Chapter 280

Chapter 280: Matter of Spring Wound Clock

Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

"Er . . I don’t think it’s necessary . I came with my friend . " While saying, the girl dragged Yuan Yuan out from behind her .

It was the girl who liked eating the sandwich along with the Beef and Blueberry Jam very much .

Being dragged out suddenly, Yuan Yuan looked blankly at the customers who were all looking at her .

"Yuan Yuan, you will help me, won’t you?" the girl asked directly .

"Humm, I will . " Friends were to help each other, although Yuan Yuan, who had stared somewhere blankly just now, didn’t actually know what happened .

Then, other customers lost their interest and had only to continue their discussions about Dongpo Pig Knuckle .

Of course, it was much too common right now to publish something on Wechat Moment or QQ Zone . Someone even especially made calls to notify his friends .

Zhou Jia was quite delighted to see that . She returned to the restaurant with a big smile and waited there silently for the dinner time .

Nevertheless, Wu Hai just looked at his watch attentively and waited very patiently for the business time of dinner .

The watch had been specially adjusted according to the clock in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . There was even a tiny interlude concerning that .

"This clock is slow, isn’t it?" Wu Hai said sensitively .

Other customers beside him also echoed affirmatively, "Yes, it’s slow . Boss Yuan, your clock is three minutes slower than Beijing Time . "

"Humm . The clock has been working for so many years," with a nod, Yuan Zhou said bluntly .

"I can help you to adjust the time . I’m able to handle this kind of spring wound clock . " A customer said enthusiastically .

In order to prove his word, he specially revealed the spring wound watch on his wrist .

"No need . It’s too high to reach," Yuan Zhou looked at the clock that almost reached the ceiling and said dumbly .

"I can provide a ladder . " Man Man put up her hand .

It seemed that they all volunteered to offer help to make the time right . What a joke! If they could manage to adjust it three minutes earlier, they would likewise wait for three minutes less . From this perspective, it was merely an easy job to adjust the clock .

Even if it was a spring wound clock and even hung at the top of the wall, the foodies were no way to stop .

"It’s unnecessary . I feel it’s fairly good that way . Then you guys can stay here for three minutes more," said Yuan Zhou earnestly .

"It truly makes sense . But why do I feel something is off?" Man Man looked at other companions with puzzlement .

As for those companions of hers, they didn’t find anything wrong in that short instant . As a result, Yuan Zhou muddled through .

As a matter of fact, the total business time neither increased nor decreased . After all, Yuan Zhou opened and closed the restaurant as per his own clock time . He didn’t open the restaurant according to Beijing Time nor closed it according to his own clock time . Therefore, the total business time still remained the same .

Smart and clever as Wu Hai was, he specially bought a watch and made it the same time to that of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant .

The three minutes before breakfast was an extraordinarily tough time, especially for Wu Hai who had only drunk plain boiled water and didn’t eat anything for lunch .

"Time for dinner, everybody," said Zhou Jia at the last second before the dinner hours .

"Shoop shoop" . The first ten customers got seated immediately as if they had used the skill of sliding over the water . They seemed to be waiting for nothing but ordering the dishes .

Fortunately, Zhou Jia was quite used to that .

Actually, these people were truly like those elderly men and women who went to buy the vegetables when the supermarket opened the door .

Every morning, the supermarkets would sell vegetables at discounted prices like the Chinese cabbage at 0 . 25 RMB/kg . Having once worked as a cashier in a supermarket, Zhou Jia felt they resembled those old people .

Every time they came to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant for meals, the seemingly tepid and urbane white-collar workers moved far extraordinarily fast as if they had eaten a magical elixir .

"Good evening, you are back . " Yuan Zhou caught sight of Wu Hai who sat opposite to him very easily .

"Humm . Get me all the new dishes, please," said Wu Hai generously .

"You can’t finish them . " Yuan Zhou refused flatly .

"Ho Ho . You don’t know my appetite at all and you don’t know what the genuine strength is, either," stroking his mustaches, Wu Hai said with contempt .

