Chapter 409 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
"Let's go." The boy next to her put away his phone and grabbed the girl's arm to interrupt her.
Zhao Xiaojing glanced at the boy's face in surprise.
So young and handsome! This face looks like he's only in his twenties! He's also a chef competing in the competition?
What's going on at Jinyuan Restaurant? She wants to hear more.
However, this girl does look more mature, about eight or nine years older than the boy, and they look somewhat similar. They are indeed siblings.
"Why are you leaving? Where are you going to stay?... Oh, forget it. Why bother putting others in a difficult position? Asking them won't make a room appear out of thin air. It's all my fault. I was the one who insisted on sending you off and even stopped you from booking a room. Now, what's wrong? I was worried the hotel wasn't good enough, so I said I'd wait and see before booking. Now it seems I should have booked it first, regardless of whether it was good or not. Isn't this delaying your competition? Oh, blame me!"
After being interrupted by her brother, the sister felt guilty and started muttering to herself behind her brother, while her brother walked in front without saying a word.
Seeing that she couldn't hear any key information, Zhao Xiaojing quickened her pace and walked out. Unexpectedly, the two people behind her also quickened their pace, and Zhao Xiaojing overheard them again.
"Why don't you sit here for a while? I'll check out some other hotels. I'll call you when I've booked one. You've been on the bus for so long, and you have a game tomorrow, so you need to get some rest."
"I have just booked a room for you as well. Have a good rest and leave tomorrow." The younger brother finally replied.
"Why did you order it for me? You have to go back immediately after I deliver it! What will happen to the restaurant business if we both leave? Cancel it immediately!" My sister became anxious when she heard it.
"What's wrong with taking a night off? If they had to ask you to come and see me off, they should have taken care of the restaurant business themselves. If they don't let you take over, what business are you in charge of?"
"Hey, I said I'd quit, don't be so willful! You don't go out much, and they're worried about you. Besides, I wanted to send you off myself!"
"Why should they let me come to the competition if they are worried about me? You should have come. You started learning cooking much earlier than me. This should be your honor! Why should they let me come at just one word? Why do they insist on me taking over? You have given up so much. What's the big deal about just taking a night's rest? They treat you like this. Why do you have to worry about the restaurant business?" The younger brother's voice became louder, one sentence after another, his tone full of resentment.
So they're the successors to the restaurant. It sounds like they come from a family of chefs, with both siblings studying cooking. Zhao Xiaojing was secretly analyzing this in the background.
"Okay, okay, I know you're standing up for me, but I don't agree. In our generation, only you and I are willing to inherit this mantle. We are siblings, so what's the difference between yours and mine? Although I have more experience than you, you have the strongest talent, and that's undeniable. Letting you come out to compete while I take charge of the restaurant is the best arrangement for the restaurant. I have no objection at all." Seeing her brother's dissatisfaction, the sister softened her voice and comforted him.
"Restaurant, restaurant! You're obsessed with the restaurant, but you've done so much for it, and yet you still just want me to take over! Sis, this isn't fair!"
"What's fair and what's unfair? I'm five years older than you and started five years earlier than you, but even if nothing else, I still can't imitate your uncle's soft-shelled long fish! But you're different. You can cook soft-shelled long fish and boiled dried bean curd so well. You learn quickly, have a strong understanding, and you're still young, with endless possibilities. For me, handing the restaurant over to you is the fairest thing to do! I'm so happy that you can take over. The restaurant will be better passed down in your hands!"
A soft-shelled eel. Zhao Xiaojing perked up.
Huaiyang cuisine has many high-end dishes, and soft-shelled eel is the most famous dish in Huaiyang cuisine. It is also a state banquet-level dish. The restaurant that cooks this dish is definitely not an ordinary restaurant.
It seems that this competition is really full of hidden talents. Who would have thought that such a young brother is the successor of a restaurant and can even make a famous state banquet dish like soft-shelled eel?
"That's true, but the successor doesn't necessarily have to be the best cook, right? Dad's cooking skills are not as good as uncle's, so why can he be the successor? What era is it now? Why are you still favoring boys over girls?" The younger brother was still resentful.
"That being said, they also spared no effort to teach me my cooking skills. They didn't hide anything, right? Our restaurant has always had female chefs, and their salaries are no worse than those of male chefs. This is much better than those families where the skills are passed down to males but not females, and male workers are paid twice as much as female workers, isn't it? After all, our family has been passed down for so many generations, and it's inevitable that we have feudal and traditional things. If you think it's unfair, you can change it in your hands in the future."
The elder sister continued to comfort him with a smile, and it sounded like she really had no complaints. However, the younger brother fell silent again after such persuasion.
"Okay, if you really think it's unfair, just teach me the dishes that dad and uncle taught you a few more times in private. Every time they teach me, I find it difficult and they always scold me." Seeing that her brother didn't say anything, the sister changed her tone. Zhao Xiaojing inexplicably felt that her brother was being spoiled.
"Yeah." My brother responded, sounding a little reluctant.
"Why don't you cancel my room?"
"No retreat."
"Look, this time..."
The siblings behind her started a new round of discussion. Zhao Xiaojing walked along the same route she came into the subway station. The siblings probably also wanted to take the subway, so they followed her.
Just as Zhao Xiaojing was listening to her sister's long speech of persuasion again, her subway arrived at the station.
The siblings discussed that they were going to take a subway that was heading in the opposite direction to her, so Zhao Xiaojing had to get on the train with regret. After getting on the train, she stood in front of the door and looked at the siblings again.
Looking closely, the sister's face is actually quite young, indeed she looks five years older, but her clothes are a little mature, which led Zhao Xiaojing to think that she is nearly 30 years old at first.
The sister was still trying to persuade her with her hands and feet, but the brother turned his head without saying a word and glanced at Zhao Xiaojing through the car door glass.
There was impatience, helplessness, hesitation and grievance in his eyes.
Zhao Xiaojing and her brother looked at each other from a distance and smiled habitually. Before her brother could react, the subway had already left at a high speed.
Although Zhao Xiaojing didn't hear the last conversation, from that glance, she felt that her brother would eventually change his mind and would most likely cancel the room, just like he came to participate in the competition, just like he would eventually have to take over the restaurant.
Oh, restaurant.
Zhao Xiaojing immediately lowered her head and looked up whether it was Jinyuan Restaurant or Jinyuan Restaurant she had just heard about, intending to continue the gossip.
It turned out that she either heard it wrong or typed the words incorrectly, but she couldn't find it after searching for a long time.
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