Chapter 743 Just eat
No matter how slow his reaction was, Zhou Shi would still notice something was wrong, not to mention that he was not a slow person himself.
Zhou Shi looked at the cold sea cucumber on the table, then at Peng Changping, then at the sea cucumber, and then at Peng Changping. His eyes kept exchanging between the two. There was no expression on his face, but his heart was already in turmoil.
Who is he?
Zhou Shi didn't understand why his cold sea cucumber appeared on the next table, and he didn't understand why it was Sun Maocai who wanted to eat the cold sea cucumber. After so long, this cold sea cucumber still looked untouched.
Jiang Feng and Sun Maocai were lying to him, but why did Jiang Feng and Sun Maocai lie to him?
Is there anything worthy of Sun Maocai acting in person and deceiving others?
Zhou Shi looked at Peng Changping and actually had a name in his mind.
No matter how impossible or unbelievable it is, as long as these keywords are combined, the incredible name of the old man, Yongheju, and Sun Maocai can almost come out.
How do you say that? Eliminate all impossibilities, and the remaining answer, no matter how incredible, is still the correct answer.
"Zhou Shi, Zhou Shi, what's wrong with you?" Tao Shu pushed Zhou Shi. He didn't see the shock in Zhou Shi's heart, but he could see that Zhou Shi was in a daze. Moreover, he was rudely staring at the old gentleman at the next table, whom he did not recognize but whom Zhou Shi seemed to know, in a daze.
"Don't talk." Zhou Shi's face was serious. Tao Shu immediately didn't dare to speak or touch Zhou Shi. He just stared at Peng Changping curiously with Zhou Shi.
Peng Changping is eating cold sea cucumber calmly.
As if they were unaware of Zhou Shi and Tao Shu's gaze, they chewed calmly and carefully. After one bite, they took a second, then a third, and took several bites before putting down their chopsticks.
Peng Changping cleared his throat and took a sip of water.
He moved and turned his head to meet Zhou Shi's gaze.
Peng Changping showed a smile from Zhou Shi.
"Can I ask a few questions?" Peng Changping asked.
"You said?"
"Actually, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation just now. It was just a coincidence, and then... I heard a lot." Peng Changping smiled apologetically, "Do you like restaurants?"
"Like it."
"Since you like it, why should you resign and go back to your hometown to open a small restaurant of your own? Jiang Feng told me that your job at Tai Feng Tower was not bad, and the salary and remuneration were pretty good." At this time, Peng Changping stopped acting. .
"At that time, I always felt that after spending so many years alone, helpless, with no friends or relatives around me, I might as well save some money to open a shop back home, and spend more time with my parents, at least I would still be at home. "Zhou Shi told the truth.
"At that time, it seems you didn't think so now." Peng Changping caught the key word.
Zhou Shi nodded: "After I returned to my hometown to open a store, I realized that things were different from what I thought."
"What's different?"
"I can't tell you the specifics, I just feel uncomfortable." Zhou Shi thought for a while, "Actually, even though I am busy and tired when I go home and open my own shop, there is nothing wrong with having more money and freedom. But I always feel uncomfortable. I feel comfortable and not as happy as when I was in Peiping. I feel abandoned. I haven’t made much progress in my cooking skills. I feel like I live a repetitive life every day.”
"But you probably lived this kind of life when you were in Peiping. Isn't everyone like this? You go to get off work and get off work every day and take a break. What's the difference?" Peng Changping asked with a smile.
Zhou Shi shook his head: "It's different. I can't tell you exactly why, but it's just different."
Peng Changping showed an obvious smile, turned to look at Lu Sheng and said to him: "Let me just say, I have a fate with this kid."
Lu Sheng:......
Just be happy.
"You should have guessed who I am, right?" Peng Changping looked at Zhou Shi.
"I probably guessed it." Zhou Shi said with some difficulty, "Why do you want to..."
