【System, Gourmet Food, Growth, Slice-of-Life, Slow-Paced, Family Drama, Healing】Since her mother's passing, Zhao Xiaojing had lived subserviently under her third aunt's shadow, forced i...
Chapter 237 She doesn’t seem to have such worldly desires
"I'm just asking..." Da Zhuang avoided their gazes. "After all, when filming someone else, understanding their story will help you better shape their image..."
"Really?" Li Zi narrowed her eyes and looked Da Zhuang up and down.
"Oh, I see!" Guo Gaoang patted his head lightly, his eyes excited. "I remember Dazhuang's shop exploration episode was about the food upstairs from the dry cleaner. It was about wheel cakes, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Wheel cake!" Da Zhuang suddenly had an idea and grinned as he grabbed Guo Gaoang's hand that was slapping his head.
Guo Gaoang excitedly gave a reverse handshake and looked at Li Zi. "I really liked that episode. I was originally going to film the wheel cake, but through the owner of the wheel cake, I learned the story behind opening a shop above a dry cleaner! On the surface, it seems unreasonable and even a bit detrimental to business, but in reality, it's a story of the bittersweet compromise between two generations!"
Li Zi suddenly understood what was going on. "I remember that I had mixed feelings after watching that episode. On the one hand, the mother who had run a dry cleaning business for decades was helping her daughter by offering her the upstairs shop so she could do what she loved.
On the other hand, because of her daughter's past failures, she has no faith in her daughter's abilities and is full of control. The two generations are both concerned about and hurting each other. The daughter needs to rely on her mother, but also wants to get rid of her. I was so depressed watching that episode! The editing and contrast in "The Lawyer" are amazing!
Li Zi clasped her hands together, lowered her head, and pondered the video, becoming excited. "So, Da Zhuang, do you have an idea for this episode? Did Zhao tell you anything? Can we make it into a story with the same plot as that episode?"
"No... I just explore out of habit." Da Zhuang swallowed his saliva. Just as he finished one lie, another one was about to be covered up.
Guo Gaoang suddenly thought of something, frowned, and hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong?" Li Zi was the first to notice that something was wrong with Guo Gaoang.
"Let's just film the food itself. Maybe Zhao just wants to cook quietly, and appearing in the public eye may not be a good thing." Guo Gaoang remembered that Wei Liguo had seen the video of Zhao Xiaojing setting up a stall taken by a parent, and then he posted it, which led to a series of troubles later. He answered carefully.
"Why? The store will get more traffic after the photos are taken, and she will have more customers." Li Zi was puzzled, while Da Zhuang was concentrating on waiting for Guo Gaoang's answer.
"I don't know, I think we should ask her opinion.
"Ms. Zhao is pretty and quite popular, but I wonder if filming her story will cause her any trouble." Guo Gaoang's expression darkened.
"What's going on?" Da Zhuang asked.
"There were a lot of people who liked her in high school. I had... someone I knew who liked her very much at the time and was depressed for a long time because of her." Guo Gaoang's tone became indifferent as he spoke.
"And then?" Li Zi asked.
Seeing that the two were curious, Guo Gaoang sighed, briefly skipped over Zhao Xiaojing's privacy and her family affairs, and told them what had happened.
"Disgusting! Vicious! Scum!" Li Zi slammed the table and cursed angrily.
Da Zhuang also had a bad look on his face, pursed his lips and said nothing.
"To be honest, it was me who caused her trouble, but she didn't blame me at the time. I think she is quite indifferent to these things and may not want to expose her affairs to the public." Guo Gaoang looked at Dazhuang and said.
"What about those two trash now? Are they harassing classmate Zhao again?" Da Zhuang asked.
"They don't dare. I heard a while ago that they got married in November. The woman was already pregnant when they got married, but they still didn't stop. Not long after the wedding, she went to the man's workplace and beat up a girl who was an intern, saying she was seducing her husband.
They finally hit a tough opponent. The intern was the niece of their immediate superior, so they found an excuse to transfer the man to a remote town in the middle of nowhere. Guo Gaoang shook his head and sneered.
"God will punish the wicked, but it's still too light." Da Zhuang gritted his teeth.
"So many people like classmate Zhao, but she doesn't like any of them?" After hearing the ending, Li Zi let out a sigh of relief and turned to gossip.
Da Zhuang quickly pricked up his ears.
"I think..." Guo Gaoang tilted his head and thought for a moment, "She doesn't seem to have such worldly desires."
"Cool!" Li Zi raised her eyebrows and praised. "Without a man in mind, the sword will naturally become a god!"
“…” Da Zhuang glanced at Li Zi quietly, then lowered his head and became withdrawn.
"Lao Guo, we're about to have dinner. Jingzi asked me to ask you, should we serve the food now?" Su Yuchen shouted from the kitchen door.
Guo Gaoang gave her a look of disdain and said, "I told you not to add Lao!"
"Okay, Xiao Guo, do you want to eat?" Su Yuchen readily agreed.
Guo Gaoang choked up and turned to ask Da Zhuang, "Want to eat, Da Zhuang? If you're any later, they'll be closed."
"Eat!" Da Zhuang looked up, took a deep breath, and picked up the equipment again, "Let's get to work!"
After hearing the answer, Su Yuchen turned around and shouted at Zhao Xiaojing.
Guo Gaoang and his two companions had already filmed some food at noon, but with the experience of the milk smoothie, Guo Gaoang kept asking the two to eat it while it was hot. As soon as the two of them started eating, their attention was immediately drawn to it. In the end, because the food was so delicious, they didn't have time to talk, so they had to record another one in the evening.
By the time the three people's rice and side dishes were served, Zhao Xiaojing and her colleagues' staff meals were also ready.
As usual, Zhao Xiaojing and her group of eight people joined two tables and sat diagonally opposite Guo Gaoang and the other two. While eating, she curiously paid attention to the movements of the three people.
After setting up their equipment, the three of them immediately got to work. Instead of rushing to eat, they blocked the lights and then re-illuminated them, capturing several angles of the steaming rice bowl. Guo Gaoang and Li Zi then sat down and began to talk while they ate. Da Zhuang, holding one device and supporting another, recorded the video across from them.
Li Zi ate pork trotter rice, and Guo Gaoang ate three fresh vegetables.
"Brothers and sisters, you don't know that at noon, Guoguo had this pork trotter rice, I had stir-fried pork with chili peppers, and Dazhuang had stir-fried pork liver.
The three of us devoured our own meals while craving each other's. The pot of pork trotter rice was especially delicious. I took one bite and was completely hooked! I couldn't wait to order this tonight! Li Li faced the camera and began mixing the rice. As the spoon moved up and down, the brown pickled cabbage, the braised egg, and the rice soaked in the gravy were brought to the surface. Paired with the lush green vegetables, the rice glowed with an oily sheen, whetting the appetite.
Guo Gaoang nodded and flipped the rice under his three-fresh dish. "That's right. I wanted to talk about this at lunch, but as soon as I put this rice in my mouth, everything I wanted to say was blocked!"