The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 257 Gu Li's Request

"Master Qin...Master Qin, I have an unwelcome request."

When Qin Huai was packing dinner after get off work, Gu Li suddenly rushed in front of Qin Huai, helped hand over the lunch box and whispered.

As more and more meals needed to be packed every day, Qin Huai bought three extra-large lunch boxes specifically for packing dinner.

"What's the matter?" Qin Huai asked.

Gurley is a man who rarely makes demands or requests.

Most of the time he was the silent background board in Huang's kitchen. He was the first to arrive and the last to leave every day. He didn't talk and made dim sum slowly.

If Tan Weian didn't have Gu Li, his junior brother, in his heart, and often cue him during conversations or go out of his way to talk to him, I'm afraid Gu Li's presence would be even lower.

"If your Cloud Canteen needs helpers for study and communication, can you give me priority?"

"I would love to go to your restaurant to learn and communicate."

Qin Huai was stunned when he heard Gu Li's words, and asked: "Didn't you hear what I said to Tan Weian this afternoon?"

Gu Li is Tan Weian's junior fellow apprentice. Tan Weian has directly told Qin Huai to find him if they need anyone. As long as it's a good thing, Tan Weian will definitely not forget Gu Li.

"I heard it, but that was a conversation between you and my senior brother. I think I need to fight for my own opportunity." Gu Li said.

Qin Huai suddenly looked at Gu Li differently.

It was discovered that Gu Li, who was always silent, easily ignored, and often laughed at, becoming a famous negative example among famous teachers' disciples, but never refuted, and made people feel that his character was even a little cowardly, was actually not cowardly.

He just didn't care about the comments.

"I've actually always been curious." Qin Huai said, "Ever since you and Tan Weian came to Huangji to exchange ideas, there have been rumors in the underworld that after Master Tan passed away, you and your fellow disciples were ostracized by Zhiweiju, so this seemingly difficult exchange fell on you."

"I have never believed this rumor. Tan Wei'an has so many recipes in his pocket that he could publish a book. If this is being excluded, I believe 99% of white-casserole chefs are willing to be excluded."

"But if you feel unhappy working at Zhiweiju, I think you can also consider our Yunzhong Canteen. The salary and benefits are not lower than Zhiweiju, and we are in great need of pastry chefs." Qin Huai waved the hoe to poach people.

If Qin Huai had a list of people he wanted to poach, Gu Li would definitely be the first one.

Workaholic, hard-working, solid basic skills, and professional match.

The tea is also good.

Qin Huai didn't swing the hoe before because it was immoral. Gu Li was a pure white-case chef from Zhiweiju, and he hadn't even graduated yet. Now Qin Huai felt that Gu Li seemed to have shown a tendency to change jobs, so he swung the hoe on the spot.

Now it was Gu Li's turn to be stunned. Unlike Qin Huai, Gu Li was unable to utter a word for a long time. It seemed that he was thinking about how to deal with Qin Huai's poaching.

After a long while, Gu Li said firmly: "Master Qin, I will definitely stay in Zhiweiju in the future."

“Although I don’t know if I will have this opportunity, I hope that one day I can become a master chef at Zhiweiju like my master, pass on knowledge and restore the ancient recipes.”

Qin Huai smiled and signaled Gu Li not to be too stressed. Even if he was unwilling to change jobs, he was willing to let Gu Li go to the Yunzhong Canteen to communicate more.

"It seems the rumor is false."

Gu Li nodded: "The chefs at Zhiweiju are very kind to me and my senior brother, but because my senior brother and I both have a master, the masters like Master Zhou don't teach us step by step like my master did in the beginning, and they mostly instruct us with words."

"Plus, I really don't have much talent, so many masters would stop talking to me after seeing that I didn't improve. As a result, those rumors may have spread."

"As for why my senior brother and I came to Huang Ji to exchange ideas, I actually know a little bit of the reason. After my master passed away, I was very scared. I was afraid that I would just become a mediocre dim sum chef and disappoint my master. I didn't know whether I should stick to the path that my master set for me to restore the ancient recipe, or study dim sum normally like other people."

"I was at a loss and didn't know what to do. I could only spend more time doing more. Maybe I was a little obsessed. I didn't even take a break during the Chinese New Year last year. I made dim sum all year round. My senior brother was worried that I was under too much pressure and had gone insane, so he took the initiative to ask Boss Su to bring me to Huang Ji for exchange."

