Chapter 2828 Award

There was an oxygen tube in the water tank, gurgling and spitting out small bubbles, and the fish inside were swimming happily, but Ji Qingzhi noticed the difference at a glance. Some of the fish had halos on their heads, while some did not. She thought that the halo should represent vitality.

The little fish in the water tank were swimming happily and didn't seem to be disturbed. Ji Qingzhi asked the boss loudly how much the fish fry were for sale.

After getting the boss's reply, Ji Qingzhi began to select the fish fry. She caught the fish with halos. Sure enough, when they were put into the bucket, these little fish were particularly lively, as if they knew they were about to go to a new place.

After paying the money, there was no other voice in her head. Ji Qingzhi couldn't help but wonder, was she wrong? She looked down at the little fish in the bucket and thought, forget it, let's take it back first.

When they arrived at the place where they had agreed to meet Aunt Liu, she had not yet arrived. Ji Qingzhi was not in a hurry. She looked around. This was her first time to come to the vegetable market since she had invited Aunt Liu. The vegetable market was particularly lively in the morning, and the sound of bargaining could be heard everywhere. Ji Qingzhi's thoughts could not help but drift away. When she was a child, she went to buy vegetables with Old Ji. He never bargained. At that time, she also asked him: "Dad, why don't you bargain?"

Old Ji touched her hair and said, "It's not easy for them. If you can earn more, then earn more."

At that time, the vegetable market was almost entirely occupied by people from the surrounding countryside who grew and sold their own vegetables. Unlike now, it is mostly businessmen, and there are fewer people who produce and sell their own fruits and vegetables.

"Boss, have you made your choice?" Aunt Liu was pushing a small cart filled with ingredients.

"Well, have you got everything here?" Ji Qingzhi asked.

"I've got it." Aunt Liu nodded quickly. What she didn't say was that many people had just asked her if she worked at Ji's restaurant. They were also very interested in braised food and meat sauce, and some even wanted to "get a backdoor deal" from her.

Fortunately, her vanity had not reached its peak, and she quickly shook her head to refuse them. The meat sauce and braised food were originally limited, and she had no ability to give them a "back door". However, her family also asked this question last night, so she wanted to buy some braised food and meat sauce today.

Hearing Aunt Liu's words, Ji Qingzhi curled the corners of his lips: "Okay, then Aunt Liu, remember to reserve a copy in advance, so as not to forget."

"Okay, I'll remember it." Aunt Liu nodded in agreement quickly. Last night, she learned from her children that the boss was also a celebrity. No wonder so many celebrities came to the store, it turned out they were all her friends.

Coming out of the vegetable market, Ji Qingzhi put the bucket on the electric car, then turned around and glanced at Aunt Liu and the cart in front of her: "Aunt Liu, do you usually walk there?"

"Yes, you go back first. It's still early now. It's just right for me to walk back." Aunt Liu said.

Ji Qingzhi glanced at her, wondering if she should equip Aunt Liu with an electric tricycle. Hearing her urging, she nodded: "Okay, then I'll go back and put them in the fish pond first."

The vegetable market is actually not far from the Ji family's courtyard. It's only about ten minutes' walk away, and it's even faster by bike. When they arrived in front of the courtyard gate, Ji Qingzhi looked down at the little fish in the bucket. They were jumping happily in the bucket. Ji Qingzhi couldn't help but wonder how long it would take for them to grow up.

She had already put the well water into the fish pond yesterday. Now she poured the water and fish in the bucket directly into the fish pond. The small fish that had just been squeezed into the bucket instantly found a bigger playground and swam more freely. At this time, the mechanical voice in her head sounded again: "The selection of fry is successful, and the reward points are 3,000."

The scoreboard on the light screen changed again, directly becoming 30,500 points. Sure enough, the fish fry she chose was correct. It was at this moment that she suddenly realized that she could actually see the vitality of the fish.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly looked towards the fish pond, but unfortunately the fish had already swam away without a trace. At this time, a message on her mobile phone reminded her that the water lily seeds she bought online had arrived. As for the roses next to the fish pond, she planned to go to Uncle Wu's place to cut some branches and bring them back for planting. There were several varieties of roses in Uncle Wu's yard, and it would be great if they could be planted into a flower wall.

She carefully looked at the wall beside the fish pond and drew a picture in her mind. In the past, she couldn't even keep a cactus alive. Now with the super cheat of well water, she no longer has to worry about not being able to keep a plant alive.

