"Taste of the Silk"

Candle Sky / Text

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The ancient city of Nanxiang is a typical subtropical monsoon climate, with abundant rainfall, and each has its own characteristics at all times, all suitable for tourism.

There is a Shou Dai tower in the city, pure wooden structure, no nails and no rivets, it exists in the vast smoke and rain for a long time, and it does not move. The Wansinian Hotel in Nanxiang is based on the historic Shou Yi Pagoda, which is located majestically in the commercial center of Baoyang District, and is a major landmark of the city.

Ningxia had the scorching sun on his head, and took the noon bus to rush to the cake shop on the first floor of Vance to work, oh no, to be precise, to do chores.

After a busy afternoon, she sorted out dinner in the staff cafeteria, and she was sent to the oven again.

After several nights of revising her thesis, she began to feel sleepy after eating and drinking, and before she knew it, she fell asleep on her side.

The oven "ding", she woke up from the chaos in a daze, patted her face, put on insulated gloves, and pulled the baking tray out of the oven.

The freshly baked honey bean cake was full of sweetness, but the aroma did not stimulate her tired nerves at all, and she still felt sleepy, so sleepy that her eyelids could barely open a slit.

The mold containing the cake was naturally warmed on the baking sheet, and she waited, her eyes closed again, unconscious and drowsy again.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard a harsh roar.

"Ningxia!"

She gasped violently. Opened his eyes and looked up, slightly embarrassed to look at the person who came, "Master Jin." ”

The pastry room is independent of the various kitchens and is used as a pastry for the entire hotel.

The head chef of the pastry room is surnamed Jin, in his early forties, not tall, not short, not fat or thin. At the moment, he was not wearing a chef's hat, and his short flat head was almost empty and angry in the bright light, "I told you to stare at the oven, not to give you a chance to sleep lazily!" ”

Ningxia pulled the corners of her mouth, "I'm sorry, I'm too sleepy." ”

"Don't take it as an example." Jin Zhiliang glanced at the cake on the grill, and his tone was stiff.

Ningxia bowed his head and was silent, and his low eyebrows were very well-behaved.

After a few more reprimands, Jin Zhiliang took a breath, and couldn't squeeze out fresh lines for a while, so he simply sent her to manually separate the egg whites. He had been in the bakery for less than half a circle when someone called him away.

Ningxia lightly knocked the egg, split the eggshell in two, and carefully poured the yolk left and right while yawning. The clear egg liquid flowed out of the slit, dripping into the transparent bowl one by one, and the arm became sour and numb little by little.

"Hey!"

The arm was touched by an external force, and the yolk shook mischievously in the eggshell, almost slipping out of the gap.

Ningxia stabilized his wrist and glared at the visitor gently, "Shhh, don't make noise, I'm busy." ”

"Busy? You just pull it down. The other party's name is Xu Siqi, an apprentice in the cake shop, who only came half a year earlier than Ningxia.

Xu Siqi stood beside her with his shoulders crossed, pouted and said: "Who doesn't know that Brother Liang is deliberately making things difficult for you, the ready-made separator in the cake room is not used, and he has been making pastries for 20 years, can you not know that the traditional method is the most unhygienic and torturous?" ”

What's more, they often punish you for beating a thousand eggs in a row! Xu Siqi unconsciously showed sympathy.

Someone looked over through the smooth stainless steel workbench, "Yo, Xiao Qi, I'm sorry for Xiao Xia." ”

"It's about things, not about fighting grievances."

After speaking, Xu Siqi looked at Ningxia again, her face was disjointed, if it weren't for the constant movement of her hands, he would have suspected that she was asleep.

He slapped his head at her, "Hey, you have been here for half a month, and you have either divided the eggs or foamed every day, Brother Liang can't target you for no reason, and the two of you have a private enmity?" ”

Ningxia broke an egg with a blank face, and continued to fold the yolk back and forth between the two eggshells with an expressionless face.

