Regarding the fact that Chef Arnold ran away, Sun Maocai and the others did not react much.

There was not much reaction, mainly Tao Shu was just an ordinary assistant chef in the restaurant on the top floor, and what he said had no credibility, just like if Sang Ming told others that Jiang Feng ran away and went to Yongheju, not many people would believe it.

Sun Maocai told Jiang Feng that when he used to work in the Gangcheng restaurant, he would often take several days off to go abroad for exchanges or competitions, and Chef Arnold was even more so, it was very normal for him to disappear suddenly, and there was no need to make a fuss.

It's just that the timing of his disappearance this time is more coincidental, so it looks a bit like running away, and Chef Arnold's character is not a person who can run away at all.

Hearing Sun Maocai say this, Jiang Feng actually felt a little relieved.

Compared with what Chef Arnold is doing when he returns to the United States, everyone is more concerned about when Peng Changping will arrive.

Peng Changping wanted to accept the news that Zhou Shi was an apprentice, and Jiang Feng had already told everyone just now, this is a happy event, and saying it can make everyone happy. Everyone is happy, some are jealous, and some can't figure out the situation, but one thing is undoubted, today's protagonist is Zhou Shi, and no one can rob him of his style.

Even the cold sea cucumber that Zhou Shi made was protected and kept in a very safe place. Make sure that no one accidentally touches it or something strange floats into it as they pass by, affecting its texture and taste.

It can be called VIP-level protection.

Zhou Shi didn't know anything about this, and even chatted in a very calm Taoshu.

Zhou Shi, who had just finished ordering, found that the menu of Taifeng Building had been updated a lot, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that the menu has changed after I left for more than half a year." ”

"Oh, has it changed a lot?" Tao Shu asked curiously.

"The price has gone up quite a bit. ”

Tao Shu: ?

Zhou Shi sighed and sighed sadly: "If I leave the post half a year later, maybe I can buy the bigger store nearby." ”

Tao Shu: ???

The dish has not yet been served in the pottery book and there is nothing to eat, so I can only drink a few sips of kumquat lemonade that does not cost money: "How do I feel, you seem to be ...... It's a bit of a pity. ”

Tao Shu didn't understand why Zhou Shi was talking in such a nostalgic tone for his old club, he felt that if he saved enough money one day to go back to his hometown to open a store, he would definitely leave the top restaurant happily without any nostalgia at all.

Zhou Shi is now living the life he longs for.

"Are you sorry?" Zhou Shi didn't realize that his tone was not quite right just now, "Maybe I found out after I opened the store...... It's not what I expected. ”

Tao Shu looked at Zhou Shi, it was rare that he didn't have anything to say, and listened to him quietly.

"Originally, I always felt that it was not good to float outside, that I had no fixed place to live, and that there was no security. No matter how hard and tired you are, you are working for others, and the money you can get every month is so much of a dead salary, even if you have a bonus, you can't actually earn much, it's better to save enough money to go back to your hometown to open a store, live a more stable life, and accompany your parents. ”

Tao Shu nodded, he thought so too.

"But when I actually opened the store, I realized that it wasn't as good as I thought. I have been in Peking for more than ten years, and I have long been accustomed to a busy 9-to-5 life. After going back, I was actually tired, especially when I was recruiting workers for the early stage of decoration, although my mother helped me, I was still busy from morning to night in those months. But I always feel that I am still too idle, obviously I am very busy every day, I don't even want to say anything after taking a shower from the store every day, I want to sleep when I lie in bed, but I always feel that I am idle, just something is missing. ”

"After opening the store, the business in the store is indeed not bad, and the income is much more than when I was in Beiping, but ...... But I just didn't think it was right, I just didn't think it was what I wanted. Isn't it a little too pretentious?" Zhou Shi smiled self-deprecatingly, "Especially when I went into the back kitchen just now, I didn't even say a few words, I just made a dish, and it felt the same as when I went to work before, but I felt very fulfilled when I made this dish." ”

Tao Shu: ?

"I think you just went into the back kitchen and saw the old working environment a little nostalgic. Didn't you tell me that the working environment in Taifeng Building was good, you just missed it a little, let me tell you, if you really closed your store and came back to work, you would definitely miss the original store again. Tao Shudao, his sharp eyes aimed at the waiter who was walking towards him, and said busily, "Serve the food, let's eat first, but I'm starving." ”

Zhou Shi smiled and didn't speak, and ate quietly.

The dishes were ordered every week, and I didn't order more than three dishes and one soup. Although Tao Shu works in the top-floor restaurant, the top-floor restaurant will not let each stove chef take turns to cook like Taifeng Lou, and the staff meals in the top-floor restaurant are even more unpalatable than those in Yongheju, and they are more perfunctory.

