I'm the Culinary God

"Dundun, do you want a biscuit?"

In front of the charcoal stove, Shen Jiayue handed a crispy, fragrant biscuit to Dundun. The little guy glanced at it, then pompously jumped off the fishing chair and wagged his tail as he went to find Old Sun.

At this moment, Old Sun had set up the grill by the fish pond, and after cleaning the Crucian Carp and Grass Carp caught in the morning, he placed them on the charcoal for roasting.

The fish pond had already been cleaned once over, and Shang Weixing and his partner were busy packing up to go back to their hometown for the New Year. So, starting today, there were no fees, and everyone could fish as they pleased.

A group of anglers took out their catch, ready to grill some fresh fish for lunch.

Grilled fish paired with instant noodles and crispy grilled biscuits—it felt pretty good.

"Feeling like eating some meat, Dundun? This fat loach is almost done roasting. I’ll strip the meat for you. Eat slowly later, don’t burn yourself."

Old Sun quite liked Dundun—unafraid of people, not noisy, always stayed by his owner’s side while fishing, and looked joyfully chubby.

He stripped the meat from the loach and placed it in a disposable bowl, let it cool a bit, then set it in front of Dundun.

Next, he picked up the seasoning and chili powder sent by Shang Weixing, evenly sprinkled it over the remaining fish, and everyone started tasting the fish.

Shen Jiayue tasted the roasted catfish, crispy outside and tender inside, took a bite of the fragrant biscuit, and used disposable chopsticks to slurp a big mouthful of the soaked instant noodles:

"Wow, so enjoyable. No wonder people love camping outdoors; this feeling is really nice."

Everyone set up grills, sat by the fish pond eating grilled fish, while enjoying the surrounding pastoral scenery—it did feel quite nice.

After a few bites, Shen Jiayue picked up her phone, took a picture of the food in front of her, and sent it to Lin Xu:

"Xu Bao, this is our lunch, full of rustic charm. Don’t you regret not coming along with us? By the way, what did you have for lunch today?"

Not long after sending, Lin Xu replied with a picture of Three-in-One Duck:

"We had Three-in-One Duck and even a bowl of Furong Sea Floor Pine soup before the meal. Why are you eating biscuits? Aren’t there any restaurants nearby?"

Shen Jiayue stared dumbfounded at the picture of the Three-in-One Duck, suddenly feeling the biscuit in her hand lost its flavor.

Why do I feel like Xu Bao is teasing me instead? He secretly ate Three-in-One Duck and Furong Sea Floor Pine soup! Are you delivering wedding invitations or just going for a banquet? Even banquet food might not be this good!

Shen Jiayue felt mentally unbalanced.

She angrily replied:

"I want to eat Three-in-One Duck too; I haven’t tasted anything so good."

"When Mom and Dad come back from Yinzhou, I’ll make it for you all to try; it’s really delicious."

Seeing this message, Shen Jiayue’s anger subsided a bit.

She took a bite of the biscuit, her face reflecting unhappiness.

Chen Yan curiously asked beside her:

"What’s wrong, Yueyue? Why did you suddenly become unhappy?"

"Look, see for yourself."

Chen Yan took the phone, and her biscuit also lost its flavor.

She had just mocked her brother-in-law, but now realized, the clown was actually herself munching on a biscuit.

"I want to eat Three-in-One Duck too..."

She regretted looking at this message, she was happily enjoying the rustic fun but didn’t expect to feel such a shock; this feeling was really not good.

Beside them, Dundun methodically ate the grilled loach while watching the scene like a show, thinking humans were truly amusing.

Lin Xu was unaware of causing distress with a single photo to his wife and sister-in-law as he ate the duck meat.

This dish, apart from the surprisingly stunning soup at the start, the duck meat itself was also utterly perfect.

The simple seasoning infused the duck with the fresh aroma of winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and ham; the salt from the ham ensured the duck meat didn’t taste bland at all.

It was fragrant and delicious, extremely tasty.

Moreover, the texture of the three ingredients was distinct.

The domestic duck was fibrous, plump yet tender, making it extremely enjoyable to eat.

The wild duck was leaner, its meat more resilient, especially the duck leg part, which was chewy and satisfying.

As for the pigeon inside, its meat was more tender than the domestic and wild ducks; when eating it, one could distinctly feel the finer muscle fibers and better texture.

After the Three-in-One Duck, there were other dishes on the table, like Song Dahai’s poached fish fillet, vinegar-cooked fish cubes, fish ball soup.

Xie Baomin made oil-baked romaine lettuce and sautéed eel, Lin Xu made vinegar-fried Crucian Carp and Red Crispy Chicken; everyone prepared one or two dishes and was happily eating.

After the meal, Qiu Yaozu chatted with them for a while, then went to his room for a nap.

Lin Xu had to continue delivering wedding invitations, he didn’t stay long, bid farewell to Qiu Zhenhua and Xie Baomin, then quickly drove away from the Qiu family villa, starting today’s invitation delivery journey.

For many, delivering wedding invitations is a tricky task.

If not delivered to people of average relation, one might be perceived as not being friendly enough—not informing them of such a major event like marriage.

Yet directly sending the invitations could give an impression of expecting their gift money. So, during holidays, there are plenty of jokes about gift-giving online.

However, Lin Xu didn’t worry about these; his invitations clearly stated not to bring cash, everyone just needed to come for the meal.

A wedding originally is a joyous occasion; you shouldn’t let some gift money spoil the mood for everyone.

He drove around Beijing all afternoon, managing to personally deliver all the needed invitations.