Life is a Game

For ordinary people, the working day is painful, especially the working day after the festival.

Have a good meal with family and friends, maybe go shopping and watch movies after the meal, or stay at home and play games with netizens. The whole festival is full and happy, even Going to bed later than usual.

This kind of happy holiday, even if there is no holiday, will set off the painful working days after the holiday.

But Han Guishan is different.

He had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

In order to welcome the arrival of this day, he planned his work early, and told his assistant to move all the things after 4 pm to other times and not to disturb him if there were no important things.

He also repeatedly reminded Wang Jing not to go to the beauty salon today, and Han Youxin not to dawdle in the classroom after school and get out of school early.

All these preparations are due to the reopening of Taifeng Building.

He has been waiting for this day for too long. In more than ten days, he almost forgot that Jiang Weiguo's fried double crisp, Wu Minqi's mapo tofu, Jiang Feng's shredded yam, and Zhang Guanghang's lamb chops are always hard to grab. What did Jiang Weiming's dishes taste like, as well as the dishes of other chefs whose names he couldn't remember.

He hasn't even eaten pickled vegetable dumplings for a few days.

Han Guishan is a frequent visitor of Taifeng Building. He basically eats in Taifeng Building as a canteen on weekdays. All the waiters who greet guests at the door know him and can accurately call him by name.

Sitting in the office, Han Guishan felt that the documents on the table were a bit of an eyesore and he couldn't bear to read them. He simply put down the work at hand and began to study what to have for dinner tonight.

Shredded yam and pickled vegetable dumpling must be eaten. During the Chinese New Year, he took Han Youxin to accompany Wang Jing back to Sichuan. Recently, he didn't like spicy food. Instead, he missed Zhang Guanghang's creamy soup very much. Han Guishan made a mental list of some must-eat dishes tonight, and added a few more dishes that could be eaten at once, and found that the dishes were too many for the three of them to finish.

Han Guishan thought for a while, then took out his mobile phone and called Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng is studying the list of judges for this year's celebrity chef list at home.

Unlike Han Guishan, who had to do everything by himself and struggled at his desk every day until his hair fell out, Xu Cheng basically didn't work, and when he needed to work, he could do nothing. Anyway, he was the boss. He has more than one son. He is not like Han Guishan who is old enough to have sons. His sons did not go to elementary school until they were in their fifties. He left the hard work to his sons early on, and he was only a decision maker. When Xu Cheng was young, he didn't like to work. He ate, drank and traveled around the world all day long. This is even more so now that he is older.

Xu Cheng glanced at the list with a headache, silently crumpled it into a ball of waste paper and threw it into the waste paper bin in front of him.

He wanted to pigeon, but he couldn't.

If "Zhiwei" is his painstaking effort, then the record of famous chefs is his pride.

It's just that sometimes pride can cause headaches, and Xu Cheng even regrets why he decided to re-evaluate every four years.

If I knew it earlier, it would be selected once every ten years.

"Hey." Xu Cheng took a breath.

the phone is ringing.

Xu Cheng picked up the phone and found that it was Han Guishan calling, and pressed the answer button: "Hello."

"Old Xu, what are you up to? Are you free tonight? Let me treat you to dinner!" Han Guishan said excitedly.

Hearing the meal, Xu Cheng became a little interested: "Where are you going?"

"Of course it's Taifeng Building. Their house is reopening today. They don't open at noon until the afternoon. Today is a working day. Let's go there as early as 4:30, and we'll definitely get the shredded yam." Han Guishan's calculations were pounding crackle.

"Taifeng Restaurant opened today?" Xu Cheng didn't care much about this matter, he just remembered that Taifeng Restaurant was closed during the Chinese New Year and gave employees the longest paid (basic salary) annual leave among all restaurants in Beiping. He heard at that time During this incident, I still lamented the waywardness of the Jiang family.

"Why don't we go to Yonghe Residence? In fact, Babaozhai is also good. Babaozhai's recently launched dim sum are all good. Their new chef Baian last year is solid in craftsmanship, and his name will probably be added to the list of famous chefs this year. "Xu Cheng suggested, "Taifeng Building just opened today, and many dishes may not be complete. I suggest you go tomorrow."

Han Guishan is going to the cafeteria to eat, so he would not consider that there are not all dishes, as long as there are dishes: "What kind of Babaozhai is far away from my company, so I will go to Taifeng Building, so it is agreed that I will book a box. I still have more food." There are a lot of files, hang them up and see you later."

Xu Cheng: ...

