Chapter 49 The Mayor Cooks
Professor Tian has long retired. Although he still has a few graduate students, time is still quite free.
So when he received a call from Xia Rufei and knew that Xia Rufei was going to see him in the morning, he was very happy and expressed his welcome.
Professor Tian lives in the teacher's family area of Sanshan University. Xia Rufei drove to the gate of Sanshan University and called Professor Tian from the security guard. Soon Professor Tian used his home landline to come back to the security room. After the security guard answered the phone, he immediately let him go.
So, Xia Rufei drove his pickup truck through the campus of Sanshan University. There was a large basket of vegetables on the truck, which was quite eye-catching. Many students on the road watched frequently.
Xia Rufei looked at the university campus full of youthful atmosphere along the way and felt very relaxed. He went to join the army after graduating from high school and did not feel the university life. When he saw these college students, he felt a little envy.
Soon the pickup truck passed through the campus and arrived at the faculty and staff's family area.
Professor Tian’s residence is located in a community called “Expert Garden”. It is full of small buildings, with about a dozen sets.
Those who live here are the most respected old experts and professors of Sanshan University.
For example, Professor Tian is an old professor who enjoys special national allowances, so he was able to live in a villa entirely because he could enjoy this treatment and had nothing to do with his father, who is the mayor.
Xia Rufei followed Professor Tian's instructions on the phone and drove to the small villa No. 3, parked his car in the parking space at the door of the villa, then grabbed the vegetable basket from the car and walked into the villa yard.
Several small vegetable fields were opened in the front yard of the villa. Professor Tian was squatting in the vegetable fields with a small sickle to weed. He was wearing simple clothes and wearing a shabby straw hat on his head. He didn't look like a university professor at all, but more like an old farmer.
Seeing Fang Yang coming in, Professor Tian straightened up and greeted with a smile: "Xiao Xia! Come in!"
Then he sang again: "Huilan! Xiaoxia is here!"
In Xia Rufei's surprised gaze, Tian Huilan walked out of the villa and said with a smile on her face: "Xiao Xia is here! Let's sit in the house!"
"Oh! Mayor Tian is here too?" Xia Rufei was very surprised.
Tian Huilan smiled faintly and said, "Today is the weekend, I'll come and see my father."
As she said that, her eyes fell on the vegetable basket in Xia Rufei's hand and said, "Why are you really bringing vegetables here? You still have so many..."
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "It's not something valuable, it's all grown by himself. Professor Tian likes to eat it, so I just take a little more..."
"Is this not appropriate?" Tian Huilan said.
Professor Tian said while wiping sweat with a towel, "Huilan, what's wrong with Xiaoxia bringing me some vegetables? You! I think you have been an official for too long, and everything looks like a bribery!"
Tian Huilan said helplessly: "Dad! Where do you want to go! Will I not believe Xiao Xia's character? But... he is not an ordinary vegetable, this basket costs a lot of money!"
Xia Rufei hurriedly said, "Mayor Tian, I said that these are the vegetables I grew by myself, which are not worth much money..."
Tian Huilan glanced at Xia Rufei and said with a smile: "Will the famous Taoyuan brand organic vegetables be worth a lot of money? Now, if you want to eat this kind of vegetables at Xijiangyue Club, you can queue up to make an appointment, or just go to the auction! Xiaoxia, am I right?"
Xia Ruofei smiled and scratched his head and said, "Nothing can be hidden from Mayor Tian... But that's all the gimmicks produced by President Zheng. The actual cost on my side is not that high, but the output cannot be increased for the time being, and things are just as rare as expensive!"
Professor Tian asked in confusion: "Huilan, what Taoyuan brand organic vegetables?"
"Dad, Xiao Xia should be working with Mr. Zheng from Xijiangyue to promote his new vegetables. The name is Taoyuan brand organic vegetables." Tian Huilan explained, "Mr. Zheng held a new dish tasting party in his club yesterday to promote these vegetables. Now those with great reputations in Sanshan City are flocking to it! I heard that the appointment number is scheduled for next month. I am afraid that the first auction tonight will be auctioned at an astonishing price!"
When Professor Tian heard this, he said happily: "Xiaoxia! You are really capable! After I tasted your new vegetables that day, I felt that there would be a broad market prospect. I didn't expect that you had moved so quickly and had already started promoting it!"
"That day, Mr. Zheng was interested in cooperation. Some of our ideas were relatively close, so we hit it off." Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
"Not bad!" Professor Tian said, "But... since your vegetables are so valuable..."
Xia Rufei hurriedly said, "Two things! Professor Tian, I grow this one. To be honest, the cost of these vegetables is not high. The club sells quality and service. Of course, the ingredients are also the best. The price on their side cannot explain anything. You can eat it with confidence! Call me when you finish eating and I will send it to you!"
"Oh! OK! Then I'm not polite..." Professor Tian said happily.
However, he also made up his mind that Xia Rufei had brought all the vegetables today, so it was naturally difficult to push them out, but he could not ask for them again in the future.
The father and daughter entered the villa together with Xia Rufei. Xia Rufei moved the vegetable basket to the kitchen and put it down, and then returned to the living room. Professor Tian called Xia Rufei to sit down, while Tian Huilan went to make tea in person.
Xia Rufei had just sat down and saw this and quickly stood up and said, "Mayor Tian, I dare not take this!"
Professor Tian laughed and said, "Xiaoxia, just sit there with peace of mind! Huilan is my daughter here, not the mayor of Sanshan. You are my guest of my family, and it's nothing she can make a cup of tea for you."
At this time, Tian Huilan also smiled and walked over with a teacup and said, "Yes! Xiaoxia, my father didn't hire a nanny, and we usually do these things ourselves."
Xia Rufei had no choice but to sit down, take the teacup and thank Tian Huilan.
"Xiaoxia, don't leave at noon! You happened to bring the vegetables here, and the ingredients were ready-made. Let Huilan cook and have a few drinks at noon!"
The mayor cooks for himself? Xia Ruofei was so scared that he stood up and said, "Uh... Professor Tian, I have something to do in the morning, so I won't bother you..."
"Xiao Xia, if there is something wrong, I won't stop you." Tian Huilan said with a smile, "But we all sincerely invite you to have lunch together. As we said just now, I am not the mayor in this family, but my father's daughter. You saved my father's life. What is the purpose of making a lunch for you?"
After saying that, Tian Huilan looked at Xia Rufei with a smile, as if she could see through his inner thoughts.
Xia Rufei had to smile awkwardly, sat back on the sofa, and said, "That's OK! Then I'll bother you..."
"We are too happy if you can stay for dinner!" Professor Tian said happily, "Huilan, go to the kitchen and prepare! I will just talk to Xiaoxia... I said that after eating the vegetables brought by Xiaoxia the day before yesterday, I have been thinking about them! You have to show off your skills at noon, make a few more dishes, and use the Taoyuan brand organic vegetables brought by Xiaoxia!"
"Okay!"
Tian Huilan responded with a smile, then went straight to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Xia Rufei was sitting in the living room and chatting with Professor Tian, and was always absent-minded, especially when he saw Tian Huilan’s busy lunch in and out in an apron, he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
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Chapter completed!