Math professor returns to routine

Chapter 486: Demolition of the Second Generation of Xiaobi

One advantage of hot pot restaurants is that the food is served quickly.

Lu You and the other two waited for four or five minutes, and three waiters came over at the same time.

One was pushing a four-layer cart filled with food, one was carrying a dark gold copper pot, and the last one was holding a fire tong in one hand and a crucible in the other, which was filled with half-burnt charcoal.

Lu You felt a strong heat wave rolling in. For safety reasons, he decisively moved two steps forward to avoid getting burned.

Zhang Zhichuang was a little disappointed because the three waiters who came were not young ladies in red cheongsams, but young men in black Tang suits.

He is quite handsome, but he is really not interesting.

The copper pot was brought to the table, charcoal was added to the center, seasonings were distributed, and after saying "enjoy your meal", the three guys left neatly.

As time went by, the temperature of the copper pot gradually increased. Because a layer of red oil floated on the surface of one side of the spicy pot, it indirectly played a role in heat preservation and was the first to bubble and boil, while the clear soup next door lagged behind by ten seconds.

The pot started to boil and the three of them picked up their chopsticks.

The first thing to be ridiculed was the original cut of lamb.

Lu You picked up two slices with chopsticks. The mutton was hanging down limply. It was about the length of a palm, a strand of bright red, with only a little white fat at the top and the bottom.

Soak the mutton in the clear soup, gently push it twice, and when the bright red color fades away, immediately take it out and put it in the sesame sauce.

Wait for the dipping sauce to soak through the mutton. During this time, use another pair of chopsticks to pick up the meat and put it into your mouth.

The meat is soft and melts easily when chewed. It has 90% of the flavor of the dipping sauce and 10% of the smell of mutton. It is definitely not unpalatable, but it is not particularly delicious either.

This is the case with hotpot. The lower limit is not low, and the upper limit is not high. It all depends on the quality of the ingredients.

Like Zhang Zhichuang and Lu You, they used clear soup pot to cook the mutton, but Bi Yangde used spicy hot pot.

The red mutton was put into the red pot, and then taken out red and put into the red mouth.

Seeing Bi Yangde swallowing the mutton without blushing or sweating, Zhang Zhichuang's eyes widened.

"Xiao Bi, don't you think it's spicy?"

Bi Yangde continued to fry the second chopstick of mutton and uttered two words lightly.

"not spicy."

"It's really not spicy?" Looking at the red peppers rolling up and down in the pot, Zhang Zhichuang was a little unconvinced.

"It's really not spicy." Bi Yangde confirmed again.

"I believe you once."

Zhang Zhichuang boldly stretched out his chopsticks, picked up two slices of mutton and put them into the spicy pot. He counted to five seconds in his mind, quickly picked them out, and ate them in one bite.

Bi Yangde glanced at Zhang Zhichuang and smiled, "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Zhang Zhichuang nodded and replied, "It's really not spicy, but fragrant."

"Master, do you want to try it?"

"No, just eat it."

Lu Youwan declined Bi Yangde's suggestion. Chili peppers are very spicy and he really doesn't like them.

"Brother Lu doesn't know what's good. Let's just eat it together. Don't worry about him."

Having tasted the sweetness, Zhang Zhichuang became addicted to the taste of the spicy hotpot and ate it with Bi Yangde.

At first, the two of them were chatting and laughing and eating very happily, but the situation changed after they finished a plate of mutton, a plate of beef and two servings of tripe.

The chairs were placed at the end of the wall, coats and sweaters were piled up in a ball, the tissues on the table were being pulled out one by one, and the sounds of panting and blowing noses could be heard one after another.

"Fuck! This chili is so insidious, its talent is actually delayed damage!" Zhang Zhichuang wiped the sweat from his forehead, opened his mouth and kept fanning his tongue to relieve the burning pain.

Bi Yangde is better than Zhang Zhichuang, but not much better. He has the same sexy lips as Kardashian, and his bright red ears and face make him look particularly festive.

"Chili peppers are only delicious when they are spicy. I won't eat them if they are not spicy!" Bi Yangde picked up the porcelain bowl of ice jelly and drank it in like a storm, finishing most of the bowl in one gulp. "And the spiciness is not painful or itchy, far inferior to the spicy lotus root I stew at home. It is at most a quantum level of spiciness."

"If you have the guts, don't drink ice jelly."

