Chen Renfu slammed his right hand on the table and shouted, "Both of you shut up! Look at how disrespectful you are!"
At this time, a young man of sixteen or seventeen and a girl of fourteen or fifteen walked back into the living room.
The two began to greet everyone: "Grandpa, Mom, Uncle Wang, Uncle Li, who is this?"
Chen Renfu, who had originally had a stern expression, instantly changed to a smiling face. He kindly introduced them to the two, "Weiguo, Weihong, this is Grandpa's apprentice, Ye Zhiqiu. He's older than you, so you can just call him Big Brother. You two uncles are competing to have him as your apprentice!"
"Hello, Brother Ye!"
Ye Zhiqiu quickly said to the two of them, "Weiguo and Weihong, how are you guys doing? Did you just get back from school?"
Chen Weiguo nodded and replied with a smile: "Yes, Brother Ye, if you want to learn cooking from a master, then I recommend you learn from Second Uncle Master. He is the most patient teacher!"
Wang Lei laughed heartily and said, "Weiguo, it's no wonder that your uncle has been stealing food for you since you were little. At the critical moment, you still need your own people to help you!"
Li Bicheng was anxious. He said dissatisfiedly, "Weiguo, Third Uncle has never treated you unfairly! How can you speak for Fatty Wang?"
Chen Weihong echoed, "That's right! Brother Ye, let me tell you, Third Uncle not only learned the skills from my grandfather, but he also has another master who taught him Sichuan cuisine. He can learn two different cuisines from him!"
Li Bicheng said happily, "Wei Hong, it's worth it that my uncle has gone all the way back home to bring you beef jerky! Hahaha, Fatty Wang, what can you use to compete with me?"
Ye Zhiqiu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, because he had never thought of this scene before, it was so interesting!
Chen Renfu said cheerfully, "My eldest grandson and second granddaughter! Don't help them quarrel. Today, your eldest brother Ye brought chickens, rabbits, and a big grass carp.
You should give your uncle some advice on what kind of dishes to cook so that Xiao Ye will be willing to become his disciple!"
Wang Lei said happily to Ye Zhiqiu, "You're worthy of being a buyer! Come on, let's go to the kitchen and cook. We have to show you our real cooking skills and show you whose cooking skills are more worthy of your apprenticeship!"
Li Bicheng snorted, "Humph, who's afraid of who? Xiaoye, you should also go to the kitchen and take a look at the braised fish fillet dish I recently modified. It uses fresh and spicy flavors instead of sweet and salty. It has a unique flavor!"
Ye Zhiqiu said weakly, "How about... I take both of you as my teachers? There's no harm in having more teachers anyway..."
Everyone looked at Ye Zhiqiu, all with confused expressions. He was frightened by the look.
Then he explained with a wry smile, "How about...how about I get the ingredients myself and learn how to cook? After all, I'm just a buyer, so I can still get some ingredients to support me in learning how to cook from you..."
Unexpectedly, the next second, Wang Lei and Li Bicheng looked at each other and said in unison: "That's great! Then we will accept you as our disciple together!"
Chen Renfu rubbed his forehead. These two apprentices were just greedy for Xiaoye's role as a buyer, helping him get the ingredients! They didn't care at all whether he was serious about learning cooking or not. After all, after becoming their apprentice, he, the apprentice, would be able to order them around!
It's not that they didn't teach; they didn't hold back. Even though Chen Renfu's hand was injured and he couldn't exert much force, like flipping the wok, he still taught them verbally, teaching them everything he knew.
For this reason, all three disciples respected him very much. Especially the fourth disciple who was transferred to Shanghai, he sent letters to him twice a month.
If he comes across good ingredients that are durable, he will send the recipe and ingredients back so that his two senior brothers can cook them for Chen Renfu to taste!
So Chen Renfu smiled and said, "I have no objection. Do whatever you want! Anyway, I have already accepted him as my disciple. He has been called the master by someone else. As for who of you can accept him as your disciple, it's up to you."
The two of them immediately pulled Ye Zhiqiu to the kitchen, wanting to see if he had the basic skills.
Ye Zhiqiu was assigned by the two of them to chop side dishes, fillet fish, and debone chicken. They even had to chop rabbit meat into small pieces because Li Bicheng wanted to make a spicy rabbit dish.
Although Ye Zhiqiu had no sword skills at all, he was able to do it quite well under the guidance of the two.
After finishing the side dishes, the two of them took turns to go to the stove and teach Ye Zhiqiu how to make each dish.
The whole kitchen was filled with a variety of smells, a mixture of fragrant and spicy flavors. Chen Yimin had returned early and was in the living room listening to his father talk about the two junior apprentices fighting over the apprenticeship.
He said to Chen Renfu happily, "Dad, this is great! My factory wants to expand next year, and we need to find all kinds of connections. I'm worried that I don't have the right people to help prepare the banquet!"
Let the two junior apprentice brothers pay attention and teach him a few qualified dishes. Dad, you should also pay attention and guide Xiaoye, so that I will have a suitable chef, right? "
Chen Renfu asked in surprise, "Yimin, why are you suddenly expanding your brewery? This brewery requires grain. I heard from your senior brothers that supplies are a bit tight. They can't possibly agree to expand, right?"
Chen Yimin scratched his head and said helplessly, "Our senior leadership said that if we can't achieve anything right now, there's no way we can make progress. I talked to Lao Liao and he said we still need to achieve some results to make the road ahead easier!"
Chen Renfu sighed, "You guys... You wanted Xiaoye to help with the reception, and your two junior brothers wanted him to help with the shopping, and they both agreed to let him become my apprentices at the same time! Why did I end up teaching you guys, who are useless and never get up early?"
Chen Yimin said with a smile: "Isn't this a good thing? The two junior brothers now have more supply channels and can sell more vegetables and make more money!
Xiaoye can learn how to cook more dishes, and I can also gain a great general. Shouldn't this be a win-win situation for everyone? "
Chen Weiguo's eyes rolled around as he asked curiously, "Dad, can this Big Brother Ye get a lot of supplies? How about asking him to get some meat for our school? The students who live in the boarding school in our school rarely eat meat a few times a month!"
Chen Weihong on the side also looked at Chen Yimin, wanting to hear what he had to say.
Chen Yimin glared at his son and said angrily, "Aren't you making things difficult for Xiaoye? How can a buyer like him get meat for your school?"
"Getting a few chickens and a few fish is reasonable! To make a meat dish in your school, you need at least several hundred kilograms of meat. Where does he get it from?"
Chen Weiguo's face was full of disappointment. This was indeed the case. He had thought too simply.
At that time, even tofu was hard to come by in the cafeteria because it was only made in limited quantities each day. It was simply because the soybean rations were too small, not to mention things like meat.
Chen Weihong also said gloomily: "My deskmate fainted on the ground during physical education class today. The teacher said she was malnourished..."
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