Slowly walking towards Jokusei Dormitory, different from the hustle and bustle in the three major areas, this dormitory located in a remote area of Totsuki Academy is still peaceful at this time. The only sounds are the crowing of chickens and ducks that raise poultry at Yoshino Yuki's house. It is finally peaceful. It gave Yan Kai a little purity.
When they came to Totsuki Academy, it was of course impossible for Yan Kai not to come and visit Uncle Liu. He had gone to see Tazo Hui before, just because she was relatively close. Since she was not free now, Yan Kai just happened to visit Uncle Liu.
After saying hello to Dai Midang Wenxu, Yan Kai walked up to the third floor and knocked on the door of Uncle Liu's room. With a "click", the door opened by itself. The person who opened the door was not Uncle Liu, but a tall and burly man. elder.
"Oh, it's Yan Sang, here to see Mr. Liu, please come in!"
Nakiri Senzaemon, who had already retired from the position of commander-in-chief, stepped aside and stepped in to welcome him through the door.
Yan Kai bowed slightly to greet him, and then entered the room.
At this time, Uncle Liu was sitting on a chair, with a smile on his face and looking very good. He couldn't help showing joy when he saw Yan Kai entering the door: "Xiao Kai, you are here, why didn't you tell me in advance? I’m so ready.”
"Uncle Liu, it's already rude for me to come here empty-handed, why do I have the nerve to ask you to prepare something?"
Yan Kai said with a smile.
Because Nakiri Senzaemon was present at the scene, it was difficult for them to converse in Chinese. They all spoke in Japanese, otherwise it would appear that they were squeezing out Nakiri Senzaemon.
While talking, Yan Kai carefully observed Uncle Liu's complexion and found that his complexion was better than the last time he came to visit, and he couldn't help but feel happy.
"Uncle Liu, has anything good happened recently?"
Yan Kai picked up the hot water kettle to make tea and asked Liu Bodao at the same time.
"Yes, isn't it a good thing that you came to see me?"
Uncle Liu smiled.
This old man is optimistic and funny. He is well-informed but does not point fingers at the younger generation. He has no airs at all. He is really an elder who is very easy to get along with.
Yan Kai smiled, served the first cup of tea to Uncle Liu, and then brewed another cup for Nakiri Senzaemon.
After all, Nakiri Senzaemon is the owner of this place, so it would be unreasonable not to make him a cup of tea.
Many people think Yan Kai is impolite, but those people probably have never been polite to Yan Kai. Due to his family upbringing, Yan Kai tries his best to maintain the most basic politeness even when facing strangers he has never met. Only to those impolite people would he be too lazy to maintain any outward courtesy.
"Please use!"
Yan started to serve tea to Nakiri Senzaemon.
"Thank you Yan Sang!"
Nakiri Senzaemon took the tea from Yan Kai with both hands, took a sip, and showed a relaxed and intoxicated expression: "Good tea!"
As the "King of Food" in the Japanese cuisine world, Nakiri Senzaemon has naturally drank tea carefully prepared by the best tea masters in Japan, but he feels that it is not as good as the cup of Yankai in his hand. of ordinary tea.
Uncle Liu smiled and said: "Tea is just ordinary tea. The person who makes the tea is good at it. Xiao Kai, your tea making skills are five times as good as your father's!"
"Oh, Uncle Liu, have you ever drank the tea made by my father? I remember that he learned to make tea quite late, right?"
Yan Kai said curiously.
"..." Uncle Liu was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Yes, look at me, an old fool, what I'm talking about is all nonsense."
Yan Kai didn't care, he just thought that Uncle Liu was really wrong and compared his tea art with a certain tea art master in the Central Plains.
After savoring the aftertaste of the tea in his mouth, Nakiri Senzaemon interjected: "Yan-san, my granddaughter has complained to me many times. You made an appointment with her to come to the Moon Festival, but she never showed up. "
"Well, am I here? The 'Moon Festival' isn't over yet, so I'm not talking nonsense, right? And I'm a student. I usually have to go to school. I also have club activities on Saturdays, and that's today. Just free."
Yan Kai said helplessly.
"..." Nakiri Senzaemon was silent.
The reason is very good, but why do I think you are just too lazy to come? It wasn’t until the last day of the day that you couldn’t put it off anymore, so you reluctantly came over...
Nakiri Senzaemon muttered in his heart.
Totsuki Academy is located on the outskirts of Tokyo, and it is really inconvenient for ordinary people to come there. However, he felt that with Yan Kai's ability, it would not take a lot of time to travel to Totsuki Academy. Therefore, Yan Kai probably just didn't want to come.
"By the way, Uncle Liu, I saw Xiaohui helping Xingping open a store. Isn't she the winner of the 'Autumn Selection'? Why doesn't she open a store by herself?"
