Life is a Game

March 15 was destined to be an extraordinary day. Jiang Feng felt a biting chill from the moment he stepped out of the house.

Unprecedented cold, even though there was no wind in the corridor, the cold still surrounded Jiang Feng instantly like a tide. He was so cold that his teeth chattered when he walked, and he felt the pain of breathing.

It seemed to be a sign, or perhaps a warning.

Warn him that going out in the dark at 5:00 a.m. in winter will not end well.

Yes, Beiping City at 5 am is colder than other times.

The reason why Jiang Feng got up so early was to go to Taifeng Building to cook a pot of stewed beef with carrots early, so that every employee who entered the store could eat two bites at the first time. Today is not only the opening day of the restaurant on the top floor, but also the day when Taifeng Tower will be transferred. Jiang Feng wholeheartedly wants the glory of Ouhuang to fill every corner of Taifeng Tower, so that Comrade Roland from the other side of the ocean can feel the mysterious power of the East.

On the way to Taifeng Tower, Jiang Feng was even thinking about whether to buy a welfare lottery ticket, and use this to make a fortune.

He is really not well-off recently, and Comrade Wang Xiulian didn't reimburse him for the travel expenses to and from various places and the money for buying pork during the Chinese New Year.

It was Jiang Jiankang's habit to deliver the ingredients in Taifeng Building in the early morning. The main reason is that he doesn't want to get up early, so he chooses to go to bed late. Even though he no longer needs to worry about the supply of ingredients, and there is a special person in charge of handling it, the meat is still delivered at night.

Vegetables will be delivered the next morning.

It was still dark at 5 o'clock in the morning, and when Jiang Feng was walking on the road, he felt like he was coming home from get off work. Because of the cold weather, he walked extremely fast, and he arrived at Taifeng Tower in ten minutes and even broke out in a little sweat.

There was no one in the shop, it was pitch black, and because of the retro decoration style, it still felt a little spooky. Jiang Feng didn't turn on the lights in the lobby, and went straight to the back kitchen with the light of the mobile phone flashlight, turned on the lights in the back kitchen, and began to pick out ingredients with ease.

This is the first time he has cooked beef stew with carrots since he completed the mission of Renyi Canteen.

Because the cooling time of the cd of this dish was too long, Jiang Feng didn't know when would be the best time to eat this dish, so he simply put it there and didn't cook it for emergencies.

This dish is simple and easy to make, but it takes more time to stew carrots and beef until soft and tasty. Jiang Feng got up early and was idle, so he paid extra attention when cooking this dish. He even carefully compared the carrots before and after to see if they were even and good-looking, so that it was easy to taste.

But after all the ingredients were simmered in the pot, Jiang Feng simply moved a chair and sat by the stove, watching the stove while playing with his phone.

It's warmer.

At 7:17 in the morning, Fang Mei arrived at Taifeng Building.

When Fang Mei arrived at the store, she was a little surprised to find that the kitchen lights were on. When she went in, she was even more surprised to find Jiang Feng sitting by the stove playing with her mobile phone, so she went up to chat with him.

"You got up so early to make beef stew with carrots?" Fang Mei couldn't understand. She thought that Jiang Feng was too nervous to open the restaurant on the top floor, so he went to the back kitchen to check the ingredients, but he came to cook. .

Jiang Feng shrugged: "Isn't it because I woke up too early and couldn't fall asleep? Lying on the bed is also lying down. Why don't you come over and stew beef in advance."

Fang Mei nodded, acquiescing that Jiang Feng couldn't sleep because he was too nervous, and comforted him: "Young boss, don't be too nervous. Although the opposite side is very famous, to put it bluntly, he is the chef of a two-star Michelin restaurant, not a three-star restaurant. There is no need for such a formidable enemy."

Jiang Feng smiled at her, a little forcedly.

Having said that, Roland is not an ordinary Michelin two-star chef, he is a Michelin two-star chef who is good at cooking fusion dishes and has a lot of research on Chinese food.

This kind of chef is much more difficult to deal with than Zhang Guanghang's own father, who has been famous for many years and has been a Michelin three-star chef.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng looked at the stew pot on the stove and felt relieved.

Fang Mei came to Taifeng Building so early because she had something to deal with, and after talking to Jiang Feng, she left the back kitchen to do her own business.

