I'm getting married
Cheng Jinguo is in front of the table, mushrooms, mussels, steamed buns...
There aren't many varieties, and most importantly, there's no lamb.
If there is no mutton, a pig or a cow will do, but there is no pork or beef.
"Is there no other barbecue here?" Cheng Jinguo asked Xiang Qing.
"No." Xiang Qinghao's reply was not very enthusiastic.
There was a hint of disappointment between Cheng Jinguo's brows.
Take some mussels and mushrooms.
Then back to the table.
“There’s not much here, I just ordered mussels and mushrooms…”
"It doesn't matter, just eat whatever you have." Yin Xiaotong interrupted Cheng Jinguo.
"If you want to eat mutton, tomorrow..."
When Yin Xiaotong heard the word mutton again, he even frowned.
"No need, these are good enough for today." She interrupted Cheng Jinguo again.
He always spoke in the same calm and emotionless way, which made Cheng Jinguo feel very frustrated.
"Okay." Cheng Jinguo smiled.
Xiang Qinghao grilled the mushrooms and mussels and placed them on Cheng Jinguo's table.
Just as I turned to leave, a customer called out, "Give me some garlic, little girl."
"Okay." Xiang Qing agreed readily.
Yin Xiaotong heard this and shouted, "Here's a head of garlic, too."
"I'll be right there." Xiang Qinghao responded quickly.
Strong-flavored ingredients like garlic receive polarized reviews.
If I like something, I like it very much; if I hate something, I hate it very much.
And in order to experience its deliciousness, Xiang Qinghao believes that it is necessary to eat it with other foods.
If you are eating barbecue, whether it is beef, mutton, or pork, eating it with raw garlic can not only relieve greasiness, but also stimulate the taste buds and reduce the spiciness of garlic. It is a classic.
However, if you eat grilled mushrooms and mussels with garlic, whether it tastes good or not remains to be seen how customers react.
The first customer who asked for garlic probably just liked garlic.
As for the little girl who was about the same age as Xiang Qinghao and asked for garlic, she was... so bold.
Even if you don't like the man on the blind date and want to scare him away, you don't have to do this.
What you did is quite extreme.
She has been in the barbecue business for many years and has seen all kinds of people.
She knew the relationship between the two people at a glance.
But this was the first time she had seen a girl do something so extreme.
As soon as Cheng Jinguo saw the mushrooms and mussels coming up, he immediately greeted them warmly.
"It's ready, eat it quickly, or it will get cold soon."
Yin Xiaotong picked up a string of grilled mushrooms and stuffed it into his mouth.
There was not even a response. This attitude was telling Cheng Jinguo to deal with it as soon as possible and get it over with.
Seeing this, Cheng Jinguo had no choice but to pick up a bunch of mushrooms and eat them.
Yin Xiaotong originally had this barbecue to deal with Cheng Jinguo.
However, the moment she put the grilled mushrooms in her mouth, she was instantly attracted by the delicious taste of the mushrooms themselves.
The outside is crispy and the inside is tender. The slightly curled part at the edge is roasted and rubs every part of the mouth as the teeth turn it over, delivering a scorching and salty taste.
A slight hint of sweetness breaks the hardness of the original saltiness and makes the salty mushrooms a little soft.
The texture of mushrooms is different from that of vegetarian dishes. They are neither thin nor crispy. They have a rich and soft texture similar to meat, while still retaining the unique fiber texture of mushrooms.
This kind of taste experience has never happened before.
Yin Xiaotong's speed of eating mushrooms slowed down noticeably, and he savored them carefully and slowly.
Immersed in it, he forgot about the surroundings and Cheng Jinguo sitting opposite him.
Cheng Jinguo looked at Yin Xiaotong eating the grilled mushrooms and knew that she was attracted by the deliciousness of the grilled mushrooms.
I also put the grilled mushroom in my mouth and took a bite.
Mm, delicious.
As a man of science and engineering, he cannot say anything that is overly boastful.
It’s just delicious.
Cheng Jinguo laughed after eating it: "I didn't expect the grilled mushrooms in this small shop are so delicious."
As he spoke, his face unconsciously moved closer to Yin Xiaotong.
When Cheng Jinguo moved forward, Yin Xiaotong suddenly lost his mood. He finished the grilled mushrooms in two or three bites, without even chewing them, and swallowed them into his stomach.
He said coldly: "I can't tell whether it tastes good or not. It doesn't matter to me what I eat."
Another basin of cold water was poured on Cheng Jinguo's head, extinguishing the fire in his eyes once again.
Xiang Qing is good at bringing garlic to Yin Xiaotong's table.
Then he gave the other head of garlic to a male customer.
The customer was in his early 30s and looked very kind.
"Hey, thank you, little girl." After taking the garlic.
He started to talk frivolously again: "Girl, do you want to be a date? If we date and get married, I won't have to pay for this meal, and I can come here to eat barbecue endlessly in the future."
There is a difference between teasing a girl and telling a joke as a joke.
This person is obviously making fun of Xiang Qinghao.
Xiang Qing was not angry at what she said. "Sure, this barbecue is only a small amount. I'm busy here, and there's someone who can do free labor for me, so why would I refuse it?"
After he said this, the men around him burst into laughter.
One of the men couldn't help but add fuel to the fire: "Come on, Gangzi. Even if the girl agreed to let you stand next to her, you couldn't even reach her mouth even if you stood on tiptoe."
