diskusbooks #214 - Eating Simulator Project (2 in 1 Order)
#214 - Eating Simulator Project (2 in 1 Order)
In Hua Country, if a child grows up in the countryside, attending feasts is a necessary skill.
If you use your feasting skills well, you'll be filled with satisfaction.
Upon hearing that CEO Lu had assigned them the task of attending a feast, many employees perked up.
Many of them grew up in the city and had only seen the lively scenes of rural feasts with dozens of tables on TV.
This time, they finally had a chance to participate.
Among the Taoyuan Village employees, Zhang Fan happened to have grown up in the countryside before elementary school, so he began tirelessly sharing his feasting experiences with his colleagues:
"My dad told me that in the past, when living conditions were poor, attending feasts was a real test of eyesight and hand speed, because you could eat meat that was rare to see at other times.
Now that life is getting better and better, in our rural hometown, various flowing banquets and square table feasts are generally never finished. Formal feasts are called 'Four Eight Six Four'."
"It starts with four fruit plates or snack plates,
half of which are sliced fruits, melon seeds, fried peanuts, sugar beans, and the like.
The main meal is eight cold dishes, four meat and four vegetarian, six hot dishes, four rice dishes, and finally two soups. Generally, there are seven or eight people at a table,
so it's no problem to eat your fill, but the dishes are good and bad, and there are dishes you like and dislike.
How to eat more big dishes and hard dishes when attending a feast is a real test of hand speed!"
The other employees listened with great interest and asked:
"Hurry up and share some practical tips."
Zhang Fan proudly flicked his mohawk and smiled:
"Actually, you just need to remember this formula—
Eyes fixed, chopsticks steady. Eat the center first, then sweep the sides. If there's no food left, quickly drink the soup."
Everyone silently memorized Zhang Fan's formula and then warmed up their hands.
Just then, Lu Yu and other company executives came out of the village committee:
"You guys are so lucky. I just found out from the village chief that there's a wedding feast with thirty tables at noon today."
"Yay!"
Everyone cheered.
……
The wedding banquet was held in an open space in the center of the village, decorated with bright red cloth curtains and colorful lights.
The festive decorations were everywhere, with red lanterns hanging high and ribbons fluttering in the breeze, creating a joyous and peaceful atmosphere.
The long tables were filled with sumptuous dishes, all authentic Yunnan cuisine. The colors, aromas, and flavors were all excellent, making people's mouths water.
A stage was set up in the center of the venue, and the newlyweds walked down the stage to the rhythm of the music to perform the toasting ceremony.
The musicians played traditional wedding music, and some guests swayed their bodies to the music, while others waved their arms.
At this time, the people from Taoyuan Village entered one after another.
After all, this village is a demonstration village for agritourism, so the villagers did not reject these visitors and greeted them to find tables to sit down.
Listening to Yunnan folk songs, Zhang Fan smiled and whispered in Chu Xiong's ear:
"Brother Xiong, do you know what the biggest characteristic of Yunnan is on the video website D Station?"
"Mushrooms that cause hallucinations when eaten?" Chu Xiong tilted his head and asked.
"Ahem, although mushrooms are indeed quite famous, I'm not talking about that. One of the biggest characteristics of Yunnan is actually folk songs!"
With that said, he pinched his throat and sang a few sentences in a soft voice:
"Old driver, take me with you, little sister is young"
"Old driver, take me with you, I'll be your lover"
"Old brother is not that kind of person, Alili, Alili."
Zhang Fan sang a few sentences, chuckled, and said: "You must have heard this song, it's called 'Old Driver, Take Me With You', and there's another one."
He continued to sing softly:
"Fake cigarettes, fake wine, fake friends, fake feelings, fake tenderness, trick me into going to your house, and kick me out in the middle of the night~"
"It's not that I want to kick you out, my husband will hit me if he sees you"
"Since I dare to come to your house, I'm not afraid of your husband"
"My husband is very powerful, he'll pinch your balls"
Chu Xiong's small eyes glanced left and right, and he quickly signaled the other party to stop singing.
Zhang Fan chuckled: "What's wrong, don't you like this song? I also have a song called 'No Freedom to Sleep with Someone Else's Wife'"
"Hey, okay, okay, okay, stop it, stop it. Good lord, if you keep singing, we brothers will have to be carried out of this wedding feast horizontally."
On the stage, the host was organizing various funny wedding games, and the newlyweds and guests laughed continuously. When the atmosphere reached a climax, the head of the household stood up and shouted:
"Everyone, what are you waiting for? Come on, eat while it's hot, drink to your heart's content!"
