from He Jiafu and Liao Boxuan, leaving only one wish mission slot remaining.

He originally planned to accept Sun Zhigang's wish task today, but then he remembered that He Xiaoli's and He Jiafu's wish tasks could actually be completed at the same time.

This made him hesitate about who to choose for the last spot.

After thinking for a long time, Zhou Yu finally clicked to accept He Xiaoli's wish quest.

After all, this is estimated to be completed in a few days, while it will take Sun Zhigang a long time to learn both dishes.

......

When Zhou Yu woke up the next day, he and Chen Mingyuan were running in the riverside park.

Zhou Yu decided to see if there was an opportunity to fulfill Liao Boxuan's wish first and free up a spot.

After their run, during their final stroll to relax, Zhou Yu tentatively asked, "How has Elder Liao been feeling these past few days?"

To Zhou Yu's surprise, Chen Mingyuan frowned after hearing Zhou Yu's question.

He said with some melancholy, "After having dinner at Shunyi Restaurant the day before yesterday, Old Liao went out for a walk in the evening. He probably caught a chill when he came back, and he still has a fever."

Seeing Zhou Yu stop, Chen Mingyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've checked him out. It's just a slight cold, nothing serious. Old Liao was originally planning to eat wonton noodles at your stall these past few days, but I guess he'll have to wait until your new shop opens. But waiting for your shop to open is good too, then we can eat even more."

Zhou Yu: "It's good that Elder Liao is alright. There's no rush to eat."

He couldn't say anything more.

But before leaving, Chen Mingyuan suddenly added, "Zhou Yu, when will your shop open?"

Zhou Yu thought about it and realized that it was very convenient to buy equipment on the second-hand market now, and with Zhou Weiqiang overseeing the renovation, it wouldn't take too long.

So he replied, "The main thing is the shop space. If all goes well, we should be able to open around the beginning of next month."

Chen Mingyuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

......

Just as Zhou Yu finished cooking the broth for his wonton noodles and was about to eat, he received a call from Zhang Rong.

On the phone, Zhang Rong's voice sounded urgent: "Master Yu, would it be convenient for you to come over and help me out?"

Zhou Yu: "What's wrong? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Zhang Rong said, "A customer came into the shop. I don't know how he found out we were preparing to launch Jiangnan Hundred Flower Chicken, but he came over and asked us to make it for him. I just cooked it myself, but he's still not satisfied. And Master Ding couldn't make it over at the last minute. So, I'd like to ask you for help in this emergency."

Zhou Yu: "Is this guest very important?"

He didn't quite understand. If the dish wasn't ready yet, why not just tell the customer directly?

Zhang Rong explained, "He's not exactly a very important client, but his background is a bit complicated, so he insisted on eating there, and we didn't really want to cause any trouble because of it."

Fearing that Zhou Yu might have doubts, he added, "Don't worry, Master Yu. He's just an ordinary person now and won't cause you any trouble. It's just that in business, harmony brings wealth, so I'm trying my best to meet the customer's requests."

Zhou Yu thought about it carefully. It was just helping to cook a dish. Even if Shunyi Restaurant really had a conflict with this person, it wouldn't be related to him, so he agreed.

"Okay, I'll be right there. But it'll take me a while to get here. Is that alright?"

"It's alright, Mr. Yu. We've already told the guest that we didn't prepare the ingredients for this dish. If he wants to make it again, he'll have to wait for the ingredients, so just keep an eye on the time."

When Zhou Yu arrived at Shunyi Tower, Zhang Rong was already waiting at the back door.

Seeing Zhou Yu get out of the carriage, he hurriedly ran over, looking apologetic, and said, "Master Yu, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect these unexpected things to happen today."

"It's alright, let's go into the kitchen first." Zhou Yu didn't waste any time and quickly walked into the kitchen with Zhang Rong.

Zhou Yu changed into his chef's uniform, and all the ingredients for Jiangnan Hundred Flower Chicken were already prepared on the worktable.

"Master Yu, thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Rong said.

Zhou Yu didn't stand on ceremony and immediately started cooking.

The knife skills are still dazzling: slicing shrimp, peeling them, and patting them dry.

Then, the shrimp paste was rhythmically beaten and made into a variety of pastes. After that, the skill of removing chicken skin with a single, miraculous cut was still employed.

After placing the chicken skin coated with the best fish maw into the steamer.

This time, in order not to keep the guests waiting, Zhou Yu used all his skills to compress the entire dish into 40 minutes.

Zhang Rong and the chefs at Shunyi Restaurant were once again dumbfounded.