Free meals are definitely better.
Xiaoqi felt that this was the most satisfying meal she had had in Enhua since she came here.
Not only are the ingredients fresh, but the quality is also extremely good, and the seasoning is very appropriate and smooth.
The steak had almost no seasoning, probably only salt was added before grilling. It naturally exuded the aroma of beef and the juice. When chewing, the juice burst in the mouth, without any fishy smell, leaving a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth.
The soup and toasted bread were perfect.
Even the vegetable salad at the end was very good. The salad was a little less, but the vegetables were sweet, juicy and crispy.
The meal was very satisfying.
This meal cost more than 200 yuan. After the meal, Xiaoqi saw the 200 yuan sent by the boss and felt very kind. Just for this meal, it would be a good deal even if he didn't pay for it.
Xiao Shengzhou and Xiao Yu in the office waited until the girl finished eating and left before coming out. They couldn't wait any longer. Xiao Shengzhou ordered a bowl of noodles and Xiao Yu ordered a steak.
I felt that today's food seemed to be particularly delicious. Both of us were full and felt bloated. You wouldn't know until you finish eating. Only after you finish eating and experience it yourself did you understand how much the little girl could eat.
"That girl has good table manners. She doesn't look like she's here to work and study. But she eats so much. Could it be that she likes the food here? She's such a picky eater." Xiao Yu leaned back in his chair and didn't want to move. He couldn't finish the last bite of his vegetable salad.
Xiao Shengzhou, who still had half a bowl of noodle soup left, burped because he ate too quickly, and his forehead was slightly sweaty.
"Yes, she can eat. It's not easy to raise a little girl who eats so much."
Xiao Yu originally had a dinner party in the evening, but ended up eating his fill here. He looked at the time and realized that he had to leave, otherwise it would be too late.
Hurrying to drive away.
A royal blue sports car, very cool.
He was driving when he came across Enhua's school bus. He saw that the girl sitting by the window was the same one as before. Her face was red in the setting sun and her hair was messy in the wind. She was actually smiling foolishly, with her teeth showing all over her face and her eyes squinting.
He couldn't get rid of it, and that image was in his mind all the way.
The smile is so stupid, so fucking stupid.
Xiaoqi returned to the old district and ate a full meal, feeling particularly good. When he returned to the dormitory, Yunshu and Weicheng were both there. Weicheng heard Xiaoqi say that there were a lot of delicious food that he could eat for free.
She said with longing, "That's great!"
This seems to be her catchphrase, which is great.
It was a pity that she didn't go to the racecourse today. The film club she joined was very boring, so they gathered together and introduced what movies would be shown on which day. There were many screening rooms in the school, and new members needed to work to maintain order in the screening rooms. Wei Cheng also got the work, but there was one good thing, which was that she could watch movies for free, and she could also choose her favorite movies, and they would be shown if approved by the higher-ups.
"Next time, if you want to see a movie, you can tell me and I will apply for it for you so that we can go to the movies together." At this point, she sighed again: "That's great!"
I started to feel happy.
Gu Yunshu's flower arranging club obviously also gained something.
She has already started arranging flowers. She took out the flowers from her original vase and cut them without feeling sorry at all. She even cut every flower bare.
"Mi'er said she has another student union dinner in the evening and won't be back." Gu Yunshu said.
Xiao Qi nodded, guessing that this was the case. The student union seemed to be very rich and had many dinner parties.
It was still early, so Xiaoqi practiced calligraphy first. Practicing calligraphy is basically the easiest way to calm down and concentrate on studying. He practiced calligraphy for half an hour, and then started to do the English test paper.
After finishing an exam paper, Xiaoqi went downstairs to run. At this time, maybe he could come back to take a quick shower and then rush to evening self-study.
Although the lights in the dormitory were turned off, not many students came to evening study.
Less than half of them are there. Some may have gone to participate in clubs or student union activities, and I don’t know where some of them went. There are still many club activities in the university.
Xiaoqi used the evening study time to do the homework assigned by the accounting teacher. Since she had just started learning, it was quite simple. There was only one class a week on the Introduction to the Basic Principles of Marxism, and the teacher asked to write a related article. Xiaoqi looked at the mostly empty classroom and actually felt that the state of university was quite interesting. University was really not like high school. High school was mainly about studying and taking exams, but university was not like that. It seemed that the focus was different. She wanted to write these things, but she felt that the information she had collected was not enough.
In the dormitory, Wei Cheng and Gu Yunshu were both studying. Wei Cheng was doing homework and reading books in preparation, while Gu Yunshu was still reading novels. She spent most of the day reading novels.
