Huayu 2009: Who should we call the Heavenly King?

Chapter 117 The Vinegar Jar Overturned

Welcome to "Delicious Food Wins the World"!

In the very center of Hefang Street, Hua Shao began with his signature fast-paced speech.

"Today we've arrived at Hefang Street, the most vibrant and down-to-earth place in Hangzhou!"

"That's right."

Zuo Yan echoed this sentiment.

"Today we also have four lead actors from the drama 'The Weaver Girl' with us. Welcome Shen Yan, Zhang Junning, Liu Shishi, and Yuan Hong!"

Upon hearing this announcement, even though Yuan Hong had a good temper, he was still a little unhappy.

Shen Yan was placed at the front of the line, which he could accept.

Looking at the dense crowds gathered on both sides of the pedestrian street, almost everyone was there for Shen Yan.

Moreover, that's just how the entertainment industry works; whoever is popular is right.

But putting him last is too much; he's the male lead in "The Weaver Girl".

Although he was unhappy, Yuan Hong still smiled and waved to the camera and the crowd of onlookers.

Following a brief interaction, Hua Shao began to announce the game rules.

"Today's first game is a food relay game," a word relay game where you can eat and play as you go.

"We will provide the name of the first dish, and participants need to connect the last character of the previous dish with the first character of the next dish using a homophone or similar pronunciation."

As he spoke, Hua Shao turned his gaze to Shen Yan.

"If the first dish is stir-fried cauliflower, Shen Yan, what would you choose?"

He understands Da Wang very well. Whether this episode's ratings are high or low depends on Shen Yan, so he must give Shen Yan more screen time.

"Peanuts? Clams?"

Shen Yan blurted it out.

This isn't a script. The production team only provided a general outline of the process. How could there be a script for this kind of impromptu interaction?

"It will be all right."

Hua Shao smiled and gave him a compliment.

"As expected of a great talent, your reaction is quick. However, there is a hidden limitation to food relay games: you have to consider the surrounding environment."

"In other words, you can only use the food available on Hefang Street; otherwise, if you can't eat it, the challenge is considered a failure."

At this point, Zuo Yan added.

"The losing team will be punished! They'll each have a bowl of the smelliest stinky tofu in Hangzhou, and they have to finish it!"

Upon hearing this, the onlookers burst into laughter.

Then, Siqi, who was standing to the side, took over the conversation.

"Now, let's draw lots to form teams. As usual, Hua Shao and I will each lead a team."

As soon as the words were spoken, the staff handed over the lottery box, and the four people stepped forward one by one to draw lots.

Shen Yan deliberately drew the first lot, then stood aside and waited quietly.

Yuan Hong was the last to draw a card. After receiving a look from Shen Yan, he was the first to flip over the card and show it to the camera.

"Blue Team, I'm in a group with Hua Shao."

In fact, Shen Yan also noticed that Zhejiang TV's arrangements were inappropriate.

Today is a promotional event for "The Weaver Girl". Yuan Hong is the male lead, so we can't let him become a nobody.

"I'm blue too."

Liu Shishi flipped the second one over and saw the blue ones. She was a little disappointed because there were only two blue tags.

really.

Shen Yan and Zhang Junchuang both received red tags.

What angered Sister Xia even more was that when Zhang Junchuang showed her name, she not only walked confidently to Shen Yan's side, but also spoke in a sweet, coquettish tone characteristic of Taiwanese girls.

"Oh, I'm also in red, Fang Ning (Shen Yan's character name in the drama). We childhood sweethearts are quite destined for each other."

"yes."

Shen Yan glanced at Blind Sister and noticed that she was in a bad mood, so he smiled and added a sentence.

"However, in the play, we are destined to meet but not to be together."

Upon hearing this, Sister Xia's mood instantly brightened.

So what if she's cutesy?

Bad women from Taiwan!

You're a thing of the past!

"Come on, let's continue drawing initial menu cards," Hua Shao's voice continued.

Another round of drawing lots.

