Chapter 790: 790

The time was exactly as Liu Zhang had estimated . They arrived at the side street in front of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant at 10:30 .

“It’s quite boisterous today, isn’t it?” Liu Zhang said as soon as he got off the car .

“Um . It’s indeed lively . ” Ji Yi answered indifferently . When he ran the business of selling steamed buns, there were also many people waiting in line every day .

Obviously, Ji Yi’s anger was directed against Liu Zhang instead of Yuan Zhou . Therefore, he walked straight toward Yuan Zhou’s restaurant .

“Walk slowly . Do you think you are still a sixteen-year-old young man?” Liu Zhang walked forward after him and said .

“Though I’m not a sixteen-year-old young man, I’m physically stronger than you, old guy,” said Ji Yi straightforwardly without even turning his head .

“It’s for your own good . I don’t want you to force yourself . ” Liu Zhang walked quickly and caught up to him .

Just as Ji Yi was prepared to open his mouth and jeer at him, Liu Zhang suddenly said, “Don’t talk . Just look over there . Can your knife skills be as good as his?”

Liu Zhang naturally referred to Yuan Zhou, who was seated at the door and making ice sculptures .

“Of course I can’t . That is a piece of ice, not something else . ” Ji Yi gave Yuan Zhou’s hands a good look and immediately said angrily . It wouldn’t feel good to hold the piece of ice in his hands, let alone carving it .

“Ice?” Liu Zhang walked closer and also found it really was ice .

The ice in Yuan Zhou’s left hand was about the size of a fist . And in his right hand was a small carving knife . That’s right . He wasn’t using the kitchen knife this time .

It was also the first time that Yuan Zhou used ice to make sculptures, so he didn’t dare posture this time .

“This little brat must be crazy, trying to sculpt ice . Doesn’t he want his hand?” Ji Yi frowned and said that .

“He’s indeed crazy . ” Liu Zhang nodded his head approvingly .

Though the two people spoke like that, they didn’t go up and try to stop him . Instead, they just watched him silently .

Yuan Zhou didn’t have any special feelings being stared at . He was observing the piece of ice in his hand carefully now to find the best place to start carving .

“It feels so cold . ” Yuan Zhou held the piece of ice in his hand and couldn’t help frowning .

The ice was cold while Yuan Zhou’s hand was warm . After a while, the ice melted a little bit, but Yuan Zhou’s hand was becoming pale slowly .

“Let me first carve it like this . ” Yuan Zhou’s right hand started to move on the ice .

“Zi Zi” . There emitted a sharp sound from the contact of the carving knife and the piece of ice . With the ice scraps falling off, the piece in his hand gradually turned into the shape of a rabbit .

Both its appearance and its shape were absolutely lifelike and realistic .

Yuan Zhou always carved quickly . And he carved more quickly today as it was a piece of ice . He had no reason not to carve quickly . It was getting warmer and the ice would melt very easily .

“It seems that I still have a long way to go with my carving skills . ” Yuan Zhou looked at the rabbit in his hand that had an unnatural fur texture and threw it into the trash bin without hesitation .

There was more than one person who saw Yuan Zhou carve the piece of ice . Some other customers also saw this scene . They had no choice . Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was small and moreover, he didn’t accept reservations . If they wanted to eat here, they had to come early .

“Tsk . This guy really has very high requirements . ” Liu Zhang sighed with emotion .

“Oh, really! That rabbit doesn’t even have a basic shape . His knife skills are really not so good . ” Ji Yi sneered .

“You are not objective by saying that . Boss Yuan is probably just practicing,” Liu Zhang said seriously .

“Even if he’s practicing, the knife skills aren’t satisfactory,” Ji Yi insisted saying that .

“Did you forget that he used ice?” Liu Zhang reminded .

“Even so, his knife skills aren’t satisfactory, either,” Ji Yi pointed at the rabbit thrown into the trash bin and said .

