However, Ke Meiyu was still thinking about getting revenge for her older sister Hang Yutong, so after leaving the Xue family, they went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought several colors of yarn.
"Sister Tong, let's go to the state-run restaurant for dinner. I heard they have pork and scallion dumplings tonight," Ke Meiyu said, smacking her lips as she remembered the waiter writing on the blackboard yesterday.
Hang Yutong walked heavily and shook her head listlessly: "No need, you guys go ahead, I'll go to the cafeteria and get some steamed buns and vegetables."
The guesthouse had few employees, so employees from the neighboring units all went to the Second Provincial Hospital's canteen for meals.
The hospital food was bland, and it was a ten-minute walk away. Hang Yutong, who was alone, was reluctant to walk and would just eat some pastries, boil an egg, make a cup of milk powder, cook some plain noodles, and eat some dried meat to get by.
She's only been in the south of the city for a week, and she's already lost five pounds...
"Come on, come on," Ke Meiyu said with a smile, pulling her toward the state-run restaurant.
"No, my sister sometimes comes to visit me. If the employees of the state-run restaurant in Chengnan see her, I'll be in big trouble!" Hang Yutong hugged a roadside utility pole, on the verge of tears.
"Moreover, Master Li from the north of the city knows that I have become a traitor, and he will make my sister sit on the sidelines."
The guesthouse and the state-run restaurant were right across from each other, and every day at mealtimes, the tempting aromas would assault her...
She really wants to eat braised pork belly and chicken stew with mushrooms...
But her older sister works at a state-run restaurant in the north of the city. As a sister of someone else, she has to have a firm stance!
Ke Meiyu smiled and gently pried open her fingers one by one, saying, "Sister Yutong, one must know how to be flexible."
"Only after you've tasted Master Li's cooking are you truly qualified to savor Master Di's!"
"Master Li has a deep family background, while Master Di has figured out how to cook on his own and has a talent for it. They each have their own advantages."
"Besides, whether it's the south or the north of the city, they're all state-run restaurants run by the organization. How deep could the conflict be? It's healthy competition; friendship comes first, competition second."
"Your master has a high level of vision, just you wait and see."
After cracking the last finger, Ke Meiyu dragged the feigning-death Hang Yutong along, with Qin Yuanjiu, a resentful figure in the background, and strode proudly into the state-run restaurant.
"Uncle Di, I'm here," she called out in a clear voice. "Are there dumplings tonight?"
"Young lady, you're too late. There's only noodle soup left in the pot," a customer sitting by the door said, slowly eating dumplings and shaking his head with a smile.
Another person who arrived late and was drinking noodle soup and eating sesame flatbread nodded with a bitter face: "Yes, the dumplings in the store are limited and supplied according to the number of people."
The dumplings are small, with dozens in a bowl, but the shop only has four or five employees. How many can they make?
Basically, only leaders could eat dumplings with thin skins and fragrant meat; the rest of the people were lucky if they drank some noodle soup with meat filling and ate a sesame seed cake.
However, upon hearing Ke Meiyu's voice, Master Di poked his head out of the window and cheerfully greeted her: "I knew you'd come because of the smell. Uncle saved quite a lot for you, including chives, eggs, and dried shrimp; pork and scallions; zucchini and eggs; and mushrooms and diced meat!"
The customers who were drinking noodle soup, all the dumplings that were supposed to be made were sold out, and even the filling was boiled into soup.
The guests who are so pleased with their pork and scallion dumplings, aren't they just eating one kind of filling?
Ke Meiyu happily pulled Hang Yutong to the window, "Uncle Di, look who I brought!"
"Who is this pretty girl? Should I... should I know her?" Master Di asked with a bewildered chuckle.
Encouraged by Ke Meiyu, Hang Yutong gritted her teeth, smiled softly, and extended her hand: "Hello, Master Di, I'm Xiao Hang, who was just transferred from the guesthouse across the street. My sister is a waitress at the state-run restaurant in the north of the city."
Upon hearing the name of the state-run restaurant in the north of the city, the entire room fell into a deep silence.
Master Di and the waiters immediately looked displeased.
"I've eaten a lot of food cooked by Chef Li, and I thought it was the best food in the world. But every day when I go to work, I smell the aroma of food wafting from our state-run restaurant, and my mouth waters," Hang Yutong said with a forced smile.
“I originally thought that people wouldn’t welcome me to eat here. But Yu Bao’er said that these are all state-run restaurants run by the organization, and in order to improve everyone’s quality of life, we should compete in a healthy way, with friendship first and competition second.”
"Moreover, Master Di and Master Li have a high level of vision, unlike us little people who only care about immediate gains." Hang Yutong is also the apple of her family's eye, and she's quite good at coaxing people. At least her smile is sweet, her voice is honeyed, and the sincerity in her eyes is genuine!
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