Chapter 98 Bai Lili's Rage (1)
After work, Bai Lili returned to her dormitory and packed up.
She works in the Guest House, which is a service unit, and someone has to take turns on duty on New Year's Eve. Lili is the only dim sum chef in the kitchen, so she usually works the day shift. She will only take turns with other chefs when they need to take a break.
Today, Bai Lili received the rotation list during the Spring Festival, and she sat on her bed in the dormitory to study it.
Xiaohong, a waitress in the same dormitory, asked her, "Lili, which shift are you working during the Spring Festival?"
Bai Lili said happily: "It looks good. I don't have to work on New Year's Eve. I can work early shifts on the first, second and third days of the new year. Then I can work early shifts on the sixth, seventh and eighth days of the new year. I can also take days off on the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth days... It's pretty good!"
Xiao Hong laughed and said, "That's right! Don't you see who arranged the shift for you?"
Bai Lili was stunned and the smile on her face gradually faded.
Who else could have arranged the shift? Yuan Chunmei!
Bai Lili has been working at Song City Guest House for four years. When she first arrived, she was unfamiliar with the place and only knew Dong Mingchun. Yuan Chunmei is Dong Mingchun's best friend and also the deputy director of the office of the Guest House.
Because of Dong Mingchun, Yuan Chunmei took good care of Lili. As time went by, Yuan Chunmei, Dong Mingchun and Lili, who were of similar age, became good friends.
Yuan Chunmei was not in good health. She and her husband Meng Guowei were in love for many years before they got married. She was unable to conceive for several years after marriage. Later, when she went to the hospital for a check-up, she found out that she was seriously ill and was not suitable for having children.
Almost everyone advised her not to have children...
But Yuan Chunmei feels that a woman who has not given birth to a child is incomplete. And she loves her husband Meng Guowei very much and hopes to have his child. At the same time, she also hoped that if one day she left this world, Meng Guowei would see the child as if he saw her.
Yuan Chunmei risked her life to give birth to her son Meng Junjun.
When Bai Lili came to work at the Guest House, Yuan Chunmei's health was already very poor. Bai Lili and Yuan Chunmei are good friends. Knowing that Yuan Chunmei is in poor health, she often prepares some medicinal foods, such as stewed lean meat with astragalus and longan, stewed chicken with polygonatum and red dates, stewed mutton with angelica and codonopsis, stewed pig lungs with gastrodia and wolfberry, etc., and lets Yuan Chunmei try them under the pretext of tasting.
The doctor initially predicted that Yuan Chunmei would not live more than three years after giving birth.
When Yuan Chunmei's son Meng Junjun was three years old, Bai Lili came.
Yuan Chunmei relied on the medicinal food that Lili cooked for her, and on the comfort and help from Lili and Dong Mingchun... and finally survived a few more years.
After all, Yuan Chunmei is also a cancer patient.
No matter how hard she tried to smile and pretend to be strong, she couldn't hide the fact that her body was being eroded by the disease. Her complexion was getting worse and worse, and her vitality was fading away bit by bit...
Originally, Lili had always felt sad about Yuan Chunmei's illness.
until--
During this period of time, Bai Lili keenly sensed that something was wrong.
That was Yuan Chunmei's calculating look.
Also, Yuan Chunmei’s weird behavior… made Bai Lili feel uneasy, but she couldn’t say it out loud.
Xiao Hong asked Bai Lili, "Hey, aren't you going to bring soup to Yuan Chunmei today?"
"Yes!" said Bai Lili.
So she took the medicinal food and left.
However, standing at the door of Yuan Chunmei's office, Bai Lili vaguely heard Yuan Chunmei and Dong Mingchun talking in the room.
Dong Mingchun is quite excited?
Bai Lili listened attentively.
Dong Mingchun said excitedly, "Chunmei! How can you think like this? I don't allow you to do this. How can you...how can you hurt Lili?"
This sentence successfully prevented Bai Lili from pushing the door open.
