Chapter 228: Chapter 191 Let’s Toast to Ourselves
Qu Wanqiu’s cooking skills are actually pretty good. With four newbies, she really managed to serve bowl after bowl of steaming hot dishes right at mealtime. They even looked presentable, and she even plated them.
Actually, among the apprentices, Ding Sihan is the most impressive. With a zero base, under Qu Wanqiu’s guidance, she managed to make four dishes and two soups all by herself.
They are scrambled eggs with tomatoes, scrambled tomatoes with eggs, tomato and egg stir-fried, egg and tomato stir-fried, tomato egg soup, and egg tomato soup.
"Lin Li, the drinks have arrived, go grab them, and you’ll get more snacks later." After the five sat down at the tatami-style ’table,’ Ding Sihan’s phone rang, and she bossed Lin Li around.
"Bufan, the drinks have arrived, go grab them, and you’ll get half more snacks later." Lin Li turned to Bai Bufan and said.
Bai Bufan: "..."
Outsourcing, huh? Even acting as a broker right in front of me?
But Lin Li did it just reflexively; as she said this, she was already getting up and heading outside.
Lin Li brought the drinks back and distributed them to five people.
"This milk tea’s milk and tea flavors are so weak. Indeed, ordering milk tea from a shop you’ve never heard of is just a gamble." Ding Sihan remarked with furrowed brows after taking a sip with a straw.
The other two relatively professional girls nodded along.
"Maybe the shopkeeper likes cleanliness more," Lin Li said upon hearing.
"Huh? Why would loving cleanliness make the taste weak?" Ding Sihan was puzzled.
"Before selling the milk tea, they washed it with water to ensure it’s not dirty when we get it," Lin Li explained.
Ding Sihan: "..."
"If it’s watered down, just say it’s watered down!!"
"Can we start eating?" Bai Bufan said as he reached out, only to have Lin Li’s chopstick tail tap his hand.
"Do you think you deserve to eat first?" Lin Li sneered, then pointed forward before Bai Bufan could fight back: "People don’t eat first; phones eat first."
Bai Bufan watched the three girls about to capture the fruits of their labor and settled down.
Wait, why did Lin Li say ’people don’t,’ why add an extra ’don’t’?
Damn it.
"Alright, you can eat now." After phones were full, the girls finally issued the order.
"Let’s toast first." Lin Li raised the fruit tea in his glass.
"Cheers!" The other four immediately understood and lifted their glasses to clink together.
Sometimes, effort is just for this moment of toasting.
"Today, we gather here to celebrate Lin Li’s seventeenth year and 340th day anniversary. On this special and important day, I’m deeply honored to deliver some speech..." After the toast, leader Lin Li relievedly said.
Unfortunately, no one paid him any attention.
Bai Bufan even started eating directly, deliberately knocking the bowl’s edge with his chopsticks while scooping rice.
"Ahem, let’s not celebrate this one, skip me; let’s thank the Ancient Greek god of wealth— Chen Yu Ying!" Lin Li had to change the topic.
"Oh, oh!"
Except for Chen Yu Ying, the three immediately chimed in and raised their drinks, clinking them together.
"Let’s also thank the Ancient Greek ruler of culinary arts— Qu Wanqiu!" Lin Li spoke again.
Clear glass clinks came together.
"Why not call her the god of cooking?" Ding Sihan subconsciously asked next.
Lin Li stared at Ding Sihan without speaking.
"Sorry." Ding Sihan realized and sincerely apologized.
"Alright, next, let’s thank the Ancient Greek god of... tomatoes and eggs— Ding Sihan!" Under Ding Sihan’s threatening gaze, Lin Li could only change his statement.
Everyone toasted again, and Ding Sihan reluctantly accepted it.
Bai Bufan eagerly rubbed his hands together.
It’s my turn, it’s my turn.
"Lastly, thanks to Bai Bufan who’s worked hard playing all afternoon... Alright, let’s eat." Lin Li said disinterestedly, then pouted: "Tsk—"
Started scooping rice, chopsticks knocking clank clank.
"Damn! How come it became like this for me? The format’s all wrong! Isn’t it supposed to be a god? Toast! Why aren’t we toasting! What do you mean by directly starting to eat, Lin Li! Show me some respect!"
Bai Bufan punched Lin Li a few times angrily and roared.
Isn’t this also a kind of boomerang?
The three girls across, who planned to complain about starting to eat, were completely amused by the two’s banter.
Officially starting to eat, Qu Wanqiu’s main dish flavors weren’t bad, and what Chen Yu Ying and Ding Sihan led wasn’t hard to swallow either.
"Let’s try this once; otherwise, with this efficiency of preparing dinner taking an entire afternoon, we’ll spend the whole National Day cooking."
After acknowledging the taste, Chen Yu Ying sought everyone’s opinion.
Naturally, no one objected.
It was just for novelty, and for Qu Wanqiu, it didn’t even count as new.
At this point, Lin Li slightly bent down.
The five wasn’t eating on chairs, but sat on a ground covered with mats, with Lin Li’s target under the table being the feet.
Ding Sihan wore socks, Qu Wanqiu sat cross-legged, only Chen Yu Ying straightened her legs still under the table.
Fair and slender, her toes round and healthy, without any nail polish, the nails were a faint pink, her skin delicate and white, you could see the blue veins within.
Perhaps due to the owner’s joy, they slightly swayed left and right during the meal, revealing youthful vitality.
Bai Bufan was actually right; her tender feet had no calluses.