From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 402 Give some encouragement to the female apprentice

When Feng Zhengming entered, Xia Hui heard the sound of Feng Zhengming talking with customers outside.

Then he waited for Feng Zhengming in the rest room outside the locker room.

She originally had her head down, but when she heard the footsteps, she thought it was Feng Zhengming coming, so she quickly raised her head and wanted to apologize.

But when he raised his head, what he saw was not Feng Zhengming, but a somewhat unfamiliar face.

Xia Hui immediately asked cautiously: "Who are you? How did you get in?"

Before Sun Decai could speak, Feng Zhengming pushed him away and walked in.

"His name is Sun Decai. He is an intern apprentice from Quancheng Vocational School. There are already more manpower allocated in Huiquan Building, so I arranged for him to work in the drying shop first."

Hearing Feng Zhengming's voice and turning around to see him walking in, Xia Hui hurriedly wanted to apologize.

Feng Zhengming stopped Xia Hui from saying "I'm sorry."

"There's no need to tell me you're sorry. You didn't do anything to make me sorry. I don't think it was your intention to give Yuan Wenzi ideas. It should have been Yuan Wenzi who pestered you and asked you for ideas."

After hearing this, Xia Hui was very moved, and the grievances in her heart were instantly relieved.

Feng Zhengming continued: "I think the ideas you gave Yuan Wenzi should not be like today at the beginning, but you didn't expect that Yuan Wenzi would come to your door like this today."

Xia Hui's voice was choked with sobs: "Uncle, I, I really didn't think about it, I didn't give her such an idea today."

When Sun Decai heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily: "That girl is very clever."

Sun Decai originally had dark skin and looked like a country farmer.

Then he said something like "Yuanwenzi is very thoughtful", which was really interesting.

Xia Hui couldn't help but laugh: "Why do you talk about other girls like this?"

Sun Decai said with a serious face: "In our village, girls like this are generally very scheming. They look weak, but in fact they are not weak at all. They are very cruel when they are cruel. Most men are afraid of them. Women in the village I don’t dare to provoke them easily.”

Feng Zhengming, who was said seriously by Sun Decai, couldn't help laughing.

Smiling, Feng Zhengming asked Xia Hui: "Did you suddenly realize that Xiao Sun actually made sense? You were taken advantage of by Yuan Wenzi this time."

Xia Hui thought about it carefully and felt that it was really similar to what Uncle Master and Sun Decai said.

Even now thinking about it, she sent Minamoto Fumiko on her way back to the hotel.

Yuan Wenzi always apologized pitifully to Xia Hui.

She also kept telling Xia Hui that she would help find Feng Zhengming and ask Feng Zhengming to transfer Xia Hui back to Huiquan Tower.

But when Sun Decai and his uncle said this, Xia Hui suddenly realized that she was transferred to work in the restaurant, wasn't it because Yuan Wenzi took it upon herself to apply for an apprenticeship?

Feng Zhengming then said to Xia Hui: "Originally, I was planning to let you come to Ganfanpu for a while, but the matter of Yuan Wenzi gave me an excuse, so you can stay at Ganfanpu for now."

When Xia Hui heard this, she raised her head in surprise: "Uncle, why do you want me to work in the restaurant?"

Before Feng Zhengming could speak, another voice sounded.

"Don't you understand this? There are a bunch of young guys in the back kitchen of Huiquan Building. You are a female chef over there. Do those guys who are still in the internship period still have the heart to do a good internship? Huiquan Tower will prepare for the wedding banquet next. If those guys are holding back, how can they prepare the wedding banquet?

If something went wrong at the wedding banquet, wouldn't it disrupt your uncle Feng's plan to make a name for himself? "

The person who suddenly appeared to speak was none other than Yang Bin, who heard Feng Zhengming's arrival and temporarily handed over the kitchen work to Shen Rongsen.

Feng Zhengming smiled and turned to look at the third senior brother: "Hahaha, third brother still understands me."

Yang Bin said: "We were taught by the same master. Of course I understand your thoughts."

Xia Hui finally realized that Feng Zhengming was using this matter to make an excuse this time.

At the same time, she also understood why Feng Zhengming did not want Yuan Wenzi.

This is a critical period in Huiquan Building, and no one in the kitchen is allowed to be distracted.

This time, a dozen younger apprentices were recruited at once.

