Chapter 35: Meat Stuffed Mushrooms. Is this a gift for her?

Because of Qian Wan's words, Qiu Tian slowed down this time and began to savor the food carefully. Finally, she nodded under Qian Wan's gaze: "It seems to be different from usual."

"I didn't expect to be able to eat such cabbage here, and there's not even any special publicity." Qian Wan thought, if it were somewhere else, it would have been promoted as a gimmick long ago.

"The cabbages have just matured, but the quantity planted is limited. I guess they won't be grown by ourselves in a few days, so there's no need to use this as a promotional point." Ji Qingzhi explained.

The two were a little surprised when they heard this: "Did you grow this cabbage yourself?"

"Well, these are truly pollution-free vegetables, so enjoy them." Ji Qingzhi smiled and nodded at them, then looked at Luo Kun and Liang Yuanchuan at the table next to them, and said with a smile, "I came here to ask if you want to try the spicy and sour cabbage."

"Yes." Hearing the words "pollution-free vegetables", Luo Kun nodded decisively.

"Okay, then how about changing the spicy and sour lotus root to spicy and sour cabbage?" Ji Qingzhi was afraid that there was too much food and they couldn't finish it.

"Let's all go." Luo Kun shook his head, indicating that there was no need to cancel Ouding.

"Okay." She decided to tell them about the kimchi when it was over.

When Ji Qingzhi went to the kitchen again, Qiu Tian couldn't help but ask curiously, "Do you know the boss?"

"I guess we know each other. I'm her fan." Luo Kun has always been proud of being Gardenia.

"No wonder." Qiu Tian understood what was going on. No wonder they came to ask them if they needed cabbage. After all, they might not be able to eat it in a few days.

"Sister Ji is a very nice person." Luo Kun couldn't help but recommend Ji Qingzhi to them.

"I know, I'm a Yun fan." Qiu Tian quickly revealed her fan status.

The two of them quickly started chatting across the table. When Qiu Tian found out that he had Ji Qingzhi's signature, she immediately turned into a lemon. It took her a while to react: "So you are the chicken wing guy?"

"What chicken wing brother? I am the personal signature brother now, okay?" Luo Kun snorted to express his dissatisfaction.

"Excuse me, excuse me, it turns out you are Brother Qinshang. How about we create a group so that we can share the situation here with Sister Ji at any time? There should be new vegetables after the cabbages are ripe, right?" Qiu Tian felt that as a gardenia, Luo Kun would definitely know more than herself.

"As far as I know, in addition to growing vegetables, Sister Ji also raises chickens and ducks in her backyard." Luo Kun was not entirely sure. He just vaguely heard someone mention it yesterday.

"Wow, then we can eat free-range chickens and ducks in the future." Qiu Tian suddenly felt that her trip today was not in vain.

"Her current situation makes her very suitable for being a blogger." Qian Wan couldn't help but analyze.

"Sister Ji doesn't have that thought in mind right now. She just wants to run the restaurant well. Come on, let's set up a group face to face so that we can communicate at any time in the future." Luo Kun said as he started to set up the group.

"The dishes are here." At this time, Aunt Liu brought a tray and started serving the dishes, including meat-stuffed mushrooms and spicy and sour lotus root cubes. The remaining two dishes and one soup were still being prepared.

"This looks delicious. I'll write it down first." Qiu Tian pointed at the meat-stuffed mushrooms.

"This dish is made by removing the stems of shiitake mushrooms, stuffing them with minced meat, frying them first and then adding water to reduce the sauce. The method is not difficult, but it is quite a test of your cooking skills if you want to make it delicious." Qian Wan had tried this dish before. He failed the first time and only got it right the second time. But he always felt that something was missing in terms of taste.

"You know a lot." Qiu Tian looked at Qian Wan with more admiration in her eyes.

Seeing Liang Yuanchuan eating in small bites, he took three bites to finish a mushroom stuffed with meat. Luo Kun said with a click of his tongue: "No wonder Lao Yang said you were gentle yesterday. Shouldn't you eat one bite at a time?"

