I'm the Culinary God

"Whose money is this?"

Everyone around looked at each other, feeling a little strange. In this era of electronic payments, very few people carry cash. Even if they do, it’s just for places where you can’t use QR codes, like some parking lots.

It’s basically just some small change.

Carrying hundred-yuan bills is quite useless, and you have to make change.

Chen Yan asked around, and everyone claimed they hadn’t lost any money, which made her very curious. Could it be that these two hundred yuan bills were blown in by the wind?

Just as she was wondering, a hundred-yuan bill actually flew in through the window she had opened for some fresh air.

Chen Yan: "!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh my, when I was young, my parents used to scold me, saying that the money at home didn’t just come flying in, and we should save on food, clothing, and expenses and not be wasteful."

"I never thought I’d actually see money flying in today."

She picked up the blown-in bill and handed it to Ren Jie who was beside her:

"When I was a kid, there was a nursery rhyme, ’Found a penny on the roadside, hand it to the policeman,’ but I never had the chance to find anything. I never expected to suddenly pick up three hundred today. Here, take it."

Ren Jie said:

"You’re putting me in a tough spot, aren’t you? It’s no use giving it to me. I can’t find the owner..."

He noticed Sui Fusheng and some old colleagues at the table next to him, so he stood up and gave the money to a friend who worked at the nearby police station.

The detectives don’t handle this stuff, let the police deal with it.

After Chen Yan handed over the money, it was time for the toast. Usually, the elder leads the toast to thank each friend and relative attending the event.

Lin Xu had already experienced this twice, during his engagement and opening, so he found it entertaining to watch Chen Yan and Ren Jie toast table by table.

But Chen Yan wasn’t having as much fun.

Because her toasting rhythm kept getting interrupted.

"Hey? Why is there a ring here?"

"Whose bracelet fell? Wow, it even has diamonds on it!"

"Whose phone is this?"

"..."

Throughout the toasting process, she was almost constantly picking up things. Fortunately, most lost items belonged to guests present, so the owners were quickly found. But some owners weren’t located.

For instance, when the toasting was over, she was drawn to a shine in the carpet’s corner and pulled out a platinum pendant set with diamonds.

"What’s the situation? Why am I always picking things up?"

Ren Jie looked at the pendant:

"You’re even better than the police search dogs...ouch, don’t pinch... I was wrong Yanyan."

Chen Yan secretly glared at Ren Jie:

"Call me ’Auntie’!"

Ren Jie helplessly looked around, ensured no one was watching, and then whispered:

"I was wrong, Auntie..."

"Hmph, that’s more like it. I wonder which customer lost this pendant. Later, I’ll let Shu Baobao post an announcement in the customer group."

Though she picked up the item, Chen Yan didn’t have any intention of keeping it.

After all, our Yan Baobao is quite well-off, and these little worldly items don’t matter much.

At a distance, Dundun, cradled in Shen Grandmother’s arms, shook its round head seeing this scene.

"I granted you a day of financial luck, and all you do is keep picking up things... That’s not just foolish, it’s really foolish!"

Once the toasting concluded, the waiters served up some steamed millet cakes and Silver Threads Buns as staple dishes. You could tell them if you wanted rice or hand-made noodles, whatever you felt like eating.

Shen Grandmother, nibbling on a millet cake, said:

"This millet cake is so well steamed, not too sweet, but very fragrant. Lin, do we have enough in the shop? If we do, I’ll take some home. Last time, when you gave me some, I shared it with the neighbors, and we finished it all."

"Yes, Grandma, we have plenty. I’ll pack some more for you. When you’re home, just put them in the freezer, and heat them up whenever you want to eat."

"Alright, then Grandma won’t be polite with you."

Lin Xu paired some dishes with the Silver Threads Bun, and when he was almost full, he saw Shu Yun and a few waiters arranging a pile of souvenirs at the entrance.

These were return gifts from the engagement banquet, each person getting a box filled with Lin Ji’s Snacks.

The packaging of these snack gift boxes was pretty exquisite, and they weren’t cheap. Some customers would buy a couple of boxes to bring as gifts when visiting friends and family, as it made them look good.

Sitting beside him, Shen Guofu said:

"The Jade Shumai could be made more often. They’re refreshing and tasty. One wasn’t enough to fill anyone up. With so many people today, I was embarrassed to ask for an extra portion from the waiter."

Lin Xu responded:

"I can make some more this afternoon. Steam a few more baskets, and try using shepherd’s purse and spinach in addition to baby bok choy to see which tastes best."

Although the ones made with baby bok choy were soft and delicious, you could only use half of it, with the stalks going to waste.

So, I’ll try spinach and shepherd’s purse and see which flavor is best for making shumai.

We can’t consistently use baby bok choy, or there’ll be too many stalks left over.

Han Shuzhen said:

"That Vinegar Fried Crucian Carp can be made again, it was really tasty. But besides gu fish, can you make it with any other fish, Xiaoxu?"

"Sure, you can use bass, grouper, or any of those. It’s not particularly strict."

Chinese cooking isn’t constrained to a single type of ingredient, once you master one dish, you can generally make all similar ones.

Take the Vinegar Fried Crucian Carp for instance, if made with a high-quality grouper, it would be just as good, if not better, than gu fish.

If you used a mouse grouper, then there’s no question.

Upon hearing that star grouper or similar would be better, Shen Guofu immediately said: