People from Guangdong love drinking soup, reportedly due to the local hot and humid climate, which greatly influences their appetites.
Drinking some delicious soup before a meal can increase a person's appetite.
In Guangdong, there's a saying: "It's better to have no dishes than no soup," which shows the extent of their love for soup.
However, in other parts of Huaxia, there's rarely such a habit of "drinking soup before meals," like in Jiangzhou, where soup is usually the last dish on the table.
This is why Duan Yiming was so thoughtful to accommodate Guangdong people's dining habits by ordering a "pre-meal soup," which touched He Zhengyu deeply.
"Mr. He, this is an old fire soup from your Guangdong — old duck, coix seed, and winter melon soup. It's just right for drinking during this transition period between spring and summer; it clears heat, dispels dampness, strengthens the spleen, and whets the appetite.
Come, let's taste how it is."
