Chapter 86 A painter from France (please vote for me, please vote for recommendations)
Author: Lao Tuo
Chapter 86 A painter from France (please vote for me, please vote for recommendations)
In the quiet kitchen, apart from Zhang Wentao making some noise from time to time, Xie Liang was the only one left standing aside holding his breath.
Usually when Zhang Wentao makes things, he is rarely asked to watch, but today he was asked to come over.
Xie Liang was trembling with fear, feeling that he was just like a seagull that migrated from afar to Erhai Lake every October and November, and that he would be faced with a violent storm at any time.
"Go and get some coffee powder from the front."
Zhang Wentao made a sudden noise. Xie Liang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately answered:
"Ah, okay, I'll go right away."
After he quickly walked out of the kitchen, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled sadly at the waiter who was carefully setting up the restaurant in front.
"Master Zhang's face is still calm?"
A nice-looking waiter asked softly.
"Yeah." Xie Liang nodded, indicating that he was right.
"Because of what? Do you know?" the waiter asked curiously. After all, if you are scolded to death today, you must at least know the reason and not be treated as an unjust ghost.
"If I could know, then I would no longer be an apprentice. I'd better wait until Master Shi comes."
Xie Liang spread his hands helplessly. The only one who can save everyone now is Master Shi, who will come before lunch. However, his hard days are coming to an end. In half an hour, the other two chefs will come to work.
Already.
Then someone will share the firepower, so you don't have to carry it yourself.
"Then what are you doing out here?" the waiter asked.
"Ah, by the way, give me some coffee powder quickly. I want freshly ground and finer coffee. I'm making tiramisu."
When Xie Liang was asked this question, he remembered what he was here for. He didn't want to be scolded when he went back because he took too long to get coffee powder.
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Time passed slowly, and as lunch time approached, the restaurant staff gradually arrived.
As soon as Shi Tiandong entered the restaurant, he felt the depressing atmosphere. Without asking, he knew why he came to the kitchen.
Looking at Zhang Wentao, who was preparing a meal with two chefs, he took the initiative and asked: "Why, did you encounter anything unpleasant this morning?"
"Nothing. By the way, remind me when I leave in the afternoon to pick up clothes from the laundry." Zhang Wentao said.
"Well, how about I ask someone to pick it up for you later, which will save you a trip."
"Yes, okay." Zhang Wentao nodded.
Xie Liang stood aside and heard the conversation between the two, and said timidly: "Boss, how about I go get it for you? I am familiar with the town and can get back and forth very quickly."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Wentao threw out the spoon in his hand, his face instantly became stiff, and he asked angrily:
"Are you an errand boy? Are you idle all day long or something? Have you learned everything I taught you in the morning? Do you need to flatter me here? If you don't want to wear this skin, get out!"
Looking at Xie Liang who was stunned, Zhang Wentao shouted again: "Go and knead 20 pizza dough for me. If you can't make it well, you won't come tomorrow!"
Outside the kitchen, Sun Xiaowei and several waiters, who were leading the waiters to check whether the tableware was placed normally, shuddered when they heard the noise coming from inside...
They looked at each other: Sure enough, Xie Liang still didn't escape...
"Okay, hurry up and get to work! You all should be careful today and don't come to me crying, do you hear me?" Sun Xiaowei glanced around and warned.
Everyone nodded quickly, and the movements of their hands became much gentler.
I have already started practicing the movements of waiting in the kitchen to serve dishes.
After being scolded, Xie Liang walked with red eyes and lowered his head to the oven house that specializes in making bread. The moment he entered the door, tears burst out. He was really starting to have enough of such grievances.
I was scolded for no reason, and I did the simplest chores in the kitchen every day. When I was busy, I could only help put the dishes.
The salary is not high and the pressure is high.
How can you persevere in days like this?
"What's going on with you?" Shi Tiandong put on his apron and spoke in a casual tone. When he first started working, he felt that this level of scolding was nothing at all after he had experienced it countless times.
