18. Tentacle inquiry
Chen Chen is also a standard netizen, and he likes to mix in major forums, especially in almost all posts about food. Although Chen Chen has never practiced it before, he has a lot of theories about many things, and he has communicated with netizens on these forums.
So, not surprisingly, his photos quickly attracted a bunch of ridicule, because for those netizens who are used to seeing all kinds of exquisite food, the home-cooked dish he fried does not look very comfortable, and it can't make them appetite.
"Wow, little C, what are you doing, are you lonely, you are embarrassed to post your cooking things on the Internet, it simply breaks my perception of shredded potatoes and meat!"
Netizen B quickly praised the comments upstairs, and then immediately grabbed the fourth floor and replied to Chen Chen: "Little C, come, tell Sister SΓΉ, have you been stimulated recently, a few days ago, it suddenly evaporated like the world, and today I finally came to bubble up and post such a heavy photo?" β
"Don't tell me, the picture of the town tower is the legendary shredded potatoes and meat, and from a distance, the color is simply Xiang pulled out after indigestion. Are you sure you're not cooking dark food? β
This sharp comment was immediately liked countless times, and Chen Chen was immediately unconvinced, hmph, you ignorant people, eating something is also an appearance association, if you have tasted the taste of this dish, you will definitely not say this.
"Don't hurt me anymore, hmph, brother, I'm the external chef of the Aisen Hotel now, you don't look down on people."
Chen Chen's various arrogant tones caused even more crazy complaints downstairs.
"You just brag, young man, be honest, don't lie to me if I don't read! My seven-year-old sister fried potatoes look better than the ones in your picture. β
"Don't tease me, the Aisen Hotel will take a fancy to you? Unless their boss is crazy. β
Similar comments kept popping up, and a vote of netizens suspected him of falsifying information, and made Chen Chenxiu want to lie to them. Chen Chen felt that his personality had been insulted, and in a fit of anger, he took a photo of the contract signed between him and Yan Shu and uploaded it to him, with an arrogant face.
Downstairs there is continued boiling.
"Damn, it's true! The president of the Aisen Hotel must be blind! β
"I'm more worried about how long the Aisen Hotel can last, Comrade Xiao Chen, I am from the same city as you, and I must come to you to cheer you if I have the opportunity, so that your hotel can save one more second."
"Hahaha, I know that this Yan Shu is very indifferent. You said that what did he like about you, but he couldn't think of it to such a point. I silently blessed him and his hotel from the bottom of my heart. β
Chen Chen quickly responded: "Eh, brothers and sisters, can you save me some face?" β
Netizen A: "What is face, can you eat it?" β
Female netizen B: "Ah, by the way, the person who was picked up by the extended Bentley of the Aisen Hotel at noon shouldn't be you!" Hahaha, I didn't expect that our little Comrade C also encountered porcelain! β
"How do you know?"
"Please, it's crazy on the Internet, okay, it's good that your avatar is yourself, I recognize you at a glance. I'm going to hurry up and tell my little friend to go. The female netizen expressed her disdain, as a senior networm, she really couldn't stand hearing Chen Chen ask such an idiotic question.
Netizen C: "I'm still curious, how did you become a chef, huh~ Could it be that you used a beautiful man trick to fascinate your president?" Landlord, don't go astray! β
"The comrade upstairs had too much brain, so he quickly took it back. Actually, I'm quite helpless, and people who have eaten my dishes are full of praise, but just looking at the appearance will lose their appetite. β
Chen Chen was also very annoyed, he obviously cooked very delicious, but the color and aroma of a dish were indispensable, how could he improve the premise of color?
Downstairs was quiet for a while, and Chen Chen continued to speak: "Ask the great god to guide the knife work~"
A large wave of netizens is coming.
"Then it's better to go back to the furnace and rebuild, it's convenient and fast!"
Chen Chen felt the deep doubts of netizens, his little heart was hurt, and he silently closed the forum, and there was a feeling that the world was quiet in an instant.
"Whew, sure enough, the audience's voice is just good to listen to, and you will get dizzy if you listen to it too much." Chen Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and browsed the website that introduced the basics of knife work on the Internet, and he was not convinced, so he could only stay at this stage.
Helpless, theory is always theory, Chen Chen watched it for a long time and didn't get any practical gain, so he simply turned off the computer and TV, washed and went to sleep.
In a blink of an eye, the fixed alarm clock of the mobile phone rang, Chen Chen glanced at the slightly glowing sky outside the window, turned off the alarm clock very calmly and easily, and continued to catch up on sleep. He thought that he didn't have to go to the morning shift like he used to work as a small worker, so he went back to sleep with confidence and boldness.
Anyway, Lu Chen said that if you want the fetus to have a healthy body, you need enough nutrition and sleep. This sentence is so reasonable that it can't be refuted, so let's continue to sleep. β
Turning over, Chen Chen woke up again in a daze, only to see that it was bright outside, and the sun had already climbed the branches.
Oh my God, I just squinted my eyes, why did it take three hours?