He is not like Zhou Shi who just talked about a girlfriend when he was 30 years old, he has a family, a wife and children, a large daily expenses, and he lives a shrinking life on weekdays, so it is impossible to come to a restaurant at this price like Taifeng Lou to eat.

I didn't even want to talk when I ate a meal, and I didn't even want to talk until I finished eating.

"I told you during the week, you must not think about closing the store in your hometown and running to Beiping again. Tao Shu still remembered what Zhou Shi said to him before dinner, "Do you still have contact with those who worked together in our original store?"

Zhou Shi shook his head, the only person he had kept in touch with over the years was Tao Shu.

"I'll tell you, it's pretty good to be like me. Xiao Wang, you remember, it was the one who was recruited into the store in the same batch as you, and when I first entered the store, I didn't know anything like you, and I could only beat miscellaneous vegetables and didn't let me cut them. ”

Jing Taoshu said this, Zhou Shi seemed to have some impressions.

"A little impression, the tall one?" Zhou Shi asked.

"Yes, that's it, he went back to his hometown a few years ago, and he has long since stopped working as a chef. I heard that he later went to work in sales, first selling furniture, and then selling houses, and it seemed that he made some money from selling houses and went straight back to his hometown. Tao Shu said, "I still have a little contact with him, I mentioned it to him when you went back to your hometown to open a store before, you don't know that he envied you." Let me tell you, there were so many people in our store at the beginning, and now you are the best mixer. ”

"Actually, I've always thought you're the best. I'm lucky, my dad is a chef, I learned a little from him since I was a child, and then I learned a few hands from the master when I entered the store, and I was able to enter those big hotels as a chef assistant. Tao Shu hiccuped, "Although I haven't saved much money for so many years, I haven't starved to death, fortunately, I got married and bought a house early, otherwise if I want to buy a house and pay off the mortgage now, the bank won't give me this opportunity." ”

Zhou Shi was amused by his last sentence.

"Don't laugh, I'll be honest with you. I won't tell you, I think you're great from the beginning, you say what will happen when you first enter the store, you will hold a knife, you can't cut vegetables or cut them in the right way, and no one will teach you, you just look at others, and then learn secretly. ”

"I remember that at that time, I didn't know how to cut meat, and I was always scolded by the master who cut it messily, and you taught me later. Zhou Shi said with a smile.

"I don't teach how easy it is to cut meat, even if I don't teach you to watch others watch it for a week or two, you can watch it. At that time, I just thought it was strange, if you didn't have to come to the kitchen to find a job, you were tired and tired, and you couldn't do anything, and you would get the least at most. ”

"I was only a teenager at that time, how could I think so much, I happened to see a job posted at the door of the hotel, so I went to apply, and I applied in a daze, and I couldn't even pay the rent with no money in my pocket, so I had to do it hard. Zhou Shi said.

"Actually, I wasn't convinced at first, how bad Master Zhan's temper is, I asked Master Zhan to teach me something at that time, but he didn't teach much, and he didn't give me a good face. What about you? You have only been in the store for less than half a year, and Master Zhan is willing to teach you two good dishes, and I am much better than you at that time. Uncle Tao said too much and felt that his mouth was a little dry, and he drank half a glass of kumquat lemon juice, "But in fact, I can figure it out later, why didn't Master Zhan teach you." You're a handyman, because the kitchen is not manpower enough to let you cut vegetables, you don't even know how to cut meat at first, and the dishes you cut out after only a few months of work are like decent. ”

"You are so smart, if I were Master Zhan, I would teach you. ”

"Actually, it wasn't Master Zhan who took the initiative to teach me, I learned it secretly at first. Zhou Shi said.

Tao Shu was shocked.

"At first, I just thought that the money for miscellaneous work was too little, and if I could be a better cook, I would be able to earn a much higher salary if I could become a cutter or even a stove chef. So I thought I'd see how other people did it, and learn a little bit myself. ”

"At that time, my idea was also very simple, although our shop was not big, the business has been good, all because of Master Zhan's high cooking skills. I think it's all stealing anyway, if you want to steal, you can steal the best, and I'm not afraid of death every day with Master Zhan's courtesy, and I want to go to his side, I want to see more, and I really saw that I learned something. ”

Tao Shu was so shocked that he couldn't speak, he didn't expect Zhou Shi to embark on the road of a chef like this.

"Because it's not very glorious, I haven't dared to tell anyone about it. Later, I was found out by Master Zhan, who was actually quite angry, but it was rare that he didn't get angry, but instead taught me two dishes and a lot of basic skills, helped me lay a good foundation, and taught me a lot of things. Zhou Shi said, "Master Zhan is very good." ”

"Yes, Master Zhan is very good. Tao Shu echoed, "You are so stupid, you should have directly worshipped Master Zhan as a teacher in the first place." ”

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, do you know who I wanted to worship as a teacher at that time?"