What's more, if a chef and a sous chef are chatting in the restaurant, and you, an apprentice, come to join in the fun, aren't you making yourself unhappy?
"In the morning, I asked him to get some coffee powder and chat with the little girl in front of me. He didn't know what he was doing."
Zhang Wentao said angrily, without stopping, he took his notebook from the shelf, flipped through a few pages and said to Xiao Li who was cutting vegetables behind him: "Come here, give this to Xie Liang
.Tell him that I will check it after lunch. If the weight of one piece of dough is wrong, it will be considered unqualified."
After saying that, he handed the rummaged notebook to the other party and said, "Tell him, if this notebook gets soiled by me, get out."
"Yeah, okay, chef, I understand." Xiao Li heard Zhang Wentao calling him, and heard the words "get out" when the notebook was dirty, and quickly looked at his hands.
Afraid that it was not clean enough, he wiped it on his handcloth again.
He took it with both hands and walked quickly to the room dedicated to baking bread and making desserts.
"Why, are you going to start teaching him something?" Shi Tiandong's implication was very clear, it was exactly what he said.
"No, it's just that everyone is busy and he doesn't know what to do. It makes me angry just looking at him."
Zhang Wentao shook his head.
"You." Shi Tiandong sighed, then smiled and went about his own business.
Anyway, if there’s anything you want to say, it’s not too late to talk about it in the afternoon while preparing meals. The most important thing now is to deal with the noon customers.
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"So, you keep Teacher Huailan's works because you want to organize an exhibition for her?"
Under the sunshine at noon, Xie Ah Nai, Huang Xinxin, Xie Zhiyao, and Xu Hongdou were eating together. When Xu Hongdou, who originally refused to eat together, returned to the small courtyard with the two of them, Ah was cooking in the kitchen.
Nai saw her passing figure and called her.
Although there was something on his mind, Xu Hongdou felt soft-hearted when he saw grandma busy in the kitchen and did not want to let down the old man's wishes.
Walking into Xie Zhiyao's house, she came to the kitchen. After helping her grandma for a while, she listened to Xie Zhiyao chatting with Huang Xinxin for a few words and then put the prepared meals on the table.
As soon as she moved her chopsticks, she thought of what Xie Zhiyao and Huang Xinxin had just talked about about Sister Guanlan, and she opened her mouth and asked.
"Well, our village actually has a lot of veteran craftsmen like Mr. Huailan who have been working for decades, Hongdou. And their works are very spiritual and completely art. So the village committee and Mr. Xie have been trying their best to promote
, I hope more young people can see their teachers’ works.” Huang Xinxin said.
"Yes, as local artists, there is actually no problem with the works they can put out for exhibitions. But the funds for promotion are limited, so this Shaohua Bookstore matter is very important to us." Xie Zhiyao ate.
A mouthful of rice, added.
"Yeah." Xu Hongdou nodded, she could understand this.
After all, there are many experienced craftsmen and when publicity funds are limited, open source is very important.
If Shaohua Bookstore can really be established in Yunmiao Village, with the increase in tourists...
Xu Hongdou still knows the truth that "the people in the warehouse know the etiquette".
"What are Teacher Huailan's children doing? Are they living in other cities, or are they also doing embroidery?" Xu Hongdou asked curiously.
Throughout the morning, I didn’t seem to see any of Teacher Huailan’s children.
"She's not married yet." Xie Zhiyao shook his head helplessly.
"Ah, why?"
Hearing the answer given by Xie Zhiyao, Xu Hongdou was a little surprised. Grandma Xie also smiled bitterly and said: "Hongdou, this is all in the past. At that time, Huailan was just 18 years old, and Xie Zhiyao
Yao’s grandma is the same age.”
"I went to the city once and met a painter from France."
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The foreshadowing was laid in the first chapter. After Zhang Wentao returned to China, his teacher told him: "Go to a windy place and feel the time."
Where is the windy place? Has anyone guessed it before?