"Just reset the oral temperature." Bi Yangde drank up the remaining half of the ice jelly, raised his hand to call the waiter, and handed her the empty bowl, "Please give me an additional serving of ice jelly. I don't want those scattered things, just the sugar water and jelly, thank you."

"Please take one more copy, I want one too!" Zhang Zhichuang echoed.

The two of them looked so miserable with snot and tears that Lu You couldn't help but want to laugh.

Why he doesn't like spicy food, besides the fact that it's very spicy, there is another reason: the way he eats is so ugly, with snot, tears and sweat all falling out, and he can't stop it.

Soon, two new bowls of ice jelly were delivered.

Bi Yangde hurriedly took one of the bowls and took a big gulp.

Zhang Zhichuang took the other bowl and asked, "Xiao Bi, I've known you for so long, but I still don't know where you are from?"

Bi Yangde let out a long sigh and after eating more than a bowl of ice jelly, the burning pain in his mouth finally eased a lot.

"I'm from Jiangcheng, Hubei Province."

Jiangcheng, when Lu You heard this name, the first thing he thought of was the isomorphic city in his previous life.

Although I have never been there, I was deeply impressed by three reasons: first, it was the beginning of the Xinhai Revolution; second, the cherry blossoms were beautiful in the spring; third, it was so hot in the summer that the asphalt melted; and fourth, it was the beginning of the outbreak of the epidemic.

"I saw on the Internet that the cherry blossoms in Jiangcheng are particularly beautiful. Is that true?" Zhang Zhichuang asked again.

"How should I put it?" Bi Yangde rolled up a few duck intestines with chopsticks and soaked them in the spicy hot pot, and said thoughtfully: "Have you seen "5 Centimeters per Second" directed by Makoto Shinkai?"

"I've seen it. It's a classic that's been around for more than ten years."

"It's similar to the scene inside. When the wind blows, cherry blossom petals fly everywhere." Bi Yangde's mouth curled up slightly, as if he recalled the good memories of the past. "Since I can remember, my father would take us to the East Lake Cherry Blossom Garden in March and April every year, and sometimes to Jiangcheng University for an outing to enjoy the cherry blossoms. We would spread a blanket on the lawn, sit together as a family, watch the cherry blossoms flying, chat, eat snacks, and stay there for most of the day.

What impressed me most was a weekend shortly after the start of the second semester of my sophomore year. My dad bought me a drone with a camera when I went to Jiangcheng University. I ran along the ground while the drone flew in the sky. After returning home, my dad edited the video he had taken in a documentary style, which shocked me greatly. How could there be such a beautiful scenery in the world? I pointed at the screen and swore that I would definitely be admitted to Jiangcheng University in the future. I kept my word! "

"So, why are you at Capital University now?" Lu You asked curiously.

"Alas, there is nothing I can do!" Bi Yangde spread his hands and said helplessly: "If allowed, I would not want to leave the province, but shallow water cannot raise a true dragon. For the sake of my studies, I have no choice but to leave."

"So crazy! Even crazier than your uncle!"

Bi Yangde smiled, fished out the cooked duck intestines and put them in the bowl in front of him, and said, "Actually, Jiangcheng University doesn't have the major I like, and Professor Xiao persuaded me to come here, so I signed the admission contract."

"By the way, Lao Bi, did you set off fireworks during the New Year this year?" Lu You asked.

"I want to set off fireworks too, but how can we set off fireworks in the city? It's strictly prohibited." Bi Yangde bit one end of the duck intestine and sucked it into his mouth like he was sucking noodles.

"Urban area? Don't you people from Jiangcheng go back to the countryside for the New Year?" Zhang Zhichuang asked puzzledly.

"My home is in the city, where can I go back to the countryside?"

Zhang Zhichuang was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "Could it be that you are a second-generation demolition worker?"

Bi Yangde did not deny it and said, "In the early years, the city expansion plan included my village. My family was allocated two plots of land. My father used them to build two buildings, one for rent and one for himself."

"It seems like there are three rich guys in the dormitory and I'm the only poor guy?" Zhang Zhichuang rubbed his face and said sadly, "I'm not worthy of it. I've lowered the average consumption level of the dormitory."

"My family is not rich, at most we are well-off." Bi Yangde thought the duck intestines were very appetizing, so he scooped up another chopstick to dig into the spicy pot. "The money to build the house was a loan, and the house itself is not allowed to be sold. I didn't ask how much the deposit was, but it is estimated to be no more than seven figures."

