They Gather Here

Then, she smiled awkwardly, soaked the dishes in the pool, and said, "I'm dizzy, and I accidentally ran to wash the dishes according to the atmosphere."

"According to the atmosphere?"

"A kind of 'you cook, I wash the dishes' vibe."

"Is it the division of labor like when Yukinoshita and I worked at the izakaya?"

"Damn!" Ying Lili suddenly became mad, "Why are others coming first!? Why can't I be Ying!?"

"Yes... I'm sorry!" Although he didn't know what was wrong, Luo Zhen decided to apologize first.

However, Ying Riri shook her head, no longer showing the demon-possessed momentum just now.

She turned on the light, sat down opposite Luo Zhen, and said, "Luo Jun, you just watched the storyboard of the first episode, do you think there is a problem?"

When it came to work, Luo Zhen immediately cheered up.

"The pacing of the narrative seems okay," he commented, "but there are some common sense mistakes."

"E.g?"

"The line, 'Yokohama's Chinatown, Kobe's Nanjing Town, and San Francisco's Chinatown', neither Chinatown nor Nanjing Town appeared at the time."

"Well, then I'll change it to 'combine with the local characteristics of various countries in the world, transform it into the most popular cuisine in the world'?"

"Very good, very feeling."

"Any more?"

"I'm looking for it..." Luo Zhen flipped through and found a page, "And here, when you introduced the roasted squid stuffed with glutinous rice, you mentioned doubanjiang."

"That's right." Ying Lili nodded and wondered, "Is there any problem?"

"The best and most authentic doubanjiang is indeed from Pi County, but China was still in the feudal period at that time, the production capacity was not as abundant as imagined, and the commodity economy was not so prosperous, so most of the doubanjiang in the restaurant was brewed, not bought. of."

"That's it, is there anything else?"

As soon as she entered the working state, Ying Riri pulled away from the depressed mood.

She spread out the Campus notebook and made notes. The content was her own mistakes and omissions, as well as several preconceived plans for how to change it, which quickly filled a page.

Despite her disheveled hair, the girl's "hard-working figure" is really attractive.

Luo Zhen was sincerely admired.

Nearly 20 pages of mirror drafts, the two quickly finished the discussion.

Even so, Ying Lili still refused to let Luo Zhen go and discussed the content of the next three episodes.

She asked, "What's the hardest part about Mapo Tofu?"

"Difficult?" Luo Zhen was puzzled.

"It's the kind of place that requires a lot of skills, and it's very high-level to say it."

Luo really understood.

To put it bluntly, it is the stunt that the protagonist can do but others can't, which is the so-called "cool point" in novels and comics.

So, Luo Zhen talked about it in detail.

Among all the hard-to-handle ingredients, tofu is definitely one of them. With a little more force, it can be broken into slag in minutes.

And Mapo tofu is more male than male. It needs to be mixed into different levels of numbness, spicy, hot, fragrant, crisp, tender, and fresh. Anyone who has personally cooked Mapo tofu knows that it is delicious to make this dish. , by no means easy.

For example, if the tendons of the minced meat are not removed cleanly, it is easy to become old and astringent when the heat is over, which is contrary to the smooth and tender taste of tofu;

Or, if there are too many peppers and peppercorns, the pungent spiciness will take away the umami of the tofu itself;

Otherwise, the heat is not in place, and the most important smooth taste in Mapo tofu is lost.

All in all, if the cooking skills are not in place, Mapo tofu is either too old, too spicy or too broken, and it will burst.

Where did Ying Lili think there would be so many doorways?

She couldn't help but wonder: "I feel that cooking is more difficult than comics."

"There is no comparison." Luo Zhen retorted, "Whether it is cooking or painting, it is not easy to cultivate any skill to perfection."

"I'm complimenting you, why can't you hear it?" Ying Lili whispered.

"Ah?" Luo Zhen was stunned, his cheeks slightly hot, "Then...Thank you."

"..."

"sorry."

"Well, forget it." Ying Lili waved her hand, "Now that I've eaten and drank enough, I'm ready to stay overnight."

"Then I'll go back to open the store and wait for the business to end. I'll bring you supper." Luo Zhen replied.

"Ok."

"Then I'll go first."

Luo Zhen waved his hand, walked to the door, and then pushed out the door.