Yan Kai dropped the topic and said.
"You're talking about this..." Uncle Liu smiled, "That boy Yukihei made a bet with a student named Kuaga Teruki that he would beat him at the 'Moon Festival'. Xiao Hui was afraid that Yukihei would suffer a loss alone, so he took the initiative Asked to help Yukihira."
"So this is ah……"
Yan Kai remembered that the simulated restaurant behind Yukihei Soma's stall truck seemed to be called "Kuga Hotel". It should be the restaurant opened by the student named Kuga Teruki, and combined with the smell coming from "Kuga Hotel", Yan Kai Laughed.
"You're still a Sichuan cuisine cook, right?"
Yan Kai asked.
"Seems to be."
Uncle Liu recalled the following.
"What you are talking about is the 'Top Ten' Eight Seats!" Nakiri Senzaemon introduced, "He is a master of Chinese and Sichuan cuisine in our school, and he is a very capable student."
"A master of Sichuan cuisine?" Yan Kai smiled after hearing this. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Uncle Liu and found that Uncle Liu was also smiling.
Yan Kai stood in front of the Xingping Chuangzhen stall for a while, and then smelled the strong spicy smell of "Jiuga Restaurant". When he saw Uncle Liu smiling, he knew that Uncle Liu must be aware of Jiuwo Zhaoji's situation.
Obviously, Kuga Teruki has entered into many people's inherent impression of Sichuan cuisine and pursues the ultimate numbness and spiciness in Sichuan cuisine. However, in fact, the characteristics of Sichuan cuisine are "one dish, one style, one hundred dishes, one hundred flavors", with a variety of tastes It is famous for blindly pursuing "spicy" and trying to conquer diners with the violence of "spicy". In terms of Sichuan cuisine, it can only be said to be inferior.
You know, among many Sichuan dishes, only about one-third of the dishes are spicy, and the remaining two-thirds are not spicy. The two most famous dishes in Sichuan cuisine, boiled cabbage and bean curd chicken, Neither of them are mainly spicy.
If Kuga Teruki's understanding of Sichuan cuisine really only stops at "spicy", then he can really only be considered a "second-rate" among chefs.
Nakiri Senzaemon didn't know what Yan Kai and Liu Bo were laughing at, but in order to maintain his "eating demon king" demeanor, he could only pretend to be deep and show a meaningful smile.
Yan Kai and Uncle Liu looked at Nakiri Senzaemon who was laughing silly and were a little puzzled, thinking to themselves, why are you laughing? Obviously it’s something embarrassing...
Of course, they would not say this, otherwise it would ruin the atmosphere too much.
After chatting with Uncle Liu for a while, Yan Kai stood up and said goodbye. Uncle Liu did not insist on staying. He originally felt that it was meaningless for young people to guard an old man like him, and it would be better to communicate with young people more.
After Yan Kai left, Nakiri Senzaemon also stood up and said goodbye to Uncle Liu.
"Mr. Liu, I've been bothering you a lot, so I'll take my leave today and won't disturb your rest."
Nakiri Senzaemon bowed.
"Go slowly, and please forgive me for the inconvenience of my old bones, so I won't give it to you."
Uncle Liu nodded slightly.
After saying goodbye to Uncle Liu, Nakiri Senzaemon quickly caught up with Yan Kai: "Yan Sang, please go slowly."
Yan Kai turned to look at Nakiri Senzaemon in confusion and asked: "Excuse me, Commander-in-Chief Nakiri, what do you want from me?"
Nakiri Senzaemon shook his head gently: "Yan-san, I am just an ordinary retired old man now. The position of commander-in-chief has been passed to my granddaughter Erina. You can just call me 'Nakiri'."
"Wouldn't this be good..."
Even Yan Kai feels that it is not good to call Nakiri Senzaemon directly by his surname. After all, he is also a highly respected person in front of others. Although Yan Kai does not agree with Totsuki's teaching philosophy, he feels that this is misleading the students. , but considering the national conditions of Japan, he had to admit that the cruel teaching model of Totsuki Academy may be necessary, and he was not qualified to make irresponsible remarks.
"Please do so."
Nakiri Senzaemon said solemnly: "Yan-san doesn't know. Whether it's the group or the academy, there are many people who are dissatisfied with Erina's appointment. She is still young and her personal prestige is far from established. She took office in a hurry this time. , many things seem to be in a hurry. At present, although I have officially handed over the group and school to Erina, there are still many people who think that I will only move behind the scenes, and still regard me as the commander-in-chief and Erina as Hinata. Therefore, in order to reduce my influence, I no longer show up in formal occasions, and please Yan Sang stop calling me 'Commander-in-Chief'."
