Chapter 36: Can You Do It Differently?
Song Xiaoli replied: "I'm not busy now, what?" β
"If you're not busy, can I come in and talk to you for a while?" Zhong Bai asked with interest.
"Talk? This is quite trendy, is there something to talk to me about? Song Xiaoli was a little unaccustomed to Zhong Bai's language and asked.
"Well, there's just something else that I want to bother with."
"Alright, come in and sit."
After getting the other party's consent, Zhong Bai quickly walked into the restaurant and continued to sit down in the old seat where he had eaten that day.
It's not that he was ready to talk to the other party on a whim when he saw that Song Xiaoli was beautiful, but because ......
Zhong Bai suddenly realized that although this is a state-run restaurant, Song Xiaoli is also a practitioner in the catering industry, and he can ask her how much she knows about MSG by the way!
"I'll make you a cup of tea, you can wait a minute." Song Xiaoli said to Zhong Bai with a smile.
Tsk, but also with tea, this rhythm is really good, after all, there is no sense of service at all now, when you eat, make you an extra cup of tea, that must be treated as an acquaintance.
After a cup of hot green tea was served by Song Xiaoli, it finally had a bit of a conversation atmosphere.
"Comrade Song Xiaoli, this is such a ......"
"You don't have to be so angry, right? It's okay to call me by name, and I'll call you Zhong Bai in the future, is that okay? Before Zhong Bai finished speaking, he was interrupted by Song Xiaoli.
Zhong Bai nodded: "Cheng." β
"If you have anything, just say it." After the contact just now, Song Xiaoli gradually became bolder.
"I'd like to know something from you." Since the other party is more straightforward, Zhong Bai is not a mother-in-law, but straight to the point: "Do you know MSG?" β
"MSG? You know, what is this for, you ask? Song Xiaoli nodded, her face full of questions.
"You know MSG?" Zhong Bai suddenly became a little excited, and his body subconsciously moved closer to the other party: "How do you know?" β
Song Xiaoli asked a little strangely, "How could I not know?" We have it in the restaurant, and the chef still uses it. β
Zhong Bai was overjoyed: "Can you take me to see it?" β
"What do you think of this?" Song Xiaoli asked with some vigilance, "Does this have anything to do with you?" β
"This ......" Zhong Bai was speechless for a while, but immediately realized that the other party's vigilance was not unreasonable.
The first time I met, I ran to find a registration card to explain, but suddenly asked the other party if I knew MSG, and I had to take a look with my own eyes, this kind of behavior is indeed a bit abnormal.
"I'm from the technical department of our factory, and I want to develop new products recently, so I want to know about the current MSG." Zhong Bai had no choice but to make up a reason.
"Isn't your factory a fertilizer factory? Is the development of new products by fertilizer plants also related to monosodium glutamate? Hearing Zhong Bai's explanation, the expression on Song Xiaoli's face became even more puzzled.
Zhong Bai immediately brought out his professional knowledge: "Don't you know that chemical fertilizers and monosodium glutamate are chemical synthetics?" β
"I don't know. You're not going to lie to me, are you? Chemical fertilizer is used to fertilize the field, and monosodium glutamate is used to enhance the flavor when cooking, can these two things be the same? β
"It's not the same, they are industrial products with similar properties in the industry, in a sense."
"Oh, that's right, then I'll show you."
"Okay."
It seems that the sentence that there is culture all over the world is really not wrong, and he blinded Song Xiaoli with a slight change of words, hehe, Zhong Bai couldn't help but smile secretly.
When he came to the kitchen, this point was not a meal, and the chef happened to be absent, and Zhong Bai soon saw the first bag of MSG products after being reborn.
Looking at the simple packaging and the large familiar white crystals inside, Zhong Bai immediately searched in his mind.
γLotus BrandγMSG?
I don't seem to have this brand in my memory, huh?
Zhong Bai asked again: "Can I take some observations?" β
"Yes, but don't take too much, or I'll be scolded."
"Well, just a little."
Zhong Bai picked up the small spoon next to him, scooped it out of the big bag, and carefully put it into the small plastic bag he brought.
"Hey, this thing is very expensive, don't you mean to take a little bit?"
"Not even a gram ......"
"It's a public thing."
"Then I'll give you a dime later."
"No, it's not mine."
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In the case of arguing with Song Xiaoli, Zhong Bai still successfully took the 0.5 grams of MSG out of the kitchen.
Zhong Bai said with relief: "I want to take these back to the factory for serious testing, thank you." β
"Thank you you for a personal favor. However, if the chef of the restaurant comes back and finds that he is missing the question, I dare not hide it. Song Xiaoli hurriedly cleared the road.
"Then you sold it for a dime, huh." After all, the idea of market economy has been deeply rooted in his mind, and Zhong Bai hurriedly gave Song Xiaoli the few dime of cash on his body.
"Okay, then I'll take it, and tell him when the cook comes back."
Zhong Bai immediately corrected the other party's statement: "You are stupid, if he doesn't ask, you can just carry this dime in your pocket." β
"You're stupid." Song Xiaoli glared at him: "Public is public, private is private, and you can't separate public and private." β
"Okay, okay, I didn't let you separate public and private. In this way, you put the money in your restaurant's collection, don't tell the chef, this is not a distinction between public and private, right? β
"Hmm...... It's okay. Song Xiaoli thought about it, and then took Zhong Bai's dime and put it on the counter.
"Then I'll go back first, I really thank you today, I have time to invite you to dinner." Zhong Bai saw that it was almost there, and he was ready to hurry away.
The two have become familiar with each other a lot after the contact just now, and Song Xiaoli also looked at Zhong Bai quite pleasing to the eye, so she smiled again when she heard this, and said: "Don't, I work in a restaurant, if you want to thank you sincerely, can you change the way?" β
Zhong Bai nodded and asked, "Yes, what way do you want?" β
Song Xiaoli tilted her head and thought for a while: "I want to ...... Let's watch a movie. β
Yo, it's quite fashionable, and you actually asked me to watch a movie as a thank you?
Isn't this teasing me?
Zhong Bai suddenly had a bit of an itchy rhythm.
But he seemed to understand something after seeing Song Xiaoli's clear eyes, and sure enough, the other party immediately said, "What are you thinking with that expression?" Do you think I'm taking the opportunity to knock you off? It seems that now the county movie theater is not only reserved for units, but also sells tickets separately, so I just think about when I will go to see it......"
I see, it seems that this is not the rhythm I imagined.
Although there is no money on his body, a man can have no money, but he must not have no temperament in front of a woman, so Zhong Bai nodded generously and said: "No problem, when I get my salary this month, I will come to you!" β
"Then I remember."
"Don't worry, you know the unit, department, and name, if you miss the debt, you can go directly to the office to find me." Zhong Bai also joked with the other party by the way.
"That's not necessary, but don't forget that I picked up your badge for you."
"OK!"
"Oak? What do you mean? β
"It's just no problem!"
In the other party's stunned eyes, Zhong Bai had already left the station restaurant and ran quickly in the direction of his bicycle.