As he said that, Luo Kun picked up one and threw it into his mouth. Liang Yuanchuan hadn't even finished reminding him to be careful with the heat yet, but the person opposite him had already made an expression of being burned. Not spitting it out was his last act of stubbornness. After finally swallowing it, Luo Kun looked at Liang Yuanchuan with some resentment: "Liang Yuanchuan, you are really not kind."

"Brother Kun, did you give me a chance to speak?" Liang Yuanchuan looked innocent.

Luo Kun spat out his tongue which was still a little painful. Well, he had a point, but it was too hot just now and he couldn't even taste what it tasted like.

Qiu Tian swallowed the ribs in her mouth. She thought, it seems that there are still many dishes in Ji's restaurant that need to be checked in. She raised her eyes and looked at Qian Wan opposite her and asked, "So you food bloggers go to the restaurant to check in first, and then go back and try to copy it yourself?"

“I don’t know about other people, but it’s usually like this for me. If I eat a dish I like outside, I will try to replicate it when I get home. Sometimes, when I see a dish I’m interested in on TV, I’ll try it, too,” Qian Wan explained.

"That's good too, at least I'm doing something that I'm interested in." Unlike them, the office workers who do the same old work every day just to survive.

"After a hobby becomes a job, there will actually be a period of boredom, but it will be fine after you adjust. Do you hate your current job?" Qian Wan said, pretending to listen.

"I think there is no one who doesn't hate his or her job." Maybe when you first start working, everyone is passionate about it, but with the passage of time and the torture of society, how many people can really like their work?

“Then find something that can relax you and try it after get off work.” Coincidentally, Qian Wan chose to become a blogger when he was a junior in college. A cooking video of him accidentally became popular, which led him to the path of self-media. In other words, he had never experienced the feeling of going to work.

"Eating delicious food is my way to relieve stress." Qiu Tianjue feels that eating delicious food is also a kind of happiness.

"This is indeed a good idea." A smile flashed in Qian Wan's eyes. He seemed to have found something in common between the two of them.

The remaining two dishes and one soup of Luo Kun and Liang Yuanchuan were also served. Luo Kun said with a sigh, "Today is such a luxurious meal."

"Eat more, so you don't have to eat takeout at night." Both of them live alone and basically don't cook on weekdays. They either eat in the company cafeteria or order takeout. Thinking of takeout, Luo Kun feels that he can eat two more bowls of rice.

Although Liang Yuanchuan eats very politely, his appetite is quite large. Ji Qingzhi in the kitchen is calculating the points from just now. With these 500 points, the total points on the scoreboard have reached 42,000.

Thinking of the green pepper, eggplant and tomato seeds she bought, a smile broke out on the corners of her lips. These were worth 6,000 points. All three were the type that would bear fruit. She couldn't help but have a guess in her mind, but she would have to wait until they bore fruit to verify it.

She did not forget her plan. She took out most of the kimchi from the kimchi jar, cut it into small pieces, added chicken essence and red oil, mixed them evenly, and then bottled them neatly.

Even though he had the kimchi in his hands, Luo Kun still couldn't believe it: "Is this really a gift for us?"

"Well, thank you for notifying Brother Wei for me this morning." Ji Qingzhi said in a gentle tone.

"Actually, I couldn't help." Luo Kun scratched his hair embarrassedly. Neither he nor Jiang Wei could help. Chen Xinyu solved the problem entirely by herself.

"How could that be? It's just a small thank you gift. It's not a sign of professionalism. From now on, you can get a 20% discount when you shop in our store." Ji Qingzhi said sincerely.

"Instead of offering a 20% discount, could the store offer a VIP membership so that you don't have to queue up?" Liang Yuanchuan looked at Ji Qingzhi expectantly. He disliked queuing even more than offering a 20% discount.

