Relying on one's own hair

Just sitting down on the sofa, the phone rang with a beep.

Qiao Ran looked down, and saw that it was the message from the newly added Mr. H.

[H: For your reference. 】

This sentence was followed by a long paragraph of eloquence, and it was only a minute since the two separated in the corridor just now, which showed that the sentinel's hand speed was amazing.

There are as many as ten kinds of food blacklisted by Hall, most of which are vegetables.There are also some weird Chinese dishes whose names are crossed out, such as husband and wife lung slices, ants climbing a tree, braised lion head and so on.In addition, there is a list of interested ones, such as honey sauce barbecued pork, fish-flavored shredded pork, Kung Pao chicken and so on.

It is said to be a reference, but the tone between the lines is beyond doubt.

Qiao Ran is one head and two big. He has never cooked or eaten any of the dishes that that guy is interested in. Just by looking at the names of the dishes, he knows that the difficulty is not small.

Really, isn't it good to eat steak? It's ready in a few minutes, so convenient.

He tentatively texted back.

[Qiao Ran: Mr. Hall, it's really rare that you like Chinese food so much. 】

[H: I have a quarter of Chinese descent. 】

Qiao Ran suddenly realized, no wonder he felt that Mr. Hall's appearance had both a western three-dimensional appearance and a bit of an oriental subtle taste. It turned out that he was really a quarter of a fellow, and his favorability for the sentinel suddenly shattered in his heart. It rose up immediately, and 10 points were added all at once.

——For him, if the character value is 100 points, even if he just added 10 points, Mr. Hall is now only 59 points, and he has not yet passed.

【Qiao Ran: Handshake.gif】

【H: So don't use that junk food that's neither Chinese nor Western to perfuse me. 】

Duang, 55 points.Qiao Ran pouted.

[Qiao Ran: Hehe, how could it be. 】

The sentinel didn't send any more messages, so Qiao Ran opened the browser to search for the recipes, copied them one by one, made a document, and studied them carefully one by one.

After researching, I selected a few dishes that seemed relatively easy to make and planned to try them tomorrow, and then sent a message to the sentinel.

[Qiao Ran: Mr. Hall, tomorrow at noon I am going to make beef brisket with potatoes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and creamy mushroom soup, and shredded pork with fish flavor, fried sausage with beans and cabbage soup in the evening, is that okay? 】

Ten seconds later the reply came.

【H: No cabbage soup, change it. 】

Qiao Ran thought for a while, and changed to one with meat, [The seaweed and dried shrimp soup? 】

[H: OK]

Qiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately logged on to Dinggua Ranch's official website to buy the ingredients for tomorrow.

There is a Sunshine Supermarket half an hour's walk away from the Rainbow Community. It is relatively large in scale and sells top-notch products, but it is a bit late now, and it takes too much time to come and go.It is said that Dingguagua’s official website provides 24-hour fast delivery, so he is going to try online shopping.

Qiao Ran was dumbfounded while browsing the top-notch product catalogue. Sure enough, everything was extremely expensive, and the cheapest egg cost 25 credits, almost worth half a day's food expenses for Qiao Ran.

He estimated Van Lundin's food intake and compared it over and over again for a long time before carefully choosing the ingredients for tomorrow, which cost five or six hundred.

Qiao Ran paid the payment with heartache, but fortunately he could be reimbursed the next day, otherwise he would not have been able to take up the job if he wanted to.

Dingguagua clearly stated on the homepage that after the customer places an order within one hour, they can provide accurate delivery according to the specified time, and the error is guaranteed to be no more than 3 minutes. Qiao Ran requested in the remarks of the order that the best time is 5:20 tomorrow morning. Delivery left and right.

It must be too late to get up at 05:30 to make breakfast, so he set the alarm clock at a quarter past five.

After placing the order, he went to the kitchen to do some preparations. After everything was done, Qiao Ran yawned for a long time. Seeing that it was almost eleven o'clock, he hurriedly washed up and went to bed.

He was a little dizzy with joy when he was hit by a pie just now, and now he has thought clearly. Although Xinxinmei's employment contract does not stipulate that employees cannot work part-time jobs, he is a responsible man and will not allow part-time jobs to take over Too much energy, affecting my own work.