Xu Siqi plucked his voice, "Hey! ”

“…… Yes? Ningxia's hand shook, and the egg yolk jumped perfectly from the slit and jumped into the bowl with a pop.

Both of them were stunned for a second, Ningxia looked at the golden color in the thick egg white, and was a little complaining, "Xu Siqi, are you the monkey invited by Teabi?" ”

Xu Siqi didn't think it was a big deal, "You just scoop it out." So saying, he found a porcelain spoon and gave it to her.

Ningxia took it silently, and listened to him whisper in his ear: "Hey, you won't fall asleep just now, right?" ”

The unfamiliar breath brushed his cheeks, and Ning Xia subconsciously moved to the side, pinched the porcelain spoon and quickly took out the egg yolk, and said a small "um" in his mouth.

"Yes, you're awesome! I've seen people sleeping standing up, but this is the first time I've seen anyone who can sleep standing up. ”

"You've won a prize." Ningxia returned the porcelain spoon to him, took another egg, and smiled slightly.

Xu Siqi was stunned, looking at her like a monster, "You didn't hear me laughing at you?" ”

"Oh." Ningxia yawned again.

"......" Xu Siqi felt frustrated for the first time in his life.

Jin Zhiliang went and returned, and threw a set of food delivery clothes to Ningxia, "Here, take it and change it." ”

Ningxia blinked his eyelashes, didn't say anything, neatly washed his hands, and went to the staff changing room with his clothes.

Everyone else in the cake room was wide-eyed, so as soon as the person left, Xu Siqi asked bluntly: "Brother Liang, you transferred her away?" ”

Jin Zhiliang said: "What's your business, go and work." His eyes were crossed, and the two rows of people who were peeking at the movement here immediately lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads to do things.

Xu Siqi thought to himself, Ningxia really offended Brother Liang.

Xu Siqi was busy whipping whipped cream, tilted his head, and saw that Ningxia had come back after changing his clothes.

A black dark stripe suit with a lace white apron around the waist and crimson pleated waves on the chest from the right shoulder to the left waist. The girl was originally wearing natural nude makeup, but now she has a ponytail tied up at the back of her head into a simple bun, which reduces her studentish spirit. Even if she is wearing an ordinary food delivery uniform, she can't ignore her quiet and elegant temperament.

Very special girl, pretty is beautiful, but a little silly. Laugh and laugh, and know how to laugh all day long. Xu Siqi sighed in his heart, he was transferred to do catering service, and he could still laugh.

It was impossible for him to hear Ningxia in his belly, and the corners of her mouth were indeed slightly upturned, but she was just laughing, and the clothes that someone found for her were a little longer except for the trouser legs, which generally fit well.

Jin Zhiliang led her to the food delivery truck full of desserts, replaced one of the food deliverers, pointed to the other and said, "You follow him." Then he told the food server, "Take care of her, don't let her make trouble." ”

Not only the two food deliverers, but everyone in the cake room secretly looked back and forth on her and Jin Zhiliang's faces without knowing what was going on.

Ningxia could guess what they were thinking.

These two cars of pastries are to be sent to the Yunxiao Hall on the sixth floor, not to mention that the Yunxiao Hall is one of the luxurious banquet halls of Vancenian, even if it is a variety of specialty restaurants in the hotel, the waiters who have not undergone professional training are not allowed to work. Jin Zhiliang is just the head chef of a small pastry restaurant, and she is just a regular employee who has just arrived, where did Jin Zhiliang come from to dare to transfer her to Yunxiao Hall to deliver food without permission?

Ningxia hooked the corners of his lips, and let them look at it casually. In fact, she didn't know what she was going to do, and the only thing she was sure of was that even if it wasn't a Hongmen banquet, it would never be a good thing.

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Take the dedicated elevator from the Food & Beverage Department to the 6th floor.