Xu Cheng sent a message to his assistant asking him to arrange a car to Taifeng Building at four in the afternoon, and continued to worry about the list of judges.

At 4:37 p.m., Han Guishan's family arrived at Taifeng Building almost at the same time as Xu Cheng.

"Uncle Xu." The little fat man Han Youxin greeted Xu Cheng honestly. He had lost a little weight a year ago, but he gained even more weight during the Chinese New Year.

"Youxin has grown taller again." Xu Cheng opened his eyes and said nonsense.

After a few basic courtesies, Xu Cheng and Han Guishan's family followed the waiter up to the box on the second floor.

After not coming for more than half a month, Han Guishan felt a sense of intimacy sitting in the box.

"Can I order now?" Han Guishan asked.

"Yes." The waiter nodded.

Han Guishan picked up the tablet, first found the shredded yam and quickly placed an order, and then began to look at other dishes.

"Hey, you guys are serving new dishes here. The squid eel paste and squirrel mandarin fish are all Suzhou dishes, right? You have a new chef here? Dong Shi, Dong Li, Lao Xu, do you know these two?" Han Guishan was surprised to find that there was something new on the menu.

Hearing what he said, Xu Cheng and Wang Jing looked at the tablet one after another, and even Han Youxin stretched his neck to look at the tablet in Han Guishan's hand.

"Dad, I want to eat mandarin fish!" Han Youxin said loudly.

"Eat!" Han Guishan readily agreed.

"I also have a piece of eel paste." Xu Chengdao, "I seem to have a little impression, it should be the two young apprentices of Master Huang of Huangji Restaurant. I heard someone mention it before. They are either twins or brothers. I remember that they seem to be brothers. .”

"Huangji Restaurant was put up for sale last year. It should be Master Huang's apprentice, but they have all gone to Beiping to find a job. They have traveled far enough." Han Guishan sighed, "This is good, and you can come here to eat Subang dishes. Eat at Taifeng Building. I just said that you must come to Taifeng Building to eat tonight, you see, there are new dishes on the menu."

"It's not that Master Huang is here, why are you so excited." Xu Cheng glanced at the menu for a few times and found that there was no Babao Chestnut Pigeon, then he lost interest. Bring it here, their family seems to have released a new dim sum today, you can try it later."

"What's delicious about dim sum? It's not breakfast." Han Guishan had no interest in dim sum, so he flipped through the menu.

The next second, Han Guishan screamed out.

"Oh, Old Xu, it's a good thing I didn't listen to you and went to Babaozhai. Master Jiang Weiming has food on the menu today!" Han Guishan was so excited that he almost jumped out of his chair. dishes) have not been ordered yet.

"What dish?" Xu Cheng poked his head out.

Han Guishan clicked on Jiang Weiming's name. There was only one dish under Jiang Weiming's name, limited to 4 servings, and there was no purchase limit.

Chickpeas, 688 servings.

"Place an order quickly, buy everything, and place an order!" Xu Cheng was as excited as a college student who was standing in front of the computer desk in the early morning of Double Eleven a few years ago to grab the order.

Han Guishan had just clicked Add, and before placing an order, there were only two servings of Chicken Douhua left.

Xu Cheng:?

I came so early and someone is grabbing food from me?

Someone actually has the heart to compete with a weak, helpless and pitiful person like me, who has never had the chance to eat chickpeas made by Master Jiang for decades!

"I only have two more copies?" Han Guishan didn't understand why Xu Cheng was so excited.

Thanks to his wife who is from Sichuan, Han Guishan knows about chickpea curds, and has eaten a lot of them, ranging from tens to hundreds of yuan. eat. The price of Taifeng Tower was the most expensive he had ever seen. Even if Jiang Weiming made it, he felt that Xu Cheng didn't need to be so excited.

It's not that he has never eaten Pao Dolphin, and Xu Cheng has never been so excited when eating Pao Dolphin.

"Of course, place the order quickly, oops, why are you so slow, I'll do it!" Xu Cheng snatched the tablet from Han Guishan, placed the order quickly, and handed the tablet back to Han Guishan.

His hands are so fast that he seems to have been single for sixty years.

Han Guishan was taken aback for a moment, and continued to order food calmly.

"Old Xu, are the snacks in Babaozhai you just mentioned so delicious? Why don't we go to Babaozhai for lunch tomorrow?" Han Guishan asked.

"What Babaozhai? Oh, snacks, that's what it is actually, just ask the assistant to buy it, there's no need to eat it specially. Let's continue to come to Taifeng Building at noon tomorrow, come early, come at eleven o'clock."