Because I was not mentally prepared in advance, I didn’t even think about what to treat Dong Xiaodan to. The key is because I can cook it myself, so I seldom eat out. I had no idea where to find delicious food. After all, it was my first time to treat Dong Xiaodan.
Dong Xiaodan can't be too casual when eating. After thinking about it, I thought it would be safer to find a high-end restaurant, so I gritted my teeth and said, "Go to Sanxiang Hotel, and I'll treat you to seafood!"
Sanxiang Hotel is a five-star hotel owned by Sanxianghui. I have eaten at the Chinese restaurant there twice, and each time it was served by Long Wuye, and the taste was pretty good. The key is the quality.
Who would have thought that when Dong Xiaodan heard "Sanxiang Hotel", he immediately frowned and said, "Isn't the Sanxiang Hotel owned by Wang Hai's family? I won't go! Besides, I don't like seafood."
"Then what do you like to eat?"
Dong Xiaodan suddenly grinned and said, "I remember you said when you were at school that you knew how to cook when you were a child. How about you cook it for me?"
I didn't expect that she would actually make such a request, and I was a little surprised: "You want me to cook it for you!?"
"Yes! Let me have a taste of your cooking skills!" Having said this, Dong Xiaodan suddenly looked at me seriously and changed the subject: "Wait a minute, were you bragging to me before? In fact, you didn't even
You can’t cook!”
When I heard this, I immediately boasted: "Are you kidding? My skills are comparable to those of a five-star chef! If I hadn't opened Qibao Zhai, I would have planned to open a restaurant!"
"That's great, it seems like I'm in a good mood today!"
Only then did I realize that Dong Xiaodan had just used aggressive tactics on me.
"You really want me to cook for you?"
Dong Xiaodan nodded immediately.
"But... there's no place to cook it at noon..." I deliberately expressed embarrassment. It wasn't that I didn't want to cook for her. It was mainly because my cooking skills weren't that good, and the food I cooked was barely enough to fill her stomach.
It's just a belly, and it's a long way from the so-called gourmet food. I really don't know what to do with it to entertain Dong Xiaodan.
I originally thought that Dong Xiaodan would not force me to say this, but she refused to let me go and insisted on me cooking for her. Moreover, she actually knew that there was a cooking place behind our shop. Of course, that didn't count.
There was no kitchen, just a liquefied gas stove, which was used most of the time to cook noodles and boil water. But Dong Xiaodan didn't care.
I couldn't resist her, so I had to agree to cook it for her. Fortunately, I still had two dishes that I thought I was good at.
Since there were almost no vegetables in the store except instant noodles and ham sausage, I went to the vegetable market opposite to buy vegetables first. I originally wanted Dong Xiaodan to wait in the store, but she insisted on going with me.
I had no choice but to take her to the vegetable market together.
If you think about it, this is probably the first time I have "shopping" alone with a member of the opposite sex. Although I was shopping in a smelly and dirty vegetable market, I was still a little inexplicably excited.
Along the way, the two of us chatted all over the place, as if we were back to the original unforgettable good time.
Although there is a knot in my heart that may never be untied in this life, I think about it carefully, why should I avoid Dong Xiaodan? Even if we can't be together, even if we just become lifelong friends, it's actually not bad.
When I thought about it, I felt as if I had suddenly gotten rid of a burden that I had been carrying for a long time, and I suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
But I didn’t expect that because Dong Xiaodan and I were too close, as my struggle with the cult members gradually intensified, it would bring her a lot of trouble, and even almost harmed her and her father, Professor Dong.
life. Of course, this is a later story and will not be mentioned for now.
At noon that day, I cooked two extremely ordinary home-cooked dishes: spicy and fragrant dried pork and tomato scrambled eggs. In order to prevent the dish from being inedible due to extremely abnormal performance, I also specially bought a can of lunch meat and opened the store.
I also took out the half bottle of Lao Ganma left in the bottle, which was regarded as a treat to Dong Xiaodan.
Jianjian couldn't help but laugh at me: "You are not treating guests to dinner, you are just living as a young couple!"
This guy has decided that Dong Xiaodan and I are a couple, and he always says this at inopportune times. Sometimes I really want to use 5 pieces of super glue to directly seal his stinky mouth, but the atmosphere today is a little different from usual.
Likewise, when I heard him teasing me like this, although I immediately kicked him out of reflex, I felt a sense of pleasure in my heart.
After the food was ready, in order not to be disturbed, Jianjian found a piece of white paper, wrote a closure notice and posted it outside the door, then closed the door.
It happened that there was still half a bottle of Tsingtao beer left in the store, so the three of us started our meal with two plates of home-cooked dishes, a can of lunch meat and half a bottle of Lao Ganma, as if it was a holiday. Today’s dishes were not cooked well
Not bad, I was originally worried that it wouldn’t suit Dong Xiaodan’s taste, but after she ate it, she kept praising my cooking skills, which made me a little embarrassed. Jianjian couldn’t help but sigh from the side: “It’s really a lover’s mouth.
