In the video Mr. Tao posted, everyone in the Third Canteen was blurred out, so it had no impact on Ye Tian's campus life. It was just that more students and teachers were eating in the Third Canteen. Teacher Liu from the logistics department became a regular, and even the Vice Principal's wife often came to get food to take home.
As for Ye Tian, she continued to live a busy college life. She attended classes, studied, and worked part-time, occasionally helping Xiao Ou with her studies, and posting short food videos without showing her face.
Xiaoou has made a lot of progress in her studies, but Ye Tian's followers on her short video account are still slowly increasing at a rate of a few per day. Fortunately, she hasn't lost many followers, which shows that her fans are quite sticky.
Before we knew it, the weather was getting hot, the cicadas in the trees were chirping day and night, and summer vacation was not far away.
During the previous food festival, their cafeteria actually made some money. Because Ye Tian worked so hard, Chef Sun gave her a 1,000 yuan bonus. Furthermore, at the vice-president's request, the logistics department gave Ye Tian a 1,000 yuan monthly base salary, with hourly wages calculated separately. Her own short video account also receives one or two promotional orders each month, bringing her total income to 4,000 yuan, so she's now financially comfortable.
She'd long since adapted to the modern, revealing wardrobe styling, and her natural love of beauty was gradually becoming apparent. Lu Xinyi had her shopping for beautiful dresses, off-the-shoulder shorts, short shorts, simple, cool wide-leg pants, and oversized cotton T-shirts. She dressed beautifully every day, just like any other college girl who loves beauty.
Every time the four of them went out together, they were a beautiful sight. Each of these four beauties, each with their own distinct style, always caught everyone's attention. Zhao Yu was the most unique of them all. Her new, cool and stylish hairstyle caught the attention of many girls. Unfortunately, she was a straight woman, simply liking simple, stylish outfits.
The two couples, Chen Chi and Xiao Tao, and Li Bing and Xiao Juan, also seemed to be doing well and looked very sweet. What everyone found strange was that, with so many people pursuing the four beauties in Ye Tian's dormitory, none of them were in a relationship, which was quite unusual.
According to popular saying, they think falling in love is not as important as improving their cooking skills, nor as important as making money, studying, or pursuing a career.
Li Yue's birthday was right before exam week, and Ye Tian's birthday was during summer vacation. It was their 19th birthday, the best time of their lives, so of course they had to celebrate it with great fanfare. Li Yue was worried that Ye Tian would be too lonely spending the summer alone, so she decided to invite her to celebrate her birthday together.
Ye Tian's lunar birthday in both lives coincided with a very special day: the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day. Translated to the Gregorian calendar, her birth year was August 6th. Ye Tian also learned from Lu Xinyi that her zodiac sign was Leo.
They booked a popular online restaurant and arranged flowers and balloons in advance. In addition to their roommates, they also invited Chen Chi and Xiao Tao, and the atmosphere at the birthday party was very good.
Zhao Yu ordered a double-layer cake for them, and Lu Xinyi used her expertise to give each of them a limited edition eyeshadow palette with particularly beautiful colors.
Ye Tian and Li Yue also exchanged gifts. Li Yue gave Ye Tian a K gold bracelet, which was very delicate and lovely. Ye Tian knew that Li Yue had everything she needed, and what mattered was her thoughts, so she bought a blank double-sided redwood silk fan and painted a fan for her.
On the fan, a young girl in white, dressed in ancient Chinese costume, is leading a white horse. The scene is incredibly beautiful! Coincidentally, they are both born in the Year of the Horse, a perfect match for the Chinese zodiac. Li Yue couldn't put it down. However, it remains unknown who is the young girl and who is the horse.
Several people in their dorm had become fascinated with Hanfu this summer, with Zhao Yu even enjoying the role of a scholar. Li Yue had also collected several sets of Hanfu, but the round fans commonly found on the market were often crudely printed or poorly painted. Delicate and exquisitely crafted ones were incredibly hard to find, and Ye Tian had just created one for her, much to her delight.
Lü Xinyi also liked the painting and asked Ye Tian to draw one for her birthday. She was afraid of horses and wanted a "Beautiful Woman Petting a Cat" painting. Zhao Yu wanted a folding fan, so she drew a "Galloping Horse" painting of her on horseback. Ye Tian thought their requests were ridiculous; what kind of names were they? They lacked any artistic conception. But she agreed to all of them, as long as they felt comfortable using the finished fans.
Chen Chi and Xiao Tao gave Li Yue a pen, and gave Ye Tian a big box wrapped tightly with wrapping paper, asking her to open it when she got home.
Although everyone had a good time, they didn't eat too much. The internet-famous restaurant has beautiful decoration and the dishes look very exquisite, but the taste is very ordinary.