Aunt Liu's return reminded her that a new day of business had begun. Thinking of the increasing points, Ji Qing's steps became lighter. She thought that at this rate, she would not be far from the goal of 100,000 points, and then she would be able to exchange Qingming Pills for Old Ji.

Thinking of Qingming Pills, Ji Qingzhi suddenly became excited. Although he didn't know what effect Qingming Pills would have on Old Ji, it must be a good thing if it was exchanged for 100,000 points.

When they arrived at the restaurant in the front hall, Aunt Liu was sorting out the ingredients. There were a few young people standing next to her. Ji Qingzhi was a little surprised: "Aunt Liu, are they here to see you?"

"No, boss, they are here to buy meat sauce and braised food." Aunt Liu was smiling as she spoke. She saw these people queuing up when she just came back.

"So early?" Ji Qingzhi couldn't help but be surprised, but then he thought of Yun Xiangrong and Huo Yubai's publicity yesterday, and he had an idea in his mind.

"So, boss, when will the meat sauce and braised food be served?" Ji Qingzhi guessed correctly. The people who came were all fans of Huo Yubai. After seeing Huo Yubai's worthless look last night, they wanted to come and try for themselves how delicious the braised food and meat sauce here are.

"About three hours later. Look, as you can see, the ingredients are still here." Ji Qingzhi pointed to the ingredients next to Aunt Liu.

"Okay, then let's wait." Qi Yue is the organizer today. For star-chasing girls, waiting is one of their basic skills.

"Then let's go wait in the store." Ji Qingzhi said as he took the ingredients next to him and went straight to the kitchen.

"Okay, Sister Ji." Qi Yue and the others naturally respected someone their brother respected as well. They even wanted to build a good relationship with him, hoping that Ji Qingzhi would give him "special care" next time.

Ji Qingzhi glanced at them. They were all young girls, probably college students from the neighborhood. It was unknown whether they had eaten breakfast or not. While Aunt Liu was preparing the ingredients, she first steamed four servings of egg custard.

Qi Yue glanced at the time. It was only 7:30 now. By the time the braised food and meat sauce were ready, it should be 10:30. So she suggested, "Let's have lunch here later."

"Okay, let's go to the private room to eat too." This would also be considered as checking in with Huo Yubai, and this suggestion was agreed by everyone.

Ji Qingzhi put the prepared egg liquid on the steamer and kept saying that she really neglected the fans. When Yun Xiangrong and Huo Yubai were promoting, what she thought most about was getting points, but she forgot about their respective fans. She welcomed interested fans to check in, but the prerequisite was that it would not affect their respective three-dimensional arrangements.

When the egg liquid was put into the steamer, the water inside had already boiled. Ten minutes was enough. After ten minutes, when the lid of the pot was opened, the tender and delicious egg custard was ready. Ji Qingzhi dripped soy sauce and balsamic vinegar on it and served it to them on a tray.

"You're here to line up without having breakfast, right? Eat something to warm your stomach first." Although the temperature has been slowly rising since the beginning of spring, it is still quite cold in the morning.

Qi Yue and her companions were a little confused. They didn't have classes today and took the bus here early in the morning. They did not have breakfast, but for them, not having breakfast was the norm. They didn't even feel hungry. But when they saw the white smoke coming out of the egg custard, they touched their stomachs unconsciously and felt hungry at this moment.

"Breakfast is very important. No matter what happens, don't forget breakfast. Also, you don't have to line up so early in the future. Meat sauce and braised food are not available until around eleven o'clock." Ji Qingzhi said and began to think. He didn't know if it would be useful to stipulate that the queue can only start at ten o'clock in the future.

Qi Yue and her friends had been nagged about breakfast by their parents since they were young, so they felt annoyed every time they heard them nagging about breakfast. However, Ji Qingzhi's gentle words made them feel cared for. Qi Yue spoke first: "Okay, thank you for your reminder, Sister Ji."

Ji Qingzhi thought that once Huo Yubai called her "Sister Ji", it became her new name, but she accepted it well and thought it was a nice name.

When she turned and went into the kitchen, Yang Qian, who was next to Qi Yue, whispered, "Sister Ji is so warm, I feel like I'm going to fall in love with her, what should I do?"

"I think so too. Damn, this egg custard is delicious." Qin You swallowed all her compliments. The egg custard tasted so smooth. Now she really believed that Huo Yubai thought it was delicious and was not just joining Yun Xiangrong in hype.