As soon as the head of the household finished speaking, hundreds of pairs of chopsticks reached out to the table in front of them in unison,
and the feast battle officially began!
……
Wan Xiaotong, Xu Qin, and Meng Yue, three girls from the Space-Time Moe Group, were sitting at a table.
At this table, in addition to the three of them, there were men, women, old, and young.
But these three people witnessed an epic battle at this feast.
Originally, before the head of the household's chefs officially started serving the dishes, there were four pre-dinner fruit plates on the table,
namely sliced mangoes, raisins, fried peanuts, melon seeds...
As a result, as soon as the head of the household gave the signal to start eating, the pre-dinner fruit plates were emptied in a few seconds.
The three girls were dumbfounded. When they looked around, everyone from grandparents to children had one or two pieces of mango in their mouths, with juice dripping down their mouths, looking very happy.
"Careful, this is the new ultimate skill of the Invisible Boundary Line!"
Wan Xiaotong was full of vigilance.
All of this happened so fast that they didn't react at all.
However, just when they thought it was over, they didn't expect that it had only just begun!
At this time, the villagers responsible for serving the dishes first gave each table wine and drinks.
When a bottle of beer was delivered to this table, almost three young men stood up at the same time to take the beer. In the end, a tall and strong guy defeated the other two companions and grabbed the beer.
Wan Xiaotong tilted her head, not understanding what this guy was doing,
but she didn't expect that he would take advantage of the opportunity to take the wine and grab a box of Huazi cigarettes placed in the center of the table and put it in front of him.
Wan Xiaotong's beautiful eyes widened suddenly, and she looked enlightened.
This is a high-end game!
Although this guy pretended to pour wine and hand out cigarettes to the elders at the table, he was the one who decided how many rounds of cigarettes would be handed out, right?
After they were handed out, the rest would be his.
Moreover, as long as he mastered the power to pour wine into the glasses, then the other drinking guests would not be able to control how much they drank. Naturally, they would eat less, and the remaining women and children at the table would not be a threat.
After observing for a while, Wan Xiaotong discovered that the guy's amazing operations were far more than that.
The position he was standing in was close to the aisle, which happened to be the only way for the servers to deliver dishes to each table. In this way, he also mastered the initiative to serve the dishes!
Good lord, he had all the right timing, location, and people. This guy is awesome!
After the appetizers were removed, the first dish, Steamed Chicken in Clay Pot, was served.
Steamed Chicken in Clay Pot is a classic Yunnan dish, named after being steamed in a clay pot.
It is not only delicious but also very nourishing. The main ingredient of this dish is black-boned chicken, which is then steamed in a clay pot with winter bamboo shoots, ham, caterpillar fungus, and medicinal herbs. The chicken has a long and lingering aroma and an endless aftertaste.
As soon as the guy put a plate of chicken on the table, the children at the same table took the lead and launched a fire coverage.
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Everyone's chopsticks crisscrossed on the table, constantly clashing, and had turned into afterimages.
The entire table was like the Mount Hua Sword Competition in a martial arts novel, with swords and shadows.
The girls just saw that in the blink of an eye, a plump old hen had only bones left.
Wan Xiaotong pushed her eye mask and ordered: "Warriors, accept the summons and pick up your weapons, otherwise the demon king will devour the entire world."
Xu Qin translated from the side:
"Sister Tongtong means, everyone hurry up and eat, or you won't be able to eat anything."
The three girls each picked up the last few pieces of meat left on the plate with their chopsticks.
Perhaps there is a novice protection period for attending feasts, so the other guests at the same table did not empty the plate and deliberately left three small pieces of meat for them.
Wan Xiaotong bit the chicken in her mouth and squinted slightly.
The steamed chicken in clay pot was tender and refreshing, especially the soup, which was even more delicious. As expected, the soup was better than the meat, nutritious and delicious. After drinking the soup, she still wanted more.
……
Immediately afterward, the guy brought up the second dish, Yi Tuotuo Meat.
The eyes of all the guests at the table lit up!
This dish is also a hard dish at rural banquets in Yunnan.
It's a bit like hand-grabbed meat, but it has obvious differences from hand-grabbed meat. Its raw materials are carefully selected from the piglets of Daliang Mountain, which are slaughtered into large pieces, and then marinated with a unique secret ingredient and eaten with sauerkraut soup. It is refreshing and appetizing, fat but not greasy, fresh and fragrant, and the more you eat, the more you want to eat.
