Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 95: Promotion to "Four Kitchens"

The stall owner and the middle-aged woman were arguing happily. The woman held up the meat in her hand for people around her to see. Some said it was rice pork, while others said it was not, which made the scene even more chaotic.

Perhaps it was a professional habit, since he had already squeezed in, Du Shaojie also leaned in to take a look.

“This is definitely not rice pork!”

He immediately had the answer and shouted.

"You say it's not, so it's not? What do you do?"

The middle-aged woman also became angry at this time and directly retorted to Du Shaojie.

"Hey, how can you talk like that? Didn't you ask everyone to help judge the situation? So the truth is only on your side, right?"

Su Dapeng was unwilling and prepared to have a quarrel.

Du Shaojie pulled him and said:

"Don't be impatient, auntie. Listen to me. Rice pork is the egg of pork tapeworm in pigs. It looks like rice-sized cysts, hence the name.

If you look at this piece of meat again, first of all, the color of the meat is brighter, while the rice pork looks darker. Secondly, some of the cysts on it are obviously lymphatic tissue, not what you think. "

Ingredient identification is the basic skill of an excellent chef. After so much study and practice, Du Shaojie can tell whether it is rice pork at a glance.

Seeing that he spoke logically, everyone basically accepted his argument.

"Lymph nodes are not good either. Give me a piece of meat instead. I don't want to argue with you anymore."

Seeing this, the middle-aged woman realized that she was in the wrong and stopped targeting Du Shaojie.

But she felt embarrassed to just leave like that, so she asked to exchange the meat.

"Change it if you want, but you can't talk nonsense anymore."

The stall owner didn't want to continue the argument, as it would definitely affect his business and it was not cost-effective.

He then exchanged a piece of meat for the other party, and the middle-aged woman also paid the difference, and then left in a hurry. The onlookers also dispersed one after another, and Du Shaojie and Su Dapeng also planned to leave.

"Young man, I'm grateful to you for helping me today! Didn't you ask about the price of pork just now? I'll cut you a piece you like, and I'll charge you 8 cents per kilogram."

The stall owner recognized Du Shaojie. The young man was tall and strong, with a handsome appearance, and was easy to remember.

The other person had just helped him out of a difficult situation, so he felt that he should show some appreciation and decided to sell some pork to the other person at cost price.

"No thanks!"

Du Shaojie has no shortage of meat now, so there is no need for him to take advantage of this.

"No, if you don't want it, I will. I'm with him, give me two kilograms of meat."

Su Dapeng quit. These days, no one has enough meat coupons. If he didn't buy some pork that was about the same price as the butcher's, he would be at a loss.

The stall owner glanced at Du Shaojie and saw that he nodded, so he cut two kilograms of meat for him according to Su Dapeng's request.

Su Dapeng paid the money, took out a cigarette box from his pocket, and rolled a cigarette for each of the stall owner. After a few words, they became friends.

This made Du Shaojie amazed. He felt that his social skills were okay, but compared with Su Dapeng, they were a little bit inferior. If it were in the future, Su Dapeng would definitely be suitable for sales and a "sales champion".

After returning to Chunfeng Lane, the two went back to their homes.

the next day.

When Du Shaojie went to work at the hotel, many people looked at him strangely.

"Xiao Du, congratulations. Not only did you successfully obtain the Level 3 Chef Certificate, you also ranked first."

It was Dong Jun who broke the atmosphere and was the first to congratulate Du Shaojie.

Others immediately began to applaud, which also showed that most people still approved of Du Shaojie.

"Thank you, Master Dong! Thank you, everyone!"

Du Shaojie smiled and clasped his fists to everyone, feeling very happy.

At this time, Zhong Fuxiang walked in, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You are good! Now I have something to announce. Due to Xiao Du's outstanding performance during this period, with the approval of the leadership, it has been decided to transfer him to the position of the kitchen head."

After Du Shaojie came to Xijiang Hotel, he worked in two positions, "chopping block" and "cooking table". After Zhong Fuxiang announced, he became the "fourth cook" of the hotel.

The scene suddenly fell silent. The people who had just shown their kindness to Du Shaojie, especially the young chef, felt mixed emotions.

I feel a little envious, a little jealous, and a little convinced. In short, my mood is very complicated.

"Thank you for your trust, Master! Thank you for your guidance, Master Zhong! I will definitely work hard in my new position."

Du Shaojie had to say that this was a matter of attitude and must not be taken lightly.

Zhong Fuxiang nodded and signaled everyone to get to work.

Until noon, everyone's expressions were serious and their hands were constantly moving, as if they were competing with themselves.

Zhong Fuxiang found that most people today have high work efficiency and have shown their strongest side.

That's right, Cao Dachuan and he hope to see this situation.

Du Shaojie later discovered that the fourth stove was mainly responsible for stir-fries and cold dishes, such as green vegetables, spicy and sour potato shreds, stir-fried pork with peppers, and cold-mixed shredded vegetables.

He doesn't care. Even if it's a simple dish of "Stir-fried Chinese Cabbage", he will try his best to do his best.

Xijiang Hotel has its own supply channels for raw materials. Even in the severe winter season, there is no shortage of vegetables, but the varieties are less than in the summer.

