Chapter 164 Cuihualou’s new dish, which Fengzeyuan cannot make

Wang Jianye didn't care much about it, but since Chai Wenshan felt guilty and wanted to do something to express his gratitude, then let him do as he pleased.

It’s time to get off work.

Wang Jianye called his five apprentices, Chen Xiaoyang, Ma Hua, Wang Yijun, and the Defu brothers, and followed Chai Wenshan to his home.

But before that, Wang Jianye instructed his apprentice Ma Hua to ride his bicycle to the courtyard at No. 11 Qianmen and give the three lunch boxes he brought back to Wang Jianwu and Wang Jianwen.

Chai Wenshan lives not far from Fengze Garden and can reach the place in 20 minutes on foot.

"Hello, Master."

After Wang Jianye entered Chai Wenshan's home, he greeted his master's wife who was busy lighting the stove.

"Hey, Jianye, why are you here?"

The master's wife recognized him. After all, she had been an apprentice of Chai Wenshan for three years and had also been to his house to meet him. During this period, Chai Wenshan had been telling the master's wife how amazing Wang Jianye's performance was. The master's wife was itching to meet Chai Wenshan's apprentice and ask him what was going on, but she never had the chance.

"I haven't been to Master's house for a long time. I came to see you today when I have time."

Wang Jianye said this with a smile, but did not say that it was Chai Wenshan who specially invited him to dinner.

The master's wife was very happy to hear this, and quickly asked Wang Jianye to sit down. Then she saw the young men behind Wang Jianye: "They are..."

"Master's wife, let me introduce you to these five people. They are my disciples: Chen Xiaoyang, Ma Hua, Wang Yijun, Xu Youde, and Xu Youfu."

Wang Jianye introduced himself to his master's wife and asked his disciples to say hello to her.

"Oh, good, good, they are all good kids."

The master's wife was very happy. "I remember two years ago, you were still a child. Now when I see you again, you have five disciples. That's amazing."

Chai Wenshan pulled his wife into the inner room, asked for a few dollars, and then went to the nearby vegetable market with Wang Jianye, bought meat and vegetables, and returned home.

Wang Jianye wanted to cook a dish himself, but Chai Wenshan refused at first, saying that he was inviting him to dinner and it was not appropriate for him to cook. However, after Wang Jianye's persuasion, Chai Wenshan agreed. However, he only allowed Wang Jianye to cook one dish, and the rest would be left to Chai Wenshan.

Soon, Wang Jianye made a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds that was of state-banquet quality, and luckily triggered two special effects, namely [Increase lifespan by one day] and [Increase IQ by one point].

During this meal, Chai Wenshan drank quite a lot of wine, but luckily this was his home, so if he drank too much he could just go to the inner room, without having to send Ma Hua to take him home like last time.

Wang Jianye came here pushing a bicycle. When leaving, Chen Xiaoyang rode the bicycle and Wang Jianye sat behind him. He felt dizzy. Just now when he was having dinner with Chai Wenshan, they drank half a bottle of Fenjiu, one glass at a time.

"Big Brother, we're leaving our Master in your hands. Please be careful on the road."

Ma Hua said to Chen Xiaoyang who was about to leave on his bike.

"understood."

Chen Xiaoyang rode the bike very steadily and quickly took Wang Jianye back to the courtyard house No. 11 Qianmen.

After getting off the car, Chen Xiaoyang helped Wang Jianye back home.

The breeze on the road had sobered Wang Jianye up a lot. After being helped into the house by Chen Xiaoyang, he even took off his shoes and washed his feet. Wang Jianye just waved his hand and said, "No need to bother you. Go back."

"It's okay, Master. Let me serve you."

Chen Xiaoyang insisted on doing so, and Wang Jianye had no choice but to give him this opportunity.

Chen Xiaoyang was very happy to see Wang Jianye agreed to do something for his master.

He has been learning from Wang Jianye for so long, and his basic cooking skills have become more and more solid. He knows that his master is teaching them very seriously and responsibly. Compared with apprentices who have to learn from others, he feels very lucky.

Only after Wang Jianye had washed his feet in a basin of hot water and wiped them clean did Chen Xiaoyang pour out the foot washing water before leaving.

Wang Jianye, who was lying in bed, thought of Chen Xiaoyang's serious look just now, and couldn't help laughing: "This kid..."...

the next day.

Wang Jianye got up early and ate two fried dough sticks, a scallion pancake, a boiled egg, and a bowl of beaten soy milk at a stall outside, which cost him nine cents.

After eating and drinking, Wang Jianye returned home. Not long after, Chen Xiaoyang came over on his bicycle and took him to Fengze Garden.

After putting down the bag he was carrying, Wang Jianye did not rush to start work. Instead, he compared the experience points at this time yesterday and today, and found that he had 195 more points.

"Before, when I only had three apprentices, I could gain an average of 140 experience points per day. Now that I have five apprentices, the experience points I can gain per day have reached about 190 points."

"It seems that taking in more apprentices is the right choice. This way, I will gain experience points faster and make progress faster."

Wang Jianye made up his mind to accept a few more apprentices.

Didn't the boss give him ten apprenticeship quotas? So he had to at least accept ten apprentices.

During the free time in the morning when no customers came, Wang Jianye walked around in front of his five new apprentices and answered any questions they had immediately. As a head chef with such high skills, there was nothing Wang Jianye didn't know.

Wang Jianye not only gave detailed answers to the basic cooking skills such as the control of various heat levels, cutting techniques, seasoning control, etc., but also demonstrated so that his apprentices could learn by watching.

During this time, some apprentices from other masters could not help but come over to take a look, but Wang Jianye did not chase them away, letting them take a look if they wanted.

Li Si is one of them.

He originally came forward out of curiosity, but after hearing what Wang Jianye explained, he couldn't help but be fascinated and started to learn with Chen Xiaoyang and the others.

Because Wang Jianye's explanation is so much more detailed and clear compared to his master's.

Li Si’s master cooks good dishes, but he is unable to summarize his own experiences and insights and teach them to his apprentices in a clear and concise manner.

This also resulted in Li Si learning very slowly from his master and not understanding many things.

Now Li Si was staying with Chen Xiaoyang and the others, listening carefully to what Wang Jianye was teaching. He immediately understood the things that he didn't understand when he was studying with his master before, and felt that he had learned a lot.

Master Wang really put it well.

Li Si envied Chen Xiaoyang and the others for being able to learn from Master Wang, who taught much better than his master.

……

noon.

A table of guests came to the front hall and called Xu Youliang over. "Do you have the fried double crisp dish here?"

As the head waiter who had worked at Fengze Garden for many years, Xu Youliang had memorized the menu long ago. "I'm sorry, sir, we don't have this dish here."

"But Cuihua Tower has them, don't you have them in Fengze Garden?"

The guests didn't understand.

Another customer said, "Yeah, isn't it said that Fengze Garden is better than Cuihua Tower? How come Cuihua Tower can make dishes that Fengze Garden can't?"

Xu Youliang could only apologize and then try to get away with it.

Xu Youliang encountered this situation several times during this afternoon, so he went to the kitchen at around 2:00 p.m. when there were few customers, and told Zhou Qingde about it, "Master Zhou, if Cuihualou's chef can make this deep-fried double-crispy dish, why can't our Fengzeyuan chef make it?"

This dish was never on the menu.

In other words, no one in the entire Fengze Garden knows how to do it.

(End of this chapter)