I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

Chapter 271 I Can't Pay for Meals, So I Promised Himself
"Have you heard? This sour plum soup is made by Senior Brother Jiang himself. No wonder it's so delicious!"

"You are talking nonsense. Brother Jiang makes every new product in the Seventh Canteen. Otherwise, it would be so delicious?"

"Senior brother Jiang is really considerate. Knowing that the weather in Jiangzhou is hot and the sun is hot, he made sour plum soup to clear away the heat and relieve the heat, invigorate the spleen and appetize us. Woohoo, I love him so much!"

"..."

This lunch made many Jiang University students so excited that they even ate a lot more for lunch. There were enough dishes in the kitchen, but in the end it was not enough to sell, so that Jiang Yu had to Quickly fried a few more dishes.

Of course, Jiang Yu spent two or three hours last night boiling two large pots of sour plum soup. He thought it would be enough for the students to drink for a day, but who knows that a lunch time will be gone.

"Boss, what should we do?"

Lu Shuwu gloated a little, looking at the empty vats, he couldn't help laughing,
"Anyway, we're all done now, and it's still early for dinner, why don't we cook a few more pots?"

"Xiao Jiang, you don't know enough about your cooking skills!"

Jia Dequan sat on a chair with a cup of hot tea in his arms and said with a smile,
"No matter what you make, it's so delicious. Do you think others can't grab it if you put them outside?"

"Uh……"

Jiang Yu thought for a while, then said,
"Then how about this? The sour plum soup will not be placed outside, but placed by the window, and then someone will be arranged to help pack it, and it will be placed according to the hair of a person, one cup per person."

After a pause, he continued,

"In this way, there will be no scene where everyone huddles to grab sour plum soup at noon.

It was too chaotic at noon, but fortunately it was stopped in time, otherwise I was really worried that someone would get hurt. "

Lu Shuwu also nodded and said:
"One cup per person is good, everyone can taste it, and it won't be said that drinking too much hurts the stomach."

"That's all right, Xiao Wu, go soak some hawthorn and ebony plums in warm water first, and let's continue cooking a few pots of sour plum soup in a while."

Thinking of the solution, Jiang Yu also heaved a sigh of relief, turned his head to give Lu Shuwu an order, and said to Yan Tongtong with a smile,

"Okay, it's almost time, let's take the food out, we can have lunch too."

"Oh, alright."

Yan Tongtong responded, and hurriedly turned around and went to work.

……

During this period of time, the students of Jiang University have indeed lived happily.

Although the summer in Jiangzhou is unbearably hot, the iced sour plum soup prepared by Seven Canteens and a new cold dish every day are enough to wipe away the heat in everyone's hearts.

A cup of free iced sour plum soup with each meal, although it can't satisfy the students' desire, but it is always a bit of relief, and it also gives everyone an extra expectation in the busy study.

In the anticipation of the delicious sour plum soup, time passed by little by little, and in a blink of an eye it was approaching the day when senior students would defend their graduation thesis.

During this period of time, the number of people on the campus seems to have increased all of a sudden, and even the few print shops that are usually sparsely populated have suddenly become busy. ~吱吱~" kept working.

Fortunately, the air conditioner in the small shop is sufficiently air-conditioned, otherwise, I would be really worried that in this hot weather, because of the long hours of "overtime" work, it would suddenly "strike" and quit.

"In the past few days, there seem to be more people in the cafeteria."

In the kitchen on the first floor of the Seventh Canteen, Lu Shuwu scratched his head and said to Jiang Yu,

"Boss, do you know what's going on?"

"Fourth-year students, the graduation thesis defense has already begun during this period. The time varies from department to department, but most of them are concentrated within this half month."

Jiang Yu glanced at him and said lightly,
"In the first half of the year, many senior students did internships, and those who were looking for jobs were basically not in school. They basically came back during this time."

"Oh, it's been several years since I graduated, and I forgot that it's the graduation season."

When Lu Shuwu heard it, he suddenly realized that he thought it was because the management of the school gate had relaxed again.

If this really brings in a large number of off-campus people, the employees of the No. [-] canteen will have to be exhausted every day like the previous time.

If the seniors come back, it doesn't matter, because these people will leave soon after the graduation thesis defense is over.

After a pause, he suddenly remembered something, and said,
"Then boss, don't you also want to participate in the graduation thesis defense? When is yours?"

Jiang Yu said, "The morning after tomorrow."

"Oh, the boss must have passed it once, and I will go to graduate school in the second half of the year."

Lu Shuwu said with a smile,
"By the way, boss, when you pass your defense, don't we have to celebrate?"

Jiang Yu didn't refuse either. He glanced at him and said, "We'll wait until the defense is passed."