Moreover, he only reached a verbal agreement with that enigmatic sentinel. If the other party slapped his ass and left in two days, but Andrew deducted his salary or even fired him because of being late or in poor working condition, then the loss outweighed the gain.

The next morning, Qiao Ran heard the bell and danced. The doorbell rang just after he packed himself up. The courier came to deliver the goods. A large box with exquisite and tight packaging was prominently printed with a top-notch LOGO.It seems that there is a reason why you are expensive, and the delivery speed of Dingguagua Ranch is really not bragging.

After signing for the receipt and sending the courier away, Qiao Ran immediately went into the kitchen to start working.

The sentinel next door didn't have as high a requirement for breakfast as lunch and dinner, so Qiao Ran let it go freely. He fried an egg, heated up a glass of fresh milk, baked three slices of bread, and sandwiched two slices of bacon in between. These were all top-notch products. .Together with a bowl of millet porridge cooked regularly with a rice cooker last night and a plate of pickled radish, Hall's first breakfast is ready, which is a combination of Chinese and Western.

It's not difficult to make these foods, and some of them are ready-made, but Qiao Ran, as a part-time cook, is working for the demanding and picky Mr. Hall for the first time.

At 5:35am, Qiao Ran rang the doorbell of 1919 with the dinner plate in hand.

The door almost opened in response to the sound, and the first thing that caught the eye was a big white-haired lion.But it should be restrained by the master, Amao didn't rush forward, but just flicked his tail affectionately at him.

Qiao Ran also restrained herself from touching it, and said, "Ah Mao, good morning."

The tall sentinel standing behind Amao frowned, as if he was getting up.

Qiao Ran immediately added: "Mr. Hall, good morning, your breakfast is ready."

Valentin lowered his eyes and glanced at the food on the plate with disgust, but still took it.

Qiao Ran compared herself to a V in her heart, yes, she didn't lift the plate, and she made a good start.

He didn't enter the living room of the neighbor's house, but stood at the door, because the room was too clean for him to set foot.The old wooden floor has been re-polished and waxed, so bright that people can be seen. The silver-gray alloy furniture has a minimal style and a cool light.A housekeeping robot that looks very advanced is still wandering around, diligently wiping the invisible dust on the furniture.

When Van Lundin sat down to eat breakfast at the dining table, Qiao Ran stared at it without blinking, so as to keep abreast of the employer's eating experience and feedback information.

It was not the first time for Van Lundin to be watched by people eating. Needless to say, he was in the army before. After he came to the nursing home, four well-trained guards would stand guard at every meal, lest he would not eat well. Suddenly, he jumped up and plunged the knife and fork into someone else's throat, or his own.

Even so, under the gaze of Qiao Ran's dark eyes, Valentine still choked while eating bread, but he immediately drank half a glass of milk to relieve the discomfort.

The breakfast was really lackluster.The eggs were overcooked, not runny.The bread was overcooked and burnt.The clear soup of millet porridge lacks water, so thin that you can see people's shadows.And that sour radish, not only sour but also very spicy, almost brought tears to his eyes, and he had to drink half a glass of milk to suppress the spicy taste.

If he hadn't made an agreement with Qiao Ran, he wouldn't have eaten these terrible things!

Seeing that Van Lundin was eating the same thing, although he frowned, he didn't say anything, Qiao Ran's hanging heart gradually fell to the ground, Oye, the first breakfast was successfully fed!

The sentry performed well, adding 3 points, a total of 58 points, keep going!

Seeing the wall clock on the wall by accident, Qiao Ran almost jumped up, it was already 5:43.

"Mr. Hall, eat slowly, I have to go to work!" He said in a hurry, ran home and took off his apron, grabbed a common bun bought at the convenience store at the gate of the community yesterday from the bag on the table, While stuffing it into his mouth, he went out the door like his butt was on fire.

The big white lion jumped up and followed, leading Qiao Ran to the elevator.

Valentine paused, put down the knife and fork, and turned to look outside the door.

