Chapter 203 Why else do people have to get married?
"Mirror, the keyboard player texted me back and asked me to come over tonight at 8 o'clock." After setting up the cash register, Su Yuchen checked his phone and excitedly pulled Zhao Xiaojing along. "He even added me to the band group. The band members are still the same as before. I didn't expect everyone to welcome me so much."
Zhao Xiaojing leaned over to take a look and saw that Su Yuchen had been invited to join a group chat called "People with Different Opinions". As soon as she entered the group, everyone welcomed her.
Keyboard Destruction Decade: "Guys, come out and meet the customers! Look who's here!"
Bei Si Qiong Yisheng: "Thank heaven and earth, Qi Zai was able to get Su Su here. Great, the band is saved. It's really not possible to rely on these stinky men. I guess this is fate."
"Hey, what do you mean by stinky men? Without us stinky men, who would be able to tolerate your obsessive-compulsive disorder?! Welcome back Susu! I knew you and the band were a perfect match!"
The guitar is unplugged today: "Our band's chosen lead singer is finally back!! Rose/Rose/
This time I will teach you guitar, Qizi's wild style won't work!"
The keyboard ruined my career for ten years: "I'm really not good at it! I wanted to play the keyboard properly, but ended up having to change even the electric guitar part! My taste in choosing musicians is terrible."
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The group messages were posted very quickly, and several musicians kept bantering with each other. Su Yuchen smiled and replied with a thank you message.
"Dissenters, that's a pretty cool name." Zhao Xiaojing looked at the recognition Su Yuchen expressed in every word in the band group and felt genuinely happy for her. "Remember you said the keyboard player had played guitar for ten years?"
"Yes, he is the core of the band, and all the arrangements have to go through his hands. 'People with Dissent' is the name of the band, and it was also given by him. He does have different opinions on many things." Su Yuchen smiled, clicked on the keyboardist's circle of friends, and explained it to Zhao Xiaojing.
"Jingzi, thanks to your lessons, my guitar skills have improved by leaps and bounds. I've even learned guitar arranging. I'm also starting to understand how Brother Qi handled many of the band's songs! I'm going to surprise them tonight. They won't believe that I can play the guitar to this level!" Putting away his phone, Su Yuchen shook Zhao Xiaojing's arm with a look of longing.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Su Yuchen unbound the software bound to the takeaway merchant, re-bound it to Zhao Xiaojing's mobile phone, connected the takeaway printer, and then hurried to the band's gathering place.
Less than half an hour after leaving, another call came in, "Jingzi, Aunt Chen just called and asked you to save her a portion of three fresh vegetables and ordered some cold cabbage. She said she bought some cabbage herself and will be over later."
Chen Huiping knew that Zhao Xiaojing was busy cooking in the kitchen and had no time to look at her phone. She usually contacted Su Yuchen by phone when she had something to do, so she called Su Yuchen today. Su Yuchen then called Ouyang Yidan and transferred the call to Zhao Xiaojing.
Ever since Zhao Xiaojing learned how to make cold cabbage salad, Wang Jiandang would come over from time to time to order cold cabbage salad. Knowing that Zhao Xiaojing didn't have rice that required cabbage, Chen Huiping would thoughtfully buy one herself and bring it over every time.
"Okay." Zhao Xiaojing agreed happily.
We came at the right time, and we can invite Chen Huiping and her husband to come over for soup dumplings tomorrow.
It was already nine o'clock when Chen Huiping and his wife arrived. The food in the restaurant was almost used up, and several waves of customers had been persuaded to leave. There was no need to queue for a table anymore, but there were still three or four tables of individual customers waiting to eat in the hall.
Chen Huiping came to the kitchen carrying cabbage and a large bag of oranges. "Xiao Zhao, thank you for troubling you again. Your uncle Wang just got back and called me on the way home drunk, saying he wanted to eat the cabbage and three-fresh rice you made.
These are the oranges your uncle brought from the mountains over in Yi City. The oranges there are grown very well, juicy and sweet. I'll give them to you to try."
"It's no trouble, it'll only take two minutes. Last time you brought us pomegranates, and this time you brought us oranges. We would be embarrassed to eat them all. Thank you, Aunt Chen!" Zhao Xiaojing took the cabbage and oranges readily, put the oranges on the shelf aside, and started washing the cabbage.
The last few rice bowls left in the store were all given to Yun Yongyuan to prepare. After Zhao Xiaojing finished stir-frying Wang Jiandang's three fresh vegetables, she mixed the drained cabbage and carried the plate to the front hall.
Chen Huiping had already eaten, and now she just brought Wang Jiandang over with a look of disgust to eat something to sober up.
"Uncle Wang looks okay today. Would you like some soda?" Zhao Xiaojing placed the plate in front of Wang Jiandang and asked while helping him pick two pairs of chopsticks.
"Do you have any frozen ones? Give me some frozen ones, any flavor is fine." Wang Jiandang's face was red, but he was still sober. He sat aside and looked at Chen Huiping who disliked him with a flattering smile.
Not many people drink iced drinks in this weather, but there are still a few people who order them every day, so the restaurant still froze a few bottles to be prepared.
Zhao Xiaojing got up and took out a bottle of iced orange soda from the kitchen, and refilled Chen Huiping's cup with hot water.
"It's okay, Xiao Zhao, I can do it myself. I'm familiar with your place. If you want to drink, just pour it yourself." Chen Huiping waved her hand.
"Hmm! Delicious!" Wang Jiandang picked up two pieces of Chinese cabbage with his chopsticks. His drunken excitement made him beam with joy, and he was even more talkative than usual. "Xiao Zhao's Chinese cabbage is so good! So tender and refreshing. After eating your Chinese cabbage, I've been going to Cantonese restaurants less often. I ran into the owner on the street a few days ago, and he asked why I hadn't been there in a while. I told him my relative had recently opened a restaurant and was busy managing it!"
Haha, the boss even asked what kind of restaurant my relative opened. I told him it was a rice bowl restaurant, but he didn't believe me. Next time I see him, I'll bring him here to take a closer look. Isn't this a rice bowl restaurant? Isn't Xiao Zhao like a relative to us?
"Just eat your food! You're the only one with a big mouth and too much to talk about!" Chen Huiping got angry when she saw Wang Jiandang was drunk, and she immediately retorted. "Xiao Zhao, don't bother with him. Just focus on your own business. A drunkard who eats chicken chin shells has endless things to say."
Zhao Xiaojing smiled secretly, "It's okay, Aunt Chen. Someone's cooking right now. I just wanted to ask if you guys have time tomorrow. I've been researching the water chestnut soup dumplings Uncle Wang mentioned last time, and I'm planning to make them tomorrow and ask Uncle Wang for his advice."
"Water chestnut soup dumplings! Great!" Wang Jiandang slammed his chopsticks on the table. "I haven't tasted that flavor in years! What time tomorrow? Just tell me, Xiao Zhao!"
"Bah! Go ahead and say it. I'm not talking about five o'clock tomorrow morning. Can you get up before 11 o'clock tomorrow?" Chen Huiping spat at Wang Jiandang.
"Look, Xiao Zhao, why do they say people must get married?" Wang Jiandang didn't get angry, but raised his eyebrows at Zhao Xiaojing with a playful smile. "Your Aunt Chen knows my living habits so well. I didn't even know I couldn't get up. Your Aunt Chen predicted it first!"
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