After dinner, since it was still early, everyone decided to play a script-killing game.
The script-killing shop was recommended by Lv Xinyi, who had been there several times before with friends. As for which one to play this time, everyone let Ye Tian choose. Since it was her first time playing and she didn't know much about it, she chose "Knock-on-the-Door Canteen" based on the name. It's about a canteen and food, and she thought it would be very heartwarming.
As it turned out, after playing it, I realized that this wasn't just a beginner's book, but a hardcore one, complete with murder and dismemberment cases, and a lot of deductions, all based on finding details. Ye Tian was speechless, feeling that the name and the content were too far apart.
The characters in this script are chosen based on the names of the dishes, and there are three men and three women. Li Yue and Zhao Yu both volunteered to play opposite roles.
Finally, Lu Xinyi chose the eel rice among the female characters, Xiao Tao chose the prawn tempura, and Ye Tian chose the leftover salmon poke rice. Among the male characters, Chen Chi chose the signature gyudon rice, while Zhao Yu and Li Yue chose the seafood rice bowl and volcano sausage, respectively.
Ye Tian picked up the script, but unexpectedly the words in the introduction made her heart skip a beat.
Is this world real?
Who are you?
Do you really exist?
…
Ye Tian was stunned for a moment. She was really a little unsure. Was the world she came to real? Or was that "Ye Tian" just a dream?
"No!" She shook her head. It was true that she could cook, but the little orphan girl "Ye Tian" here definitely had no chance to learn cooking. So she was definitely still herself, but she couldn't figure out the exact time and space she existed in. However, even if this was just a dream, she wanted to live in it seriously.
She bit her lip, regaining her composure, and joined everyone in playing the game seriously, trying to uncover the truth hidden behind the plot...
After playing for over six hours, they were all starving before the fun finally ended. The restaurant's props were nice, but they were all fake. However, at the end, the restaurant actually gave them each a bowl of bone broth ramen with a soft-boiled egg.
Even though they were using packaged Japanese ramen, the six of them ate it with relish. They were really starving! After filling their stomachs with food, they ate while discussing Lu Xinyi, the big boss. She hid herself so well.
After returning to the dormitory, Ye Tian opened the birthday gift given by Chen Chi and Xiao Tao. Inside was a set of knives, including kitchen knives, bone knives, etc., a total of 5 knives, inserted in an exquisite wooden rack.
Ye Tian thought they were so thoughtful! Although she usually likes to use one knife for everything, she still likes this knife set.
But this also posed a dilemma for her: could she really leave the knife in the dormitory? Would the dormitory management think she was secretly possessing a restricted knife during an inspection? It would be terrible if they confiscated it!
So the next day, she quietly packed the knives, carried them mysteriously to the rented house, and placed them on the table she used as a stove.
Looking at this set of knives, she suddenly thought of her own "Little Freedom" knife. She wondered if it was buried in its original world and would never be seen again.
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It's another stressful exam week, but this time Ye Tian is already familiar with it and is not so nervous.
She listened attentively in her major classes and reviewed well before the exam. Her English had also improved, but she hadn't yet dared to sign up for the CET-4. Li Yue and Zhao Yu had registered for the exam this semester and both passed. According to school regulations, everyone in their sophomore year must register, so Ye Tian planned to give it a try; maybe she'd pass.
Exam week passed without a hitch, and it was almost two months of summer vacation. Ye Tian had been thinking about her summer vacation plans long in advance, and she especially wanted to explore other cities. She had been here for almost a year, and besides Lakeside, she hadn't been to any other city.
She was struggling with whether to go to the capital, Jincheng, or Yangcheng. There were too many choices and it was difficult for her to make a decision.
Chef Yun had been inviting her to the capital, where he was now the head chef. And Chef Luo, who couldn't handle spicy food, had also invited Ye Tian to come over for the summer via Li Bing's Weibo account, offering her an internship at his restaurant, where he was the head chef. He even promised to teach her all his skills. It seemed he still had the urge to take her in.
After comprehensive consideration, Ye Tian decided that if she went to the capital, she would have a place to live and a job, but if she went to Jincheng or Yangcheng, she would have to find a place to stay and then look for a job, which would be more difficult.
Should I choose a more difficult path?
Ye Tian finally succumbed to reality and decided to go to the capital! Since she was going to Jincheng to learn from a Sichuan restaurant anyway, she might as well go directly to Chef Luo, who was a top-notch chef.
Plus, she could learn how to make roast duck from Master Yun, something she really didn't know how to do. As for perfecting her Cantonese cuisine, she'd have to wait until winter break. The weather in Guangzhou would be warm, so celebrating the New Year there wouldn't be a bad idea!
Ye Tian found various excuses for herself and bought a high-speed rail ticket to the capital with peace of mind.
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