Strange Chef

Chapter 8: She is Zhang Shasha

Bai Lu carefully looked at the girl. She was thin and not tall. Her skin was a bit dark, her hands were a bit rough, but her face was rather good-looking. She had big eyes and a small mouth, looking gentle and well-behaved. But there was not a trace of Zhang Laosan.

Their argument attracted a middle-aged man. He came out from the entrance of the village and shouted as he walked, "What's going on?"

"Her dad has news." The teenager pointed at Shasha and said.

"What's the matter with the knife in your hand?" The middle-aged man asked.

"It's nothing." The teenager turned and ran away.

The middle-aged man asked Bai Lu, "Who are you?"

"I'm Bai Lu. I'm a friend of Zhang Laosan. Entrusted by him, I bring something for his daughter."

"What thing?"

These people are really troublesome. Bai Lu asked, "Is she Zhang FaKui's daughter?"

Perhaps not wanting too many people to be involved in her family affairs, Shasha walked onto the road. "Follow me."

"Where to?" Bai Lu asked.

"To give you proof." Shasha led Bai Lu into the village and turned into a yard. "Wait." Shasha entered the house.

This girl is really cool. Bai Lu looked at the house. It was a very typical rural house with two bedrooms and a kitchen in between. It was a bit old.

Shasha came out of the house. "This is the ID card and household register. Okay, you can go now."

"Isn't your mom at home?"

"No. You go quickly. Don't come again in the future. You tell him that I don't have this dad."

The girl is called Zhang Shasha. She is fifteen years old. Father and daughter have never met. Before she was born, Zhang Laosan had already been put in a desert prison.

After confirming her identity, Bai Lu took out two thousand yuan and contact address, phone number, and several photos. "I run a small restaurant in Beicheng. If there is anything, you must find me. I will help you." He didn't dare to give too much in case it brought trouble to the girl.

"Take it away. I don't need anything." The girl's voice was very cold.

"Then burn it." Bai Lu turned and went out.

The teenager who had just run over from the corner saw him and immediately cursed, "Get lost quickly!"

Bai Lu smiled and magnanimously forgave the teenager. Then he went to find the bus stop.

When he got home, it was after six o'clock. There were many people queuing at the door. Seeing him, someone shouted, "You are so unpunctual. What time is it? Are you opening the door or not?"

Bai Lu smiled and raised the rolling shutter door. "Six tables."

Those at the front quickly rushed into the restaurant and grabbed the favorable positions.

After six tables of guests were seated, there were five people at the door who didn't want to leave. They asked Bai Lu, "Boss, add one more table, please."

Bai Lu shook his head. "Come early tomorrow." He closed the store door.

"Prepare the money. Thirty yuan per person. Hand it in at the counter yourself." Bai Lu walked towards the kitchen.

This guy is rude and eccentric. But when coming to eat, one has to follow the rules. The customers got up one after another and went to pay.

There are always first-time customers who don't understand. "What's wrong with this restaurant? There are no waiters to take orders?"

When someone asked a question, someone answered. Among the crowd sat a girl with fair skin. Wearing big-framed glasses and holding a mobile phone, she was full of curiosity. While listening to others, she secretly took pictures.

After thirty minutes, dishes were served one after another. On average, one table was served every five minutes. After the dishes were served, Bai Lu collected the meal money. "There are still ten minutes until I get off work. Hurry up and eat."

Oh my, is there such a way to do business? The girl with fair skin had a twinkle in her eyes and secretly took pictures of Bai Lu.

As if knowing that she was taking pictures, Bai Lu turned his back to the door and lowered his head, not knowing what he was doing.

There was a knock on the door. Bai Lu looked back. Gao Yuan waved at him. "Open the door."

"Open your head." Bai Lu was too lazy to say more.

"Hurry up." Gao Yuan held up a doctor's certificate, saying that his grandpa had a tendency of anorexia and suggesting conservative treatment.

In this round, Bai Lu was completely defeated. He walked over and opened the door.

Gao Yuan laughed heartily and entered. He slapped twenty yuan on the table and didn't give a penny more. "Kid, you'll be so angry."

"Fifty." Bai Lu continued to hold out his hand.

"You are extorting."

"Eat it or not."

Gao Yuan was so angry that his nose and eyes were all out of place. After hesitating for a moment, he added thirty yuan. In this round, Bai Lu won.

Bai Lu asked, "Where are the lunch boxes?"

"Why haven't you bought lunch boxes yet? Don't forget, it's you who runs the store." Gao Yuan shouted.

Bai Lu didn't say anything and just looked at him with a smile. Gao Yuan endured for a while and then turned and went out.

In the third round, Bai Lu won.

Seeing this kind of argument, the girl with fair skin was a bit curious and recorded it completely with her mobile phone.

Fifteen minutes later, Gao Yuan came back holding a big box more than one meter high. After putting it on the ground, he rushed into the kitchen with a cold face.

"Bring three lunch boxes over and wash them clean." Bai Lu's voice came from the kitchen.

"Are you kidding me?" Gao Yuan was furious.

"It doesn't matter. You brought the lunch boxes. If you don't wash them, I'll use them directly."

Gao Yuan angrily ran out, opened the cardboard box, took out the lunch boxes, and went back to the kitchen to wash them.

The lunch boxes were super large and insulated ones. Three full lunch boxes of dishes. Fifty yuan was not expensive. But Gao Yuan was still very angry. Carrying the lunch boxes, he rushed out of the restaurant and drove away.

After all the customers left, the girl with fair skin came over. "Hello, boss."

