Chapter 128: Chef Wang Returns to the Nanluoguxiang Courtyard
"Thank you, Master."

Ma Hua was very happy when he saw that Wang Jianye was willing to accept him as his apprentice.

Because when Zhou Qingde found him, he told him how great Wang Jianye was and how amazing his talent was. As long as he could learn from Wang Jianye, his cooking skills would definitely improve rapidly.

It is said that children from poor families grow up early. When Ma Hua was six years old, he was not even tall enough to reach the edge of the pot, but he started standing on a stool to help cook for his family. Over time, he became interested in cooking. After not making much progress in school, he thought about finding a chef to teach him how to cook seriously.

Ma Hua lives relatively close to where Zhou Qingde's parents live, and he also knows that Zhou Qingde has become a chef in Fengze Garden. He originally wanted to become his apprentice, but after finding Zhou Qingde yesterday, Zhou Qingde saw that the child had good talent, and he had watched him grow up since he was a child, and he was confident in his character, so he brought him and introduced him to Wang Jianye.

He also told Ma Hua about Wang Jianye's performance in Fengze Garden. He started out as an apprentice, cooking dishes at the level of a second-class chef, then cooking dishes at the level of a first-class chef, and then participated in two consecutive assessments. Other apprentices were promoted to third-class chefs, but he became a second-class chef. Finally, Wang Jianye learned how to make Xiajin silver silk noodles these two days, and his level improved rapidly, becoming better than those chefs who had been cooking for many years...

Ma Hua admired Wang Jianye very much at that time. When he knew that Zhou Qingde was going to take him to become an apprentice to this person, Ma Hua was so excited that he could not sleep until late at night.

When Ma Hua was brought here by Zhou Qingde to meet Wang Jianye just now, he was extremely nervous, fearing that he would not perform well and Wang Jianye would not accept him as his apprentice.

But when he heard Wang Jianye say with his own ears, "From now on, you are my apprentice," Ma Hua finally felt relieved and became excited.

"Chen Xiaoyang, my first apprentice, he should be your senior brother."

Wang Jianye brought Ma Hua to Chen Xiaoyang, who was practicing knife skills, and introduced him to him.

"Hello, Senior Brother. My name is Ma Hua."

"Hello."

Chen Xiaoyang nodded. This was his first time being the eldest senior brother, and he felt excited and nervous at the same time.

After saying the word "good", I didn't know what to say anymore, so I just kept silent.

Seeing Chen Xiaoyang so serious, Ma Hua thought that his senior brother seemed difficult to get along with...

Little did he know that Chen Xiaoyang was just an honest man. He was so nervous in front of him that he didn't know what to say.

"Ma Hua, I will now teach you to recognize the various things that our red case chefs may use. Remember them well."

Next, Wang Jianye took his novice apprentice Ma Hua and taught him how to use a kitchen knife one by one, starting with the kitchen knife.

Like Chen Xiaoyang before him, Ma Hua also took out a pen and paper and wrote down everything carefully. If he didn’t understand something, he would ask in time and Wang Jianye would explain it to him patiently.

After a busy day.

Before leaving get off work, Wang Jianye took a look at his personal panel.

[Experience value: 315]

【…】

"Yesterday, when I was about to get off work, my experience points were only 215 points. Now, after a day, my experience points have reached 315 points, which means I have gained 100 experience points today."

"When I was alone before, I could gain an average of 50 experience points every day. After I accepted Chen Xiaoyang as my first apprentice, I could gain around 72 experience points every day. Now that I have accepted a second apprentice, the experience points I gain per day have reached 100 points, which is about 25 points more than when I only had one apprentice..."

“Sure enough, taking in a few more apprentices is much faster than working hard to cook to gain experience points.” Wang Jianye felt that he had done the right thing.

After he has put Chen Xiaoyang and Ma Hua on the right track, he will accept another apprentice.

In this way, he can gain more experience points.

Assuming that one apprentice can help him gain 25 experience points every day, two apprentices can be 50 points, four apprentices can be 100 points, six apprentices can be 150 points, eight apprentices can be 200 points... and so on, there is no upper limit.

"I now have two apprentices. The experience points they provide me, plus the experience points I gain on my own, can reach 100 points a day. 100 experience points are enough to elevate a dish to the level of a state banquet."

"So, if I can master a state-banquet-level dish every day, at most after a hundred days, I can increase the probability of triggering the special effect [Increase Lifespan by One Day] to 100%! And when I take in a few more apprentices, the experience points I gain every day will definitely be more, and the hundred days I need will definitely get shorter and shorter."

"By then, I will be able to eat vegetables that can prolong one's lifespan every day, allowing me to live to 130 years old. Not only me, but also my mother, my brothers and sisters, will all live long..."

"And the condition for the next system upgrade is that the probability of triggering an effect is increased to 100%. Then my system can be upgraded again."

Wang Jianye is looking forward to the future.

The first time the system was upgraded, it brought him the incredible ability to extend human life.

So what more powerful effects can be achieved after the next system upgrade?

Wang Jianye was looking forward to it.

……

After work, Wang Jianye asked Chen Xiaoyang and Ma Hua to come to his courtyard in Nanluoguxiang early tomorrow weekend morning, and he would take them to prepare a banquet.

Both of them agreed.

Wang Jianye did not return to the Qianmen courtyard tonight. Instead, he rode his brand new bicycle back to the No. 95 courtyard in Nanluoguxiang.

"Chef Wang is back... Hey, why did you get a new bicycle?"

When Yan Fugui saw Wang Jianye, he first greeted him, and then noticed that Wang Jianye was pushing a brand new bicycle, not the old one. He was immediately surprised and wondered how much money it would cost to buy it.

Wang Jianye said casually: "This is what Fengze Garden gave me."

"Ah? I thought you bought it with your own money. I didn't expect it was given to you by Fengzeyuan... Didn't they ask you for money?"

Yan Fugui's vision is still too narrow. He can't imagine that a bicycle worth one or two hundred yuan can be given away for free.

Wang Jianye shook his head: "I didn't ask for money, that's what happened..."

Next, Wang Jianye briefly explained it to Yan Fugui, otherwise Yan Fugui would definitely be curious about what he had done in Fengze Garden to get such a good bicycle, and he might even have some random thoughts.

And now that I have explained it clearly to him, Yan Fugui can explain it for me when others ask about it.

(End of this chapter)