Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Quiet, very quiet.

The air in the entire izakaya seemed to be frozen at this moment.

Dojima Gin and others were still sitting in their original positions and were stunned. Maybe it was because the power of the Soul-Calming Noodles was so great that they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time!

"This... this bowl of noodles..."

"What on earth is going on? By the end of the meal, I could gradually calm down."

After a while, Mizuhara Fuyumi, who was the first to recover, said in surprise.

Such pasta dishes are beyond the reach of the students who participated in the residential training activities. Even those Totsuki graduates have to be inferior!

……

"Shopkeeper, can I ask you a question?"

Over there, Shinomiya Kojiro seemed to realize something, then he raised his head and asked Zhang Fan.

"Go ahead."

"Anything that can be answered, I will answer."

Zhang Fan said calmly.

"That student Tadokoro's cooking, no, to be more precise, her French vegetable jelly was taught to her by you?"

"Yes, she once ate vegetable jelly at my place."

"Ok!"

"Sure enough!"

After hearing this, Sigong's expression was unusually calm, neither surprised nor happy.

But if you take a closer look, you can see that his eyes have become deep and filled with the light of thought.

As the first among the ten elites who have graduated from Totsuki for a long time, the fourth house itself can be regarded as the ceiling of combat power.

Therefore, when faced with Tian Moshi's cooking, he was able to figure out the flaws and shortcomings in it, and use some reasons to fire her!

But in the end, he didn't do that.

The reason is that he felt a kind of "cooking empathy" from Tian Moshi.

After tasting her food, it directly evoked the scene when I went to an expensive French restaurant for the first time with my mother when I was a child, and it also touched some emotions deep in my heart.

In the end, his emotions became complicated, and he decided to cancel the expulsion punishment for Tian Shihui!

You can put it this way.

From beginning to end, Tian Moshi's cooking was not better than Shinomiya's, let alone convince him.

It was the extra "emotional points" that allowed her to successfully escape!

……

Talented people usually have diseases, such as:

Nakiri Erina!

Saiba Joichiro!

Kojiro Shinomiya!

Nagi Nakiri!

Nakamura Thistle!

Mito Yumei!

Miyoko Hojo!

Tadokoro Hui!

Even those who have never been to an izakaya, Takemi, Mimasaku Subaru, Hayama Ryo, etc.

Therefore, sick people are waiting to be rescued and cured by the "protagonist" Zhang Fan. This setting can be said to run through the entire izakaya.

And through Tazoe's cooking and the Zhenhun Noodles just now, Shinomiya Kojiro vaguely discovered this.

So, he sighed deeply and had to admit in front of Zhang Fan: "Shop owner, in a sense, in the entire culinary world, you are definitely a rare genius in the world, and you are also a powerful savior. !”

"Oh?"

"The pretentious Shinomiya thinks so highly of him?"

On the side, Dojima Gin was in disbelief.

He knows the character of the fourth house best, and there are very few people in this world who can be recognized by him.

In his eyes, most people are "trash" and hopeless "social bugs"

However, for Zhang Fan.

But he can do it and bow down willingly!

……

Time passes quietly.

As a stranger, Miyoko Hojo came here for the first time. Naturally, it was only when the izakaya was about to close that she reluctantly chose to leave!

On the contrary, Shinomiya Kojiro and others had to leave Totsuki Resort early tomorrow morning, so after eating the Zhenhun noodles, they actually did not stay in the izakaya for too long and went back quickly.

Of course, the time we spent together was very short.

But this small izakaya left a very deep impression on them.

Especially Kojiro Shinomiya, who was in the bottleneck period of his life, gradually began to recognize himself from Zhang Fan, and finally knew what his next step should be.

"Ah...ummm..."

"The taste of Shaomai explodes in your mouth like fireworks!"

"Meat is 8, shrimp is 5, vegetables are 5, and eggs are 5. That's it. This way, the ratio of meat to the other three ingredients is indeed 8:5, which is the golden ratio."

"Don't mention it, the siomai is made with this proportion."