"You can’t finish them . " Yuan Zhou still answered him with the same words .

"I only drank water at noon and didn’t eat anything else after the breakfast . I want to eat the new dishes . " Wu Hai emphasized .

"Look at the menu . Some new dishes aren’t available now," said Yuan Zhou after he kept silent for a while .

Wu Hai took a deep breath and then said, "Please get me all the new dishes available right now . "

"Only the two dishes of Dongpo Pig Knuckle and Smoked Fish Silver Thread Noodles . " Yuan Zhou hadn’t much patience to others except Wu Hai, who was considered to be half his apprentice .

He didn’t really want to admit that he once had a special apprentice that cooked dishes with a painting brush .

"It’s too little . Where’s the Honey Tremella?" Wu Hai asked .

"It depends on the mood of bees . " Yuan Zhou still gave the same answer as before .

"Then what’s the mood the bees like today?" asked Wu Hai naively .

"How do I know the mood of bees? I’m only a chef . " Yuan Zhou looked at Wu Hai with a perplexed sight .

He suspected that this guy had become foolish due to great hunger .

" . . . " For the first meal that Wu Hai came back for, he was choked by Yuan Zhou .

"Let me eat first, please . Apart from the two new dishes ordered just now, please get me a serving of plain cooked rice and a cup of watermelon juice . " Wu Hai was finally defeated by the growling stomach and then ordered his dishes, pretending that he didn’t notice Yuan Zhou’s sight . The words of Yuan Zhou was naturally neglected directly .

"Haw Haw . A serving of Dongpo Pig Knuckle, plain cooked rice and watermelon juice for me, please . " Ling Hong knew there was usually gravy in the dish of pig knuckle .

With the gravy eaten together with the rice and the refreshing and ice-cold watermelon juice cutting the grease, they were definitely the perfect match .

"Ok . One moment, please . " After a nod, Yuan Zhou turned around and went to prepare the dishes . As for the payment, Zhou Jia would handle it .

After he went back to the kitchen, Yuan Zhou straightforwardly prepared the Dongpo Pig Knuckle first, which had actually already been in process . Of course, he needed to prepare some more as the number of customers waiting outside was always increasing .

The pork couldn’t be washed with hot water, otherwise it would lose its intrinsic fragrance . From washing to cooking, this dish required way too many intricate processing steps . For each and every procedure, Yuan Zhou treated it with great earnest .

Ten minutes later, Yuan Zhou well prepared the dishes and sent Zhou Jia to carry to them .

"Here are the dishes for you two," while carrying the dishes to them, Zhou Jia said .

Luckily they sat close to each other and both couldn’t wait to savor the new dishes . They just went up and helped Zhou Jia to carry all dishes out .

Dongpo Pig Knuckle was the most eye-catching one . A pig knuckle that looked as heavy as 1 kg was placed on the plate . It appeared to be fairly thick and was truly the good news to the meat-eaters .

The shape of the pig knuckle was still as same as usual, but just appeared extraordinarily yummy . The red glossy gravy was poured over the pig knuckle and flowed out surrounding it . The plate used was the simplest white plate .

However, the edges of the plate was decorated with some green leaves of grass, which well contrasted the pig knuckle .

"It looks really nice and fairly thick," Ling Hong said that after he watched it carefully .

"My boss says to eat it up as soon as possible," Zhou Jia reminded them timely at the side .

"Really? For what?" Ling Hong instantly got curious . Then he asked, leaving Wu Hai there eating his own dishes .

"Sorry, my boss didn’t tell me about that," Zhou Jia said courteously .

"Well, alright . I will ask him personally later . " Ling Hong shrugged and didn’t bother Zhou Jia anymore .

"Thank you . " Zhou Jia thanked him and then turned to greet other customers .

At that time, Wu Hai was slightly satisfied after finishing the Smoked Fish Silver Thread Noodles . After that, he took the chopsticks and reached for the steaming hot Dongpo Pig Knuckle that he had been looking forward to .