[Red Mansion] A little chef came to the Grand View Garden

"The owner has something to do, so he will be closed for a day!"

Liu Mei hung a notice on the door of her small shop, then locked the door, carried a small bag on her back, and was ready to go out.

She collected a lot of clues about the "Glutton Mountain Man", some on Weibo, some in Space, and some online names in forums——everything that was even remotely related, she tried to contact them one by one, and some were very different. The reliable one was deleted by her immediately.Today, she plans to follow a condensed list and visit them one by one in person to see if there are any clues related to Shiqing.

According to what Shiqing said back then, this "Mount Taotie" seems to be somewhat related to the person who wrote the program statements of his system back then.

It's a pity that apart from these four words, Liu Mei has no other clues.

When we parted at the beginning, Shiqing once mentioned that he would try his best to find her - but with Liu Mei's temperament alone, how could he just wait for Shiqing to find him?

So Liu Mei, under the scorching sun, searched for confirmation one by one according to her list.

She vaguely felt that she should be looking for a man of science and technology, very smart but not too groomed, this man may have no intention or intention, and he once wrote a program with tens of thousands of lines to create a system.

Judging from the four words "Taotie Mountain Man", maybe this person still likes to eat and is a foodie.

In Liu Mei's mind, she drew a fat and cute image of an otaku, wearing glasses.

It's just that in this vast sea of ​​people, it's not easy to find it.

Ever since, Liu Mei experienced disappointment again and again, but she was not reconciled, looking at the next address on the list, and embarked on the journey of searching for someone again, even though she knew that the possibility of being disappointed again was very high, almost 90.00 %Nine.

Just like that, Liu Mei ran all over N City between repeated disappointments and rejuvenation. By the time she really felt tired and hungry, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening. The night in N City was also a bit cold, among thousands of lights, Liu Mei was left alone, standing in front of the bus stop.

"Little girl, the uncle is going to pick up the car, how about taking you for a ride?" The taxi uncle looked at her lonely and pitiful.

Seeing that it was a regular taxi, Liu Mei nodded, and called Ah Hua when she got in the car, "I'm in a taxi!"

The taxi uncle had already started the car and walked straight along the broad street. Hearing her nervousness, he said with a smile, "You...you overtime workers, I have loaded a lot, it's just that It's late, and no one came to pick you up, the little girl doesn't have a date yet!"

Liu Mei: Er...

She was used to being urged to get married, but she didn't expect that the big brother driver who had never met before would immediately tell the truth.

"To be honest, your little girls always have too high a view. If you see a good one, you should go to it for a while, maybe it's suitable..." The driver turned on the persuasion mode, but Liu Mei suddenly appeared He began to pat the seat desperately behind his back, and said excitedly: "Stop, uncle stop!"

"What's the matter?" The driver parked the car on the side of the road with a confused face, saw Liu Mei get off the car with an excited face, turned around and ran back. "Hey, is it possible that this little girl met a handsome guy?"

When he saw clearly the direction Liu Mei was running away from, the driver was stunned.

"It turned out to be a foodie!"

Liu Mei quickly ran towards a brightly lit storefront, the storefront was not big, with neon lights flickering on the signboard, and the big characters "Gao Tie Shan Ren" were brightly and dimly lit.

"It's still open so late, could it be an Internet cafe?" Liu Mei thought while running.She had already instantly thought of an expert sitting in this Internet cafe who "hidden in the city".

Excited in her heart, she rushed to the front of the store, but when she was about to push the door, she hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand, and pushed the door open.

At that moment, the noise, the clash of cups and saucers, together with the aroma of various ingredients, suddenly overflowed from the small facade.

This smell is very familiar and intimate... When Liu Mei was disappointed, she couldn't help but took a deep breath, thinking to herself, it's been a long time.

It's not an Internet cafe inside, but a place for... a bunch of kebabs.

Liu Mei took a closer look, there are not only skewers here, but also Huajia, Malatang, crayfish, grilled cold noodles...everything that can be thought of for midnight snacks is here.

