The time quickly came to June, and our two-year chef class completed the graduation exam and various chef certificates, and basically waited to graduate and get the certificate. At the same time, in order to look good, the school finally seized the time to hold several job fairs, and also recommended students to go to major hotels and restaurants for internships, just to increase the employment rate.

I've already been to the internship once, and I've been "negative", so the class teacher basically excluded me from the list for the next internship opportunities. Although there are also a few teachers who prefer me, such as the pastry teacher Bao, who offered to recommend me to intern in a restaurant, I also declined. After my last internship at Tianjia Hotel, I was already disappointed with the rigid management style, and felt that there were too many constraints and it was not suitable for my own development.

The last big job fair held at the school, I also attended. There are quite a few units that come to recruit, but the treatment given is average. Moreover, regardless of the treatment, these employers without exception have a lot of requirements for working hours and overtime, which means that they must be ready to work overtime at any time, especially at night, which conflicts with my part-time time in the Xiling ghost market. Even if some units do not need to work overtime at night, they still have to make breakfast, and they have to go to work at five or six o'clock in the morning, and it is difficult to take care of both.

I'm not saying that I have to continue to work in Xiling Ghost Market. But in the absence of a good enough salary, I am not willing to give up this part-time job. Also, how much money can be made is one thing, I have been in the ghost market since I was a teenager, I have become accustomed to this atmosphere, I feel very affectionate, and I am reluctant to leave. Therefore, I made my own decision, and before I found a better unit, I would still work in the Yuanbao Building and wait and see for a while.

Han Jie is also very concerned about my graduation and job search, and she has to ask about it every time I go on a date. She told me that if you don't have a good opportunity in the provincial capital, you can also consider going to other cities and counties for development.

I said to her, "Anyway, I'm sure I'm going to focus on you." When I decided to come to the provincial city to learn how to cook, I was afraid that you would be abducted by others halfway, so I wanted to follow you to entangle you. Finally, now that I have finally made it to graduation, how can I run away by myself again? ”

Han Jie couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "You graduated, but I still have two years left, where can I go?" ”

I said, "No! You are so good, as soon as I let my guard down, there will definitely be hypocrites like Wei Zixuan coming to chase you. I can't take risks, as soon as I graduate, I will move to live near Quang Nam University and keep an eye on you every day! ”

Han Jie was helpless about my "entanglement". But although she scolded me for being "too possessive", she should still be quite proud in her heart. What woman doesn't want her lover to revolve around her every day and protect her like a baby?

It seems that there are a lot of people who want to talk to me about career and life recently, in addition to Han Jie, the teachers of the school and the personnel managers of various recruiting units, there is also a person I didn't expect. After tonight's ghost market was over, Jin Dascoo stopped me and asked me to stay and help him count the ingredients. But as I stood in front of the warehouse door and waited until everyone was done, Kim called me out of the hall and asked me to sit next to him.

Jin Dasco pulled a bench and sat down, half-leaning on the square table behind him. He took off his chef's hat and unbuttoned his collar, looking much more casual than usual, no longer pretending to be so serious. He pulled another pack of cigarettes out of his trouser pocket and handed me one. I shook my head and said I don't smoke.

Jin Dascoo didn't care, he lit one and smoked it, and then explained to me: "Actually, I don't usually smoke, but I only smoke one occasionally when I need to relax to relieve my mood." ”

I said, "I understand that. It's like I don't usually like to drink, but I drink a little when I'm happy. ”

Jin Dasco nodded, spat out another smoke ring, and suddenly asked me, "Last time you said that you studied cooking?" In which school? ”

"New South China Vocational and Technical School."

"Oh, a very average school." Jin Dasco commented very bluntly.

I shrugged my shoulders and said, "No way, it's not easy for me to make up the tuition for New Nanhua!" ”

"Bad conditions at home?"

"Very average."

"How many years?"

"Two years."

"When will you graduate?"

"Next month."

"How's your academic performance?"

"It's not bad, I got a scholarship last year!"

After asking a few questions, Jin Dasco nodded again, but he was noncommittal and continued to smoke. I couldn't figure out what he was going to say to me for a while, and I couldn't interrupt his train of thought, so I kept watching him spit out smoke rings.

"What are your thoughts after graduation? Have you got a job? ”

Jin Dasco finally asked this key question, and I was overjoyed and quickly replied: "I have a very good girlfriend who is studying at Quang Nam University. So, my first choice is to stay in the provincial capital, but I haven't found a suitable job yet? ”

"Why? Is it because the money is small, or is the unit not good? ”

"Neither."

