Chapter 6 Practice Hard
Not everyone in the kitchen has arrived yet, but more than ten apprentices have basically arrived.

After all, as an apprentice, if you want to stay here, you must have qualified skills, which requires you to come early, leave late, and practice well here.

On the other hand, coming early can also show your attitude. Others may not remember who comes early, but they will definitely remember who is late or arrives on time.

"Brother Wang, it's good that you have a car. You don't have to get up so early, and you can still get here almost as fast as me."

When Sha Zhu saw Wang Jianye, he came over and said hello.

But there was a sour tone in his voice.

His family doesn't have a bicycle, so he can only walk here, which is time-consuming and laborious.

After all, it takes six kilometers to walk from Nanluoguxiang to Zhushikou West Street.

"You can ask Uncle He to buy you one. It will be more convenient for you to go to work."

"I want to, too. I've told him many times, but he just won't agree. What can I do? Well, I'd better do it on my own. When I pass the assessment and get a raise, I'll buy a bicycle with my own money."

There is nothing Shazhu can do.

He is just an apprentice now, and the salary of an apprentice is too low. It is unrealistic for him to save money to buy a bicycle by himself.

And after he has acquired the skills and passed the assessment, he can receive a high salary from Fengzeyuan and prepare banquets for others during his rest time, earning much more money than he does now.

So Sha Zhu was looking forward to that time when he would have enough money to buy a bicycle.

How convenient it is to go to and from get off work this way.

"Okay, you are ambitious, I admire you."

Wang Jianye praised him a few times, which made Sha Zhu feel a little embarrassed.

That's right, Shazhu is only fifteen or sixteen years old now, still young and shy, and will feel embarrassed when people praise him.

Although Sha Zhu is still young, he doesn't look too young at all.

On the contrary, he looks older than Wang Jianye.

Shazhu went to the side to chat with others.

Taking advantage of the time before work, Wang Jianye rolled up his sleeves little by little, and then took out a small bunch of leeks and dried tofu from the washed vegetable basket.

He planned to make a dish of leek and dried tofu to gain some experience points.

As an apprentice in the restaurant, Wang Jianye can use some low-cost ingredients in the kitchen to make some dishes to practice his cooking skills.

This doesn’t matter, and the kitchen managers are very happy to see this situation, as long as it’s not too wasteful.

After all, if an apprentice wants to learn something, he has to practice many times.

Only in this way can we improve our cooking skills and enhance our cooking standards, so that we can provide greater value when we stay in Fengze Garden in the future.

Wang Jianye washed his hands and picked up the kitchen knife on the chopping board.

He first cut the chives into small pieces, and then cut the dried tofu into thin strips of about the same length as the chives.

Then chop the green onion and minced garlic.

Heat oil in a pan.

Wang Jianye first stir-fried the chopped green onion and minced garlic until fragrant, then added the dried tofu and stir-fried, and then poured in the leeks.

Chives cook quickly, just stir-fry them a few times until they become soft.

Wang Jianye put appropriate amount of salt and soy sauce into the pot and stir-fry evenly.

This simple dish of leek and dried tofu is ready.

[Ding, experience value +2] After serving it, Wang Jianye picked up the chopsticks and took a bite.

"The heat is a little bit too high. It's similar to my previous cooking skills of this dish. I always can't find the best heat."

"I am only at the skilled level in making this leek and dried tofu dish. If I want to upgrade to the third-class level, I need three more experience points."

Wang Jianye took a look at his current personal panel.

"I now have a total of 15 experience points. I can't use these experience points carelessly. I have to ask Master what dishes are included in the assessment, and then use these experience points to improve those dishes."

Wang Jianye knew that he didn't have much experience points and had to use them wisely.

After making up his mind, Wang Jianye put the fried leeks and dried tofu aside and continued practicing.

The portions of the dishes he cooked were very small, and an adult could finish them in five or six bites, so it wasn't considered a waste.

The chefs of Fengzeyuan eat in the kitchen here at noon and in the evening. Usually, the apprentices cook, while the chef in the kitchen does not do anything.

This can train the apprentices' cooking skills and allow the chefs to criticize the dishes they make. Also, as long as the dishes are not very unpalatable, none of them will be wasted.

[Ding, experience value +2]

[Ding, experience value +2]

In just over ten minutes, Wang Jianye made two more identical dishes of leek and dried tofu, and his experience value reached 19 points.

"This dish is a little better than the first one. Also, the level of the leek and dried tofu column on my personal dashboard has increased from proficiency level 13 to proficiency level 14. It seems that if I don't use the system and just practice seriously on my own, my cooking skills can improve slowly."

"But it's just too slow. It's far less direct than using system experience points to improve faster."

Wang Jianye had already tasted the benefits of using experience points to improve his cooking skills at home this morning, and now he particularly wanted to use the experience points to improve quickly.

But unfortunately, his experience points have to be used for the assessment first and cannot be wasted.

"Keep going. I need to earn more experience points so I won't be nervous when I need them."

Wang Jianye cleaned the pot and started practicing making this dish of leek and dried tofu.

He is very skilled at making this dish and he makes it very quickly every time, only taking a few minutes to prepare it.

There is not only Wang Jianye, an apprentice practicing in the kitchen, there are several others who are also practicing cooking enthusiastically.

There were several people around one of them, watching him cook.

He is also an apprentice. The reason why so many people gather around him to watch is that his level is the highest among all the apprentices.

His name is Cao Xiaodong. Three years ago, he and Wang Jianye found a recommendation and entered Fengze Garden as an apprentice.

It’s just that Cao Xiaodong’s talent is much higher than Wang Jianye’s. After becoming an apprentice, he showed very high talent. He also has a good persona and knows how to respect his teacher.

His master Sun Qu was very happy, thinking that he had accepted a good disciple, and taught him wholeheartedly.

Not only Wang Jianye but Cao Xiaodong will also take part in the assessment next Saturday.

Almost everyone has no doubt that Cao Xiaodong will pass the assessment.

Because half a year ago, he had already improved the quality of many dishes to the level that could be cooked on the stove, that is, the third-stove level.

At this moment, Cao Xiaodong shouted, "It's done," and then took the fried kidney out of the pot.

Although he was an apprentice like Wang Jianye, he was qualified to use the meat in the kitchen to make some meat dishes.

The most Wang Jianye could do was some cheap vegetarian dishes, such as the leek and dried tofu that Wang Jianye had just made, which were simply incomparable.

(End of this chapter)