So this small shop is full of guests at the moment, it seems a bit crowded and narrow.

"Little girl, are you alone?" The proprietress leaned out behind the skewer stove, pointed to a small empty space in the corner and said, "I'm sorry, we are short-handed today, and we can't greet you well. You first Sit down, if you need anything, just say it."

Liu Mei didn't intend to eat supper at first, but she was immediately infected by the scene in front of her, so she thought, since it's here, let it be.

She squeezed past a table of more than a dozen people who were talking and laughing happily, and then bypassed a couple sitting in the aisle chatting, squeezed into her seat, greeted the proprietress by the way, and went to wash her hands first. , Then I went to get a plate of salted edamame, poured a glass of beer, and sipped it slowly.

The seat she was sitting in was the only one-person seat in the shop. It was probably the proprietress's private seat. It was extremely small, and there were still some bottles and cans of spices piled up on the table.

The proprietress came out again, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, usually I like to sit there when my eldest son comes to help. Today he has something to do at work, so he was called back to work. I feel wronged that you squeezed here Squeeze..."

Just as I was talking, there was a faint smell of burnt meat, and the proprietress let out an "ah" and said, "No, this meat is over-grilled." She quickly threw the over-grilled meat aside.

The barbecue just smelled a bit burnt, but the shells of the sixtieth heads had already opened, and the lady boss who was in a hurry still said, "It's not good!"

Liu Mei couldn't help laughing, and said, "Go and clean up that sixty-year-old armor, and I'll help you watch the meat on the stove. I also have a catering license."

The proprietress was quite surprised, she looked Liu Mei up and down, and saw that she stretched out her hand and turned over the skewers of grilled meat, while the skewers of chicken wings and chicken hearts that were still slightly raw were still there.

The proprietress immediately knew that Liu Mei was a connoisseur, so she let go of her heart and hurried to arrange her sixtieth birthday.

Looking at this modern oven, Liu Mei couldn't help but think of the time when he roasted venison in the Grand View Garden. This kind of oven is much more convenient to use than the oven used for barbecue in Luxue Temple in the World of Red Mansions.However, the pace of life of modern people is too fast, and it is inevitable that they will lose some of the fun of admiring the snow, doing it yourself, and eating while roasting.

She carefully turned the meat skewers, and brushed a little oil on the surface of the skewers from time to time. When the fire was over, she sprinkled a layer of cumin and a pinch of chili powder, and the aroma immediately overflowed from the oven.

The proprietress was very quick. In this short period of time, she had packed up a piece of sixty-year-old armor, baked two pieces of cold noodles, and watched Liumei's operation with a smile on her face.

"Little girl, I can't see that at such a young age, the craftsmanship of barbecue is not bad!"

Liu Mei was a little embarrassed, "This...mainly because I like to eat..."

In the face of delicious food, foodies will always have endless motivation.The proprietress went to deliver the grilled kebabs, and Liu Mei helped her roast the remaining chicken wings and hearts.The proprietress thanked her repeatedly and insisted on baking her a cold noodle as a thank you.

Liu Mei squeezed back to her seat, tasted the cold noodle, which was said to be the pinnacle of the proprietress's craftsmanship, and said "uh", feeling that it was really delicious.

She stretched her feet occasionally, and her toes touched something. She looked down and saw a black computer bag, which was not even zipped up, revealing a thin laptop and a large stack of documents inside.

"Miss Boss, a customer dropped something at your place." Liu Mei hurriedly reminded the Madam Boss that if someone who is greedy for cheap sees it and takes it with her, the original owner will suffer a great loss.

"Ah, this, this is my son's stuff." The proprietress recognized the computer bag. "He said just now that something happened in the research institute, and he left in a hurry. It must be that guy's carelessness that left this thing here."

Liu Meijiang looked at the computer bag that still had a sticker with the logo of the "Gao Tie Shan Ren" store, guessing that what the proprietress said was true, he handed over the bag to the other party for safekeeping.

Not long after she left, a young man with the appearance of an otaku rushed into the store and asked the proprietress, "Mom, did I leave a bag with you?"

