Chapter 3556: Miss Saito's Yudoufu Shop

Sun Zhidong's plane arrived very quickly.

Not only did he arrange a flight for Lin Wan'er, he also took the flight himself to Jinling.

Accompanying him were dozens of top-notch bodyguards with impressive capabilities.

Jinling Airport received news from its superiors and gave the green light to Qiu Yingshan's Rolls-Royce, allowing the car to bypass security and customs and directly enter the airport hangar.

Lin Wan'er had her long hair tied into a high ponytail, wore a black dress, and wore a pair of black sunglasses and a mask.

The rise of AI and the ubiquity of surveillance systems have made Lin Wan'er more cautious. With appropriate disguise, she can avoid the risk of being caught by the combination of AI and surveillance.

The Rolls-Royce arrived under an Airbus A350, and the elderly Sun Zhidong was already waiting in front of the passenger boarding stairs.

After the car stopped, he stepped forward, opened the door for Lin Wan'er, and said respectfully, "Miss."

Lin Wan'er asked him, "Why are you here?"

Sun Zhidong bowed and said, "Miss, you are going to Japan. I am worried about you going alone. There are some battle-hardened bodyguards on the plane. They all have multiple identities. I will bring them with me to protect you."

Lin Wan'er smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous. I'll be in Japan quickly and back soon, so I won't waste any time. Besides, I'm only going to one place, so there shouldn't be any danger."

Sun Zhidong pleaded, "Miss, you were in danger last time in Northern Europe. I would be relieved if Mr. Ye were with you this time, but I'm worried about you going alone. Don't worry. As soon as we get off the plane, I and the others will disappear from your sight and won't affect you."

At this time, Lao Zhang also came up and said respectfully, "Miss, please let Lao Sun accompany you. Otherwise, Lao Yu and Lao Qiu will be worried if we stay in Jinling."

Lin Wan'er pursed her lips, then nodded and said, "In that case, let's follow Old Sun's arrangements."

After saying that, she turned to look at Lao Zhang and warned him, "If Mr. Ye comes to visit, just tell him that I'm away from home because of something at school. But he probably won't come, so just remember that just in case."

Lao Zhang immediately said, "I obey your command."

Lin Wan'er nodded and took the lead as she climbed the ladder. Without even turning back, she waved behind her and said, "Old Sun, your legs aren't very nimble, so I'll go up first so I don't have to worry about you."

As he spoke, he trotted onto the plane.

Sun Zhidong, Lao Zhang and Qiu Yingshan looked at each other, and all three of them smiled without saying anything.

The lady has been like this for decades.

When he is serious, he is stricter and more serious than anyone else in the world.

But when she relaxes, she is as childish as other girls of seventeen or eighteen.

Half an hour later, the plane was pushed out of the hangar and taxied to the end of the runway. Its twin engines roared, taking the plane into the sky.

On the plane, all the accompanying personnel were in the rear cabin. Lin Wan'er was the only one in the front cabin of dozens of square meters. Even Sun Zhidong did not dare to disturb her and went to the rear cabin alone.

It doesn’t take too long to fly from Jinling to Osaka. Two and a half hours later, the plane landed at Osaka Kansai Airport.

The sinking airport had no idea that it was welcoming the oldest passenger in its history.

It was 6:30 in the morning Tokyo time, and the sun had just risen from the eastern horizon.

Lin Wan'er successfully entered the country through customs using the extremely common Chinese name Wang Jing.

After entering the country, Lin Wan'er did not rush to take the train to Kyoto. Instead, she first bought herself a backpack with the well-known cartoon character Coolome and a bunch of cute little jewelry and rubber bands in the airport store. She also tied her high ponytail into two ponytails before leaving the airport.

Afterwards, she came to the station and bought a train ticket from Osaka to Kyoto in a Kansai accent without any accent at all, while Sun Zhidong and others were all secretly protecting Lin Wan'er.

There are many benefits to living a long life. Not only do you get to visit many places and experience many customs and cultures, but you also get to master many languages.

Moreover, because Lin Wan'er had lived in Japan for a long time during the Meiji Restoration, her Japanese was not only extremely proficient, but also much more proficient than most Japanese. In other words, it was like a foreigner who was not only proficient in Mandarin Chinese and a variety of local dialects, but also well-read in Chinese poetry and books, and had in-depth research on ancient Chinese and classical Chinese. In addition, East Asians look almost the same, so in Japan, she was like a drop of water merging into the sea, leaving no trace at all.

When Lin Wan'er arrived in Kyoto, it was already 8:40 in the morning.

Kyoto is a city with a relatively slow pace of life. Although it was modernized very early, its traditional architecture has been very well preserved. Therefore, there are not only many ancient temples here, but also many ancient houses with a long history, such as the old house of the Ito family.

Unlike Tokyo, which is full of new rich people, Kyoto is home to many old money people who have connections and deep roots in Japan. It can be said that it is a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden.

Lin Wan'er did not rush to the Kinkakuji Temple immediately, but first wandered around the alleys in the old city of Kyoto in the direction of the Kinkakuji Temple.

