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Three years later, Yipintang.
"I didn't get one again! I lined up three hours in advance and still didn't get one!"
"Everyone's like that! I lined up three and a half hours early, but it was useless. Not only did I not get a seat for Master Zhao, but I also didn't get a seat for Master Nan!"
"Hey, Master Zhao, can't you just set a fixed time? I can't even make a reservation. This is really testing my luck!"
The two people who had just gotten their turn to enter the restaurant were going crazy, and the people behind them ran in. The faces of the few people who had been looking happy suddenly changed.
"No way! I came here for Master Nan and Master Zhao, and they're gone already?! We just opened!"
"No, I'll be in line tomorrow at five!"
"I'm four!"
"I'm three!"
"I will stay up all night guarding the door of Yipintang!"
"Don't worry, everyone. I'm really sorry, but Master Zhao is really busy and can only come here irregularly. But Master Zhao knows how anxious you all are, so he specially made milk smoothie for you, one for each table. It will be delivered as soon as you place an order, to thank you for your support!" The well-dressed manager came out with a smile to smooth things over.
"real?!"
"Is this really made by Master Zhao himself?"
“You’ll know when you taste it later. No one else can make it taste like that.” The manager smiled confidently.
"Hurry, order quickly!"
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
The customers who were originally going crazy because they couldn’t get any food were instantly excited.
After preparing another table, the manager turned around with a proud smile on his face and walked towards the private room. When he passed the kitchen door, he looked at the two busy figures with emotion.
One figure has white hair, but is vigorous and strong; the other figure is beautiful and slender, but is like a magic needle that stabilizes the hearts of everyone in Yipintang.
The manager breathed a sigh of satisfaction. He didn't know whether to say that Master Nan was lucky or that Yipintang was lucky to have such an apprentice.
Three years ago, when Master Nan suddenly wanted to accept a last disciple, he disagreed in his heart.
It's not that I don't agree with taking in disciples, nor do I disagree with the ability of the chef who won the first place in the competition, but I don't agree with the old man who, at his age, still has to make a grand ceremony to take in and teach apprentices after working so hard.
In his opinion at that time, with the old man's condition and physical strength, even if he did not accept an apprentice and stayed at home to be taken care of, he would not live for more than a few years.
But who would have thought that after a grand banquet to accept disciples and after the disciples drank tea, the old man who was thought to be sick at any time actually seemed to have recovered from a serious illness. Not only was he not overdrawn as imagined, but he became more and more energetic, his complexion became rosier day by day, and the doctors who saw all the health data were amazed, and they sighed repeatedly that people have to be in a good mood to live, and when they are in a good mood, all diseases will disappear.
The old man recovered, and his apprentices and employees who were originally worried about his health and supervised him not to overwork were relieved, but then they became worried again.
Even when the old man was in poor health, he was full of energy and could not be stopped no matter how hard we tried to persuade him. Now that he has recovered, won’t there be anyone who can control him?
But this time everyone was wrong again.
Not only did the old man stop struggling, he also learned how to preserve his health. Apart from devoting himself to teaching his new disciples, he actually learned to let go of other things.
Once he asked this question directly to the old man. The old man smiled mysteriously and said that times have changed. He had to live two more years before he could teach Xiaojing everything he had learned in his life, witness Xiaojing surpass him, and walk all the roads he had walked but not walked.
Although he trusted the old man's vision at the time, he was still skeptical of his words. The old man's lifelong learning had only been mastered by his senior apprentice, who had followed him for forty years, and yet he had only mastered 70% of it. How could such a young chef not only learn everything, but also surpass him?
But it turned out that the old man had a clear vision and a clear mind.
Within three years, this closed disciple became famous and his progress was terrifying.
Three months ago, she learned a famous dish from the old man. When she tried it again three months later, she could already cook it quite well. When she tried it again half a year later, she couldn't tell whether it was made by her or the old man.
She received endless invitations for food competitions, variety shows, and even interviews, but she didn't accept any of them. Despite her young age, she was not at all impetuous. Instead, she immersed herself in her cooking skills and slowly honed them.
But the miraculous craftsmanship and reputation spread day by day.
The Zhaoji Restaurant she opened in Jiangcheng opens at 11 a.m. every day, but there is already a long queue at the door starting at 9 a.m. Even on the two days of the restaurant's closing time each week, there are still diners eagerly waiting at the door of the restaurant hoping to see people inside, and desperately trying to get in to place their orders.
