Chef Qiao, striving for perfection, personally prepared a meal.
When Chang Pengfei and his sister received the notice to come and pay, they were stunned by the sumptuous dishes. It was too much!
Chang Shuying said proactively, "Grandpa Qiao, you seem to have misunderstood us. We just ordered our usual meals..."
Braised pork belly, pickled cabbage and fish head soup, fried shrimp...
Chef Qiao coughed awkwardly a few times. It was his first time cooking for his daughter, and he had a little lost control of his emotions and gone too far!
"It's nothing, it's nothing. It's rare for you guys to order food from me, so I'll give you a little treat since it's your first time!"
Chang Huaying came over, drawn by the aroma of the food, and couldn't help but nod: "Grandpa Qiao, how about I order food for my parents too?"
Although Chef Qiao has an eccentric temper and is a bit of a bad person, he seems alright.
Chef Qiao flatly refused: "I'm busy!"
Chang Huaying: "..."
You're not free?
She turned to look at Chang Pengfei and his sister, who were packing up a large bag that was stuffed full, comparable to a Manchu Han Imperial Feast. They said they were too busy!
Chang Huaying shook her head slightly. It seemed that their main branch of the family didn't appeal to Chef Qiao. Well then, they wouldn't be disliked.
Just before delivering the meals, Chang Shuying received a last-minute notice that she had to revise the manuscript, so Chang Pengfei had to take over the task of delivering the meals.
Chang Pengfei paused for a moment, then slowly nodded in agreement.
He usually avoids seeing people after returning from out of town for the Chinese New Year, so as not to cause his family to gossip about him again. He can no longer be a coward.
The meal was delivered to the restaurant.
Zhou Hongyu took a bite and was amazed!
She gave a thumbs-up and exclaimed, "Pengfei, did you make all of this? It's absolutely delicious!"
It leaves a lingering fragrance in your mouth, making you want to eat more and more; it tastes just like the chef at the machine factory.
Chang Pengfei hadn't been praised in a long time, and he felt a little guilty before acknowledging it.
After everyone wolfed down the large amount of food and cleaned up, Chang Pengfei hurriedly rushed back.
He suddenly had an idea: he wanted to learn how to cook from Chef Qiao!
In the backyard of the Chang family, Chef Qiao anxiously awaited Zhou Hongyu's feedback.
Chang Pengfei rushed back and learned from him that Zhou Hongyu had praised his cooking highly, which greatly pleased Chef Qiao.
Chang Pengfei changed the subject and earnestly asked, "Grandpa Qiao, may I become your apprentice?"
cannot!
Chef Qiao has a fierce look in his eyes. This is his secret weapon to get closer to his daughter. If his eldest grandson learns his skills, his daughter will never think of him first when she has a craving!
Absolutely not!
However, Chang Pengfei vowed to learn Chef Qiao's skills in order to be a dutiful son. He would stay at home and be his mother's chef instead of going out to work.
Chang Pengfei kept pestering Chef Qiao to teach him how to cook.
Chef Qiao was extremely unhappy.
Originally, I was fond of everything related to Chang Pengfei, but the more I looked at him, the more annoyed I became!
In Zhoujiacun, Chang Pengfei announced at dinner that he would stay in Beijing to learn cooking from a master chef.
After Chang Pengfei's persistent harassment, Chef Qiao reluctantly agreed, but on one condition: that he and Chef Qiao would cook a dish for each other every day, and the judge would be his mother, Zhou Hongyu!
Zhou Hongyu remained unmoved and continued to pick out a few more vegetable leaves and put them in her mouth.
Who cares? They just do whatever comes to mind. They can't find wives or stable jobs, so what else can they do? Let them do whatever they want. Only their father can handle these two brothers; she can't beat them anymore.
As for Chef Qiao, whom Chang Pengfei apprenticed under, he was quite good. In the future, Chef Qiao resigned from the factory and started his own high-end private restaurant, where he lived a very prosperous life.
If Pengfei gets on this bandwagon, he'll be doing pretty well as long as he doesn't lose his mind.
Granny Zhou frowned and tapped the rim of her bowl with her chopsticks in displeasure: "Pengfei, at your age you still want to become a chef and apprentice!"
Granny Zhou has old-fashioned ideas. In her mind, to learn a skill well, one must start from childhood and go through hardships before one can master it.
Chang Pengfei is so old he's practically toothless!
This kid's decision doesn't seem very reliable!
Zhou Hongyu swallowed the vegetable leaf in her mouth and looked up: "Mom, let him be. He's not a child anymore. We can't keep treating him like a kid. Don't force him to drink water. Just leave him alone!"
Another wave of disappointment washed over him, and Chang Pengfei couldn't help but lower his head.
He seems to have always disappointed his mother...
"Second Brother! Second Brother!" Chang Meiying's excited voice broke the silence of her dejection.
Chang Meiying picked up her chopsticks and stood up, almost hitting Chang Pengfei in the face.
"Meiying, don't get agitated, let's talk this out." Chang Pengfei was startled and grabbed her hand to remove the chopsticks.
"Second brother! You must study hard and become a master chef. The vegetables at home are just awful!"
Chang Pengfei glanced quickly at Zhou Hongyu; the vegetables were made by his mother…
As expected, Chang Meiying's little bottom received a few light taps.
Zhou Hongyu glared angrily: "You think my vegetables are good? Starting tomorrow, I'll make sure you have vegetables for a week, every night at dinner!"
Chang Meiying:! ! !
Mom, if you don't spank me a few more times, I don't want to eat your cooked vegetables for a week, waaaaah...
Everyone looked at Chang Meiying with sympathy and sighed slightly, none of them daring to go against Zhou Hongyu because of her.
Little sister/American-British, you've suffered!
When Chang Meiying learned of the devastating news, she felt listless and unable to eat anything.
Chang Pengfei quietly promised her that he would bring her delicious food every day from now on, and that Chef Qiao's cooking was so good that she would want to eat it again and again!
For the next few days, Zhou Hongyu continued to eat the meals prepared by Chef Qiao.
From lunch at the beginning, to lunch and dinner being included, Chang Pengfei came back that day and they discussed whether to include breakfast as well!
Zhou Hongyu and Granny Zhou both stopped eating, immediately becoming suspicious.
The delicious food was right in front of her, but Granny Zhou refused to look at it and didn't eat it at all.
She commanded, "Pengfei, if you want to learn, then continue learning. But you're not allowed to bring anything home anymore!"
Chang Meiying was eating her food with gusto when she heard this. She immediately grinned, as if she wanted to cry, sobbing...
Before the week was up, she wanted to eat vegetables!
Chang Pengfei's heart pounded. One of the reasons he was able to successfully become Chef Qiao's apprentice was because he had agreed to Chef Qiao's conditions. If he suddenly went back on his word, things might get complicated...
"Grandma, but..."
But what?
If he reveals Chef Qiao's conditions, he'll only die even faster!
Granny Zhou glared at him, then suddenly stood up and slammed her hand on the table, startling everyone.
"No buts! I'm going to the Chang family tomorrow. I want to see the Chef Qiao you've all been talking about!"
The last time she felt this way was when the man tried to take her daughter away. If she finds out the identity of the so-called Chef Qiao, he's doomed!
It's best if someone with the surname Qiao doesn't have any designs on her daughter!
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