I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

On Saturday, January 7, the light rain turned fine.

A light rain just fell, which brought a little bit of coolness to the originally hot and dry air. Even the trees, flowers and plants in the campus seemed to become greener and full of vitality because of the long-lost rain. vitality.

The school has not yet officially started the holiday, and the employees of the Seventh Canteen are still working normally, but because some students have begun to leave school one after another, correspondingly, the meals prepared by the Seventh Canteen every day are also a small part less than before.

Of course, this is the Seventh Canteen after all, and it is very attractive to the students. In such a huge campus, even if some students leave, the remaining ones can overwhelm the place.

It's just that because the weather is too hot, some students who are too far away are unwilling to run around, and some students who are wholeheartedly preparing for the public examination and even the postgraduate entrance examination are worried that too much time will be wasted in queuing. The Seven Canteen looked relaxed.

But compared with the other canteens in the school, the No. [-] canteen is still very popular, and the number of people eating each meal is even more than that of the other six canteens combined.

Today is the weekend, and dining room No. [-] is closed again, but Jiang Yu has no habit of sleeping in. He still got up early and went to the kitchen on the first floor to help prepare breakfast as usual.

It's almost a holiday, and the variety of breakfast is less than before.

For example, steamed buns and Hanamaki, which are usually sold slowly, are simply not made, and the variety of hot stewed and porridge products is also reduced.

Correspondingly, more soup dumplings, meat dumplings, and vegetable dumplings are made. Eight-treasure porridge and mung bean porridge even have iced flavors. These are more popular with students in the hot summer weather.

After finishing his breakfast, Jiang Yu picked up a large bowl of jelly noodles, and just after eating two mouthfuls, Hu Zhihai also came over with a large bowl of jelly noodles.

This kid will enjoy it, and he added two duck wings on top of the jelly. As soon as he sat down, he reached out to pick up a duck wing and gnawed it happily. While gnawing, he said:
"Lao Jiang, I'm asking you something, so tell me honestly!"

Jiang Yu didn't raise his head, and said flatly: "Speak if you have something to say, and fart if you have something to say."

"The Seventh Canteen is open normally during the summer vacation, is it because of me?"

Hu Zhihai came over and said with a rather narcissistic look,

"You know that I'm going to stay in school to study hard for the postgraduate entrance examination, and I'm worried that I won't eat well, so I decided not to take the holiday, is that right?"

"..."

Jiang Yu raised his head in astonishment, stared blankly at Hu Zhihai's fat face full of smiles, and was speechless for a while.

Brother, have you been taken over by a brain monster?
Otherwise, with your pitifully small brain capacity, how on earth did you come up with such a big brain hole?

"I guessed it a long time ago, and it really is like this!"

With an expression of "I've seen through everything" on his face, Hu Zhihai raised his hand and patted Jiang Yu's shoulder, saying with emotion,

"Last year you had a few days off for the National Day holiday, but this summer vacation is normal business, if it's not for me, who else is it for?
Say nothing, good brother, forever! "

Jiang Yu: "..."

I let you say everything, so what else should I say?
All right, whatever you think, as long as you are happy.

Jiang Yu didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued to lower his head to eat his own mixed noodles.

This fat man is probably too nervous about studying for the postgraduate entrance examination, and his brain has problems.

You see, he can make up his own brain!
After breakfast, Hu Zhihai went to study in the study room of the library with his backpack in his hands.

Apparently, after "confirming" that the Seventh Canteen was open exclusively for him during the summer vacation, Hu Zhihai even had a lot of motivation to review. If he still fails to pass the postgraduate entrance examination this time, he probably won't be able to forgive himself. .

Not long after Hu Zhihai left, Lu Shuwu held a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge in one hand, and a big meat bun with chopsticks in the other hand. While eating, he walked towards Jiang Yu and asked :
"Boss, those chefs will come for an interview in a while. I haven't interviewed a chef before. What should I do then?"

"Just sit and watch, Lao Jia and I will go."

Jiang Yu had finished his breakfast and was sitting there swiping his phone. After hearing what Lu Shuwu said, he glanced up at him and said,

"Lao Jia has been a head chef for so many years, and he has interviewed dozens if not hundreds of chefs. He has a lot of experience!"

After a pause, he continued, "Let's just observe more. The interview is not the point, but the food test is the key. No matter how rich your work experience is, it's useless if the food tastes bad."

"Oh, well, once you say that, I understand."

When Lu Shuwu heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "I'll let someone clean up the box on the first floor first, and use it as a temporary interview venue in a while."

"Well, you go."

Jiang Yu nodded, then lowered his head and continued to scan his phone.