After the aroma of the meat permeated, the gluttons in everyone's stomachs were hooked out.
Unexpectedly, the guy who had the right to serve the dishes, just put the dishes down, and then grabbed a piece of meat with his chopsticks at lightning speed and stuffed it into his mouth, eating with a mouthful of oil.
Wan Xiaotong was shocked and admired again.
Good lord, it turns out that there is this level of consideration for serving dishes at this table.
After all, since he put the dishes down, he will definitely eat the first bite every time.
As soon as the guy put down the plate of meat, everyone started without speaking of martial arts and started!
Wan Xiaotong now completely realized that in the face of this peak duel, if you hesitate for a second, you won't even be able to eat toothpicks!
She quickly winked at the sisters on the left and right, and three chopsticks came out at the same time!
However, three chopsticks only hit the last piece of meat left on the plate at the same time.
Fortunately, the last piece of meat left was big enough, and the three of them divided it up, barely tasting it.
"It's so delicious..."
Xu Qin covered her cheeks, still wanting more.
……
The next dish was still a big dish - Braised Prawns!
The prawns were fried until golden and crispy, and the aroma was intoxicating.
The guy was still feinting, shaking the plate in his hand twice, and then putting the plate up when the other guests were not paying attention.
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The moment he put down the plate, he directly grabbed a pair of prawns with his hands.
Since the guy didn't speak of martial arts, the other guests at the table were not polite and started one after another.
Wan Xiaotong had gradually entered the state at this time. She rolled up her sleeves and directly grabbed three shrimps back.
Although it was not the three largest ones on the plate, each girl was guaranteed a bottom line.
Almost the moment Wan Xiaotong's hand left the plate,
Buzz!
The sound of air explosion sounded!
As if the space was oscillating, in a moment, the plate was completely empty.
Yes, not to mention the shrimp shells or shrimp heads, even the garlic paste used as a seasoning was not left. The entire plate was completely empty.
Wan Xiaotong's hand holding the shrimp froze in mid-air, feeling a burst of fear.
This……
Just now, she only saw the afterimages composed of dozens of arms and chopsticks of different sizes,
but if she didn't use her hands but used chopsticks, she wouldn't even be able to grab the shrimp shells.
But!
Eating banquets is like life, opportunities are always fleeting!
Just when Wan Xiaotong was stunned, Preserved Vegetable with Pork Belly was already on the table.
This dish is very common at banquets all over China, but the preserved vegetable and wild pork made in Yunnan have a special flavor, so this hard dish is also a must-have for military strategists.
When the feast reached this point, the hard dishes were served one after another, and everyone was no longer reserved.
Almost everyone stood up at the same time, stretched out their arms, and thrust their chopsticks forward!
This time, Wan Xiaotong specially observed a little boy sitting next to her. He flicked his chopsticks and sent preserved vegetable with pork belly into his mouth, and he didn't even let go of the meat soup and grease that were briefly suspended in mid-air.
His tongue skillfully hooked and sucked, directly licking the oil floating in mid-air into his stomach.
The speed of this tongue was fast, accurate, and ruthless!
It can be called Foshan Shadowless Tongue!
"This... I'll go, this..."
Meng Yue, who had been silent all the time, was also completely moved, with an expression on her face that her world view had been subverted.
The current scene is comparable to the War of the Gods!
Just bowing her head, the plate was directly emptied.
The guy who served the dishes knew that the next dishes were all delicious meat dishes, so he began to take out his beer and cigarettes.
Pouring wine for those who drink and handing out cigarettes for those who smoke, highlighting a distraction.
When the men who were the main combat power on the table were paralyzed by alcohol and cigarettes,
the guy smiled slightly and served a braised fish with gravy!
The faces of the men who smoked and drank changed.
I went, I was careless!
Almost with a swish, the chopsticks were like magnets, adsorbed on their hands,
but even so, in the ever-changing feast world, this speed was already too slow.
Buzz——
The chopsticks of the others had already swept across the surface of the plate like a whirlwind.
This time, there was no second chance. The aunts and children went straight to Huanglong, and only the bones were left of the entire fish.
Wan Xiaotong looked at the white fish skeleton.
She can guarantee that the most meticulous archaeologists in the world can't remove the bones so cleanly.
Even the spinal cord fluid inside the fish's spine was sucked dry.
……
After that, hard dishes continued to be served one after another,
and when the turtle came up, the men were already full of beer, and the aunts and children started the Three Heroes Fighting the Turtle.
