Chapter 141 Agreement with Wang Jianwu

It’s time to get off work.

Wang Jianye and Chen Xiaoyang walked out of the door of Fengze Garden's back kitchen together. Chen Xiaoyang trotted to the nearby carport to push the bicycle over, while Wang Jianye just waited for him at the door.

At this time, Qin Huairu also happened to get off work and met Wang Jianye at the door, "Brother Wang."

"Is something wrong?"

Wang Jianye looked at her.

Qin Huairu shook her head, her pigtails swinging back and forth as she looked at him in admiration: "It's okay, I just want to ask you, Brother Wang, how you cook so well. Now you have a dish that can be regarded as our Fengze Garden's signature dish. But I heard that so many of our Fengze Garden's signature dishes are the unique skills of the head chef. The lower-level second chefs can't make them at all, except for you, Brother Wang, the second chef."

"Why did I do so well? I've told you many times before."

Wang Jianye was too lazy to explain to Qin Huairu anymore, so let it be.

When Chen Xiaoyang rode his bicycle over and Wang Jianye sat safely on the back seat, he turned around and said to Qin Huairu, "Don't tell anyone about the fact that my spicy and sour potato shreds have become a signature dish when you go back. Just consider it a favor for me."

"Oh ok."

Qin Huairu nodded repeatedly. How could she not listen to Brother Wang's words?

Seeing that Qin Huairu agreed, Wang Jianye asked Chen Xiaoyang to start riding his bike and take him back.

The residence that Manager Zheng Hao found for Wang Jianye is not far from Fengze Garden, right in the Qianmen area, and Fengze Garden is on Zhushikou West Street, which can be reached in ten minutes at most by bike.

When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Wang Jianye got off the back seat of the bicycle and walked in first, while Chen Xiaoyang followed behind, pushing Wang Jianye's bicycle.

After Chen Xiaoyang parked his bicycle near Wang Jianye's home, he said goodbye to Wang Jianye and went back to his home in the Central Courtyard.

Wang Jianye entered his house, and his two younger brothers, Wang Jianwen and Wang Jianwu, came to him to review their lessons as usual. Wang Jianwen and Wang Jiannan were both good at studying, so they could both tutor Wang Jianwu, who was a poor student.

However, Wang Jianwu would rather let his second brother Wang Jianwen teach him, because Wang Jianwen has a better temper and will not be mean to him. If his second sister Wang Jiannan were to teach him, he would definitely not be as relaxed as he is now.

"How are you studying?"

After Wang Jianye entered the room, he put down the bag on his shoulder and asked with a smile.

Wang Jianwu thought for a moment and replied, "Well... it's OK."

“When does your school test?”

Wang Jianye took the glass of water that Wang Jianwen had just poured for him and asked Wang Jianwu.

As the eldest brother, he doesn't need to worry about Wang Jianwen and Wang Jiannan's grades because they are both very studious and have good grades.

There was only the youngest, Wang Jianwu, who had always been playful and unwilling to study. Later, after Wang Jianye’s education, he decided to study seriously. However, whether this is true or not still depends on the results of the school test.

"Soon. I heard from our instructor that a test will be conducted next week."

Wang Jianwu clenched his fists and said, "Brother, do you believe that I will be able to make great progress this time?"

"I don't believe it. If you have the ability, show me how to improve yourself."

Wang Jianye finished speaking with a smile, and then asked, "What was your ranking in the last test class?"

"Twenty-eight."

"How many people are there in your class?"

"Thirty-one people..."

Whatever his eldest brother Wang Jianye asked, Wang Jianwu answered honestly, because Wang Jianwen also knew about this matter, and he was afraid that if he said anything wrong, his second brother Wang Jianwen would destroy him. "How about this, if you get into the top 15 in the class this time, I will go home and cook a table of your favorite food just for you, how about that?"

"Really, bro?!"

Wang Jianwu stood up excitedly when he heard this.

Wang Jianye smiled and said, "Of course it's true. I, your big brother, have never broken my promise. But you have to meet the requirements I set for you. You have to be in the top fifteen in the next test. Only then will I prepare a table of your favorite food. Otherwise, there will be nothing."

"Yes! I will definitely be in the top fifteen!"

For the sake of delicious food, Wang Jianwu was full of motivation and looked at Wang Jianwen beside him: "Second brother, please teach me after we go home."

Wang Jianwen nodded.

After the two of them returned with the two lunch boxes that Wang Jianye had brought back, Wang Jianye came to the wall, bent down and shook the bamboo thermos, but there was no water.

Wang Jianye didn't want to boil a kettle of water again, as it was too troublesome, so he took the thermos bottle to the home of his senior disciple Chen Xiaoyang in the Central Courtyard and asked to borrow a kettle of water. Liang Ladi immediately agreed, "Master Wang, you are too polite. What do you mean by borrowing? My Chen Xiaoyang has learned so well from you in Fengze Garden. I can't thank you enough. So, I will take care of your hot water from now on. I will go to your house every morning to get the thermos bottle, and when you get home from get off work in the evening, I will bring you the thermos bottle filled with hot water."

"Sister Liang, thank you."

Wang Jianye was very happy. After filling a pot with hot water, he returned to his front yard, found a foot basin, poured cold water into it, added some hot water, then sat comfortably on the bed and soaked his feet.

……

Early the next morning.

After Wang Jianye got up and washed up, he came to the street outside the courtyard as usual, found a stall and had breakfast.

He had a boiled egg, two fried dough sticks, two leek dumplings, and a bowl of hot salty tofu pudding with chili oil. He finished his breakfast in great comfort, which cost him 13 cents in total.

For people who have to do physical work in rural areas or cities, they have to eat well and eat more in the morning, otherwise they will not have the strength.

The reason why Wang Jianye ate so much was purely because he was greedy. After all, as a cook, he was guarding the stove all day long. It was impossible for him to lack food and he would not be hungry at all.

After eating and drinking, Wang Jianye returned to his home. After a while, Liang Ladi came to Wang Jianye's house in the front yard. After helping to clean up and sweep the floor, she took away the empty thermos on the ground.

Then Chen Xiaoyang also came to Wang Jianye's house. Wang Jianye locked the door and asked his apprentice and driver to ride a bicycle to take him to Fengze Garden.

At this moment, in the kitchen, Wang Jianye's second apprentice Ma Hua arrived earlier and was tying an apron on himself, preparing to continue practicing knife skills.

When the eldest apprentice Chen Xiaoyang arrived, he also put on an apron and went to the counter to practice knife skills like Ma Hua.

In addition to these two people in the kitchen, there are several others busy at work, some are cleaning the large intestine, some are cooking the ox head, etc. These tasks take a long time and are all preparations for the dishes that the guests have ordered in advance, such as the Nine-Turn Large Intestine and Good Luck Head.

As soon as Wang Jianye put down the bag he was carrying, he noticed a young man about his age busy cutting food in the kitchen. He looked familiar.

But Wang Jianye is very sure that this character does not exist in the play, so who is he...

Wang Jianye looked at the familiar face and suddenly remembered where he had seen him.

Before traveling through time, Wang Jianye had seen him on TV news.

At that time, he was in his seventies. He was a senior judge of the national catering industry, a national Chinese cooking staff skill appraisal expert, vice president of the Sijiucheng Cooking Association, senior consultant of the National Famous Chef Editorial Committee, and technical director of Sijiucheng Fengzeyuan Hotel - Wang Yijun.

This guy is a true cooking master.

But at this moment, Wang Yijun seems to have not yet become a disciple...

(End of this chapter)