CHAPTER 1472: CHAPTER 1471: THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

Two pieces of stinky tofu were fished out from the plate’s water, dark and placed on the barbecue grill as Tang Kuangde began grilling it according to his hometown’s barbecue method.

The grilling just started, and the stink had already spread, as if someone nearby was taking a dump, the smell was really disgusting.

Song Ying and Xia Tiantian, along with other girls, walked further away, leaving only some classmates, perhaps those who really liked stinky tofu or wanted to see how the class president made it?

After about fifteen minutes, a piece of spicy and fragrant stinky tofu was ready. Tang Kuangde looked at Ye Qiu and asked, "Class president, do you want to try it?"

Ye Qiu shook his head, it really smelled like shit, and that odor was unpleasant.

He definitely didn’t want to try it.

"You guys try it and see how my stinky tofu turns out later."

Throughout the country, besides Changsha’s being quite famous, Jinling’s stinky tofu is also quite well-known, and other places’ are slightly less famous, but not by much. It’s just that each place has different tastes, so the stinky tofu made might be different.

Tang Kuangde and the others began to try it and found the taste okay, but not as good as those bought from the market.

Outside Jinling University, there are sellers of stinky tofu in the street, and their taste is better than Tang Kuangde’s.

"So fragrant!"

It smells bad but tastes fragrant, which is the characteristic of stinky tofu.

Now, Tang Kuangde and the others felt it was okay but feared they might get diarrhea tomorrow morning or even in the middle of the night.

Seeing Tang Kuangde and the others’ expressions, Ye Qiu said, "I’ll grill it for you using the Jinling method for stinky tofu."

He still used the stinky tofu Tang Kuangde brought, took it out of the water, placed it on the grill, and it quickly made sizzling sounds. The liquid from the stinky tofu fell onto the charcoal inside the grill, causing smoke to rise, but the stench of stinky tofu became even stronger.

Ye Qiu began to apply sesame oil, salt, and chili, and grilled the stinky tofu until it was cooked. The outside became black and shiny, but inside, nothing was wrong; it was piping hot.

"Try the taste."

Tang Kuangde and the others already smelled the strong stinky tofu aroma. Although it was still very stinky, when they picked it up and started tasting it, they felt the taste was really different.

The same barbecue tools and stinky tofu ingredients were used. If Tang Kuangde’s grilling was at a 60% level, then Ye Qiu’s stinky tofu was full marks.

It was really delicious.

"Class president, you must teach me this skill," Tang Kuangde said.

He felt that if he couldn’t become a Western doctor in the future, relying on Ye Qiu’s grilled stinky tofu cooking skills, he wouldn’t starve.

"You’re a good doctor, why would you want to grill stinky tofu? Your parents might be so angry if they knew," Ye Qiu said.

He actually knew that Tang Kuangde’s academic performance in class was quite good, capable of making it into the top ten. With some effort, he could definitely continue graduate studies, even a Ph.D. at a prestigious university, or maybe study abroad and become a good Western doctor.

But if he wanted to grill stinky tofu, that might be a different story.

Although Ye Qiu didn’t look down on those who grilled stinky tofu, as it is a skill similar to Ye Weidong’s, all are hardworking people working at the grassroots level.

But if Tang Kuangde’s parents and family knew he wanted to learn to grill stinky tofu, they might be so angry they’d feel like dying.

"It’s fine as long as I don’t let them know," Tang Kuangde said.

After Ye Qiu grilled the remaining pieces of stinky tofu, the beach barbecue event tonight was over.

At the end, the clean-up was necessary. They had to move everything back to the bus, and the class officers and other students did this.

Ye Qiu went to wash his hands, but after several washes, he still felt that his hands smelled like stinky tofu, and it was really unpleasant.

If he had to deal with stinky tofu every day, he feared the smell would soon permeate his skin and stay with him for life.

As Ye Qiu walked towards Song Ying and Xia Tiantian, Song Ying looked at him and said, "I can see the stinky tofu you made was delicious."

"Then why didn’t you try it just now?"

"I’d never. I heard that a lot of stinky tofu nowadays is soaked in human waste; just thinking about it makes me sick." There’s a lot of news about this on TV and online.

Song Ying certainly wouldn’t eat food of unknown origin, and even if it were made normally, she might still not eat it.

"Maybe you’d like it if you took a bite."

"Disgusting." Song Ying said.

She wouldn’t even touch it, let alone eat a bite; that would be the death of her.

As the classmates almost finished packing up, the class officers unfurled a banner and the class flag and began taking a group photo.

After the group photo, they planned to take the bus back and get some sleep.

When Ye Qiu and the others got on the bus, the students had already put all the trash into the nearby trash cans.

On this point, the bus driver felt these students had good character. If all countrymen could do this, pollution wouldn’t be so severe, and they would be much more welcomed everywhere.

Ye Qiu, Song Ying, and Xia Tiantian sat in their seats on the bus.

The bus driver drove them back to the four-star hotel.

"What are we doing tomorrow morning?" Ye Qiu asked.

"Class president, how about we go to the Underwater World tomorrow? We haven’t bought the tickets yet."

"Ye Qiu, I want to go to the Underwater World," the class officer just mentioned, and Xia Tiantian also said.

"How much is it per person?"

"I think it’s fifty, but for other activities, you have to pay extra. Like diving or something, it costs more."

"Then we’ll go and check it out tomorrow."

As the bus driver drove back to the four-star hotel.

Xia Tiantian and Song Ying were quite full but a bit tired, planning to go back, take a shower, and have a good sleep.

Ye Qiu returned to his room, closed the door, took a shower, then sat in the rattan chair drinking tea and enjoying the seaside view.

In the middle of the night, Ye Qiu heard a knock on the door. Thinking it was someone else, he got up to open it, finding Song Ying instead.

"Aren’t you asleep yet?" Looking at Song Ying in her spaghetti strap nightdress, she seemed very alluring.

"You’re not asleep either, are you?" Ye Qiu was just practicing his skills; he wasn’t asleep at all.

After letting Song Ying in, Ye Qiu still felt puzzled, asking, "Is Tiantian asleep?"

"She went to bed early; she was probably tired from hiking today." Song Ying sat on the sofa, and Ye Qiu knew Song Ying didn’t come over to do anything story-worthy with him.

"I feel really tired. Could you give me a massage? I know you’re really good at it."