Chapter Twenty-Three: Stone Soup (II)
The four of them laughed together. The friendship between men is sometimes so strange, they were strangers a day ago, and this little episode quickly closes the distance between them.
In an environment where "peers" may turn their faces and stab you in the ribs, they are still competitors to each other, and so on.
None of this can hinder foodies from cherishing foodies, and heroes are heroes.
The "Russian" took out his small silver flask again, and gave it to everyone—except Jin Shaolan, who insisted that he didn't drink, and as if he were juggling, he pulled out a bottle of moonberry foam drink from the Eastern Kingdom Food Museum table and poured himself leisurely - after pouring a glass, he took a small sip of the strong and mellow "Fireplace Valley Delicacies" in the pot with a satisfied face. As the washed and red-hot stones were thrown into the water, the long sound of "Boom" and "Boom" sounded again and again, and a mixture of chaotic but tightly gripping aromas on the stomach steamed up with a large cloud of white steam. The "Italians" smiled with dazzling eyes, the "Russians" "purred" swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the "French" concentrated, and the "Chinese" radiant. At least while they were waiting for a hot meal with soup and water, they did look like four friends who were camping together in a joke.
"Hello guys~"
A bright and pleasant greeting sounded not far away, drawing the attention of the four people away from the pot. Tarbesa, dressed in a violet robe, looked at them with a smile, and when she saw them looking over, she held the hem of her skirt - the hem of the robe - and bent her knees slightly:
"Hi gentlemen, would you mind having a beautiful lady / a competent gourmand / a generous and generous investor / your temporary boss join in on the tasting of this delicious stew? Please choose the one you find most difficult to refuse. She said, smiling like a flower.
The trio suddenly felt flattered. The CEO of a listed branch of a Fortune 50 company in the world was approachable and asked a few temporary workers if they could get a box of eight-yuan lunch from them. So there is no need to think about it at all, the trio opened their mouths to invite without thinking,
Almost in unison, the French and Russians enthusiastically said "beautiful lady......" / "Pretty Lady Tonya ......"
The Italians looked flattering and shouted "...... Boss! ”
Jin Shaolan, who was on the side, suddenly covered her mouth with one hand and turned her back, bent down on the stump of half a tree, her shoulders and vest in red robes trembled slightly. The faces of the "French" and "Russians" suddenly darkened, and then the invitation to express "the beauty is not willing to ask for her ears at the moment" was also stuck on the spot, and the Italian realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, and laughed dryly, and then the two people dragged the Italian behind the tree with a black face to full of old fists, Jin Shaolan covered his face and fell on the stump and was already out of breath.
The boss can't afford to offend, even if it's a temporary boss. This is an irrefutable truth.
So the boss smiled and asked if you could have a meal, which was to accept it without hesitation, which is not just a matter of "the boss can't afford to be offended", but the beginning of "the boss appreciates you". It's just that when the boss who needs to please is the female boss, in addition to quickly getting acquainted with each other and inviting this meal, keeping in mind that "the boss can't afford to offend" is still the first priority!
Invite her to lunch, of course, because she is beautiful - otherwise, you have to imply that she is beautiful, but in fact she is not beautiful enough, and there is no such thing as "her beauty alone is enough to make your heart itch, like a small hand scratching, I want to ask her to sit down immediately, but I didn't dare to open my mouth because of the majesty of the boss before"? That's self-defeating. Of course, Tabesa, the beautiful boss, listed a series of "titles" for a few people to choose, indicating that her "boss can't refuse" attitude is just a joke, and then how to respond to the joke is the moment to show emotional intelligence, and the trio obviously thought of the right way to respond - the same joking reply with "can't afford to offend, can't afford to offend, we're so afraid", but the brains of this person are too fast and the execution of action is too strong, He even brewed a sincere flattery that was incomparably loud, and the result was that he and the man and the bear, whose brain was not so quick and pondered a little more, spoke at the same time, and yet, ......
…… Ginseng cups.
Needless to say, when the Italian with a blue nose and swollen face returned to the campfire with a smile, the water in the pot for cooking food was still boiling, churning white foam, and the "Chinese" were still lying on the trunk of the tree, and his shoulders could not help shaking. He was puzzled by this tremor at first, until he found that Jin Shaolan was hiding his face and laughing silently.
Yi Du suddenly became "annoyed and angry", jumped up and grabbed this guy's collar exaggeratedly and pulled him up. Jin Shaolan still covered her face, and even laughed out loud.
"Hahahaha......" Not far away, a string of hyacinth-like melodious laughter also sounded. In this situation, Ms. Tabesa, who was very well educated, could not help laughing. When she laughed, not only the French soldiers and polar bears laughed, but they even grinned and giggled.
After laughing, at this time, the soup in the iron pot has already stopped tumbling with the stones thrown in advance slowly losing heat, and the fat is flowing and roasted to the brown rabbit meat, and after a good stew in the pot, the water surface is covered with milky white oil flowers, and now it is dug out and washed in the stream, and the vegetables and vegetables that have been washed two handfuls have been scalded to show a crisp translucent emerald green color, and the large pieces of coarse grain bread are only soaked in the boiling water until they are semi-wet at this time, and the surface is like a flower. It reminded Jin Shaolan of the mutton steamed bun she ate when she ran out in Zhumadian in the middle of the night to fight for the tooth sacrifice, and she had a great appetite. The trio seemed to have been on a picnic under the leadership of the French soldier. On the contrary, only the beautiful sister Tabesa from the City of Mages seems to appreciate this rather rustic way of eating.
Taking advantage of the polar bear's toothless smile and blind eyes, he scooped a large bowl of fragrant "stone soup" for several people, and he was stunned and went up again to show his courtesy to Ms. Tabesa. The French soldier interjected a sentence or two from time to time, and the timing and atmosphere were just right, Jin Shaolan is a film director in the real world, and he can be regarded as having rich experience in the industry, so he found that it was this "Frenchman" who didn't talk much that guided the direction of the conversation.
He was obviously successful, and after a while, the "Frenchman" whispered a few words to Tarbesa, and with Jin Shaolan's perception of 12 points (with a 50% temporary bonus), he could only vaguely hear a few words, and combined with the inquiring look on his face, he judged that he was asking Tabesa for verification, and the specific content was still unknown; It can be seen that although the "French" are not afraid of the wall, they do not want their own advice on Tabesa to spread out needlessly. After hearing this, Tabesa groaned for a while, but fortunately her face was always smiling, I don't know what she said to the Frenchman, seeing that the latter nodded silently, she should have received a more satisfactory answer from the beautiful sister. After that, she seemed to be out of content, in addition to her good skills, the high-ranking mage who led the team also praised their performance in the morning, and Shi Shiran turned around and left with a large bowl of delicious "stone soup" (with several extra pieces of rabbit meat added to it).
After sending Tabesa away, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief, and then naturally laughed at each other, this much-anticipated fragrant lunch was finally steaming on the agenda after the previous episode, leaving the sight of the beauty and top boss, and they also talked and laughed again.