Then Bai Lili heard Yuan Chunmei's weak voice, "I, I have no choice! Mingchun, I'm going to die soon... I'm worried about Junjun! Junjun is still so young... Besides, the conditions of the Meng family are not bad, Guoqiang is already a section-level cadre, and my family will treat Lili well in the future for Junjun's sake..."
Hearing this, Bai Lili opened her eyes wide.
--What's the meaning? Why should the Yuan family treat Bai Lili well for Junjun's sake?
Dong Mingchun suppressed his anger and asked, "Have you asked Lili for her opinion?"
Lili outside the door was even more confused.
——What’s your opinion?
I only heard Yuan Chunmei say, "I'm doing this for Lili's own good! She's already 25 years old... Others her age would have already been married and had two or three children! But she doesn't even have a partner, so who in the workplace wouldn't point fingers at her?"
Bai Lili's heart instantly sank to the bottom of the valley.
She knew that people talked about her behind her back, but she didn't care.
——She would never marry just for the sake of marriage.
She is not against getting married, but she has not met the right person yet, so she is unwilling to compromise easily.
But she never knew that Yuan Chunmei actually thought of her in the same way.
All I heard was Dong Mingchun saying, "That was in the past! In the past! Now Lili's parents, brother and sister-in-law have all been transferred to the municipal party committee! Her father's position is no worse than Meng Guoqiang's father! Whether Lili gets married or not, even her parents and family members are not in a hurry, let alone us, who are outsiders, why should we worry about it?"
Yuan Chunmei was silent for a while, then said softly, "Lili needs to start a family, she will get married eventually. Guoqiang needs a beautiful and considerate wife to take care of household chores for him... Junjun also needs a kind and gentle mother to take good care of him... Mingchun, don't you think this is the best of both worlds?"
Bai Lili, who was standing outside the door, felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave!
Dong Mingchun was so angry that he gasped, "I, I really want to slap you to wake you up, Yuan Chunmei!"
Yuan Chunmei burst into tears suddenly. "I, I am doing this for all of them, am I not? After I die, Lili will marry Guoqiang, and they will live in harmony and treat Junjun well... I, I may bless them! I, I also hope for the best for them... woooooo!"
Bai Lili couldn't listen any more.
She left Yuan Chunmei's office in a daze, carrying the thermos lunch box containing medicinal soup.
Sitting beside the artificial lake in the guesthouse, Bai Lili was so angry that she wanted to pour the medicinal soup into the green belt next to it... But then she thought, why bother? She had spent so much time stewing this soup, and if she poured it into the green belt, it might even harm the flowers and plants.
Bai Lili drank the medicinal soup in one gulp in anger.
At this moment, she suddenly figured out the strange things that had happened to Yuan Chunmei, Meng Guoqiang and Meng Junjun, a family of three, in recent times.
——Yuan Chunmei liked to talk more and more about the Yuan family and the Meng family in front of her, and especially liked to mention Meng Guoqiang and Junjun’s preferences, personalities and so on.
However, Bai Lili thought that Yuan Chunmei knew that she would not live long and she missed her husband and son.
——Meng Guoqiang often came to see Yuan Chunmei, and always went to see Bai Taotao intentionally or unintentionally. The look he gave Bai Lili became more and more strange. And he always spoke in a tone that... Lili really disliked. That feeling, that even though the two of them were not familiar with each other, Meng Guoqiang ordered her around as if she were his mother, as familiar and natural as that?
Meng Guoqiang is not Lili's friend, so Lili particularly dislikes this man. However, out of consideration for Yuan Chunmei's feelings, she did not tell Yuan Chunmei.
——Meng Junjun, who is seven years old this year, is a naughty child. Meng Junjun used to be quite naughty, but with Yuan Chunmei's discipline, he is now an obedient child. Now what? Meng Junjun became more and more rude to Bai Lili, ordering her around!
Bai Lili hates Meng Junjun very much.
Before this day, Bai Lili cherished her friendship with Yuan Chunmei, so she had always tolerated Meng Guoqiang and Meng Junjun...
But now, let alone Meng Guoqiang and Meng Junjun, she doesn't even want to care about Yuan Chunmei anymore.