R7 immediately graciously slid over, picked up the half-eaten plate, and dumped it into his stomach.

Valentine: "..."

……

When Qiao Ran arrived panting, it was only ten seconds before six o'clock. It was so dangerous that she was almost late, and she had to hurry up tomorrow morning.

It is quite troublesome to not have a car. He used to think that there was no such need, but now he finds that it is better to have a means of transportation.

There is no need to think about four wheels, and two wheels can be considered. A passable second-hand magnetic mountain bike is about [-].However, the reimbursement for buying lotus root last time has not yet come down. Qiao Ran is currently in a tight financial situation and cannot afford the money, so he can only talk about it later.

While thinking about it, he went into the front hall to check in, Qiao Ran accidentally bumped into a person at the gate who was wandering over from the other end of the corridor.

The other party was tall and strong, like a wall of flesh, almost sent Qiao Ran flying, and said angrily while yawning: "Joe, why are you here so late and so reckless?"

Qiao Ran hastily took two steps back to apologize: "Boss, I'm sorry."

It's strange, Andrew has always been lazy, and usually won't come to the company before nine o'clock in the morning, why is it so early today.

Surprisingly, the punch card machine automatically rang the time chime: "The time in the imperial capital, it's six o'clock in the morning."

Qiao Ran's heart skipped a beat.

Anna, the little girl at the front desk, made a sympathetic face behind Andrew's back.

Sure enough, Andrew pulled his face away, and scolded his stomach: "You have a problem with your work attitude, can't you get up 2 minutes earlier?! You have to step on the clock to go to work, look, you're late!"

In fact, I got up 15 minutes earlier, and I wasn't late...Qiao Ran silently mourned for her 300-point attendance award this month, but she could only obediently admit her mistake: "Yes, I will pay attention to it in the future."

Andrew snorted, stretched out a fat round finger and poked it, "Go, find a few people, clean up all the places in the company immediately, and then rehearse a welcome ceremony. My uncle has a rare vacation, and he will be there at seven o'clock. Come to Xinmei to inspect, if he is dissatisfied with something, then all of you don't want to do it!"

No wonder you are so diligent, it turns out that the real behind-the-scenes boss of Xinxinmei is coming.Qiao Ran wondered: "I'm afraid it won't work, I have to go to the nursing home to deliver the food...how about you drive to deliver it yourself?"

Andrew choked for a moment, and said resentfully, "I'm the boss, you asked me to deliver food?! Hurry up!"

Qiao Ran was kind and generous: "Yes!"

Under Anna's envious eyes, Qiao Ran quickly went to the shed, picking and loading the vegetables that were going to be delivered today.

When they came out of the shed, many employees on the morning shift outside were rehearsing the welcome ceremony stiffly and comically under Andrew's command. Qiao Ran hurriedly drove away before he couldn't hold back his laughter.

When they arrived at the nursing home, Dick was already waiting at the door of the kitchen. When he saw Qiao Ran, he grinned at him and showed his big white teeth, looking energetic: "Morning, Joe!"

"morning."

After the two of them finished their work, Dick took out his mobile phone from his pocket and clicked a few times. A movie poster appeared on the screen. On the poster was a male star whose name Qiao Ran looked familiar but couldn't remember. Wearing a military uniform, raising his hand｜gun and smiling evilly, the title of the film is "This Sentinel Is Not So Cold".

Dick said: "Joe, this is a new blockbuster action movie released recently, starring the national hero David, have you seen it?"

"No."

Qiao Ran seldom goes to the cinema when he grows up. He used to have no money, and after work, no one has the interest. He usually watches the online version at home half a year after the release of new movies.Anyway, he doesn't chase stars, and he doesn't have such a strong desire to watch new films.

Dick slapped his hands excitedly, "That's just right! Many people said that this movie is good-looking, and the fighting scenes are very hot and exciting. I just grabbed two coupons, which are at 05:30 in the afternoon. We will enter after work." Let's go to the city to see!"

Qiao Ran shook her head, "I'm not going, you can find someone else to go see it together."

Dick immediately said: "Don't you like war movies? Then we can change to other ones. There is also a cartoon and a funny movie released at the same time, and the reputation is good. You can watch whichever you want."

