Chapter 24: What you haven’t done before is not okay?
After finishing the busy work at noon, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and Chen Jintao was sweating all over.
Xiao Yan's eyes sparkled as he looked at her. "Master Shen, you are so amazing! It was so cool how you cooked three kinds of dishes at the same time, and you didn't make any mistakes. All the customers who ate it said it was delicious!"
"Don't call me Master Xiao Shen, it sounds awkward. Call me Jin Tao, or Taozi. The elders and peers in our team all call me that."
Chen Jintao felt embarrassed when someone called her "Master Shen".
"Okay! Then I will call you Jintao from now on!" Little Yan said happily.
Luo Ya didn't say anything, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Chen Jintao became much more complicated.
The number of customers at noon today was something they had never expected, but even with so many customers, Chen Jintao managed it calmly.
Even Master Zhuang could not complete such a huge workload alone, and he did not make the customers wait too long, which is really amazing.
She had to admit that Chen Jintao was really excellent, but she still felt a little unwilling. If Chen Jintao had not come, she would most likely be able to take up the job as a master chef after a while.
Although my skills are a little poor, won’t it be fine once I get used to it? What's more, she had a master to guide her, so she didn't feel that she was incapable.
But in the dream, Chen Jintao was really much stronger than herself, and she couldn't say against her conscience that Sister Zhang shouldn't have chosen Chen Jintao.
After a busy day, the name of "Master Xiao Shen" became famous in the town. Almost everyone knew that a new chef had come to the state-owned restaurant. Her cooking skills were so good that no one wanted to eat her food a second time after having tried it.
Taking advantage of having nothing to do in the afternoon, Chen Jintao found paper and pen to write a letter to Huo Beichuan, mainly talking about recent events, such as how she had found a job.
Before leaving, Huo Beichuan gave her the address of his unit. She thought that once the letter arrived at the unit, he would probably be back soon even if he was on a mission.
After all, transportation was slow in that era, and it was really not easy to contact people in different places, and it was even more difficult to meet in person.
After get off work, Shen Jintao went straight to the post office to mail the letter, and bought several stamps with good appreciation potential. However, she didn't see the stamp she wanted most, "The Whole Country is Red", and she estimated that it might not be easy to find even now.
I rode my bicycle into a sparsely populated path and saw Huo Dongsheng from afar.
Chen Jintao was a little helpless, "Dongsheng, why are you waiting here again?"
Huo Dongsheng still smiled innocently, "It's dark, it's not safe for you to be alone."
"Then come and pick me up!" Chen Jintao didn't know what to say.
After arriving home, Shen Jintao found that her parents and younger brother had also come, and everyone was waiting for her to eat.
Chen Jintao smiled and kissed Xu Xuemei, then found a seat and sat down.
"Mom and Dad, don't let Dongsheng wait for me in the future. It's actually okay for me to come back alone. It's troublesome and tiring for him to walk so far to wait for me every night."
Shen Jintao first talked about Huo Dongsheng.
Liu Guifen waved her hands. "What's wrong with a young man walking a few steps? It's not safe for a pretty girl like you to go home alone every day!"
Huo Dongsheng also quickly said that he had no problem.
Seeing that the Huo family cared so much about their daughter, Shen Jianmin felt very relieved. "Taozi, how much did your bicycle cost? Why don't we buy one? It's troublesome to go out on the street anyway. Whoever is free can ride a bicycle to pick you up. It's convenient."
Chen Jintao didn't say anything against it. "Bicycles aren't expensive, just over a hundred yuan, but bicycle tickets are hard to get."
Shen Jianmin thought so too, "Then I'll try to find a way to get that thing."
"Taozi, how do you feel about your first day at work today?" Xu Xuemei asked with concern.
"It's okay, except that the other chef is sick, so I'm the only one cooking these days. There are a lot of customers, so it's a bit busy." Chen Jintao told the truth.
"I heard about this. Today, those women who went to the town to buy things came back and started shouting everywhere. I heard that those customers were all coming for you!"
When talking about this, Liu Guifen became proud, and as Shen Jintao's biological mother, Xu Xuemei was even more proud.
"It's not that exaggerated..."
"We were originally going to wait for you to come back to cook today, but we heard that you would be very busy at noon, so we cooked first." Liu Guifen explained why she did not wait for Chen Jintao to come back before cooking.
Shen Jintao nodded, and of course she wouldn't say anything, after all, they all felt sorry for her.
"Sister-in-law... Sister-in-law, I heard from those aunts that others call you Master Xiao Shen?" Huo Nanxi suddenly came over and asked in a low and awkward voice.
"Yeah! I think it sounds awkward!"
"What's so embarrassing about this? This just shows how awesome you are!" Huo Nanxi muttered.
"If you really think your sister-in-law is amazing, then you should learn from her. If you can learn her skills, then when she joins the army, you can also become a master."
Liu Guifen said with a smile.
"I definitely can't do that!" Huo Nanxi's shoulders drooped.
"Why are you so sure?" Shen Jintao was confused.
"I haven't cooked much since I was a child." Huo Nanxi was helpless. She also wanted to be as good as him, but she felt that she might not have the talent.
"There are many things I haven't done before. Why? You feel that you are incapable of doing anything you haven't done before. Then what can you do? Be content with the status quo? Just do housework at home every day?"
“It’s not that you have to learn how to cook, but I think you should learn other things as well.”
Chen Jintao felt that perhaps she shouldn't say these things. After all, to be honest, Huo Nanxi didn't like her very much, and she might not be able to listen to what she said.
I thought Huo Nanxi would definitely refute after hearing this, but the little girl actually fell into deep thought.
"I see!"
Liu Guifen and Huo Chenggong looked at each other, both a little surprised. They knew their daughter's temper. She was very stubborn and usually would not listen to others. She would only stick to her own ideas.
It seems that this daughter-in-law is really amazing! But it also proves that she is a good person, even a stubborn girl is willing to listen to her.
"Then do you want to learn?" Liu Guifen looked at her daughter.
"Learn! I will study hard, but I don't know if I can master it. But my sister-in-law is right, I have to learn it to know if I can do it." Huo Nanxi said firmly.
After dinner, Xu Xuemei took her daughter aside and asked, "Taozi, has Beichuan written to you in such a long time?"
Chen Jintao shook her head. "He was urgently called back. He must have an urgent mission. I guess he hasn't finished it yet."
Xu Xuemei looked at her daughter and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
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