But even so, Chen Nian can still feel that the relationship between the two is gradually warming up.

But even so, Chen Nian still didn't know what the other person's psychology was towards him. After all, he couldn't ask directly about this.

As mentioned before, this was the first time that Chen Nian had such feelings for a girl. When he was in junior high school, high school and even college, many girls pursued him because he was handsome and studied well.

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But firstly, Chen Nian didn't think about this at all at that time and just wanted to focus on studying. Secondly, Chen Nian didn't have any feelings for them, although there were many beautiful girls among them.

But it doesn’t feel like peeing. Even if you don’t want to urinate, you can still squeeze out a few drops. If there is no such thing as emotion, then it really doesn’t exist.

From that time on, he felt that many of his peers in the class, both boys and girls, were quite naive, especially when it came to falling in love in high school. It was pitiful that such a thing could last until marriage in the future.

He couldn't control what others thought, but at least this kind of thing was meaningless in Chen Nian's heart.

But it wasn't until Chen Nian met An Hongdou that he suddenly realized that it wasn't that he thought falling in love was meaningless or that those girls were naive, but that he hadn't met the right person.

While thinking about this, I steamed the buns and started preparing the noodles.

An Hongdou ran outside and answered the phone.

It took a bit long to answer the phone. After a while, Chen Nian had already started cooking noodles, and An Hongdou came back.

"I'll cook the noodles a little harder... and then you can add the chili and Sichuan peppercorns yourself..."

Chen Nian saw An Hongdou and said skillfully after he came back. He knew that An Hongdou likes his noodles to be a little firmer when eating, and he also knew that the taste of An Hongdou would sometimes change according to his mood.

Sometimes you have a stronger tolerance for spicy food and eat more spicy food, but sometimes it seems like you are in a bad state and a mild spicy food can make you sweat.

After waiting for the red beans to be mixed with his own soup base, Chen Nian poured the soup into it. At this time, the noodles were cooked. Chen Nian turned off the heat and put the noodles into a bowl. Add the beef toppings and sprinkle with green onion and coriander.

Done in one go.

"Okay, here are your beef noodles. The buns will be ready soon. I'll bring them out in a moment."

An Hongdou nodded, and then he took the bowl of noodles to the table outside. Not long after, Chen Nian came out with the same bowl of noodles, along with a drawer of steamed buns and two small plates.

There is vinegar and chili on the table at Honghong Restaurant, which you need to mix yourself.

Having been in Sichuan for a long time, An Hongdou naturally followed the local customs. He first poured a little vinegar into the bowl, then picked a large piece of chili and put it into a small plate and stirred it evenly. A layer of red oil floated on it.

But An Hongdou didn't eat the buns first, but focused on the noodles first.

Although Chen Nian really wanted to put his elbows on the table and hold his chin with his hands to watch An Hongdou eat, but doing so would be too rude, and it would also make him look particularly crazy.

Now I can only pretend to be very natural and eat the noodles.

At first, An Hongdou ate it in small bites. After all, she still wanted to be more ladylike in front of Chen Nian and leave a good impression on him. However, she saw that Chen Nian did not care about her own image, and she did it right.

tasty.

She also gradually started to make sounds while eating noodles.

"Well, this is how you eat noodles. What kind of flavor can you get from eating noodles with small bites? If this is Yangchun noodles, it may be a bit more stylish when you eat noodles with small bites, but Chongqing noodles are all about a Jianghu atmosphere, so naturally they have to be

A little more bold." Chen Nian expressed his appreciation for An Hongdou's behavior that is so close to the atmosphere of life.

"Of course, even though I don't know how to make Chongqing noodles, I have eaten Chongqing noodles. I also wrote the song Chongqing noodles before. In order to write this song, I also looked up a lot of information. In terms of how to make it, I

I may not know as much as you, but I know as much as you about the background of this bowl of noodles." An Hongdou said proudly.

"When you put it like that, I kind of want to listen to this song again." Chen Nian suddenly put down Kuaizi and was about to stand up.

There is a stereo in the store, but Chen Nian basically turns it off after nine o'clock every day so as not to disturb nearby residents.

When An Hongdou heard that Chen Nian was going to play his own song, he quickly stood up and stopped her: "No!"

"What's wrong?" Chen Nian turned his head in confusion, "This is too shameful. How can you play other people's songs in front of others? It's like reading your own text in front of the whole class when you were a kid.

It’s embarrassing.”

"Oh, that's it. That's because I didn't think carefully. I'll put it away when it's daytime tomorrow." Chen Nian sat back down again.

He did it on purpose just now, teasing An Hongdou. Seeing her embarrassed and shy look, Chen Nian felt extremely happy.

