Chapter 122: The Teacher's Trace (Part 2)

Chen Kai sat up suddenly, and finally remembered why he felt that girl's eyebrows and eyes were familiar.

Her facial features, at first glance, look very similar to her mentor in the chef school, the master of Sichuan cuisine, Jing Guoliang!

As soon as he thought of his master, Chen Kai's mood immediately became a little uneasy.

It's no wonder that during the day, I always feel that this girl's style of acting, way of speaking, and speech and demeanor are a little intimate.

His mentor Jing Guoliang, he entered the kitchen at the age of 14, and when he was young, he once stood out in various cooking competitions in Sichuan Province.

Soon, with the growth of experience and technical level, it gradually formed its own theoretical system and practical style.

After obtaining the qualification of a special first-class chef, he worked as the head chef of Tianfu Restaurant in Tianfu City, the provincial capital, for 30 years, and later began in Sichuan Province, and gradually became a famous Sichuan cuisine master in the southwest.

It wasn't until the birth of his granddaughter that Master stopped working as a chef in the front line, but chose a relatively idle teaching position in the chef school, and worked for another 20 years.

Master has taught countless disciples, among whom Chen Kai is a relatively late batch.

Although Mr. Jing is a celebrity chef, he is very approachable in teaching, and he is very patient with children like Chen Kai who were still relatively young at the time.

My basic skills are mainly the Sichuan cuisine techniques I learned from my master.

Chen Kai suddenly felt that time had passed, and the bits and pieces of school back then gradually became clear in his mind.

When I was in school, I started with basic knife skills, and when I was practicing in the school cafeteria, I worked as a water platform apprentice for more than a month.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the work on the water platform is the most boring, and every day is a job such as killing chickens, slaughtering ducks, and scraping scales.

During that time, I felt that I couldn't hold on anymore, but when I thought that my parents sent me to learn skills, I finally carried it.

Later, because of the great progress in knife skills, I entered the cutting board line practice in advance, and from that time, I came into contact with my master for the first time.

Every day, the master would go to the cutting board line to see the effect of the apprentices' practical operations, and in the morning he would spend an hour and a half to talk to everyone about the main points.

At that time, I was still quite confused, and I didn't know many basic theories, but at least I dared to ask, and I was not afraid of the master to death like other students.

After going back and forth, the master remembered himself as the one who broke the casserole and asked to the end.

Chen Kai closed his eyes and recalled the previous events, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, Master, his old man has long reached the age of retirement, but he is also conscientious after being rehired.

Suddenly, Chen Kai thought of a possibility.

Master's granddaughter, counting, seems to be in her twenties, although I haven't seen it before, but I always hear Master talk about it.

Thinking about the girl's appearance carefully, and linking her possible identity as a chef, Chen Kai couldn't help but make a bold guess, could it be that she was really a relative of the master?

There were some conjectures in his mind, Chen Kai thought about it, and slowly fell asleep.

Noon the next day......

When Chen Kai went out with a garbage bag, he took a look at the movement of Mai Xi next door.

Yesterday until the evening, Mai Xilai did not remove their western food tables, beach umbrellas or anything.

After Ding Yuan arrived at the store last night, as soon as he heard that there was this gambling contract, he went over to collect all the things over there without saying a word, and there were still people in the store next door, but there was no reaction.

It seems that Wu Tao and they have already admitted to the gambling contract.

Today, Mai Xilai looks normal, without any measures, with the old plan of Yuan Fei, the general manager of their marketing department, it is impossible to swallow this breath directly, there must be something still planned.

Chen Kai couldn't guess what they thought, so he had the right to be world peace.

Just as Chen Kai finished taking out the garbage and turned around to go back to his store, suddenly a very nice voice came from behind him.

"Boss ......"

As soon as he heard someone shouting about himself, Chen Kai turned his head to look.

It was the girl from yesterday with short curly hair and peaceful eyes.

"Hello. Chen Kai looked at the girl in front of him with a puzzled expression, although there were all kinds of speculations, but maybe she was just an ordinary diner, so Chen Kai didn't ask anything.

