Aunt Wu glanced at them and said calmly, "Miss, don't worry, I scalded these with boiling water and then sterilized them in the sterilizing cabinet."
Wang Jue blushed, didn't say anything, and glared at Zhou Xuan. It was all because of this guy that they brought them to this place, where they felt uncomfortable at all!
Aunt Wu quickly cooked the dish, and Zhou Xuan pointed to it and said, "Eat up, it's delicious."
Fu Ying picked up her chopsticks and tasted the stir-fried bamboo shoots with cured pork. She praised, "This is good, but the taste of the meat is a bit strange. I can't quite put my finger on it."
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "This meat is called cured meat. It's homemade by people in the countryside. Before we had refrigerators, after slaughtering a pig, the pork was salted and then dried over a wood fire. That's what cured meat is!"
"Oh!" Fu Ying pointed to three small steamed buns, each about the size of a bowl, and asked, "What are these?"
Zhou Xuan lifted the lid off the grid and said, "This is also a local specialty snack. Sister Wu is not from the south, so these snacks are made in the way from her hometown in another province. This is called steamed grid. It is made by steaming potatoes, corn kernels, chili powder, pork, and pork intestines together. Of course, there is a private seasoning method. It is quite delicious."
Fu Ying picked up a little bit, tasted it, let out a sigh of relief, picked up her glass and took a big gulp of ice-cold beer before saying, "Ha...it's so spicy, but it's really delicious, just spicy!"
Wang Jue couldn't resist the temptation and picked up some food with her chopsticks. After eating it, her eyes welled up with tears from the spiciness. She took a sip of ice-cold beer to calm herself down and found it quite invigorating. After the spiciness subsided, she found it delicious. The taste was indeed good, though it was worlds apart from the gourmet food in the hotel, but each had its own strengths.
After the two girls drank two beers, they became more talkative, especially Fu Ying, whose fair face flushed with two rosy cheeks, making her exceptionally alluring.
The couple sitting next to us were a young couple. The boyfriend kept glancing at Fu Ying, and the girlfriend, annoyed, stomped on his foot under the table.
Zhou Xuan found it amusing, but Fu Ying's allure was indeed extraordinary. Beautiful people are good, but they also have thorns.
After taking a sip of wine, Zhou Xuan leaned closer and asked Fu Ying, "Miss Fu, what exactly do you want me to do? I won't feel at ease if you don't tell me!"
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Volume One: The Lotus Buds Just Begin to Emerge, Chapter Thirty-Six: The Stingy Man
Fu Ying smiled, biting her lip, after hearing Zhou Xuan's words, and then said, "Actually, it's not the right time yet, but you always ask, so I'll tell you. I mainly value your superb diving skills. This job is related to diving, it's dangerous, but not illegal. The location of the operation is not in China, so I need to help you get your passport and so on these next few days. You have a week left. Give me the documents tonight, and I'll ask a friend to help you get your documents. You have a week of free time, so come with me to Shenzhen!"
"Going... abroad?" Zhou Xuan asked doubtfully, but what surprised him even more was that Fu Ying actually said that the work location was abroad!
Going abroad is a dream in the minds of countless people, but it was too far away for Zhou Xuan, so far away that it was almost unrelated. But suddenly it popped into his head: he was going abroad too!
The farthest Zhou Xuan had ever traveled was to the south, and this was his first long trip abroad. Going abroad was something he hadn't even considered, so the sudden announcement that he could go abroad made him somewhat worried. ()
Fu Ying said with a grin, "What... are you afraid I'll kidnap you and sell you?"
Zhou Xuan was taken aback. Fu Ying had just returned what he had said to him. But after Fu Ying said that, Zhou Xuan's heart tightened and his expression changed.
Wang Jue snorted, "You're really scared? You call yourself a man!"
Zhou Xuan thought to himself, "Your Miss Fu is fiercer than any man. Seven or eight men couldn't beat her, a girl. If she really goes abroad, you can do whatever you want to me. What can I do? Once I'm abroad, I can't escape back, and I can't beat you even if I fight you!"
Fu Ying noticed the fear in Zhou Xuan's heart and quickly said, "Don't talk nonsense, nothing's wrong. I told you before, this job is dangerous, I'm not lying to you, but I won't let you do bad things like murder or arson!"
Zhou Xuan sighed, then said, "Fine, since I promised you, I'll do it. But you also said I won't do anything bad like murder or arson. Also, what are you going to Shenzhen for?"
"It's nothing serious, I just have some free time, so I'll just take a stroll," Fu Ying said casually.