The proprietress scolded him and said, "Look at you, you've been so forgetful all day long. If it wasn't for the little girl who kindly discovered your bag, I'm afraid it would have been taken away by someone."

The otaku pushed his glasses and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the laptop was still in his bag.

He took out the documents in the bag and said to the proprietress: "Fortunately, I didn't lose it. Our project has reached the final step, and it is about to be realized. The key data are all in this bag. If it is lost, the development level of artificial intelligence in our country will be reduced." Go back at least 100 years."

The proprietress listened, smiled and said angrily, "Listen to you!"

On the document taken out by the otaku, there was a "Stage Progress Report on the Experimental Project of Using the Artificial Intelligence System with the Learning Ability to Operate a Real Person" impressively.

"No object today!"

Sitting in Liu Mei's dim sum shop, Ah Hua uttered a word out of boredom.

Liu Mei frowned, "You don't have a date every day."

Ah Hua mumbled and said, "Aren't you the same?"

Liu Mei ignored her. After a while, she glanced at Ah Hua and said, "Is this the milk tea from the store opposite?"

The "'Sang' Dim Sum" opposite her has been closed down, and now it has been changed into a milk tea shop, the name is "'Sang' Milk Tea".The previous one was said to be a pop-up store, so it has been opened elsewhere.

Ah Hua nodded, holding up the milk tea cup in her hand, Liu Mei saw five large characters printed on it: "No date today!" This is probably the name of this milk tea.This kind of milk tea is also very popular recently, and the line out of the store is always so long.

Liu Mei let out a "chi" laugh, and went on her own.A Hua sighed behind her, "Liu Mei, how did you manage to live the days without a date as happily as if you had a date."

Liu Mei didn't answer, and went to wipe clean the glass counter where the refreshments were placed.

At this moment, Liu Mei's little niece's childish voice sounded outside the store, "Auntie..."

Liu Mei liked this little niece the most, when she heard her coming, she knew that her sister's family must have come to see her, so she hurriedly greeted her.

Liu Mei's little niece was almost five years old, and she was just talking. When she saw Liu Mei, she immediately asked, "Aunt Mei, my mother said that you don't have a date today..."

"Puchi-"

Ah Hua, who was sitting far away by the window sill, almost spit out a mouthful of milk tea.

The expression on Liu Mei's face was hard to describe, she stared at her little niece dumbfounded, wondering how the parents taught the child.

The little niece reached out to Liu Mei to hug her, but when Liu Mei picked her up, she still kept a straight face and asked solemnly: "Auntie, why haven't you found a date yet?"

Liu Mei hugged the little girl, turned to A'hua, and made a hand gesture, meaning: Well, this is my little niece who is known as "One Hundred Thousand Whys".

Ah Hua gave Liu Mei's niece a thumbs up, signaling: Well said!

The little niece was hugged by Liu Mei, twisted her body, and said: "Auntie, it's your birthday today, but you don't have a date yet. My mother is very worried, so I want to give you a gift so that you can find a date." .”

Liu Mei supported her forehead, feeling too embarrassed.

A Hua next to her hurriedly covered her face, "Little sister, I forgot your birthday."

Liu Mei kept saying that it didn't matter, when the bell rang outside, it was Liu Mei's sister and brother-in-law.There were also delivery workers, who pushed a cardboard box nearly one person high into it.

"Sister and brother-in-law, why, do you want to give me a refrigerator?" Liu Mei smiled and thanked her sister and brother-in-law for their kindness.

My sister and brother-in-law looked at each other, and they couldn't hold back the smiles on their faces: "Mei'er, take it apart and have a look yourself. I heard that it's made of artificial intelligence, but it's the latest technology!"

artificial intelligence?

The smile on Liu Mei's face gradually faded, and she couldn't help showing some nervousness.

She stretched out her hand, caressed the tall cardboard box, and imagined out of thin air what could be contained inside, or... people.

Finally, she mustered up the courage to cut off the sealing tape, and then opened the tall cardboard box from top to bottom.