——So what if you’re not married? It's wrong to be gentle, are you born to take over?
The break is over.
Bai Lili returned to the kitchen of the Guest House.
Sure enough, Yuan Chunmei's son Meng Junjun was already waiting in the kitchen.
"Hey! Bai Lili, where have you been? I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Meng Junjun muttered, "... Make me another serving of that multi-flavored peanuts, and make a little more this time, don't be so stingy..."
Bai Lili ignored Meng Junjun and told Uncle Jiang, the handyman, "Uncle Jiang, take this kid to Section Chief Yuan's office! The kitchen is a restricted area, no one is allowed in!"
She walked into the kitchen without looking back.
Meng Junjun was stunned.
After a while, the naughty child yelled arrogantly, "Bai Lili! How dare you do this to me when my mother is still alive?"
Bai Lili originally hated Meng Junjun, but she only tolerated him in the past because he was her best friend's son.
Do I still need to endure now?
Bai Lili yelled back angrily, "Believe it or not... even if your mother is not dead, if you dare to appear in front of me and cause trouble from now on, I will kill you alive?!"
Meng Junjun was stunned. Uncle Jiang, the handyman, and several employees standing at the door were all stunned when they saw Bai Lili was so angry and fierce.
Bai Lili is young, beautiful, gentle and amiable. Normally everyone treats her as a junior, but she is actually a chef and a head chef.
She said calmly, "Uncle Jiang, the New Year is coming soon, and our kitchen staff are getting more and more lax. It's time to tighten discipline! Otherwise... The Guest House is where the government receives distinguished guests, and the hygiene of the kitchen is the most important! If I see strangers coming in and out casually again, don't blame me for recording your demerits and punishing you!"
As she said that, Bai Lili walked into the kitchen angrily.
Uncle Jiang quickly grabbed Meng Junjun, held him by the collar and hurried to Yuan Chunmei's office.
At this moment, Dong Mingchun had already left Yuan Chunmei's office.
Her husband Meng Guoqiang came with their son Meng Junjun. At this moment, Meng Junjun went to the kitchen to find Bai Lili, while he was in her office, and the couple talked to each other from the heart.
Yuan Chunmei sobbed twice, "Guoqiang, I hope you can treat Bai Lili well in the future. I hope she can replace me... and live happily with you..."
Meng Guoqiang frowned, "Why do you always say this?"
"Guoqiang, answer me, are you... willing to marry her?" Yuan Chunmei looked at him dimly with her pale face.
Meng Guoqiang said distractedly: "I don't know, no! Aren't you fine? Why are you saying those meaningless words!"
Yuan Chunmei, "What if I can't survive tomorrow winter? Guoqiang, don't you understand my heart? I, I am worried about you and Junjun!"
Meng Guoqiang looked at his wife with emotion.
"I only want you," Meng Guoqiang whispered, "Take good care of yourself. There is nothing you can't overcome. Didn't the doctor say that you are already a miracle of life, and you will get better and better in the future..."
At this point, Meng Guoqiang suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, did you drink the medicinal soup today?"
Yuan Chunmei was startled, "No."
Yeah, today is so weird!
——Usually, Bai Lili would send her a bowl of medicinal soup every day at noon, and this has been going on for four years. What’s going on today? Why hasn’t Bai Lili come yet?
Meng Guoqiang frowned, "What time is it now? This Bai Lili is too outrageous!"
The couple was talking, and then someone pushed open Yuan Chunmei's office door - it was Lao Jiang, the handyman in the kitchen.
Lao Jiang dragged Meng Junjun, who was crying and kicking, into Yuan Chunmei's office, then immediately slipped out and closed the door behind him.
Meng Junjun cried and shouted, "I want to kill Bai Lili! I want to kill Bai Lili... My mother is not dead yet, and Bai Lili dares to bully me... Damn it, that's just a bitch's son! Shameless bitch..."
The naughty child cursed, cried, and stubbornly tried to open the office door and rush out.
It seemed as if the office door was pulled by someone from the outside and Meng Junjun couldn't open it.
Yuan Chunmei and Meng Guoqiang were stunned by their son's vicious and unbearable shouting.