"Who?" Tao Shu asked curiously.

"Didn't Master Zhan say that the master of the Eight Classics can only worship one? If you admit it, you can't change it, otherwise you will betray the master and deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors. At that time, I wanted to do the best, and when I was secretly studying, I wanted to steal the best, so I stole the master's things, and I wanted to worship the best, so I ......" Zhou Shi laughed at himself as he spoke, which made Tao Shu look confused.

"Do you remember, Master Zhan always told us that his father was the chef of Yongheju?" asked Zhou Shi.

"Remember, of course I remember, Master Zhan always said that he would like to say it three times a day. said that his father was originally the chef of Yongheju, but his luck was not very good, and he was almost able to worship Master Peng Changping Peng as a teacher, if his father could worship Master Peng as a teacher back then, it would definitely be different now, very different. Master Zhan bragged about Master Peng Changping every day, and he couldn't wait to blow Master Peng to the sky, as if he had seen it. Tao Shu was excited as soon as he talked about this, and suddenly reacted as he spoke, looked at Zhou Shi in disbelief, and even stretched out his hand to him, his hand stopped in mid-air.

"You...... You shouldn't ......?"

Zhou Shi nodded helplessly.

"Wow, are you ...... You can ......" Tao Shuke couldn't come up with a word for a long time, "You can think about it, no wonder you told me that you wanted to go to the United States, I thought you wanted to play." ”

"At that time, I just wanted to just take a look, and then didn't I give up because I didn't know where Master Peng lived? Besides, how old was I at that time, I was only 20 years ago, okay?"

"But now that Master Peng has returned to China, why don't you give it a try?" A voice that did not belong to Zhou Shi and Tao Shu came from behind Zhou Shi.

Zhou Shi turned his head and saw Peng Changping with a smile on his face, and Lu Sheng, who was staring at the ground as if the floor tiles of Taifeng Building were very beautiful, very unique and very attractive.

"Why are you here? Didn't you go to Yonghe for tea in the afternoon?" Zhou Shi was a little surprised.

"I didn't go there today, I didn't accompany the juniors to Taifeng Building for a light meal, I didn't expect to see you, the table I booked is next door to you. Peng Changping said with a smile and pointed to the table next door that had been empty.

Lu Sheng continued to stare at the ground.

"You haven't answered me yet, hasn't that Master Peng Changping already returned to China now? I think you have a chance. Weren't you the chef of Tai Fung Lou before? Now Tai Fung Lou is in the limelight, and I think you can try it, maybe Chef Pang will tell you to do it...... The disciples are closed. ”

Lu Sheng was still staring at the ground, eager to stare at the crack to make himself jump.

"Don't make fun of me, I'm just an ordinary chef, and I haven't been on the celebrity chef record, how can I have that ability to be favored by Master Peng to accept apprentices. Didn't I tell you before? Master Peng is 100 years old, how can he still accept apprentices? Besides, I'm 30 years old, who will accept apprentices this year!" Zhou Shiquan thought that Peng Changping was joking with him.

Lu Sheng had something to say, but he knew he couldn't say it, at least not now.

"How do you know if you don't try, maybe the Master Peng you said just wants to accept a closed disciple, maybe people like to accept people in their 30s. Peng Changping's face was full of 4 words: I am a bar essence.

"Don't be kidding. ”

Peng Changping stopped talking, went to sit at the table next to Zhou Shi, and said to Lu Sheng: "Send a message to let them serve the food." ”

Lu Sheng immediately took out his mobile phone and started sending messages.

On the kitchen side, Jiang Feng had been holding his mobile phone and waiting for Lu Sheng's news since he received the news that Lu Sheng said that they were about to arrive. Seeing that Lu Sheng finally sent a message to tell him that he could serve the food, Jiang Feng hurriedly sent the cold sea cucumber to the food delivery window, and told the waiter in charge to remember to be stable and not to spill it.

The waiter solemnly held the cold sea cucumber, walking extremely slowly and carefully.

Tao Shu's eyes were sharp, and from a distance, he could see that the waiter was going to give Peng Changping their table food, and sighed: "It's good to book in advance, and you don't have to wait for the food to be served as soon as you come." ”

Zhou Shi subconsciously looked at the waiter, and saw the plate of cold sea cucumber she was holding at a glance.

Very familiar.

This is the same plate he just made!

It's still the kind that hasn't touched a mouthful.

Zhou Shi watched as the waiter brought the cold sea cucumber he had made earlier to Peng Changping's table, looked at Peng Changping, Peng Changping smiled at him, and picked up the chopsticks.

Week:?

Suddenly, he felt that something was not quite right.

It's not not quite right, it's very wrong.

Who is this old gentleman?