There was a "pop" sound inside, and a lot of colored paper and ribbons popped out of the carton.Waiting for the flying confetti to fall down one after another, Liu Mei looked at the things in the cardboard box, unavoidably feeling a little dazed.

——This, this is really high technology!

Inside is a robot that looks similar to the one named R2-D2 in Star Wars.

"This is a robot specially developed for catering institutions! It can automatically place orders, notify the kitchen in real time, deliver meals to guests, notify the counter to check out, and chat with customers." Brother-in-law is a person who is obsessed with "geeks". The idea is probably from him.

Liu Mei: What a god—her shop is just a small shop that focuses on making snacks and baking, and there are few customers. With this robot, I'm afraid it may not be able to increase the efficiency much.

Seeing Liu Mei's expression, the elder sister hurriedly said: "This is your brother-in-law's idea, I didn't want to agree to it at first. But think about it now, don't everyone say that doing business needs a little excitement, even if you treat it as a gimmick Customers are also good!"

Knowing that it was the kindness of her sister and brother-in-law, Liu Mei hurriedly thanked her sincerely. To make fun of it, she even took out the instruction manual. After reading it for a long time, she figured out how to start this guy.

"Hi, welcome. This is the shop's food list, and this is the shop's recommendation today. What would you like to use?"

The robot moved forward, came to the brother-in-law, stopped, bowed its "waist" to the brother-in-law solemnly, opened its "mouth" to ask, and even tilted its "head" slightly, as if it was really a dedicated waiter.The brother-in-law was very proud of watching it, and even had an "awkward chat" with the robot.

The people in the store felt novelty when they saw this, and applauded one after another.

At this moment, Liu Mei's little niece turned her head to look at Liu Mei curiously, and asked why—"Auntie, why are you crying?"

Say yes, you will find me eventually?

This robot got the nickname of R2, wandering around in Liu Mei's shop every day, and became a "highlight" for attracting customers - Liu Mei's shop became the first snack shop in N city that used a robot to greet customers. The business was given a shot in the arm, and Liu Mei briefly experienced the taste of "red".

However, at the beginning, R2 did work well, but after a few days, Liu Mei gradually noticed something was wrong.

The robot began to malfunction frequently.

In the beginning, it was just a minor ailment, but Liu Mei took care of it by herself following the instructions.Later, R2's response became slower and slower, and gradually stopped moving.Liu Mei struggled for a long time, but still couldn't figure out how to restart the robot. In desperation, she called the customer service number according to the number left in the manual.

"Your situation requires our technicians to come and repair it in person. Please leave your address and phone number!" It was a male customer service—Liu Mei thought, probably this kind of high-tech company has more male employees.

Liu Mei left her address and phone number as she said, made an appointment, and waited for the technicians to come to overhaul.

By that time, the technician was running late.The male customer service also made a special phone call to explain: "I'm sorry, Ms. Liu, this technician just arrived in our city not long ago, and just reported that he was lost. Please wait patiently for a while."

Liu Mei had no choice but to wait patiently according to her words.After more than two hours, Liu Mei thought, this day lily is cold.

Just as he was thinking, a bell rang at the door.Liu Mei rushed out to greet her.

I saw a technical guy standing at the door holding a huge cardboard box half the height of a person.The cardboard box happened to completely cover his face, where Liu Mei was, not even a single hair of his hair could be seen.

"Excuse me, is it Miss Liu Meiliu?"

As soon as these words fell into Liu Mei's ears, Liu Mei seemed to be petrified, and she even felt a little hard to breathe.

This voice, this voice... This voice seems to have been engraved in her memory long ago, no matter when and where, it will never be erased.

"Miss Liu, I'm sorry for being late. I have some accessories for repairing the robot here, and they are all packed in this box. Could you please help me to lift them a little bit?"

The voice of the visitor became clearer and clearer.

Liu Mei lowered her head, and saw the hands of the person holding the cardboard box.