Just when he was about to close the door, Ying Lili's voice suddenly came from behind: "Luo Jun, this time, if I win, you must be responsible to me to the end."

"What???" Luo Zhen almost fell.

"In the future, the food prototype in my comics will depend on you."

That's what it meant.

"No problem." Luo Zhen nodded with a smile.

"Thank you!" Ying Lili returned with a bright smile.

Chapter 28 Sanwu Assistant and Baumkuchen

time flies.

May 5st, morning.

The era of Heisei's waste has passed since neon changed to Yuan, and the next will be the carnival of Rei and fierce men.

What’s different in Neon is that the new emperor was enthroned in May, but the celebration of “Enthronement Ceremony of the Main Hall” (ceremony) + procession + “Feast of the Ceremony” (banquet) will be held in October.

Therefore, for the vast majority of ordinary people, May 5 is just an ordinary holiday.

However, only Luo Zhen and Kato Megumi were ordinary people in the neighborhood committee, and the others were high-class people.

On the morning of April 4, the day of the emperor's abdication, Miss Yono came to Tokyo.

She personally visited Yukinoshita, invited her sister back to Chiba, and accompanied her family to a social reception.

Luo Zhen originally thought that Yukinoshita would refuse, but unexpectedly, Yukinoshita agreed with just a few poisonous words. Miss Yang Nai also seemed surprised. She opened her mouth first, then smiled, and cast a deep meaning towards Luo Zhen. eyes.

Chitanda's father arrived on the evening of April 4, probably because his daughter mentioned the nature of the neighborhood committee and its activities. He sent a large amount of rice, noodles and vegetables from Gifu, all of which were fresh.

In exchange, he took his daughter as a tour guide in Tokyo, saying it would be "returned" by May 5.

As for English pears...

With the support of her parents, she turned off all social interactions and closed down to catch up on drafts.

Every morning, Luo Zhen closes the izakaya business, and when he brings her a late-night snack, she can be seen painting violently.

The girl's goal is 68 color pages, that is, the content of 4 chapters.

Even Luo Zhen, a layman, thought it was an impossible task.

That's full color!

You know, just coloring it can make people exhausted.

Therefore, Luo Zhen once persuaded Ying Lili to cherish her liver and make some choices.

But it didn't work.

In the girl's original words: "I must present Luo Jun's story as perfectly as possible."

It stands to reason that this should be considered self-defeating, but her performance is extremely confident, not like nonsense.

Luo Zhen can only hope that she has the ability to create miracles.

Now, all we can do is believe in her and wait.

On the morning of May 5, as usual, members of the neighborhood committee who were not scheduled during the Golden Week will gather here.

Therefore, there are only two people and one cat in the store.

Megumi Kato sat in front of the bar fiddling with his mobile phone, while Kuan Kuan crouched in the cardboard box, meowing from time to time.

Because there was no business, the rolling shutter door was only opened halfway, and at the position of Luo Zhen's neck, the window was wide open, and the spring breeze blew in, bringing a faint scent of cherry blossoms.

Luo Zhen just cleaned the stove again, stretched out, and said, "Kato, don't play with your phone in the dark, pay attention to your eyes."

"Luo Jun, my mother won't discipline me like this anymore." Kato Megumi didn't look up.

"I'm here for your own good."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Luo Zhen couldn't help her, and he didn't want to turn on the light, so he walked to the front of the store and pulled the hinge hard.

The rolling shutter door continued to go up, and with the sound of "Kala Kala" rubbing the iron sheets, the fragrance of the cherry blossoms became a little thicker.

Only then did Luo Zhen realize that something was wrong.

The aroma of cherry blossoms is very light. Even if you stand under a cherry tree in full bloom and close your eyes to breathe, you will hardly feel any strangeness.

What's more, it's already May, and it's an alley in the port area. Where did the cherry blossoms come from?

Only artificial scents, such as perfumes, soaps, body washes, shampoos and the like.

Luo Zhen walked out of the store and looked around.

I saw a young girl standing on tiptoe, watching from the window for a mile or two.

Strangely, it was said to be "waiting and watching", but her eyes would only converge on one point, as if it were a broad direction.

The girl was wearing a pink and white shirt with a short skirt, no makeup, and she was dressed very simply.