Chapter 67
Pei Zixu and Ling Si stepped into the cafeteria, the noisy sound, and the aroma of various foods wafting in the air, suddenly washed over the senses of the two.
Pei Zixu was a little surprised, is this the Beijing University cafeteria in his memory?
Soft orange lighting, walls made of bluestone bricks, wooden antique dining tables, and a few pots of bamboo. The renovated Jinghua Canteen has a new look, revealing the taste of a small restaurant in the Jiangnan water town in the last century.
And even though it's still a while before lunch, there are already long queues in front of the windowsills where the food is ordered, which is a far cry from the old cafeteria.
Although the cooking skills of the members have improved by leaps and bounds under the guidance of his teaching videos, and the food served in the canteen is getting better and better day by day, the place was still deserted before he left. I didn't expect the cafeteria to attract so many new customers just a week after he left.
Because Ling Si and Pei Zixu are both celebrities in Jinghua, when the two walked into the cafeteria, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Yu Meiyan, who had been sitting not far from the door, also saw the two people walking in at a glance.
Yu Meiyan beckoned to Pei Zixu, and when Pei Zixu approached, Yu Meiyan gave Pei Zixu a warm hug as always.
βhiοΌ My lovely little brother. β
Pei Zixu was used to Yu Meiyan's way of greeting, so Yu Meiyan hugged him, because the more he struggled before, the more this troublesome senior sister would not let go.
Yu Meiyan seemed to know that he didn't like to come into contact with people, and every time they met, she hugged him with a malicious smile and pretended to greet him warmly.
He also carefully compared, and no one else seemed to have such treatment as him.
For Yu Meiyan's pranks, Pei Zixu, who has become accustomed to it, doesn't care, but Lingsi, who is standing next to Pei Zixu, doesn't seem to see it that way.
From the moment Yu Meiyan hugged Pei Zixu, she felt that the president of Lingda who was standing next to her had been shining on her with a faint cold light, which made her feel that she was extremely beautiful and frozen today. Yu Meiyan, who saw Ling Si with such an expression for the first time, was quite curious, and continued to hold Pei Zixu without fear of death.
When Pei Zixu noticed that today's hug was longer than usual, he struggled slightly to resist.
If it was usual, Yu Meiyan would definitely hold it tighter, but in the face of Ling Si's increasingly oppressive eyes, Yu Meiyan still let go of her hand in a familiar way.
"It's not convenient to talk here, come with me."
After throwing down this sentence, Yu Meiyan didn't care whether Pei Zixu heard it or not, and turned around to leave with a hot posture.
In just one minute after meeting Yu Meiyan, Ling Si's impression of Yu Meiyan was that she was dark-bellied, strong, confident, and ...... I seem to like Pei Zixu very much.
The two followed Yu Meiyan to a private room, the decoration in the box was more exquisite and elegant than the canteen hall, and the sound insulation here was very good, as long as the door was closed, all sounds outside were isolated.
Yu Meiyan looked like a hostess, beckoned the two to sit down, and poured two cups of Pu'er tea for the two.
Pei Zixu picked up the teacup, and a strong aroma of tea came to his nose, but he didn't expect Yu Meiyan to be able to get this kind of pure natural Pu'er tea, this was the first time he drank Pu'er tea.
Compared with traditional cuisine, the art of tea fell much earlier, so there are really only a handful of people who can grow tea now. The tea leaves in circulation today are chemical compounds like molecular cuisine, which are just used to satisfy the curiosity of some people.
Yu Meiyan took a sip of tea, gently put down the teacup, looked at the two of them with ambiguous eyes and sighed: "One is a miracle of Jinghua's full score in admission, and the other is a business legend who became the president of the Ling clan at a young age, I really didn't expect it!" β
The two drank tea and glanced at each other.
When Pei Zixu saw Ling Si looking at him, he didn't look away, and pretended to be idle and lowered his head to drink tea.
Seeing Pei Zixu's reaction for the first time, Yu Meiyan was surprised. Look at the red cheeks, it is very cute, there is an ordinary scoundrel and tired appearance (tired only of Yu Meiyan), the only one who will make Pei Zixu have this reaction is probably Lingsi.
Yu Meiyan was surprised in her heart that this little junior brother with a warm and cold face actually fell in love.
As a single dog, Yu Meiyan was silently abused by the two, and she was a little unhappy in her heart, and deliberately provoked.
"Little junior brother is really kind, we all thought that the Ling family and the Xiang family would marry, but we didn't expect that in the end, you would dare to snatch the president of Ling University from Xiang Shaohua's hands."
Pei Zixu still had an impression of Xiang Shaohua, but he didn't say a word about this person, just raised his eyes and looked at Yu Meiyan back: "You are also very kind, dare to ridicule in front of the president of Lingda." β
The corners of Yu Meiyan's eyes rose, and the eyes that looked at Ling Si also had a hint of laughter.
"If it was before, I really didn't dare, I always thought that the president of Lingda would not eat fireworks in the world and dedicate his life to the Ling family. But today, when I saw the jealous appearance of the president of Lingda, I felt that the current president of Lingda was just a mortal who fell off the altar. Today's harvest is really rich, not only to see the president of Lingda jealous, but also to see the shy appearance of the junior brother. β
Ling Si didn't react to Yu Meiyan's comments about herself, but Pei Zixu on the side was a little impatient with this senior sister who likes to tease people.
"Senior sister, you asked me to come over, it wasn't just to tease us."
