【System, Gourmet Food, Growth, Slice-of-Life, Slow-Paced, Family Drama, Healing】Since her mother's passing, Zhao Xiaojing had lived subserviently under her third aunt's shadow, forced i...
Chapter 480 I really don’t buy it!
Fortunately, Jiangnan Hundred Flowers Chicken was originally limited to Songhe Changchun tables, and Huahaoyueyuan tables were not considered. Otherwise, Fatty really couldn’t think of what ingredients to use to replace the most important shrimp in Jiangnan Hundred Flowers Chicken.
Jiangnan Baihua Chicken, in fact, the only visible part of the chicken is the chicken skin. The filling under the chicken skin is made by beating black tiger shrimps. After the shrimp gelatin is beaten out, frozen fat particles and egg whites are added, and then stuffed under the chicken skin, making chicken pieces that look like chicken but are not chicken. You can't see the chicken when you eat it, and you can't smell the flowers when you smell them.
The fat man finished the work at hand for the time being. Seeing Zhao Xiaojing started to wrap lychee meat again, he came over to help quite actively. After wrapping two, he felt that the shape was not good, so he took them apart and put them aside. He actually helped but ended up making things worse.
At 11:10, all the chefs except Gu Yanghui had finished their work. They looked around and looked at each other in confusion.
"Are we here too early?"
"We might be too nervous. We can actually come here at nine o'clock in time for this little bit of work. We already boiled the broth and prepared all the ingredients and oils yesterday. There's no pressure today. It's just three tables, so we can just sprinkle some water."
"Yeah, I finished mixing the stuffing today and realized it was only nine o'clock, so I started to work on it slowly. Otherwise, I would have finished it earlier."
"I came here early in the morning and realized there wasn't much work to do, so I didn't rush to do it."
"But it's not a waste of time to come here early. The captain's pigeon and chicken take time to roast, and my beef takes three and a half hours to roast. If I come here at nine o'clock, I'm afraid the guests will finish eating and go home before I'm done!"
"That's true. Mr. Nian has been busy all morning... Hey, is Mr. Nian still busy outside? How about going over and helping him out?"
"That's right, Mr. Mo, what else do you have to do today? How about we do it together?"
The rest of the chefs except Gu Yanghui became idle and started chatting on the spot.
Mo Feixiang was about to answer when Nian Fusheng walked in from outside.
Just as Mo Feixiang was about to speak to him, he saw him walking straight towards Gu Yanghui and the others. He stood in front of Gu Yanghui with his arms crossed, "Captain Gu, isn't what you're doing a little wrong?"
"What method?" Gu Yanghui raised his head, his eyes somewhat evasive.
"What did he do again?" Mo Feixiang looked puzzled and quickly walked from his stove to Nian Fusheng's side.
The group of people had nothing to do, so when they saw Nian Fusheng and Mo Feixiang going over, they followed them and formed a circle, trapping Gu Yanghui and the other two in the middle.
"We've split into two teams now. Shouldn't your table also send someone to greet the guests? You two kept silent and played dumb. When someone arrives, you expect me to usher them into the private room and serve them tea and water?"
"They are all customers. Can I treat some of them differently and neglect them? I won't receive them or provide them with service? If other customers see this, will they have a good impression of our restaurant? Are you using this to control me?" After Nian Fusheng finished speaking, he saw Gu Yanghui's eyes flashing and he was about to open his mouth, so he spoke first.
"That's right!" Before Gu Yanghui could say anything, Mo Feixiang reacted and slapped the operating table in front of Gu Yanghui. "When the guests arrive at the same time, how could we deliberately leave your table alone? If we leave your guests alone, what if they make a fuss, the dining environment for our other three tables will also be affected! You are too insidious!"
"That's right, why do you two always do such despicable things? You want to go out on your own, and you expect us to clean up your mess?"
"Last time, you just watched us clean up without saying a word, and now you want to do the same thing again!"
"You really want it all, but you think we're tired and want to go out yourself, and you don't do anything but want to take advantage of us for free!"
Nian Fusheng's words aroused the anger of the chefs here. Gu Yanghui and the other two were criticized by everyone and looked weak and dared not say a word.
"Captain Zhao already said, you can discuss it with whoever you want to call for help, as long as both parties agree. You mean both parties agree, right? Yesterday you wanted to take advantage of our arrangements for free, but I didn't agree, and today you're just playing tricks on me? Yesterday you couldn't afford the five points, so today you're just going to go ahead and not even ask?" Seeing the two of them remain silent, Nian Fusheng continued to question them. "If any of you had discussed it with me privately, I would have appreciated your honesty, but you're trying to force me to do something like this, and I really won't fall for it! I'm telling you, I despise people like you the most. Either give me the points and we'll help you receive them, or you two can send someone out to receive them yourself. If you expect me to receive you without saying a word, then just wait and see!"
Nian Fusheng became more and more angry as he spoke, and in the end he was so angry that he pointed at the two of them and cursed them. Seeing that Nian Fusheng was really angry, the chefs here no longer cared about scolding Gu Yanghui and the others, and started to comfort Nian Fusheng.
"Okay, Mr. Nian, don't be angry. You work the hardest here. I will support you whether you help or not. Even in a competition, it's all about mood! If points are deducted, then deduct them. At worst, we can deduct them all together. Don't ruin your mood!" The fat man squeezed next to Nian Fusheng and patted him on the shoulder.
"Mr. Nian, I'm done with my work here. I'll go out with you in a while to lock up the five private rooms that we cleaned yesterday. When guests come, we'll just ask them which private room they ordered. We'll take them to the room that matches our set, and politely ask the others to wait. We won't do any work that's not ours! Even if we do it, we won't let others take advantage of us!" Mo Feixiang also advised immediately.
"Yeah, yeah, it's not worth it. Don't be angry, Mr. Nian!"
"Boss Nian, you are our HR manager, and we are counting on you to demonstrate your talents up front!"
"Are you hungry, Mr. Nian? I still have some salt-baked chicken left. The skin is crispy and the meat is tender. It's delicious! Want to try it?"
"Mr. Nian, wait a minute. I'll have to cut my steak soon, so I'll save some for you! I've collected all the juice today!"
"Mr. Nian, I still have mangoes..."
Amidst the chatter, the topic shifted again, from an argument to a food tasting session. Everyone pulled Nian Fusheng to take out the leftover ingredients from their cooking as if they were presenting treasures.
Nian Fusheng was already furious, but when everyone coaxed him into eating like a child, his emotions were incoherent for a moment. After eating a few dishes, he bowed repeatedly. "Thank you, thank you, I'll be full if I eat more. Thank you everyone! I have something else to do outside, so I'll go out now."
"Come on, I'll go with you!" Mo Feixiang hurriedly followed Nian Fusheng as he saw him walk out. Glancing at the crowd eager to make a move, he quickly waved his hand, "It's getting late now, so don't come. The two of us can do it. When the customers come, I'll call you and you can serve the food!"
The fat man glanced at the electronic watch beside him and saw that it was almost half past eleven. He quickly waved to everyone and said, "Okay, let them go on their own. It's half past eleven, and we should be busy soon."