The girl in front of her looked at Chen Kai fixedly for a while, and a faint smile gradually appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Boss, after tasting the dishes you made yesterday, today I came over again with a gluttonous worm." ”

Chen Kai said with a smile: "Seeing that you were so particular about the dishes yesterday, you must also be an expert in tasting dishes, and it is definitely an honor for our store to get you." ”

The curly-haired girl pursed her lips and smiled: "Boss, I take the liberty of asking, I see your cooking techniques, the style of Sichuan cuisine is very strong, and it is carefully crafted, as if it has been brought by a master." ”

Chen Kai nodded and shook his head again:

"My master is indeed a very profound Sichuan chef.

But now at my level, I don't dare to mention Master's name outside, for fear that my mistake will disgrace Master's reputation. ”

The curly-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Senior brother, you are too arrogant to think so." ”

Chen Kai was stunned for a moment, his eyes opened suddenly, he pointed at the girl, and said incredulously: "You...... Are you?"

The girl smiled and said, "My name is Jing Mengwei." ”

"You are really Master's relative!" Chen Kai's conjecture last night was suddenly verified today, looking at the little girl in front of him who was related to him, he was surprised and happy.

Chen Kai hurriedly looked at the side and asked, "Where is Master?"

Jing Mengwei looked at Chen Kai with a slightly overwhelmed look, and sneered: "Don't look at it, grandpa is not with me today." ”

Chen Kai was stunned: "Grandpa......? Oops, I'm sorry, come on, let's talk about it first, it's panicked outside. ”

Jing Mengwei smiled and entered the store with Chen Kai, and Zhou Yuting was a little confused when she saw Chen Kai and the two of them smiling.

"Brother Kai, do you two know each other?"

Chen Kai introduced with a smile: "This is my master's granddaughter, Jing Mengwei, these two are our colleagues in the store, Zhou Yuting and Li Feifei." ”

Li Feifei also came over curiously and listened to Chen Kai's introduction:

"No wonder, I see that you seem to know our boss yesterday, no, if you met, why didn't the boss recognize you yesterday. ”

Chen Kai was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and asked Jing Mengwei: "Yes, you should know that there is a person like me, but how do you recognize me?"

Jing Mengwei tilted her head and smiled faintly: "You have a video of stir-frying on the Internet, grandpa recognized you, and I knew it." ”

Chen Kai thought to himself, I see, the stir-fry video he had recorded before was posted on the Internet by the program team of Ninggang TV Station, and it seems that the master saw the video.

Li Feifei said hello to Zhou Yuting and continued to greet the guests.

After Chen Kai and Jing Mengwei sat down, Chen Kai couldn't wait to ask, "Master, is he also coming to Ninggang?"

Jing Mengwei nodded: "Grandpa, he was invited to participate in a catering industry exchange activity here in Haidong City this time, and I also came out with my grandfather to play."

It so happened that when I was flipping through local food on the Internet, there was a video of you stir-frying, senior brother, and I showed it to my grandfather, and he recognized you.

Since we knew that you were here, my grandfather and I decided to stay in the hotel here in Ninggang, and he was picked up by someone from the Haidong Catering Association every morning and taken to the city every morning, so that he could come back in the evening.

I'm bored anyway, and I don't know anyone, so I just follow the address on the video to find you. ”

Chen Kai looked at the girl in front of him, although he had never seen herself, but he had also had a lot of impressions in the master's daily chatter before.

"Xiaowei, I often heard Master talk about you before, why did you leave in a hurry after eating yesterday?"

An embarrassed expression appeared on Jing Mengwei's face: "Yesterday, when I was halfway through dinner, my grandfather called me and said that he had something to hand over to a staff member of the Haidong Restaurant Association.

They were already waiting at the hotel, and I didn't dare to delay, so I packed the food and hurried back. ”

Chen Kai nodded, and then asked, "So that's the case, what time will Master come back at night?"

Jing Mengwei thought for a while: "I usually don't come back until eight or nine o'clock, I told my grandfather about meeting you yesterday, and he said that he would come to see you in the evening." ”

Chen Kai smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll wait here at night, Xiaowei, you're hungry, I'll make you some lunch." ”

Jing Mengwei laughed:

"Brother Xiao Chen, I have tasted your kung pao chicken yesterday, grandpa always praises you for the rapid progress of your craftsmanship back then, I am also very curious, I don't know, can I specify a dish?"

When Chen Kai heard this, he thought it was very interesting, and couldn't help asking, "Xiaowei, what kind of food do you want to eat?"

Jing Mengwei blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "I want to eat spicy shredded chicken!"