About 10 minutes later, Ji Xue arrived at the back kitchen, with a bun still in her mouth when she arrived, she was a little surprised to see Jiang Feng actually in the back kitchen.

But Ji Xue didn't say much. She just nodded to Jiang Feng and went about her own business. She was not a talkative person.

Jiang Feng just sat by the stove and played with his mobile phone. In fact, he was just watching TV. He became fascinated by watching and gradually forgot about the beef on the stove.

"Ding, complete a brand new A-level dish, the current task progress (7/10)."

Jiang Feng was a little confused when he heard the system prompt.

It's like feeling like you're fumbling with your phone when the teacher suddenly tells you with a big smile that you just passed a test with perfect marks.

Jiang Feng looked at the pot in front of him, turned off the fire, and uncovered it.

Very normal taste of beef stew with carrots, probably because this dish is too homely and not too difficult, even if he accidentally made A-grade beef stew with carrots, it doesn’t smell very special Amazing feeling.

But it looks pretty good-looking, and the value is very high. The carrots are of the same size and spread evenly in the pot. The beef has been stewed for a long time to absorb the soup, and it is soft and not loose. It is faintly stained with a little carrot color. Very tempting.

But it's just a normal pot of carrot and goulash.

Jiang Feng touched a pair of chopsticks and took a small bowl, and tasted carrots and beef.

The taste was pretty good, but the carrots tasted a little powdery. Jiang Feng didn't like the taste but it was acceptable. The beef is amazing, not only the meat is locked in the soup, but also the taste is very good. It is an exaggeration to say that it melts in the mouth, but it is almost the same. After the first bite, Jiang Feng thinks all about the beef. The first reaction is to close his eyes and carefully look at it. Taste.

wonderful!

excellent!

Jiang Feng sighed sincerely from the bottom of his heart, which fairy-like chef could make such delicious carrot stewed beef. Then he thought that this fairy was himself, and suddenly felt that the beef in his mouth was even more delicious.

"Ji Xue, would you like to try it while it's hot?" Jiang Feng said an invitation, and he had already packed a new bowl for Ji Xue and sent it over.

"Ah, thank you." Ji Xue took the bowl, found a pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of carrot and put it into her mouth.

Jiang Feng walked to the stove, ready to put the lid on the pot to keep the pot of beef stew with carrots warm, and give a bowl to every person who came, stacking the luck value of the employees of Taifeng Building to the highest.

As soon as the lid was put on the pot, Jiang Jiankang came, looking like he was in a hurry, and came straight to Jiang Feng.

"Son, why did you come to the store so early today? I just went upstairs to find you, Qiqi told me that you had already left the house, today is you..."

"Dad, do you want to eat beef stew with carrots?" Jiang Feng covered Jiang Jiankang's mouth with meat.

"Huh?" Jiang Jiankang subconsciously glanced at the stove, "Have a bowl."

Jiang Feng filled a bowl full for Jiang Jiankang, symbolizing his love for his father.

Jiang Jiankang couldn't stop nodding after eating two yuan, praising Jiang Feng's stewed beef with carrots this time was of a high standard, and it was simply delicious like never before.

"Son, you woke up so early today to make this pot of beef stew with carrots, right?" Jiang Jiankang asked after eating a bowl of beef.

"No, I just couldn't sleep, so I came to the store early, and I made it when I saw beef and carrots," Jiang Feng said.

Jiang Jiankang looked worried: "Can't sleep? Why can't you sleep? You slept so hard during the Chinese New Year that you couldn't even scream every morning."

Jiang Feng: ...

Are you a dear father?

"Cough, I just can't sleep, just can't sleep. There's no reason for not being able to sleep, just... Sometimes I suddenly can't sleep." Once a person starts lying, he will use countless more nonsense lies to cover up.

"You often can't sleep?" Jiang Jiankang looked shocked.

"Uh... yes... no... just... just can't sleep occasionally." Jiang Feng didn't understand why Jiang Jiankang suddenly cared so much about his sleep problems.

Jiang Jiankang looked solemn: "That can't be delayed. Didn't I make an appointment with you to go to the hospital for a physical examination today? Chengcheng is waiting at the hospital, and Zaide is also leaving. Hurry up!"