"Let me try it." Qi Yue said as she took a bite. Originally, she didn't have much hope for the egg custard. After all, the egg custard in the school cafeteria tasted terrible. She didn't expect the steamed egg in Ji's Restaurant to be so delicious.

Those who originally thought that breakfast was a burden now began to crazily stuff steamed eggs into their mouths.

"It's a pity that I forgot to take a photo." Qin You looked regretful.

"It's okay, there's still lunch." While they were talking, they saw someone else coming in. Yang Qian counted the people who came in and couldn't help but be glad that they came early.

Ji Qingzhi hadn't expected so many people to come today. In order not to waste everyone's time, she quickly made a simple number plate. Soon, the limit for each person was one pound of braised food and two bottles of meat sauce. Just like that, twenty people got the number plates. Those who didn't get the number plates looked at Ji Qingzhi with regret: "Boss, it's still so early now, why don't you consider making more?"

"I'm sorry, we have limited manpower and ingredients, so we can only do this much for now." Ji Qingzhi explained in a gentle voice.

"Okay, then I'll come back early tomorrow." someone said.

"No need to be so early, start queuing up at 10 o'clock tomorrow." Ji Qingzhi said, already having a plan in mind.

After the people who didn't get the number plates left, Ji Qingzhi washed the ingredients for the pickled cabbage and let them drain, then applied for a new account, Da Yan Zai, named after Ji's Restaurant. While applying for certification, she sent a message to Yun Xiangrong, asking her to help promote this account, which would post information about purchase time and channels.

As for Huo Yubai, she didn't post anything because she felt that they were not that familiar with each other yet.

Maybe there were few people filming the morning scene, Yun Xiangrong received this message when she was still preparing for the next scene. She quickly logged into Da Yan Zai, then tagged Ji's Restaurant and said: All the delicious food is here.

"Sister Yun, what are you hesitating about?" Huo Yubai urged from the other end.

"Why are you in such a hurry? I'll help your sister Ji promote her Ji Family Restaurant account." Yun Xiangrong said and lazily put away his phone.

"What account?" Huo Yubai was a little confused.

"Yesterday's vlog promotion was very successful. Many fans lined up to buy meat sauce and braised food. In order to prevent them from running in vain, Qingzhi plans to register an account to post the purchase time and queuing rules on it." Yun Xiangrong explained.

"Why didn't she send me a message?" Huo Yubai said as he took out his cell phone to check whether his cell phone had a signal. The signal tower that usually had no signal at all would now show a full signal. That was great. It wasn't a signal problem; it was that she really didn't send him a message.

“There is a difference between close and distant relatives, understand?” Yun Xiangrong raised her eyebrows in a good mood.

"Haha." Huo Yubai sneered twice. The two were as childish as elementary school students. It was Director Jiang who was waiting for them over there who couldn't stand it first and urged them, "What are you doing?"

"Aren't we discussing how to divide the packages we brought back yesterday?" Yun Xiangrong said gently.

"Then come quickly and divide it after we finish shooting this scene." Director Jiang's thoughts were also drawn to the meat sauce. He would soon know whether the person who gave him the meat sauce was Ji Qingzhi's father.

"I'll be right there." Yun Xiangrong directed loudly.

Huo Yubai also stepped forward and said, "Okay, Sister Yun, you are Sister Ji's eldest daughter, so I will strive to be the second."

Yun Xiangrong glanced at Huo Yubai in surprise: "Hey, Huo Yubai, your surfing speed is pretty good. Even the eldest daughter knows it."

"Thank you, thank you. Let's go and try to win this time." Huo Yubai said as he touched his stomach. He was a little hungry again.

"Yeah." Yun Xiangrong nodded. She thought the same.

They both tried very hard to pass it in one try, so their hard work paid off. They passed it in one try. Director Jiang praised them and then looked at Xiangyun and Xiangrong: "Come on, divide the packages."

They were the only two people who had scenes in the morning, so apart from them and their assistants, everyone else was staff, so this was the best time to "divide the spoils."

Director Jiang's assistant and Huo Yubai's assistant had already consciously moved the packages over. It looked like the braised food had been sealed. Yun Xiangrong was shocked. This was not just braised food, this was clearly love.

"Good, it seems Xiao Ji agrees?" Director Jiang nodded with satisfaction.

"So Director Jiang, when will you transfer the money?" Yun Xiangrong teased. She calculated that there were two bottles of meat sauce for each of the three of them, and there were sixteen bottles left for everyone to share during meals. With so many people in the crew, it would probably only last for two days at most. As for the braised food, everyone should be able to have one or two pieces.