Although they have learned various basic cooking skills in vocational schools, if they really want to integrate into the kitchen of Huiquan Building, the things they learned in vocational schools alone are definitely not enough.

They are all a group of young men in their twenties, a very energetic age group.

It may not be easy to manage in itself.

If there are one or two female chefs in the back kitchen, it will definitely distract them even more, which may make it even more difficult to manage.

Feng Zhengming had long thought about asking Xia Hui to leave the kitchen of Huiquan Building for a while.

So that I can concentrate on taking care of these intern apprentices first.

It happened that Yuan Wenzi hit the muzzle of the gun and gave Feng Zhengming an excuse.

Feng Zhengming looked at Xia Hui and said, "You stay at the restaurant during this period and practice your craftsmanship with Master Yang. You should know that if you want to return to Huiquan Building again, you will have to go through a big competition. If you win then, If not, you can’t go back.”

Xia Hui immediately said: "Uncle, don't worry, I will not let up. I will practice my skills with Uncle Yang and return to Huiquan Tower with my ability."

Seeing Xia Hui's serious look made Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin feel relieved.

Previously, Feng Zhengming was a little worried about whether Xia Hui's self-esteem was affected?
Will it cause her to never recover?

Now it seems that Xia Hui did not disappoint Feng Zhengming.

She is still the capable girl who puts all her thoughts into cooking.

Then Feng Zhengming introduced Sun Decai to his third senior brother.

"Third brother, this is Sun Decai. He is the only one from Quancheng Vocational School who came to our place for internship this time. He is very capable, but may lack experience. Over at Huiquan Building, Lao Gu and the others want to take him, so I think it is better Let him be assigned to you, Third Brother, and let him learn from scratch and gain more experience in the kitchen. "

Yang Bin looked at Sun Decai and asked with a smile: "Sun Decai? The person we came with Xiao Xia before was called Sun Hai. Are you two from the same family?"

Sun Decai shook his head: "I saw that senior brother. He and I are not from the same place. I am from Rongcheng."

After hearing this, Yang Bin immediately said: "Rongren, huh? The cooks over there used to go to the capital."

Hearing what Yang Bin said, Xia Hui was very surprised: "Are the chefs in Rongcheng famous? Are they all going to the capital?"

Feng Zhengming laughed: "Uncle Yang should be talking about Quanjude, the capital city. It is said that the roast duck masters in Quanjude are all Rongren." Xia Hui was a little surprised: "Is there such a legend?"

Sun Decai said: "It's not a legend, the generations of roast duck masters in Quanjude were all made by us."

Xia Hui looked at Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin in disbelief.

I saw both people nodded together.

This really made Xia Hui simply couldn't believe it.

She had never heard of this at home.

Feng Zhengming then explained to her, how did master teach his disciples in the past? And why are the roast duck chefs in Quanjude all Rongcheng?

After hearing this, Xia Hui understood very well: "Master, I also told you that in the past, fellow villagers helped each other, and skills were not passed on easily. Only when the master was really running out of work would he pass on the skills. Go down."

Yang Bin said: "So, you should cherish the opportunity now so that you can learn more."

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I have to go back to Huiquan Building. You two will follow your Uncle Yang first and work hard in the back kitchen of the restaurant. We are waiting for our own big competition at the end of the year. I hope you can go back upright." Go to Huiquan Tower.”

Xia Hui immediately said seriously: "Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely go back."

Sun Decai asked curiously: "Can I also go back to Huiquan Tower?"

"Of course. As long as you can stay and perform well enough in the competition, you can return to Huiquan Tower." Feng Zhengming smiled and gave Sun Decai some encouragement.

After receiving encouragement, Sun Decai also said seriously: "I will work hard."

Let Xia Hui take Sun Decai to change clothes, and then get familiar with the restaurant.

Feng Zhengming and his third senior brother came out of the back door to chat for a while.

"How's it going? Isn't there a lot of pressure at Huiquan Tower? I've heard that several big restaurants are going to target you. You are going to take over the wedding banquet, and they are going to join forces to give discounts and want to use their names. The pressure is on you, and there are many back-ups to deal with you, have you thought of a countermeasure? "

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Don't worry, let them flutter for a while first."

Yang Bin thought for a while and said, "Are you going to clean up those intern boys in the back kitchen of Huiquan Building first?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, the kitchen must be stable first. It will definitely take some time for the intern apprentices to really keep up with our pace."

Yang Bin asked: "How long do you plan to use it? One month?"