Although Pei Zixu's face was not obvious, people who were interested in hearing Pei Zixu's tone was not good, Yu Meiyan still looked like she was not afraid of heaven and earth, and then said "Yes".
He pretended to wink at the two innocently, as if to ask if this was okay?
"Since it's okay, let's go first."
Pei Zixu was really speechless about Yu Meiyan's bad taste, but he had no intention of becoming the spice of other people's lives, so after hearing Yu Meiyan's words, he stood up and looked like he was about to leave.
The Ryoji sitting next to him didn't seem to be anxious, and still sat there steadily drinking tea.
Yu Meiyan was also anxious when she saw that she was holding the club mascot she was holding and was about to be angry with herself.
"Wait, why are young people so anxious! Am I like that boring person? Of course, I have something to say about letting you come. β
Pei Zixu, who had already stood up, looked down at Yu Meiyan with the expression that you are such a boring person.
Yu Meiyan was a little embarrassed, pretending not to understand, and drank all the Pu'er in the cup.
"Senior sister, I told you that we are actually the same age."
Yu Meiyan saw that Pei Zixu's eyes showed an oppression that was not inferior to Lingsi, and swallowed, "Well, don't be angry, Zixu, it was just a joke just now, I'll get down to business right away." β
Pei Zixu sat down at this time, in fact, he was not angry, and he just pretended to leave to scare Yu Meiyan.
Because if she doesn't do this, Yu Meiyan likes to hold on to people's bad taste, she will definitely continue to tease the two, and she doesn't know when she will get to the point.
Ling Si, who had been listening to the two silently beside him, naturally knew that it was just a play for Yu Meiyan with his understanding of Pei Zixu, so he was not in a hurry to stand up.
Seeing Pei Zixu sit down, Yu Meiyan put down her heart when she mentioned her throat, and then noticed that the president of Lingda, who had been standing still, knew that she had been tricked.
But Yu Meiyan didn't dare to continue joking, as long as Pei Zixu wasn't really angry, after all, she still had to ask for help today.
"I'm here today to ask you for a favor."
Pei Zixu glared at Yu Meiyan, and her attitude was so arrogant just now, this really has Yu Meiyan's style.
Yu Meiyan coughed twice and continued: "Someone in the club put your teaching video on the Internet, but I didn't expect that the click-through rate would exceed one million in less than two days, so the canteen attracted so many customers, which is all your credit." β
"Because of this, the school began to focus on traditional cuisine, so the cafeteria was renovated, and I wanted to take advantage of the heat wave to revive traditional cuisine and ...... it."
Pei Zixu stopped halfway through what Yu Meiyan said, and he was not in a hurry to ask, this matter was probably related to him. As if she couldn't see Yu Meiyan's cautious eyes, she continued to drink the tea in her hand.
After Yu Meiyan saw that Pei Zixu's teacup was empty, she hurriedly poured it for Pei Zixu.
After putting down the teapot, Yu Meiyan shrunk her neck and continued: "Then I agreed to a TV station to let you host a traditional cooking show. β
Yu Meiyan also knew that it was wrong for her to make her own opinions, so she had no confidence when she spoke, and she didn't dare to look at Pei Zixu, after all, if Pei Zixu didn't want to go, she wouldn't be able to do anything, and in the end, it was she who broke her trust and not Pei Zixu.
Pei Zixu didn't look like a person who wanted to be famous, she also heard the people from the TV station come to discuss that they wanted to revive traditional cuisine, so she agreed to persuade Pei Zixu to host the show. After calming down, Yu Meiyan regretted that she had said it too absolutely.
"Think of it as a part-time job during your college years, not only to get a good salary, but also to contribute to the revival of traditional cuisine. I see that your cooking skills are so good, you must also like traditional cuisine, so look for such a good job! If they hadn't stipulated that you would be the candidate, I would have wanted to rob you. β
Yu Meiyan tried her best to convince Pei Zixu, not because she was afraid that she would lose her trust, but because this was really a good opportunity to revive traditional cuisine.
Her grandparents were both engaged in archaeological work, so she was exposed to the lost Chinese culture since she was a child, and cooking and tea art were her favorites.
She quickly figured out the way of tea art by studying ancient books, and now she can grow tea and make tea, so the Pu'er that Pei Zixu and Lingsi drank was completed by Yu Meiyan herself from planting to drying.
But in terms of cooking skills, no matter how Yu Meiyan studied, she didn't know the essentials, as if she had no talent for cooking at all, even if she followed the steps on the recipe step by step, although the taste was unsatisfactory, it was not as good as Cheng DΓΉ, who could fascinate everyone like Pei Zixu.
After tasting Pei Zixu's dishes, Yu Meiyan knew that if she wanted more people to like traditional cuisine, she had to let them taste Pei Zixu's cuisine.
It is precisely because of her love for traditional cuisine that Yu Meiyan wants to teach others about this once brilliant but now lost culture, and wants more people to know the charm of traditional cuisine.
Yu Meiyan thought that it would take a lot of effort to persuade Pei Zixu, but she didn't expect that after she finished saying that, Pei Zixu readily agreed.
Hearing Pei Zixu's answer, Ling Si frowned, glanced at Pei Zixu, and saw Pei Zixu's eyes firm, so he didn't say anything against it.
Pei Zixu agreed to Yu Meiyan, not because of such a great reason as reviving traditional cuisine.
He learned traditional cooking to satisfy himself, and now he agrees to host the show out of his own selfishness.
Yu Meiyan doesn't care what Pei Zixu's reason is, as long as the goal is achieved, she has already foreseen the traditional cooking boom that will be set off after the show is broadcast.