The conversation between Chu Xiao and Yuan Zhou didn't affect Yang Da . He was still watching carefully .
After all, there wasn't much time left and he needed to prepare the surprise .
Yang Da arrived late today . So it wasn't long before Yuan Zhou brought out the daily sentence .
"Lunchtime ends now . See you in the evening, everybody . "
With his back perfectly straight, Yuan Zhou stood at the long curved table . He was wearing the Han Chinese clothing with lotus-flower patterns and had refreshing and clean hair . On his face was the usual look of seriousness . He appeared like the prince charming mentioned by his girlfriend .
That was the very impression of Yuan Zhou that Yang Da had when he first saw him .
This time, Yang Da even observed his appearance and actions carefully in order to study them .
"Goodbye . " Like all others, Yang Da said goodbye to Yuan Zhou .
Yuan Zhou answered every one of them earnestly and politely .
Yang Da had barely exited the restaurant and got on his electric bicycle when his phone rang .
"Hello, is that Mr . Yang Da? Your express delivery arrived . Please sign . " Once the phone was put through, there passed the sound of a young deliveryman from the other end of the phone .
"Yes, it's me . Where are you?" Yang Da asked him directly .
"I'm at the entrance of the Fengling Residential Area you wrote on the bill . Please come and receive it . " The young deliveryman said earnestly .
"Alright . I'll be there in five minutes . Please wait for a moment . " Yang Da also answered courteously .
"Okay . Hurry up, please . " The deliveryman urged him habitually .
"Got it, got it . I'll be there in five minutes . " Yang Da answered repeatedly and then hung off the phone .
He switched on the power and directly drove the electric bicycle away .
"The last one finally arrived . It seems that I should do that today . " Yang Da said with satisfaction .
The electric bicycle was running quickly on the streets . Even so, he didn't forget to make a call when he was waiting for the green light .
He took out his phone and dialed a person called "Partner" .
"Beep Beep" . The phone was answered very soon .
"What's the matter? Brother Yang . " It was a male voice that sounded smart and sincere at the other end of the phone .
"I'm unable to come to work in the afternoon and evening . I'm calling to ask for leave . " Yang Da said quickly and straightfowardly .
"Do you have an emergency? We have a lot of business recently . " The man at the other end said hesitantly .
"I'm sorry . It's a very important private matter . I will have to trouble you to make some arrangements . " Yang Da said with a firm tone .
"Only today, right? But if so, there will be no full-attendance bonus this month . You know, I have to give everyone their due . " The man at the other end stayed silent for a while and then continued saying .
"Okay . No problem . " Yang Da knitted his brows tight, but still said resolutely .
"Fine . You keep busy, Brother Yang . " Once he said that, the man hung off the phone first .
"Goodbye . " This word was directly chocked back in Yang Da's throat .
"This guy is still like that . " Yang Da muttered to himself with slight embarrassment .
At that time, the red light switched to green and then Yang Da rode back to the residential area .
"Zi" . Yang Da stopped the bicycle . He saw from a distance that a man dressed in a delivery uniform was standing at the entrance of the residential area .
"Hello . I'm here to receive Yang Da's express delivery . " Yang Da went up and said directly .
"Here's it . Please check if there are any damages . " The young deliveryman looked at him carefully for confirmation before he took out a carton and handed it to him .
"Sure . " Yang Da unpacked the carton and then sighed his name when he found there wasn't any damage .
It was the chinaware made to order from Taobao . Of course, he had to check it to be relieved .
After receiving the express delivery, however, Yang Da didn't go back immediately . Instead, he turned around and headed to the food market and started to buy vegetables .
"It's not early now . I'd better prepare earlier . " While he was selecting the vegetables, he checked the time .
What he meant was naturally the time when his girlfriend Little Ruo got off work .
After he bought the vegetables, Yang Da returned to their rented house and began to wash and process them in the narrow kitchen .