Feng Zhengming shook his head: "Just half a month, let them do their chores first."

Yang Bin said: "Half a month is too short. It is impossible for them to be completely familiar with each other in half a month."

Feng Zhengming said: "So I will put some pressure on them. They must be able to keep up with the pace of the kitchen in half a month. Of course, I have no plans to start serving wedding banquets in half a month."

These words made Yang Bin a little strange: "Aren't you going to take over the wedding banquet?"

Feng Zhengming explained: "It's not that I'm not prepared to take it, but I'm prepared to postpone it for a while."

Yang Bin was still a little confused: "Postponed for a while? Why?"

"Of course I want to show off those big restaurants, so that they think I have received the news in advance, so I gave up the idea of ​​picking up the wedding banquet. When they relax their vigilance, I will suddenly let them out and catch them off guard."

Hearing what Feng Zhengming said, Yang Bin became a little curious.

"So you are still going to rely on those big bosses to book private rooms? I have heard that they will also introduce corresponding measures. They are well-known. If they really sacrifice their face to recruit those bosses, they may be the same by then. It will have a big impact on you.”

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Their method is just to use their past reputation and even let a few masters and uncles cook."

"Yes, if they do it this way, what will you do?"

"What should we do? Of course we have to deal with it head-on. I can't call the master to Huiquan Tower and let the masters fight against each other, can I?"

When Yang Bin heard what Feng Zhengming said, he couldn't help but smile and said, "This is also a good idea."

Feng Zhengming smiled and shook his head: "Definitely not. Since I took over Huiquan House, the slogan I made at the beginning was that young chefs are in charge. I definitely can't let the master come and compete with the older brothers."

"Isn't it?" Yang Bin pretended to be surprised and asked, "You don't think that your skills have surpassed Master and the others, do you? Junior brother, we should keep a low profile."

Feng Zhengming laughed when he heard this: "Third brother, what are you thinking? I am confident that my craftsmanship can compare with the masters of several big restaurants, but there is definitely a gap between me and the masters."

Next, Feng Zhengming analyzed the gap between himself and his masters.

"The biggest gap between me and Master is actually in experience. After all, Master and the others have been working for so many years. They have more experience than us in many small details. I am still at the age where I have accumulated experience. In other words, my advantage is that I dare to innovate. Try something new.”

Yang Bin took the words and said with a smile: "Your one is more 'daring', yours should be called 'reckless'. You know that your experience is not as good as the old guys, so you use some changes and innovations to create something of your own."

After being pointed out by the third senior brother, Feng Zhengming sighed: "There is no other way but to use innovation first. It takes time to accumulate experience."

Junior brother Yang Bin is still willing to believe in his abilities.

Despite the temporary lack of experience, as long as enough time is given, the junior brother will always catch up.

"Some of your innovative dishes are still great. Master and the others have also said that your innovative dishes are all based on traditional techniques. This is what they want to see more."

Feng Zhengming said helplessly: "Third brother, you should understand that if you want to prepare a wedding banquet well, you cannot rely on innovation, but must rely on proficiency in traditional techniques. Otherwise, if so many tables of dishes are produced at one time, no matter how many people there are in the kitchen, it will be too busy." Come."

Yang Bin is indeed very clear on this point.

When he returned to his hometown, he had thought about taking someone with him to attend the wedding banquet.

As a result, it was precisely because the wedding banquet could not be held that he could no longer work in the small restaurant in the countryside.

There are so many dishes to prepare for a wedding banquet at one time, and the quantity alone is enough to overwhelm many chefs.

For example, Feng Zhengming's idea is to make the wedding banquet relatively delicate, so that both the wedding banquet and the people who eat it are satisfied. This is a huge test for the chefs in the kitchen.

Innovation is useless here, relying on the experience of the chef and the chef's proficiency in traditional techniques.

Yang Bin thought for a long time, then smiled and patted his junior brother: "You, the chef and boss, can only worry about such troublesome things yourself. I definitely can't do it, so it's good for me to stay in the dry rice shop."

Feng Zhengming smiled bitterly, and he understood in his heart that it was not that the third senior brother could not do it, but that he had not succeeded in it before, and he no longer had the courage to do it.

So Feng Zhengming also reached out and patted the third senior brother on the shoulder.

"Third brother, please wait, I will let you stand with me in the back kitchen of Huiquan Building."

(End of this chapter)