On the ring finger of the visitor's left hand, he was wearing a somewhat old red gold ring with the word "eyebrow" engraved on the ring.

"Miss Liu, to be honest, your place is really hard to find."

The visitor put down the box in his hand, smiled, and stared at Liu Mei's eyes that were already crying with joy.

"However, fortunately, I finally found you."

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The author has something to say: the first word of the title should be pronounced the fourth tone, good (hào) eating will be rewarded.I wish all the loving foodies in the world get married!

The following is a long version of the small theater that I promised everyone. Another reminder, apart from this, there is no other extras.Xinkeng will open next Tuesday (22nd), hope to see you there.The next book will be a history fan, and the next book in the plan will be a food article, so if you think it’s still worth reading, please give it a try and bookmark the author!

The small theater of the temporary parting:

N City held a culinary competition competition called "A Dream of Red Mansions", with the theme of the Red Mansion Banquet, to test the culinary skills of the contestants.A little-known couple who were originally unknown unexpectedly passed five levels and defeated six generals, and won the championship in one fell swoop.

Surprisingly, a local-level cooking competition has become popular all over the country.In addition to the classic Red Mansion dishes that remind people of traditional food, the popularity of the champion Liu Mei Shiqing and the pair of CPs soared rapidly.People who eat melons feel that this young couple with super good looks not only has superb cooking skills, but also cooperates tacitly and has a tacit understanding. During the competition, it is inevitable to sprinkle dog food one by one.

"It's too sweet, it's too sweet, I can't be caught by this dog food." The two shared a Weibo account and received countless messages like this.

After the game, a reporter interviewed on the spot and asked Shiqing first: "I'm here to test you. Just now your wife has quietly told me one of her favorite dishes from the Red Mansion. Do you know which one it is?"

Shiqing frowned slightly: "Favorite? There are many dishes in the Red Mansion that she likes, it's hard to say which one she likes the most. There is only one that she hates the most."

Knowing that the little trick had been exposed, the reporter couldn't help laughing, and then asked, "Which one is it?"

Shiqing said with a straight face as if endorsing: "Ham and cabbage soup with dried shrimps, green bamboo shoots and seaweed, and rice porridge."

Liu Mei smiled like a flower, naturally because Shiqing answered well.

The reporter nodded with satisfaction: "As expected, they are the couple who cooperated most tacitly in the whole competition! Well, I also asked your wife just now, which home-cooked dish do you like most? Your wife also gave an answer, can you say What did she answer?"

Shiqing: Home cooking? "It must be Jiang Shilang's tofu?"

The reporter nodded: "Congratulations, you got the answer right again."

She turned her head and continued to ask Liu Mei: "I heard that you are the first restaurant owner in this city to use artificial intelligence to operate a restaurant. Excuse me, how does it feel to get along with artificial intelligence?"

Liu Mei thought for a while, and replied with a smile: "Well, when you talk to him, you don't even realize that he is an artificial intelligence."

When he said this, Liu Mei looked at Shi Qing, and Shi Qing stared at Liu Mei silently.The smile on Liu Mei's face became even more cheerful.

Shi Qing knew that she was joking, so he added something aside, saying, "Not just talking, but many other times, Liu Mei didn't realize that he was an artificial intelligence."

When Liu Mei heard this, she immediately felt as if she had fallen into a pit, she couldn't help but blushed, she turned her eyes away, not knowing what to say.

……

In the "Taotie Shanren" small restaurant, the proprietress happily greeted her son to watch the TV screen, "Look, this is the girl who picked up your computer bag last time. Good people get rewards, and it's true. I found a partner and got married, and now the young couple won the competition together!"

The otaku also raised his glasses happily and nodded: "Mom, you are right."

He turned on the computer, looked at the information inside, and whispered: "Since it can run stably and independently, and you are living so happily now, I will grant your wish and let your true origin become an eternal secret." !"

He found the data of one of the experimental subjects in the project, clicked "Permanent Delete", and then clicked "OK".

"Who made me, my mother, a loyal fan of your couple?"

That’s all for now, see you next week’s new article!