Chapter 35: An Alternative Life (2)
"It's still early, let's chat!" Jia Ping suddenly asked.
I nodded.
"Actually, I have some doubts in my heart, and I want to consult you!"
"What doubts?"
"Who are you the girl in the floral dress who came with you last night?" Jia Ping asked.
I glanced at her and replied, "It's my colleague!" β
"It's as simple as that?"
"It's that simple!"
"Since you're colleagues, why are you so coincidental that you happen to come together?"
"That's because I live very close to her, door to door, when you come, just shout to each other!" I explained.
"Oh, it makes sense, it's very close!" Jia Ping said, "Then did you buy the flower dress on her body?" β
"What? I bought it? How could I possibly buy a floral dress for my female colleague to wear? Wouldn't this become a scandal when it was spread out? I said in surprise.
"So, you didn't notice her dress?"
"What's wrong with that?" I asked curiously.
"You may not know that your female colleague is definitely a rich woman!"
"Oh? As far as I know, she is not married yet, how did she become a rich woman-level figure? β
"The rich woman is very rich, as the saying goes, the building near the water gets the moon first, since you live close, you have to hurry up and start as soon as possible!"
"What does that mean?" I asked, surprised.
"Although you are also rich, you must know that your female colleague's flower skirt last night was worth millions of yuan!"
"What? Million dollars? You're not mistaken, are you? I was a little surprised.
"Millions? And million-dollar worth of clothes? The taxi driver suddenly interjected, and it seemed that he had been listening to our conversation.
"You don't know, there are only four flower dresses on her body in the world, these four skirts were made by the world's top designers, makers and tailors with special materials, and each skirt is named after the four beauties, and the one your female colleague wore last night is a flower skirt representing Xi Shi!"
"Is there such a thing in the world? Sounds interesting, but how do you know that? I asked curiously.
"When I was in college, there weren't enough dormitories in the school, so I was assigned to a women's dormitory in a foreign department, and it happened that there was a rich lady living in it, and she told me all this, and she said she had one in her hand, and she taught me how to identify these dresses!" Jia Ping explained.
"No matter how good and expensive the clothes are, they will eventually break!" The taxi driver said leisurely.
"You don't know that!" Jia Ping retorted: "I just said that these skirts are made of special materials, and according to my rich roommate, if you accidentally break the skirt, it is said that the skirt has a self-repair function!" β
"Wouldn't it? It sounds so amazing, and if it were, it's worth millions! The driver said with some surprise.
I really didn't expect that a treasure was close in front of me, and I didn't know it, which shows how ignorant I am? I clearly remember that Hong Ye asked me to give her a reference at that time, is it okay for her to wear? I really didn't expect that the princess-like flower dress she was wearing turned out to be a baby, if it wasn't for Jia Ping, I was afraid that I would have no chance with the baby in this life?
But even if it's fate, what can it be?
I felt like my mind was messing up.
I shook my head, hoping to shake off the confusion.
"So you have to take your chance!" Jia Ping looked at me and said.
"I'll invite you to a wedding drink, okay?"
"That's great, if you can invite me, it means that you still have me in your heart!" Jia Ping said with a grin.
It didn't take long to arrive at the place that Jia Ping said, it was a big luxury Western-style restaurant, the decoration was very atmospheric, the walls were decorated with very clear transparent glass all around, and the glass was pasted with these promotional advertising pictures, everything inside could be seen very clearly from the periphery of the restaurant, the dining table and chairs used in the restaurant were made of white marble, which looked very clean and atmospheric, and there were already some people sitting in twos and threes, and more were some small couples sitting face to face.
"Welcome!"
With the end of the welcome speech, Jia Ping and I walked into this luxurious Western-style restaurant, found a position to sit by the glass, first, it is more convenient to chat here, so as not to fall into the noisy crowd, and secondly, it is easier to observe here, you can see the scenery outside and pedestrians passing by through the glass, and you can also see the situation inside the restaurant, which seems to have a wide field of vision!
As soon as she sat down, a waitress in a hemp gray professional suit walked in, holding a thick black booklet in her hand.
