Chapter 24 Braised Spare Ribs Of course, I want to get along well with Sister Ji

Huo Yubai was stunned by Yun Xiangrong's words, and then he spoke slowly: "So you want me to sell my body?"

"So what do you think you have besides this face?" Yun Xiangrong rolled her eyes at him and asked back.

"I didn't say I disagree, but this is a different price." Huo Yubai said, touching his chin.

"It's up to you whether you want to do it or not. Some people want to do it even if you don't want to." Yun Xiangrong said as he took out his cell phone and checked the time.

"Okay, okay, I'll do it, I'll do it, you're so heartless, there's a hotel up ahead, you go, I'll go to another one, we'll meet again in an hour?" Huo Yubai had a helpless look on his face, he had already found two hotels that were not far away, after all, paparazzi were omnipresent, he didn't want to deal with all kinds of boring reports just for the sake of temporary convenience.

"Yeah, okay." Yun Xiangrong didn't expect that the seemingly carefree Huo Yubai also had such a meticulous side. This is a good thing as it saves her a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Yun Xiangrong called Ji Qingzhi when she got to the hotel. She was a little surprised to hear that Ji Qingzhi was coming to the store: "Aren't you filming?"

"We don't have many scenes today, so I followed the others down the mountain to get the packages. I was thinking of coming over to your place at noon to have a good meal. I've been eating boxed lunches for a week, and there's still at least a month left. I finally got down the mountain, so I should have a good meal to reminisce about the past." She looked around and found that her current location was about an hour's drive from Ji Qingzhi's place.

"Then what do you want to eat? I'll prepare it in advance." Ji Qingzhi was amused by her words. She had also filmed in remote places before. Naturally, she knew how difficult such days were, so she could understand Yun Xiangrong's current feelings.

"It's all right. It just so happens that I haven't been on Big Eyes for a long time, so I plan to shoot a daily vlog today when I go down the mountain. Huo Yubai and I will come together." Yun Xiangrong wanted to tell her in advance so as not to catch her off guard.

"Okay, then I'll get ready." Ji Qingzhi naturally understood what she meant. Thinking of the 4,000 points from last time, she felt that today might be another opportunity.

"Okay, we'll be there in about two hours." Yun Xiangrong looked down at the time and estimated the time they would arrive.

After the call was hung up, Ji Qingzhi stared at the black screen of her phone for a long time, unable to calm down. She naturally knew the purpose of Yun Xiangrong's behavior, and was grateful to have such a thoughtful friend. She lowered her eyes, put away her phone, and turned to the backyard.

But in just one night, the cabbage seedlings grew a lot taller, the small cabbages next to them became fewer and fewer, and the green onions also grew taller. She pulled up all the remaining small cabbages and put them in a basket for later use. She went to see the fish pond over there. The bottom of the fish pond had been leveled with cement, but it was not completely dry yet, so water could not be added.

When she was carrying the basket to the front kitchen, Aunt Liu was moving food into the kitchen. She glanced at the basket in her hand and couldn't help but praise, "This little cabbage is growing really beautifully."

Ji Qingzhi said nothing after hearing this. She knew that all this was thanks to the well water. Now there were only green onions and cabbages in the backyard vegetable garden. She didn't know when the system would issue new tasks.

"Are we going to continue making meat sauce today?" Aunt Liu was holding beef in her hand.

"Well, there are a lot of people asking about this. Just do a little bit every day." Ji Qingzhi said gently.

Aunt Liu was a little confused. It was obviously much easier to make braised food than meat sauce, so why didn’t she choose to make more braised food? Of course, she didn't ask such questions, but just guessed quietly in her heart.

"Let's start the braised food earlier today." In the past, in order to prevent people from lining up too early, the braised food was delayed by one hour every day. But today is different. Yun Xiangrong and the others will be here soon, and they can almost catch the braised food that has just come out of the pot.

"Okay, boss." Aunt Liu nodded and began to thaw the blood, while Ji Qingzhi was thinking about the lunch menu.

Since Yun Xiangrong is about to release her daily vlog, she must seize this opportunity. The more reposts and likes it gets, the easier it will be for her to redeem points.

After the aunt finished the preparations, she began to cut green and red peppers. Neither of these peppers is spicy, but the aunt cuts them skillfully. She chatted with her, "In the past, we were worried about having no vegetables to survive the winter, so we worked hard to make all kinds of dried vegetables, pickled vegetables, and various sauces to survive the winter. Now that life is better, everyone starts to miss these foods again."

"It's just like the wild vegetables nowadays. Maybe people are eating them for the sentiment." Ji Qingzhi couldn't help but chuckle after saying this. People are like this. They will never be satisfied and will always want more.

Aunt Liu also chuckled, then watched her make the braised food, then took the beef from her hand and started dicing it. Ji Qingzhi had already reserved today's meat sauce and braised food in advance, and she planned to send some to Uncle Li and the others.