"Hey, Lao Jiang! The people in our class seem to be almost back."

Hu Zhihai had just had a full meal and hadn't had time to go to the library yet. Seeing Jiang Yu coming down, he also came over and asked,
"What did you say about what I said last time?"

Jiang Yu glanced at him, and asked inexplicably:
"Which time was the last time? Also, what did you say?"

"You have such a bad memory..."

Hu Zhihai looked at Jiang Yu speechlessly for a while, and then said,
"It was the last time you asked me to help you find some anorexic patients. I said that after our defense is over, the four of us in the dormitory will sit down and have a meal together."

"Oh, let's talk about this."

Jiang Yu thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's talk to the two of them when we meet the day after tomorrow and see what they think."

After a pause, he added, "I'm fine, it depends on whether they have time."

Hu Zhihai muttered in a low voice: "Why don't we just have a meal, how long will it take?"

"Okay, how can I not understand you?"

Jiang Yu raised his hand and patted Hu Zhihai's shoulder, pouted and said,
"The party is fake, you just want to go to the second floor to have a good meal!"

There were four people in Jiang Yu's dormitory. Apart from Jiang Yu and Hu Zhihai, the other two students rented a room as early as last summer vacation. One was preparing for the public examination and the other was reviewing for the postgraduate entrance examination.

In this dormitory, Jiang Yu only had a relatively close relationship with Hu Zhihai, and he and the other two could only be regarded as classmates. They could usually chat and eat together, and there was no big conflict, but there was no deep friendship.

For example, since Jiang Yu opened the "Jiang's Tangbao Shop" in the No. [-] canteen last year until now, he has been running the No. [-] canteen. No matter how busy the other two students are with their studies, it is impossible for them not to know about it, but they didn't come. I went to Jiang Yu once.

Now that a year is almost over, Jiang Yu and Hu Zhihai naturally don't know whether they have passed the entrance examination for graduate students and civil servants.

It can also be seen from here that the dormitory relationship is actually not very good.

As far as the dormitory relationship is concerned, what did Hu Zhihai say that the dormitory roommates want to get together...

If Jiang Yu could believe him, he would be a ghost!
Having been exposed, Hu Zhihai didn't feel blushing at all, he said plausibly:

"You can't say that, it's fate that we slept together for four years!
This is the same as male and female friends, even if they break up, they have to get together and break up. It's not too much to have a 'breakup meal', right? "

After speaking, he turned his head and asked Lu Shuwu,

"Xiao Wu, tell me, is it too much for a boyfriend and girlfriend to break up?"

After finishing speaking, he still did not forget to wink at Lu Shuwu and kept winking.

"..."

Lu Shuwu looked at Jiang Yu, then at Hu Zhihai, then curled his lips and said,
"You ask me about a single dog, what do you think?"

"..."

Hu Zhihai looked confused, shook his head with a bit of resentment, sighed and said,

"It's a lot of age, don't you still think it's an honor to be single?
well!This is really a downturn in the world, people's hearts are not old! "

Lu Shuwu: "???"

"..."

Jiang Yu couldn't help but glanced at him again, and said with disgust,
"Okay, hurry up and go back to your library to review, if you have time to chat with us here, you might as well go back and memorize a few more words!"

"Okay, okay! Then I'm leaving!"

Seeing this, Hu Zhihai didn't delay, put his backpack on his shoulder, and said as he walked out,
"Let's talk about the party first, and I'll ask the two of them then."

……

In the dining area of ​​the second canteen, the lights were bright, and the aroma of various foods filled the air.

Although it was time for dinner, there were not many people dining in the cafeteria hall. Dozens of students sat sparsely in the densely packed seats, playing with their mobile phones while eating carelessly.

I still remember a year ago, when the "Jiang's Guantangbao" store was still open, the second canteen was overcrowded as soon as the meal time came. vegetable market.

At that time, the No. [-] Canteen was the most glorious and the most beautiful time. Even the employees in the small stalls specializing in fried rice were "complaining" that there were too many people and they were too tired.

But after the opening of the Seventh Canteen and the withdrawal of the "Jiang's Soup Dumplings" shop, the once turbulent crowds seemed like yesterday, or a dream, and everything was revealed in the blink of an eye.

The prosperity belongs to others, and so does the excitement.

Desolation is the truth of the second canteen, and the other canteens except the seventh canteen.

In a corner of the dining area of ​​the No. [-] canteen, Wang Xueyi and He Tao were sitting opposite each other, chatting and eating with one chopstick at a time.

The two of them were Jiang Yu and Hu Zhihai's roommates.

As early as last summer vacation, Wang Xueyi and He Tao moved out of the dormitory and rented a house outside.

