Chapter 327: The Old Man's Request
After the girl left, Barna and the old gentleman stood alone in the hall.
In the quiet of the room, the old gentleman approached Barna and broke the silence first: "Young man, you are her partner, right?
Barna didn't know what the old gentleman meant, didn't he come as a guest to receive their service and come to the meal?
However, there is nothing to hide from this content. Barna, who lowered his head and had a rough impression of the girl, replied roughly, "It's good." ”
The old gentleman's summary tone of Bana's inactivity, as well as his comments that were not up to or good, not only did not annoy him. Instead, she thoughtfully continued to ask, "Then does she have any complaints about her current job, how is her patience, do you want to leave here?"
When the old gentleman said this, Barna did not answer immediately, and he paused with some hesitation. I don't know what to say.
If there were complaints, Leah would have them in normal times. She often lies on the table in her free time, complaining to him: why does she have no attribute strength, no good physical strength, and she has to be arranged here, running up and down every day, and she is about to die of exhaustion.
But complaining is complaining, she really didn't leave behind at work, and she never said that she planned to quit her job and leave here. So, she might want to stay here.
It's just that Barna didn't know what the old gentleman meant by asking. Is it because she just left here and didn't receive him? After the old gentleman asked for verification, did he also want to report Barna to the management when he took her?
Barna gritted his teeth. Leah himself came here late and was sleepy, all because he didn't give notice in advance! If he was warned and punished by the management because of his fault, then what face should he use to meet her!
Barna's face was gloomy, but his tone was resolute and he told the old gentleman: "Old gentleman! Forgive me for not telling the whole story just now! Although she is not very good at the work here, she usually treats the work without slacking off! And the departure just now was called out by me, she has no responsibility, she is by no means deliberately evading responsibility, she does not want to work here!"
After saying this, Barna's eyes looked at the old gentleman with some nervousness. Hopefully, he won't turn his suspicious gaze to Leah and let her suffer the same punishment as him in vain.
After hearing Barna's answer, the old gentleman nodded thoughtfully, looked at the hanging paintings around him, and sighed faintly. He looks like this, as if he is helpless because there are some things that cannot be done immediately.
Faced with the old gentleman's face, Barna still wanted to defend himself. But before he could speak, the old gentleman seemed to have taken the initiative to understand his doubts, and his eyes slowly lit up!
Seeing the old gentleman's restless expression, Barna's anxiety suddenly skyrocketed. Could it be that the old gentleman has a lifeline?
It's just that as the old gentleman's eyes gradually brightened, his enthusiasm was also unstable and increased, and it continued to heat up. In the end, even Barna finally saw that the corners of the old gentleman's mouth were now naturally rising, his eyes were excited, the original wrinkles on his face were layered, and the sides of his cheeks were ruddy, as if they were about to bloom!
This face is not a red of anger, but a rosy of joy! And this red gradually turns into an excited look!
At last, the old gentleman stepped in front of Barna at once, and said to him with high spirits: "Young man, I was sorry to lose my temper with you just now, but now I want you to do me a favor!
"What...... "Barna didn't quite understand what the old gentleman meant. He has nothing but the ability to cook. And just now he annoyed the old gentleman because of cooking, which made him feel that Barna's cooking ability was very poor...... In this way, what else can he, as a chef, do to help the old gentleman?
Shut up and be a dumb man listening to the old gentleman's stories of the past?
The old gentleman took out the previous list, approached Barna's side, and said in a hearty voice, "What I want you to do is very simple, that is, make her your deputy!
"Of course, don't tell me any kitchen rules that you can't let waiters in, it's because I want you to help me say that!"
"......" The old gentleman's words made Barna look up in amazement, this is no longer a matter of unruly rules, right? He didn't know what the old gentleman meant by doing this! Before, when the old gentleman came, he showed that the dishes were very demanding, and he didn't want to eat them if they did not do well! Even when he heard that Barna did not get the ranking of the tasting, he was not even willing to ask for the specialty dishes he recommended!
But at present, how could the old gentleman think of asking a girl who is not a chef to make dishes? It is strange! Even though Barna did not know that the girl was so good at cooking, he had never seen a girl make a dish! Let alone say anything about her high cooking skills. Then I just asked if there was only such a girl's old gentleman in the back kitchen, and I don't know how the girl's cooking skills are, right?
And it doesn't make sense for her to cook the dishes, okay!
If she was to do it, Barna would have to worry about whether the old gentleman would be willing to eat it.
All the chefs in Fairwin are very strict certification and selection before they can enter it! Although he was invited by the owner of Fairwin to join the post in the back kitchen, it seems to be very relaxed. But it was also this through train that made him know how weak and unbearable his cooking skills were compared to others' cooking skills in the back kitchen!
It is precisely because of this that Barna feels that the old gentleman's words are like a joke!