After the first self-study class, Xiaoqi had basically finished the homework assigned by the teacher. She didn't want to stay in the classroom, so she ran to find her roommate.
"I want to go to the English corner. Do you want to go?"
Gu Yunshu shook her head. She didn't like communicating with strangers. Wei Cheng was quite interested. She was interested in anything new.
So Xiaoqi went to the English corner with Wei Cheng. Gu Yunshu felt it was boring for her to be alone in the classroom, so she went back to the dormitory first.
Today is Tuesday. Wei Cheng and Xiao Qi went to Nanguan Building according to the address on the billboard at the dormitory entrance.
The English corner in Nanguan Tower is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
It was easy to find, as there was an arrow sign at the door. When they went in, there was a group of people chatting lively inside. Xiaoqi and Weicheng each brought a small stool and sat over. There was a big circle, so they squeezed in easily.
As expected, there was a foreign teacher. Xiaoqi was a little excited. The foreign teacher sat opposite her because the seats closest to the foreign teacher were relatively crowded and difficult to squeeze into.
But sitting opposite, it was clear that this foreign teacher had a completely different style from their English speaking teacher Betty. Betty had the look of a blonde, plump American girl, while the foreign teacher in front of them was very tall, with long legs, brown hair tied in a bun, revealing a smooth forehead, a small face, and fair skin. She wore a shirt on her upper body, sports shorts, and small boots on her lower body.
The calves are very long and have nice muscles.
Judging from his height, he must be over 175cm tall.
Her English was more British. When Xiaoqi and Weicheng came in, the students next to her were talking to her. She saw the newcomers smiling and nodding at Xiaoqi and the others.
Xiaoqi and Weicheng just sat down and listened for a while. There were many students sitting next to them, but they didn't say anything, just listened very attentively.
Although the English corner is designed to develop everyone's speaking ability, it seems that many people still cannot speak.
At this moment, the content of the conversation between the foreign teacher and the person next to him was not complicated. They were talking about a kind of food, which can be summed up as the difference between flatbread and pizza. The student probably wanted to say that Chinese flatbread is delicious and has a unique flavor. That's probably what he meant.
Wei Cheng tried to speak several times, but he opened his mouth and closed it again because he was too shy.
Xiao Qi heard the foreign teacher ask, "...I heard you have a very famous sesame cake seller named Wu Dalang."
The words "Wu Dalang" are the transliteration of pinyin. Many people understood it and burst into laughter.
After all, all Chinese people should know the Wu Dalang meme. I didn’t expect that foreign teachers would also know it, and I felt a sense of identity.
At this time, Xiaoqi felt that if Mi'er was around, she would have started chattering away regardless of whether she could speak or not. If she couldn't, she could also express it through body language.
Mi'er is the most lively and bold girl in the dormitory.
Both Wei Cheng and I feel a little inferior.
If Mi'er were here, he would have dared to say the same thing. However, when this thought came to his mind, Xiao Qi was stunned. He had only known Mi'er for a short time, but he had become so dependent on her in his heart. He was even embarrassed to speak without her around.
Xiaoqi felt that this was wrong. It was good to have a friend in life who was willing to help you with everything, but you couldn't really rely on her for everything. She always had her own life, just like tonight, when Mi'er went to the student union and they were not together.
Xiaoqi's English is not bad, and her spoken English is also good. She has no problem teaching several students during the summer vacation. In order to teach students without being shy, after all, Guan Jingzhi's English is also very good, and she has worked hard to learn it. She has no need to be timid. Even if she makes a mistake, it won't hurt her at all, and it doesn't matter if she loses face. After all, no one knows her, and Wei Cheng won't laugh at her.
Thinking of this, Xiao Qi spoke up and said, "Teacher Grace..." Before entering, the name of tonight's foreign teacher, Grace, was written on the door.
"Wu Dalang comes from the famous Chinese novel 'Water Margin'. I didn't expect you to know that. You're quite knowledgeable. As for Wu Dalang, he was short and ugly, probably similar to the Hunchback of Notre Dame. He sold sesame seed cakes. He had a very beautiful wife, but his wife, Jinlian, murdered him because of an extramarital affair. He had a very powerful brother who, upon learning of the affair, avenged him. Because his story is so famous, some shops are named after him, like Wu Dalang's sesame seed cakes."
Foreign teacher Grace listened very carefully, because the English proficiency of these students varied greatly. If she didn't listen carefully, she would sometimes not understand what the students were saying at all.
