Chapter 26 Thinking of going together
Ge Jianyu did not tell Chen Ran the origin of the Qiannian Drunk Antidote, but did not hide it from Xu Yingying and Gong Zhenya. After the two recovered from the illness, they decided to invite Li Yu to a meal to show their gratitude. This is also the normal human nature.
The place for the meal was arranged by Ge Jianyu. It was in a restaurant not far from Huafuyuan Community. It was of medium-class and could not be compared with a restaurant like Jin Kaiyue. Of course, it makes sense for Ge Jianyu to choose this way. Xu Yingying and Gong Zhenya have a master's degree who has not graduated and a doctorate. Including Ge Jianyu himself, he is not a rich man, so he can only choose one such restaurant.
Li Yu offered a prescription to wake Xu Yingying and Gong Zhenya from his sleep. It can be said that he was life-saving. But because of Li Yu's age and the effect of the prescription was too significant, it always gave people a feeling of ease. Think about it, someone got seriously ill, but a child came to urinate and woke him up. Do you think there was anything great? Xu Yingying and Gong Zhenya said to thank Li Yu, but he didn't feel so grand in his heart.
As soon as Li Yu walked into the restaurant, he guessed what the other party was thinking, but he didn't feel displeasure. In Li Yu's mind, Xu Yingying and Gong Zhenya were both his life-saving benefactors. If they hadn't opened the pharmacist cave, he wouldn't have been like Li Yu. It was said that these two people were poisoned by Li Yu. It was natural that he offered a prescription to treat the two of them, and at best it was just a reward.
With this idea, Li Yu certainly would not choose any kind of courtesy, but followed Ge Jianyu with a smile, and Xu Ying welcomed the reserved private room.
In the private room, there was already a young man of twenty-six or seven years old, with his hair tied and glasses. If his skin was not dark, he looked very gentle. Li Yu recognized that this person was Gong Zhenya, who was poisoned with Xu Yingying. He was a doctoral student at Yunjiang University. In the Ming Dynasty, he was equivalent to a Jinshi. Speaking of Gong Zhenya's skin color, it was naturally traces left by frequent participation in outdoor archaeological activities. According to Xu Yingying, Gong Zhenya has great research ability and has published several papers in core journals. He is the proud disciple of his supervisor Yang Ziyi.
Seeing Li Yu and his party walking in, Gong Zhenya quickly got up, bowed to Li Yu, and said:
"This is Li Yu... Junior brother, my name is Gong Zhenya. I heard that it was the prescription you gave that saved Junior Sister Xu and me, and I have never had the opportunity to express my gratitude in person."
When calling Li Yu, Gong Zhenya hesitated for a moment and finally used the title of Ge Jianyu.
Li Yu also quickly bowed his hand to greet Gong Zhenya. Both sides were polite and refused to sit down first. Finally, Xu Yingying made a rough move to smooth things over, and then everyone sat down together.
The ordering of food was naturally handed over to Xu Yingying. Xu Yingying claimed that she could cook and was also a complete foodie. What she was best at was choosing the best and sufficient dishes within the established budget range. This was a talented skill that several men felt inferior to.
The meal procedure is similar. It’s just that you chat first, wait for the dishes to come, and then toast each other. When you’re 70% full, your relationship is 70% familiar, so you can start talking about some more in-depth topics.
"Junior Brother Li, I heard from Jianyu that you have lived in the mountains when you were a child. Have you never received compulsory education?" Gong Zhenya asked curiously.
Li Yu shook his head and said, "I have never been to school."
"Then you... should you know literacy, right?" Gong Zhenya hesitated for a moment, and finally asked. Such a question was indeed a bit abrupt.
Li Yu said: "Master taught me to recognize the characters... However, I don't recognize the simplified characters you use in the mountains."
"Actually, with the foundation of traditional Chinese characters, it is not difficult to recognize simple characters." Ge Jianyu said, "Li Yu learned things very quickly. I took him to buy a mobile phone. He had never used it before, but he could use everything in less than 10 minutes. By the way, when I called Li Yu today, he said he was in an Internet cafe."
"Jianyu said you are playing games in an Internet cafe, is that right?" Xu Yingying asked with a smile.
Li Yu nodded shyly and said, "Indeed, two friends I just met said to take me to open my eyes and play a game called "Lu" but I really don't know much."
"She is a master." Ge Jianyu pointed at Xu Yingying with his finger and said, "When she was in undergraduate, she was the president of the school's e-sports association."
Xu Yingying smiled and said, "That's because they want to attract others to sign up in my name. This is the benefit of girls being presidents."
Everyone laughed and talked about games for a few times, and Gong Zhenya turned back to the previous topic and asked: "So, Junior Brother Li, are you not planning to find a job in the city, or where can you take to make up for the lessons and get an education?"