Wang Xueyi intends to concentrate on reviewing to be admitted to the graduate school of the Philosophy Department of Capital University, and to continue his studies.

There are not many philosophy majors in China, and there are only more than [-] undergraduate departments of philosophy. The philosophy department of Capital University ranks first among all universities.

Relatively speaking, the ranking of Jiang University's Department of Philosophy is much lower, and can only be ranked in the median.

Wang Xueyi's academic performance is not bad on weekdays, and he is also quite ambitious. Now that he has decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination, of course he has to go to a better university.

It is precisely because of this that he moved out to rent a house at the beginning of the summer vacation last year, in order to have a quiet and comfortable environment for postgraduate entrance examination and review.

However, Wang Xueyi still underestimated the fierce competition for admission to the Philosophy Department of Peking University. He worked hard for more than half a year. Although he successfully passed the preliminary examination, he was finally eliminated by better people in the re-examination stage.

And another classmate, He Tao, moved out of the dormitory after Wang Xueyi rented it out, and began to prepare for the public examination.

Both of them are highly self-motivated and full of expectations for the future. They have similar personalities and temperaments, which naturally makes Wang Xueyi and He Tao very close.

As for Hu Zhihai and Jiang Yu in the bedroom...

To tell the truth, they are contemptuous.

Although Hu Zhihai's family is rich, he is cynical and idles around all day long. It is normal for him to skip class and play games. For such a person, no matter how rich he is, what can he do?
As for Jiang Yu, it is said that there is only one grandma left in the family, and she still owes a lot of foreign debts. Even tuition and living expenses can only be earned by part-time jobs and part-time jobs. Whether he can find a job after graduation is still a problem.

However, although Wang Xueyi and He Tao looked down on them, they still maintained a good relationship on the surface. After all, there were no conflicts between them, and they could communicate and communicate normally on weekdays.

But both of them can be sure that once they graduate and part ways, the two parties will never have anything to do with each other again.

After all, the way is different, so don't conspire with each other!

While the two were eating, He Tao suddenly raised his head, glanced at Wang Xueyi, and said:
"Hey, Old Wang, I forgot to ask you. You don't seem to be looking for a job now, do you? Then what are your plans?"

"I didn't find it. With our major, we can't find any good jobs after graduation. I go to an enterprise or institution to do administrative work. I might as well not do it."

Wang Xueyi shook his head, picked a chopstick of rice and put it into his mouth, chewing slowly, shook his head and said,
"I still want to take the Beijing University exam for another year. I'm really not reconciled to being passed the re-examination this time!"

"It's okay to take the exam for another year, it's just a waste of a year."

He Tao also shook his head, sighed, and said,
"I'm just a little strange. You were rejected by Beijing University in the re-examination, so you should be able to transfer, right? Why didn't you try to transfer to other universities?"

"What kind of a good school can be if there are places for transfer? I would rather be short than excessive. If I want to go to graduate school, I will go to the best one, or I won't go to it."

Wang Xueyi glanced at him, curled his lips and said,

"Okay, don't just talk about me! I heard that your family has arranged for you to become a reporter at the local TV station?"

"Hey, what's the point of a county-level TV station?"

He Tao sighed, threw the chopsticks in his hand, and didn't bother to eat more than half of the leftover fried rice. The fried rice in the second canteen was as unpalatable as ever.

He raised his head to look at Wang Xueyi, smiled and said,
"I can't help it now. After reviewing for more than half a year, I can't even pass the written test for civil servants. There is still a long way to go.

The family entrusted me to work as a contract worker for the advanced county TV station. As for the future, take your time. "

Wang Xueyi frowned: "You just gave up?"

"Give up? Give up what?"

He Tao leaned back and said with a smile,

"Even if I work, I can still continue to take the public exam. Of course, whether I can persist in reviewing depends on my own self-control."

While talking, He Tao suddenly changed the subject, and he said mysteriously,

"Hey, old Wang, have you heard? It is said that Jiang Yu, the boy, is also a graduate student!"

"Jiang Yu is also a graduate student?"

As soon as the chopsticks in Wang Xueyi's hands stopped, his brows frowned into a chrysanthemum.
"Where did you hear that? Why didn't I know anything about it? By the way, which school did he go to?"

"Baoyan's own school."

He Tao breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while, and said,

"The matter of him being admitted to the graduate school happened in November and February last year. It is said that he was not on the initial list of exemptions. It was the leaders of the school who sent a message later that he passed the guarantee.

I heard about this from the monitor. "

Wang Xueyi grumbled in his throat, his face became extremely complicated, and he still seemed to be unbelievable, and said with a livid face:
"My grades are better than his, but I failed to keep the graduate school. In the end, I studied hard for half a year, but I still haven't been able to pass the exam!