"Shut up!" Meng Guoqiang shouted angrily.
Meng Junjun shut up reflexively and didn't dare to open the door again. He turned around and looked at his parents with aggrieved and sobbing expression.
The office was silent.
Lao Jiang, who was standing guard outside the door, immediately shouted, "Deputy Section Chief Yuan! Please keep an eye on the children at home. Chef Bai said that the kitchen is a restricted area and no outsiders are allowed in! This is also the rule of our kitchen department. Please understand us. Thank you!"
After saying this, Lao Jiang let go of Yuan Chunmei's office door and left in a hurry.
Yuan Chunmei's mother's eye filter was too heavy, and she automatically ignored the dirty words her son uttered. She only heard the words Bai Lili said about bullying her son, and her heart was broken.
She waved to her son quickly, "Junjun, my dear, come here quickly... Tell me, what happened? How did Bai Lili bully you?"
Meng Junjun rolled her eyes and cried with tears and snot, "I asked her to make me some multi-flavored peanuts, just a little bit, but she didn't agree... Mom, my classmates all bully me! They all say my mom is sickly and can't do anything. Only when I take the multi-flavored peanuts out to play, will they accept me..."
"Mom, can you go talk to Bai Lili and ask her to make me some multi-flavored peanuts?! I don't dare to go find her, I'm scared! She also said that she would kill me after you die... No, she said that even if you are not dead yet, she will beat me to death..."
This is a trick Meng Junjun often uses.
——No matter what excessive or unreasonable demands he has, he can just blame it on his friends. He would then exaggerate the grievances he had suffered and not mention a word about how he bullied others… Most importantly, he had to add one sentence: Others despised him for having a sick mother… Then his mother would definitely agree to all his requests unconditionally!
Sure enough, Yuan Chunmei's face turned pale in an instant.
"I, I'll go find her!" Yuan Chunmei stood up and prepared to find Bai Lili to argue.
Meng Guoqiang frowned, "You are not feeling well, so just take a rest. I'll go find her... and get your medicinal soup by the way." With that, he hurried away.
Yuan Chunmei looked at her husband's background and bit her lip.
She felt like her heart was being eaten by ants, filled with hatred, jealousy and pain!
——She hated her body which was as weak as a piece of rotten cotton. She had a husband and son who loved her, but she couldn't take care of them for the rest of her life!
——What made her most jealous was that Bai Lili was beautiful and gentle. She thought that after her death, her husband would marry Bai Lili and would soon forget about her! Take for example now... He is rushing to find Bai Lili in such a hurry, who knows whether he is going to call her to task or to see her beauty?
——The painful thing is that she chose Bai Lili as the stepwife and stepmother for her husband and son because Bai Lili was a gentle and good-tempered woman. But, how dare Bai Lili treat her son Junjun like this?
Yuan Chunmei couldn't bear it anymore.
She held her son's hand and whispered, "Let's go and take a look!"
At this moment, Bai Lili was busy in the kitchen.
——I don’t know which leader came to the Guest House for dinner today. He ordered medicinal health soup, dim sum, desserts, staple food and steamed food, all of which were prepared by Lili.
Taotao brought a little worker with her, and the two of them were busy as a top.
Prepare the medicinal health-preserving soup with good ingredients and cook it directly in the pressure cooker!
The steamed dish ordered by the guest was a steamed fresh fish, and the worker was responsible for killing the fish and removing the scales...
Bai Lili made the staple food - purple rice and mashed potato crystal buns.
The steamed purple rice is mashed into a paste in advance and seasoned with brown sugar; the golden sweet potatoes are also mashed into a paste and seasoned with milk powder and white sugar. Then roll it into two long noodles, twist it into a twist shape, cut it into small pieces with a knife, and then gently knead it into balls for later use.
The worker had already kneaded the dough with wheat flour and tapioca flour in advance, so the dough would be transparent. Taotao rolled the dough into a thin layer with a rolling pin, then wrapped the prepared purple rice and potato mashed two-color meatballs as stuffing and put them in the steamer.
