"Friends, I'm telling the truth! The food at the Seventh Dining Hall of Jiangzhou University is really delicious!

After successfully booking on Douyin that day, I rushed to Jiangzhou University the next day at the designated time. The environment in the cafeteria was exactly like what I had seen during the livestream, and there were already many students queuing up even before mealtime!

I bought three dishes; a serving of braised chicken feet with preserved vegetables, a serving of fish pieces with chopped chili, and a serving of fish-flavored shredded pork, plus three taels of rice!

At first, I thought for sure I would have leftovers because there was so much food that I definitely wouldn't finish it under normal circumstances.

To my surprise, I ended up licking even the sauces on my tray clean!

Honestly, it was just too delicious!"

"The friend upstairs expressed exactly what I felt! I apologize for my previous ignorance to both Jiangzhou University and the Seventh Dining Hall!

Originally, I thought the fame of the Seventh Dining Hall was just hype, thinking that the food at a university cafeteria couldn't be that good.

But once I tasted the food from the Seventh Dining Hall myself, I realized how naive I was!

The food here is really delicious. No cafeteria at any university in the country has such tasty food, not even those famous canteens at big-name internet companies can compare!

I regret so much now, why didn't I choose Jiangzhou University when I was filling out my college application form for the entrance exam?!

If I had, now it would be others envying me!"

"I don't want to say much else. I just want to say one thing, Jiangzhou University is so stingy, only 50 reservation slots are open per day, who is that enough for?

There are more than 50 people in our department who want to eat at the Seventh Dining Hall!

Every morning, we have to stay glued to our phones before 10 AM to snatch a reservation, it's really enough!

If they make me angry, I'll just sit for the Jiangzhou University postgraduate exam this year, not for anything else, but just to eat the Seventh Dining Hall's food every day!"

"..."

Since Jiangzhou University's official Douyin account started the reservation system, as more and more people tasted the food at the Seventh Dining Hall, the deliciousness of the cafeteria food began to spread.

If some people said the food at the Seventh Dining Hall was good, it could still be dismissed as hired promotion or hype.

But when everyone says the food at the Seventh Dining Hall is good, even those who were skeptical at heart now began to be half convinced.

And as the Seventh Dining Hall continued to be a hit, Jiangzhou University, where the Seventh Dining Hall is located, also started gaining more recognition, becoming one of the "most desired universities" in the eyes of many students.

It's important to know that, in the past, this was almost impossible!

"With the Seventh Dining Hall, our school's reputation has grown much larger than before, and now many people can't talk about universities in Jiangzhou without mentioning Jiangzhou University."

Fan Chuliang, the school's publicity minister, was sitting in his office, chatting with Xiong Bingsheng over a cup of tea, a smile never leaving his face,

"Actually, our school is no worse than other universities, especially in the field of optoelectronic materials research, which is at a world-leading level. Unfortunately, our school has always been low-key, which has caused many students to overlook our existence."

"That's true, it's not like it used to be, even the best wine fears being in a deep alley!"

Xiong Bingsheng picked up the tea cup, blew on the leaves, and carefully took a sip, smacking his lips as he said,

"If our school wants to recruit more high-quality new students, we must publicize our reputation. If no one has heard of you, why would they choose to study here?"

"That's exactly right!"

Fan Chuliang nodded in agreement, deeply resonating with the sentiment,

"So, Lao Bear, the decision you made in setting up the Seventh Dining Hall on your own was truly remarkable. I, Old Fan, admire you for that!"

"Oh, you're too kind, too kind!"

Hearing this, Xiong Bingsheng waved his hands with a smile,

"I was just the middleman, I don't have the skills to set up the Seventh Dining Hall by myself. The real credit goes to Boss Xiao Jiang!

I can't claim such a huge merit!"

"Boss Xiao Jiang? This guy is quite a character too!"

Fan Chuliang nodded repeatedly, saying,

"Not to mention anything else, just his culinary skills are incredible!

I've never tasted food so delicious; just one taste, and I've been longing for it since!"

A few days ago, Fan Chuliang originally planned to see what kind of experience the first wave of people who successfully reserved to taste the food at the Seventh Dining Hall would have, but he couldn't resist and ended up stuffing himself first.

After eating until he was full, he remembered that his wife was still waiting at home for him to have lunch!

After running all the way home, faced with a table full of food, Fan Chuliang couldn't eat another bite, so he told his wife he had a bit of indigestion and couldn't eat, which caused her to worry so much that she didn't even enjoy her lunch.