"I want to accept a closed disciple." Peng Changping interrupted Zhou Shi, "I am old and cannot have the energy and patience to lead a disciple from scratch like before. I want to accept a disciple who is good at basic skills and preferably good at cooking. , I don’t need help in times of need, I just need my icing on the cake.”
"Actually, I never had this idea at first. I only started to have this idea two days ago. Then I met you as soon as this idea came up. At first, I just thought that you, a young man, was quite interesting and wanted to have fun with you. It was just a joke, but I happened to meet Jiang Feng yesterday, and he told me about your situation, which made me moved. "
"Chefs of our age are very particular about fate when accepting apprentices. Talent is not important, as long as the fate is there. So I asked Jiang Feng to coax you into cooking without your knowledge. Don't be angry. I just want to see if we still have that fate over food.”
Zhou Shi felt that it was a little difficult to breathe. He felt that he could understand what Peng Changping said, but he couldn't quite understand what he said. He didn't dare to take a big breath, which made him feel uncomfortable and dizzy.
Tao Shu heard it very clearly.
He actually didn't quite understand who the old man in front of him was, but he could guess that the old man in front of him seemed to be very awesome and wanted to accept Zhou Shi as his disciple. He wished he could grab Zhou Shi's arm and shake him hard to wake him up and stop being stupid at such a critical moment.
Tao Shu wanted to shout in Zhou Shi's ear: You've already missed Master Zhan, don't miss the next one.
What are you still doing? Quickly call Master.
Zhou Shi hesitated at this critical moment. To be precise, he was a little timid.
He originally just wanted to come here to chase stars. It would be best to meet and talk to his idol by chance, and then he could return to his hometown and continue to open a store with satisfaction.
As a result, the idol now told him, "Young man, I think we are destined to be together because of your extremely good bones. Why don't you become my close disciple?"
Zhou Shi swore that although he had fantasized about being able to become Peng Changping's disciple when he was young, it was really only when he was young. After so many years, he has never dreamed of such a scene.
"I...I might..." Zhou Shi rarely had this look.
Peng Changping could tell at a glance what he was hesitating and worried about: "Do you think you didn't learn it from the master properly? Most of your cooking skills were learned secretly, so... I'm sorry?"
Zhou Shi remained silent, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"Do you know why I said you and I are destined? When I just listened to you chatting with your friend, I thought you were very similar to my junior sister. But when I asked you questions later, I found that you and my junior sister are actually two different people. But you and I are the same person." Peng Changping stopped smiling, "You don't know. Why do you feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable after returning to your hometown? But I know, because you are an ambitious person like me. A comfortable life is not suitable for you. What you need is a place that allows you to grow and progress. A place for retirement and leisure to make money.”
"I chose to go abroad because I wanted to see how round the moon is abroad? How high-end is the high-end Western food? And it turns out that the moons are all the same, and the dishes are the same. There is no distinction between high and low, only high and low. Talk about different cuisines ”
"You should know that in addition to a junior brother, I also have a junior sister."
Zhou Shi nodded.
"My junior sister is a genius. What ordinary people need to practice for one or two years only takes her half a year. No matter what dish you cook once in front of her, she can give you a rough copy. I am more than 10 years older than her, but When she left Peiping, I thought my cooking skills were not as good as hers.”
"But do you also know why such a talented person chose to be my father's teacher in the first place?"
"Why?"
"Because my junior sister wants to have a full meal and she wants to eat delicious food."
The three people listening to the story carefully:? ? ?
"My junior sister has three children at home, and her brother is a few years younger than her. Only her father has a job in her family, and her mother can only do odd jobs on weekdays. Life is very difficult. After her brother was born, she never had anything to eat. It’s delicious, but my junior sister is greedy.”
"My junior sister has been helping her mother cook since she was very young. When she found that the food she cooked was more delicious than her mother's in a short period of time, my junior sister felt that she was very talented in cooking. Then she ran to Yongheju to talk about it, just like a joke between children, and then she became my father’s disciple and became my little junior sister.”
