Looking in the direction of the stench, he saw the waiter carrying a plate. On the plate, there was a mixture of soy sauce and ten yards of neat squares. It was a bluish-black color, and the stench was coming from above.
"What is this? Why is it so smelly? " Bai Youqing said as he pinched his nose in disgust.
"This is called smelly tofu. It smells bad, but it tastes good. Many people like to eat it." Duan Lingfei laughed and said, at the same time he directly picked up a piece of stinky tofu, and threw it into his mouth without touching the sauce.
Seeing Duan Lingfei enjoying himself, Bai Youqing widened her eyes in exaggeration. She was simply unable to imagine how someone would be willing to eat such stinky food.
"Is it delicious?"
"Of course it's delicious. Also, about the origin of stinky tofu, there is another story!" Duan Lingfei said with a smile.
"Hurry up and tell me." Bai Youqing urged hurriedly.
"It is said that during the time of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, a man named Wang Zhihe opened a tofu factory outside the front gate of Beijing on Longevity Street. One summer, Wang Zhihe wanted to marry his son to his wife, so he anxiously waited for the money to be used. He wanted the whole family to work hard to make more tofu. "
"It's unfortunate to say that on the day that we did the most, the number of people who came to buy was the least. On a hot day like this, the tofu is going to turn sour. Wang Zhihe's heart is in his throat, and he is sweating profusely. "
"As the saying goes, 'in a hurry,' when the sweat dripped to his mouth and gave off a salty taste, it suddenly reminded him of salt. With a little bit of luck, he took out the salt shaker and sprinkled some salt on all the tofu. In order to reduce the bad taste, he even sprinkled some pepper and the like, and then placed them in the rear hall. "
"After a few days, there was a strange smell in the store and the whole family was very strange. Wang Zhihe was smart. He thought of moldy tofu and quickly went to the back of the hall to have a look. "Ah! The white tofu has turned into green cubes!"
"He casually picked up a piece and put it in his mouth." He casually picked it up and put it in his mouth.
"Wang Zhihe was overjoyed. He immediately ordered his wife and children to move all the Qingfang stores out of the store and set up a stall to peddle them. The stall also put up a cover, which said: "A green square with a strange fragrance in the smell".
"The city people have never seen this kind of tofu before. Some people are curious and want to buy a few tofu. Some people buy some tofu after they have tasted them. The results were spread around, and in less than a morning, a few trays of stinky tofu were sold out. "
"News spread into the palace and aroused Empress Dowager Cixi's appetite. One day, when she was eating in the middle of the night, she suddenly had to eat stinky tofu, so she immediately sent people to Wang Zhihe's tofu shop to buy Qingfang. When the news spread, Wang Zhihe's reputation as a bad person was boosted, and his business was booming. "
"Later, many bean curd shops tried to make stinky tofu like Wang Zhihe, but the business was not as good as Wang Zhihe's, so they also used the name" Wang Zhihe "to pretend to be real in order to expand the sales market and make more money. In the past, there used to be "Wang Zhihe bean curd shop" everywhere in Beijing, and that's how it was formed. "
"So there was actually such a story!" After hearing Duan Lingfei's story, Bai Youqing's interest was obviously piqued. He carefully picked up a small piece of the stinky tofu, hesitated for a long time, and in the end, couldn't help but throw it into his mouth.
Her eyes widened at once, "It smells so good. I've never eaten such delicious tofu before."
"It'll taste better with a little sauce." Duan Lingfei reminded from the side.
Bai Youqing obediently tried it, and sure enough, it was delicious. He ate seven or eight pieces of meat in a row, and praised it non-stop.
Seeing that her mouth was filled with food, looking like a cute and innocent child, Duan Lingfei could not help but smile, and said to the waiter: "Please give us a fresh fruit juice."
Before he could finish his sentence, Bai Youqing shouted out: "I don't drink fruit juice, I want to drink wine!"
"Drink?" Duan Lingfei was a little surprised. One must know that the legal age for drinking wine in the United States was 21 years old, but Bai Youqing had not reached that age yet.
"In the United States, would I be arrested if I brought a little girl like you to drink?"
"But this is China, isn't it?" Bai Youqing laughed slyly: "Besides, we'll drink less and we won't get drunk."
"But …"
"There's no 'but'. If you're not willing, I can also call Liu Yanxia and ask him to …"
"Alright, alright, I admire you." Duan Lingfei raised his hands in surrender: "Then what do you want to drink?"
"The Red Bar." Bai Youqing thought for a while before replying, "Wine of Grape and Wine of Light Cup, drink your lute now! Lord Grim, who had gone to fight in the Ancient Battlefield, returned drunk.
"Eh, you know poetry too?" Duan Lingfei was pleasantly surprised.
"A little bit. Although I don't fully understand the background and techniques behind this poem's creation, every time I read it I would feel a wave of unrestrained and fanaticism. I think this is the charm of this ancient poem."
As she said that, Bai Youqing's eyes flashed with yearning. It could be seen that what she said before about China's history and culture was true.
Originally, Duan Lingfei and Bai Youqing were relatively separate, but as time passed, the two gradually got more familiar with each other.
Duan Lingfei had also discovered that Bai Youqing was not a difficult person to get along with. The little girl was still very cute, but it could be because her IQ was too high, so there was a natural sense of superiority in her bones, which wasn't really a big problem.
If this situation continued, Duan Lingfei felt that he could quickly become friends with Bai Youqing. However, accidents would happen at critical moments.
"Yo yo, look who I saw here." A voice sounded from behind him, and it was clear that it was mocking him.
Duan Lingfei turned his head to take a look and realized that he was actually met with some acquaintances — Luo Zhiliang and Jin Yunting.
Jin Yunting seemed to have intentionally put on makeup and wore a long dress. She also wore a faint purple eye shadow, making her originally delicate face appear even more unique and charming. Beside her, Luo Zhiliang was about a head taller than her.
It was a coincidence that these two rich second generations came to the restaurant, the two of them had originally planned to play together, and also had a meal together. They did not expect to meet Duan Lingfei here.
Seeing that a person they had always looked down upon could actually enter and leave such a high-end clubhouse, the two were a little dissatisfied, so they decided to look for trouble.
"Duan Lingfei, I never thought that I would meet you in this kind of high levelled clubhouse." Luo Zhiliang walked over with a cold smile, and his gaze swept across Bai Youqing's body.
This guy had always been a lecherous guy. Usually, he relied on his smelly money and would linger around in all sorts of situations. It was as easy to change a girlfriend as it was to change a phone.
However, although he was a veteran in the celebration, Luo Zhiliang was still shocked when he saw Bai Youqing for the first time.
A blonde loli, whether it was her figure, looks or temperament, she was impeccable. Yet, she was able to speak fluent Chinese. She was simply a top tier beauty.
Luo Zhiliang's heart was suddenly in turmoil.