Now that I have opened the conversation, I slowly told Jin Dasco the truth about my recent thoughts and experiences. He listened and nodded occasionally.

“...... I don't have any connections in the provincial capital, and it's hard to get out in that kind of big hotel or restaurant. Besides, I still want to continue to work in Yuanbao Building, and I don't want to give up this part-time job. ”

"Why do you want to stay in Yuanbao Building? What are your intentions? "Jin Dasco asked me this very sensitive question very bluntly.

I still answered truthfully: "I don't have any intentions!" I've been setting up a stall in a ghost market with my master since I was a teenager, and I've long been used to it, but I feel very comfortable here. Yuanbao Building is also a little more humane than those hotels outside. ”

"Is that all?" Golden Spoon looked at me casually, but I still understood what he meant. The opportunity is rare, and I have to be bold enough to tell him the truth!

"I want to learn ghost food!"

Jin Dasco threw the finished cigarette butt on the ground, wiped it with the sole of his shoe, and said disdainfully: "Many people want to learn ghost food, and Qin Xiaotable has always wanted to learn it." ”

Finally, it was my turn to ask him once, "Then why don't you teach him all the time?" ”

Jin Dasco didn't answer my question, but instead diverted the topic: "You came to Yuanbaolou directly to find the relationship of the head of Tang, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Your master's name is Feng Daozhang?"

"Yes."

"Why don't you keep telling me that your master is Feng Daozhang?"

"You haven't asked!"

Jin Dasco was not angry, but smiled, shook his head self-deprecatingly, and said, "Yes, I didn't ask." It seems that you are different from others, and you don't like to rely on Master's name to go out and explore the rivers and lakes. It's me thinking too much! ”

His assessment is very pertinent, and I really didn't think about taking advantage of my master's name. When I returned to the ghost market, he reluctantly agreed to come back after he scolded me. However, the next question of Jin Dasco was completely unexpected.

"Didn't your master teach you how to fry ghost food?"

I was taken aback and said, "My master also stir-fried ghost meals?" He never told me that, he didn't teach me that! ”

"And what did he teach you?"

"Yin Gong, as well as some talismans and spells."

"What about the stalls? What does your master sell in the Nanting ghost market? ”

"Most of them are barbecued, like roasted snakes, roasted toads, roasted geckos, and there are also steamed mosquitoes, salt-and-pepper cockroaches, sauce rats, five-poison porridge, ......"

Jin Da Spoon was interrogating me inquiringly, and I answered one by one. He said that my master actually cooks ghost meals, which made me suddenly feel a little strange to my master who has been with me for more than ten years.

My master has lived in seclusion in Paiwei Village for more than 20 years, but he has a great reputation, as well as the large box he hid under the bed, and the extremely powerful, sheathed kitchen knife, these doubts have all emerged in a stream, shrouding his image in my mind in a fog, doubly mysterious!

Jin Dascoo was also amused when he heard me count the names of the strange dishes. He said, "Your master's skills are far more than that. But since he doesn't want to tell you something, I don't want to talk nonsense. If you want to know, go back and ask him yourself! ”

Alas, no way! Boss Su said the same thing before, but with my master's old stubborn nature, he didn't want to say it, and no one could force him to say it.

The golden spoon took out another cigarette, took out two of them, put one in his mouth, and handed the other to me again. Then he asked, "Do you want to be a chef?" ”

I looked at the cigarette he handed over, as if it had become a very important choice to not receive it. But his question made me make a decision without hesitation.

"Yes!"

I took his cigarette and put it in my mouth. Jin Dasco took a lighter and lit a cigarette for himself first, and said: "Being a chef doesn't have to be in a big hotel or restaurant outside, but you can also be here in Yuanbao Building!" ”

He lit a cigarette for me and asked, "Do you want to learn ghost food?" ”

"Yes!"

I replied in the affirmative again, and then took a puff of cigarette like a golden spoon, only to choke and cough violently.

Jin Dasco looked at me coughing, and said with a smug smile after the success of the prank: "I can teach you!" I don't need you to give me anything in return, I just ask you to work honestly and not have so many selfish distractions, understand? ”

"Ahem, understood! Ahem! ”

"Alright, let's go home! If you don't know how to smoke, don't smoke it, throw it away! ”

"Ahem, okay! Ahem! ”

It took me a long time to cough and get better. But when I left Xiling Ghost Market, I was full of joy and full of excitement. Tonight's long talk with Jin Dasco not only fulfilled my wish to learn ghost food, but even killed two birds with one stone, which is expected to solve my work problems after graduation. This part-time job can finally be turned into a full-time job!