Chapter 26 Family is Happy
"Mom, I'm back."

After Wang Jianye entered the room, he closed the door casually.

Zhang Lan looked at him with concern: "Now that you're back, are you cold riding your bike?"

"not cold."

Wang Jianye felt warm in his heart and responded with a smile.

Coming in front of the crowd, Wang Jianye placed the two lunch boxes in his hand on the table.

"Brother, is there food in this lunch box?"

This was the first time Wang Jianwu saw Wang Jianye bring a lunch box home. He swallowed and asked expectantly.

"Open it and take a look."

Wang Jianye smiled and pulled a chair to sit down. His sister Wang Jiannan poured him a cup of hot water.

Wang Jianwu couldn't wait to open the lunch box. After seeing what was inside, he suddenly exclaimed, "There's so much meat in there."

The dish in this lunch box is Kung Pao Chicken.

Hearing Wang Jianwu's exclamation, brother and sister Wang Jianwen and Wang Jiannan couldn't help but come over and look into the lunch box.

Seeing that it was meat, Wang Jiannan was surprised and delighted: "Brother, how did you get it?"

Zhang Lan looked at Wang Jianye worriedly: "I remember you told me that you apprentices are not allowed to bring food home. Is it okay for you to bring this meat dish home?"

"We have this rule where apprentices cannot bring food from the kitchen home. If caught, they will definitely be criticized. But this dish of mine was not taken from the kitchen. My master gave it to me. This dish originally belonged to him. He gave it to me, so the kitchen can't do anything about it. So it's okay, mom."

Wang Jianye explained it and reassured her.

Wang Jianwu opened another lunch box and said happily, "There's another meat dish here."

As he said that, Wang Jianwu reached out to grab a piece of meat to taste.

But his sister Wang Jiannan slapped his hand, rolled her eyes and said, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Wang Jianwu had no choice but to retract his hand, and sat back in his chair with a pout on his face, looking quite dissatisfied.

After hearing what Wang Jianye said, Zhang Lan felt a little relieved. As long as it was not taken secretly, it was fine.

She thought that Wang Jianye brought back some meat dishes from the kitchen because there hadn't been any meat at home for a long time.

That wouldn't work. Even if the family really couldn't make ends meet, she didn't want Wang Jianye to violate the kitchen rules.

After hearing Wang Jianye say that these were given to him by his master and that the kitchen staff had no control over them, Zhang Lan finally felt relieved and asked curiously, "Why did your master give you two meat dishes?"

"Mom, I performed well today and made my master proud, so he rewarded me with two meat dishes."

Wang Jianye gave a simple explanation.

Zhang Lan became interested: "Tell me about it in detail."

Wang Jianye described the situation at that time.

The more Zhang Lan listened, the happier she became. "I never thought you'd become so great now. I never heard you mention it before."

"Mom, I just discovered this."

Wang Jianye smiled and said.

Zhang Lan said with relief: "Then you must make good use of your ability and don't waste it. Once you improve your level, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money in the future."

Wang Jiannan, who was standing by, looked at Wang Jianye with admiration after hearing this: "Brother, you are really amazing. If I had your ability, I would definitely get first place every time if I used it in my studies."

"Of course not. You are already among the top students in the class. If your academic talent is better, you will definitely get the first place every time." Wang Jianye said with a smile and took another sip of hot water.

At this time, Wang Jianwu grumbled to Wang Jianye in dissatisfaction: "Brother, my second sister won't let me eat what you brought back."

"It's already past eight o'clock. We should rest soon. If you want to eat, wait until tomorrow morning. I'll heat up the food before you eat."

After hearing what Wang Jianye said, Wang Jianwu hesitated to speak.

He wanted to eat right now, but his second sister Wang Jiannan was still glaring at him, and his brother Wang Jianye didn't support him either, so he had no choice but to nod, "Okay then."

Although the food in the lunch box was cold, Wang Jianwu could still smell its fragrance.

Now that he couldn't eat, he covered the lunch box. Out of sight, out of mind. Out of smell, out of greed.

Zhang Lan was concerned about Wang Jianye's current situation again: "You will take part in your graded assessment next week, right? How is your graded assessment conducted? Is it difficult?"

"I asked my master, and he said that the test content is to pick three dishes out of ten, and I have to make these three dishes to a level that can be cooked, which is about the same level as the hot and sour potato shreds I made this morning.

I have almost mastered all ten dishes now, don't worry, mom, when the day of the test comes, I will be able to cook any of the three dishes I draw."

Wang Jianye told her not to worry about him, and that with her current abilities she would be able to pass the assessment and stay in Fengze Garden.

"Oh, that's good. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to pass the assessment and stay in a good place like Fengze Garden. If you really can't pass, you can only go out and find another restaurant. In fact, other restaurants are also good, but they don't offer as high a treatment as Fengze Garden. Now that you say you have confidence, then Mom is willing to believe you. You should prepare well in the next two days."

Zhang Lan sighed and grumbled a few more words.

"Mom, I know. I will definitely do my best."

Wang Jianye was not impatient.

On the contrary, he felt very comfortable because of his mother's care.

After all, he was an orphan in his previous life, and he didn't have the conditions to listen to others nagging at him.

"Good boy."

Zhang Lan looked at Wang Jianye with satisfaction, thinking that he was much more sensible than before.

Because in the past, Wang Jianye would get very annoyed and have a sullen face after hearing her nagging.

But now Wang Jianye did not show any impatience and was quite willing to listen to her nagging.

It seems that the child has finally grown up, Zhang Lan felt emotional.

When she saw the two lunch boxes filled with meat and vegetables on the table, she felt even happier and said, "Originally your brother wanted to eat meat, and I was thinking of buying some tomorrow. I didn't expect you to bring the meat home, saving us the money for a meal. That's great."

"Mom, the good things are not over yet. After I pass the assessment next week and become a formal chef at Fengze Garden, I can bring a meat dish home every day."

"Ah? In that case, our family can eat meat every day, and it doesn't cost any money."

Zhang Lan said with surprise that Wang Jianye had never told his family about this before.

After all, Wang Jianye’s level was very poor before, and he felt that he would not be able to pass the assessment, so he was unwilling to say more.

When Wang Jianwu heard that he would have meat to eat every day, he immediately got excited: "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. The rule in our Fengze Garden kitchen is that the chef who cooks the third stove can take one meat dish home after get off work every day, the chef who cooks the second stove can take two, and the chef who cooks the first stove can take three.

And these meat dishes are not leftovers from the customers, they are all new dishes that the chefs put aside because their plates could not hold them when they were cooking.”

Wang Jianye finished speaking.

Zhang Lan was even happier: "Then you must learn how to cook well. If you can become a chef in the future, our family will be able to have three meat dishes to eat every day. There are so many families in our courtyard, who can live as well as we do?"

(End of this chapter)