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I have been in the mountains for a week, and taking a shower every day was like a battle. Today I finally had time to take a good shower. It took me half an hour to shower and wash my hair. Then I had to blow-dry my hair and put on makeup. Yun Xiangrong was not sure if she had enough time.

She glanced at her phone and saw that there was no message from Huo Yubai. She chuckled, threw away the phone and started blow-drying her hair.

It had only been twenty minutes since Huo Yubai finished his shower. He was sitting on the sofa in his bathrobe, searching for news about Ji Qingzhi. He would be there soon, so he had to get to know the other party's basic information first. It was also at this time that he discovered that she and Yun Xiangrong had filmed a commercial together when they were seventeen years old, and the two had basically no cooperation after that. He raised his eyebrows in surprise. So they met because of this advertisement, and they have maintained a good relationship for so many years? This actually surprised him. After all, true friendship is rare in this circle.

Huo Yu didn't click on the negative news about Ji Qingzhi. Having been in the circle for a long time, he naturally knew how easy it was to surround a person with negative news.

He clicked on various links while checking the time. The car rental company he had just found sent him a message. He got up, changed his clothes and went to drive. Before leaving, he sent a message to Yun Xiangrong.

It was more than half an hour later when the two of them met up. Yun Xiangrong turned on the camera to record a clip, then turned off the phone and leaned back in his chair: "Let's go."

"If this had happened a month ago, I couldn't believe that I would go through so much trouble just for a meal." Huo Yubai looked emotional.

"Who isn't?" Yun Xiangrong yawned as she spoke. She knew Director Jiang's style when filming. She originally thought that she could just hold on for a month, but when it really came to this, she realized how difficult it was to hold on.

She gradually adapted to the accommodation environment, but as for food, she didn't dare eat too much of the boxed lunches every day, and the taste was average. As a result, she felt hungry in the middle of each filming. The energy consumption of filming here was much greater than she had imagined.

Ji Qingzhi has already decided on today's menu. Both of them can't eat spicy food, so she plans to make sweet and sour pork ribs, steamed sea bass, cold-mixed shredded vegetables, stir-fried Chinese cabbage and vegetable and tofu soup.

After preparing the menu, all we had to do now was wait for the two of them to arrive. At this time, people who wanted to buy braised food slowly started to line up. Ji Qingzhi saw it and ordered it. It needed to be soaked in the braised food for twenty minutes before it could be served. The braised food came out of the pot, and the points were changed to 13,600. Ji Qingzhi couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips when he saw this.

Although there was a navigation system, the winding alley gave Huo Yubai a headache. Fortunately, Yun Xiangrong had been here once and found the way to Ji's restaurant accurately.

Before getting off the car, she turned on her phone and started filming again. Seeing Huo Yubai fixing his hairstyle in front of the mirror, Yun Xiangrong couldn't help but chuckle, "Okay, very handsome, let's go."

As soon as they pushed open the glass door, they smelled the aroma of stewed food in the air. Huo Yubai's eyes lit up immediately: "Sister Yun, are we catching up with the limited edition stewed food?"

"I think so?" Yun Xiangrong was a little uncertain, until she saw the people in the queue in front of her and whispered to Huo Yubai next to her, "Maybe there is no chance."

Through the last hot search, everyone basically knows that the daily limit for braised food is 20 kilograms, and now there are four people ahead of them.

Huo Yubai followed her line of sight and noticed the people queuing up in front of him. He couldn't help but lower his head and said to Yun Xiangrong, "Do you think there are any fans of yours or mine among them?"

"What do you want to do?" Yun Xiangrong looked at her with a look on her face: "You wouldn't be so cruel, are you?"

"When do you think we will come out next time?" Huo Yubai asked back.

Yun Xiangrong thought about it and felt that it made sense, but there were some things she still couldn't do, so she looked at Huo Yubai and said firmly: "Comrade Huo Yubai, the organization's opportunity to test you has come."

"Okay, I'll go." Huo Yubai looked like he knew it.

"Come on." Yun Xiangrong chuckled, and then the camera followed Huo Yubai as he walked. When Huo Yubai took the second step, Ji Qingzhi appeared. She looked at Huo Yubai who was walking towards the queue, and then waved at Yun Xiangrong: "I'll take you to the private room."

"Huo Yubai wants to eat braised food." Yun Xiangrong said as he pointed his mouth in that direction.

"You are my VIP, of course it is reserved for you." Ji Qingzhi chuckled.

"Huo Yubai, come back soon." Yun Xiangrong hurriedly called him back.

The people in the queue were already discussing whether it was Huo Yubai. Yun Xiangrong's voice told them the answer directly. The two of them were full of excitement: "It really is Huo Yubai."