After watching the news for a while, seeing that the time was almost up, he stood up and prepared to go back upstairs to take a shower and change clothes.

Although the temperature has dropped slightly after a rain, the kitchen without air conditioning is still as hot as a stove. After a busy morning, the clothes on my body are already wet and dry, dry and wet, soaked in sweat several times.

There will be an interview soon. As a boss, you can't interview employees with sweaty clothes. This is somewhat disrespectful to others.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu didn't waste any time. After leaving the kitchen, he went straight to the second floor. After taking a set of clean clothes, he went into the bathroom to take a shower.

……

Although the notice sent by the Seventh Canteen stated that the interview time was 9 am, Xiong Zhengtao did not dare to be careless at all. Jiangzhou University in the suburbs.

Sitting on the bus, watching the scenery outside the window gradually become sparsely populated from the bustling downtown area, he was not disappointed, but became more excited.

This is the Seventh Canteen. Even though it is hidden deep in a suburban university with inconvenient transportation, it is still a place that countless people yearn for.

In order to be able to eat the delicacies made by Jiang Yu, even if they spend a lot of money, they will not hesitate, but more people, even if they have money, can't spend it, so they can only do nothing.

Now, the place he was going to was Jiang Yu's Seventh Canteen, and there was a great possibility that he would become a member of Seventh Canteen!
How could this not excite him?

As early as a day ago, Xiong Zhengtao had officially resigned from Qingshan Restaurant and completed all the resignation procedures.

He still remembered that when he asked He Donglai, the head chef of Qingshan Restaurant, to sign the resignation procedures, He Donglai threw away the pen after signing, and said with a gloomy face:
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"Young man, if you don't know good and bad, you will suffer a lot. You'd better bless yourself to enter Jiang Daqi canteen, otherwise, I guarantee that you won't be able to enter any of the major restaurants and restaurants in Jiangzhou!
With your little arms and legs, you want to give me a hand?I think you are thinking too much! "

Hearing He Donglai's undisguised "threat", Xiong Zhengtao didn't even bother to look at him, picked up the signed resignation report, turned and left his office.

It's not that he doesn't believe what He Dong said, a person like the other party who has been in Jiangzhou's catering industry for decades and has a good status, is much stronger than himself in terms of connections and circles.

If He Donglai really tripped him up, he really wouldn't be able to enter those big restaurants and restaurants.

But so what, even if he really couldn't get into the Seventh Canteen, he didn't believe that if he offended He Donglai, he would really starve to death.

Big deal, just leave Jiangzhou.

But no matter what, Xiong Zhengtao will not give up this opportunity to join Jiang Daqi canteen!

Thinking about these things in his heart, time passed quickly. In a blink of an eye, the bus stopped at "Jiangzhou University Station". Xiong Zhengtao took a deep breath, stood up from his seat, and quickly got off the bus through the back door .

It was just after seven o'clock at this moment, and the campus of Jiangda University seemed to have just woken up, and the surroundings were quiet.

The rain that just fell in the morning made the cement road slightly wet, and dewdrops were still hanging on the stubborn weeds on the side of the road. It was crystal clear, and the delicate grass was bent over.

On the broad campus avenue, there are only students who get up early in twos and threes, either running or hurrying with books in their hands, and occasionally one or two people can be seen with breakfast in their hands, rushing out of the school gate while eating, I don't know what to do.

Xiong Zhengtao didn't look much, and after showing the security guard at the door the interview text message from No. [-] Canteen, he went straight in and rushed towards No. [-] Canteen.

He had been here once with a friend before, so he was no stranger to Seven Canteens.

But the last time I came for consumption, this time I came for an interview. Although they are all in Seven Canteens, their mentality is completely different.

This time for chef recruitment, 10 people were shortlisted for interviews, but only 3 were hired in the end, which made Xiong Zhengtao somewhat nervous.

I don't know, where are the other 9 people from?How is your cooking skill?Which cuisine are you good at?What are their representative dishes?
With my own culinary skills, can I really stand out from the 10 people and be selected by Boss Xiao Jiang?
Xiong Zhengtao had no idea about all this, so he could only take one step at a time.

All he can do now is to adjust his mentality and deal with this competition in the best condition, hoping to play his best level.

As for the final result, it can only be resigned to fate.

With this in mind, Xiong Zhengtao soon came to the Seventh Canteen.

It was the opening time of the cafeteria. Although it was almost the holiday and many students had already left school early, there were still many people coming to the No. [-] cafeteria to eat. The entire cafeteria hall was crowded with people and it was very lively.

