Chapter 10 (2/2)
“You may be my friend, Sun Ming. But no means no. This is the rule of my restaurant. I could treat you to kebab outside.” Yuan Zhou decidedly refused again.
“Having had that Egg Fried Rice, who has the interest in eating the kebab roasted in flame and smoke? Go and one more, please.” Sun Ming continued to persuade Yuan Zhou hopefully. But when he found his friend still shook his head, he admitted defeat. He said, “I’ll call you elder brother, okay? Or even grandfather? You should know that. I have only this one hobby.”
Hearing that, Yuan Zhou asked the system in his mind, “Is it truly not allowed? This is my best friend.”
The system read, “A rule is a rule.”
At last, Yuan Zhou looked at Sun Ming’s expectant look and said, “We are brothers. Don’t break the rules of my restaurant, will you? After all, it’s the first day open for business. Follow me. Let me treat you to something else to make up for your empty stomach.”
Seeing Yuan Zhou determination, Sun Ming had to give up, “Forget it then. I can’t eat anything else after your Egg Fried Rice. What time are you open tomorrow? I will come around early in the morning.”
“9:30 in the morning. Would you like to have a rest here?” Yuan Zhou asked when he found Sun Ming was leaving.
“If you don’t cook one more serving, I’d go back to sleep so that I can drop by early tomorrow morning.” Sun Ming said in a self-mocking tone.
“Brother, please understand. I will compensate you in the future.” Yuan Zhou couldn’t do anything about the stingy system and had to say so.
After he had heard his explanation, Sun Ming knew that since his brother had such exquisite skills, thus some rules were fairly normal. After all, every talented person had their own quirks, especially a cook who could make such delicate and delicious food.
Having thought it through, Sun Ming didn’t mind about the matter anymore. Besides, he thought of a pretty good idea. The proverb “Stay in the company of the good and you shall follow them, but stay in the company of the bad and you shall become them. The words “The friend of a glutton is also a glutton.” well described Sun Ming.
Sun Ming decided to bring his friends here to taste the Egg Fried Rice the next day. The reason was of course to let them taste the most delicious Egg Fried Rice in the world, it couldn’t possibly be because you can’t have a second serving here. How could Sun Ming be such a bad person?
When he thought of the reactions of his friends that tasted the first serving but couldn’t order another, Sun Ming felt he was such a kind person. He then waved his hand excitedly to Yuan Zhou and took his car back.
Watching Sun Ming disappearing into the dim light of the night, Yuan Zhou returned to the restaurant. As people on the street were becoming lesser and lesser, Yuan Zhou took the flower baskets back into the restaurant and shut the door.
He returned to the kitchen and prepared to wash the used bowls stacked there. He was thinking if it was necessary to hire a dishwasher. He couldn’t do the job while cooking and serving the guests.
But hiring a person definitely meant spending money. And spending money was the last thing that Yuan Zhou wanted to do.
“System, look at my hands.” Yuan Zhou said abruptly to the system.
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When Yuan Zhou found the system didn’t respond, he continued, “You should know I am a poor guy and can’t afford to hire a dishwasher. If there are too many guests here, the cooking will be affected by the dishwashing, so would the reputation of our restaurant. And the most important thing is, have you ever seen any Master Chef washing dishes himself?”
Yuan Zhou stood by the hand sink with a bowl in his hands. He narrated ceaselessly in his mind about how dishwashing would affect a Master Chef. About 5 minutes later, the system responded.
The system read, “The system has provided automatic dishwashing tools. Host, please check.”
“I don’t need to wash the bowls and plates anymore.” Yuan Zhou started to look for the dishwashing tool happily in the kitchen.
A black box that wasn’t there in the morning had suddenly appeared beside the electric cooker. It was as large as a notebook. It looked exactly like a black box with a smooth and flat surface, but didn’t even have a switch.
Looking around at the black box, Yuan Zhou reached out to touch it, checking what was so special about it. Just then the black box split automatically and revealed its white interior space. Yuan Zhou tried to put the plate that Sun Ming just ate from inside the box, the box then closed automatically. In no more than 3 seconds, the plate reappeared from the box. It was as clean as new and glittered.
“So convenient. It really is Sci-fi technology, again.”
Yuan Zhou returned the plate to where it belonged and went upstairs, preparing to sleep. Although there was only one customer, he managed to confirm one thing, that is, the Egg Fried Rice was indeed God Tier and whoever tasted wouldn’t be able to forget about it.
Lying on his bed, Yuan Zhou tapped on the mission panel and found that the Egg Fried Rice he had consumed wasn’t included in his mission. He still had 99 more servings left to sell.