Chapter 26: Uncle Master is so meticulous! Shang Jiuxi is very proactive. As soon as the crosstalk performance ended, he told Wang Hui that he had recently learned about a very good skin care product and thought it was suitable for his master's wife as soon as he saw it. Then, Wang Hui became addicted to the mobile shopping app and even bought some for her several drum music apprentices. "Qi Long, you are responsible for ordering the food, I'm doing the shopping!" Wang Hui looked up at her brother, greeted him, and then entered the orange software again. Qi Long agreed, and after entering the restaurant, he deliberately walked around the hall, glancing at the dishes on everyone's tables with his peripheral vision, paying attention to the dishes that were repeated most frequently. If you are not familiar with the restaurant when you visit for the first time, you can always go wrong by looking at the places that other guests repeat frequently. "Does anyone have any dietary restrictions?" Qi Long asked. The first step in ordering food is to ask about food restrictions! Some people don't eat onions, coriander, etc., and some have dietary restrictions due to religious reasons, so they all have to be taken care of. You can also ask them what they like. Some people can’t live without spicy food. If there is no chili at all on your table, they will not be happy with their meal. Next, ask the waiter to recommend signature dishes, select a few from them, and then order other dishes based on what’s lacking.
The ratio of meat to vegetables is six to four, and the ratio of hot and cold dishes is one to two. If you have a large meat dish, try to order a vegetarian dish to go with it. Then have two soups, one sweet and one salty. If there are many girls or children at the table, you can add one or two desserts. You can also add a staple dish such as steamed buns or steamed bread, or flower rolls to make sure you are full. The dishes you order should be the number of people + 2 or + 3, as long as it is an even number. Soon, the waiter came up with the dishes. Qi Long turned the turntable on the side to leave space for the waiter to place the dishes. Then, Qi Long turned the turntable and announced that the meal was ready. At this moment, everyone was surprised to find that the dish in front of them was exactly the one they had said they liked when ordering, and the fish head in the middle was just right for their master's wife Wang Hui! "Got it! Uncle-master!" Meng Hetang raised his glass to toast Qi Long, and the dishes were placed on a turntable so that everyone's favorites were in front of them. Awesome, uncle-master is so meticulous! "That's how we were taken care of back then!" Qi Long said indifferently. Qin Xiaoxian on the side was confused. What did he learn? What happened? Then they started eating. While eating, Qi Long would deliberately observe who ate more of which dish. If someone ate a dish in front of him, he would use his status as an elder to spin the turntable, move the dish he liked to him, and then eat the dish in front of him himself. This is how he was taken care of by his master when he was a child. Hou Yaowen would see what he liked to eat and rely on his seniority to put what he liked in front of him without showing it, so that it looked like he wanted to eat the dish right in front of Qi Long. What the master can teach is not only the skills of crosstalk, but also how to be a human being, how to do things, how to take care of others and other aspects of life. Everyone ate and chatted. Wang Hui went shopping based on Shang Jiuxi's recommendation, while the others ate based on Qi Long's arrangement. They also chatted about the topic to avoid an awkward atmosphere. As usual, Qi Long asked everyone how they got involved in crosstalk (drum music). The easiest way to start a conversation is to talk about experiences that each of you must have had. Since you are all crosstalk performers, you can talk a lot and you can quickly start chatting. During the chat, some people came to toast Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang with tea, drinks and wine. When they were family members having a meal, they would not give faces if they didn't drink. They could drink whatever they wanted. Qi Long drank wine, Gao Dongqiang drank tea, and they clinked glasses one by one. After a while, Qi Long, who had been paying attention to the table, saw that the girls were obviously still staring at the food and wanted to eat it, but they put down their chopsticks. "Eat if you want, don't be restrained!" The girls waved their hands, indicating that they should eat less to lose weight.