"Physical examination?" Jiang Feng thought for a long time before bringing this matter out of the corner of his memory. It seemed that Jiang Jiankang had indeed told him before that Renyi suddenly launched a weird activity of buying 2 for physical examination and getting 1 free. He was the one who got 1 free.

"Dad, did you forget that the restaurant on the top floor of the shopping mall next door opened today? If I go for a physical examination, who will do it? Today's appointment has already been booked out. You just told me the physical examination but no Help me with this." Jiang Feng shirked, he didn't have the heart to do a physical examination when the enemy was at hand.

He also didn't understand why his father was so obsessed with the medical examination all of a sudden.

"I told your mother, your mother removed your appointment for today last week." Jiang Jiankang said.

"Father, let's forget it. Anyway, I didn't want to have a physical examination. Brother De and Cheng are going to have a physical examination, so I won't go." Jiang Feng's face was full of rejection.

In Jiang Jiankang's view, this refusal was a guilty conscience, and he became more determined in his heart to send Jiang Feng to the hospital for a physical examination today.

Then the father and son started a tug-of-war in the kitchen, and had an in-depth discussion on the topic of whether to go to the hospital for a physical examination today.

During the discussion, Jiang Feng did not forget to give a bowl of beef stew with carrots to everyone who stepped into the back kitchen.

Jiang Jiankang, the cook, did not stop persuading until the two old men approached, but Jiang Feng knew from his appearance that he was only taking an intermission, and it was estimated that there would be a second half later.

"Grandpa, third grandpa, would you like a bowl of stewed beef with carrots?" Jiang Feng served the two old men courteously.

Jiang Weiguo took the bowl, glanced at it, nodded, and tasted a piece of beef. Jiang Weiming picked up a small piece of carrot and nodded to Jiang Feng with a smile while eating.

"Not bad." The old man's compliment is rare, but Jiang Feng's A-level carrot stewed beef today is also worthy of this compliment.

"Grandpa, would you like me to serve you some more?" Jiang Feng flattered enthusiastically.

Jiang Weiguo waved his hand: "You can't eat such a meaty thing early in the morning, just taste it."

"Third Grandpa, is your cold better?" Jiang Feng turned to ask Jiang Weiming.

Jiang Weiming was just eating carrots slowly, but when he heard Jiang Feng's question, he quickly swallowed the carrots in his mouth and said, "It's much better after taking the medicine, and I didn't cough much this morning."

The severity of the cough was Jiang Weiming's criterion for judging the severity of his cold.

It looked better, but Jiang Feng always felt that what Jiang Weiming said just now sounded weird.

"It's not coughing anymore, I can't breathe anymore," Jiang Weiguo complained.

"Can't breathe?"

Jiang Weiming loosened the scarf silently: "Your fifth uncle was afraid that I would catch a cold when I went out, so he specially wrapped a thick scarf around me and made it a little tight."

Jiang Feng: ...

Jiang Weiming continued to eat the carrots in the bowl. Jiang Feng didn't fill him much, but only filled two pieces of carrots and one piece of beef, mainly because he was afraid that his throat would be uncomfortable and he would not be able to eat these things when he had a cold.

As a result, just as Jiang Weiming put down the bowl and chopsticks, he suddenly started coughing violently.

Not only was he coughing violently, but his voice was very rough. It sounded like he had a mouthful of thick phlegm in his throat and couldn't cough it out no matter what.

"Third brother, what do you think?" Jiang Weiguo asked quickly.

Jiang Weiming suddenly coughed so violently that he was even a little out of breath, so he said slowly, "Sometimes I was a little anxious to eat beef just now, and I seemed to choke a little."

He was still a little out of breath when he spoke, and his complexion turned pale.

"Third Grandpa, do you want to go to the hospital?" Jiang Feng asked with concern. Even if he choked on the beef, Jiang Weiming's reaction was too intense.

Hearing the cough just now didn't sound like a good one at all.

"There's no need to go to any hospital." Jiang Weiming shook his head, and said he was going to go to the water tank to see how the fish were delivered at night.

"Xiaofeng, take your third grandfather to the hospital and let Cheng Cheng line up for your third grandfather to register first." Jiang Weiguo said.

"You don't need to go to the hospital. If you really can't, go to the pharmacy and buy some medicine." Jiang Weiming really doesn't like going to the hospital. "Xiaofeng must be busy because she came so early today. It will take me all morning to queue up for registration at the hospital." , this is not a delay."