There’s a chef here!”
The three of us had an unforgettable lunch amidst laughter and laughter. Before we could clear the table, there was a sudden "dong dong dong" knock on the door. Taking advantage of the alcohol, Jian Jian shouted loudly: "Knock on what!"
Didn’t you see the notice posted at the door? We’re closed for half a day today!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Fatty Niu's voice came from outside the door: "Brother, it's me!"
Hearing that it was Fatty Niu, Jianjian got up and opened the store door.
As soon as he walked into the store, Fatty Niu asked with a confused look on his face: "Brother, what's the happy event for you guys!?"
Jianjian showed a wicked smile, turned his head and glanced at me, and said: "Hey, you ask the boss, I will wash the dishes." After saying that, he quickly walked to the table, picked up the dishes and chopsticks on the table and straightened them out.
After running to the store, this guy was usually too lazy to wash the dishes even if asked, but today he suddenly became so diligent. I vaguely felt something was wrong.
Fatty Niu turned to me and asked: "Boss, what's the happy event?"
I was confused when I was asked: "What on earth are you talking about! How could I have known there was such a happy event!"
Fatty Niu pointed his hand towards the shop door and said, "Isn't there a happy event written on the door of your shop?"
As soon as I heard this, I immediately got up and ran out of the store. When I took a look, I saw only eight large, crooked characters written on the white paper posted on the door of the store: The owner is happy and will be closed for a long time.
This bastard guy actually didn't forget to prank me even by putting up a closure notice. I ripped off the notice paper on the door and shouted loudly into the store: "You bastard! Are you itchy?"
Dong Xiaodan, who was sitting in the store, didn't know why I yelled suddenly, and asked curiously: "What is written on the paper?"
I was afraid that Dong Xiaodan would see it, so I hurriedly crumpled the white paper into a ball, threw it into the trash can outside the door, and said nonchalantly: "As the saying goes, a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, what good things can that guy write!"
At this point, I quickly changed the subject and turned to ask Fatty Niu: "Aren't you supposed to be in the store looking after the store? Why did you come here?"
Only then did Fatty Niu remember the business. He slapped his forehead and said, "That's right! The master asked me to come. He said he had some new discoveries and asked you to come over when you have time."
"What new discovery?" I asked.
Fatty Niu shook his head: "I don't know either. From what he said, it seems to be related to some drought demon."
As soon as I heard the news, I immediately became energetic. I immediately turned to Dong Xiaodan and said, "Xiaodan, you can take a taxi back later. I have something to go to Boss Wen's place!" After that, I walked towards Guyuan across the street.
Ge ran away.
I hurried up to the second floor of Guyuan Pavilion. Wen Qingshan was holding a book and was fascinated. When he saw me coming, he immediately said: "Shi Yu, come here and read this record!"
I walked up quickly and he handed me the book in his hand.
This is an ancient book bound with thread. The cover is made of yellow silk. The pages are a little yellowed and the whole book is slightly worn. It looks like it has been around for a long time.
Wen Qingshan pointed to the book and said, "Look at this paragraph!"
I looked at it carefully.
It turns out that this story is about the construction of an underground tomb. According to the book, this underground tomb is located in a valley on the eastern outskirts of Xiangsha City. It covers an extremely large area. The tomb is built according to the pattern of Qimen Bagua.
At that time, there were more than 300 workers involved in building the tomb. After the tomb was completed, the supervisor deceived all the workers into a secret room in the name of paying a bounty, then sealed the secret room and fumigated everyone to death with poisonous mist.
The person who narrated this incident was a worker who participated in the construction of the tomb at that time. He was not destined to die that day because he had diarrhea and did not enter the secret room. Later he escaped through the only exit. According to him, inside the tomb,
It is full of hidden weapons. If you break in rashly, you may lose your life at any time.
After reading the records in the book, I raised my head and looked at Wen Qingshan and said in surprise: "Could it be that the tomb mentioned in this book is the construction site?"
Wen Qingshan frowned and said: "I think so too, but there is one thing I don't quite understand."
"What?"
Wen Qingshan said: "According to our previous speculation, Chen Zhonghao originally came to find a land for Emperor Qianlong to build a palace, but in the end he came to build a tomb. I was wondering if we could get it somewhere.
Wrong."
I pondered for a moment, raised my head and said, "Boss Wen, there is something that I didn't tell you the truth about."
Wen Qingshan was slightly startled and quickly asked: "What's the matter!?"
I hesitated for a while and then said: "Actually, the secret order given by Emperor Qianlong to Chen Zhonghao was not for the purpose of building a palace, but for another purpose. The so-called construction of a palace was just a cover made up to conceal the local officials."
Hearing what I said, Wen Qingshan was a little surprised. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "What exactly is Qianlong's secret decree?"