"Scallion pancakes?"

Zhang Junning flipped open the card, read out the dish name, and looked at Shen Yan with a puzzled expression.

Have you ever tried this dish?

"I've tried it. It's a traditional snack from Hangzhou. Legend has it that Hangzhou pastry chefs sculpted dough into the shapes of Qin Hui and his wife and deep-fried them, hence the name 'deep-fried stew.' However, to avoid Qin Hui finding out, it was renamed 'scallion bun stew.'"

After giving a brief explanation, Shen Yan pointed ahead.

"When I came over just now, I saw a shop on the left ahead."

Meanwhile, Liu Shishi and Yuan Hong also drew the initial food cards.

"Ding Sheng Gao" (a type of rice cake).

Yuan Hong's eyes lit up.

"It's easy to find; it's everywhere on Hefang Street."

"But what should we look for as the next dish?"

Liu Shishi frowned, looking somewhat bewildered.

What dishes start with the character "糕" (gāo, cake)?

"You'll find it eventually if you keep thinking as you go."

Seeing that Shen Yan and the others had already set off, Yuan Hong strode forward.

Damn competitive drive.

He wants to win this game!

Meanwhile, Shen Yan and Zhang Junning had successfully bought the scallion pancakes.

",tasty."

Zhang Junlian took a bite of the pancake.

However, she ate very politely, taking small bites and chewing slowly, unlike Shen Yan, who finished his food in no time.

"Let's go, let's eat the next dish." Shen Yan wiped his mouth and gave the order.

"Where are we going?" Zhang Junning also started walking. "Have you decided yet?"

"I've made up my mind."

Shen Yan didn't hide anything and spoke frankly.

"For our second course, we'll have fennel beans."

"Fennel beans?" Before Shen Yan could finish speaking, Zhang Junning interrupted with a look of surprise: "Are 'fennel' and 'stewed' homophones, or similar-sounding words? I don't think they sound the same."

"It's based on homophones."

Shen Yan smiled and explained that people in Taiwan don't use pinyin much, and those phonetic symbols are terrifying to look at.

"Oh, then the third, fourth, and fifth rounds are all up to you."

Zhang Junning said in a sweet, coquettish voice.

"Simple."

Shen Yan smiled and said, "The third dish is tofu pudding, the fourth dish is peanut brittle or Sichuan peppercorn chicken, and the fifth dish is crispy pork or popcorn chicken or chicken leg."

"Wow, you're amazing! You figured it out so quickly."

These words were not spoken by Zhang Junning, but by the host Siqi, who looked on with amazement.

"And what you said is all—"

She quickly covered her mouth halfway through her sentence.

"That was close, that was close, we almost broke the rules."

With Shen Yan as their strategist, the Red Team completed the challenge with great ease, while the Blue Team was only slightly slower.

soon.

It's time for the punishment.

The stinky tofu served by the production team was truly stinky; Shen Yan could smell it from several meters away.

Yuan Hong, on the other hand, was decisive. He pinched his nose, picked up the bowl with a blank expression, and downed it in a few mouthfuls without even frowning.

As for Sister Xia, she was in great pain while eating.

Especially with the debuff of "her ex being there," even though Zhang Junchuan didn't mean to make fun of her.

But from Sister Xia's perspective.

Every glance and every smile from Zhang Junchuang was wrong; they all seemed to be mocking her.

hateful!

That wicked woman must have gotten away with it because of Shen Yan!

Wearing a mask of pain, Sister Xia almost vomited after eating stinky tofu.

"Here, have some soy milk."

When Shen Yan handed her a glass of iced soy milk, the onlookers cheered. Liu Shishi felt a warmth in her heart, but Shen Yan's next words caused a burst of laughter.

"Original soup transformed into original food."

"Ha ha!"

"Original soup transformed into original food!"

"I can't live without laughing!"

"Stinky tofu is a soy product, and soy milk is also a soy product, so it seems reasonable, right?"

