Chapter 143: I still need to recruit more disciples
After accepting Wang Yijun as his apprentice, Wang Jianye looked at Sun Maoju beside him with gratitude: "Master Sun, thank you for your help."

"Hey, Master Wang, you are too polite. This is not a favor. As the most famous chef in our kitchen, who would be unwilling to accept you as an apprentice?"

Although Sun Maoju said this, he was very happy and satisfied in his heart.

After all, he also had some credit for Wang Jianye accepting Wang Yijun as his apprentice. Although it was very small, it would be great if Wang Jianye could remember it.

"Wang Yijun, come with me. I will introduce you to my other two disciples."

Wang Jianye brought Wang Yijun to his stove and said to the two apprentices who were busy practicing knife skills: "Chen Xiaoyang, my eldest apprentice, Ma Hua, my second apprentice."

"Hello, Senior Brother, Hello, Second Brother. My name is Wang Yijun, and I am Master's new disciple."

Wang Yijun's attitude was respectful. Although he was only 19 years old, much older than the two of them, because they had become his disciples earlier, he was still willing to call them senior brothers.

"Oh, hello."

"..."

That's considered acquaintance.

Wang Jianye then asked: "What can you do now? How is your level?"

"Master, I have been helping Master Sun for quite a while. I am now better at cutting and preparing dishes. As for cooking, I can only make a few simple dishes."

Wang Yijun answered honestly that he could not cook many dishes at present. After all, he had never had a master to teach him. He just learned them secretly while helping out.

Wang Jianye nodded: "Try cutting a potato. Let me see your knife skills."

"Hey, okay."

Wang Yijun went to do it immediately. Chen Xiaoyang gave him the chopping board and space. Wang Yijun took the kitchen knife, picked up a potato at random, put it on the chopping board, and started cutting it skillfully.

After practicing for two or three years, his knife skills far surpass those of Chen Xiaoyang and Ma Hua.

Wang Jianye saw how he held the knife, cut the meat into strips and his proficiency, and nodded with satisfaction: "The cutting is good, but it is not yet at the top level. I will show you a demonstration, watch carefully."

Wang Jianye's cooking level of spicy and sour potato shreds has reached the state banquet level, and the corresponding knife skills of cutting potato shreds have also reached the ceiling level of state banquets, which is basically the best.

It is hard to say whether there is anyone stronger than him if we compare vertically over thousands of years of history, but if we compare horizontally in the current domestic situation, basically no one can beat him.

Wang Yijun carefully watched Wang Jianye demonstrate his knife skills, his eyes lit up in surprise, this, this, this is too good a cut! Not to mention comparing mine with his, even if I compare the knife skills of Master Sun, the professional cutter in the kitchen, with his master, they are far inferior.

This cooking master of later generations was impressed by Wang Jianye's knife skills.

"do you understand?"

After cutting, Wang Jianye looked at him and asked.

Wang Yijun nodded excitedly, having learned something. "Master, I think I understand it now. But it would be very difficult for me to reach your level. But I will try my best."

"So, you still have to practice your sword skills well. Remember the method I taught you just now and practice it well whenever you have time."

Wang Jianye instructed seriously, and Wang Yijun nodded obediently, "I understand, Master. I will definitely practice well."

"My spicy and sour potato shreds have become the signature dish of our Fengze Garden these days. I will make more of them. You can just watch me and give me a hand while I make them. I will explain to you the reasons for each step."

Wang Jianye continued to instruct.

Wang Yijun agreed and was filled with gratitude in his heart, thinking that he must repay his teacher's kindness in the future.

After all, he had just become Wang Jianye's apprentice, and the other party taught him his best dish.

Some chefs, after they have an apprentice, will let the apprentice do miscellaneous work for a few years, under the pretext of tempering the apprentice, but it is a necessary thing.

But it was completely different with Wang Jianye. Wang Jianye didn't let him temper himself or anything. He just taught him his specialty dishes right away. How could Wang Yijun not be grateful?

At around eleven o'clock in the morning, guests began to arrive in Fengze Garden one after another.

Wang Jianye's signature spicy and sour potato shreds have become famous as one of the signature dishes in the past two days. Many guests who come here to eat will order one to try, so Wang Jianye is quite busy.

"Bring the plates." Wang Jianye said to Wang Yijun while cooking.

After Wang Yijun responded, he immediately brought a few plates and placed them on the table in time.

Wang Jianye seasoned the dish and then served it on several plates.

"Ring the bell and ask the waiter to take the food away."

"okay."

Wang Yijun helped Wang Jianye ring the bell, and Wang Jianye no longer had to worry about anything. He just had to cook the dishes.

"I've done it several times. Do you remember it?"

"Remember, Master."

Hearing him say this, Wang Jianye asked him to try making one dish on another stove.

Wang Yijun got the opportunity to go to the kitchen and immediately started to do it according to the method demonstrated and taught by Wang Jianye.

My master thinks highly of me, I must not let him down! I have to do it well this time!
Wang Yijun made up his mind.

Soon, a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds was ready.

"Master, I'm ready, please try it."

After Wang Yijun served the dishes, he looked at Wang Jianye nervously and said.

Wang Jianye took a break from his busy schedule, picked up his chopsticks and tasted it, then shook his head slightly: "No, I still haven't mastered the heat well. Just watch how I do it."

Next, a few more orders came from the front hall, and Wang Jianye made another big pot of spicy and sour potato shreds and served them on several plates.

Ding dong.

Without Wang Jianye's instructions, Wang Yijun was very attentive and rang the bell, asking the waiter to take away the plates of spicy and sour potato shreds.

Wang Jianye wiped the sweat from his palms, looked at him and asked, "Do you understand? Do you know where your problem lies?"

Wang Yijun nodded and then repeated his understanding.

"Then try again."

With Wang Jianye's instructions, Wang Yijun made an improved version of spicy and sour potato shreds.

Wang Yijun has good talent, but not to the outrageous level of Wang Jianye, who is equivalent to cheating. He has made progress, but the progress is limited.

"This dish is better cooked than the previous one."

After tasting it, Wang Jianye gave his own evaluation.

Wang Yijun listened carefully and remembered every word of his master's instruction.

Busy until the end of the get off work day.

Wang Jianye glanced at his personal panel and found that after he accepted Wang Yijun as his apprentice today, his total experience value reached 555 points, 135 points more than yesterday.

The experience points he gained yesterday were only 110 points. Now that he has accepted another apprentice, he has gained even more experience points.

"I now have three apprentices, and they can earn about 135 experience points every day. If I can recruit ten apprentices... then I can get at least 500 experience points every day! This is equivalent to mastering five state-banquet-level dishes in one day!"

"In the next few days, I have to accept a few more apprentices!"

Wang Jianye has made up his mind that this is his top priority at the moment.

Because with each additional apprentice he takes in, he will gain more experience points every day.

If he wants to improve his cooking skills, he needs enough experience points, so he has to take in more apprentices.

(End of this chapter)