Even here, Yipinlou, where she comes every once in a while to help cook for a day or two, has seen a surge in customers because of her random appearance. People come every day to try their luck, and some even become internet celebrities who share information in real time by collecting information and checking every day whether she is there and when she is there.
Take this time for example. She had clearly come here suddenly yesterday afternoon and went straight to the old man's house. Even her other fellow apprentices and he, the manager of Yipintang, didn't know about it. But since yesterday's dinner, several waves of customers have come to the restaurant, all asking about Master Zhao and ordering his dishes. He thought someone was spreading rumors and said with certainty that Master Zhao didn't come.
Unexpectedly, customers lined up this morning, and she actually came to work with the old man to cook some random dishes.
You know, the old man only comes to cook once every few months, and every time it's like a holiday. When she comes again, the whole restaurant can be said to be celebrating the New Year in the same place, and it's a miracle that it's not packed.
After three years, although her skills have not surpassed the old man's, everyone believes that she has learned the old man's lifelong skills and surpassed him.
"Manager, the guest in Box 7 is calling you! Manager...Manager!"
"What?" The manager rubbed his ears and came back to his senses.
"What are you looking at?" The waiter looked around the kitchen curiously.
"You don't understand. I'm looking at the Dinghai Shenzhen. What did you just say?"
"I said the guest in Box 7 is calling you! He's been calling you for ages!"
"Coming, coming." The manager hurried over.
"What is the magic needle? Where is the needle?" The waiter looked around, scratched his head in confusion and left.
In the kitchen just as he left, Zhao Xiaojing, the Dinghaishenzhen who was taking the Nine-Turn Large Intestine out of the pot, smiled and arranged the last piece of large intestine. "Master, can you invite Brother Xie to come over tonight? Last time we talked about the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and Disturbing the Arhat, he was almost in tears. We finally got to make it once, so why not invite him to eat with us?"
"Call him if you want, as long as he doesn't snatch all of Xiao Su's food. It's not easy for Xiao Su to have a good meal. He's been thinking about her during the tour. We've invited her here to eat, so don't let her go hungry. It doesn't matter to me whether I eat or not." Nan Rongquan said while stir-frying kidney.
Zhao Xiaojing couldn't help laughing, "Shu Zi doesn't have such a big appetite, and big stars have to maintain their figure, so they can only eat two bites of each dish."
"That being said, when has she ever eaten less?" Nan Rongquan shook his head and smiled.
"Then make more. Besides the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea to Disturb the Arhat, we can also make Lamb with Scallions, Braised Cabbage with Prawns, and Stir-fried Double Crisps. If that doesn't work, we can also make Arhat Vegetarian Dishes!"
"Then don't tell your senior brother Xie the names of the dishes. If you tell him, he won't even eat lunch!" Nan Rongquan teased exaggeratedly.
Zhao Xiaojing laughed heartily again.
Although it was a joke, with her current cooking skills, it was not an exaggeration to go hungry for a whole lunch just to eat her dinner.
After passing the 85th level of the chef level, she has been certified as a top-grade chef by the system. Cooking for her is like opening up her Ren and Du meridians. All cooking ideas become clear to her, and she can learn new dishes easily. Cooking itself has become a kind of enjoyment.
In three years, she was able to advance to the Special Grade. Besides the system, the person who had helped her the most was Nan Rongquan. Although everyone said that Nan Rongquan was blessed to have her as his disciple, since taking her in, Nan Rongquan's spirit and energy have improved, as if he were twenty years younger. The restaurant's business has also soared, and she is said to be the stabilizing force.
But in fact, compared to Nan Rongquan's generous teaching to her, she only gave a bottle of potion, a bottle of potion that the system gave as a champion reward for winning the first place in the competition three years ago, a bottle of potion that everyone can only use once in a lifetime to completely cure chronic illness.
Thanks to this bottle of medicine, the old man recovered. Outsiders didn't know why and thought it was because of his mood. The old man himself also thought it was because of his mood.
Because of this feeling, she received almost all the affection and full support from the old man that she had never received before, and her cooking skills also soared.
As the living standards rise rapidly, the corresponding material level will naturally be fully equipped, including villas, cars, stocks, funds, restaurants, and everything else.
It can be said that she and Comb have achieved financial freedom, and now they are just pursuing what they like.
And now, what she likes to do is to spend more time in her spare time with her master and many senior sisters and brothers who treat her like family, as well as Su Yuchen, a big star who loves music and has already become a powerful singer, and cook a delicious meal for them.
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