After some friendly exchanges, this small episode turned into a spice that promoted the atmosphere.

After Mr. He got the affirmative answer, he felt a lot more at ease.

But looking at the Guiyuan Rou in front of me, I still had many doubts in my heart, so I couldn't help but ask.

"Little girl, old man, I want to ask you, why is this dish called Guiyuan Pork? Is there any allusion to it?"

Not only was Mr. He curious about this matter, but the audience in the audience was also very interested.

"Right? Why is it called such a name?"

"The raw material for this dish is obviously ordinary tofu. How come it turned into a meat dish after some tinkering?"

"Chef Cheng, if it's convenient for you, please tell everyone."

The eyes of Mr. He in front of him were sincere, and the enthusiasm of the audience was unstoppable. It was naturally difficult for Cheng Yao to refuse.

Then he cleared his throat and explained the reason behind it.

"Behind this dish, there is a little story that is not known to the public."

"According to legend, in ancient times, there was a man who worked hard all his life, and when he was about to die, he could only eat meat a handful of times."

"I'm about to die, but there's still one thing I can't let go of, and that's eating a big piece of delicious meat!"

"But unfortunately, the family is poor, and his children don't have any money to buy meat for him."

"Just at this time……"

When it came to the key point, Cheng Yao paused deliberately like a storyteller in a teahouse.

The audience in the audience immediately became unhappy and urged her to continue.

"What's going on at this time?"

"Yes, yes, why did you stop at the most critical place? Isn't this exciting?"

"Chef Cheng, please stop being so pretentious. We are all waiting."

Cheng Yao naturally understands the principle of giving up when things are ready and does not dare to delay for too long.

After taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, he continued what he had said above.

"At this moment, a man dressed in rags who looked like a beggar passed by their house and asked them for a glass of clean water."

"Food is in short supply here, but there is no shortage of clean water."

"The child of this family was kind-hearted. Instead of driving away the beggar, he took his broken bowl, returned to the house and poured a bowl of water for the beggar."

"Ordinary beggars will choose to leave voluntarily after getting water, but this beggar went further and made his request again, saying that it was hot and sunny and he wanted to go inside to rest."

At this time, the audience in the audience had completely listened to the story, and couldn't help but get involved themselves, and said dissatisfiedly.

"Hey, what's going on with this beggar? It's a good idea to give him a sip of water, but he still dares to go further!"

"I just said, drink water first, and then enter the house. Do you have to serve food next?"

"To put it bluntly, it's just a stranger who keeps making demands. It's really a bit too far."

……

Cheng Yao listened to the comments from the audience and knew that most people had a subconscious rejection of beggars.

Even if they can tolerate the first request, few can tolerate the second.

Cheng Yao did not respond to the audience's words, but asked Mr. He. "He Lao, if you were the protagonist in the story, would you allow this beggar to enter your home?"

After thinking for a moment, Mr. He said slowly.

"If I were a rich man, then a beggar's request would be nothing. I could give him something to send him away."

"But if you look at the living conditions of the protagonist in the story, it would have been extremely miserable. He doesn't have the extra ability to save other people."

"Instead of letting the beggar in and letting him see how helpless his family is, it's better to reject him directly and let him try his luck at the next house. In this way, it won't be a waste of his time."

"Besides, helping him once is already a kindness. There is no reason to let him take advantage of you again."

Mr. He is worthy of being an old man who has traveled in this world for many years. Both his ideas and methods are already the optimal solution.

Not only does he take care of himself, but he also takes care of the other person.

Cheng Yao smiled slightly, put her hands behind her back, walked along the edge, and added the rest of the story.

"Everyone has their own reasons. The protagonist of our story also felt very embarrassed at first."

"They also know in their hearts that beggars usually want to beg again after receiving benefits for the first time. But they can't even fill their own stomachs, let alone agree to a stranger's request."

"In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, the owner immediately refused the beggar's request to come into the house to rest."

"After being rejected, the beggar didn't say anything. He just sat down on the fence at the door with the broken net in his hand."

"The owner saw that the beggar didn't cause any trouble and just found a place to rest. He didn't say anything and just let him go."

Fu Lingling took advantage of Cheng Yao's storytelling break to move a stool from the restaurant. She got a handful of melon seeds from someone and sat down nearby.

When Cheng Yao turned around, she didn't pay attention for a moment and almost bumped into him.

After seeing Cheng Yao's slightly frightened expression, Fu Lingling smiled sheepishly and asked.

"Then what? Why hasn't this Gui Yuan Rou appeared yet?"

Cheng Yao stretched out her hand, grabbed a few melon seeds from Fu Lingling's hand, and continued.

"At this moment, a huge noise suddenly came from the house."

"It turned out that the seriously ill owner was shouting loudly: I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat! Without meat, I can't swallow my breath!"

"The screams were desperate and tragic! His children were all in tears, but there was nothing they could do. Where could they buy him meat when they were about to starve to death? Is it possible that he wanted to eat human flesh? ?!"

Hearing the word human flesh, many young ladies in the audience were so frightened that they got goosebumps.

"No way? Do you really want to cut human flesh for him to eat? It's so bloody!"

"It's so pitiful. In times of famine, the poor are the worst!"

"Do we have to eat this meat? This old man didn't want his children to have an easy time before he died!"

……

Mr. He experienced many ups and downs in his life. Although he lived a lot of stable and good days in the second half of his life, the two years of famine in his childhood left an indelible impression on him.

He understands, he understands how tormenting an empty belly is, and he also understands how tormenting a person's obsession before death can be.

Thinking of these bad memories, He Lao couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing that the direction of the story had become a lot darker, Cheng Yao quickly pulled the story line back to get back on track.


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