"Don't be so arrogant!" Zhang Zhichuang pointed at Bi Yangde, his eyes flashing with danger, and warned: "How many people don't even have a floor tile of their own, but you own two houses. This is far more than enough!"

"That belongs to my parents, not me."

"It will be passed to you sooner or later, what difference does it make?"

Bi Yangde did not refute because it was the fact.

As an only child, with no elders or younger brothers, and harmonious family relationships, there is no other possibility at all.

"The new semester is about to begin. Do you two have any plans?" Lu You asked them.

"My high school classmates asked me to form a mathematical modeling team. We had intensive training for a month in March and started participating in the competition in April," Bi Yangde replied.

"Then you will be busy this semester." Lu You said with a smile.

"The freshman courses are not heavy, and there is nothing to do during normal years, so I'll just be busy." Bi Yangde replied indifferently.

"Where's your game? Don't you want to play it anymore?" Zhang Zhichuang asked.

"Play less! Besides, can games be more important than studies?" Bi Yangde asked back.

"That's right." Zhang Zhichuang nodded slightly. "Brother Lu, what are your plans for this semester? Writing a new paper?"

"No, I plan to take a semester off and take part in two math competitions."

"Mathematics competition?" Zhang Zhichuang's eyes lit up and he asked, "What kind of math competition is it? Is it difficult?"

"The Asai and Qiuai competitions, the former has a million-dollar prize pool and many participants, while the latter has more rigorous questions, is more difficult, and has the most gold content."

Hearing the words "million-dollar bonus", Zhang Zhichuang sat up straight and asked seriously, "Brother Lu, do you think I can get the full bonus from Asai at my current level?"

Lu You chewed the freshly cooked yellow throat and thought for a while, then said, "If I start practicing from tomorrow until the finals in June, I will have the highest chance of winning the Excellence Award. If I'm lucky, I might get the Bronze Award, but the Silver Award is unlikely, and the Gold Award is impossible."

"Only the Excellence Award? You look down on me, don't you?"

"You are looking down on others. Asai has no registration threshold. Anyone who is interested can sign up. Do you know what that means?"

Bi Yangde took over Lu You's words and said, "It means that your competitor may be a genius teenager who has not yet become famous, or a big man who has been working in the field of mathematics for many years."

Lu You added at the end, "I predict that you have a chance to win bronze, which is already a great respect for you."

"Don't listen to the sound of leaves being blown by the wind. Why not just sing and walk slowly? Wait until I win the gold medal this year and slap you in the face!"

……

Hot pot restaurant on the first floor.

At the front desk counter.

The waitress who had previously served Lu You and the other two took a break from her busy schedule and squeezed in between two other colleagues, who were chatting animatedly.

"Let me tell you, two super handsome guys have come to our store. They're ridiculously handsome, even more handsome than the handsome boys on TV!"

"Is this true? Are you exaggerating?" the girl on the left expressed doubt.

"I guarantee that what she said is true!" the girl on the right said with certainty.

"Where? Why can't I see him?" The girl on the left frowned.

"It's on the second floor, by the window. I went upstairs to refill tea for the guests just now, and I passed by their table on purpose and secretly took a photo." The girl on the right took out her cell phone and placed it on the counter, "Look!"

The girl on the left frowned even deeper and said in disgust: "What do you mean by high definition? You took this photo with a keyhole, didn't you?"

"It's good enough to have something to watch, but you're still complaining about this and that!" The girl on the right snorted in dissatisfaction and put her phone back.

"Forget it, I'll go to the second floor by myself." The girl on the left walked away quickly and went straight to the second floor.

"Hey." The girl on the right nudged the waitress and asked with interest, "Do you think they are idol trainees from a certain media company who haven't debuted yet?"

The waitress looked thoughtful and said vaguely, "I feel... it's unlikely. They don't look like people in the entertainment industry. Instead, they look more like the top students in my high school class. They have an aura that makes them look awesome."

Just then, a new guest came in.

"I'll go to the second floor and take a look around. You go and entertain the guests." Without waiting for a response, the girl on the right ran away.

"This guy! He left the work to me and went to look at handsome guys!" The waitress was so angry that she gritted her teeth and clenched her fists unconsciously.

The next second, she suppressed her emotions, put on a professional smile, and walked slowly towards the new customer.

(End of this chapter)