âI heard that a new Sichuan restaurant opened up next to the police station, the taste is pretty good! Dad ate there last time!â Zhao Yanyan suggested.
âNext to the police station!â I said in surprise, Chen Weierâs mother rented a shop not long ago next to the police station, and opened up a Chenâs Sichuan restaurant.
Chen Weier was also surprised, and asked subconsciously, âWhatâs it called?â
âIâm not too sure! But it seems to only have opened during Chinese New Year,â Zhao Yanyan said strangely after seeing Chen Weier and my weird expressions.
âThe one youâre talking about is probably opened by Weierâs mom,â I said.
âAh!â Zhao Yanyan exclaimed, âThen can we ate there for free!â
âYou have to ask our hubby about this, he is the true owner behind the scenes,â Chen Weier giggled.
What can I say? Itâs my money either way, is there a difference whether it is free or not!
I followed Zhao Yanyanâs instruction, and drove the car to that newly opened restaurant, and noticed that it is the âChenâs Sichuan Tasteâ ran by Chen Weierâs mother that I invested in earlier. It looks pretty popular.
This was a shop designed based on my experience in my previous life. It used a Sichuan rural style, something I learnt from the themed restaurants and bars in my previous life. This type of simple design is a change from the urban areaâs fancy decorations that were the same everywhere, giving people a very intimate feeling, I didnât think that it would gain this amount of unexpected success.
âIs there a room?â I asked the reception lady.
âSorry, Sir. You have to reserve the rooms first,â The reception lady said with a smile.
âWe canât get one right now?â I asked.
âSorry, if you havenât reserved it, then you can only dine in the hall,â The reception lady said apologetically.
âItâs alright, then just the hall,â I didnât mind, isnât it just a meal! Itâs the same wherever we ate.
âHow about I give mom a call?â Chen Weier asked.
âNo need, weâre only having a meal, thereâs no need to trouble over it so much,â I said.
Thus, under the guidance of the reception lady, we were put on a four person table in the hall.
I picked up the menu, then immediately saw the chefâs special, Chenâs Mala Tang.
âIâll have a bowl of Mala Tang!â I said to the two girls. âWhat do you want?â
âHubby, Iâll go make it personally for you in the kitchen! They donât know your preference,â Chen Weier looked at me passionately and said.
Just as I wanted to say âno need for the troubleâ, I saw that Chen Weier had stood up and was already running towards the kitchen.
âAi, young lady, what did you come to the kitchen for!â A fatty that looked like a chef asked.
âWe ordered a Mala Tang, I wanted to make it personally, is that okay?â Chen Weier said cutely.
âAbout this...â The fat chef felt a bit troubled, according to the rules of the restaurant, the customers canât come to the kitchen, but he couldnât bear to refute this cute young lady.
âJust one bowl! Iâll leave after making it!â Chen Weier said sweetly.
âEn... Then okay,â The fat chef drowsily agreed. This is because the young lady in front of him was too similar to his meimei, making him unable to refuse. Thinking that, the fat chef couldnât feel a bit lost, if his meimei was healthy, then she should be like this young lady, but...
Seeing the fat chef agree, Chen Weier happily went in front of the stove, and familiarly picked up the Mala Tang basket to get the ingredients. Although she havenât done that for a long time, Chen Weier didnât seem rusty at all.
âWho are you?!â A skinny chef pointed to Chen Weier and asked in surprise after entering the kitchen.
âThis... This is my meimei,â The fat chef quickly explained after getting surprised.
âYour meimei? Isnât your meimei a veggie!â The skinny chef sneered and said.
âThis is... my other meimei!â The fat chef said unwillingly.
âHehe, Fatty, I donât care if she is your meimei or not, bringing her to the kitchen is already broken the regulations, now youâre letting her cook, arenât you making a joke of our restaurantâs reputation!â The skinny chef said with a smirk.
âI came in myself to want to make it, itâs none of his business, whatâs more is that Iâm cooking what we ordered, what does that have to do with the restaurant reputation!â Seeing the relentlessness of the skinny chef, Chen Weier helped the fat chef out.
âHeh, who are you kidding! Even he admitted that he brought you in, you think your family opened this restaurant?! You come when you want? Heh, Fatty, now Iâve got dirt on you, donât blame me for being merciless!â The skinny chef glared at her and said.
The fat chef yelled out how troubled he was in his heart, young lady, young lady, youâve caused so much trouble for me. If this skinny tells the restaurant manager, then heâs screwed. The restaurant has just opened for two weeks, the kitchen was going to promote a head chef, the only people that have the ability are himself and skinny, from all perspectives, he is slightly better than skinny for a bit. It could be said that his head chef position was pretty much guaranteed, he didnât think that such a thing would occur. It seems like his head chef position was goners, he didnât mind so much, the several hundred kuai of extra salary didnât matter that much, but this money is used to treat his meimei!
As expected, skinny picked up the phone, dialed the manager officeâs telephone, he spoke a few words, then smirked at fatty.
After quite a while, a middle-aged woman arrived at the entrance to the kitchen. âWhatâs going on?â The middle-aged woman asked.
âManager, Fatty took his meimei to the kitchen without permission, and let her cook for the customers, this severely affects our restaurantâs reputation!â Skinny quickly said.
The middle-aged woman surveyed the kitchen, and left her gaze on Chen Weier, she said in surprise, âWeier!â
âMom!â Chen Weier turned around, smiled and said. âWhy did you come?â
âShe is the Fattyâs meimei you were talking about?â Mother Chen pointed to Chen Weier and said to Skinny in shock.
âAbout this...â Skinny freaked! He didnât think this young lady is actually the general managerâs daughter, this is truly dropping a boulder on his own feet! Just now he was uncaringly saying that âdid you think your family opened this restaurantâ, in the end, her family really opened it.
The fat chef let out a sigh of relief, now itâs all good.
Chen Weier quickly told Mother Chen what have happened, Mother Chen glared at Skinny and said, âYou are seriously too petty, you canât wait to ask for your reward before finding out the truth, itâll be hard for you to do big things. Now I announce, the head chef of our restaurant is Fatty.â
The chefs that were busy on the side all started clapping. At this time the person most happy is definitely Fatty, he didnât think that he would get fortunate because of bad luck.
âMom, you have to wave the bill for your table!â Chen Weier said.