As soon as Liang Yuanchuan said this, everyone in the store looked over. Who wouldn't want to be a VIP? Not only does it save you the trouble of queuing, but it also makes you look good when you tell others about it.

Ji Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "I haven't considered this yet, and I probably won't consider it in the future."

She has been the only chef in charge of Ji's restaurant from the beginning to the end. If VIPs are set up, she will be the only one who suffers.

"Okay." Although Liang Yuanchuan understood what she meant, he still couldn't hide his disappointment.

Qiu Tian and Qian Wan, who were about to leave, also slowed down their pace. She whispered, "It's right not to set up VIP. I don't want to feel the class contrast when I relax and eat."

Qian Wan tilted his head to look at her. She seemed to be more insightful than he thought. He asked gently, "Do you want to go to VIP to experience the joy of the lower class next time?"

People are like this, they hate the existence of privilege, but they also yearn for it. Qiu Tian was a little moved. Thinking of what she just said, she couldn't help but ask: "If I say I do, will you think I'm hypocritical?"

"No." Qian Wan smiled and shook his head. He only felt that she was real. He thought that coming to queue up early today was the right decision, as it allowed him to meet such an interesting person.

Although Luo Kun and Liang Yuanchuan felt a little regretful, the kimchi in their hands quickly made up for their regrets. He smiled and waved goodbye to Ji Qingzhi, and said he would come again next weekend.

After they left, the others hurriedly asked, "Boss, how much are the kimchi?"

Although there is an unlimited supply of kimchi in the store, many people also want to buy some to take home, after all, it tastes good.

"Kimchi is not for sale." Ji Qingzhi shook his head.

"Why?" Some people were puzzled. Even if the sale was limited every day, why would they just refuse?

"Because I need to maintain the needs of the store." Old Ji used to have a secret code. If you are short of money, you can have a free rice bowl with the secret code. Now she is focused on earning points and has no time and energy to continue Old Ji's kindness, so she can only change to unlimited refills of rice and kimchi.

Probably because it was the weekend, all the ingredients in the store were consumed before two o'clock today. Ji Qingzhi successfully unlocked five new dishes again, and his points became 42,500.

"Aunt Liu, you can go home after you finish tidying these up. Just pull the door down when you leave." Ji Qingzhi thought, just treat it as a half-day weekend. People in the catering industry are like this, they almost have no holidays.

"Okay." Aunt Liu was naturally happy to be able to get off work early.

After talking to Aunt Liu, Ji Qingzhi went to the backyard with the seeds. She had planned the vegetable plot in advance, and she only needed to loosen the soil to start planting vegetables. With the experience from previous times, Ji Qingzhi became more and more adept at loosening the soil and digging holes. It was also at this time that the plumber who had been scheduled earlier came to the house to renovate the water pipes.

They were remodeling the water pipes in the kitchen and bathroom. Ji Qingzhi was watering the newly planted seeds with well water. The rose vines beside the fish pond were also beginning to sprout. She thought about what the flower wall would look like in the future and couldn't help laughing. When Old Ji was discharged from the hospital, would he not recognize that this was his original yard?

The chicks and ducklings are still cute little animals at this time. When they grow up, the yard will probably become very noisy, right?

*

Although Yun Xiangrong and Huo Yubai were far away from the crew, they also learned the whole story of Chen Xinyu through the weak signal. Yun Xiangrong couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Is it because they see that she is popular that all kinds of people are trying to get close to her?"

"This assistant's target should not be her, but diners like us." Huo Yubai guessed.

"She has a good plan." Yun Xiangrong agreed with Huo Yubai's guess. If she didn't know about the conflict between the two of them, Chen Xinyu might have been accepted by someone using her identity as Ji Qingzhi's former assistant.

"Don't worry, Sister Ji handled it very well, didn't she?" Huo Yubai felt that it was simply unfair that Ji Qingzhi didn't become popular in the past few years.

"There are still three days left, and then another week. Can we still go down the mountain this time?" Yun Xiangrong's eyes flashed with anticipation?