After walking around and feeling hungry, she wanted to find a restaurant to have breakfast. She accidentally saw a shop called "Miss Saito's Yudofu Shop" with a sign that said it was a century-old shop. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and then she walked into the shop alone and sat down.

Yudofu is a traditional Kyoto dish. The ingredients are simple: soft tofu, kelp, and bonito, cooked with seasonings such as soy sauce or miso.

However, this store is different from the others.

The signature dish of this store is not the traditional Kyoto yudofu, but Pu'er matsutake yudofu.

The store is not big and is run by an elderly couple. The introduction on the wall says that the store was first founded in 1897.

When Lin Wan'er walked into the store, the male owner greeted her warmly: "Please sit wherever you want. The menu is on the table. Call me anytime if you need to order."

Lin Wan'er nodded, found a corner to sit down, glanced at the menu, pointed to the most conspicuous "Pu'er Matsutake Soup Tofu" at the top and said, "I'll have a bowl of the signature dish, thank you."

"Okay, please wait a moment!" The male owner bowed and went to the kitchen to cook.

Soon, a simple bowl of tofu soup was served to Lin Wan'er.

The soup tastes fresh yet rich, a wonderful blend of the aroma of tea and matsutake.

Lin Wan'er took off her mask and took a sip of the hot soup. A satisfied smile immediately appeared on her face, and she said softly, "It tastes great."

The male shop owner wiped his hands with a towel while introducing the shop with both attentiveness and pride. "There are countless yudofu shops in Kyoto, but we're the only one that makes Pu'er matsutake yudofu. We improved on traditional Kyoto yudofu in 1899."

Lin Wan'er looked like a completely naive Japanese girl, exclaiming, "Oh, the country... actually has such a long history."

The male shop owner said with a smile, "No, no, in Kyoto, a shop with a history of over a hundred years is not really that old. There are shops here that are four hundred years old."

Lin Wan'er nodded and deliberately asked him, "If I remember correctly, Pu'er tea should be a specialty of China, right? Why did your great-grandfather use this raw material?"

The male shop owner's expression immediately changed to one of admiration, and he said, "In 1899, my great-grandfather's yudofu shop had just been open for two years, but because the competition was too fierce at the time, his business was not good and he was on the verge of bankruptcy. At that time, he and his wife, with their three children, sold yudofu in front of the shop on snowy days. They lived a very poor life. At that time, a Miss Saito who had traveled to China lived in the center of Kyoto. Miss Saito had a large and beautiful house in the center of Kyoto, and adopted many orphans in the house. Miss Saito was beautiful and kind-hearted. Seeing that his yudofu shop was always deserted, she specially asked him to deliver 50 servings of yudofu to the house every day, so that my ancestor could provide for his family. Later, Miss Saito gave him the Pu'er tea leaves and dried matsutake mushrooms that she brought back from her travels in China, and asked him to improve the recipe. That's how this unique Pu'er matsutake yudofu was created."

At this point, the male shop owner's eyes welled up as he sighed, "My great-grandfather always said that Miss Saito was our Sugi family's benefactor. If it weren't for her, he, his wife, and their three children probably wouldn't have survived that winter. Later, Miss Saito left Kyoto and never returned, so he changed the name of the shop from Sugimu Yudofu Shop to Miss Saito Yudofu Shop."

Lin Wan'er looked surprised, but her thoughts went back to the streets of Kyoto more than a hundred years ago.

At that time, the snow in Kyoto was much heavier and colder than the winter today. She was riding in a sedan chair passing through the old city of Kyoto and saw a ragged family of five selling soup tofu on the street in the snow. Seeing the three children shivering with cold, with chilblains on their hands, faces and ears, she couldn't bear it, so she asked the man of the house to deliver fifty servings of soup tofu to their house early the next morning.

The man was grateful and sent me soup tofu with solid ingredients and a generous portion. Although it was not very delicious, it showed that he had put a lot of practical thought into it.

So Lin Wan'er asked him to deliver another fifty servings the next day, and this continued for ten days. Lin Wan'er found that the quality of the soup tofu he delivered every day not only did not decline at all, but because of the income and profit, he gradually added more expensive ingredients.

In the past ten days, Lin Wan'er, who was not used to his soup tofu, tried adding a little Pu'er tea leaves and dried matsutake mushrooms to the soup tofu for secondary processing. After several times, she found the most suitable recipe, which greatly improved the taste of the soup tofu.

Thinking that the shop owner was a good person, Lin Wan'er passed on the recipe she had come up with in her spare time to him.

Unexpectedly, this store has been open since then until now, and even the recipe has hardly changed.

What she didn't expect was that the name of the store was changed to Miss Saito.

Saito Asako was the pseudonym used by Lin Wan'er when she lived in Kyoto.

Tasting the soup tofu in her bowl, which was almost identical to the one she had back then, Lin Wan'er couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Time flies, years pass by. Looking back, it's been over a hundred years since I left Kyoto..."