Siheyuan, Shazhu: I have both parents in this life

Chapter 86: They're all my favorites, let's collect them together? (Subscribe)
If He Yuzhu knew how to cook halal meat dishes, he would have gone to the second kitchen himself. Why would he compete with these people for work?

The other chefs also noticed He Yuzhu's performance and became interested, but since He Yuzhu came to see Yuan Taihong with a letter from home, it was not convenient for them to go directly to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu was not so busy in the next few days, but people who had eaten his dishes would still specifically ask for this chef to cook. There was nothing he could do about it, and Sanzao couldn't find any fault with it.

A week later, Chef Bai and Chef Ma couldn't help it anymore and they directly found out about Yuan Taihong.

"Old Yuan, are you going to accept He Yuzhu or not?" Chef Bai spoke first.

"That's right, are you going to accept it or not?" Chef Ma chimed in.

"What? Do you have any say in whether I accept disciples or not?" Yuan Taihong felt that they were meddling in his affairs and said unhappily.

"We don't control the apprentices who followed you. If He Yuzhu doesn't accept them, then we two will." Chef Bai went straight to the point. He was in his fifties and had accepted many apprentices, but the best one now was only at the level of a second chef. He had tasted He Yuzhu's dishes and felt that this kid could surpass him if he learned enough.

"Yes!" Chef Ma also thought so. Isn't it a good thing for a chef to have a good reputation? Having a great apprentice would make him proud.

"What? You are trying to steal my apprentice!" Yuan Taihong refused to listen when he heard that.

"Don't say such harsh words. You didn't offer tea and didn't show respect. What kind of apprentice are you? Besides, how could he learn the skills from you?" Chef Bai said quietly.

"Who said I won't accept it?"

"Take it in. You're still stretching me. I see you just don't want to take it in."

"I'm just thinking of investigating further!"

"Well, if you continue to investigate, we two old brothers will not be polite. We also have our eyes on this apprentice." Chef Ma said.

"How could you do this?" In fact, the best of Yuan Taihong's disciples was only in Sanzao, and none of them could become masters.

"Who doesn't want a good apprentice?" Chef Bai asked aggressively.

"That's my apprentice, don't even think about snatching him away." Yuan Taihong glared at the two of them.

"It's still unclear whether he is your apprentice. Let's find him and ask him. If you can teach us, we two brothers can teach us too!" Chef Ma said with a smile.

"Then ask. I don't believe it. His father is my junior fellow apprentice. I asked him to come and worship me as his master. Why would he worship someone else?"

The three of them called He Yuzhu over. He Yuzhu looked at the three of them like fighting cocks and asked in surprise, "What are you three chefs doing?"

"Zhu Zi, we two brothers will accept you as our apprentice!" Before Yuan Taihong could speak, the anxious Master Bai spoke first.

"Are you two coming together?"

"Ah? What do you mean together?" This question confused the two chefs. They had never heard of someone learning the same craft from two masters at the same time.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you two were going to accept disciples together." He Yuzhu clasped his fists and bowed.

The two chefs looked at each other. He Yuzhu's question made sense. Did he really want to learn from two masters at the same time?
"What do you mean by taking them as your master? If you want to take anyone as your master, you should take me as your master first!" Yuan Taihong said.

"Uncle Master, you three, what are you singing about?" He Yuzhu asked.

"What else could it be? Two old guys fighting over their apprentice."

"Humph!"

"This is for Zhuzi to choose for himself. What do you mean by grabbing? You decide for yourself."

"Well, let me tell you this. If I have violated any taboos and offended the three of you, I will apologize to you first." He Yuzhu clasped his fists.

"Speak, I'd like to hear what you have to say." The oldest chef, Chef Bai, spoke.

"Okay, I'll tell you then."

"Go ahead," Chef Ma and Yuan Taihong said together. "Well, I'd like to ask if you three all have the same signature dishes?"