At this time, the worker had already processed the fish and went on to process the yams.
Lili started to remove the bones from the fish, season it, and steam it separately - fish has a peculiar fishy smell and cannot be used in the same steamer as desserts.
While Lili was busy here, the worker over there quickly peeled and cut the yam into pieces, put it in the pot, and put it into the steaming rack for steaming two-color meatballs to steam together.
Lili is preparing to make the red raisin yam cake.
Busy flying...
Meng Guoqiang walked into the kitchen with a gloomy face, "Bai Lili, come out for a moment."
Bai Lili glanced at Meng Guoqiang, feeling angry and aggrieved. She turned around and shouted, "Uncle Jiang! What are you doing? Didn't I tell you that no outsiders are allowed to enter the kitchen? Get them out now!"
Lao Jiang came over with a smile on his face, "Deputy Director Meng, there's a lot of fumes in the kitchen. I hope you don't get sick from the fumes. How about... taking a break outside?"
Meng Guoqiang stared at Bai Lili.
——Bai Lili was wearing a white coat, a chef's hat, and a mask as required, revealing only a pair of slightly aggrieved and tearful eyes. Her thick and long eyelashes were covered with tears like fairy dew...
It makes people feel pity when they see it.
Meng Guoqiang inexplicably remembered his wife Yuan Chunmei's proposal - if she died of illness, he should marry Bai Lili.
Bai Lili is only 25 years old this year. She has a youthful and healthy figure, a gentle and shy personality, and a first-class appearance. There are many young men in the unit who have a crush on her, but for some reason, she has always been unwilling to date.
Meng Guoqiang's heart was pounding.
only……
"How do you talk to me? I ask you, did you deliver the medicinal soup to Chunmei today? Why not? You must have a reason if you didn't! Also, Junjun likes you and is close to you, what is your attitude? How do you treat a child like this?" Meng Guoqiang began to criticize and educate Bai Lili.
But the tone was quite gentle.
Bai Lili just felt nauseous!
She had never understood why Meng Guoqiang blamed her in such an intimate tone, just like her mother nagging her and her sisters at home.
In fact, she is really not familiar with Meng Guoqiang!
Now I finally understand why.
Bai Lili was so angry that she picked up a kitchen knife and rushed towards Meng Guoqiang...
Meng Guoqiang was shocked!
"You! What are you doing!" He stared at her in panic.
Bai Lili held the kitchen knife and looked at him coldly, but she said loudly to Lao Jiang: "Lao Jiang, don't blame me for being rude! You have neglected your duties repeatedly, so this month's performance bonus will be deducted by five yuan!"
Lao Jiang was shocked. "No! No, no, no, Chef Bai! If you have something to say, please talk it over nicely..."
Then he hugged Meng Guoqiang and dragged him out, "Deputy Director Meng! Chef Bai is really busy right now! Look at how many things are on her desk! If you have anything to say to her... After she gets off work, you two can find a place where no one is around and say whatever you want to say... Isn't that good?"
Meng Guoqiang looked at Bai Lili in shock.
Little did they know that the person who was more surprised than Meng Guoqiang was Yuan Chunmei, who arrived a step late.
Yuan Chunmei didn't know what was going on.
But she clearly heard what Lao Jiang said: "You two find a place where there is no one and say whatever you want to say"...
The string in Yuan Chunmei's head that was stretched tightly suddenly broke with a buzzing sound.
At this time, Meng Guoqiang was pushed by Lao Jiang to the door of the back kitchen, where he met his wife Yuan Chunmei and his son Junjun.
So Yuan Chunmei saw Meng Guoqiang’s red face (because he was angry) again, and her heart skipped a beat again - Meng Guoqiang’s face was so red, was it because he fell in love with Bai Lili?
In fact, Meng Guoqiang was furious.
But he couldn't afford to lose face in front of this person, so he glared at Yuan Chunmei, snorted, and stormed away.
Yuan Chunmei saw this and wondered in confusion - was he so angry because she saw him making a fool of himself in front of Bai Lili? ? ?
Yuan Chunmei was struck by lightning.