"Sir, miss, what do you want?" She was very polite and sensible and put the thick booklet in front of Jia Ping.
Jia Ping couldn't wait to open the booklet, which was a promotional painting introducing the product, a variety of dish names, and decorative patterns, all of which were clearly described!
"Miss, just come on, I'll write it!" The waitress holds a piece of paper and a pen in her hands.
"This, this, and thisβ" Jia Ping said one by one.
The waitress didn't write on the paper, but ticked the box.
I glanced at the paper in her hand, it turned out that all the names of the dishes had been printed on the paper, and as soon as Jia Ping said it, she could tick the corresponding names after them! It's so convenient!
"Alright, that's all!" Jia Ping said with a smile.
After the waitress ticked it off, she smiled and said, "Sir, Miss, please wait!" We've got you covered, right away! β
"The sooner the better!" Jia Ping said: "I can't wait! β
The waitress picked up the thick booklet and paper slip and turned around and left!
"How do you feel here?" Jia Ping looked at me and asked with a smile.
"Looks good!" I nodded.
"How can I afford to eat in such a luxurious place, you say? So as soon as I seize the opportunity, I will blackmail a rich man like you! Jia Ping said with a grin.
I glanced at her and said, "In the future, you will have the opportunity to come here, maybe you will come whenever you want, maybe you will become the boss here!" β
"I'm so excited, I wish I could do this, but I think this kind of road seems too far away!"
"You have to believe in yourself, you have a goal so that you can stick to it and succeed!"
I suddenly found myself doing her mental work.
"Hmmm! If I have you, I must work hard! As a token of my appreciation, I decided to invite you to a place after dinner as well! β
"Where?"
"I'll tell you after dinner!" Jia Ping said mysteriously.
Unexpectedly, the little girl in front of me actually sold me a pass?
Outside the glass, the sky is getting dark, and the neon lights are on!
After a while, the waitress brought what Jia Ping had ordered before.
I looked at it and didn't seem to have seen it, what is this?
I saw that there were many crystal clear items in the shape of ice cubes in the two glasses on the table, the distance from the bottom of the cup to the top was white, and the middle part of the cup was placed with a round black thing, and the upper part of the cup was the color of watermelon red, and a flat wooden stick was inserted in the mouth of the cup, and the top of the wooden stick was tied with a cyan cucumber skin, and it was also tied into the shape of a bow.
I looked at Jia Ping in surprise and asked, "What is this?" β
"You boys eat less of these things, it's normal to don't know, this is called blackberry popsicle, it tastes cold and sour, I like to eat it the most!"
"Blackberry popsicles?" I said to myself, I had never heard a name before.
Surprised, the waitress brought a second thing, and when I saw it, it was a rectangular white porcelain plate with two large pieces of tofu in it, and the top and around the tofu were sprinkled with tiny minced meat, and some coriander was sprinkled on top of the minced meat.
"What is this?" I continued.
"This is called steamed tofu with minced meat, it's very delicious, you can have some too!" After saying that, she reached out and picked up my bowl, scooped some tofu and minced meat with a spoon and put it in front of me, I picked up the spoon and scooped some into my mouth and tasted it, it tasted very good, very fresh and tender!
"It tastes great!" I looked up and exclaimed.
However, I thought to myself, looking at the appearance of this dish, how to change it to tofu and minced pork, wouldn't it be more appropriate?
Just as he was thinking, the waitress brought another plate of things.
On the plate are six thin pieces of curly meat, each with some enoki mushrooms and some sauce on top.
"What is this?" I wondered again.