A long row of business windows is filled with all kinds of steaming food. The aroma of steamed stuffed buns, hot stew, and rice porridge wafts through the nostrils, and people can't help but whet their appetites.

Xiong Zhengtao went out very early and didn't have time to eat breakfast. Now he smelled the aroma of food, how could he bear it?

Without saying a word, he went back to the back of the line in front of the dining window, and lined up honestly.

When he decided to come to the Seventh Canteen to apply for a chef, he had already learned about the Seventh Canteen in advance. Of course, he would not be unaware that there was a queue to eat in the Seventh Canteen.

Although Xiong Zhengtao is not a student of Jiang University, he doesn't want to break the rules here.

After all, he came for an interview. If he broke the rules by jumping in the queue and was unfortunately found out by Boss Xiaojiang, he would not even need to think about the consequences. He might not even need to participate in the interview, and he would be eliminated directly.

Of course he didn't want to miss the opportunity to enter the Seventh Canteen because of such a trivial matter, that would be too stupid.

After queuing for less than half an hour, Xiong Zhengtao was already standing in front of the window.

He poked his head to look at the various breakfasts in the window, and he didn't get too entangled. He ordered a cage of soup dumplings, four stewed duck feet, and a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge. After paying with his mobile phone, he served them. After breakfast came to the dining area, found a corner and sat down.

Xiong Zhengtao was still a little regretful. Originally, he wanted a serving of jelly noodles, but he was worried that he would be too full.

He thought silently in his heart: "If I don't get the job this time, I guess I won't have a chance to taste the jelly noodles from the Seven Canteens in the future."

Shaking his head slightly, he stopped thinking about these things, picked up a soup dumpling with his chopsticks and put it in the spoon, brought it to his mouth and took a small bite, then sucked lightly.

When the warm and rich soup was sucked into his mouth, Xiong Zhengtao couldn't help but tremble all over his body, all the thoughts in his head disappeared in an instant, leaving only two large characters "delicious"!
After regaining his senses, he couldn't think about other things anymore. After quickly drinking the soup, he put the remaining bun skin and meat filling into his mouth and began to chew.

After eating four or five soup dumplings in one go, Xiong Zhengtao let out a sigh of relief. Until now, his head seemed to start spinning again.

The soup dumplings in the Seven Canteens are indeed the signature snacks that everyone yearns for. They are really delicious.

Thin skin, mellow and delicious soup, tender and juicy meat filling...

As long as you take a bite, it seems that a barbed hook has been dropped in your stomach, and you can't let go of this taste anymore.

No wonder even patients with anorexia can't resist the taste of this soup dumpling.

This smell should only exist in the sky, how many times can we smell it in the world?
This breakfast, except for the first moment when Xiong Zhengtao wolfed down a few soup dumplings, in the following time, he controlled himself with strong self-control, and began to savor slowly.

While savoring the delicacy of soup dumplings, hot stewed duck feet, and preserved egg and lean pork porridge slowly, he was still comparing the difference between Qicantang and Qingshan Restaurant in his heart, trying to find out the root cause of the gap between the two.

Is it because of the different choices of ingredients and seasonings, or the different production methods, or the difference in the way the ingredients are processed?

Until he finished eating all the food on the dinner plate, Xiong Zhengtao still couldn't analyze the reason.

This is actually normal. If a chef makes food carefully, if it is so easy for people to come up with the production method and the application of seasoning, then there will be no "secret" products in this world.

Xiong Zhengtao sighed with some regret, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind:
"There is probably only one reason why the food in the Seventh Canteen is so delicious?

Just because the person who cooks these meals is named Jiang Yu. "

This breakfast was the most delicious breakfast Xiong Zhengtao had ever eaten. Even after he had finished eating, he could still linger on the delicious taste of it.

He smacked his lips and looked around with satisfaction. It was already past eight o'clock, and there were fewer students coming to the cafeteria than before, but people still came into the cafeteria from time to time.

These people are either alone, or in groups of two or two, or in groups of three or four, and rush to the dining window to choose their favorite breakfast.

Looking at it, Xiong Zhengtao's eyes suddenly froze, and he cast his gaze on a 24-year-old young man sitting not far from him.

This man was neatly dressed, with a trace of composure rarely seen at this age on his face, he didn't look like a student of Jiang University at first glance.

This young man should have arrived not long ago. In front of him, there was a tray of steaming soup dumplings, a side of cold lotus root slices, and a bowl of porridge with vegetables and lean meat.

Originally, Xiong Zhengtao didn't notice him, but this young man seemed to be eating breakfast in the Seventh Canteen for the first time. He looked at the breakfast in front of him for a while, and couldn't help but leaned over to take a deep breath, his face showing A look of admiration.

