Chapter 269 The first to arrive were still Grandma Wang and Wang Mao.
The elementary school students also finish school early at noon. Grandma Wang went to pick up her grandson for lunch. Her granddaughter Wang Lei would come over by herself after school at noon.
"Grandpa!" Wang Mao rushed into the cafeteria like a whirlwind, leaned against the window and asked loudly, "What's delicious today? I'm hungry!"
Grandma Wang followed in and took a look at the dishes on the table. She didn't know how to choose, so she asked her husband to decide.
The rice and soup in the cafeteria can be refilled at will, and you only need to pay a one-time fee. The restaurant also borrows the practice of Qiao Zhiyan's homestay, using small bowls to serve each dish. You can take whatever dish you want. However, the bowls in the cafeteria are much larger than those in the homestay. For two people, three dishes are definitely enough.
Wang Zhixin remembered what Su Chaoqi said about children eating more eggs, so he took a bowl of egg custard, some pan-fried tofu, stir-fried bok choy, and finally a portion of sliced fruit, and put them all on a tray for Grandma Wang to take away.
As Wang Mao walked, he kept standing on tiptoe to look at the food on the tray, taking a look every two steps.
Seeing that he couldn't walk properly, Grandma Wang scolded him angrily, which made him walk more normally.
As soon as the tray was put down, Wang Mao couldn't wait to pick up his chopsticks.
In order to eat better, he spent half the night last night practicing using chopsticks, using a smooth glass ball at home to practice. Now he can use chopsticks skillfully!
Practice has paid off. At least now he can eat whatever he wants.
While they were eating, Old Zhang also stepped into the cafeteria. Wang Mao greeted him in a loud voice: "Grandpa Zhang!"
Old Zhang also knew Wang Mao. His grandson was also in elementary school, but he was a few years older than Wang Mao. The two children would occasionally play together.
Grandma Wang also smiled and nodded at Lao Zhang. She had known about the bet he made with his wife for a long time, but she would not bring it up in person and pretended not to know.
Lao Zhang patted Wang Mao on the head and asked kindly, "What is Maomao eating?"
Wang Mao couldn't name the dishes, but he knew: "Eat what grandpa cooks!"
Lao Zhang nodded, and then went to the window to get his food.
Wang Zhixin greeted him as usual: "What do you want to eat?"
Lao Zhang looked around and didn't know what to eat, so he asked Wang Zhixin for a recommendation.
Two dishes were enough for him, so Wang Zhixin gave him stir-fried green beans and scrambled eggs with cucumber, and also added a portion of chopped fruit and gave it to Lao Zhang.
Lao Zhang sighed and swiped his card: "I think I'm going to lose this bet."
Wang Zhixin was a little proud: "Of course, I have experience, but you are not at a disadvantage, right? Remember to bring your sister-in-law to the cafeteria for dinner tomorrow."
Lao Zhang nodded, picked up a table with the tray and sat down.
Children are slow to eat. Wang Mao would express his thoughts while eating. After he finished, he would ask Grandma Wang what she thought. Grandma Wang was so annoyed by him that she had to threaten him: "If you don't finish eating, your sister will be out of school soon. When she sees you taking so long, you will be scolded again."
Wang Mao was startled and didn't dare to make any more noise because he saw that the students from his sister's school had really finished school and his sister would be here soon!
Wang Mao is not afraid of his father or mother at home, but he is afraid of his sister, because his parents still hold back when beating him, but his sister beats him with all her might.
Wang Lei and her friend walked slowly towards the community. When they reached the cafeteria, she paused.
She saw Qiao Zhiyan standing behind a table at the front door of the cafeteria, so she walked over and greeted him, "Hello, Brother Qiao."
Qiao Zhiyan was making fruit slices for tasting. When he heard someone greet him, he looked up and smiled at Wang Lei: "Come here, this is free fruit slices for tasting, try it."
The fruit samples were cut into small pieces, with disposable forks placed next to them for people to use. A loudspeaker on the side kept repeating: "Free samples of fresh fruit. You won't know until you try it. Once you try it, you will be surprised. Come and taste it!"
As soon as she heard it, she knew it was her grandfather's voice.
So she asked her friends to come over and try it together.
The fruits that Qiao Zhiyan put out for tasting included apples, pears, cantaloupes, watermelons, grapes and other fruits. The variety was quite rich.
Wang Lei and her good friend ate a few pieces and thought they were delicious but were too embarrassed to eat more. After taking a few glances at the food, they put it down with regret, shook their heads and said they didn’t want to eat any more.
Qiao Zhiyan said gently: "It's okay, eat it, there's still a lot."
But they had already seen the cut fruits placed aside and in the freezer for sale.
This is someone else's product, fifty star coins per piece, it doesn't look expensive.
Wang Lei rolled her eyes and said to her good friend, "Let's buy some fruit slices and eat them together."
It is common for friends to share good things with each other. High school students have limited pocket money, so they buy many things together and then split the money equally, so the friend agreed without hesitation.
Wang Lei bought a portion of sliced fruit and happily entered the cafeteria.
