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The gold ring rubbed repeatedly on Li Mu's hand several times, but he was still reluctant to let it go.When the plane was about to take off, Yue Renge helped him fasten his seat belt, and asked Li Mu's ear, "Little money fan, is this the first time you see a gold ring?"

Li Mu patted him and spread his palms, "Look."

It is a golden one, and the light from the porthole of the engine room makes it even more dazzling.Pure gold, forged very cleanly, with simple decoration, some years old.But it doesn't feel old, it looks like it has been carefully maintained.

Yue Renge recognized the ring, "It was given to my mother by my grandmother when she got married."

As he spoke, he took Li Mu's hand, compared it with the ring, and carefully put it on Li Mu's hand, and it was just right, "Your fingers are quite thin."

Li Mu knew how precious the ring was, and wanted to take it off, but Yue Renge pressed his hand again, "What do you pick off, isn't it right? Wear it right now, and I'll have a good time."

Seeing that Li Mu was puzzled, Yue Renge said with a smile, "You are also my mother's certified daughter-in-law."

Li Mu didn't say a word, but he was no longer obsessed with taking off the ring, he stretched his fingers cautiously, after a while, his face turned suspiciously red.

"Thank you," he said.

"Ah?" The plane was about to take off, and there was a buzzing sound all around, Yue Renge carefully put a pillow on his waist, "I didn't hear clearly."

Li Mu patted Yue Renge's thigh with the hand wearing the ring, and Yue Renge understood it, and covered the back of Li Mu's hand with his palm.

"You did a pretty good job at that meal." After a while, Yue Renge said leisurely, "It's hard for you to figure it out."

The nostalgic meal that touched the mother-in-law was not amazing, but it was the result of Li Mu's hard work after all.The staple food is stewed rice, which is naturally made with the small bag of Thai basmati rice. It is autumn, and there are plenty of fruits and vegetables. Li Mu took sweet peas, carrots, and shiitake mushrooms as auxiliary ingredients, and added a whole tomato, which was neatly stacked , put the whole thing in the pot and simmer.

Beef stew with red wine is eaten too much. In fact, beef stew with tomato is a more common taste in China.Li Mu felt that fresh tomatoes were not tasty enough, so he took a can of canned tomatoes on his own initiative. The whole beef brisket was processed and stewed for a whole morning.

The rest can only be played with limited ingredients.Scrambled eggs with tomatoes—well—this was what Yue Renge insisted on adding. It was neither a success nor a failure, and the two argued for a long time over whether to add sugar or salt.The rest is blindly frying seasonal vegetables, there is nothing to say, a little green among the red bushes is right to be used as an embellishment.

Jade stared dumbfounded, stealing food while filling it.Li Mu also hasn't cooked for a long time, and he has been busy all morning. Among other things, he still has a little sense of pride.

Yue Renge only moved his mouth but not his hands, and commented, "In my opinion, this is called homesickness."

Jeanne didn't know whether she was homesick after eating it, but the two helpers rushed to taste it first, at least it proved that the taste was not bad.

"It's not what I thought," Li Mu said, "My mother has cooked all these dishes."

If you don’t have time to cook, wash the rice first and put it in the pot. The auxiliary materials are also randomly selected according to the actual situation.So sometimes the taste is good and sometimes the taste is not good. If you have time, you can cook another dish, or make a random soup—that’s how you handle a meal.If one day the mother is in a good mood and is free, she will pick some beef and bring it back, either stewed for appetizers, or stewed directly, enough for three children to eat two meals with their stomachs open.

The motherland is so big, it is impossible for Li Mu to accurately grasp what the other party wants to eat.Chinese supermarkets are so far away, and it is even more difficult to buy the Chinese flavor that you want every day and night in foreign countries.But that kind of heart still came as promised after traveling thousands of miles—it was a few common ingredients found in the entire refrigerator; it was a rare delicacy; The "national dish" made - put together in a patchwork way, and the aroma that rises with the heart has been passed to the other party's bowls and chopsticks.

Li Mu is calm. Jeanne would not tell him whether she was satisfied with the meal or not.But he knew that the meal had its own meaning.

This is all thanks to Yue Renge, if it weren't for him, Li Mu would not have had such an opportunity to show off his cooking skills, let alone such a magical trip to a foreign country.He wanted to chat with Yue Renge for a few more words, but when he turned his head, he saw that this guy was already asleep on the back of the chair.Because my back was injured, I leaned on a cushion under my waist, and my back was hanging in the air.He slept so hard, but he still fell asleep after so much hard work.

Li Mu felt sorry for him a little bit.

He softly stopped the passing stewardess and asked politely if he could bring him a blanket.

The stewardess was delighted to see such a young and handsome guest who was so gentle and polite. Not long after, she brought two blankets to Li Mu and gave him a bottle of mineral water.

The light gray blanket fell on Yue Renge's shoulders, covering his slightly heaving chest due to his deep sleep, and covering his beautiful long hair that was slightly loose.Li Mu looked out the window, it was already evening, the plane flew towards the brilliant red clouds, and was about to enter the mysterious and tempting night.

