Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 725 - Chapter 725 Chef Arranges_1

Chapter 725: Chef Arranges_1 Chapter 725: Chef Arranges_1 “…Can it be done?”

Song Tan was somewhat hesitant: after all, it’s a remote and poor area, and she was afraid people wouldn’t stick around for long. Constantly changing staff would be a real hassle.

“Why not?”

Wang Xiaoshun said, “Didn’t my master tell Boss Song this morning?”

He looked towards Seventh Uncle, who nodded and said, “Tantan, Old Qian’s disciple, you can rest assured about him.”

Wang Xiaoshun quickly explained: “Boss Song, my senior fellow apprentice plans to work here long-term. Please don’t mind–he just had thyroid surgery at the beginning of last month and is still recuperating. He doesn’t want to work at a restaurant anymore.”

“My master brought me here because he heard from Boss Song that this was a good place specially found for him! See, we’ve made the right move, haven’t we?”

“Just be assured, my senior brother isn’t just good at cooking, he’s also great at managing the kitchen. He has money, so he definitely won’t tamper with the kitchen’s stuff!”

It was precisely because he was a disciple of good character that Master Qian was extra cautious about choosing a place for him.

Song Tan was pleasantly surprised–

Given the skills of Master Qian and Wang Xiaoshun, it’s natural they’d have money. Having money, they’d be less likely to covet the small earnings of this rural place.

And the fact that the person could manage the kitchen was another pleasant surprise.

“Great, great, great!” As long as one was capable, Song Tan welcomed anyone who came her way, and she thoughtfully asked, “Any family members coming with? Do you need me to arrange some work for them?”

“No,” Wang Xiaoshun quickly replied. “My senior brother’s daughter is in her last year of high school, and his family needs to accompany her for her studies.”

“Understood, understood.”

Song Tan was beaming with joy: “When you guys have nothing to do, watch over the mountain and make some suggestions. Aren’t they building dormitories over there? Feel free to put forth any ideas.”

“When our senior brother arrives, he can pick any room he wants to live in, definitely a large single room!”

According to the plan, there would be multiple-occupancy rooms in the dormitories on the mountain, but those were for the ordinary workers. Of course, the treatment would be different for their own people.

“Sure,” Wang Xiaoshun said with a smile: “It’s really good that you found a construction team. My elder maternal uncle is in the cement and building materials business. He knows a bit about these things, and the materials you’re using seem to be of good quality. I just wanted to ask, when senior brother arrives, is it possible for him to use your ingredients to whip up a little something for himself?”

For chefs, who could resist such good ingredients?

In principle, it wouldn’t be appropriate–there are so many people on the mountain, and the aroma of your own ingredients would be too tempting! How could they resist?

But…

Managing the kitchen, plus cooking, combining two jobs into one while only paying one salary…

“Sure!” she seemed to agree readily, without any hesitation: “Our senior brother eating our own veggies, do we even need to discuss it?”

Instantly, Wang Xiaoshun was overjoyed. He thought: No wonder the master was cursing but still came over. It probably wasn’t just for Boss Song; he also wanted to find a good place for his senior brother!

The Song family was just too generous!

Upon hearing this, Seventh Uncle felt a bittersweet sentiment–he thought about how Master Qian gathered disciple after disciple, each with better character than the last.

As for himself, he’d only taken on one disciple in his lifetime, raised him like his own son, and in the end, he turned out to be an ingrate… This really reflected poorly on his judgment!

He grumpily said, “It’s going to be cool once the sun sets, so don’t just stand around–didn’t they say there are plenty of winter melons in the field? Qiaoqiao, take Xiaoshun to pick a few more winter melons.”

“Also, after that, you should go up the mountain, and learn properly from Master Qian.”

This old guy, not only does he come to help and discuss cooperation, but he also wants to push his own disciple onto me–doesn’t that just make me green with envy?

Hum! +(+^+)+

Qiaoqiao nodded obediently and said, “Okay.

But Master Qian said I’m both well-behaved and clever. He told me to go see him again at 6:30 since the work site has dinner late–I’ll go pick the winter melons first.”

His clear, bright eyes looked at Seventh Uncle, still with a hint of confusion, as if asking, “Uncle, why aren’t you praising me?”

Seeing this only made Seventh Uncle feel more stifled!

That old Qian, every day he’s sweet-talking, and who knows if he’s taught Qiaoqiao anything worthwhile!

He huffed angrily, “Hurry and pick the melons! I’ll go and prepare some lime water.”

“Lime water?!”

Having finally finished her work, Zhang Yanping had cleaned herself up and come downstairs, at this moment, she widened her eyes, “What do you need lime water for? Isn’t that poisonous?”

Seventh Uncle was always sulky, and upon hearing this, he replied irritably, “If you don’t want to eat it, then don’t.”

Wang Xiaoshun hurriedly tried to smooth things over, “There’s been a misunderstanding. He’s talking about food-grade calcium hydroxide…”

“Even if it’s food-grade calcium hydroxide, it’s still not okay…”

Zhang Yanping was very wary, afraid of consuming some inappropriate ingredients.

At this point, even Xin Jun couldn’t watch anymore–some people, if they don’t use their brains often enough, truly do regress!

Had it been the pre-vacation Zhang Yanping, she never would have said such a thing–

She must have become silly staying at home, just like him.

He sighed and explained, “Food-grade calcium hydroxide is simply calcium carbonate. Have you never taken a calcium supplement, or did you not drink calcium when you were a kid? This stuff is just the raw material.”

Zhang Yanping: …Oh.

She sheepishly said, “Well, you should have said that earlier…”

Seeing the unfavorable situation, she dashed into the kitchen to make herself useful.

“Seventh Uncle, where did you put the calcium hydroxide? I’ll pour it for you!”

Seventh Uncle glanced at him and then walked in leisurely, “No rush, no rush with the calcium hydroxide, let’s see how much winter melon there is first.”

“Come on, let’s get ready for dinner. In the meantime, you can start cooking the rice.”

Zhang Yanping: …Great, I just took a shower, and now I have to sit in front of the stove again.

But he also noticed that Seventh Uncle wasn’t in the best of moods. After all, Seventh Uncle was providing for them, so he could only sit there obediently and start adding firewood to the stove.

Not long after, Qiaoqiao arrived riding his beloved Daduo, the cart behind him carrying no fewer than seven huge winter melons!

Each weighed almost fifty pounds, leaving Seventh Uncle agape.

“Sugar from winter melons… Didn’t we say everyone just gets a piece or two to taste? Why did you get so many? Can you finish all of that?”

Fortunately, as long as the outer skin of the winter melons remained intact, they could be kept for a while, so there was no rush.

Qiaoqiao felt wronged, “But… but there’s really a lot in the field! We picked a few of the biggest ones to bring back. There’s still plenty left to eat for a long time.”

“No problem, no problem!”

Song Tan comforted him–their house was being built in the mountains, a road was soon to be constructed at the door, and she was planning to show off her skills in the second half of the year, in dire need of money!

At this moment, everything looked golden to her!

Without hesitation, she declared, “Let’s do it, let’s process all of them! We can sell the excess–can’t we sell three to five pieces even if we can’t finish one kilo? Later on, for 10 or 20 yuan a packet, we’ll definitely be able to sell a lot in our online store.”

Seventh Uncle: …

Meanwhile, Wang Xiaoshun looked around and, for some reason, suddenly felt that his elder martial brother’s future work in the mountain cafeteria seemed a lot more relaxed!

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