Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 513 - 282: At Least There’s the Seventh Dining Hall Here_4
Li Hao’s usual grades were similar to Yao Pinghua’s. This time he scored 650 in the college entrance exam, which was considered normal performance.
Although this score wasn’t particularly high, it was still significantly higher than Jiang University’s past admission scores by eighty or ninety points!
Universities like Chang’an Jiaotong University, Beijing Normal University, and Hanyang University, which are key "Double First-Class" institutions, are all much more prestigious than Jiang University. If one can attend a better university, why stay at Jiang University?
Even if Li Hao was willing, his family wouldn’t agree.
While university is merely a starting point in life, and future development depends entirely on one’s efforts, who wouldn’t want to start on a higher platform rather than climb up from the depths step by step?
Isn’t it exhausting?
Thinking of this, Yao Pinghua added, "Don’t mess around. Playing games with your future over a meal will leave you regretting when it’s too late."
After saying this, a thought crossed his mind:
This time, he had performed poorly on the college entrance exam. His top-choice universities were definitely out of reach, and the other schools weren’t very appealing either—why not just stay at Jiang University?
At least there’s the Seventh Dining Hall here!
If he were willing to study at Jiang University, his parents would surely be delighted, wouldn’t they?
Yao Pinghua and Li Hao sat there while whispers and occasional laughter from classmates reached their ears. For a moment, they were both silent, lost in thought.
Time flew by, and before long, it was already 11 o’clock.
Due to the influx of students dining, Jiang Yu didn’t keep everyone waiting; the dining hall opened half an hour early.
Under the teachers’ arrangements, the group of graduating seniors stood in long lines at the windows to get their meals.
"Wow! Isn’t this the braised beef with dried tofu I saw on Douyin? I’ll have a serving! And also give me garlic chicken wings and twice-cooked pork!"
"I want twice-cooked pork, Gannan-style stir-fried fish, pickled chili chicken offal, and three taels of rice!"
"Is this cold spinach and vermicelli salad? It looks so good; I want this!"
"..."
These prospective university students, dining at the Seventh Dining Hall for the first time, had faces full of surprise, exclaiming repeatedly.
In fact, these dishes were everyday meals in Jiangzhou, readily available at home, but this was the Seventh Dining Hall. Master Xiao Jiang made these, and the flavors were incomparably better than at home or restaurants!
How could they not be excited?
Especially since all these dishes had appeared on the "Jiang University Seventh Dining Hall" Douyin account, previously making them drool just by looking.
But now it was different; they finally got a chance to taste the food!
With trays overflowing with food, classmates gleefully found vacant seats in the dining area and sat down.
Placing their trays on the table, they didn’t rush to eat. Instead, they unanimously pulled out their phones from their pockets to take pictures and post on social media!
Previously, they had only watched others flaunt on social media, but today, it was finally their turn!
Yao Pinghua and Li Hao also got their meals, each carrying a tray excitedly to a corner seat where they took pictures and posted on social media, then picked up their chopsticks and began eating without saying a word.
Holding a piece of brilliantly red, glistening twice-cooked pork in his mouth, Yao Pinghua chewed hard twice, and an intense, spicy flavor exploded on his tongue, with rich fatty aromas filling his whole mouth, instantly invigorating him:
The taste was truly heavenly, unmatched on earth!