Even Zhang Junchuang couldn't hold back her laughter, bursting into a radiant smile. There's nothing wrong with that statement, but in this context, it's incredibly vivid.

As we all know, laughter is contagious, and Sister Xia immediately transformed into a water-spraying frog.

puff.

The soy milk he was drinking spilled all over Shen Yan's face.

then.

The laughter from the audience grew even louder.

The smile didn't disappear, it just shifted. The smile on Shen Yan's face disappeared.

Damn it!

"Who told you to say that?"

As the blind woman wiped his face, she muttered something under her breath.

"If you have someone to blame, blame yourself."

What she thought was a secret was actually recorded by the camera.

A short while later, Hua Shao announced the next round of the game.

"Alright, next, we'll move on to the second challenge: Best Partners!"

"This level is actually a 'guess the word' game."

"Each team, red or blue, sends out one person. The person who steps forward can see the name of the food and then uses body language to help their teammates guess the correct food."

Because they won the previous round, the red team can designate who from the blue team will step forward.

"Let's choose Yuan Hong."

Shen Yan made a suggestion: this guy doesn't have a good sense of variety shows, and his body language is rather stiff, which makes it easy for him to be a laughing stock or to miss the camera.

It can help Yuan Hong gain more visibility.

However, Yuan Hong and the rest of the red team really didn't have much chemistry.

"The three-minute time limit is over," Siqi said with a smile.

"Time's up! The Red Team guessed five questions correctly. Now, please welcome Zhang Junning from the Blue Team."

As the Blue Team got ready, the five members of the Chinese Youth Team watched from the sidelines.

【Ding Sheng Gao】?

Upon seeing the first word card, Zhang Junning made a square with her hands, then mimed carrying a steamer, pointed to the pink pattern on her clothes, and finally gave a thumbs up.

"Ding Sheng Gao (a type of rice cake)!"

After seeing her actions, Shen Yan answered almost instantly.

"Correct answer, four seconds." Hua Shao pressed the timer, his face full of amazement: "My God, that reaction speed."

The second word card is for "West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce".

Upon seeing this, Zhang Junning put her hands together, mimicking the swimming posture of a fish, pointed to the west, then made a gesture of falling over something, and finally made a sour expression.

"West Lake Fish With Vinegar Sauce!"

"That's right again, six seconds!" Hua Shao couldn't help but exclaim, "This teamwork is amazing, it's like they're on the same wavelength!"

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

These words hurt two people at once. Yuan Hong was embarrassed, while Xia Jie was extremely jealous.

The game then resumed.

"Longjing Shrimp!"

"Correct answer!"

"Sichuan peppercorn chicken?"

"Beggar's Chicken!"

"correct!"

"Braised pork?"

"wrong?"

"Dongpo pork!"

"Shen Yan, your reaction was too quick!"

"dumpling?"

"ravioli!"

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"correct!"

"lotus root starch!"

"correct!"

"Steamed pork with rice flour? No, wait, it's steamed pork with lotus leaf!"

"This level of teamwork is amazing!"

"Deep-fried stinky tofu!"

In the following matches, Shen Yan and Zhang Junning seemed to have superhuman abilities; basically, as long as Zhang Junning made a slight gesture, Shen Yan would answer almost instantly.

The better the two worked together, the louder the cheers from the audience became, and the higher Sister Xia's lips curled up, so high you could hang a soy sauce bottle on them.

Gradually, Yuan Hong stopped feeling awkward and began to quietly observe Liu Shishi.

The level of chemistry between Shen Yan and Zhang Junlei is just too outrageous.

It's hard not to think too much.

Shen Yan knew all of this, of course.

He did it on purpose.

Actually, he could have easily guessed a few wrong, but it would be good to give Sister Xia a stress test.

Give her a heads-up beforehand.

If you can't even accept this, the pressure will be overwhelming.

Then————

What else can we do?

Let's split it.

Shen Yan could sense that recently, Sister Xia had become increasingly attentive, and her desire for control had become a bit excessive.