After the two of them finished speaking, they hurried forward and asked if they could take a photo and get an autograph. Fortunately, there were not many people in the store at that time, so Huo Yubai agreed to their request and asked them to keep it confidential: "It's a private trip, please keep it confidential."

Yun Xiangrong on this side had already pulled Ji Qingzhi to the private room before he agreed, avoiding taking photos and signing autographs. Seeing this, Ji Qingzhi couldn't help but think of them back then. Their favorite thing to do in private back then was to practice signing autographs. The two of them even kept simulating the scene of fans coming to get autographs. At that time, they were full of expectations for the future.

"What are you laughing at?" Yun Xiangrong didn't quite understand what she was laughing at.

"I just remembered the time when we practiced signing." Ji Qingzhi said softly.

Thinking of the past, Yun Xiangrong also raised her lips. At this time, Huo Yubai pushed the door open and stretched out his hand to Ji Qingzhi: "Hello, Miss Ji, I am Huo Yubai."

"Teacher Huo, you don't have to be so polite. Just call me by my name like Rongrong." Ji Qingzhi stretched out his right hand and shook hands with him.

"Then I won't be polite, Qingzhi, is there any share for us in today's limited edition braised food?" Just now the air outside was filled with the aroma of braised food, and Huo Yubai felt that he was hungry again.

"Of course, you sit down first." Ji Qingzhi poured them tea before leaving.

Yun Xiangrong followed him out. Her camera scanned every corner of Ji's restaurant and finally stopped on the tray brought out by Aunt Liu. The sauce-colored braised food was emitting its aroma, and that aroma seemed to be saying to them, come and eat me, come and eat me.

Aunt Liu was putting bags on the scale for the people in line. Ji Qingzhi came out of the kitchen with a platter of stewed food. Seeing Yun Xiangrong taking the photo, she raised her lips at her and said in a gentle voice, "Eat something first."

"I'll be right there." No one can resist delicious food, especially Yun Xiangrong who has been in the mountains for a week.

Huo Yubai in the private room was also looking at the room's decoration. He took a photo, but before he could send it, the door was opened. For a moment, his eyes were almost glued to the tray in Ji Qingzhi's hand. He gave a thumbs up to Yun Xiangrong who was one step behind: "Our sister Yun is still very impressive."

Yun Xiangrong snorted: "Of course."

Ji Qingzhi chuckled and put the tray on the table, then said softly: "You guys eat first, I'll go prepare lunch. Do you have any dietary restrictions?"

Although the menu has been drawn up, she still needs to ask them about their preferences so that she can correct the menu in time.

They both shook their heads: "We can both."

"Okay, then I'll arrange it according to this menu?" Ji Qingzhi said as he handed over the menu he had prepared in advance.

"Wow, I have an exclusive menu?" Yun Xiangrong was a little surprised, surprised that she had such treatment.

Huo Yubai smiled and said, "It seems that I am taking advantage of our Yun. These dishes are well arranged."

The calories in the braised food here are already high enough, so the following dishes should not be too greasy. Ji Qingzhi's arrangements are really thoughtful.

"Ok, then enjoy your meal. I'll go prepare the dishes." Ji Qingzhi said as he took a step back.

"Okay, by the way, Qingzhi, can I take a video of you in the kitchen later?" Yun Xiangrong suddenly asked.

"Of course." Ji Qingzhi nodded.

After Ji Qingzhi left, the two looked at each other, then lowered their eyes and started eating the stewed food on the tray. Yun Xiangrong gnawed the chicken feet in her hand and did not forget to warn Huo Yubai: "If my agent asks, remember to say I was pretending to eat."

"Don't worry, it's packed." Huo Yubai responded hurriedly, but what he was thinking in his mind was, if it was him, he would also stab his brother in the back for a chicken wing. It smelled so good, so good.

When he gets back to the crew, he has to perform well so that he can come straight here next time he goes down the mountain.

Yun Xiangrong felt alive only after she had finished eating two chicken feet. She glanced at the chicken wings and duck feet, still hesitating which one to eat first, when a claw soon took away the chicken wings she valued. She glared at Huo Yucai, then took the chopsticks next to her and placed them in the middle of the stewed food: "Huo Yubai, this side is mine, and that side is yours. You can't cross the line and take mine."

"Sister Yun, this is unfair. Why do you have more than me?" Huo Yubai looked dissatisfied.

"The reason you can eat this is entirely because of me, so be aware of what you are doing, okay?" Yun Xiangrong snorted after saying this.

"Okay, you're right." Huo Yubai said and started to speed up.

After finishing his portion, Huo Yubai stood up slowly. Seeing him preparing to leave, Yun Xiangrong couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going?"

Huo Yubai looked back at her and smiled brightly: "Of course, I'm going to get on good terms with Sister Ji."