"I think it will be difficult, but it will be easy if I can convince Director Jiang."

Yun Xiangrong rolled her eyes at Huo Yubai and said, "Put away your nonsense literature."

"No, listen to me first. Doesn't Director Jiang want to visit Sister Ji's father? If he can't visit now, he can always go to Ji's restaurant. As long as we convince him, it won't take a matter of minutes to get him to take us with him." Huo Yubai continued.

"This is a good idea." Yun Xiangrong was quickly tempted.

"Then I'll wait for good news from Sister Yun." Huo Yubai said as he opened his phone and glanced at his records. Well, there didn't happen to be many scenes in three days, so he should be able to finish them if he worked hard in the next few days.

*

Ji Qingzhi didn't know about this "surprise" yet. After the water pipe modification was completed, she took a nice bath with well water, and all the tiredness in her body was swept away. She leaned on the sofa and read the message Xu Yu'an sent her. Her award-winning photo on the photography website had a lot more likes. Ji Qingzhi's eyes stayed on the number of likes. She thought, if these likes were for the dishes in Ji's restaurant, then would the points come directly?

She immediately had an idea in her mind, and asked Xu Yuanping for the first time whether he was busy with his studies. The person on the other end of the phone was quite flattered after seeing the message, and quickly replied that he was not busy.

Ji Qingzhi has always been a straightforward person. When she saw that he said he was not busy, she asked him directly whether he was interested in operating the account of Ji's Restaurant.

"Damn, do you know what Sister Ji sent me?" Xu Yu'an was in disbelief. After all, they were still urging him to perform better in order to win the photography rights for Ji's restaurant a few days ago, and now Sister Ji actually invited him directly to be the operator.

"Sister Ji, did you agree to shoot those?" Li Jian asked hurriedly. This was related to their future quality of life.

"Not only that, she asked me if I wanted to try operations." Xu Yu'an felt a little bit unbelievable when he said it himself.

"Then agree to it, agree to it quickly, what are you still hesitating about?" Yang Li didn't even bother to continue the game at this moment, and he looked more anxious than him.

"I'm just thinking about being reserved. Of course the most important thing is that I've never done it before." This is what Xu Yu'an was worried about, what if he messed up.

"Don't you still have us? Hurry up and agree to it. Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. After all, we have four people." Yang Li continued to urge.

"Yes, we can go to school. This is the only chance to break into the Ji family restaurant." Zhou Jun also urged.

Ji Qingzhi on this end frowned when she saw that there was no reply from the other end. Was her request too abrupt? Or should she send it together with her salary? At this moment, the other party sent an invitation for a voice call. Ji Qingzhi hesitated for a moment and then pressed the answer button. Then he heard Xu Yuan's slightly excited voice on the other end: "Sister Ji, what you just said is true, right?"

"Of course it's true. My energy is limited, so I need to find someone to manage and operate the account. If it's not convenient for you, I will find someone else." She prefers people she is familiar with, otherwise she would not take the initiative to ask him.

"But I have no experience, is this okay?" Xu Yu'an said this in a low voice, although he really wanted to agree directly.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you are willing to learn." Ji Qingzhi would of course not say that what she was attracted by was his photography skills. Operations were not important. As long as he took good pictures of the dishes, she seemed to see the good days of collecting points every day.

"That's OK with me. I'm willing to learn, and I have three military advisors behind me." Xu Yu'an quickly agreed.

"Okay, then we'll talk about this in detail when you come over tomorrow." Ji Qingzhi was amused by his words.

"Okay, Sister Ji, see you tomorrow." Xu Yu'an thought that his good day had come. After the group of women's power won the award last time, he thought that maybe he could take other types of photos of Ji Qingzhi, but he had no chance to speak up. Now the opportunity has come, how can he not be happy?

"How is it, did Sister Ji agree?" Yang Li asked hurriedly.

"I agree. We'll go over and talk in detail tomorrow, so please be nice to me in the future." Xu Yu'an said rather proudly.