"That's easy. Just ask when they'll mail it to us next time." Director Jiang did some calculations and it seemed like he wouldn't be able to get enough this time.

"Director Jiang, I was just joking. Qingzhi is very busy. The sales of braised food and meat sauce are limited every day. She doesn't have time to take orders." Yun Xiangrong said with a look of regret.

"Okay," Director Jiang knew that some things couldn't be forced.

Yun Xiangrong stuffed the meat sauce and stewed food into the two people's hands and said, "Okay, that's all. If you take more, others won't be able to eat it."

Each of them had two bottles, and the other two were quite satisfied, especially Huo Yubai, who had one more bottle of kimchi than the others, so he happily asked his assistant to take it to the room and reminded him: "Hide it well, don't let others see it."

The assistant nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Got it, brother."

Director Jiang couldn't wait to open the meat sauce. He tasted it and it tasted good, but it was different from the previous meat sauce. So it seemed that the kind-hearted person who gave them the meat sauce that year was really Ji Qingzhi's father.

Over the years, he has never forgotten the taste of the meat sauce. They relied on the meat sauce to get through the difficult times. However, he has been looking for that kind-hearted person but to no avail. He did not expect that the truth would appear in this way.

Yun Xiangrong didn't expect Director Jiang to ask her about Ji Qingzhi's father. She didn't understand why, but she shook her head honestly: "I don't know much about Uncle Ji. In the early years, they didn't have a harmonious relationship between father and daughter."

"Okay, go ahead and get busy." Director Jiang thought, he has waited for so many years, so he doesn't mind this little bit of time. He will go and thank him in person after he is done with his work.

*

It was obviously the morning with the lowest traffic, but because of Yun Xiangrong's forwarding, the Ji Family Restaurant account quickly gained more than a hundred followers. Seeing this, Ji Qingzhi felt relieved, so she posted the first day's content, which was about the time and rules for purchasing meat sauce and braised food. After posting it, she went to the kitchen again.

Aunt Liu has finished the braising work. The next step is to put the ingredients into the marinade and start braising. Ji Qingzhi took a look at the marinade and decided to re-fry the marinade ingredients tomorrow. She changes the marinade very quickly every time. After all, it is unhealthy and she tries her best to reduce various hidden dangers.

As soon as the marinade boiled, the aroma spread and the people queuing outside could smell the fragrance. Those who had originally comforted themselves that they had made this trip for their idols, after smelling the aroma, felt in their hearts that today's trip was truly worth it.

Qi Yue whispered: "So Yu Bai is undoubtedly a foodie."

Qin You glanced at her and asked slowly, "If it were you, would you not be confused by this smell?" After saying that, everyone laughed. They were even more looking forward to today's lunch.

The stew was bubbling in the pot, and Ji Qingzhi was cutting the beef faster and faster. She had to entertain Jiang Lianmeng later, so she had to finish all this quickly.

Speak of the devil, the devil appears. Ji Qingzhi had just put the diced beef into the pan and stir-fried it when Jiang Lianmeng called. She stood opposite and looked around the store carefully: "Sure, there are so many customers so early in the morning, but how do I get in?"

She also saw the hot searches last night, and she knew that Ji Qingzhi could do it. She didn’t know if Yan Si was regretting it now.

"Then go in through the back door. Wait for me five minutes." Ji Qingzhi said as he quickened the stir-frying movements in his hands. In five minutes, the meat sauce would be ready. The red oil would cover the diced meat and chopped chili peppers, and the color looked beautiful.

After the meat sauce was turned off, Ji Qingzhi went outside and brought Jiang Lianmeng in from the backyard, where there was a sun lounger where she usually basked in the sun: "Do you want to sit here and wait for me or go to the front?"

"Let's stay here. I finally have a day off and I just want to have some peace and quiet." Jiang Lianmeng pointed to the lounge chair over there. Don't mention it, the scenery in this yard is pretty nice.

"Okay, you wait here, I'll come over when I'm done." Ji Qingzhi said with an apologetic tone.

"You are so busy now, won't you be even busier when this matter gets back to China?" Jiang Lianmeng said with resentment in her tone.

"What?" Ji Qingzhi was a little confused.

Seeing that she really didn't know, Jiang Lianmeng took out her phone and opened it: "Look, there's a photography competition abroad, and the photo that won the award is of you."