Chapter 903 - Chairman Zhou’s Example (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Carpenter Lian looked at Yuan Zhou solemnly and then stood up before saying, “I’m going to call and invite Zhou Shijie.”

“Okay,” Yuan Zhou said calmly.

“You sit here and wait,” after saying that, Carpenter Lian went to make the phone call.

Once Carpenter Lian turned around, Yuan Zhou said inwardly, “It’s great that he can come this time. I don’t need to send for him specifically next time.”

Yuan Zhou promised Zhou Shijie that he would cook Three Fragrance to the Ocean and show him, hence he had originally intended to specially cook the dish again for Zhou Shijie.

Just when Yuan Zhou got seated securely, Carpenter Lian’s phone call was also put through.

Carpenter Lian’s phone was on the countertop. It was a fixed landline and was loud. With Yuan Zhou’s sharp ears, he could clearly hear everything.

“Scamming Zhou, the young man, Yuan Zhou, is here. Do you want to come?” Carpenter Lian asked straightforwardly with simple words.

“I was guessing what you called me for. Want me to be a judge?” Zhou Shijie answered.

“Just tell me whether you are coming or not.” Without saying anything more, Carpenter Lian just asked directly.

Carpenter Lian was quite sure that Zhou Shijie would undoubtedly come. Therefore, he spoke quite rudely.

“Since you are inviting me there, I will naturally come. Otherwise, how shameful you would feel!” Zhou Shijie could do nothing but make out a good case for himself.

“We will wait for ten minutes. If you are late, you won’t even see the dish, Three Fragrance to the Ocean, because I must have eaten it up. Even if it tastes bad, I will give it to my apprentice to eat,” Carpenter Lian continued saying.

“You old dog,” Zhou Shijie hung up the phone immediately after he said that.

Presumably, he must be preparing to set out now.

“You are still too green to beat me.” Carpenter Lian stroked his own chin complacently before he hung up the phone with satisfaction.

Carpenter Lian turned his head and found Yuan Zhou was still seated in the chair silently without any special expression.

“This young man is rather calm,” said Carpenter Lian inwardly.

“Let’s wait for ten minutes. Zhou Shijie is coming,” said Carpenter Lian to Yuan Zhou.

“Sure.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head.

“Do you need to take your things out now?” Carpenter Lian knew that some ingredients were quite precious and couldn’t be kept in the box for long.

“No need. All is prepared.” Yuan Zhou shook his head.

“I don’t have any specialized advanced kitchen utensils over here. Just some simple kitchenware. If you can’t cook with these simple tools, you can leave first.” Carpenter Lian nodded his head and suddenly turned to talk to him.

“I have completed the preliminary preparations and I just need to stir-fry the beans and serve them up,” said Yuan Zhou lightly.

“Kid, you look so confident,” Carpenter Lian took a look at Yuan Zhou and said to him.

“I am always confident in my own culinary skills,” Yuan Zhou looked at Carpenter Lian earnestly and said with a straight face.

Carpenter Lian looked at Yuan Zhou fixedly for a while and then said, “Impressive.”

“Thank you for your praise,” said Yuan Zhou.

“Alright. Let’s stop saying these polite greetings. I’m going to the backyard to check around. You stay here and wait for your chairman.” Carpenter Lian suddenly waved his hand impatiently and then turned around and left.

“Okay.” Yuan Zhou answered and remained still.

In a short while, there came Carpenter Lian’s scolding from the courtyard.

“Are you a pig? I told you yesterday the mortise and tenon joints cannot be done this way. What’s wrong with you?”

“Get out of here. What are you making over here? A baby chair?”

“I said you did it wrong but why did you cut it? Don’t you have brains? If you aren’t confident in the thing you make, how can others be confident of you?”

“And you. What did you modify it for? Did you ask for my opinion before you modified it randomly?”

The continual cursing sounded quite severe. The disappointment and dissatisfaction in his tone could hardly be concealed.