Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than three years have passed since Qi Shaoling's apprenticeship. The hairy guy who was just out of the house has now grown into a tall and handsome young man. During this period, the outside world is also undergoing earth-shaking changes, construction is taking place everywhere, high-rise buildings are rising from the ground, roads are extremely wide, and people's lives are changing little by little. The living conditions have improved, and the number of people who come to the hotel to eat has gradually increased. Qi Shaoling's hotel is also in time for the golden season, almost every day is full of diners, and the staff of the entire hotel are busy every day. Although his cooking skills have been somewhat successful, there is no chance for him to show his face in the restaurant. His salary has increased a little from the initial apprentice's salary, but it is only a few hundred dollars, which is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from those chefs.

In recent years, the living conditions of Qi Shaoling's mother and wife have also improved, Qi Peiyun's garment factory is very profitable, working overtime every day, and she can get a salary of three or four thousand a month, which is enough for the daily expenses of the two of them. Whenever Qi Shaoling complained that the restaurant owner was black-hearted and did not give him a salary increase, Qi Peiyun would comfort him: You are still too young, the time you have been in contact with the chef industry is too short, those chefs have been working for more than ten years, and they are extremely experienced, how can you compare with others, dare to face the gap, and endure loneliness. Peace of mind to do your job, there will always be opportunities, your task now is to lay a good foundation, proficient in various skills, and strive to achieve excellence, so that when the opportunity comes, you are likely to make a splash and soar. After listening to his mother's words, Qi Shaoling's restless heart gradually calmed down, and he settled down and continued to study hard.

In the afternoon, there was a light rain outside, and there were not too many people dining in the restaurant. Qi Shaoling was sitting listlessly on the chair next to him sleepy, and he was greedy again last night. During this time, he listened to his uncle's words and developed the habit of reading, and he always had a great dream in his heart, to enter the business world in the future and dominate the shopping mall. Learning to cook is just his expedient measure, although there will be a chance to get ahead in this industry, but the restlessness in his bones is destined that his life will not be so dull. He is now reading a book, the title of the book is "Business War and Thirty-six Strategies", this book has inspired him a lot, I can't imagine that the ancient art of war can be related to modern business, and from the discussion in the book, it seems that it is really related. Shopping malls are like battlefields, in order to chase profits, businessmen also spare no effort to use various tricks, the ancients marched to fight and arrange troops, and flexibly applied them to business warfare, which often played an unexpected role. This book is a good illustration of these truths, and he has benefited a lot from reading them.

Qi Shaoling was in a daze, at this time, a junior apprentice who was responsible for passing food back and forth returned to the back kitchen from the front desk, came to Qi Shaoling, touched Qi Shaoling, who was half-asleep, and said to him very mysteriously, "Brother Ling, let me tell you, there are two big beauties eating out, don't you want to take a look?" "Hey, look at what you said, I'm eighteen years old anyway, can't I tell who is good-looking or not! Tell you the truth, those two really beautiful women outside, especially the one in white, how can you describe it? I don't think it's too much to describe it as a closed moon and a sunken fish and a goose. Hey, if I can get to know such a beautiful woman, my life will be worth it!"

"Cut, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you," Qi Shaoling ignored the junior apprentice, changed his comfortable position, and continued to rest. Suddenly, the junior apprentice next to him covered his stomach and said anxiously, "Oops! My stomach hurts, I want to go to the toilet, it must be that the spicy hot at noon is not very clean, I have a stomach, no, I can't hold on, Brother Ling, there will be a dish for a while, please help me pass it on, I can't do it, I ------" Without waiting for him to finish speaking, he trotted to the toilet. "There is a lot of and urine on the lazy donkey, who makes you greedy, you have to eat spicy hot, can it be clean on this hot day?" Qi Shaoling said angrily at the back of the junior apprentice.

After a while, the big spoon on the chef's side rang properly, and the dish was out of the pot. Seeing that the junior apprentice was still in the toilet and didn't come out, Qi Shaoling had no choice but to get up lazily and walk towards the stove. When the chef saw him coming over, he asked very strangely, "What are you doing here, isn't it Liu Xue who is serving the dishes?" "This stinky boy, he knows how to eat all day long, it's time to eat bad stomach, see if he dares to eat outside!" the chef also said hatefully.