Zhou Xuan snorted. Based on his initial understanding of Fu Ying, he knew she wasn't just casually strolling around. He decided to leave it at that and, seeing that they had almost finished eating, called Aunt Wu to settle the bill.
It was only forty-six yuan in total. Zhou Xuan handed over one hundred yuan, and Aunt Wu gave him fifty-five yuan in change, charging him one yuan less. Although it was only one yuan, it was a small business, so this was a trick. Aunt Wu had always charged one or half yuan less than the normal price before.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Thank you, Aunt Wu!"
"There's nothing to thank me for. I can only keep running this business because of customers like you. Please come more often in the future!" Aunt Wu waved her hand and said. Her shop has a small profit margin and she doesn't even have any workers. She is the only one who can run it, from the head chef to the kitchen helpers. Even a dollar is a favor.
Once outside the alley, Wang Jue muttered to himself, "So stingy!"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said calmly, "Miss Wang, have you ever heard the saying 'different waters nourish different people'? In ancient times, emperors had to live, and so did ordinary people. But could emperors and ordinary people live the same life? When I used to work at an amusement park, I only came here once a week. In my hometown in the countryside, some people don't go to a restaurant even once a year!"
Wang Jue hummed, but didn't say anything more.
“I think it’s quite nice, it has a unique charm!” Fu Yingying said. “Mr. Zhou is right, everyone’s lifestyle will be different because of their social status, and it cannot be varied from person to person!”
Zhou Xuan felt that Fu Ying was not entirely as she appeared. The longer he spent with her, the more attractive she became. This attractiveness was not due to her beauty, but rather the charm and temperament emanating from her every word and action.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Xuan said, "Miss Fu, I'm not much older than you. If we work together, I feel uncomfortable with you always calling me 'Mr.' I'm not as particular as you are. Just call me whatever you like, like Brother Zhou, Little Zhou, or Zhou Xuan. Just don't call me Mr. Zhou!"
Fu Ying smiled immediately and said, "Okay!" Then, after pondering for a moment, she said, "I'll call you Xiao Zhou!"
Ultimately, he would never call him "Brother Zhou"!
Fu Ying continued, "It wasn't convenient to talk about this in the shop earlier, so let me tell you now. Before the liberation, our Fu family was based in China. Later, my grandfather went to the United States and started doing business, including jewelry. This time, I didn't come to China specifically for this purpose. Our family has business in Hong Kong, so I came here on the side. My grandfather and grandfather have always wanted to go back to their hometown in China, but they never had the time. My friend in Hong Kong is in the jewelry business, and she has a batch of raw stones that were just brought back from Myanmar in Shenzhen. I'm going with her to take a look, and I also want to buy a gift for my grandfather and grandfather!"
Zhou Xuan said "Oh", and then said, "Oh, then it doesn't seem like I'll have any trouble going, I don't know anything about this anyway."
“I noticed you had a really sharp eye at Shengjia Jewelry. Did you study it? Only experts can tell the difference between cubic zirconia and diamonds. And that’s not all. The broken diamond on that necklace, hidden in the package, that’s something only a master can spot!” Fu Ying said, staring at Zhou Xuan. “Your skills don’t seem like those of someone who doesn’t know anything. Anyway, we don’t have anything else to do these few days while we’re getting the certificates, so let’s take a look together!”
Zhou Xuan quickly shut his mouth and smiled bitterly. He was speechless whenever this matter was mentioned, and he would try to gloss over it if possible.
After returning to the hotel where Fu Ying was staying, Fu Ying asked Wang Jue to book a room for Zhou Xuan.
This hotel is a four-star hotel, and the most upscale hotel in Chongkou is only four-star. There are two hotels that are said to be five-star that are still under construction.
Zhou Xuan had to go back to his hotel to retrieve his luggage. After telling Fu Ying, Fu Ying asked him to give her his ID card so she could apply for a passport.
Zhou Xuan handed her his ID and then asked, "Aren't passports usually processed at the place of household registration? Can I get one here too?"
Fu Ying shook her head: "Of course not, but my friend has connections in the provincial department, so it's much easier to handle through the public security department. I don't know the exact procedure, but as long as you pay, it's fine. And..."
Fu Ying paused for a moment before saying, "Do you have anything else to do here? If so, please take care of it all at once. You'll probably be out for at least two months."
"So long?" Zhou Xuan asked, thinking that this job was probably not simple, taking so long. But he also realized that a job that could pay millions couldn't be simple, otherwise everyone would be rich!
Seeing that Fu Ying was looking at his ID card, he quickly added, "I'm going to get my luggage. That's all. I got fired from the amusement park, and after only two days at Jing Shi Zhai Antique Shop, I got fired again... Sigh!"