Therefore, he is quite busy at noon and in the evening.

During this time, Zhong Fuxiang checked on him from behind several times, and seeing that the other party's performance level remained stable, he stopped worrying about the situation here.

Throughout the day, Du Shaojie cooked the dish "Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds" no less than 20 times. At a certain moment, perhaps it was a blessing from his mind, he suddenly had a new understanding of this dish. The "Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds" he cooked this time were slightly different from the usual ones, and the taste and flavor seemed to have improved.

It was very busy during dinner time and he had no time to check, so he decided to wait until night time.

Every night is when he takes stock of the day's harvest. It has become a habit.

When Du Shaojie got home from get off work, he found that there were guests at home.

The visitor was Aunt Wu, an old neighbor who lived not far away. When she walked in, Wang Yuxiu was just about to see the guest out.

Du Shaojie greeted Aunt Wu, who responded and walked out of the yard carrying a large plastic pot.

Wang Yuxiu saw Aunt Wu off and closed the door, then she said mysteriously, "Son, I sold our extra cooking oil to her."

Du Shaojie shook his head and said helplessly: "Mom, I was just joking that day, did you take it seriously? Clean oil can be stored for a long time and it won't go bad."

"I've saved enough to ensure that our family won't be short of oil during the Chinese New Year."

Wang Yuxiu was quite proud of it. Whenever anyone asked her, she would say that it was distributed by her son's unit and she couldn't finish it so she sold some of it.

However, there is indeed a lot of cooking oil at home, not counting the one Du Shaojie took out from the prize, but also the one distributed by the farm, the one bought at the production team, the fixed amount purchased, etc.

But this thing really can't be sold for much money. It's okay once or twice occasionally, but if it happens too often it will attract attention.

"Mom, don't sell things from home casually in the future. Even if you want to sell them, you have to let me know in advance, okay? Let's go inside first. It's cold outside."

Du Shaojie explained with a smile, and Wang Yuxiu nodded repeatedly.

She sold a total of ten kilograms of cooking oil to the other party today. The current price of cooking oil in the grain store is 1 yuan per kilogram, and it is 6 yuan (per kilogram) when sold outside. A lot of people are scrambling to buy it.

After entering the room, Du Shaojie washed his hands first, and then checked the homework of his two younger sisters.

Xiaomei and Xiaoya's academic performance is currently among the best in the class, and this is thanks to Qi Yan and Liang Meiqin's long-term tutoring.

Tomorrow is Saturday, Qi Yan should be back, and he plans to go see her.

Before going to bed, Du Shaojie checked his gains for the day as usual.

【Bound chef: Du Shaojie】

[Level: First-class worker]

[Current works: Stir-fried pork with green peppers, spicy and sour shredded potatoes]

【Overall evaluation: low, medium】

[Bonus: Hotel Management Tutorial (14) (15)]

[Reward: Pig fat (6 kg), simulation training time (60 hours)]

[Special Reward: None]

【Duration: 103 hours\850 hours】

Today's harvest was very good. The [Spicy and Sour Shredded Potatoes] that he had made countless times received an overall evaluation of "Medium", and the ordinary [Stir-fried Pork with Green Peppers] also received an overall evaluation of [Poor].

This filled him with energy and he began to set his sights on the next second-level chef exam.

"We have to wait another two years! We must become a Level 2 chef in two years!"

Afterwards, Du Shaojie entered the simulated training scene and began to practice cooking pork offal dishes, including but not limited to [Stir-fried pork kidneys], [Stir-fried pork liver tips], [Stir-fried pork kidneys and liver], [Sour cabbage and pork intestines], etc.

He plans to focus on practicing this type of dishes in the near future.

Before he knew it, he had spent 13 hours in the simulated training scenario until he was exhausted.

【Duration: 90 hours\850 hours】

Next two days.

Du Shaojie has performed well at work and has firmly established his position as one of the "four stoves".

Saturday.

After get off work, Du Shaojie went straight to Qi Yan's house.

After knocking on the door a few times, Qi Yan came out of the house and was quite surprised to see Dudu Shaojie: "Shaojie? How come you, a busy man, have time to come to see me?"

"Look at what you said. You only come back once a week, and I came to see you as soon as the weekend came."

The two walked into the house while talking.

"Where are uncle and aunt?"

There was no one in the room. Du Shaojie took off his schoolbag and put it aside, then asked with a smile.

"They went to visit friends and will be back soon. Shaojie, please sit down first. I'll make you a cup of tea."

Qi Yan shook the thermos and found it was empty, so she went to the kitchen to get a pot of water and placed it on the stove next to the fire wall.

At this time of year, every household has already started to burn fire walls, and the whole city has not yet implemented central heating. Units with conditions burn their own boilers, while residential areas like Chunfeng Lane have to burn firewood for heating.

Qi Yan then chatted about work, and when the water boiled, she went to make a cup of jasmine tea for Du Shaojie.

"The performances rehearsed by the propaganda team did win several awards, but I didn't want to invest too much energy in art, so I went to the principal and said that I didn't want to lead the propaganda team next semester."

Qi Yan didn't look as depressed as before, and her tone and expression were very calm.

But Du Shaojie knew her very well and knew that the more she acted like this, the more her patience was running out.

(End of this chapter)