Picking up the dishes, Qi Shaoling walked outside, came to the small table to divide the dishes, and said to the foreman, "Sister Ma, the celery cashew nuts are ready, let's serve!" Ma Yunduo is the front desk foreman of the hotel, responsible for assigning waiters to distribute dishes to each table. "Xiaoling, celery cashew nut table No. 3," Ma Yunduo shouted into the dining hall. The waiter named Xiaoling trotted over, picked up the food and walked towards the hall. Before leaving, he didn't forget to glance at Qi Shaoling and threw him a discharged look. Because Qi Shaoling is handsome, tall and burly, he is the prince charming in the minds of the hotel front desk attendants, Xiaoling is one of them, and from time to time he will find an opportunity to chat with him. But Qi Shaoling has never been moved by these people, his heart belongs to something else.

Now that the dishes have been served, Qi Shaoling planned to go back to the back kitchen to continue to rest, he inadvertently raised his head and looked at the people eating in the hall. Suddenly, among the people eating, he found a face that seemed to be very familiar to him, although this face had not been seen for several years, he still recognized it at a glance, that person was Qin Ning. Qi Shaoling walked over excitedly and quickly, standing in front of Qin Ning, staring at the woman in front of him who haunted him.

Qin Ning was eating with her head down, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be a person standing next to her, she raised her head and saw the person standing in front of her, paused for a moment, and then immediately said in surprise, "Oh! You are Han Tianqi, no, no, no, you should be called Qi Shaoling now, is it really you?" "It's me, Sister Qin Ning" Qi Shaoling nodded heavily and said. Qin Ning said, "It's really you, I haven't seen you for several years, you've grown so tall, and you've become handsome, what's the matter, are you here to eat too?" "No, Sister Qin Ning, I work in the back kitchen of this hotel, and I've been here for three or four years." "Yes, that's such a coincidence, I'm in college now, and I'm in this city, why haven't I seen you all this time?" "The city is so big, and there are so many people, how can I meet you so well, but it's really a coincidence that I met you here." Qi Shaoling said excitedly.

At this time, there was a light cough from the proprietress near the cash register, Qi Shaoling realized that this was not the place for them to talk, and hurriedly said to Qin Ning, "Sister Qin Ning, you eat first, there are rules in the store, our back kitchen is not allowed to stay in the front hall for too long without permission, and we will talk outside after eating." "Okay, okay, then let's hurry up and finish eating and wait for you outside." ”

Qin Ning and her best friend quickly finished their meal and came to wait for Qi Shaoling outside the hotel. It didn't take long for Qi Shaoling to walk out of the back door of the hotel, and he also took off the hotel's work clothes and changed into his T-shirt. At the half-hidden doorway behind him, Liu Xue stood there smashing it, smashing it, and muttering: This good cabbage makes the pig arch! God! You can open your eyes and take a look!

Qi Shaoling took Qin Ning and her best friend to a nearby cold drink shop, found a quiet corner to sit down, and ordered a few drinks, Qi Shaoling then said, "Sister Qin Ning, how have you been all these years? Uncle and aunt are good? I really miss you! Oh, by the way, how is your mother's health?" "Thank you for your concern, we are all fine, and my parents are also very good." But I'm sorry, I didn't help anything when something like that happened in your family, Aunt Qi won't blame me!" If she knows that you are also in the city, then she will be very happy, and I will take you to her another day when you are free. "Of course I'm going, I miss Aunt Qi too!"

"Hey, I said you two are talking quite hotly, do you think I'm invisible or like a light bulb?" Qin Ning's best friend next to him pretended to be angry. "Oh, look at me, I'm happy to talk to you, come to Shaoling, I'll introduce you to you" Qin Ning said apologetically, "Xiaoxiao, this is Han Tianqi of the Han family I mentioned to you before, but his name is Qi Shaoling now, there are a lot of hidden secrets here, I'll tell you in detail another day!" After speaking, he pointed to his best friend next to him and said to Qi Shaoling, "This is my college classmate, and my best friend and best friend, Su Xiaoxiao, you can get to know each other!" "Hello, my name is Qi Shaoling, it's a pleasure to meet you!" After speaking, Qi Shaoling stretched out his hand very gentlemanly and shook Su Xiaoxiao's outstretched hand. "Hello, my name is Su Xiaoxiao, it turns out that you are Qi Shaoling that Qin Ning told me, I didn't expect your life experience to be quite legendary! Su Xiaoxiao said jokingly.

Qi Shaoling didn't care, and said with a smile, "How can it be so exaggerated, it's just an accident, and I am the accident in that accident, but I'm pretty good now, I don't know if Su Xiaoxiao has any accident stories, let's share it together!" "You! Qin Ning, look, he bullied me, and you don't care about your younger brother." Su Xiaoxiao seemed to be a little angry and said. "Okay, Xiaoxiao, you two are really enemies, and you will fight as soon as you meet. Qin Ning said in a round on the side.