Chapter 217: She Really Came to Dinner When I Invited Her

When Xuan Miaoqing participated in the singing competition, it was Su Yuchen who forced Zhao Xiaojing to watch it. She was particularly obsessed with Xuan Miaoqing's voice at the time, and kept imitating her singing before and after class. Zhao Xiaojing was brought to watch it by her.

Although Su Yuchen likes many singers, today is her first time to meet fans in such close proximity. Why doesn't she seem too excited?

Zhao Xiaojing turned and walked towards the kitchen while looking for Su Yuchen. After looking around, she found Su Yuchen standing in the corner behind the photographer. His eyes were watery and he looked at Xuan Miaoqing without blinking, holding his cell phone high.

Zhao Xiaojing immediately noticed that she had been crying secretly.

Well, this sister is too excited, I am afraid she will be tense all the time.

Zhao Xiaojing originally wanted to say a few words to Su Yuchen, but seeing her state, she gave up the idea and went straight into the kitchen to start washing the pot.

"Junior sister, you take care of these four dishes. I'll help you. I'm afraid if I don't perform well, I'll ruin the reputation of the restaurant."

Yun Yongyuan had been standing at the door of the back kitchen. He knew everything that happened in the front hall. At this moment, he followed Zhao Xiaojing with a serious face.

"Okay." Zhao Xiaojing had originally planned to cook it herself, but Yun Yongyuan suggested it first, so she agreed. "No need for help. I've prepared the vegetables this morning. Just cut up the pork trotter rice and the side dishes."

Zhao Xiaojing said as she turned on the fire, heated the pan with cold oil, and after the pan was hot, she started adding the side dishes and stir-frying over high heat.

"Brother Yun, eight more servings of pork trotter rice!"

After a while, Su Yuchen went into the kitchen and saw Yun Yongyuan cutting pig's feet. He gave instructions in a light voice, turned around, took out plates and started to serve rice. He placed three plates of small portions of rice on the workbench next to Zhao Xiaojing.

"How come you have time to come to the kitchen? Don't you want to watch it?" Zhao Xiaojing turned her head and teased Su Yuchen. At this moment, she had regained her usual calmness, with the corners of her mouth curved upwards.

"I'm not going to watch anymore. I'm waiting for Sister Qing to be served. Taking pictures from five meters away won't be as delicious as serving food from five centimeters away! They're chatting and interacting with a few customers now. I'll go take a picture with her after they finish eating!"

Su Yuchen said with a happy face.

"Okay, I'll take a good picture for you later. Why are there eight more servings of pork trotter rice?"

"The crew let some onlookers in to capture the real atmosphere of people eating in the restaurant, so some people ordered more food. Although there is only pork trotter rice now, people didn't really come for the food, so they didn't mind too much."

Zhao Xiaojing nodded and quickly finished stir-frying the pork liver. Just as she was about to serve it over rice, she realized the amount of rice was one-third less than her usual small portion. "Isn't that a little too little rice?"

"Hey, just serve yourself. You can always add more rice if it's not enough.

Believe me, I'll tell you the reason later!" Su Yuchen laughed uncontrollably.

Zhao Xiaojing scooped up the dish doubtfully, and then Su Yuchen went to the front hall with a plate of stir-fried pork liver rice, a plate of pork trotter rice that Yun Yongyuan had just cut, and a platter of braised side dishes.

When they returned, Wu Kaile followed Su Yuchen. Su Yuchen had fulfilled his wish of serving food to his idol's table, and he couldn't hide his smile. He pointed toward Yun Yongyuan and handed over the remaining guests' food service to Wu Kaile, while he stood beside Zhao Xiaojing and gossiped animatedly.

"The reason I served less rice is because I asked the crew leader. Did you know that Sister Qing and the others have already eaten four meals, and this is the fifth!

How could they eat more? If they were given too much, it would be a burden to them.

They had already eaten barbecue, Lanzhou ramen, three-flavor tofu skin, and Korean food."

"Ah? Then why are you still eating?" Zhao Xiaojing was very puzzled. The hand holding the spoon flipped the pot out of the range of the flame by inertia, and the other hand held the spoon to start scooping the seasoning.

"Because the process of their variety show is like this, it's the one called 'Invite a Dinner Friend', have you heard of it?"

Zhao Xiaojing shook her head, and Su Yuchen patiently explained the situation.

It turns out that this is a food variety show with two permanent guests in each season. The permanent guests this time are Dong Dongdong and Xuan Miaoqing.

The two of them are responsible for traveling around the country to find their local friends and have their friends treat them to local specialties.

Local friends are also known as flying guests. The flying guests of this episode of Jiangcheng are Wu Lesheng and Qin Zhichu. Qin Zhichu is a native of Jiangcheng, while Wu Lesheng's wife is also from Jiangcheng and he spends half of the year in Jiangcheng.

But variety shows are not straightforward, of course, there must be something interesting to watch.

Therefore, when the four guests meet, it is not as simple as just treating each other to a meal. Instead, the flying guests give out food keywords, and the resident guests use the keywords to find a restaurant. If they find the right restaurant, the flying guests will treat them to a meal, and the task is completed. If they don’t find the right restaurant, the resident guests will treat them to a meal. The process continues until they find the right restaurant. If they can’t find it, they will keep eating.

Every time the guest fails to find the right restaurant, he or she will give one or two keywords to increase the probability of the resident guests finding the right restaurant.

"No wonder! I mean, why did they talk to me like they were speaking in secret codes? I didn't understand what they were saying, so I just answered truthfully." Zhao Xiaojing finally understood what the four stars were doing, and she was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"So that's what Wu Lesheng meant when he pointed at his throat and told Dong Dongdong that I've reached this point. So he must be full and the rice is stuck in his throat?" Zhao Xiaojing took the stir-fried beef out of the wok again, and the tempting aroma of the wok filled a plate of white rice.

"Xiao Wu, serve the food!" Su Yuchen waved at Wu Kaile who had just come in after collecting the plates.

"Sister Su, didn't you say you would do it yourself?" Wu Kaile tilted his head in confusion, and came over obediently to serve the food.

"Don't you like Wu Lesheng? I'll give you a chance. Go quickly and stop talking nonsense." Su Yuchen glared at Wu Kaile, trying to hide the real reason why he didn't want to interrupt him while he was gossiping.

"Also, do you know why Sister Qing is here?" Su Yuchen watched Wu Kaile bring out the food and turned to Zhao Xiaojing, who was skillfully washing the pot and adding oil to the frying pan, to continue gossiping. "Because Sister Qing is famous for her love of food and her ability to eat! After so many years of being labeled a has-been singer, she's let herself go. She never cares about her figure, and she doesn't have any of the baggage of a celebrity idol."

Other female celebrities have to consider the issue of body management when they accept this kind of variety show. After all, they have to go to several cities for one season of the show, and eat for a few days in each city. They may have to eat for half a month in a row. It is possible that they still cannot find a diet after eating five meals a day like today.

This kind of food variety show is all about food. Last season, they invited a rising star, who had some traffic, but was also criticized by the audience for pretending to eat. It's easy to have a guest, as they only eat for a day or two, but due to the incident last season, it's very difficult to have a regular guest this season.

That’s why I thought of my sister Qing, because when I asked her to come, she actually came to eat.”