Chapter 152 Wu Peng comes here
The next day, Tao Lei followed He Yuzhu's instructions and continued to follow Wang Chao, running errands and doing odd jobs in the kitchen.
It was like this for several days in a row. He Yuzhu just asked routinely before leaving get off work, "How do you feel today?" and then said, "Continue tomorrow." As for other things, He Yuzhu didn't ask at all.
After a few days, there was only one sentence: "Continue tomorrow." After that, there was only two words: "Continue."
One month later...
Tao Lei was just doing odd jobs in the kitchen, and He Yuzhu didn't teach him any cooking skills. As time went by, Tao Lei felt something was wrong, so he took advantage of the lunch break to pull Wang Chao outside the kitchen and handed him a cigarette: "Wang Brother. I want to ask you something."
Seeing Wang Chao take the cigarette, Tao Lei quickly took out a match and lit it for him.
Wang Chao took advantage of the situation and asked Tao Lei to light a cigarette for him, took a puff, and then said: "Tell me. What's the matter?"
Tao Lei: "I just want to ask you about learning to cook before. Did you always do odd jobs like me before?"
Wang Chao: "Of course. What? You've only been doing odd jobs for a few days and you can't stand it anymore?"
Tao Lei: "No. Didn't I come to learn cooking from Master He? I've been doing odd jobs these days and haven't done anything related to cooking. Besides, Master He hasn't paid much attention to me these days. Isn't that right? I feel a little unsure, can I ask you about the situation?"
Wang Chao: "Oh! It's the same when learning how to cook. You start by doing odd jobs. The master thinks that you are familiar with everything in the kitchen and can endure it, and then he will start teaching you."
"So that's it? I thought why the master didn't want to teach me? Come on, come on, brother Wang, take this pack of cigarettes and smoke it." As he said that, Tao Lei stuffed a pack of cigarettes into Wang Chao.
Wang Chao looked at the cigarette in his hand: "Since you have been inviting me to dinner and giving me cigarettes for so long, I will tell you more."
Tao Lei: "Brother Wang, tell me."
Wang Chao: "Master He, I guess. He has good cooking skills and a famous family. But he is not a suitable master."
Tao Lei: "Oh? How do you say this? If the master is great, won't the apprentices he teaches be great? Master He's cooking skills are so great, how can I be worse if I follow him? Are you jealous of me?"
Wang Chao: "There's nothing to be jealous of. Master He is great, but has he taught you anything these days?"
Tao Lei: "Didn't you say before that when you learn how to cook, you always do odd jobs first?"
Wang Chao choked for a moment and continued: "Then, has Master He asked you about your situation in the past few days?"
Tao Lei thought that he had been working behind Wang Chao since he went to work, and He Yuzhu didn't even bother to ask himself now.
Seeing that Tao Lei was silent, Wang Chao continued: "Master He told my master before that he would not accept a disciple before he was 30 years old. And over the years, Director Zhao has come to him to persuade him and let him He refused to teach several apprentices. He has no intention of teaching disciples, let alone you who don’t even have apprenticeships?"
"You might as well change your master now." Wang Chao patted Tao Lei on the shoulder and turned back to the kitchen.
Tao Lei thought for a while, then went to find his cousin Wu Peng, and came to Wu Peng's office: "Cousin."
Wu Peng saw that Tao Lei's face was a little ugly when he came in, so he asked him to sit down: "What's going on? Is someone bullying you in the kitchen?"
Tao Lei: "No."
Wu Peng: "What's going on? His face is so ugly. Tell me."
Tao Lei hesitated: "That's right, didn't you ask me to learn cooking from Master He? It's been more than a month, and I'm still doing odd jobs in the kitchen, and Master He hasn't taught me anything. He doesn't care about me."
Wu Peng heard that He Yuzhu had not taught anything or cared about it for so long, and his expression was a little ugly: "Is that so? You go back first, and I will take the time to talk to Master He."
Tao Lei: "Okay, cousin. I'll go back first and won't disturb your work."
A few days after this happened, Wu Peng called He Yuzhu to the office.
"Master He, come, please sit down." Wu Peng went to pour He Yuzhu another cup of tea: "Master He, drink tea."
He Yuzhu took the teapot: "Do you have anything to do with me, Director Wu?"
Wu Peng also sat down with a cup of tea: "It's okay, I came to you just to find out about my cousin. Is he okay working in the kitchen? Didn't he cause you any trouble?"
He Yuzhu: "No, no. Tao Lei works very diligently and conscientiously in the kitchen. He didn't make any mistakes."
"That's good." Wu Peng continued: "Master He, after my cousin came home some time ago, my aunt asked him what he learned here? As a result, my cousin spent this time doing it in the kitchen Huo said it. When my aunt heard this, she realized that she had learned nothing but work in such a long time.?"
After He Yuzhu understood what Wu Peng meant, didn't he come to me? Is this because Tao Lei felt that he didn't teach him anything and only ordered him to work, so he went home to complain?
He Yuzhu: "Director Wu, I have never taught apprentices and have no experience. I can only learn from my master. I taught others how my master taught me back then. And the first thing I learned was to do odd jobs."
When Wu Peng heard what He Yuzhu said, he couldn't say that He Yuzhu was wrong to ask Tao Lei to do odd jobs. After all, He Yuzhu also started learning to cook by doing odd jobs.
Wu Peng: "That's right! How long do you think it will take, Master He, to teach Tao Lei how to cook?"
He Yuzhu: "I have some talent in cooking, and I worked as a miscellaneous worker for three years."
Three years? Who are you fooling? Wu Peng didn't believe it at all. It’s just a stir-fry, but you need to do odd jobs for three years?
Wu Peng: "Three years? Master He, isn't this a bit long?"
He Yuzhu: "There's no way, that's the rule. Although Tao Lei didn't become a disciple, he had to do this when he thought of letting me teach him. After all, skills are not taught lightly."
Wu Peng saw it. He was talking about rules because he didn't want to teach! But the reception banquet in the bureau still needs He Yuzhu to support the appearance. Before finding someone to replace him, we can't do anything to him: "That's it! I understand. Come, Master He has tea. I got this tea from Director Li." The good tea we got, Master He, please try it."
He Yuzhu took a sip and said perfunctorily: "Good tea. Fresh and pleasant, with endless aftertaste."
Wu Peng: "Master He knows tea?"
He Yuzhu: "Hey! I usually drink whatever I have, so I don't know what is good or bad. Director Wu, this tea was wasted on me."
Wu Peng: "Haha. Master He is quick to talk. In fact, I don't understand tea, I just get it for appearance."
The two chatted and drank tea. After drinking a cup of tea, He Yuzhu stood up and left: "I won't disturb Director Wu's rest. I'll go back first."
Wu Peng sent He Yuzhu to the door of the office: "Okay, let's talk next time."
"Okay, Director Wu. You stay." He Yuzhu turned and left.