At this time, Wan Xiaotong and the other three had completely given up struggling, watching the aunts on the table skillfully dissecting the turtle.
After all, the turtle is more complicated and difficult to handle,
So, all the other dishes were wiped clean in 1 second, but this dish took a full 1.5 seconds!
The middle-aged women glanced at their watches, seemingly still not satisfied with their current performance.
"Big sister, here, have some," A little girl next to them, seeing how pitiful Wan Xiaotong and the others looked, proactively put a piece of soft-shelled turtle meat into their bowls.
After the wedding banquet, the guests, looking satisfied, dispersed and returned to their respective homes.
On the square, the bewildered employees of Peach Garden Village were left, looking at each other in dismay.
Many of them hadn't managed to grab any of the main dishes at all, and in the end, they barely managed to fill their stomachs with the pork buns and chive dumplings provided as a safety net by the hosts.
Although the buns and dumplings were also delicious, compared to those hard-to-get dishes, there was always a sense of dissatisfaction.
Damn it!
Zhang Fan also had a face of utter disbelief. He had boasted to his colleagues before the feast, imparting some kind of 'banquet-eating secrets'.
After eating this meal today, he finally realized that there is always someone better, and there is always something beyond the sky.
Seeing everyone's bewildered expressions, Lu Yu smiled slightly and summarized:
"This is the purpose of me bringing everyone here, to let you experience the banquet scene.
Actually, these days, eating at a banquet is all about the atmosphere. With such good living conditions now, who cares about those few bites of meat?
It's about the sense of participation in everyone fighting with their chopsticks!
I know that everyone feels somewhat frustrated today, but it's okay. We still have a week to practice our banquet-eating skills, so everyone needs to work harder."
Lu Yu smiled slightly.
Arranging banquet-eating practice during the second week of the Yunnan trip naturally had a deeper meaning.
Firstly, it was to make them realize that those who are extremely competitive in every industry are insurmountable mountains.
Letting this group of 'little overachievers' see the ultimate form of competitiveness would also make them realize that they are just ordinary people among the masses.
Then, they would probably obediently give up the idea of internal competition.
Secondly, it was naturally to further wash away the urban atmosphere from them through living in this idyllic little village, making them infatuated with the feeling of the countryside and unwilling to return.
In the evening, everyone stayed in the village's guesthouse.
The guesthouse was a row of quaint wooden houses with white walls and black tiles. Wooden tables and chairs were placed in the courtyard, exuding a faint rural charm.
The rooms were simple and cozy, with the fragrance of wood permeating the air. Lush plants grew in the courtyard, and stone slab paths led to each room.
The night sky was deep blue, with stars twinkling like they could be touched.
In this quiet night away from the hustle and bustle of the city, only the croaking of frogs and the chirping of insects could be heard, like a nocturne played at night, making people feel peaceful and comfortable.
There was a small bonfire pit in the guesthouse courtyard. The employees of Peach Garden Village sat around the bonfire, some playing guitar, some bragging, creating a scene of laughter and joy.
The guesthouse owner prepared local specialty snacks for everyone, including roasted sweet potatoes, fried rice cakes, and fruits and vegetables produced in the village, with a fragrant aroma.
The employees gathered in groups of three or five, each starting their own discussions.
Shao Peng, from the 'trash-talking' group, took a bite of a sweet potato and said:
"What do you guys think Lu is trying to say by having us experience this rural banquet life?"
He Chuming, a client-side programmer from the 'island owner' group, said:
"Why don't we think about it according to Liu's way of thinking? Liu often says that Lu always has a deep meaning behind everything he does. If this banquet is a development hint from Lu..."
Lyu Rui, from the 'island owner' group, said:
"No need to say more, Lu must be hoping that we broaden our horizons.
After all, recently, our energy and design ideas have been completely occupied by the game 'Hyperdimensional Moe Girl'."
Zhou Lei, a copywriter from the 'island owner' group, asked in confusion:
"The key is, what does Lu want to convey through eating at a banquet? How could eating at a banquet itself have any deep meaning..."
"No deep meaning is the deepest meaning!"
Copywriter Hao Shuwen said:
"Think about it, if we use this theme as inspiration and use our self-developed Peach Garden Kaiwu engine to make a banquet simulator, it will definitely give the small and medium-sized game developers who join our game platform a reference template.
Moreover, in this year's Heavenly Venerate Cup, in addition to the main venue for action games, there is also a small game development festival to support small and medium-sized game developers. We can participate in this development festival to further promote our own engine."