"Sanbo, don't delay, don't delay. Xiaofeng was going to the hospital this morning. He made an appointment with Chengcheng and Zaide. He will go to the hospital for a physical examination today, and he has paid all the money." Jiang Jiankang saw the needle.

Jiang Feng:? ? ?

"Is it smashing?" Jiang Jiankang not only saw the needles, he also deliberately cue Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng: ...

"Yes, that's how it is. Third Grandpa, Brother De and Cheng and I have already made an appointment to have a physical examination today, so we came so early to deal with the things that should be dealt with first, so as not to delay things." Jiang Feng The face is sincere, and the acting skills are on the line, "Let me take you there, let Brother Cheng line up for you to register first, and then we will come back together."

Jiang Weiming hesitated.

"Anyway, it's on the way so it won't delay the matter. I'm going to the hospital for a physical examination. Let's go together."

"Third Grandpa, no matter whether the cold is good or not, it is always right to go to the hospital and let the doctor take a look. You should take the medicine for the injection and injection, and you should just accompany me to the hospital to see the doctor." Jiang Feng took out the coaxing words from the past few years Grandma Jiang is going to the hospital.

"Yes, yes." Jiang Jiankang agreed again and again.

"Third brother, anyway, Xiaofeng is on the way, let him take you there." Jiang Weiguo said.

Jiang Weiming knew that he had to go to this hospital today, so he said, "Please Xiaofeng."

"No trouble, no trouble." Jiang Jiankang answered faster than anyone else, and smiled happier than anyone else.

Since Jiang Weiming was going to be sent to the hospital, Jiang Feng couldn't stay in the back kitchen and come in and deliver a bowl of carrot stewed beef by himself. He could only entrust this glorious and difficult task to his unreliable father .

"Dad, it's rare for me to make such a delicious pot of beef stew with carrots today. Don't eat it all in one sitting. At least wait for Mom, Qiqi and Xia Xia to come and give them some. When other people come, give them some points, let them all taste it."

"Be sure to share it with everyone."

"Don't eat it all by yourself!" Jiang Feng reminded, this is a lucky buff dish that can only be cooked once in 100 days, even if Jiang Jiankang is his own father, he can't allow Jiang Jiankang to eat all this pot of lucky food over.

Because he knew that with Jiang Jiankang's strength, it would not be a problem to finish the pot.

"Okay, okay, of course dad knows, how could dad do such a thing as eating up everything, son, you really make dad sad when you say that." Jiang Jiankang said no, but he had already started to think in his heart that he would wait a while It's time to eat a few bowls.

"Do you want to bring some to Zaide and Chengcheng?" Jiang Weiming asked with a smile.

He would never have asked this question before, but seeing Jiang Feng's current state, he thought that Jiang Feng wanted to show off to everyone that he had made a wonderful carrot stewed beef, so he made this proposal.

"That's right, Third Grandpa, I'd have forgotten if you didn't tell me." Jiang Weiming awakened the dreamer with his words.

Jiang Feng hurriedly went to find two packing boxes, filled one into a packing box, and then left Taifeng Tower with Jiang Weiming.

Stepping in the footsteps of the emperor.

It wasn't until the two got on Didi's express train that Jiang Weiming realized that something was wrong.

"Xiaofeng, did you plan to have a physical examination today?" Jiang Weiming asked.

"Yes, it's been decided a long time ago. Brother De and Brother Cheng have already paid the money for me." Jiang Feng was still in the play, nodding repeatedly.

"You didn't eat beef stew with carrots?" Jiang Weiming still felt something was wrong.

"Um?"

"Doesn't the physical examination require an empty stomach?"

Jiang Feng: ...

"I didn't eat it." With a firm face, Jiang Feng resolutely threw the pot to Xia Xia, "It was Xia Xia who told me last night that she wanted to eat carrot stewed beef. I thought she had a cold and just ate it so lightly two days ago. , so I got up early and cooked this dish for her."

"I just asked Ji Xue to taste it for me when I thought it was very good. She told me that it tasted pretty good, so I shared it with everyone so that everyone can taste it." Jiang Feng felt that even if he didn't go Acting is also suitable for writing scripts, all kinds of nonsense and nonsense are simply spoken.

Although Jiang Weiming still felt that something was wrong, he nodded with a smile and coughed twice.

His face was a little pale.