Yue Renge was dreaming, and there seemed to be no pain in the dream, but he still frowned.The murmur seemed to be in French, Li Mu wanted to identify it, but he still couldn't figure out what it was.

That doesn't matter, he thought.He re-covered the slipped blanket for his lover, and closed his eyes.The plane is like a huge beast, and they are in the belly of this beast, not knowing where they are going.

Nanpu District is adjacent to Shangsha District and is a local residential area in Huadu.Although it is not the center of Huadu like Shangsha District, there are row upon row of tall buildings and spacious roads here.Li Mu got off the subway, looked around, and finally stood in the downstairs of the Zijin apartment according to the navigation.

Facing the strict access control, he still called the other party, "I'm downstairs at your house."

Not long after, the door opened.Li Mu smiled at the security guard in the duty room, and handed him a cigarette, "I'm here to find my friend."

Seeing that he was carrying a bag and that he was dressed in extraordinary clothes, the security nodded, "I've never seen you before."

"It's been a long time." Li Mu said.

Zhao Shengyan had already opened the door, and when he saw Li Mu, he jumped up from the sofa, regardless of 21, he walked around Li Mu first, "Let me see, let me see, oops, you've lost weight!"

Li Mu was dizzy by Zhao Shengyan, and let him rub and look at him in a good temper. After a while, after Zhao Shengyan looked him up and down, he handed him the things in his hand, "What do you want?" ,Give."

It was the wine given by Jeanne and the others. It was in a good year and in a large bottle. They produced it themselves. Although they are not as well-known in the market as those grand cru vineyards, Zhao Shengyan knows what to buy.

He took the wine, looked at the label carefully, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth, "Given it by the mother-in-law?"

Li Mu's face turned red before he could tell a lie after being hit.

"You can't buy such a good wine with money alone." Zhao Shengyan looked at the label on the back of the wine again, "I think you haven't been to any other place except that kid's natal family these days. What about you? If you don’t understand this, what you brought is the real thing—from this, it must be their family’s old wine.”

A bead of sweat dripped from Li Mu's forehead. With this level of reasoning, why would you open a bar?You can solve the case directly.

"Why can't it be me who bought it?" Li Mu deliberately contradicted him, "It takes three days for Shibai to look at you with admiration, but I have been there for more than ten days, and I have grown a little anyway."

Zhao Shengyan smiled and put away the wine carefully, "Oh, so he taught you with all his heart? It seems that you are an expert now!"

After all, Li Mu was still stupid, and he lost the wind in a few words.However, Zhao Shengyan was full of smiles again, he waved his hands helplessly, "Forget it, you man... Since I delivered the wine, then..."

"Going back now?" Zhao Shengyan took over his words, "No way, you will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing."

Li Mu was a little embarrassed, "Brother Zhao, you still understand me."

The phone was turned on, and the half-played video was displayed in front of Zhao Shengyan.

The man in a suit is elegant and calm, holding a wine measure in his hand, pouring rum into a shaker.Immediately after the camera cuts, there is a sassy female bartender, a flying knife is playing vigorously, and an apple is torn apart in the light of the knife.Ice cubes crash and clank in the glass; spirals of lemon slices are carefully tugged, and a fine mist of acid disperses in the air.Those who bow their heads to taste wine, those who raise their heads to toast, and those who smile confidently—that is a promotional video.

"Well, there is still this this year, not bad." Zhao Shengyan squeezed his chin, raised his head and glanced at Li Mu, "Why, why are you showing me this?"

"The Huawu Cup is about to start," Li Mu said, "I want to participate."

"So?" Zhao Shengyan beckoned him to sit down, took two bottles of mineral water from the refrigerator, and put one in front of him.

"This competition cannot be registered independently. It must be recommended by the bar manager or a senior bartender-I don't know why it has such a rule. I watch a lot of competitions and register by myself."

"You can go to your family." Zhao Shengyan spoke quickly, knowing what was going on as soon as the words came out.If Yue Renge agreed, would this kid still beg to come to him?

Li Mu lowered his head, pursed his lips, and remained silent.

Zhao Shengyan is actually not familiar with Yue Renge.Although we all work for the same boss, most of the time we all do our own thing, which is a bit of a sense of non-compliance.But there is one thing, Zhao Shengyan knows, Yue Renge is quite taboo for novice bartenders to participate in the competition prematurely.

He was a good boss and a good teacher, as anyone who has been at Dionys knows.At the beginning of entering the store, Yue Renge gave systematic training to the employees, and participating in competitions was naturally included in his training plan.

In short, it's something on other people's syllabus. If the teacher doesn't say anything, the students are not qualified to mention it.It's not that Li Mu hasn't tried it before, but Yue Renge's attitude is very clear.He didn't want to conflict with Yue Renge because of such a trivial matter.So this matter has been left alone, come and go, suddenly woke up, the registration deadline is just around the corner.

Li Mu still couldn't sit still.

"You'd better discuss it with him..." If you have nothing to say, it's better not to say anything.Zhao Shengyan felt a little embarrassed when he remembered that he had accepted a bottle of good wine from Li Mu just now.The two sat opposite each other, awkwardly silent for a few seconds.After a while, Zhao Shengyan asked: "Can you tell me why you are so anxious to participate?"