"Do you know why there were so many restaurants in Peiping and my junior sister chose Yongheju alone?"
"Why?" Zhou Shi asked.
"Because she heard others say that the food in Yonghe is delicious, but they are all meat dishes, and she wants to eat meat. She thinks that if she can become a chef and work as an apprentice in the kitchen, she can eat the leftovers Delicious.”
Zhou Shi:? ? ?
"So when I just heard you say that you learned to cook from a master because you wanted to make more money, I felt that you and my junior sister are actually a bit similar." Peng Changping took a sip of water, "It doesn't matter how you started. Learning to cook is a very arduous and long process that tests your patience and talent. The fact that you are able to cook such a dish without the guidance of a master and from a wild background just proves that you are qualified to be my disciple."
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"So I want to ask you, are you willing?"
Zhou Shi was actually hesitant, mainly because he thought this matter was too magical, but while his mind was hesitating, his mouth was very decisive, and he was very impulsive very quickly.
"I do!"
Tao Shu almost applauded with excitement.
Peng Changping turned his head and glanced at Lu Sheng happily, as if to show off: "Look, haven't I just received my closed disciple?"
Lu Sheng:......
Just be happy.
After receiving the message, Peng Changping, a closed disciple, felt that he suddenly looked 20 years younger and instantly turned into an 80-year-old man of the same age as Jiang Weiguo: "He is Lu Sheng, the current boss of Yongheju. If you have any problems in life, just ask him for help. This You should look at the house for a while and find one close to Yongheju. When your life problems are solved, tell me to come to Yongheju and learn cooking from me.”
"Hey, it's a pity that I don't have many friends in Peiping now. Zhang Chu has gone back again. A big event like accepting a disciple needs to be celebrated with a banquet. How about this? Find a time to tell Xu Cheng and ask him to come over for a meal and tell Jiang Feng Call him, let me think about who else... call Sun Maocai, I haven't had dinner with him yet. Is this your friend? Anyway, we are destined, let's come together." Peng Changping has already started thinking. Follow-up question.
When Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, Xu Cheng and Han Guishan had dinner at Tai Feng Building today. With Jiang Feng's WeChat account, they booked chicken bean curd and eight-treasure chestnut pigeon through some unfair means. They just finished eating and left with a look of satisfaction on their faces. Come down from the second floor.
Xu Cheng, who was discussing with Han Guishan when to eat chickpea pudding next, saw Peng Changping at a glance and hurriedly walked over to say hello.
"What a coincidence, Master Peng. You are also coming to Tai Feng Building for dinner. Oh, Boss Lu is also here." Xu Cheng couldn't help but glance at Zhou Shi and Tao Shu when he said hello, and realized that he didn't recognize these two young men. .
"This is my new apprentice, named Zhou Shi." Peng Changping introduced.
Xu Cheng:?
Little apprentice?
Closed disciple? !
Xu Cheng stared at Zhou Shi for a while and found that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
"Hello." Xu Cheng said, "I wonder where Mr. Zhou was originally employed?"
"I used to be the chef of Tai Feng House. Mr. Xu, I met you when you came to the store to conduct interviews with Jiang Feng, Wu Minqi and Zhang Guanghang, but you may not remember me," Zhou Shi said.
Xu Cheng:! ! !
Peng Changping was worried that he had no friends at home, and no one at the apprenticeship banquet was satisfied. Seeing that Xu Cheng and Han Guishan had a good relationship and they had met at the last summer banquet, he said with a smile: "The apprenticeship banquet will be held in two days. , when the time comes, you must come to show your respect. If possible, come with your friends. There will be a lot of people and I will personally cook a table of special dishes.”
Xu Cheng:! ! ! !
"Okay, okay, I will definitely come. Congratulations." Han Guishan said cheerfully, but he actually hadn't figured out the situation yet.
No matter what, just eat anyway.
Simple. (End of chapter)