Junjun pulled her, "Mom! Mom, look at the white pears..."
He looked as if he was encouraging her to avenge him.
Yuan Chunmei looked at Bai Lili again.
——Bai Lili was seen standing in her work area. She glanced at Yuan Chunmei coldly and then continued to work busily.
I don’t know if it was Yuan Chunmei’s illusion, but the sound of the pears being chopped on the chopping board seemed to be quick and loud, with a bit of gnashing of teeth, as if it was directed at her, Yuan Chunmei?
Yuan Chunmei couldn't help but become suspicious again: Why is Bai Lili so angry? Could it be that she has also fallen in love with Meng Guoqiang, and her current disgusted attitude is because Yuan Chunmei is not dead yet?
It was snowing heavily, and Yuan Chunmei felt as if a basin of ice water was slowly poured down on her head, making her shiver all over with cold.
Junjun couldn't bear it anymore.
He thought to himself, since his mother refused to come forward, he would do it himself and teach that bitch Bai Lili a lesson! Grandma is right. Bai Lili must be subdued before she comes into the family. Otherwise, after she gets married, she might charm his father one day. If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather!
Besides, he still has his biological mother, so no matter what he does, she will always cover for him.
So Junjun pushed Yuan Chunmei's hand away and rushed towards Bai Lili!
This time Chiang Kai-shek has kept a close eye on Junjun!
He hugged Junjun tightly and refused to let go.
Junjun was furious, and cursed, "You old man who eats paper money, if you get hit by a car tomorrow, your whole family will be wiped out"...
Lao Jiang was also angry, "How can you be so foul-mouthed at such a young age?"
Junjun couldn't break free, so he bit Chiang's wrist hard.
Lao Jiang felt the pain, screamed "Ah", and let go.
Junjun ran towards Bai Lili.
Lao Jiang took two deep breaths and raised his wrist, which was bitten and bleeding, in front of Yuan Chunmei, "Deputy Section Chief Yuan, look..."
Yuan Chunmei glanced at him calmly and said, "Old Jiang, you are old, why do you have to pick on a child?"
Lao Jiang was stunned.
At this time, Junjun had already run to Bai Lili and spat at her, "You shameless vixen! Who do you think you are? You are just a slut! An ugly bastard that no one wants..."
Bai Lili was furious!
Yuan Chunmei, however, felt a sense of satisfaction as if she had achieved great revenge, and couldn't help but look at Bai Lili with a gloating look.
Bai Lili picked up the kitchen knife without hesitation and chopped at Junjun!
Junjun was so frightened that he screamed, "Ahhhhhh my God!"
Yuan Chunmei was also frightened, "Junjun, my darling..."
Bai Lili chopped the air with her knife.
But the back of her knife was less than five centimeters away from Junjun's face.
Junjun felt the strong wind brought by the heavy kitchen knife, which made his whole body cool; the biting coldness from the iron kitchen knife... scared him to death!
His eyes were wide open, his legs were shaking, and layers of cold sweat were popping up on his forehead like mushrooms after rain, slowly wetting his penis.
Bai Lili never does evil to others.
But today, she was really pissed off and disgusted!
Bai Lili glanced at Junjun and shouted, "Old Jiang, why did you let someone in again? Don't you want the performance bonus for next month?"
——It’s not that she didn’t see what happened just now, but she still had to put on the necessary pretense.
Lao Jiang shouted anxiously, "Chef Bai! I tried to stop him, but failed! Look at my hand... that bad boy bit it like this! Ahhhh it hurts so much! It's bleeding!"
Lili took a look from a distance and indeed saw that Lao Jiang's wrist was indeed a bloody mess, so she instructed Lao Jiang, "Lao Jiang, go to the police station to report the case, then go to the hospital to bandage it and get a certificate! Come back and give me the report receipt and hospital certificate to sign, and then go to the logistics department to apply for leave and reimbursement of medical expenses! Go now..."
Lao Jiang responded and left.
Yuan Chunmei finally came to her senses and screamed, "Bai Lili, how dare you do this to my child?"
Bai Lili said coldly: "Is this mad dog your son?"
