Chapter 416 (2/2)

No one really knew why Du Sheng didn’t make a living as a performer when he can’t afford the meals. Yuan Zhou didn’t know that, nor did others. He might not want to make money with his ability of playing Erhu or maybe he just didn’t want to sell his techniques. Who knows!

There were always some craftsmen who had their own persistence, which made them not know where their next meal would come. However, such kind of persistence wasn’t understandable by Yuan Zhou.

“Forget it. It’s time to prepare the lunch.” Yuan Zhou managed to get rid of various speculations in his mind and started to prepare the lunch earnestly.

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Time passed soon. When there was half an hour left before the lunch time, the master that took Yuan Zhou as his teacher came, quite a long time after the contest.

Of course, he had specially explain why he didn’t come immediately. It was because he had intended to come over here to learn only after he resigned.

“Great Master Yuan, good afternoon. This is the tea I prepared for you with the shoot apices of Keemun. The temperature is just perfect for drinking immediately.” Once Master Cheng came over, he handed a ceramic pot respectfully.

“You don’t need to do this. Just stand there and stay out of the way.” Yuan Zhou frowned, but didn’t receive the teapot.

“I’m grateful that you can give me this opportunity to stay with and learn from you.” Master Cheng said with a solemn look.

With the respectful manner, Master Cheng was actually performing the disciple ceremony.

“I won’t take disciples now, so you are not my disciple. Just watch by yourself.” Yuan Zhou said frankly and clearly and also cleanly.

“No problem. Now that Great Master Yuan doesn’t like it, I won’t do that next time.” Master Cheng appeared rather serious. He cleared away the teapot and just stood obediently at the segestes wall.

Standing at this position, he could take in the complete picture of the kitchen and meanwhile, didn’t affect Zhou Jia’s work.

“Did you resign?” Yuan Zhou suddenly raised his head and asked.

“Yes. I will stay here and won’t leave until I feel it’s good for me. I hope I won’t disturb you, Great Master Yuan.” Master Cheng nodded his head.

“No, it’s ok. Just come on time. If you want to eat, go line up.” Yuan Zhou shook his head and said that.

“Thank you, Great Master Yuan.” Master Cheng said courteously and respectfully.

“You don’t need to call me like that. Just call me Yuan Zhou.” When Yuan Zhou heard the appellation again, he finally couldn’t help saying that.

“Then I’m going to call you Boss Yuan.” Although Master Cheng was prideful and impatient, he was likewise stubborn.

Even if Yuan Zhou was reluctant to take disciples, letting him to watch was also a kind of learning. It was slightly disrespectful to call his name directly, thus he had to compromise and call him like that.

“Ok. I’m now preparing the ingredients required for lunch.” After a nod, Yuan Zhou continued his work.

Hearing that, Master Cheng immediately stared at Yuan Zhou process the ingredients without blinking.

It was during that contest of precious ingredients last time that he saw Yuan Zhou do the same work. At that time, however, he wasn’t so close to Yuan Zhou.

The place where the contest was held wasn’t like Yuan Zhou’s restaurant which had facilities to stop any taste from spreading out and was free from any dust.

The restaurant was small, so Master Cheng saw Yuan Zhou process the ingredients so close for the very first time.

“Everybody, business hours commence now. The first ten customers, please come on in and take seats.” The clear and melodious voice of Zhou Jia passed from the door.

While they were talking seriously just now, Zhou Jia had already arrived and prepared everything.

“Boss, a serving of Phoenix Tai Prawns plus Egg Fried Rice.” Zhou Jia’s voice of reporting orders passed to him soon.

“Ok.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and then he started to scoop the prawns.

“Hua La”, Yuan Zhou took the small fishing net and scooped up the exact number of prawns.

“He’s going to process the prawns now.” As a master, Master Cheng actually specialized in Canton Cuisines. However, he was also clear about the cooking method of Phoenix Tail Prawns.

Normally, now was the time to wash the prawns one by one, take the veins out and then put them into the oil to fry. Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou’s method of cooking was beyond his understanding.

“No wonder you are Great Master Yuan. You even wash prawns differently from others.” While concentrating his attention on the process, Master Cheng couldn’t help saying that.