The four of them picked up their chopsticks, took a bite, and their eyes sparkled.
These deep-fried icicles have a crispy exterior and a cool interior. Besides the sweetness of ice cream, they also have a sweet and sour milky aroma, making them truly exceptional.
Lychee tomatoes, chilled red berries, bite-sized, the tomato flavor filling the nose, mixed with syrup in the mouth—truly delicious. And the Korean cold noodles, with their slightly spicy, sweet and sour, chewy texture, are incredibly satisfying.
The four of them enjoyed their meal immensely, making everyone else's mouths water.
"How was the food at our restaurant? Are you satisfied?"
The manager walked over and asked.
"Satisfied, very satisfied! To be honest, we were asked to come here because other restaurants saw that your restaurant was doing so well after opening and was stealing their business. They told us that you couldn't make the dishes we ordered, so they asked us to come and cause trouble. We didn't expect that you are so knowledgeable about everything. We are impressed, really impressed. The food is so delicious."
The group wolfed down their food, too busy eating to say a word.
The onlookers whispered among themselves:
"Look at this, what kind of person is this? He clearly came here to cause trouble, but he got the short end of the stick."
"Seriously, there are all kinds of people these days."
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Hearing what the four people said, the restaurant manager breathed a sigh of relief. That was close! He'd at least gotten through this. He hadn't expected this girl to be so capable; she was truly unfathomable!
Seeing how satisfied the diners were, Xia Enruo was about to go to the manager to settle the bill when a woman in the crowd started crying and shouting, holding her child.
"What's wrong, child? Say something, don't scare your mother."
The people in the restaurant all scattered and looked over when they heard the noise.
The woman was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet, her voice changed, and she kept stuffing her fingers into the boy's mouth, trying to pry something out. The boy in her arms had his mouth wide open, his face turning red.
The manager was also a bit stunned when he saw this situation. What the hell is going on today? I keep running into these unpleasant things. I just escaped one disaster, and now this problem has arisen again.
"What happened? What's wrong with the child?"
The manager rushed over and asked hurriedly.
"My child saw the tomatoes and lychees that were served and was really drooling, insisting on eating them. I put a red date from the dish in his mouth to fool him, but he swallowed it too quickly and choked!"
"Get him to the hospital right away, he'll suffocate if we don't go soon."
A man in the crowd shouted.
Hearing the shouts of the group, Xia Enruo figured out what had happened: it was an airway obstruction. She squeezed through the crowd and reached out to hug the boy who was choking, but was urgently scolded by the older woman:
"What are you trying to do? You're trying to take my child."
"Manager, you'd better call a car right now! If anything happens to my child, I won't let your store off the hook!"
The manager was in a real bind and hurriedly sent someone to call a car. If someone died, his shop would be finished.
"Give it to me if you want to save your child's life, otherwise your child will suffocate and die by the time you get to the hospital."
At that time, people were unaware of the Heimlich maneuver used in daily life, a method specifically for acute airway obstruction.
The older woman quieted down after being startled by Xia Enruo.
Xia Enruo hugged the child to her chest and squeezed the upper abdomen with her fist. After repeated squeezing, a whole red date popped out of the child's mouth, and the child burst into tears.
This intense and frantic operation left Xia Enru drenched in sweat; it was far more tiring than cooking.
Upon seeing this, everyone applauded and praised her repeatedly.
"Thank you, young lady. Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, my son would have been in grave danger today." The woman was moved to tears, shaking her hand repeatedly.
"It's alright. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I've done a good deed. I'll be more careful next time I feed the child."
Xia Enruo was panting heavily. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and went to the front hall for some fresh air, watched by everyone.
Xia Enruo's two interventions completely changed the hotel manager's opinion of her. He never expected that this girl would not only have superb cooking skills but also emergency medical skills. Such a talent is truly rare.
"The manager's car has arrived."
The waiter ran in to answer.
"Alright, no need for the car anymore. Let him go. Crisis averted."
The manager waved his hand, leaving the waiter confused, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions and could only do as he was told.
"Young lady, forgive my ignorance, I was showing off my skills in front of Guan Yu! How rude of me! Would you still be interested in being the head chef at our restaurant? I'll offer double the salary, double the salary! 100 yuan a month, how about it?"
The manager walked up to Xia Enruo and said.
100 yuan was considered a high salary in that era. At that time, the average salary of ordinary workers was only about 40 yuan, while senior workers or cadres could earn 60 yuan. 100 yuan was quite a lot.
Before Xia Enruo could even speak, the head chef next to her objected.
“Manager, a restaurant can only have one head chef. If you want to hire this girl, my brothers and I will quit. I don’t believe anyone will come to the restaurant every day and order these weird and strange dishes.”
Jufuzhuang employs a team of chefs, including the head chef, assistants, and vegetable cutters—a total of six people. If they were to quit now, where could they find so many people in such a short time? Besides, the head chef said that this was the first time they'd ordered such demanding dishes in all the time since the business opened. But he had just told Xia Enruo he was hiring her, and it would be difficult to back out now.
Seeing the manager's troubled expression, Xia Enruo didn't want to make things difficult for him.
"Brother, I appreciate your kindness, but I suddenly remembered that I live too far away, and commuting to work here is really inconvenient. You can just settle the 200 yuan I just paid."
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