Border Cook

Chapter 238 Lucky
A restaurant.

A restaurant that claims to have better food than Yueran Restaurant, the chef must be Madam Xia.

"I am willing to work with Madam Xia!" Lou Shanzi gave an affirmative answer again.

"But working with me will definitely be much harder. It won't be like before at Yueran Restaurant where you only did basic work. You have to be mentally prepared." Xia Mingyue said.

"Madam Xia means..."

Lou Shanzi asked tentatively, "Want to teach me how to cook?"

"Yes." Xia Mingyue nodded.

Lou Shanzi rubbed his hands excitedly, and then knelt on the ground with a plop. "Master, please accept my disciple's greetings!"

"Get up first." Xia Mingyue hurriedly stopped him, "I intend to teach you how to cook, but whether you can really be my apprentice depends on your ability. If you don't have the ability, you can only continue to do odd jobs."

In other words, if he wants to be Madam Xia's apprentice, it depends on whether he is qualified.

But since Madam Xia already had this intention, he still had hope.

He couldn't let this hope down.

"Yes!" Lou Shanzi stood up, "I understand what Madam Xia means, I will definitely perform well."

"It's only a few days before the New Year, so you don't have to come yet. I'll use these few days to set up a few stoves and buy some things, and then I'll learn to cook there."

Xia Mingyue said, "You should also go back and prepare some handy stuff, and come directly on the eighth day of the New Year."

"Okay." Lou Shanzi still agreed.

Returning happily to the backyard of Yueran Restaurant, Lou Shanzi immediately asked the chef for his resignation.

The chef was called Zheng Ming. When he heard that Lou Shanzi wanted to quit, he curled his lips and said, "If you quit now, your monthly salary can only be paid until the end of last month. There will be no salary for this month."

"Also, when you go out, don't say you worked for me, Zheng Ming, otherwise your skills will be embarrassing and make me a laughing stock."

It's already past the 20th of this month, and I still haven't received any monthly salary. This is really a bit of a bully.

Lou Shanzi felt sorry for himself for having suffered so much for so many days, but when he thought that he would be able to leave this place and work with Lady Xia, most of the pain disappeared.

As for Zheng Ming not letting him mention him...

You really think you are a dish!

Not to mention that his skills are not as great as Madam Xia's, he has always been on guard against them like thieves, and he has not learned any skills from them, so he is not allowed to speak.

He doesn't want to mention it, it's embarrassing!
"I know." Lou Shanzi responded coldly, went into his bedroom, quickly packed up his clothes and bedding, rolled them up into a blanket, and went to look for Chef Lai.

Seeing Lou Shanzi leaving with a relaxed look on his face, Zheng Ming couldn't help but curl his lips again, "He didn't even ask for wages, but he was so happy when he left. Did he find a good place to go?"

But for the cook, where else in the entire county could he go except for him, Zheng Ming?

I don’t know who deceived me again.

But it was good this way. The business of Yue Ran Restaurant had been slow recently because the owner was always causing troubles, and people were a little impatient. Letting him go out for a walk would also allow others to see where they could go and what they could do to make a living after leaving Yue Ran Restaurant.

It can also serve as a warning to others.

Zheng Ming didn't care about Lou Shanzi's affairs, and Lou Shanzi almost jogged all the way to Chef Lai at this time.

Seeing Lou Shanzi coming at this time, carrying a bag, Chef Lai's eyes widened a little, "Were you kicked out of Yueran Restaurant?"

"Could it be that you went back to tip off Madam Xia last time and were discovered by Yueran Restaurant?"

"No, none!"

Lou Shanzi had been running all the way back, so his mouth was dry. He picked up the teapot on the table, gulped down the tea, and wiped his mouth, "Brother Lai, I'm in trouble!"

"What good news?" Chef Lai was surprised, "A gold ingot fell from the sky, and you picked it up?"

"It's better than picking up silver ingots!" Lou Shanzi chuckled, "Madam Xia and that shopkeeper Ge are going to open a bigger restaurant opposite the Yueran Restaurant. Madam Xia found me and said she wanted me to work with her. If I perform well, Madam Xia is willing to teach me how to cook!"

"Brother Lai, if I could learn to cook from Madam Xia, wouldn't that be a better thing than picking up silver ingots?"

"Not bad!" Chef Lai nodded repeatedly, "You have a bright future, boy."

"Right." Lou Shanzi said, "Madam Xia said that she would prepare some stoves and other things these days, and asked me to go to her on the eighth day of the first lunar month after the New Year, and also asked me to prepare some handy tools in the next few days."

"I'm thinking that I need to prepare two handy knives and spatulas in the next few days so that I can do the work better when the time comes."

"You have to prepare more than just these." Chef Lai said, "I will teach you a few dishes in the next two days. You should practice well so that you can show off your skills in front of Madam Xia. Then Madam Xia can see your strength and accept you as her apprentice."

"I need to practice hard during this period of time, but I think I can't practice cooking. I need to practice the basic skills of cutting, chopping and stirring the wok."

Lou Shanzi said, "To be honest, Brother Lai, don't be angry. Brother Lai, your cooking skills are not as good as Madam Xia's. Even if I learn, I won't achieve much. It's better to practice the basic skills and win Madam Xia's favor, so that Madam Xia will think that I am a capable person and be willing to accept me as her apprentice."

Chef Lai thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right, that's the case, then don't sit here and talk idly, hurry up, buy things and practice, there's still about half a month left, so work harder."

"If you can be accepted as a disciple by Madam Xia and learn some good skills, I will be happy for you. But we have to make a deal. I am older than you and will definitely get old earlier than you. When you make money, you have to support me in my old age."

"Don't worry!" Lou Shanzi responded with a smile.

Since he arrived in Jinqiu County, he has been taken care of by Chef Lai. He also regards Chef Lai as his own brother, so he will naturally be filial to him in the future.

"From now on, you will be responsible for the wine and food at home!"

"no problem!"

"I also have fried tofu every day."

"it is good……"

On the second day, Xia Mingyue went to find Liu Caisheng and asked him to set up several large stoves according to her plan, plus a larger oven, so that she could bake food.

Because Xia Mingyue's home had to serve as the central kitchen, the courtyard was almost full and had no space left. Finally, she discussed with the Lu family and decided to build all the stoves and ovens in the Lu family's yard.