Qi Long shook his head: "How can I have the energy to lose weight if I don't eat enough?" "Hahahaha!" everyone chuckled. "That's true. To lose weight, you need to eat better. That way, you can ensure that your body has enough energy intake to ensure that you don't get sick from losing weight, of course." Gao Dongqiang, a fitness fanatic, couldn't help but answer. Before he finished speaking, Qi Long followed his words and said, "Eating well doesn't mean eating too much. Just eat less oil and less salt. High protein is the most important. I can recite it!" Gao Dongqiang smiled and stopped nagging. "Eat what you need to eat at the party, and put aside the idea of losing weight. Listen to me, these things have no calories!" "Why is there no heat?" Gao Dongqiang looked at him. "Does it list the ingredients? Does it list the nutritional facts? No, it doesn't say it's zero calories!" Qi Long's words made everyone laugh. Wang Hui also said, "Eat. It's my treat today. If you don't eat enough, it will seem like I'm torturing you!" After everyone had finished their meal, the amount of food on the table began to visibly decrease. Many people finished their meals. There were only a few pieces of ribs and other meat and half a plate of sweet rice left. Everyone sat there motionless, unable to eat anything. Qi Long patted Gao Dongqiang, Dongqiang nodded knowingly, and then he walked out the door. "I've paid the bill!" Wang Hui shouted. After hearing this, Qi Long reentered the private room. At this time, Gao Dongqiang immediately pretended to be angry like on a crosstalk stage: "Qi Long, why did you come just now? We are almost done eating!" Qi Long slapped his head when he heard his words. Oh no, he was only thinking about paying the bill and forgot this trick. Before he even sat down, Gao Dongqiang put the remaining ribs into his bowl and said, "Are you starving? Eat quickly!" "Thank you, thank you!" The two people's sitcom-like performance made everyone laugh. "When our crosstalk class went out to eat, there wasn't much left, so we would try our best to finish it. When there was no need to pack up, we would just wait for people to go to the bathroom," Qi Long began to tell the "just arrived" joke. Gao Dongqiang nodded: "This is what Qi Long brought himself. When someone comes back from the toilet, everyone will enthusiastically pull him and say 'You just got here' and ask him to continue eating!" As they were talking, Qin Xiaoxian, who had just gone out to the toilet, came back. The two uncles and several brothers immediately pulled the confused old Qin and said, "Oh, you just came. We've been waiting for you for a long time. You must be starving. Eat something quickly, eat something quickly." "Ah?" Qin Xiaoxian was confused. What was going on? "You come so late, you must punish yourself with a piece of pork chop!" Meng Hetang put the pork chop into his bowl. Zhou Jiuliang handed the chopsticks to him and watched the full Lao Qin eat another pork chop. Wang Hui and the girls who were watching the show burst into laughter. Afterwards, Qi Long organized everyone to play rock-paper-scissors. Whoever lost could come back in through the door, and then be surrounded by enthusiasm to eat and finish all the ordered dishes. Qi Long really couldn't eat the staple food, sweet rice, so he packed it up and prepared to take it back for breakfast tomorrow. Before parting, Zhang Wanyi took two quick steps to Qi Long's side and said, "Uncle Master, when will you release the studio version of "Exploring the Window"?" "Oh, I guess that will happen after the crosstalk competition!" Qi Long replied, "I am still a crosstalk artist at heart!" "Yeah, I'm looking forward to it!" Zhang Wanyi said and trotted away. Gao Dongqiang touched Qi Long with his shoulder: "Are you a fan? Then at least I like one aspect of you, so there's a chance!" "That's my niece!" Qi Long said dissatisfiedly. Gao Dongqiang retorted: "She is not from the crosstalk school. According to what you said, your senior brother Guo Degang should call Wang Hui his master and call himself his master's wife. He learned the Jingyun drum from Wang Hui and used two family tree books. How can she be called a niece? Isn't a sister-in-law just creating conditions for you?"
"Don't leave yourself alone, you're single too, and do you know what the three biggest illusions in life are?" "what?" "My phone is vibrating. Someone is calling me. She likes me! She just wants to know when I will release a new song!" (End of this chapter)