"Ping Ping Pang Pang" . The kitchen was so small that it could only allow one single person to cook inside . Yang Da had a figure as tall as 1 . 75m and thus the kitchen appeared slightly cramped for him . However, the smile on his face had never stopped .
Being busy in his own kitchen, Yang Da naturally didn't go to Yuan Zhou's restaurant, which was realized by Master Cheng .
"Why didn't that guy come this evening?" Master Cheng craned his neck and looked at the long line outside . When he found Yang Da wasn't here, he couldn't help muttering .
"He's been here for 23 days this month . " Yuan Zhou said indifferently .
"Boss Yuan, you can even remember this?" There appeared an incredible look on the fat face of Master Cheng .
"Good chefs should observe all happenings around himself just like what he does to his ingredients . " Yuan Zhou checked the various kitchenware in the kitchen carefully without even raising his head .
"Yes, sure . I got it . " Master Cheng lowered his head and immediately answered .
"Then what did you see?" Yuan Zhou turned his head and took a glance at Master Cheng .
"He didn't come this time, either . I'm thinking that he might be learning about plate presentation rather than the genuine culinary skills . " Master Cheng considered for a while and then continued saying .
"Um . " Yuan Zhou nodded his head, but didn't comment if he was right or wrong .
Then, Master Cheng started to consider earnestly .
Yuan Zhou also felt quite competent inwardly, "It feels like I'm posturing more and more deftly . And it seems that I can also start a specific school to develop Yuan Culinary Arts . "
He felt he was doing better in teaching his disciples . Meanwhile, Yang Da also successfully completed the surprise that he had prepared today .
He put the food that he had just cooked into the chinaware that arrived this afternoon very carefully and carried it on the small table lightly .
The small table was a very small ordinary wooden table . In normal times, they usually sat face to face while eating . And there was no exception today .
Yang Da filled the bowls with the rice and laid out the chopsticks . After that, the fragrance of the food started to float in the small room .
"Ka La La" . There passed the sound of the door being unlocked . Yang Da covered the food and dishes quickly when Little Ruo opened the door and entered the room .
"Huh? Yang Da, why are you at home today?" Just when she opened the door, Little Ruo asked in surprise .
"Go wash your hands quickly and then let's eat . " Yang Da revealed a smile to his girlfriend and urged her quickly .
"Wow, even the food has been prepared . Thank you, Brother Yang . " Little Ruo glanced at the table and immediately said happily .
"Of course, there will also be a surprise later . " Yang Da said complacently .
"Okay . I can't wait to see it . " Little Ruo said smilingly while washing her hands .
As she was happy and anxious to eat, Little Ruo sat at her own position very soon .
"Why are they still covered? What dishes are they?" Little Ruo asked curiously with her eyes widely open .
"You uncover them and check it yourself . " Yang Da said mysteriously .
"Okay . " Little Ruo reached out her white hands directly and removed the cover .
There were four dishes on the table, a plain-fried Jinling Grass, a seaweed soup, a cold-dish tremella and some meatballs loaded in a big chinaware .
"What's this?" Little Ruo was stupefied for a little while before she raised her head and looked at Yang Da .
"It's the interest . Next time, I can give the principal back to you . " Yang Da looked at Little Ruo and said to her with a smile .
"Interest? Um . I will be waiting for your principal . " Little Ruo also looked at Yang Da and nodded solemnly with happiness in her eyes .
"Let's eat, shall we?" Yang Da said while pointing at the dishes on the table .
"Sure . " After a nod, Little Ruo took the chopsticks and started to eat .
These were all dishes served in Yuan Zhou's restaurant that Little Ruo had muttered several times .
Even if the Jinling Grass was slightly yellow from being burnt; even if it was only ordinary seaweed in the seaweed soup; even if the tremella was actually a little excessively sweet after the honey was added, and even if the chinaware used to load the Swedish Meatballs didn't have that ingenious mechanism .
However, Little Ruo ate them very happily . It was great to be able to eat them even though they were not the authentic ones .
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