Qiao Ran was a little tempted, but still refused, "Actually, I can watch anything, but I don't have time to watch it."

Dick was surprised: "Why don't you have time? Don't you get off work at four o'clock like me?"

Qiao Ran said: "I just took a part-time job yesterday, and I still have work to do after work, so I can't leave."

Dick scratched his hair habitually and said disappointedly, "What a coincidence."

"Yes."

Dick asked unwillingly, "What part-time job? I haven't heard of it before."

"I just got the opportunity yesterday to cook for a neighbor who just moved in, so I'm sorry, you go to the movies with other friends. Don't talk about it, I have to go back to the company."

Qiao Ran drove away, leaving Dick wondering: "The neighbor who just moved in? Why can you rest assured that you will cook for him?"

……

When he was about to feel happy in his heart, Qiao Ran saw colorful flags waving at the door from afar, and a group of people surrounded a middle-aged man with a big waist and a round waist. He presumably was Andrew's uncle, Colonel Gordon.

He didn't have the habit of joining in the fun, so he turned the steering wheel decisively, took a detour, and entered the cargo department through the side door.

The Xinmei office area and the planting area are not small. Colonel Gordon did not show up in the freight department all morning. Qiao Ran was working as usual, doing whatever he was supposed to do.At the lunch break at eleven o'clock, he put away his things and strode home.

As soon as he entered the corridor, a big white hairy dumpling came out to greet him, shaking his head and tail. Qiao Ran hurriedly said "Good afternoon, Mao", and went into his house to start working.

Today at noon, he is going to cook beef brisket stewed with potatoes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and creamy mushroom soup. The delicious vegetables are paired with the top-notch meat, egg and milk. These are all good things. As long as there are no major mistakes, the dishes should not be too much It's unpalatable.

The most important thing is beef brisket stewed with potatoes, which requires more preparation procedures and takes more time.Qiao Ran had never cooked such a complicated dish, even though she had read the recipe on the Internet last night, she was still a little flustered when it came time to make it.And the seasonings at home are not complete enough, so I can only use what I have.When this dish is almost cooked, I make tomato scrambled eggs and creamy mushroom soup. After all three dishes are ready, it will be more than 20 minutes before I go to work in the afternoon.

Qiao Ran shrugged his nose. It smelled pretty good, especially beef brisket stewed with potatoes. He has never been very interested in meat, so he wants to try it now.

But forget it, this is a dish cooked for the sentinel next door, and they paid for it. A piece of beef brisket is three hundred and five, and it costs dozens of dollars in one bite. He is afraid that his stomach will not be able to bear it after eating it.

Then he came to room 1919 with the dinner plate, the door was half open, knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Hall, your lunch is ready."

"Enter."

Qiao Ran rubbed the soles of her shoes on the floor mat at the door, then walked in on the bare floor.

Valentin sat down at the table with a glass of water and gave him a blank look.

Qiao Ran put the food on the table, and then watched as Valentine took out a pair of chopsticks from the cutlery tray on the table, and tasted a small mouthful of each dish as if testing poison.

Qiao Ran was a little surprised. Fan Lundin was very proficient in using chopsticks, and his movements were as smooth as flowing water, which was obviously used frequently.As expected, he has a quarter of Chinese descent. It seems that this guy really likes Chinese food, rather than just wanting to try something new on a whim.

Valentine ate a little slowly, and the expression on his face was still not very happy, but the chopsticks never stopped.

Not bad, add 3 points for a total of 61 points.

Congratulations, you passed!

Qiao Ran thought smugly, he is very talented in cooking, and he succeeded in such a difficult Chinese meal in one go.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Qiao Ran said "Mr. Hall, eat slowly" and returned to his kitchen. He picked up a bowl of rice with pickled radish and almost choked himself to death. After eating, he hurried away. went to work.

Listening to the commotion next door, Fan Lundin frowned slightly, chewing a piece of beef brisket that wasn't stewed enough.

The author has something to say: I received the editorial notice, because there is a requirement for the number of words on the list, so today I added a new chapter, almost [-] words, and my wallet was instantly deflated.