After this sentence was said, the laughter around him became even louder.
Xiang Qing thought it was enough and left tactfully.
Yin Xiaotong couldn't laugh even though he saw how lively things were going on around him.
I took the garlic that Xiang Qinghao gave me and started peeling it.
When Cheng Jinguo saw Yin Xiaotong peeling garlic, he not only did not look disgusted, but instead took the garlic from Yin Xiaotong's hand and helped Yin Xiaotong peel it.
"Let me do it." After Cheng Jinguo took the garlic, he peeled each clove carefully.
Crystal clear, slightly yellow garlic cloves were placed in front of Yin Xiaotong. Some even had slight fingerprints because they were peeled too carefully.
Yin Xiaotong looked at the garlic on the table, then looked up at the man who continued to peel the garlic carefully with his head down, and an emotion flashed in his eyes.
"Okay, you can eat now." Cheng Jinguo smiled and looked up at Yin Xiaotong.
Yin Xiaotong picked up a handful of garlic and put it in his mouth. Seeing this, Cheng Jinguo also picked up a garlic and started eating it with the grilled mushrooms.
The spicy taste of raw garlic is extremely stimulating. Cheng Jinguo seems unable to adapt to this spicy taste, and his facial features suddenly twisted into a knot.
It was so spicy that he quickly took a bite of the grilled mushroom.
"It's delicious. I didn't expect that grilled mushrooms with garlic would taste so good." Cheng Jinguo said this even though he was about to cry from the spiciness.
Yin Xiaotong looked at Cheng Jinguo again and said nothing.
Chewing garlic in my mouth suddenly felt boring.
After eating the skewers, Cheng Jinguo and Yin Xiaotong came out.
Yin Xiaotong didn't say anything extra along the way.
Cheng Jinguo knew that Yin Xiaotong had been rejecting him, so he made small talk.
"This barbecue restaurant isn't very good today. Let's go to the Four Seasons Hotel tomorrow. They have more dishes and they taste better. We can choose from more."
Yin Xiaotong: “…”
Cheng Jinguo saw that Yin Xiaotong didn't say anything, and thought about it again.
"Actually, we don't have to go eat. If we have time, we can also go hiking nearby or go fishing."
Yin Xiaotong still didn't speak.
Cheng Jinguo thought about it again: "Or, if you like something, we can do it together."
Yin Xiaotong's face finally showed some reaction. She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then turned to look at Cheng Jinguo and said, "It's still a long way from here to my home. Can you give me a ride?"
This was the first time Yin Xiaotong took the initiative to talk to Cheng Jinguo.
Cheng Jinguo was overjoyed: "Okay."
However, Yin Xiaotong remained silent all the way.
It was she who took the initiative to ask him to take her home, and then she didn't say a word all the way. Looking at Yin Xiaotong's expression, Cheng Jinguo felt that something was wrong.
When they were a short distance away from Yin Xiaotong's home, Yin Xiaotong finally spoke again.
"Comrade Cheng Jinguo, I have something to say to you."
"You say." Cheng Jinguo's expression was not as relaxed as before.
"From today's contact, I can feel your recognition of me. I am very grateful to you for this. However, I don't think the two of us are suitable, so you will meet someone better in the future."
Cheng Jinguo looked at Yin Xiaotong with a calm expression. When she was about to speak, he had already guessed what she was going to say.
"Comrade Yin Xiaotong, can you tell me why you feel we are not suitable? We can solve any problems together."
"It's not a matter of whether we can solve it together or not." When Yin Xiaotong said this, he felt that this was not strong enough. If he wanted to make him give up, he needed a greater stimulus.
"It's because...it's because...it's because I have a marriage partner." When he said this, Yin Xiaotong gave a strong dose of medicine.
"We appreciate each other, encourage each other, and hope to build a future together."
Cheng Jinguo thought that Yin Xiaotong had thousands of reasons to reject him, but he never expected that she already had a marriage partner.
It turns out you have someone to marry.
A trace of loneliness appeared in Cheng Jinguo's eyes.
"Yes," Yin Xiaotong continued to make it more convincing.
"He treated me very well. He would often bring me breakfast every morning: steamed buns, fried dough sticks, tea eggs, milk, bread, and even Soviet black bread and Russian honey cream cake. Not only breakfast, but other snacks would often be placed on my desk when I was not around."
"We understand each other, and I cherish this relationship, so I can only say sorry to you."
Yin Xiaotong said all this to Cheng Jinguo in order to make him give up, especially since Wu Huijing was the one who arranged this matter, so in the end he would blame Wu Huijing.
However, what she didn't notice was that the more she spoke, the brighter the light in Cheng Jinguo's bottomless eyes became.
"You said you have a marriage partner, and the person who gave you breakfast, Soviet bread, and Russian honey cream cake is your marriage partner?"
"Yes." Yin Xiaotong told Cheng Jinguo very happily, with certainty, affirmation and conviction.
After hearing this, Cheng Jinguo was not angry or upset, but laughed instead.
"I'm glad you met someone so suitable. But before getting married, everyone has the right to choose and the right to pursue the person they love, so you have many options. If after contacting me again, you still insist on your original choice, I will take the initiative to let go."
Yin Xiaotong was not moved by these words, and his face immediately showed impatience.
"Comrade Cheng Jinguo, I think..."
"Now that you're home, we can talk tomorrow."
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