"It ensures that the four ingredients do not interfere with each other, but can balance each other. With just one bite, it seems that all the flavors are condensed in this small ball of dough."

"Mom, I really envy you."

"You can actually eat this golden ratio of shaomai before me."

At this time, the izakaya was finally closed, and Zhang Fan, who had some time to spare, actually made some golden-ratio Shaomai.

Firstly, these shaomai can be used as a late-night snack, and secondly, it is a reward for Erina and Kikuchichi Sonoka for their hard work tonight.

As for Nakiri Erina, who has the talent of God's Tongue, she was naturally conquered by Zhang Fan's cooking as before. She ate quite happily and happily.

……

Drop drop!

Da da da!

Just then, it started to rain outside.

At first, the rain was relatively light, and the crystal raindrops were like countless small pearls, rendering the entire dim land picturesque.

But soon the heavy rain came, and it felt like there was a hole in the sky. All the rain started pouring down, and it even made a pleasant sound when it hit the windows!

"Zhang Fan, it's raining outside."

"If nothing happens, I'd better return to Spring Fruit Pavilion first."

After taking a look at the scenery outside the window, Mu Jiuzhiyuanguo stood up and said to Zhang Fan.

"Kikuchi."

"It's been really hard on you these days!"

Seeing that she was about to leave, Zhang Fan quickly took out a few shaomai from the steamer, then packed them and handed them to her.

In the past, if faced with this kind of situation, Mujiu Zhiyuanguo couldn't help but blush, and then refused with embarrassment.

But now she probably has been with Zhang Fan for a long time, and the relationship between them is no longer so unfamiliar, so she didn't say anything and just took the Golden Ratio Shaomai from him!

Then, she bowed slightly to express her gratitude, then picked up an umbrella and left the izakaya.

……

"She's gone, what about you?"

Looking back at Erina who had just eaten, Zhang Fan asked directly.

"what?"

"This... that... it's raining heavily outside..."

The sudden question made Erina, who was still silent in the smell of Shaomai, stunned for a moment, then a blush quickly appeared on her pretty face, and she murmured softly.

"Okay, then I'll go and pack up a vacant room for you, and you can stay at the izakaya for the time being."

Seeing her like this, Zhang Fan didn't say anything, but turned around and went up the stairs to a room on the third floor to tidy up!

For now.

Izakaya, although it has been upgraded once. But there are actually only three floors, and the first floor must be used for operating an izakaya.

The second floor is currently vacant. In the future, as the izakaya continues to be upgraded, some functional areas will be set up here, such as a coffee area, snack area, etc.

Then, unless Zhang Fan agreed, all diners were strictly prohibited from going to places above the second floor.

As for the third floor, it is naturally Zhang Fan's bedroom, bathroom, and several vacant rooms.

"Ding dong!"

"The host successfully signed in once."

"Ding dong!"

"Congratulations to the host for successfully obtaining the special recipe, Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night."

Zhang Fan, who had just finished working, dragged his slightly tired body as usual and ran to the bathroom to take a hot bath.

Then, just as he returned to his dormitory, the voice of the system rang in his mind again.

"Ok?"

"Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night?"

Zhang Fan was inevitably surprised to learn that it was such a special recipe.

In the poem "To Judge Han Chuo of Yangzhou" written by Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty, there is a line like: "On a bright moonlit night on the twenty-fourth bridge, where can the beautiful lady teach me how to play the flute."

From April to the beginning of the ninth year of the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, that is, from 833 to 835 AD, Du Mu served as the official and chief secretary in the Huainan Jiedushi Niu Sengru Mu, and met Han Chuo, who was the Jiedu judge at the time. .

This poem was written by Du Mu as a gift to Han Chuo shortly after he left Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is famous for its Huaiyang cuisine.

The so-called Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night, although the name of the dish is based on Du Mu's poem, it is actually from the hand of Huang Rong in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

The method is to cut a ham open and dig out 24 round holes.

Then cut the tofu into 24 small balls and put them into the holes respectively, tie the ham and steam it. When it is steamed, all the umami flavor of the ham will be in the tofu.

