While waiting for the dishes to be served, Gu Youlian was dumbfounded when she saw the first salad. "This, this is eaten raw? Isn't this restaurant too rip-off? They don't even fry it for us?"
"That's how you eat it, you try it." Dugan was also shocked inside, but he pretended to be knowledgeable. He tasted it and found that it tasted okay.
Gu Youlian reluctantly took two bites. It was just vegetable leaves anyway, so it was hard to say whether it tasted good or not.
When the steak came, Gu Youlian was confused: How can I eat this? With chopsticks? Or with my hands?
Then he saw Lin Qingping cutting with a knife, blood flowing out, and he immediately refused to eat no matter what he said, "Eating raw meat? No, no! Are foreigners uncivilized? Why do they eat raw food? Pingzi, don't blame me for being ungrateful. I know this meal must be very expensive, but I..."
Gu Youlian felt a little embarrassed.
"It's okay! If you don't like it, then you don't like it, waiter!" Lin Qingping called the waiter and asked him to fry the steak until it's well-done.
The waiter showed his disdain, "Who wants to eat steak well done? It's unsophisticated!"
Gu Youlian and Du Gen's faces turned red immediately.
There were also people nearby who looked over, pointed, and whispered, as if they were laughing at them.
"Forget it, bottle." Gu Youlian said with a red face.
"No, I want it well-done! How I like to eat it is my business. You can do it if you can. If you can't, forget it." Lin Qingping worked in the catering industry in his previous life. Although he didn't like customers who made trouble for no reason, the employees had to meet the normal demands of the customers. If they did not respect the customers, such employees were unqualified.
"What's the matter?" The boss came.
Lin Qingping looked at the fat old man whom he once called "Uncle" and politely made his request. When the boss heard it, he immediately took the plate away for processing and apologized to them.
"If you don't like it, just say so. It's no big deal." Lin Qingping sat upright and noticed the people around him talking. "Whatever others say, just remember one thing: it's none of their business."
Gu Youlian burst out laughing.
"I'm just... afraid of being laughed at as a country bumpkin?" Gu Youlian said embarrassedly.
"What's wrong with country people? Country people earn their living through their own labor, which is very glorious!" Lin Qingping said.
"Well said." Someone said behind me.
Lin Qingping looked back and saw that it was the boss himself who came with a well-done steak.
"Excuse me, is there anything else you need?" the boss asked after putting down the steak.
"Give me a plate of chili noodles!" Lin Qingping knew that Du Gen was not from this province, but was from another province. He liked spicy food, and even Gu Youlian changed her taste.
Dugan was a little embarrassed, but the boss didn't look down on him at all. He immediately served him a bowl of hot sauce and said, "I'm sorry, the kitchen doesn't have any hot pepper powder, only hot pepper sauce. Is that okay?"
"Okay, okay!" Gu Youlian immediately tried to calm things down.
Lin Qingping decided to quit while he was ahead.
Gu Youlian liked the squab and desserts that were served later.
To express their apology, the store also gave away a portion of ice cream. Gu Youlian praised the taste highly and wanted to bring some back to Xiaomai. Lin Qingping laughed, "No, that won't work. It will melt if you take it back."
When paying the bill after the meal, Gu Youlian stuck out her tongue again. Wow, it costs so much money!
"How many pounds of meat can this buy?" Gu Youlian whispered to Lin Qingping.
"We are here to see the world, not to eat every day. It's nothing." Lin Qingping said, "Let's go to the department store!"
Lin Qingping packed two desserts that had a shelf life of two or three days and took them back for her two children. When she was leaving the restaurant, a young man, who was less than 20 years old, rushed in and almost knocked over the desserts in Lin Qingping's hand.
"I'm sorry!" The young man apologized hastily, then shouted inside, "Dad! Are you going to give it to me or not?"
When Lin Qingping saw his old friend like this, he smiled secretly and shook his head: He is really still a rebellious teenager!
"Let's go." Lin Qingping led Gu Youlian and Du Gen to the mall.
Gu Youlian liked shopping, but after entering the store, she didn't know what to buy because of the dazzling array of goods.
Lin Qingping stopped in front of the cosmetics counter to buy some facial cleansers!
Bought it for myself and my second sister.
I also picked out a set for Gu Youlian.
"I have this too?" Gu Youlian said embarrassedly, "I never use it."
"Try it first!" Lin Qingping said.
In the countryside, people like Gu Youlian, her second sister, and even herself when they were at her parents' home, had to work in the fields. In the summer, their skin was often sunburned and peeled, but getting tanned was a small matter.
Gu Youlian did not refuse again, but just secretly gave Du Gen a look.
Du Gen understood and walked away, so when Lin Qingping went to pay the bill, the waiter told her that the order had been paid.
"You are still treating me like this!" Lin Qingping had never thought about the expenses of coming out, but the actions of Gu Youlian and his wife still made her feel warm. They were completely different from her brother and nephew who only knew how to ask for things in her previous life.
Gu Youlian smiled embarrassedly, "Everyone's money is hard-earned. How can I just grab it from someone? I'm still your sister!"
Lin Qingping felt even better and returned to the hotel with a large bag of loot.
After another day of shopping in the provincial capital, Director Hu came on the third day. With a letter of introduction from the factory and the official seal, he successfully signed a contract with Meisheng. Then, he signed a temporary designer contract with Lin Qingping personally.
"Xiao Lin, we are about to enter the 1980s and everything will be thriving. Just go for it boldly! I'll take care of the rest." During this visit, Director Hu not only saw how Lin Qingping's clothing was selling well in Meisheng and other shopping malls in the provincial capital, but also witnessed Lin Qingping's keenness and talent in clothing design. He has been making clothes all his life and appreciates young people like Lin Qingping.
Lin Qingping also suggested that she could not handle such a heavy workload and such a short construction period by herself, and hoped that the factory could recruit Gu Youlian and her husband as temporary workers and pay them temporary wages.
Director Hu agreed without hesitation.
What Lin Qingping was thinking was that Gu Youlian and his wife received wages from the factory, learned things, and the dividends came from her. However, she did not say that she had been very kind to others in her previous life and suffered a lot. In this life, she should be more careful and observe for a while longer.
After everything was done, Lin Qingping went home.
The clothing factory first made 1,000 pieces of old styles. There were design drafts and ready-made samples. Lin Qingping didn't need to rush to the factory. He planned to go home first and then check the first batch of clothes the next day.
But what was unexpected was that Dugan couldn't wait and was very worried about the factory. "I'd better go now and go with the factory manager. I want to watch the factory start production. I'm afraid they don't have experience for the first time and will make mistakes."
Lin Qingping thought about it and felt that it was okay, so he let Du Gen go first, as he wanted to train him anyway.
So, only Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian went home, and this time when Lin Qingping went home, he did not expect to meet a noble person.
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