"It's just about education, so forget it for the time being." Li Yu replied. He had been mixed with Yan Wuliang and others these days, and he had a good understanding of many modern concepts and knew what the academic qualifications were. He said: "But I really need to find a job to do it, otherwise my livelihood would be a problem."
Ge Jianyu said to Gong Zhenya: "Teacher Gao said that he could introduce Li Yu to the cultural relics store to do odd jobs. His monthly salary is about 3,000 yuan. When he has achievements, he will get a commission. Unfortunately, Li Yu is not interested."
Li Yu said: "I naturally appreciate Teacher Gao's kindness. However, I plan to do some business with my friends recently, so I can only let go of the matters in the cultural relics store first."
"Doing business? Do you want to start your own business?" Xu Yingying asked.
"It's not a big entrepreneurship, it's just finding a living." Li Yu said.
Gong Zhenya asked, "What kind of business are you planning to do?"
Li Yu said: "I really didn't think about this. An uncle suggested that I open a restaurant, but everyone else thought this idea was not very good."
"Open a restaurant!" Xu Ying was interested. She stared at Li Yu and asked, "Do you lack a chef? How about you think I'm going to apply for a job?"
"My teacher and sister-in-law are so educated. Isn't it a big deal to be a chef in a small restaurant?" Li Yu just thought Xu Yingying was joking and replied casually.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yingying looked serious and said, "Li Yu, I didn't joke with you, I'm serious. If you lack a chef, I really want to apply for a job."
"Uh..." Li Yu didn't know what to say. Until now, he still thought that Xu Yingying was just a spoof, but he didn't know how to respond.
Ge Jianyu patted Xu Yingying and said, "Yingying, don't make trouble. You didn't see Li Yu, you were scared by you."
Xu Yingying said: "I really didn't make a fuss. After this incident, I really don't want to do archaeology anymore. Brother Gong, do you remember that we saw that zombie in the Medicine Master Cave? I dreamed of him these days and scared me to death."
When Li Yu heard this, he couldn't help but curl his lips. He knew that the zombie Xu Yingying was referring to Fan Wuhen. The old guy didn't know what medicine he had done, but he could make his body not rot for nearly 400 years, and he didn't even change his expression of beating. Xu Yingying saw it in the dark cave, and then was drunk again, and it was inevitable that he left a shadow in his heart. To be honest, archaeology is really not something that ordinary girls can do.
Xu Yingying chose the archaeology department back then, but she was actually helpless. The main reason was that there were fewer people applying for this department and it was easy to be admitted. After studying archaeology, she realized that she was not suitable for this industry. She was too far from her personality. This time she was poisoned and made a decision to leave this industry, so she said she wanted to be a chef for Li Yu, which was a bit serious.
Ge Jianyu stroked Xu Yingying's back, comforting her, and then said, "It's okay if you don't want to do archaeology. I'll ask Teacher Gao to see if you can find a place for you in the Cultural Relics Association. Anyway, the cultural relics appreciation is more closely related to your major."
Xu Yingying shook his head and said, "I don't want to deal with those antiques all day long, making a person full of musty smell. It's enough to have you in the system. I want to start my own business and be more free."
Gong Zhenya sighed in his heart, but said nothing. After graduation, the students of the Department of Archaeology really started their own business, and it was not surprising that Xu Yingying made such a choice. He followed Xu Yingying's words and asked, "Junior sister, do you want to start a business, and do you think about what aspects of doing?"
"I've thought about it." Xu Yingying said, "I'm going to tell you, I wanted to open a restaurant. Now, Li Yu said he wanted to open a restaurant, and he happened to go with me. Li Yu, I'll work with you, how about it?"
Ge Jianyu's face was obviously a little ugly, but he has always been a wife and he can only agree with Xu Yingying's various fantasies and dare not object to it. Xu Yingying has told him about opening a restaurant less than 30 times, and even enthusiastically planned how many branches to open, how to decorate upstairs and downstairs, etc. In this regard, Ge Jianyu has always regarded it as Xu Yingying's fantasy and felt that it was completely impossible. However, after hearing what Xu Yingying said now, it seems that she really had such an idea.
Having opened a restaurant with Li Yu? Ge Jianyu didn't know what it felt like. Of course he wouldn't be jealous of Li Yu, because Li Yu was six or seven years younger than Xu Yingying. Xu Yingying must have just treated Li Yu as a little brother and would not have any other thoughts. After several days of contact, Ge Jianyu was somewhat optimistic about Li Yu, thinking that he was simple, friendly, and smart. But no matter what, after all, he was a person he had just met for a few days. How could he let Xu Yingying cooperate with him?
Chapter completed!