Chen Chen sighed with emotion, stretched his head out of the quilt, gradually sobered up, and when he was still struggling with the bed whether to get up and eat something and then go back to sleep, he suddenly remembered that he had promised Yan Shu to help his mother prepare lunch.
Helpless, Chen Chen still lifted the quilt, yawned while washing, and when he finished everything and had breakfast, Chen Chen was still in a semi-ignorant state, sitting on the sofa and wishing that he would take root here, and he didn't want to go anywhere.
"No, no, no, I want to hurry up to see Mr. Yan, it's best to see my aunt, if I don't know what she likes to eat, I feel quite incompetent."
Chen Chen struggled to get himself out of the sofa, sat up with his eyes half-open, and made a phone call to Yan Shu.
"Hey, who's that?"
On the other end of the phone, Yan Shu's cold voice came, like a March breeze, cold and alienated, so that Chen Chen almost didn't realize the purpose of calling him.
After being stunned for about three seconds, Chen Chen hugged his mobile phone and said quickly: "Mr. Yan, that, I'm Chen Chen, are you free now?" β
"Oh, it's you. Something? Yan Shu was as concise as ever.
coughed lightly: "I promised Mr. Yan to cook for my aunt before, but I don't know what my aunt likes to eat, and what are the taboos, I want to confirm it first, so as not to make the food that my aunt can't eat." β
Calling his boss's mother "aunt" is also a stressful thing, Chen Chen always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find a better name to replace it, so he had to scream hard.
Yan Shu naturally didn't mind these little things, so he naturally took his words and replied: "You can just look at it, my mother basically doesn't pick the type of food." β
Feeling that Yan Shu was about to hang up the phone, Chen Chen hurriedly asked, "Wait a minute, I want to say, if you have the chance, can you let me go and see my aunt?" β
"Meet?" Yan Shu was puzzled.
"There are some things I want to ask my aunt face-to-face, and if I knew where my aunt was, I could send her food directly in the future, and I wouldn't have to trouble Mr. Yan every day."
Yan Shu was stunned for a moment, and agreed to him after a few seconds of silence: "Well, you're right, I still have a meeting to hold today, and I don't have time to take you there in person, where are you now?" β
"I'm at home, uh, near where I was touched yesterday." I didn't expect Yan Shu to agree so quickly.
Yan Shu looked at his itinerary and had a headache, why have there been so many things recently?
Rubbing his brows, Yan Shu's voice was still calm: "Okay, you wait in the same place yesterday, I asked Driver Hu to pick you up, he knows the ward where my mother lives." It just so happens that I don't have time to see her today, so you can go and chat with her. β
"Hey, don't ...... Don't call Driver Hu to do it, that kind of car appears in my community is simply hateful, I don't want to be talked about behind the back of my neighbors at that time. β
Chen Chen's words made Yan Shu laugh: "Driver Hu is the only person who knows my mother's specific ward, so it's more reassuring for me to let him take you there." I know what you're trying to say, let him drive his own car this time, without a Bentley, okay? β
"Okay, then I'll go to the intersection and wait for him. Don't disturb Mr. Yan's work, you're busy. β
Without waiting for Yan Shu to answer, Chen Chen hung up the phone, sorted out his appearance as quickly as possible, and then went to change his shoes.
On the other side, Yan Shu glanced at his mobile phone with black lines on his head, and sighed: What a daredevil, alas, I don't bother to bother with a child.
After rectifying and perfecting, when he came to the intersection, Chen Chen found that a new flower shop had opened at the entrance of his community, and he was carrying out opening promotions, and the whole audience was 20% off.
Touching the two 100 yuan in his pocket, Chen Chen thought: To buy or not to buy? This is the money I just withdrew, am I going to run out today?
Another voice immediately retorted, why don't you buy it, you have a high salary now, and you are reluctant to use the money, are you stupid! Also, the mother who is also the top boss, you still have to bring something with you to see her, buying a bouquet of flowers is much cheaper than buying those nutritional products.
Under the entanglement, Chen Chen made up his mind that if within a minute, Driver Hu appeared in sight in the car, he would get in the car and leave without buying flowers, and he would not be ashamed of anything. If it doesn't show up, go and wrap a bouquet of beautiful flowers to give away, and talk about your heart.
Counting the time and waiting, but did not see the shadow of the car that might be the driver of Hu appeared, and after holding on for another minute, Chen Chen accepted his fate and ran to the door of the flower shop to see the approximate price of the bouquet, because the new store opened, the boss packed a lot of ready-made flowers, and he could pay directly and take them away.
Choosing a strange combination of carnations and pink roses, Chen Chen took it away satisfied.
Coincidentally, when Chen Chen walked out with a bouquet of flowers, he happened to see Driver Hu standing at the intersection waiting, and he trotted up quickly.
"I'm sorry, I just saw that you didn't come, so I went to buy a bouquet of flowers, and I went to see my aunt for the first time, so I'm embarrassed." Chen Chen stepped into the car door and said to the driver Hu next to him.
Hearing his words, Driver Hu smiled and said, "Actually, you don't have to buy these fancy things, the old lady is a very simple and honest person, I don't care about these false courtesies, don't be nervous." β
Driver Hu has been by Yan Shu's side for many years, and occasionally takes care of Mrs. Qin Huizhen for Yan Shu, and knows her temper very well, seeing that Chen Chen is a little nervous, he can't help but comfort and comfort.