She didn't expect that the new female student could speak such a long speech very fluently, with a good sense of language and without stuttering. She understood it all.
This student actually boasted about her rich knowledge, which made her happy. Most students would only praise her for her nice name, tall stature, and good looks, and rarely talk about her erudition or erudition.
"There's a Wu Dalang sesame cake place in the new district that's delicious. Even though it doesn't have cheese in it, the taste is perfect. I don't know what they add to it. Chinese cuisine is amazing. There's also hot pot. We don't eat offal, but the vegetables are delicious, especially spicy. Even though we know it will cause acne, we're still addicted to it. Hot pot is also an amazing Chinese cuisine." Grace said a bunch of words excitedly in one breath.
The other students didn’t quite understand it. They only understood the words “Wu Dalang Shaobing” at the beginning, and “hot pot”, which was also a transliteration, so they roughly understood it.
Xiao Qi has already picked up the topic: "Chinese cuisine is actually very simple, such as Wu Dalang Shaobing. If you have an oven at home, you can make it yourself."
Thinking that foreigners are more sensitive to data, Xiao Qi continued, "First, you need 500 grams of flour, 5 grams of yeast, one egg, 20 grams of sugar, 50 grams of salad oil, and 200 grams of pure milk. Knead them all into a dough, then let it rest until it doubles in size. Then, roll the dough into long strips, cut it into small pieces with a knife, flatten it, and shape it into thin slices of your desired shape. Then, spread the minced meat on both sides and place it on a baking sheet."
Xiaoqi spoke a long speech without stuttering at all, especially when it came to cooking, she was quite good at it.
When the classmates around her heard her babble on for so long, most of them had no idea what she was talking about. It seemed like some of the words were just statistics, but Grace listened very carefully. She was very interested in Chinese cooking and it would be great if she could cook one or two dishes when she returned home.
This time she listened attentively because she was interested, not because she was afraid of not understanding and having difficulty communicating, so her expression was particularly vivid.
"Then can we bake it directly? Do we need to put tin foil on it?" Grace asked.
"You don't need tinfoil, but you do need to brush it with salad oil, white sesame seeds, cumin powder (cumin is the soul of Chinese barbecue), and chili powder, which is the spicy flavor you like in hot pot. You can add more or less according to your taste. Bake it in the oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes and it's done."
"Great, I can already smell the fragrance." Grace exaggeratedly sniffed her nose, looking like it really smelled and tasted delicious.
The others laughed too.
The speaking speed was too fast and the content was too much. At first, the people in the English corner felt that it was a bit strange for the new student to speak directly to teacher Grace. But after Xiaoqi said such a long list, everyone turned to admiration.
In fact, most of the students in the English corner are English majors, and there are also freshmen majoring in English. I recognized Su Xiaoqi, the student holding the class sign of Information Management Class 1. I didn’t expect that her English was so good. She was much better than those English majors.
Those who come here are generally freshmen and sophomores. Juniors are considered old hands at the school and rarely come here. Seniors are busy preparing for graduation internships and other things, and gradually withdraw from school activities and will not come here either.
Xiaoqi talked so much with the teacher, and noticed that it was an English corner and there were many people there, so she didn't continue talking. Instead, she cooperated and shared some simple topics with others. This was a method she learned when she was a tutor. Because she had to teach seven students, she had to take everyone into consideration when teaching. After all, everyone's English level was different. Xiaoqi talked more deeply with Guan Jingzhi, and more superficially with others.
In this way, other people not only admire her, but also like her and think that this girl has a good personality.
Wei Cheng didn't expect his roommate Xiao Qi to be so amazing. He admired him so much that he stumbled over a few words and was very excited.
As the bell rang for the end of evening self-study, the English corner activities were almost over. Everyone was happy and there were no dull moments. Even the shyest people said a word or two.
At the end, Grace called Xiao Qi.
When asked if she was willing to teach her how to cook, Xiao Qi nodded in agreement.
Grace said she wanted to invite friends to dinner at her home on Sunday and asked Xiaoqi to come and bring her friends.
"Su, you must come." Grace took the initiative to add Xiaoqi's WeChat. Xiaoqi didn't have an English name, so she just called him by his last name.
Xiaoqi found that foreigners were different from them. They didn't seem to have to go through the process of being polite. If they wanted something, they would just put forward their request and ask the other party sincerely.
Xiaoqi is still a little confident about her cooking skills. She has not cooked for herself in such a long time since she came to school, so she is actually itching to cook.
She told Grace that she wanted to bring her roommates with her, making a total of four people.
Grace welcomed it.
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