"He thought that if I changed my place and environment, my mood might be different and I wouldn't be so busy making snacks every day like before."

Qin Huai complained silently in his heart, it was indeed different, he was even more of a workaholic, and spent more time making snacks than before.

"I think you can understand." Gu Li looked at Qin Huai, his eyes full of longing, "Although I can't study dim sum as hard as you do, I have always wanted to find your state." "You should understand this feeling, the feeling of wanting to make a dim sum well so that you don't care about anything else, and only think about dim sum."

Qin Huai:?
Who is spreading rumors about him out there?

When did he become so sleepless and forgetful about eating?

Slander, pure slander!
Qin Huai said that he likes to slack off in his heart, and it is impossible for him to only want to make one kind of dim sum. There are so many dim sums he wants to make that he wishes he could make all the dim sums in the dim sum encyclopedia the next day.

When it comes to rolling, he and Gu Li are simply not in the same league.

No matter how tired Qin Huai is at work, he will insist on playing with his mobile phone for half an hour before going to bed every night.

If he didn't play with his phone for half an hour, he wouldn't be able to fall asleep.

Qin Huai could only nod slightly dully: "I can understand a little bit."

"How about this, are you free after the New Year?"

Gu Li didn't quite understand.

Qin Huai continued, "It is better to do it now than to wait for a day. Learning and communication should be done sooner rather than later. Since you took the initiative to bring it up, I think Yunzhong Canteen really needs chefs for learning and communication after the New Year to inject fresh blood and encourage old employees to make progress. It's quite a coincidence that you may know the two dim sum chefs in our Yunzhong Canteen. They both came from Zhiweiju."

"How about setting the time for one and a half months? Come to Yunzhong Canteen on the 16th day of the first lunar month for exchanges. The salary and bonus will be calculated according to the salary level of our canteen."

"Don't worry, our canteen pays for five insurances and one fund."

In fact, even if Gu Li did not volunteer, Qin Huai also planned to discuss it with Tan Weian alone in a few days and ask him if he could trick a few people into going to Yunzhong Canteen for an exchange on the 16th day of the first lunar month.

We need people who are nimble and have solid basic skills. At the very least, they need to have some special skills, such as being good at making tea or knowing a little about shoulder and neck massage.

Having said that, Qin Huai felt that after returning to Shan City, what he should really worry about was not whether he had helpers, but how he would survive after get off work if he lost the bone-setting shop next door.

Would Gong Liang mind opening a bone-setting shop next to Yunzhong Canteen?
He can top up the card, up to 2!
"Thank you, Master Qin. I will talk to our boss Su later." Gu Li said with a little excitement.

Qin Huai nodded guiltily and continued packing.

On the way home, Qin Huai couldn't help but call Zheng Siyuan.

"Hey, Zheng Siyuan, are you awake yet? I want to ask you something."

"explain."

"Do you know Mr. Su from Zhiweiju?"

Zheng Siyuan was silent for two seconds, then said, "I haven't met him, but we have some interactions. My dad is quite familiar with him."

"You...are planning to go to Zhiweiju for exchange?"

Qin Huai quickly denied: "No, no. I just want to ask, does he have a good temper?"

Zheng Siyuan:?
"If the chefs from Zhiweiju came to Huangji for exchange two months ago, and did not return during the busy Chinese New Year, and went to Shanshi for exchange just after the Chinese New Year...will it affect their normal business?"

Zheng Siyuan said calmly: "As long as not all the disciples of the master chef like Tan Weian go there, the number of chefs at Zhiweiju will not affect their normal operations."

"Zhiweiju has many apprentices, and most of them do odd jobs. If they are not accepted as apprentices by the master chef, their progress will be very slow. Going to your place to learn and communicate is a good opportunity for them to improve, and it is also a sure-win business for Zhiweiju."

"After all, you are the one who pays the salary during the exchange period."

"Don't worry, Boss Su is not a narrow-minded person. Even if a disciple really went there, he would just post a message on WeChat Moments to scold you."

"Boss Su often posts on WeChat Moments to curse people. We're all used to it. This month he posted three messages to curse my dad."

Qin Huai:?
(End of this chapter)