"Really? Can I know the old lady's name, it's better to call her aunt when the time comes, and it's better to bring her surname. β
always felt that it was strange to be called "old lady", Chen Chen remembered Lu Chen and the various tones of the aliens calling him "Mrs." every minute, and the painting style was instantly wrong.
Driver Hu didn't know his careful thoughts, and after smiling heartily, he introduced him: "The old lady's girlfriend's name is Qin Huizhen, you are still a child, it is just right to call her Aunt Qin." She has been bedridden all these years, very lonely, and she must be very happy that someone can go to see her. β
"Oh, that's it, I talk a lot, will it disturb her?"
"It's okay, she, she likes to watch her juniors make trouble around her, but it's a pity that Mr. Yan has been precocious since she was a child, and she is even more silent after she is sick. Speaking of which, as her condition continued to worsen, I hadn't seen the old lady smile in a few days. β
Driver Hu usually picks up and drops off particularly important guests in the hotel, and there is no chance to speak, but today I met Chen Chen's little chatter, and I found a place to vent, and the two of them chatted along the way, and the atmosphere in the car was lively.
Finally arrived at the hospital, Driver Hu took Chen Chen to Qin Huizhen's bed, Qin Huizhen saw that Driver Hu brought a stranger in, so he asked: "Why do you have time to come over today, who is this child, he looks so beautiful." β
"Old lady, this is the chef Chen Chen that Mr. Yan specially found for you, in order to take better care of you, Xiao Chen said to come and see you today."
As soon as Driver Hu finished speaking, Chen Chen hurriedly bent down to greet Qin Huizhen: "Hello Aunt Qin, I am also an employee of Aisen, you can just call me Xiao Chen." β
Qin Huizhen had a good first impression of Chen Chen, and greeted him with difficulty: "Xiao Chen, come here." β
Seeing that the two of them were quite compatible, Driver Hu casually said a few words of greeting, and then withdrew from the ward, leaving Chen Chen and Qin Huizhen chatting in the ward.
Chen Chen put the flowers he brought, and the monotonous ward immediately added a touch of warmth.
"It's good for you to come, what kind of flowers do you bring, seeing that you are so young, the treatment must not be very high, what are you doing with this money?" Qin Huizhen complained, but Chen Chen could see that she was still happy, and her eyes kept wandering on the flowers.
I think Yan is definitely not short of money or filial piety, but he is strict and rigid, and I am afraid that such heart-warming details will not be thought of in ordinary times, Chen Chen now feels that this flower is worth buying.
"No, Mr. Yan values me very much, and the salary he gives me is also very high, so don't worry about it."
Qin Huizhen nodded: "How old are you this year?" When you first entered the house, I thought you were a college student who hadn't graduated, but I didn't expect you to be a chef at Xiaoshu's hotel. To be able to be a chef in Aisen, I think the cooking skills must be very exquisite, not bad. β
"Auntie, you have won the award, I have just been promoted to chef, and I have been doing chores before."
Chen Chen fit Qin Huizhen's eyes very well, and when she talked to Chen Chen, the smile on her face became more and more obvious.
After staying in the ward for a long time, there was no other person in the same ward, she was bored, and she didn't want to show Yan Shu to know, for fear that he would worry more about herself, Qin Huizhen was especially happy to see Chen Chen this time.
"I have a face and height, and I am considered a high school student everywhere I go, which is so hurtful to my self-esteem. However, it is not without advantages, get a student card, and you can get a discount wherever you go. β
Qin Huizhen was amused by the young man's self-deprecation, her family Yan Shu would not say such things to please her.
Chen Chen looked at Qin Huizhen, who was smiling, and gave her a definition in his heart - the amiable and mother-like boss mother is a good person.
Qin Huizhen was half-lying, and chatted with Chen Chen about some family life, the two of them were not at all like the first time they met, but like two old friends who had been friends for many years.
"Xiao Chen, please pour me a glass of water, alas, I'm just thirsty easily, I can't help but want to drink water, get up by yourself, it's very troublesome, fortunately you are here today." I'm too lazy to bother Miss Nurse. Qin Huizhen said kindly.
Chen Chen saw two thermos flasks on the small desk not far from the hospital bed, and poured a cup for Qin Huizhen in the past, it was still a little hot, so he blew two more mouthfuls.
These actions were all seen in Qin Huizhen's eyes, and her impression of Chen Chen added another "careful young man".
"Aunt Qin, slow down, this water is still a little hot."
Qin Huizhen nodded: "I know, you don't have to worry." β
As he spoke, Qin Huizhen reached out and wanted to take the cup in his hand, the fingertips of the two touched each other, and at that moment, time seemed to stop beside Chen Chen.
Chen Chen had a hallucination in front of his eyes, he saw the ingredients and medicinal herbs flying all over the sky, some he knew, some he had never seen, little by little more and more clearly, and then the light fragrance of them mixed together bloomed on the tip of his tongue, and a new world opened.