Chapter 142 The Third Disciple, a True Genius

Wang Jianye remembered that after he had seen Wang Yijun in the news before his time travel, he looked it up online out of curiosity.

Wang Yijun was born in 1933. He came to the old city to make a living at the age of 12. He first worked as a handyman in Zhimeilou, one of the eight big buildings. After working there for half a year, he transferred to Fengzeyuan Restaurant. At that time, he was a "xiaoliba", which means an apprentice who was young, weak and knew nothing.

He started learning cooking by rubbing the spoon. The so-called rubbing the spoon means that the chef would throw the used spoon aside to prevent the dishes from smelling bad. The apprentice would be responsible for cleaning the spoons. Wang Yijun did this job for three years, rubbing the spoons at least a hundred times a day. He never complained like other apprentices, but secretly observed how the chef cooked.

After the liberation of the city of Sijiu, Wang Yijun became the assistant of Sun Maoju, the chef of Fengzeyuan. Sun Maoju had superb skills and the ability to bring dead fish back to life. Wang Yijun learned a lot from him and his skills improved by leaps and bounds.

Therefore, five years later, in 22, the -year-old Wang Yijun, with his superb skills, was sent to the Leipzig International Fair in East Germany as a cutting chef to demonstrate and exchange culinary skills.

Later in 23, Wang Yijun passed the review and went to Zhonghai Huaitang to participate in the preparation of the general banquet after the awarding of medals, and became a famous chef. At that time, he was only years old.

In 25, -year-old Wang Yijun formally became the apprentice of Mou Changxun, the head chef of Fengze Garden.

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Wang Yijun was sent to the Leipzig International Fair in East Germany, and later went to Zhonghai Huaitang to participate in the preparation of the banquet for awarding honored generals. Wang Yijun had participated in both of these events before.

But now that Wang Jianye has traveled through time, he is more suitable than Wang Yijun in Fengze Garden, so these two activities will definitely belong to him.

"It's the end of 1952, and Wang Yijun hasn't become my disciple yet..."

Wang Jianye wanted to take him in as his apprentice and teach him all his cooking skills.

With Wang Yijun's talent, he is much better than his two apprentices, Chen Xiaoyang and Ma Hua. He will definitely be able to learn his cooking skills well and pass it on.

Wang Jianye was moved and started to act.

So he found Sun Maoju, who was also drinking tea in the lounge, because Wang Yijun was Sun Maoju's assistant at this time, and if he wanted to accept him as his apprentice, he had to get Sun Maoju's consent.

"Master Sun, there is something I want to discuss with you."

"Hey Master Wang."

Sun Maoju straightened up and put down his crossed legs. He was a little surprised by Wang Jianye's arrival: "What do you want to discuss with me?"

In the kitchen, status is determined by skill. Although Sun Maoju is a strong professional in cutting and preparing food, Wang Jianye is more versatile. Not only is he good at cutting and preparing food, but his cooking is also excellent, far surpassing him. Therefore, Sun Maoju's attitude towards Wang Jianye is very respectful and serious.

"You have an assistant named Wang Yijun, right?"

"Yes, Master Wang." Sun Maoju lowered his voice and asked, "Did he do something wrong?"

Wang Jianye smiled and shook his head: "No, he didn't do anything wrong. I just asked you about his situation. He is helping you, right? How has he been doing recently?"

"At the beginning, he learned very slowly, and I had to teach him very hard before he could help me. But this child is very hardworking and serious. Now, he helps me, and I am getting more and more comfortable with him. His knife skills are also quite good..."

Sun Maoju explained in detail the specific situation of Wang Yijun and carefully observed the changes in Wang Jianye's expression.

"Master Wang, you have taken a fancy to him and want to take him as your apprentice, right?"

"Master Sun, you are right. Our boss has given me ten apprenticeship quotas, so I was thinking of picking a few more suitable people in our kitchen. If they are willing, I will take them as apprentices. I think Wang Yijun, who helps you, is a good one." Wang Jianye told the truth.

Sun Maoju understood: "This child has good talent. If he follows you, Master Wang, he will definitely have a bright future. Since you, Master Sun, have taken a fancy to this child and are willing to take him as your apprentice, I will go and call him over now."

Sun Maoju was about to go find Wang Yijun, but Wang Jianye stopped him: "Wait, let's go together and don't let them come over."

Wang Jianye felt that he had to respect this true culinary master in history more.

So Wang Jianye followed Sun Maoju and came to Wang Yijun who was busy cutting and preparing the food.

"Master Sun."

When Wang Yijun saw Sun Maoju, he nodded and said hello. Then he saw Wang Jianye behind Sun Maoju and said quickly, "Hello, Master Wang."

Wang Jianye nodded with satisfaction, "You are Master Sun's assistant, Wang Yijun, right?"

"Yes, Master Wang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Our Master Wang is looking for you because he has something good to say to you." Sun Maoju said with a smile, "Don't you want to learn cooking from a master? Our Master Wang has taken a liking to you and wants to take you in as his apprentice. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Wang Yijun was overjoyed: "Really?"

Wang Jianye smiled and nodded, "It's true. You have great talent and are willing to work hard, so I want to take you in as my apprentice. If you are willing, from now on you will be my Wang Jianye's apprentice. I will definitely teach you all my skills and help you become a talent."

"okay!"

Wang Yijun nodded happily. He had been in Fengze Garden for so many years and had wanted to apprentice to a master and learn cooking from him, but many masters had already accepted apprentices and he missed the chance.

Later, when Wang Jianye took the apprentice grading assessment at the end of three years, he was promoted twice in a row, which made a great success. This made Wang Yijun notice him, and he wanted to worship him as his teacher. However, when he was about to find Wang Jianye, he found that Wang Jianye already had an apprentice.

Wang Yijun knew that among the chefs in the kitchen who were qualified to accept apprentices, most would accept one apprentice to be an apprentice in Fengze Garden. Wang Jianye already had an apprentice, so Wang Yijun felt that it was impossible for him to accept him, so he did not go to find him.

And now, the master Wang Jianye, whom he admired the most, actually came to him in person and asked him if he was willing to be his apprentice. Wang Yijun was extremely excited and said of course he was willing.

"Why don't you call Master?"

Sun Maoju next to him reminded with a smile.

Wang Yijun, who had just reacted, bowed to Wang Jianye and said, "Master."

"Hey, okay, okay."

Wang Jianye helped him up and looked at the young man in front of him who was only one year younger than him with satisfaction.

Thinking that the other party would become a nationally renowned cooking master in the future and now that he had become his disciple, Wang Jianye could not help but feel happy. He secretly swore in his heart that he must teach Wang Yijun well and make him more famous and achieve higher achievements than in his previous life.

(End of this chapter)