Nakiri Erina had frequently complained to Nakiri Senzaemon before that the old men in the group had been disobeying her and setting traps for her. However, Nakiri Senzaemon knew that those people were absolutely loyal to the Totsuki Group. The reason for this is probably because he wants to force himself to come out again and take over the Yuanyue Group again. Perhaps, only in this way can the old people of the group feel truly loyal to the group.
Otherwise, don’t they know that the Totsuki Group will be handed over to Nakiri Erina sooner or later? If they offend Nakiri Erina now, when Nakiri Erina truly gains power in the future, won't she deal with them?
You know, Miss Erina Nakiri, in addition to her talent of "God's Tongue", is also famous for being petty and unruly and willful.
But even so, they still united to target Erina Nakiri because they believed that this was for the good of the group and this was their "loyalty"!
As for secretly embezzling the group's property, and conveniently embezzling, these are just "last resorts" to attract the group's attention, and are just small details. The Yuanyue Group's family has a great cause, so don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.
Even Nakiri Senzaemon didn't have a good way to deal with this. He couldn't just send all those "loyal" old people to the frontier, right? Nakiri Erina has not yet fully grasped the operation of the group. To kill a donkey, you have to wait for the donkey to grind the tofu, and to tear down a bridge, you have to wait until the bridge is crossed. Now is the time to rely on the experience of those group elders, Nakiri Erina Rina cannot live without them.
Perhaps only when a major earthquake occurs in the group and Erina Nakiri steps up to turn the tide in times of crisis, can Erina Nakiri be truly recognized by everyone in the group.
The situation in the academy is even worse. Totsuki Academy respects the strong. If Nakiri Erina cannot surpass the other "Top Ten" members in terms of absolute strength, she will not be qualified to become a member of Totsuki Academy. people.
And Erina Nakiri seems to have made a mistake. The commander-in-chief is the absolute controller in the group, but in the academy where the "Top Ten Council" is the highest authority, the commander-in-chief is more of a member of the "Ten Elites" The mediator, or arbiter, should be aloof from the "Ten Elites", but Erina Nakiri is now the commander-in-chief and has not stepped down from the "Ten Elites". This is equivalent to being both a player and a referee. , no wonder she would be boycotted by other members of the "Top Ten".
"Then I'll call you 'Mr. Nakiri'."
Yan Kai thought for a while and said.
"Thank you Yan Sang for your cooperation."
Nakiri Senzaemon bowed slightly.
"you are welcome."
Yan Kai had to bow in return.
Nakiri Senzaemon stroked his beard with a smile on his face: "When I was the commander-in-chief, I was always worried about this and that, and was tied up with all kinds of official duties. Now that I have retired, I have nothing to do. Qingqing, my biggest entertainment every day is to chat with Mr. Liu. He is a respectable old man. Even if he is not a cook, his life experience has benefited me a lot. His thoughts and spirit often inspire me. I feel narrow-minded and humble.”
In the past, due to his status and position, he could not get too close to Uncle Liu. Now that he has stepped down from the position of commander-in-chief, he can finally let go of this scruple and humbly ask Uncle Liu for advice. These days, it can be said that It’s been a huge benefit.
He once regarded Totsuki's cruel elimination model as his most proud educational policy, and this was indeed the winning method for Totsuki's rapid rise to finally dominate the Japanese cuisine industry. However, now Totsuki has firmly established the rules of the Japanese cuisine industry. In the position of a researcher, is it necessary to continue with this cruel educational policy? No, this kind of educational policy can really be used to maintain Totsuki's status in the Japanese cuisine world?
Joichiro, that talented cook with amazing talents, wasn't he crushed by Totsuki's education policy?
Tasokoroe, this pearl that has wiped away the dust and is now blooming with dazzling light, wasn't she kicked out by Totsuki's education policy?
Is it appropriate to use the same method to conquer and defend the world?
These days, Nakiri Senzaemon keeps thinking about these issues, wondering whether Totsuki has reached a moment when he has to change.
However, he has stepped back now. The person who controls the ship of Totsuki now is Nakiri Erina. I can only hope that Nakiri Erina can understand this by herself in the future.
Nakiri Senzaemon did not want to express his thoughts directly to Nakiri Erina, because Nakiri Erina was the ultimate product of Totsuki's education policy. If he wanted to convince her, even if he was her grandfather, he would not be able to. , she must experience more things and understand the truth herself, then she can possibly promote Yuanyue's reform.
This kind of top-down reform, if the initiators themselves are half-hearted and weak-willed, will inevitably end up in a farce and burn out the fire of reform.
"Uncle Liu is indeed a very remarkable person."
Yan Kai nodded. After all, if the cooking was delicious, his arrogant and arrogant father would not become friends with Uncle Liu. It was Uncle Liu's special qualities that impressed Yan Fei, and this made Yan Fei, who thought highly of himself, Introduce them as close friends.