Bai Lu tilted his head and looked at her without speaking.

"My name is Cheng Lailai. You can call me Lailai. I am an editor of the website 'Eating in Beicheng'. I don't know if you are interested in an interview? It will be very helpful for enhancing your reputation and expanding your business volume."

"No interest." Bai Lu was cleaning up.

"Don't think that our website is not famous..."

Before she could finish speaking, Bai Lu repeated, "No interest. Please leave. I won't see you off."

"You!" Cheng Lailai snorted angrily and left quickly.

That night, a post introducing the Five-Star Grand Hotel appeared on the Internet, explaining the uniqueness of this small restaurant. The poster, Cheng Lailai, objectively narrated what happened in the restaurant as a customer and provided relevant photos. The ending comment was that the restaurant was very good and inexpensive. The only drawback was that the boss was a stubborn person.

'Eating in Beicheng' is a local website. It was spontaneously built by a group of white-collar foodies. It fairly reviews the very characteristic and delicious restaurants in this city and provides convenience for everyone. There are many readers.

After Cheng Lailai posted, someone quickly replied, "Looking at the storefront, decoration, and food, they are all mediocre. How delicious can it be? Can it be better than Grand Paradise?"

Grand Paradise is one of the most high-end restaurants in the capital. All guests must make reservations. The restaurant has the right to refuse guests. This is very similar to Bai Lu's Five-Star Grand Hotel.

Her hard work was disdained. Cheng Lailai was a bit unhappy. Just as she was about to reply, someone else posted again, "Looking at the dishes, they seem okay. They are clean and elegant. But what are the characteristics? Like Tan Yu Tou, Chang's Pork Bones, Lao Bian Dumplings, there is always a specialty dish. What is the specialty dish of this restaurant? And the decoration is really too bad. Looking at the walls makes one have no desire to eat."

Cheng Lailai thought, yes, what is the specialty dish of the Five-Star Grand Hotel? And the decoration is too ugly.

She was thinking blindly. Several people replied one after another. Generally speaking, they didn't approve of this restaurant. Cheng Lailai came to her senses and looked. Surprisingly, there was not a single person who agreed with her. Her little temper came up. Humph, anyway, I've told you. If you don't believe me, it's your loss of not having a taste.

So she turned off the computer and went to sleep.

And so, the Five-Star Grand Hotel lost an opportunity to become famous.

At ten thirty the next morning, there were people queuing at the entrance of the Five-Star Grand Hotel.

Most people are blind obedience. They like to join in the fun. Seeing people queuing, a few uncles and aunts came over. "What's going on? What are you selling?"

When they understood that it was queuing to eat, an aunt disdainfully turned and left. "No matter how good it is, can it be more careful than what is cooked at home?"

The other uncles and aunts nodded one after another. "That's right. It's not that we can't cook. Eating in a restaurant is not only expensive but also unhygienic." They left together.

As soon as the old people left, two taxis stopped by the street. Six beautiful girls got off. With beautiful outfits, they were extremely beautiful one by one. The girl at the front looked at the line. She let others queue up while she went to knock on the door.

Bai Lu was in a daze in the room, thinking that he had to buy a computer. Otherwise, it was too boring. Hearing the knock on the door, he looked up. It was the girl who was with He Shanqing the day before. He didn't get up either. He pointed at the line and meant to queue up.

The girl was a bit unhappy and continued knocking.

Bai Lu had to go over and open the door. "What's wrong?"

"Remember me? I'm Le Miaomiao."

Bai Lu nodded.

Le Miaomiao said, "There are more than a dozen people in front. I'm afraid I won't be able to get the sixth table. Can we discuss it? Let them combine tables as much as possible? In order to eat your meal, we went out at nine in the morning." The girl's voice was very coquettish.

Bai Lu shook his head. "I can't control them. You go and discuss it yourself." He closed the door and went back to continue being in a daze.

As a beautiful woman, there are many things that will be slightly favored, especially when facing men. Unfortunately, it didn't work with Bai Lu. Le Miaomiao was very angry and stomped her foot. She turned to look at the more than a dozen people in front. There were men and women, old and young.

Looking at Bai Lu again, that guy was looking at the ceiling motionlessly, not knowing what he was looking for.

Le Miaomiao had to do the statistical work. She softly asked everyone how many people they were and if it was okay to combine tables.

After a lot of busy work, she finally got a table for her six people.

The other beautiful girls couldn't stand it. They snorted and said, "Is it necessary? It's just a meal. In this small crappy restaurant, it's only you who want to come. We might as well eat spicy soup. Just now we saw one at the intersection."

It was summer. The beautiful girls wore little. Some wore hot pants and some wore short skirts. The common point was canvas shoes, sunglasses, and white thighs. The white was very dazzling, looking youthful and energetic.

As soon as the six of them queued up, they immediately became a living advertisement for the Five-Star Grand Hotel. Countless passers-by twisted their waists competitively. Even after walking a long way, they still twisted their waists and looked back. Even more people queued up behind the six beautiful girls so that they could approach them openly.

Fifteen minutes later, Le Miaomiao knocked on the door again.

Bai Lu stopped looking at the ceiling. He opened the door and looked at Le Miaomiao without speaking.

Le Miaomiao said softly, "We just discussed it. We are the sixth table. Can we come in and wait? Look, there are always people talking to us."

Bai Lu looked over and sighed at that time. "So many beautiful women!" It startled Le Miaomiao. "What did you say?" Bai Lu said, "I was saying that you are very beautiful." He hid half of the sentence in his heart. If the guys in the prison saw this, there would be no peace for a week.