Qiao Zhiyan smiled. There were many people like them who felt embarrassed after trying the food and spent money. He had already sold dozens of fruit slices. This tasting was worth it.
Wang Lei doesn’t think fifty star coins are expensive, but that’s not how you look at the price. If you use fifty star coins to buy all the uncut fruits, you will get more than twice the amount of cut fruits. The advantage of cut fruits is that they contain a little bit of every kind of fruit.
Wang Lei entered the cafeteria and saw her grandmother and brother who had not finished eating. She couldn't help but wonder, "The elementary school got out of school more than 40 minutes earlier than us, so why haven't they finished eating yet?"
She just asked casually, and immediately understood the answer, so she looked at Wang Mao with a dangerous look: "Little brother, are you dawdling again?"
The crisis radar above Wang Mao's head started beeping. He quickly cleaned up the rice in his bowl and said, "I'm full. Let's go home!"
Wang Lei stared at his cheeks while he was still chewing, snorted, and looked away, not intending to punish him anymore.
Then she went to the window to get food, and Wang Zhixin asked her in a low voice: "Do you want to buy one more dish to share with your classmates?"
Wang Lei shook her head: "She has taken nutritional supplements, so she may not be able to eat much. Grandpa, can you give me an extra bowl?"
Of course there was nothing wrong with this, so Wang Zhixin gave Wang Lei an extra set of bowls and chopsticks and also served her more rice.
The two girls started sharing the meal.
Gradually, some people came into the cafeteria. Although they only ordered one dish cautiously, it was a good start, indicating that the cafeteria was gradually being accepted.
After two o'clock, the school's afternoon classes began and lunch was over. After settlement, a lot of fruits were sold, but not many meals were sold.
When Wang Zhixin and his colleagues finished their morning shift, they cleaned up the cafeteria and left Wang Zhixin alone on duty until three o'clock. After the night shift arrived, Wang Zhixin could leave.
When the evening shift arrived, I asked about today's situation. I learned that although not many people came to the cafeteria to eat today, it was still a good start, so I felt relieved.
There were two more guests at dinner, Wang Zhixin's son and daughter-in-law. However, they had taken nutritional supplements, so they only ordered two dishes, and each ordered a portion of fruit slices.
Fruits sell really well, although no one buys whole fruits, they all buy cut fruits. But that’s because they haven’t realized it yet. Once they realize it, they naturally won’t buy cut fruits anymore.
It was already ten o'clock, and they should be closing at eleven, so the night shift staff began to prepare ingredients for tomorrow's breakfast.
But unexpectedly, a group of students rushed in at this moment.
Qiao Zhiyan looked in shock at the dozen people who suddenly appeared in the cafeteria, both boys and girls. They looked around the cafeteria curiously and whispered to each other.
Wang Lei squeezed out from the crowd and looked at Qiao Zhiyan embarrassedly: "Brother Qiao, is there anything else to eat? My classmate is a little hungry."
Qiao Zhiyan immediately responded: "There are more. Line up here and see what you want to eat."
They were just wondering what to do with today's leftovers. With so many high school students coming, they will definitely be able to eat all of their leftovers. After all, boys of this age are the biggest eaters.
Sure enough, a dozen high school students were seated at five tables. There were at least four dishes on each table, and everyone was fighting over the dishes.
In less than three minutes, someone stood up and asked for more food.
This way, not only can we solve the problem of leftovers, but there shouldn't be any rice left over either.
Wang Lei didn't order any food. She just sat next to a boy and ate some sliced fruit. Qiao Zhiyan remembered that the sliced fruit was bought by the boy sitting next to her. So it was bought for Wang Lei.
StarCraft is not so strict about high school students dating, but there are still some families who don’t want their children to date in high school.
Qiao Zhiyan pretended not to notice and walked over to Wang Lei to ask, "Why did you bring someone to dinner so late?"
Wang Lei subconsciously moved a little further away from the boy next to her: "Because I'm hungry, there's a long line at the fried rice stall, so I wanted to try my luck in the cafeteria."
Qiao Zhiyan raised his eyebrows. It seemed that the cafeteria was really stealing the business from the Blue Star snack stand.
The boy next to him replied, "Of course I'm hungry. I was so hungry after the second evening study session."
Wang Lei complained to him quietly: "I told you to come out and have dinner with me after school, but you insisted on playing ball and played until evening self-study."
The boy smiled at her in a flattering way: "I didn't know the community cafeteria was so good. I usually have to eat two servings of fried rice to feel full, but the cafeteria food can be refilled as much as you want. It's really great."
Qiao Zhiyan glanced at the cooking pot and sighed, "I can't add more, you guys have eaten it all."
It seems that we need to cook more rice tomorrow, because there will definitely be more than just these students coming to eat tomorrow. Can their cafeteria accommodate so many people?
The boy touched his stomach nonchalantly: "It's okay, I'm full too."
Qiao Zhiyan looked at the other teenagers: "Is everyone full?"
Although Qiao Zhiyan was not much older than them, he started working too early, which made him look much more mature, at least in the eyes of these high school students, so they all answered honestly: "I'm full."
Qiao Zhiyan was satisfied: "Go back when you are full and come back tomorrow."