He thought he would recover by dinner time, but to his surprise, although he always loved the meals his wife made, this time the more he ate, the less flavor he could taste.

Thinking it over carefully, he roughly figured it out.

It was because the food at the Seventh Dining Hall was so delicious at lunchtime that the taste lingered, making other people's cooking seem tasteless.

After enduring this for two or three days, Fan Chuliang finally forgot the taste of the food at the Seventh Dining Hall, and life returned to normal.

However, he didn't dare to eat at the Seventh Dining Hall anymore, fearing that if he had it too often, he wouldn't be able to enjoy his wife's cooking anymore.

Though her cooking wasn't the best, he'd been eating it for more than half his life, and missing even one meal made him feel uneasy.

"After hearing Minister Fan talk about it, I've got a craving too."

Xiong Bingsheng gently placed the teacup on the table, looked at the time on his wristwatch, and said with a smile,

"It's almost noon now, Minister Fan. If you're free, how about we grab a bite at the Seventh Dining Hall?"

"You go ahead, I'll pass."

Fan Chuliang laughed, shaking his hand and said,

"I need to go back and have lunch with the missus. The food at the Seventh Dining Hall is delicious, but nothing warms the stomach like a home-cooked meal!"

"Haha, Minister Fan is quite the family man."

Xiong Bingsheng laughed heartily, not saying much more, stood up and said,

"I'll head over then. Let's have tea again when there's time."

With that, he nodded to Fan Chuliang and left.

...

Seventh Dining Hall, in the kitchen.

Feng Leqing had rushed over early in the morning. Even though Jiang Yu hadn't assigned him specific tasks yet, the young man was proactive, jumping into whatever needed to be done as soon as he arrived.

Whether it was cleaning, wiping tables, washing vegetables, or chopping, he would jump right in whenever he saw something that needed doing.

By midday, while the others still didn't feel tired, Feng Leqing was already worn out and sweating.

"Xiaofeng, take a break! Take a break!"

Jia Dequan, seeing him panting heavily, couldn't bear it any longer and waved him over, saying,

"Have some water, catch your breath. Later, try cooking a dish. If you've got the talent for it, you won't need to waste too much time on chores. Put in the effort to become a chef."

"Hey! Thanks, Old Jia!"

Feng Leqing replied gratefully.

Noticing Jia Dequan's cup was almost out of hot water, he quickly grabbed the kettle nearby and carefully refilled it.

"No need for thanks. Once you've mastered cooking, work hard in the dining hall. It's good for you."

Jia Dequan glanced at him and said calmly,

"Otherwise, with your skills right now, even if you make it to a big restaurant, you won't make it far.

The best policy is to be down-to-earth!"

After saying that, he stopped talking. Some smart folks only need to hear things once.

But others, who seem smart on the surface, no matter how much you tell them, they think they're above it all. Until they hit a brick wall and get hurt, they won't realize where they went wrong.

Meanwhile, on another side, Jiang Yu also took Jia Dequan's words to heart and started teaching Lu Shuwu some signature dishes.

These weren't just common dishes like braised chicken feet with pickled mustard greens, steamed fish head with chopped chili, steamed ribs with taro and fermented black beans, but also the famed chicken soup dumplings.

Lu Shuwu was over the moon, thinking he was dreaming, and kept on asking,

"Boss, are you really willing to teach me how to make these dishes? Aren't you worried I'll learn them and leave?"

"Why are you so talkative now? Am I not teaching you right this moment?"

Jiang Yu glanced at him, replying with mock annoyance,

"Your grandpa gave me his cooking notes to learn from, why wouldn't I teach you a few dishes?

Plus, it was already decided back then, I'm supposed to teach you Xiang Cuisine.

Even if you learn these few dishes, so what? If you want to leave by then, just leave! I know plenty more dishes than that!

So, are you learning or not? If you're not interested, I'll teach someone else!"

"…"

Hearing this, Lu Shuwu had nothing more to say, obediently following and learning earnestly.

Jiang Yu was absolutely right. He knew so many dishes, what did these few count for?

When he eventually learned everything Jiang Yu knew, he would leave if he wanted to!

With that thought, he felt energized again.

Poor Lu Shuwu hadn't realized it yet, but teaching him these now-signature dishes like soup dumplings, braised pork with preserved vegetables, steamed fish head with chopped chili was just Jiang Yu's way of using him as cheap labor!

Think about it, once you can make all these dishes, Jiang Yu can naturally take it easy by leaving the work to you!

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