Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 673 - Chapter 673 673. Mortal enemy or old friend_1

Chapter 673: 673. Mortal enemy or old friend_1 Chapter 673: 673. Mortal enemy or old friend_1 Tian Tian’s efficiency was astonishing. In just a few days after the construction work began, the number of spice packets she sold each day steadily increased.

Nobody was interested in the tea eggs that cost four yuan each until she peeled and ate one right on the spot…

When the warm breeze blew, carrying the aroma of the tea egg, several students who seemingly knew nothing about the hardships of earning money gathered around in an instant.

In the village, Wu Lan’s first time playing matchmaker didn’t even require her to say a word, as the young people created their own romantic atmosphere–

Nowadays, when Tian Tian rode a motorcycle to pick up Tian Ye, and they happened to run into Sun Ziqiang, just a conversation, a glance… the feeling was different!

This made Wu Lan feel lost:

“Tell me, why did I feel that talking about it that afternoon was inappropriate, insisting on waiting until the work was done?”

“If I had spoken earlier, by now, the two of them would already be officially a couple…”

“Oh my gosh,” Song Tan looked at her, “instead of worrying about that, you might as well see to the cook on the mountain. Tell her to put in some effort, not to be so perfunctory!”

The construction crew had complained: every day was just boiled vegetables with soy sauce. The 4,000 yuan were indeed being spent in vain!

This matter also angered Wu Lan.

“It’s a relative from someone in our village… They performed well when they first tried cooking, didn’t they? Who knew they’d slack off after just two days–I really need to go and talk to her!”

With these thoughts, she could no longer sit still; she put on her straw hat and hurriedly headed up the mountain, huffing and puffing.

Song Tan didn’t follow her–another truckload of materials was due to arrive in the afternoon, and she had to wait to show the driver the way.

Speaking of which, the factory on the mountain was being built at an impressive speed. Sun Ziqiang operated the excavator himself, temporarily leaving farm work behind to dig the foundation, and the construction progressed swiftly.

In just a week, the main structure of the factory was nearly complete.

What followed were more detail-oriented tasks, such as building the workers’ dormitories, canteen, and toilets. Once everything was secured, the large piece of leveled land would be covered with concrete and cement… This was indeed much faster than building a villa.

The only worry was that it wasn’t just the construction team complaining about the village’s cook not doing her job properly, but also the chefs contacted through Seventh Uncle and others were nowhere to be seen.

Sigh.

…

If you asked Seventh Uncle, it would be odd if there were any takers!

With a salary of 4,000 yuan and working in this remote mountainous area, who with any culinary skill would want to come?

Even working at a night market selling skewers seemed more promising.

He tried posting in social media circles a few times, and as soon as people asked about the conditions, the conversations went nowhere.

Regardless of how delicious he claimed the ingredients were, young people had to set up a home and start a family, older ones had to support their families… No matter how tasty the food, it wouldn’t pay for their children’s tuition or their parents’ medical insurance, right?

And so, the issue was at a standstill.

Unexpectedly, today his phone rang with a call he hadn’t anticipated.

The caller was Qian Tianfu.

He started off by asking, “Old Song, I hear you’re short of a chef over there. How about it? Say a few sweet words and invite me to take charge?”

Dream on!

Seventh Uncle rolled his eyes and immediately wanted to hang up. After all, this caller wasn’t any close friend of his but a former archenemy.

Back when both were chefs at a chain hotel, competing for the head chef position was intense! Almost every trick in the book had been used, and they’d even lose sleep over figuring out how to cook…

But who could have guessed, back in those days when foreign trends were all the rage, that hotel began to boast about its stars, and eventually, they hired a chef from a Western school of cooking.

So there you have it, two people left the scene with their heads hung low, one switched to a Chinese restaurant next door, and the other simply quit and went home to retire!

All things considered, even though they kept updating their contact details, the two hadn’t seen each other for a good twenty years.

When Seventh Uncle’s former ingrate of an apprentice was hired by the hotel after several changes in ownership, Qian Tianfu even went out of his way to phone and taunt him–

And why?

Because the apprentice’s hotel was right across from where Qian Tianfu worked, the two establishments competing head-to-head.

Now that Qian Tianfu mentioned it, Seventh Uncle thought it over and didn’t hang up; instead, he taunted back:

“What’s the matter, can’t keep up with the young folks’ gimmicks, huh? Can’t beat their restaurant either, can you?”

“You!” Qian Tianfu was genuinely upset.

Because what Seventh Uncle said was precisely the reason he was feeling somewhat disheartened.

But it wasn’t that his culinary skills were inferior to that greenhorn kid’s; it was that the owner across the street had the foresight to buy up the hotel and the surrounding land, directly building a club!

Not just any club, he also fenced off a large area on the outskirts of the city and set up an ecological farm! Touting it as green and eco-friendly, promoting health and nature.

Then they hired people to specialize in marketing, with promotions like group buying, reviews, internet celebrity visits, using TikTok for lead generation, and tactics like customer segmentation…

To Qian Tianfu, it’s as absurd as putting a bra on a sow–overcomplicating everything!

Meanwhile, at his Chinese restaurant, the owner was nearly as old as he was, using a smartphone only for giving likes and browsing TikTok.

The owner’s grandson and potential successor, Xiaosun, had just graduated this year. The kid was capable, but green–unreliable!

His boss was both eager and afraid to let go, and disagreements started to arise.

Though they respected him as the head chef, Qi Tianfu was old school; he believed if a restaurant wasn’t doing well, it surely meant that he, the head chef, wasn’t doing enough!

After reflecting on it, he still had a nagging feeling.

It just so happened that the young boss, against all advice, decided to renovate the restaurant. Taking this opportunity, Qian Tianfu thought to travel around and, by the way, take his apprentice out to broaden his horizons.

At the moment, he didn’t have much to boast about, but he had to praise his apprentice a bit–

“Let me tell you, Old Song! I admire your skills in cooking, but your judgment in picking apprentices, that’s really questionable!”

“Unlike me, I accidentally took on an apprentice with a real knack for it–hey, I’m not bragging, wait until he’s forty, his skills will definitely surpass mine!”

“The kid doesn’t talk much but he respects me a lot. When I said I’m going out and about, he followed without a word… You know, this kid…”

Seventh Uncle: ……

He was panting hard, feeling like he had just been stung!

But looking up at the colorful rickshaw in the courtyard, lovingly maintained by Qiaoqiao, he also let out a cold laugh:

“That’s right! In this life, I’m all about enjoying myself, not like you, so ambitious, still struggling on the front lines at your age.”

“But on the other hand, I’ve also taken on a young apprentice, sharp and smart–what do you say? Do you want to come and take this 4,000 yuan a month job for a few months?”

“By the way, we could also have our apprentices learn a thing or two from each other!”

Isn’t this exactly what Qian Tianfu had in mind?

At that moment, he laughed coldly, “Fine, tell your new bosses. I’ll take the job!”

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