Then, he picked up the chopsticks, carefully picked up a soup dumpling, observed it carefully for a while, then gently dipped it in the dipping plate, and began to eat slowly.

After just observing for a while, Xiong Zhengtao could roughly confirm in his heart that this young man was definitely not a teacher or student of Jiang University!
There is no doubt that he is a chef just like himself, and he has come to Seventh Canteen for interviews!
Thinking of this, Xiong Zhengtao's muscles couldn't help tensing up, and he was secretly vigilant:
"You can tell from the way he ate breakfast before, this is definitely a master of cooking!

Here comes a rival! "

Xiong Zhengtao's heart suddenly rose, and he quickly went to the other places in the cafeteria hall to observe carefully. Soon, he found several suspected "rivals".

For a moment, he was suffocated, and suddenly felt that Yali Mountain was huge...

……

It was a quarter of an hour before nine o'clock, and all 10 applicants who had come to interview chefs had arrived.

Yan Tongtong poured everyone a cup of tea, asked everyone to wait in the cafeteria hall for a while, then turned around and entered the box on the first floor, and said to Jiang Yu and others:

"Boss, everyone is here, when shall we start?"

The box on the first floor has been tidied up before. At this moment, the dining table inside has been put away, and three writing desks have been put together to form a long table covered with a blue tablecloth. Jia Dequan sat in the middle of the long table , Jiang Yu and Lu Shuwu sat on both sides.

Opposite them, there is a couch.

The interview venue was still a little crude, but Jiang Yu and the others didn't pay much attention to it. After all, it was just a student cafeteria, not a five-star hotel.

What's more, the interview is just a formality, a process of mutual understanding between the two parties, and the real investigation is yet to come.

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Jiang Yu felt much more comfortable. After hearing Yan Tongtong's words, he turned his head to look at Jia Dequan and Lu Shuwu, and asked with a smile:

"Are you all ready? Let's start then?"

"let's start!"

Ju Dequan nodded. This kind of interview was nothing to him at all. He even interviewed the head chef, let alone the cook in the kitchen?
Lu Shuwu was a little excited. He had been interviewed since he graduated from university, and now he started interviewing others. It felt like a turned serf singing, not to mention how excited he was.

He originally wanted to keep a straight face and pretend to be very serious, so that he could somewhat look like an interviewer, but he was really happy, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, which really spoiled the mood.

In desperation, I had to let nature take its course.

Jiang Yu didn't know that a small interview could make Lu Shuwu so happy. Seeing that everyone was ready, he nodded to Yan Tongtong and said:

"All right, Xiaoyan, you can call in one by one according to the order of your resume."

"Okay, brother."

Yan Tongtong responded, took a look at the resume in his hand, turned around and left the box, and went to inform someone to come for an interview.

After a while, someone knocked on the door of the box, and Jiang Yu said in a deep voice, "Please come in."

After the door was pushed open, an ordinary-looking young man walked in from the outside. When he saw three people sitting in front of him, it was probably the first time he had encountered such a scene, and he couldn't help being stunned for a while. up.

After a while, he came back to his senses, bowed slightly to the three of them, and said nervously:
"Everyone, hello bosses!"

"Don't be nervous, we just meet and chat casually."

Jia Dequan showed him a kind smile, raised his hand to gesture to the opposite sofa, and said with a smile,

"Come on, come on, sit down first, sit down first!"

After the other party carefully sat down on the sofa, he spoke again,
"Niu Daqiang, right? You should introduce yourself first."

"what?"

Niu Daqiang was stunned again, pointed to the resume in Jia Dequan's hand, and said with a puzzled face,

"It's on your resume."

"..."

Jia Dequan choked for a moment and didn't know what to say for a while.

Lu Shuwu almost laughed out loud, but luckily he quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth tightly. If he really laughed out loud, it would be too embarrassing.

"We know it's on the resume."

Just when the atmosphere in the private room was getting weird, Jiang Yu opened his mouth in a timely manner. He said with a smile,

"I asked you to introduce yourself, of course because we want to know more about you that is not on your resume.

For example, why did you choose to be a chef in the first place?When did you start learning cooking?When was the first time someone praised your cooking for delicious food?How did you feel at that time? "

"Oh, so that's what you said."

A look of sudden realization appeared on Niu Daqiang's face, he frowned slightly and said, "However, these things are a long story."

"It's okay, take your time, we have a lot of time."

Jiang Yu looked at him with a smile, and took a sip of tea from the teacup beside him.

Jia Dequan and Lu Shuwu looked at Jiang Yu in surprise:

Ah... this is your first interview?
Why does it feel like you are very familiar!