Of course, this does not mean that the old gentleman's conditions are too harsh, but that they live in Fairwin and will not eat badly! There are unavoidable requirements! It is impossible to ask a girl who has never been in the kitchen to make a complicated menu prepared by the old gentleman!
Barna's silent expression of doubt was seen in the old gentleman's eyes: "Don't think too much, young man, I don't really want her to cook for me, but I plan to ask her to be my apprentice." ”
"In vain...... Brother?" Barna's eyes widened again as he looked at the old gentleman in front of him. He's not kidding, is he? He wanted to hire a girl who worked at Fairwin Middle School to be his apprentice? This shocked Barna more than letting the girl cook!
"Of course, although I am old, I am not talking nonsense!" The old gentleman paused again: "I ask you to really judge her ability, and after the test, I will personally ask her to be my apprentice." So, now please do me this little favor and let me know what she is capable of. Of course, if she is not suitable, then I will also leave calmly and will not disturb your follow-up work. ”
The old gentleman looked in the direction of the empty staircase of the cafeteria, and his expression was eager to try, and he looked forward to the girl's follow-up performance.
He really seems to want to be a girl's teacher and teach girls!
Barna was speechless in shock. Although he didn't know what the old gentleman's identity was, he must have lived in Fairwin, and he must have been a big man with an unusual identity! He was such a big man who even thought of looking for an ordinary girl to be his apprentice? This is not as simple as letting a girl be a servant! But he should teach her by word and deed! Teach her knowledge and his own skills! Teach her personally!
It's not about teaching others how to make this dish! It's about being able to achieve the old man's ability to have such an extraordinary career!
Looking at the old gentleman's luxurious clothes, Barna's head began to be a little confused again. Shouldn't the old gentleman look for the wrong person? Shouldn't he go to that kind of famous school and big family to find a candidate? Why did the old gentleman seem to glance at Leah in a hurry and make such a judgment?
Besides, the old gentleman didn't look like a chef, but more like some of the more powerful warlocks. But anyway, we should have some other way of evaluating it, right? instead of letting Leah cook and come up with a rough standard.
However, Barna didn't ask much, and still held his thoughts in his stomach. The old gentleman's ability and seniority are much higher than him, so it's better not to point fingers casually.
As for the specific situation of the old gentleman. Barna had no way of knowing, and he had no memories of it. Because he had only been in Fairwin for a little over a month. He works in the back kitchen, and he is very unfamiliar with the people of the upper floors, what is the main responsibility of the old gentleman, what is the status of living in that room, he does not know, and he has no intention to ask at present.
"Da, da......" The girl had already walked from the upper floor to the first floor to get something as Barna had instructed, and climbed up to the eighth floor again. Because she has no attribute power, she can't take the wind ladder, and can only move her feet up and down the stairs, but she is not tired, and even the footsteps have become heavy.
The old gentleman knew that he couldn't explain too much, so he hurriedly handed a menu in his arms to Barna, and said, "I'll have to let you go!
Barna heard the old gentleman push the list into his hands, and finally realized why the old gentleman had kept him in the first place.
The old gentleman must have understood how he, as a guest, would ask a waiter to cook, which was an unbelievable thing. A guest is not for the purpose, how can he think that he does not accept good service, but just fools around and lets an outsider deal with the dishes?
In addition, the old gentleman deliberately concealed his identity and intentions before revealing the ultimate purpose. There was certainly no way to repeat what he had said to Barna and repeat it again and again. Later, if Leah finds out the old gentleman's far-fetched reason, she will naturally arouse suspicions, thinking that the other party has deliberately chosen her.
Therefore, it is natural for Barna to explain that this is for the girl to do things.
"Hello guest, has something happened to you, do you still need my help?" said Leah, standing beside her, to the old gentleman.
"Oh, oh! I really want to give instructions to the chef in front of me! But looking at his appearance, I guess I haven't explained it clearly! But it doesn't matter! Now let me sort out my thoughts and tell you again...... Of course, this gentleman chef may have understood the nonsense of this old man, and was just thinking about how to reply to me. You can also ask him what I want to do. The old gentleman said in a bit of confusion. But as the girl turned to Barna, he became impatient, and the desperate words were shoved into the cook in front of him, and several suggestive glances passed through.
However, because the old gentleman had just hit him too much, Barna's head was still mushy. But at this point, the only way to force the game is to force the play!" Barna stammered and reluctantly replied, "Li...... Leah, actually, I ...... I, I can't cook the dishes that the old gentleman asked me now......"
After Barna finished speaking, he himself felt that the content was so stupid. As a chef, how could he not be able to cook dishes? Not to mention the buffet in the evening, where there were not many customers! What reason could he avoid? After saying this, Barna looked at Leah with an uneasy expression, afraid that she would immediately expose her lies. It ended up being even more difficult to manage.
However, Barna's concerns are clearly too much. In this regard, the girl did not have too many doubts, she did not even ask or doubt that Barna could not make a dish, but replied very crisply: "I see...... Do you want me to help?"