He was a character who often skipped classes and went to a part-time job just for the three taels of money, but he was still admitted to the graduate school?
Why? ! "

"Hey, what else can you rely on? Isn't it because his Seven Canteen is well-opened and everyone knows it on the Internet."

He Tao was not that angry. Anyway, he never thought about going to graduate school. He picked up the cold drink that was put aside and took a big sip. He smacked his lips and said with a smile,

"Hey, what's this called? It's called different fates for the same person, and different handles for the same umbrella!"

After a pause, he seemed to remember something again, and asked with a puzzled expression,

"Oh, by the way, Lao Wang, have you eaten the food in Jiang Yu's cafeteria?
Why do I hear people say that the food this kid eats is delicious?We have been in the same dormitory with him for four years, and we have never heard of him before! "

"no!"

Wang Xueyi glanced at He Tao, shook his head and said,

"I was busy reviewing for the first half of last year. I would only go back to school unless I needed to check information. I usually eat at the restaurant downstairs in the community, or just order a takeaway. Who would have the time to travel so far? Come to the cafeteria for a meal?
What, have you tried it? "

"I don't believe that kid can cook anything delicious. Most of his culinary skills are stolen from the master by washing dishes in restaurants."

He Tao curled his lips and said with disdain,

"I don't know what ecstasy soup he gave those students, so that there are many people waiting in line every day in the Seventh Canteen. It's really crazy!"

Wang Xueyi thought for a while, then said with a smile: "That's not sure, maybe it's a bit of an adventure!"

"Is it taken away by the ancient royal chef? Or is it possessed by the ghost chef?"

He Tao laughed too, jokingly said,

"If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have become so powerful all of a sudden!"

The two of them taunted Jiang Yu from time to time, as if this was the only way to ease the jealousy and dissatisfaction in their hearts...

Of course, they are also smart people, and this kind of thing can only be said in private by two people, and naturally they won't say it in front of other people.

Anyway, they've done it before.

……

On Saturday, June 2019, 6, the weather was fine.

This is an extremely ordinary day, so ordinary that it is no different from yesterday or the day before yesterday.

However, today's Jiangda College of Humanities is extremely lively.

At around seven o'clock in the morning, the young teachers in the office of the School of Humanities rushed over early, busy setting up the conference room.

Not long after, students in pairs of threes and threes also started to come here one after another. These people had different expressions on their faces, some were excited, some were anxious, and some were calm and calm.

The School of Humanities has a total of three departments. Today is the day for graduates of the Philosophy Department to defend their graduation thesis, while the thesis defenses of the Department of History and the Department of Chinese Language and Literature are arranged later.

The graduation thesis defense will start at 08:30. After the students arrive at the college, they are not in a hurry to go upstairs. Some students who have a good relationship on weekdays gather together and chat happily about their anecdotes during their internships. Or talk about your future.

Graduation means unemployment. Some people are happy and some are worried.

While chatting, everyone inevitably mentioned a classmate who was not very conspicuous in the class on weekdays, and it was naturally Jiang Yu.

"Have you all heard about it? The Seventh Canteen in the school was opened by Jiang Yu from our class. Now it is famous on the Internet!"

"Isn't it? I really didn't expect that I looked like an invisible person in the class. I haven't graduated yet, so I made such a big noise quietly. It's really shocking! At first I thought It's the same name and surname!"

"That's right! The Seventh Canteen held a 'fan welfare' event last time, saying that Jiang Yu made the peach blossom mille-feuille shortbread by himself. I wanted to buy a box and try my old classmate's handicrafts. Hey, who In less than a second, 100 boxes of shortbread were robbed!"

"Hey! By the way, the food in the Seventh Canteen is touted on the Internet as if it is the dragon liver and phoenix gall in the sky. Once you eat it, you will never forget it. Those of you who are in school, no one will try it. Pass?"

"I have actually tasted Jiang Yu's soup dumplings. To be honest, they are really delicious. I have never eaten this before. I don't know what other soup dumplings taste like. Anyway, they are delicious!"

"Wow! According to what you said, what is said on the Internet is not bragging? Then when Jiang Yu comes, we have to ask him to treat us to a meal. At least we have a classmate. He won't even have a meal." Are you reluctant?"

"Hey, do you know how much Jiang Yu's meal costs, so you dare to ask? It is said that a table of banquets he made has sold for as much as [-] yuan!"

"Hiss! Is it true or not? Then I dare not say it, I can't afford it!"

"What are you afraid of? You are so beautiful, you can't pay for the meal, at worst, let me promise you with your body!"

"Hahaha……"

A group of girls laughed happily, but the girl who was teased rolled her eyes and spat:
"Screw you……"

(End of this chapter)