Yuan Chunmei was stunned.
She came back to her senses and took a deep breath. "Oh my God, Lili...what's wrong with you? I'm Chunmei, your best friend! You actually said my son is a mad dog? Bai Lili, I, I'm seriously ill and will soon die. I'm worried about Junjun. He is my only child and the inheritance of my bloodline...Bai Lili, didn't I entrust him to you a long time ago? Is this how you treat him?"
When talking about this, Bai Lili's heart was filled with hatred.
However, the worker next to her reminded her, "Lili, let's ignore her... Hurry up and serve the dishes, the steamed fish is almost cooked."
Bai Lili took a deep breath, forced herself to suppress the hatred in her heart, turned around and continued to work.
The steamed fish is cooked to perfect temperature, the two-color crystal balls are also steamed, and the medicinal soup in the pressure cooker is also ready... The worker serves them in a delicate porcelain bowl and waits for Li Li to season them.
Only the red raisin yam cake was not quite cooked enough.
Lili prepared the flavor of the medicinal soup and asked the waiter to bring it to the serving table.
Next, she will prepare the red bean paste dessert.
Red bean paste may seem ordinary, but it actually involves a lot of steps. The red bean paste had been cooked in a pressure cooker early in the morning. From the surface, the grains were distinct, but in fact it had been stewed into a powder and melted in the mouth.
Lili needs to heat the red bean paste first, take out half of it and mash it into a paste, then add the red bean water...
This ensures that every bowl of red bean soup contains both the soft and silky bean paste and the distinct and chewy red beans that actually melt in your mouth.
The most important step is to put a piece of milk jelly on the red bean paste in the bowl.
Lili makes the milk jelly herself - she boils milk powder, starch, sugar and water for a while, then pours it into a mold and lets it cool.
When serving the red bean paste, put a piece of jelly on the surface of the boiling red bean paste. When it is served to the customers, the jelly will have melted. The red red bean paste and the milky white jelly are both beautiful and flavorful.
Lili asked the waiter to bring the red bean paste to the serving counter and wait for the waiter to come and take it.
She opened the steamer and took out the last dish of red raisin and yam cake.
Seeing that Bai Lili kept ignoring her, Yuan Chunmei became so angry that she lost her mind. In addition, she walked over to her son and found that he was so frightened that his eyes were wide open and his whole body was shaking. He even seemed to have peed himself...
Yuan Chunmei was furious, "Bai Lili! Are you still a human being? You scared my child like this! Junjun is my life! I risked my life to give birth to this child! If he was scared by you, I want you to pay with your life!"
Lili happened to be holding a plate of red raisin and yam mash cake.
Just then, Yuan Chunmei raised her hand and slapped Bai Lili...
Bai Lili took two steps back and didn't avoid it.
Yuan Chunmei didn't hit Bai Lili, but she slapped the iron plate in Bai Lili's hand and knocked it away.
With a loud bang!
The red raisin and yam paste cake, which was white with a hint of red, fell to the ground.
Bai Lili looked at Yuan Chunmei coldly, bent down, picked up the red raisin yam paste cake that was already stained with mud, put it on a porcelain plate, handed it to the worker, and ordered: "Serve!"
The worker was stunned. "Li Li, how can you share this with your guests?"
Bai Lili smiled.
She walked to the side, took a pen and paper, wrote a few words, and handed it to the worker, "Okay, I have written a note to explain that this plate of yam cake was made like this by Deputy Section Chief Yuan Chunmei. If the VIP wants to eat it, then he can. If he doesn't want to eat it, then ask Deputy Section Chief Yuan. As the leader of the guest house, Deputy Section Chief Yuan can handle these matters...of course."
Yuan Chunmei was stunned.
"Bai Lili, what do you mean!" Yuan Chunmei roared.
Bai Lili urged the waiter, "Hurry up and serve the food."
The worker was forced to put the note next to the dirty yam cake on the plate and hurriedly brought it to the serving table.
Between the kitchen and the front hall, there are several window-like counters, which are the serving counters.
