Chapter 98 Assessment Results
"Let's choose the first one for this one too!"
The rising sun illuminated the morning glow in the sky. There were still so many people gathered around the train, but after a night, everyone's face showed varying degrees of fatigue.
The team members on duty who had maintained order all night switched shifts with their teammates, but the others participating in the assessment did not dare to leave.
No one had come out of the door at the end of the carriage for more than twenty minutes. Some people around the train could not hold on any longer and had already sat on the ground.
"No one has come out for so long, is there anyone still inside?"
"I don't know. So many people went in before, I don't know how many of them came out!"
"Then how long do we have to wait? Can the results come out today?" The young man who asked the question yawned and looked at the train in front of him with renewed energy.
"I don't know," the middle-aged man next to him sighed. He took out a cigarette he had treasured for a long time and hadn't been willing to smoke from his shirt pocket, sniffed it, and put it back in his pocket. "Let's wait for now. I guess the result won't keep us waiting too long!"
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In the new carriage that they couldn't see inside, it had changed a lot since the last applicant got off the train.
The original small kitchens disappeared, and after being rearranged by the system, what now appeared before everyone was the original appearance of the dining car.
After boarding the train through the left door, there is a long corridor. On the other side of the corridor wall is the enclosed warehouse and cold storage of the dining car.
When you reach the end of the corridor, you can see a fully transparent kitchen enclosed by glass.
On the other side of the kitchen is the dining room with many tables and chairs.
The dining car was larger than the regular cars, so besides the kitchen and storage area, there was plenty of room for passengers to eat. After a quick count, Jiang Dong discovered that this car actually had over seventy seats, and the spacing between seats and the aisles seemed even more spacious than in the previous cars.
Jiang Dong was mainly concerned about the seats, while Huang Liping was more concerned about the kitchen.
During the previous assessment, the large screen in the kitchen briefly taught how to use the kitchen utensils and stoves in the small kitchen.
Although the technology in the interstellar age developed faster than theirs, the basic cooking utensils were not much different from what they had now, so it was not difficult for applicants to operate them.
Although the dining car's kitchen looked much larger than the small kitchen we had previously inspected, the contents inside were no different from those in the small kitchen.
Huang Liping walked around the kitchen, looked out the window at the people still anxiously waiting outside, and then looked at her daughter. "Are the test results out? When will they be announced?"
Previously, the family had planned to be the judges themselves, but after seeing so many applicants, they had no choice but to change their plans and leave the final judging to the system.
Although the food industry in the interstellar era has not been well developed for various reasons, as it is a vital aspect of what interstellar people eat and drink, they have very high standards for food testing, not only in terms of hygiene and health, but also in terms of taste.
Interstellar Era's evaluation system can simulate people's taste preferences based on data and public choices and use this as a basis to evaluate innovative foods produced, which is exactly what can be used in this recruitment.
After each applicant submits the assessment content of his or her choice, the system begins sampling and evaluation.
Hearing her mother's question, Jiang Qian asked the system a question. Ten minutes later, the results of the previous assessment appeared on the large screen hanging on the wall of the dining car's restaurant compartment.
When the system was organized, it was classified according to the assessment content selected by different people, so when you see it now, the results are very obvious.
What surprised the Jiang family was that among those who chose to make pastries, Huang Liping's name was unexpectedly ranked second.
Jiang Dong stared at the screen, stunned.
He had always known his mother was a skilled cook, otherwise he wouldn't have encouraged her to open a shop to make money. But even with some confidence, he never expected that his mother, with no culinary training at all, could actually come in second in the pastry category based on her years of cooking experience.
Because someone in his family was taking the test, Jiang Dong wasn't idle while his mother was working hard in the kitchen. Although he couldn't get out of the car, he was always checking the information on the Internet whenever there was a signal.