"How can they be the same!" Chef Bai shook his head. For the position of head chef, there is competition in the same restaurant. There must be a ranking of who is better at making the same thing. When customers come, of course the one who cooks the best will get the order, just like He Yuzhu's first day in the kitchen, unless he is too busy.

"Then I'd like to ask you three a question. I want to take you three as my teachers at the same time. Do you three think it's okay?" He Yuzhu stood up straight and said seriously.

"No, no!" Chef Ma shook his head first.

The first thing that came to his mind was that if he really accepted the apprentice, and this multi-teacher model was successful, it might inspire the younger generations to follow suit, and then they, the old people, and those who had a "one master, one apprentice" model would have no chance of getting along.

Chef Bai frowned and said, "Zhu Zi, do you know what it means if we agree?"

Yuan Taihong paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, the ground clattering under his feet. "Zhu Zi, you're still young and don't understand some things. We don't blame you, but this skill requires inheritance. If you learn from three masters at the same time, at best, you'll succeed and become famous. Then, all the chefs will want to learn from several masters at the same time. How will the other chefs survive?"

"To put it in a bad light, you've learned a lot but not a lot. Where can we put our faces?"

"That's right." Chef Bai nodded.

"Zhu Zi, you are a bit too bold!" Chef Ma said meaningfully.

He Yuzhu suddenly realized that he might have made a misunderstanding. Coming from the future, he had seen many people learning things at the same time as many others and drawing on everyone's strengths. However, this was an era of closed information and emphasis was placed on inheritance.

After thinking it over, he decided that since he was already here, he might as well learn everything. So he continued, "What do you three think of this? I won't worship you all at once, but once I'm a disciple, I can learn from the other two. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Are you sure? This is not something that will take one or two years. You won't go back to Beijing?" Yuan Taihong said.

He didn't think that his junior fellow student would let his son stay in Tianjin forever. He thought he would have to go back to start a family and build a career.

"Well, words are not enough. Why don't you three discuss and see who will take me in first? You'll know after learning for a while." He Yuzhu said confidently. In fact, he also felt it was strange. He was indeed very talented in cooking, not just the ordinary kind. The transformation of the potion had a little bit of reason, and the rest should be something that this body has.

The three chefs looked at each other, and then Yuan Taihong said, "You go ahead and do your work. We'll discuss this."

"it is good!"

After He Yuzhu left, the three chefs shook their heads and said at the same time: "Young people are to be feared!"

Then Master Bai said, "Taihong, judging from Zhuzi's style of doing things, your junior brother isn't one to follow the rules either!"

Yuan Taihong's eyes twitched, "Indeed!"

He Daqing is also a troublemaker and he doesn't submit to anyone. He has also heard about He Daqing's cooking competition in Fengze Garden.

"What about the Zhuzi incident?" asked Chef Ma.

"Are you two not angry?"

"Angry? Why should I be angry? I'm just worried that Zhuzi won't be able to gain a foothold in Qinxing in the future. Otherwise, what's the point of taking him in?" said Chef Bai.

"I was a little angry at first, but when I thought about it, I realized that when I was young, I didn't have the courage, so I couldn't go higher," said Master Ma.

"I have also suffered losses. I have learned Shandong cuisine, but I am not as good as those of my fellow apprentices, otherwise I would not have returned to Tianjin to learn halal cuisine. I am afraid that even if Zhuzi really worships me, he will not be able to learn it in the end, and then his reputation will be ruined." Yuan Taihong said.

"That's the truth. You won't know until you try. I'm the oldest, so how about I accept Zhuzi first? Zhuzi will be my last disciple."

"Why? You are only a few years older than me." Master Ma was not happy.

"I have the closest relationship with him." Yuan Taihong was not to be outdone.

The three of them started arguing again, because the boy outside was only twelve years old, and he could cook Shandong cuisine like that. Who would believe that he had no talent?

(End of this chapter)