"Okay, Mr. Xu, from now on we'll fight wherever you point us, okay?" Zhou Jun said without much sincerity.

"It's barely acceptable. By the way, we have to order the fruits and flower baskets for tomorrow's gift-giving in advance." The poor group of four who had no experience in gift-giving went to the flower and fruit shops near the school, and were ripped off before they realized that these things could also be purchased online.

"Forget it. I was able to get the bonus because of Sister Ji's photo. Now I can say that I'm spending the wool on the sheep." Xu Yu'an comforted himself.

"This is the only way." The other three people were also helpless. The bouquets and fruit baskets they had just ordered had directly used up all the prize money Xu Yu'an had won for the photography award.

Xu Yu'an's family was originally well-off, but since he chose a university and major that his family did not approve of, his card was frozen. He took a look at his balance and decided to find the God of Wealth to help him. He opened the address book on his phone and looked around. The God of Wealth he chose this time was his cousin Gu Jingsi.

At this moment, Gu Jingsi was talking to investors about the movie. After seeing the phone call, he moved to a quiet place: "Xu Yu'an, you'd better have something important to do at this time."

"Brother, can you help me out and give me some gold coins?" Xu Yu'an was too lazy to keep him in suspense.

"Next time when something like this happens, just call your assistant directly." Gu Jingsi resisted the urge to curse and hung up the phone. Photography is very expensive, and he had already gone through a path where his family did not support him, so he was very generous to Xu Yu'an and directly asked his assistant to transfer one million yuan.

After receiving the information about the deposit, Xu Yu'an's eyes lit up, and he quickly sent a message to Gu Jingsi to flatter him. Knowing that Gu Jingsi was preparing for a new movie recently, he volunteered to ask him to do anything if he needed anything.

He had made up his mind that if the effect was not good at the beginning, he would just use money to attack. He glanced at his address book and had already picked out the target for the next gold coin explosion.

Gu Jingsi saw Xu Yu'an's message when the investor left. He curled his lips, sneered, and replied to him that if his crew really needed his help, then his crew would be doomed.

He had already surveyed the shooting scene in advance. The transportation there was very backward and the conditions were naturally poor. This was a big test for the actors, so it was necessary for them to be mentally prepared before joining the crew.

There was still a month left before the shooting, and he thought that was enough time. When he stood up, he told his assistant: "If there is anything with Yu An in the future, you can just deal with it directly."

"Okay, Director Gu." The assistant responded quickly.

*

After Ji Qingzhi hung up the phone, she started searching for operations salaries on local recruitment software. Although everyone said that college students were the cheapest labor force, she couldn't do such a thing, not to mention that her purpose was not pure. Thinking of this, she silently increased her salary by another 5%.

Well, in the evening, Li Yuanyuan gave her a health certificate, indicating that she would be able to report tomorrow. With the addition of Xu Yu'an as the operator, it seemed that a work group could be set up. It was also at this time that Ji Qingzhi finally felt like she was the boss.

With the blessing of well water, Ji Qingzhi felt that she was very healthy. She looked at her fair and rosy cheeks in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction. Well, well water can be considered an invisible employee benefit. It is something that money cannot buy, so they should be the ones who make money.

The first thing Ji Qingzhi did after cleaning up was to go to the backyard to see if the seeds planted yesterday had sprouted. This was a matter of six thousand points.

Before she could go to the vegetable garden to check, she received a call from Xu Yu'an. The person on the other end of the phone was obviously confused: "Sister Qingzhi, the queue will not open until 10 o'clock. Can we come in after 10 o'clock?"

"Go around that alley and come in from the backyard." Ji Qingzhi gave them directions on the phone.

Five minutes later, Ji Qingzhi saw the four of them approaching the yard. Xu Yu'an was holding a bouquet of flowers and the people behind him were carrying a fruit basket. Ji Qingzhi couldn't help but twitch his mouth. Is this a gift for her?