Chapter 429 Free Chef
A few hours after Guan Yingxia joined, Wen Xinyuan had already compared the ages of several people. Guan Yingxia was half a year older than Zhao Xiaojing, Zhao Xiaojing was one year older than Wen Xinyuan, and Wen Xinyuan was a few months older than the fat man, so Wen Xinyuan changed his address again to be more familiar.
"Yes, Jiangcheng is close to here. It only takes one and a half hours by high-speed rail. I can come over when the competition comes. Sister Xia, are you going back to Jiangcheng?" Zhao Xiaojing asked.
"When there's enough time, I'll go back to Guangdong Province."
"Sister Xia, why are you competing in Jiangcheng? Why didn't you sign up for the Guangdong provincial competition?" Wen Xinyuan glanced at the fat man who looked like he wanted to ask something but didn't dare to, rolled his eyes at the fat man and asked.
"The competition in Guangdong Province is too fierce." Guan Yingxia said softly.
"Hey, are you kidding me?" Wen Xinyuan clearly didn't believe it.
Guan Yingxia lowered her eyes and smiled slightly. After a pause, she turned to look at Zhao Xiaojing. "Are you still looking? I'm leaving."
"Let's go, I'm hungry too." Zhao Xiaojing nodded, picked up her bag and stood up.
"Then let's have dinner together before we go. It's already twelve o'clock, let's go ask about the next game time." The fat man hurriedly stood up. "I know an authentic restaurant. If there are more people, we can order more dishes. It's my treat today!"
Zhao Xiaojing glanced at Guan Yingxia and saw that she had no objections and was looking at her inquiringly, so she nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll make an appointment to treat you next time."
As they were talking, they walked out. As they walked downstairs, they heard a familiar loudspeaker voice. "All contestants can collect their gifts at the service desk and leave on their own. The next competition will be held on April 27th. Qualified contestants can register for accommodation at the service desk."
The four of them stopped and looked at each other.
"Isn't this time too good? Even if I said I'd go back after three days, it doesn't have to be exactly three days! Fatty, are you still going back?"
"What the hell is that? It takes half a day to go back and forth, and the plane ticket is not cheap."
"Then go register. Sister Xia, are you coming back? If not, come register with me and Fatty."
"You guys go, I'm going to Jiangcheng. There's no place to practice cooking here." Guan Yingxia shook her head.
"That's right! We're staying here for three days. Don't we have to practice cooking for three days? Hey, can you lend us the kitchen that the production team uses?"
"If I lend it to you, do I mean I can open a studio just for you and let you practice on the stage?" the fat man asked.
"Well, how about looking for a part-time chef? Or a shared kitchen?"
"Part-time chef? ...Sister Zhao! No, Sister Zhao!" The fat man suddenly looked at Zhao Xiaojing with a flattering smile, "Are you short of a chef? Three days, free. As long as I can use the kitchen the rest of the time, you can bring your own ingredients!"
"Ah?" Zhao Xiaojing was caught off guard.
"Hiss! Don't mention it, that's an idea. We can go to Sister Zhao's place and help her cook, and we can even exchange culinary skills. That way, we only need to book a room in Jiangcheng for two days, and then we can stay in the dormitory on the third day! So what are we waiting for? Buy the tickets!"
"You'll buy the ticket if they agree?" the fat man said coldly.
"Free chef, of course I agree." Zhao Xiaojing, who had come to her senses, laughed out loud. "If you two are sure to go, I'll give the three chefs in the store a day off right now, so we can start tonight. They don't usually get much rest."
"OK!"
"...Guan Yingxia, do you want to come with us?" After the matter was agreed upon, the fat man asked hesitantly.
"No, I have a place to practice."
"Then let's exchange contact information. We're all in Jiangcheng anyway, so we can come together when the time comes and have someone to accompany us on the journey." Wen Xinyuan said at the right time.
"OK."
After the four of them discussed their plans, they registered for their dorm rooms for the night of the 26th at the front desk. The staff quickly entered their information on the computer and handed each of them a coupon. "This is a gift for this competition. Please keep it. With this coupon, you can redeem any item worth 50 yuan at any Weiyang store in any city."
"Luckily they knew to give out vouchers. If they had given me two bottles of soy sauce like in the first game, I wouldn't have wanted to carry them all the way back."
"You can't bring it back, and you can't get on the plane."
"Is the store you're talking about far away? It's already half past twelve, so it won't be closed there, right?"
"No, just follow me. You don't have to queue up there!" The fat man smiled mysteriously and walked ahead.
As soon as the fat man walked out of the gate of Baitao, he stopped a taxi. There were just four people in the car, and they arrived at the destination after driving for more than 20 minutes.
They thought they would go to the place to eat after getting off the car, but the fat man waved his hand and took the three of them through an alley in a residential area, entered a residential building that looked like a factory staff housing compound, and finally went straight into the door of a household on the second floor.
The door was wide open, and there was a piece of white paper pasted on it with "Fatty's Home Cooking Restaurant" casually written on it.
"Haha, so we're at your house. No wonder you're so familiar with the place." Zhao Xiaojing smiled as she looked at the white paper.
"This sign doesn't mean that the boss is fat, but that the home-cooked dishes are specially for fat people. If it weren't for the fat man leading the way, none of us three would be able to get in." Wen Xinyuan took a special look at the boss's figure after entering the door.
"What do you know? Only places like this can serve delicious food. Can't you see there are so many people here at this hour? The boss has three highs, gout, fatty liver, and diabetes, so he had to lose weight! He used to weigh 220 pounds, how much am I?" The fat man sat down in a bad mood.
"This is such a ruthless person..."
"Boss, you're pretty strong..."
"Good willpower."
The remaining three looked up and down in surprise at the boss who was busy in the kitchen.
Since it is a residential house, the kitchen and dining room are very close to each other, and you can see the boss busy cooking through the glass sliding door.
"The menus are all on the blackboard. Feel free to order whatever you want!" The fat man took the menu and pen from the table familiarly, turned a page and prepared to write down the dishes.
"What a pity, I can't kill the fat guy today." Wen Xinyuan looked at the vegetable prices on the blackboard and shook his head regretfully.
"It's okay. Next time when you treat us, we can just go to a place that's more expensive and has less dishes."
"Oh, shameless!" Wen Xinyuan was bickering with the fat man while tilting his head to look at the menu, "My two sisters, do you want some Mao's braised pork?"
"eat."
"eat."
"Where's the Dong'an chicken?"
"Can."
"OK."
"Then I'll order these two." Wen Xinyuan said to the fat man.
"Don't you like chicken?"
"Hey, then just forget about it. Can't I order for my two sisters?"
"Aren't these the two most expensive? I don't understand you."
"Then I'll order some personalized chicken offal and see how unique it is." Zhao Xiaojing smiled and ordered dishes.
"I want pickled bamboo shoots, preserved eggs, and eggplant with peppers." Guan Yingxia said.
"I know how to eat!" The fat man finished writing a few strokes and looked up again, "Then I'll add two more signs!"
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