A charity dinner is being held in the Yunxiao Hall, and the people who come to attend the dinner are all wealthy businessmen and celebrities in Nanxiang City. The invited guests wandered around with wine glasses in hand, and everyone had an impeccable smile on their faces.

Ningxia pushed the food delivery cart along the delivery aisle and followed behind the food delivery man, obeyed his command, turned a corner, and headed for the buffet where the desserts were placed.

After the delivery car stopped at the dessert counter, the two waiters who answered them immediately quickly added desserts to the counter, and as soon as she bent down to help, someone came from elsewhere and stood in front of the dessert counter.

Perhaps the enemy also has a kind of telepathy among them, and when she appears within a hundred miles of you, your radar tentacles can immediately sense vigilance.

Before the visitor could speak, Ningxia, who had been bowing his head slightly, had already raised his eyes.

A green vest dress, a string of pearls and bright diamond necklaces around her neck, a high ponytail brazenly erected behind her head, a smooth forehead, no broken hair, from head to toe, all of them are in a state of beauty. But the confident look of the beauty revealed her arrogance as always.

"I have a good eye, this body really suits you." Lu Xiao hugged his shoulders and raised his thin eyebrows arrogantly.

Ningxia was not angry at all, the corners of his mouth curved, and he said a little narcissistically: "It's okay, thanks to the fact that I was born to be a hanger." ”

"Huh." Lu Xiao snorted coldly.

The nearest waiter and waiter buried their heads in curiosity, and after a while, the dessert table was filled with three people.

The dessert table is very well designed, they draw a scoop according to the original pattern, and the exquisite desserts decorate the view, and even the air seems to diffuse a circle of sweetness.

Ningxia was about to push the empty food cart and the interpreter back, when Lu Xiao stopped her and motioned to the tiramisu who was close to the edge of the table with her eyes, "Bring me one." The tone was arrogant and commanding.

The waitress next to her quickly went to fetch the plate and fork and spoon, Lu Xiao stopped it, her eyes were on Ningxia, "What do you move, let her come." ”

The waiter had no choice but to apologize.

Ningxia watched in silence, without any expression.

The director in charge of the Yunxiao Hall saw the situation from a distance, and walked over from the side door, "Vice President Lu, what happened?" ”

Lu Xiao stared at Ningxia, "It's none of your business here, what should you do." ”

"But ......"

"But what is it?"

The supervisor was stunned, glanced at Ningxia, who was standing idly opposite him with his hand behind the food delivery cart, waved his left hand, and instructed the other three people who were under low air pressure to leave with him.

Italian white and gold mosaic glass tiles are laid around the dome, adding an even luster to the entire ballroom, even when night has fallen.

As they spoke, Ningxia first looked up at the handmade zuò sterling silver chandelier, which was gorgeous and eye-catching, delicate and beautiful. The jaw was slightly lowered, the line of sight was deviated, and the figures gathered in twos and threes flickered past the eyes, and a moment of haze appeared in front of them.

She blinked, and was about to withdraw her gaze, but her expression was suddenly stunned.

It's her!

Miss Lu's friend occasionally goes to her family's cake shop, which seems to be called ...... Lin Yanxi.

Through the various dining tables and the staggered figures, Lin Yanxi smiled at the middle-aged man opposite her, and her eyes turned slightly and swept to this side.

Ningxia's thoughts returned, and before she could react, she had already looked back.

Then, she saw Lin Yanxi say something to the middle-aged man, and the wine glass was raised in her hand, which was a polite gesture to leave for a while. She turned and walked to the table where the champagne towers were stacked, where stood alone a tall man, coincidentally dressed in a noble and bright champagne suit, crisp and stylish compared to the many traditional dark tones present.

The man's face was hidden in the incandescent light and shadow, and only a vague side face could be seen.

I don't know what Lin Yanxi said to him, he suddenly tilted his head and looked at Lin Yanxi's gaze together......