“I don’t want to waste time debating with you . After you finish the meal, don’t continue to stay in Chengdu . ” It was rare for Liu Zhang to be a little unhappy .

“Humph . I haven’t tasted the cooked wheaten food,” said Ji Yi .

“Alright . Time to line up . Let’s go . ” Liu Zhang pointed at the silver queuing machine, where there had been some people waiting .

“You pay the bill,” Ji Yi suddenly said .

“Pardon? A chairman like you doesn’t even have that much money?” Liu Zhang covered his wallet with his hands and stayed alert .

“Since you invited me here, you naturally have to pay,” Ji Yi said deservedly .

If it were somebody else, he naturally would have agreed to pay the bill at this time . After all, there was no reason to ask others to pay the bill if he had proposed to treat others to a meal . But was Liu Zhang somebody else? Obviously not . Therefore, he said that quite naturally .

“But you are richer than me . I didn’t even charge you for this information,” said Liu Zhang, “We have a good relationship, so I transfer this privilege of paying for this meal to you . ”

“Okay, all right . If the Mantou doesn’t taste good, don’t even think of coming to my home for meals, not even during Chinese New Year . ” Ji Yi laughed in great anger .

“Don’t worry . That’s impossible,” Liu Zhang said without any anxiety .

“Line up,” after saying that, Ji Yi walked to the front of Liu Zhang .

And Liu Zhang pretended to be considerate and made room for him .

“Ho Ho . ” Ji Yi really had no idea what to say . One really could not judge a book by its cover . He had never seen such a shameless guy as him .

“It seems that I still need more practice to make the ice sculptures better . ” Yuan Zhou looked at the customers who had seen him carve the ice just now subtly and then stood up .

He looked again at the rabbit in the trash bin and then at his own hands . After that, he put away the carving knife without hesitation, returned to the kitchen, and started to prepare the ingredients for lunch .

Yuan Zhou turned on the tap and the cold water flowed out . He then put his hands under the tap to rinse them and stretched them slowly naturally .

His hands had turned pale due to the coldness of the ice . It wasn’t good to rinse them in hot water directly . Washing them in cold water first could help to invigorate the circulation of blood .

For a chef, the importance of his hands spoke for itself .

While Yuan Zhou was preparing the food ingredients in the kitchen, there were more and more customers outside his restaurant . They had formed a long line, so long that it even turned several corners .

“So many people . ” Ji Yi knitted his brows .

“Of course . You won’t regret listening to me to come early . ” Customer Liu Zhang didn’t forget to praise himself .

The current manner of Liu Zhang was quite different from the temperament of a grand master like Yuan Zhou or Wu Hai . One should say there was nothing in common at all .

Ji Yi was quite accustomed to the shameless Liu Zhang boasting and therefore, he just looked back .

The crowd behind was noisy, but luckily, the queuing committee was maintaining the order at the side and some people were even giving out hot water . The scene looked fairly harmonious .

“There are already so many people . Why are you still waiting here? You probably can’t get your turn today,” a customer said to another customer in front of him .

“If I can’t get my turn, you can’t either . Then why are you still waiting in line?” The customer in the front turned his head and said .

“I’m not here to eat anything . I just come to have a look at Boss Yuan,” the customer behind said primly .

“Yeah, yeah, right . As far as I could tell, the people here have already surpassed the total number of tickets during normal times . I think there’s no chance for us to eat today . ” Immediately, another customer began to confuse others .

“Come on . I’m also here to visit Boss Yuan . You guys behind can stop waiting now . You surely can’t see him today . ”

“How could that be? I’m a reporter and I come to interview him . ”

“I’m his fan and I came to cheer for Boss Yuan .

“I am here to see the lucky dish . ”

After the first customer started this topic, others that waited in line behind also began to debate like that . They all wished that others could leave quickly so that they could have a higher chance of eating dishes in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant .

However, many people merely spoke but no one left . All of them only had the thought of looking at the dishes even if they couldn’t eat any .

It was quite boisterous and lively in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant at noon on the first day after he came back . .