In the plot of the original work, Hong Qigong was naturally fascinated when he tasted it, and this steamed tofu also had a name from a Tang poem, called:

Twenty-Four Bridge on a moonlit night.

Of course, this dish also requires the secret method of "Huafu Point Hand" passed down by Huang Rong's family.

You must have dexterous and gentle fingers and a lot of luck to cut the tender tofu into 24 small balls.

"It's a bit interesting."

"I didn't expect that the system would give such a sign-in reward."

Although this special recipe is fundamentally different from the recipe in "The Little Master of China", it is naturally not too much for Zhang Fan.

Afterwards, feeling deeply sleepy, he stretched himself and prepared to fall asleep.

……

Rumble, rumble!

Just when Zhang Fan was about to fall asleep.

A particularly dazzling bolt of lightning appeared in the sky, illuminating the entire dark night as brightly as daylight!

Then, there seemed to be a movement outside the door, which made Zhang Fan quickly open his eyes.

Now there is an extra person named Erina in the izakaya, so this movement must be related to her. Zhang Fan had no choice but to say: "Is that Erina outside the door?"

"Yes, it's...it's me!"

Outside the room door, Nakiri Erina's slightly trembling voice was immediately heard.

"It's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Zhang Fan frowned. How could this noble young lady still have the time to come to him at such a late hour?

"I can not sleep!"

"And being alone, I...I suddenly felt a little scared."

Erina continued softly.

"Well, the door is unlocked, you can just come in."

The closing time of this izakaya is 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. This time is not very late, but for Erina, it may be a little uncomfortable, right?

Secondly, since she is a little girl going out alone, she is definitely afraid.

So after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Fan felt that he could understand Erina's current mentality a little bit.

……

Crunch!

There was a crisp sound of the door opening.

Erina outside the door first looked around like a sneaky kitten, and then cautiously walked into Zhang Fan's room.

"Haha, you're not used to living here, are you?"

Looking at the pale Erina, Zhang Fan asked with a half-smile.

Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, another rumbling thunder fell directly, as if it was going to swallow up everything in the world, which was scary and terrifying!

"Zhang Fan."

"Help...help!"

In an instant, Erina's face turned even paler and she quickly screamed.

Immediately afterwards, under Zhang Fan's stunned look, she jumped directly onto the bed, lifted up the quilt and quickly got inside.

"You...are you afraid of thunder?"

In this situation, no matter how stupid you are, you can understand what is going on, so Zhang Fan can only feel dumbfounded!

Who would have thought that the eldest daughter of the Nakiri family, who possesses the talent of God's Tongue, would be afraid of thunder. If all the students in Totsuki knew this, I'm afraid they would all be shocked!

"I'm a little scared."

"No, I'm really afraid of thunder!"

Erina nodded vigorously in the quilt, her whole body still trembling.

After that, maybe it was her body's natural reaction, she actually leaned against Zhang Fan. When she felt Zhang Fan's heartbeat and the less loud thunder outside, her tense and fearful emotions disappeared. Slowly relax.

"What did you do when there was thunder in the past?"

Looking down at Erina, Zhang Fan asked curiously.

"If there is a thunderstorm, I will ask Nito Hisako to come and accompany me, but today she is not with me. The only person I can rely on is you!"

Erina, her voice was as quiet as a mosquito.

After all, Zhang Fan knew about her embarrassing fear of thunder, so how could she live in the future?

But she still didn't understand how shameful and intimate the current actions between the two were. When she realized it, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated and her face turned even redder!

……

Rumble, rumble!

Another thunder struck down.

This situation made Erina, who was about to calm down, start to tremble slightly with fear again.

Ugh!

Look at this situation.

I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well by myself tonight!

"Erina, then tonight... I will accompany you just like Hisako."

In desperation, Zhang Fan began to lower his head and whisper in her ear.

"Ok!"

"do not leave Me!"

Erina groaned and nodded.

She moved the tip of her nose a little, and felt the exact same scent of Zhang Fan in this thick quilt. Well, it seemed to smell pretty good.

Involuntarily, she hugged Zhang Fan even tighter! (End of chapter)