In the less than two days he spent browsing the news online while waiting for the assessment, he looked at the rumors about various chefs, inheritors of various cuisines, people who had been working in the catering industry for 20 years, and outstanding graduates from various culinary schools... As he spoke, he was really worried about his mother at the beginning.
But thinking that no matter how his mother did, it was already decided, he relaxed again, but he didn't expect the final result to be...
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Not only him, but the whole family saw the most familiar name in the top two rows, and all looked at the person involved at once.
Huang Liping was surprised and happy to see her name appear at the front of the list, but after noticing the gazes of other family members, she became a little unhappy.
"What are you looking at? Do you think I can't get second place? Were you lying when you said I did well?"
The people caught in her sight quickly shook their heads.
Jiang Dong slid to his knees the fastest, "Mom, how could that be? We were telling the truth before, we didn't lie to you."
Jiang Weimin also said, "We were just so surprised. I always thought you did the best and should be ranked first. You practiced so hard for our family, I was worried you'd be unhappy if you came in second."
Huang Liping knew that the father and son were just saying nice things to appease her. Although she was happy to hear them, she had no intention of taking them to heart.
"There are always people who are better than you," Huang Liping said. "Second place is already very good. I'm not a professional, so this ranking is already an exceptional performance."
She is very satisfied with this ranking and feels that the system's evaluation is fair.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's see who will get the other three spots!" Huang Liping pointed out the window. So many people were still waiting outside!
The family then turned their attention back to the screen.
Because we are recruiting three people this time, the system also divided the ranking into three major categories according to the assessment content. One is soup and porridge, one is stir-fry, and the last category is noodles.
Because there were too many people taking the test, the big screen only displayed the test information of the top ten in each category, including their names and photos, as well as the test content and scores they chose.
Some of them looked familiar.
Last night, although they had handed the assessment over to the system, their family was not idle. They kept an eye on each small kitchen from time to time. If they caught any applicants with bad habits, they would directly put them on the blacklist.
After the applicants prepare the meal, they can dispose of the rest by themselves, except for a small portion which is sampled and taken away by the system.
So when they were hungry in the middle of the night, they also picked out a few prepared dishes to try. Because they picked out the ones with good appearance and taste, they didn't find any bad food, but the ones that were delicious left a deep impression on them.
Jiang Dong looked at the photo at the top of the dish column and said with emotion, "When I ate it before, I thought this old man's meat and vegetable dishes were delicious. Sure enough, he won first place."
When the other members of the Jiang family saw the photos and thought of the plain-looking but long-lasting twice-cooked pork and blanched choy sum they had eaten before, they all nodded in agreement.
Jiang Qian swallowed and looked elsewhere on the screen. "So, you're going to choose this old man for cooking? What about the others? You're going to choose first place too?"
"Let's choose the one who gets first place for the pastry!" Jiang Weimin said, "Even though we have your mother, kneading dough and making pancakes is still physically demanding. It's easier if two people do it together."
Jiang Qian thought about it and nodded, looking at the unexpectedly short list on the other side of the screen.
Compared to the two lists next to it that seemed to have no end, the list of soups and porridges did not even fill the first ten rows.
Perhaps because soups and porridges take longer to prepare, or perhaps because most people believe stir-frying is the best way to showcase their skills, only seven people chose this option. Those who chose didn't look like experienced chefs, but rather like they were just trying to fill in the gaps. Compared to the high scores at the end of the other two lists, many of the scores at the end of this list were barely passing.
Jiang Qian hesitated for a moment and looked at the name at the top, "Let's choose the first one too!"
She highlighted the list on the screen, thought for a moment, and added the second person on the second list. "Making stir-fries is tiring, and one person probably isn't enough. Let's add one more person for this one!"
"OK!"
No one else in the Jiang family had any objections, so the admission list was finalized.
【Author’s words】
Sorry, it's a little short today.
I'll post it after I finish writing it, and I may make some minor revisions tomorrow.
The next chapter update will probably be the day after tomorrow.
Thank you all for your support, muajuju!
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