——After the waiter in the front hall takes the order for the VIP, he will pass the menu to this window sill. There was a waitress sitting by the windowsill. She was responsible for sorting out which dish was made by which chef. Then he called the chef's assistant and the waiter to get the menus. The waiter brought over the menu and the chef started cooking. After finishing, the worker will send the prepared dishes to the serving table. The waiter makes a check mark to indicate that the dish has been served.
But the Spring Festival is approaching.
Many employees in the guest house have taken leave, and no one is willing to do the job of food server.
Everyone works on their own initiative.
Usually, when someone in the front hall hands in a menu, a worker will run over to get it, and then loudly tell the chefs what dishes to cook...
So, when Lili's worker just put the plate of dirty cakes at the window, someone in the front hall immediately opened the glass window and took away the yam cake.
Yuan Chunmei screamed in panic, "Don't take it! Don't..."
"Bang!"
There was a lot of noise in the kitchen, and the person who was taking the pastries from the front hall could not hear Yuan Chunmei's screams at all. He not only took the pastries quickly, but also slammed the glass window shut.
Yuan Chunmei widened her eyes in shock and looked at Bai Lili in disbelief.
Bai Lili had finished all the work on hand. She took off her mask, looked at Yuan Chunmei, and said word by word: "I was busy with work just now, so I didn't have time to reason with you. Now I'm done... Come on, let's reason with you one by one!"
Yuan Chunmei pointed at the serving table and said, "Um, um...you gave the dirty cakes to the guests?"
Bai Lili smiled, "You were the one who made it dirty, weren't you?"
Yuan Chunmei was anxious and angry, "What does it have to do with me? It wasn't me who did it!"
"Then why did you come to the kitchen during working hours?" Bai Lili asked, "You are the leader of the guest house, don't you know the rule that 'the kitchen is a restricted area and no outsiders are allowed'? What about Lao Jiang?"
A worker nearby whispered, "Lili, Lao Jiang was bitten by Deputy Section Chief Yuan's son and lost a lot of blood... He has gone to the hospital to bandage his wound."
Bai Lili showed a puzzled expression, "It's working hours now, how could Deputy Section Chief Yuan's son come to our kitchen?"
The worker pointed at Meng Junjun who was standing timidly beside him and said, "Look, Deputy Section Chief Yuan's son is still standing there!"
Bai Lili asked Yuan Chunmei, "So, Deputy Section Chief Yuan, could you please explain? Why did your son appear in the kitchen during working hours? What did you want to do? Poison the food? Or steal? Or do you have some other ulterior motive?"
Yuan Chunmei was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven!
"You made the yam cake, what does this have to do with me! You, you can't bully me and my son just because I'm sick!" Yuan Chunmei sobbed, "Bai Lili, do you still have a conscience? Is this how you treat a terminally ill patient?"
Bai Lili sneered.
"Yes, you are a terminally ill patient, so you can break into the kitchen during working hours and disturb other people's work. After causing losses, you can use your status as a terminally ill patient to shirk responsibility... Deputy Section Chief Yuan, is that right?"
Bai Lili asked.
At this time, she saw Director Lin rushing over.
——Director Lin is a leader of the Municipal Party Committee and is specifically responsible for entertaining guests from above.
But Yuan Chunmei had her back to the kitchen door, so she had no idea that Director Lin had come in.
Yuan Chunmei always appeared frail and sickly, so everyone who knew her situation was extremely tolerant of her. Because she was ill, everyone praised her, protected her, and gave her everything good. Even when she took advantage of them and suffered losses, they would just forget it, as she still had a few years to live!
She was lifted to a height that no one could reach.
Bai Lili was the first person who didn't buy her account.
Yuan Chunmei said angrily: "Bai Lili, tell me yourself, why should I come to you when you are at work?"
Bai Lili calmly replied: "I don't know."
Yuan Chunmei sneered, "You can say it yourself, and you can even beautify yourself...If I say it out loud, it won't sound good."
——The cake has been sent out, it’s a done deal.
We will definitely be held accountable in retrospect.
The only solution now is that she must occupy the moral high ground as soon as possible so that she can win the public opinion.
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