Jia Ping laughed and said: "It seems that I not only want to eat, but also introduce you to the name of the dish, this is called golden mushroom mutton roll, the outer roll meat is mutton, and the inside is enoki mushroom, which tastes good!" I'll introduce you to new dishes after a while, these are my favorite dishes, and many girls love to eat them too. β
After a while, the waitress brought up the dishes one by one, and Jia Ping also introduced them to me one by one, there are meat slices organ baked potatoes, that is, two slices of lettuce are placed on top of the cut potatoes one by one, and there is a piece of meat between each two slices of potatoes, so that each potato is separated by meat slices, which looks like an accordion, and then there are saliva chicken, braised lion's head, braised pork ribs in braised sauce, stuffed beef with green peppers, sweet and sour tenderloin, I think sweet and sour tenderloin is not delicious, it is very sour, but it seems to be a little sweet, it feels weird, I took a bite and stopped eating, and ended up with two glasses of lavender lemonade with a straw stuck in the cups, and I sniffed it gently with my nose, and it smelled fragrant and sour.
When the dish was finished, I saw that the table was full, and from time to time someone next to me looked at me, as if to say, look at those two people, order so much, can you finish eating?
I don't care about other people's strange eyes, as long as Jia Ping likes to eat, no matter how much she orderes, even if she only tastes one bite of each dish, I have to help him realize this dream.
"You asked me some questions earlier, I want to ask you some questions!" I looked at her and asked.
"What's the problem?" Jia Ping raised her eyes and glanced at me.
"Since you said you like to eat these, then you must have eaten them before, but now that you are working, you can't afford to eat them, so where did you eat before?" I asked, confused.
"Remember the roommate I was talking about?"
"Remember! Did she bring you to eat before? β
"Sort of, at that time, there was an unwritten rule in the dormitory that all roommates had to treat each other one by one!"
"So that rich roommate, I invited you to this Western-style restaurant, and ordered so many dishes in front of you, and after you ate them, you thought they were very delicious, but you didn't have the money to eat them, and you only regarded eating these as a dream of your own, am I right?"
"That's it!" Jia Ping nodded in response.
I smiled, pulled the straw out of the lavender lemonade, and took a sip from my glass.
"How can you drink like that?" Jia Ping looked at me and said in surprise.
"What? I think it's very convenient to drink like this, but it's troublesome to suck it with a straw! I responded.
"If you drink like this, others will see it and laugh at you!" Jia Ping hurriedly snatched the cup from my hand, then reinserted the straw and handed it to me.
"I see you're also a rich man, why are you so unsophisticated?" Jia Ping said with some reproach.
I touched my head and said, "I just think it's troublesome, it's easier to drink it, I didn't expect to be so particular about eating?" β
"Of course, the identity and status are different, you have to pay attention to your image everywhere, haven't you learned etiquette in college? If you do this again, I'll make up for your social etiquette lesson next time! Jia Ping said with a smile.
"Are you a waiter and learn more etiquette? What set of etiquette is required for all people to bind? β
"Believe it or not, I'm being ridiculed anyway, and it's not that I'm ashamed!" Jia Ping looked at me and said.
I thought to myself that I usually have a bit of a big face, and I really don't learn much in the area of etiquette! It seems that I will indeed pay more attention to this part in the future.
I started sucking up the lavender lemonade from the cup with a straw.
"Jia Ping, these dishes you eat are actually not Western-style dishes! These dishes have some Western-style techniques, but they are not Western dishes, so if you invite me today, I will invite you to a real Western-style meal next time I have the opportunity! β
"Really?" Jia Ping said in surprise.
"Of course!" I said with certainty, "Well, you leave me a mobile phone number, and I'll call you next time I have a chance!" β
"Good!" Jia Ping smiled and took out the mobile phone from the backpack, I saw that it was also a smart phone, I thought to myself that I used to use the old man's machine, it was indeed outdated, and I unconsciously felt ashamed of myself.
Both sides made a note of their respective numbers!
"I'm looking forward to a day like this coming soon!" Jia Ping looked at me and smiled.
I smiled and continued to talk and laugh with Jia Ping.
It was completely dark outside, and the streets were starting to get more pedestrians.
I took a sip, took a sip, looked up, and suddenly found that on a table not far from our table, there were two people sitting facing each other, the woman with her back to me, and the man facing me, the man lowered his head as if looking at his phone, and the woman's back was blocking him, so that I couldn't see his face clearly.
However, the woman's back was very familiar, and I quickly thought in my head, could it be her?