Today's buns did taste much better than yesterday, but Chen Nian took a look at the recipe and found that the recipe was only 97% progress, which made Chen Nian feel a little strange.

Generally speaking, if all the ingredients are placed correctly but you are not proficient enough, you will not get stuck above 97%.

97% means that I haven't done enough on at least one small detail. It may be that a certain flavor is not related to the seasoning, or it may be related to the temperature and the duration of steaming the buns.

But it doesn't have such a big impact on the taste, but it just won't work if I don't do that.

"What's wrong?" An Hongdou saw Chen Nian's frown and couldn't help but asked curiously.

"It's nothing, it's just that this bun is not very successful yet. I need to improve it, but I can't figure out the specific problem right now." Chen Nian explained.

"Isn't this enough? It's already delicious!" An Hongdou was a little surprised. She didn't expect Chen Nian to have such strict requirements for cooking.

"The steamed buns I eat outside also taste like this. They are even more delicious than those sold in small shops outside. The dough is soft and the fillings are oily. There is no problem with either the skin or the filling."

An Hongdou was very puzzled by the doubts about aging.

"I feel like it's actually pretty good, but I also feel that something might have gone wrong in some step. Anyway, there's still room for improvement."

"Then I may not be able to help you with this." An Hongdou looked helpless. She really couldn't help Chen Nian in this matter.

"It's okay. I'll just study this later. Do you have enough noodles? I'll cook some more." Chen Nian then brought the topic back, not wanting these worries to affect the two of them's secret today.

dinner.

"Enough, enough...don't add more. After eating these today, I won't be able to go to bed until at least two o'clock tonight, and I can't eat these steamed buns anymore. Can I pack them back and heat them up tomorrow morning?"

eat?"

An Hongdou quickly waved her hands to express that she really couldn't eat anymore.

When Chen Nian heard that An Hongdou wanted to pack the buns and take them away, he naturally wouldn't refuse: "That's no problem, I'll find you a snack box."

Chen Nian sucked the last bite of noodles into his mouth, then got up and went to the kitchen to find a snack box, but when he came out, he had another drawer of steamed buns in his hand.

"There were only three steamed buns left in the basket just now. Let's get another one. Otherwise, there won't be enough to eat three steamed buns tomorrow morning. I'll finish them before I'm even satisfied."

As he spoke, he put the xiaolongbao into the lunch box and closed the lid.

"When you get back, wait for it to cool down before putting it in the refrigerator."

"Okay." An Hongdou nodded.

But after saying that, I looked at the back of Chen Nian who was about to return to the kitchen after carrying the bowl on the table...

"Chen Nian." An Hongdou suddenly called Chen Nian.

"What's wrong?" Chen Nian turned around in confusion.

An Hongdou watched Chen Nian turn around and unconsciously smiled: "It's okay, I just wanted to tell you that I might be going on a business trip tomorrow. There is an official cooperation in Yangzhou. They were the ones who called me just now.

I, but I asked and it only takes three to five days for the work to be completed."

"Then you have to pay attention to safety. If anything happens, you can call me." Chen Nian smiled happily after hearing this: "You have received a new job and you are one step closer to buying a house."

Then Chen Nian tidied up the kitchen, wiped the tables outside, closed the shop, and prepared to go home.

Walking side by side, An Hongdou was delivered to the gate of the community.

"Then you go back first. You have to catch a plane tomorrow, so don't leave anything behind." Chen Nian warned.

An Hongdou nodded after hearing this: "Don't worry, I'm not a child. I thought I was also a person who traveled around the world with a suitcase. How could I not be able to handle such a small thing as going out? But I plan to go out there at that time.

After finishing the things at hand, I’ll go visit Teacher Yu. Is there anything you want to say to Teacher Yu?”

Chen Nian thought for a while: "Then please take me to say hello to Teacher Yu and Teacher He."

"Okay, I will definitely bring this to you." An Hongdou said and walked towards the entrance of the community step by step.

As he walked, he turned his head and waved to Chen Nian: "Don't look at me, you can go back too!"

Chen Nian also waved his hand, then turned around and headed towards his home.

But after taking two steps, I couldn’t help but look back...

At this time, An Hongdou also happened to turn around, and the two of them looked at each other.

They started to laugh for no reason, and finally An Hongdou waved her hand to Chen Nian as if to drive him away, asking Chen Nian to go back quickly.

Then he skipped back to the community.

Before I got home, I received An Hongdou’s WeChat message on my phone.

"I'm home now."

"Then you should rest quickly. I will go back soon."

"Okay, but remember to send me a message when you get home."

"no problem."

But having said that, Chen Nian still chatted and typed with the other party all the way back home.

"I'm home too, so I won't talk anymore."

"Okay, okay, good night."

"Good night."
To be continued...