"Huh, you have something to ask Lao Jia?"
Lu Shuwu couldn’t care less if Jiang Yu had any rest, instead he was interested in Jiang Yu having "something to ask," pretended to be indignant, and said,
"The boss has something and doesn’t help, even forcing him to cook a meal in return, this Lao Jia is really too much!"
Then, he quickly asked,
"Boss, tell us, what trouble have you run into? If I can help, I definitely will!
I won’t ask for a whole table of dishes like Lao Jia, boss, just two dishes would be enough, right?"
Having said that, he looked at Jiang Yu with a big smile, looking just like a cunning merchant.
"..."
Jiang Yu was speechless. Why do these people always want him to cook for them?
What are they thinking, always having sweet dreams!
He thought for a moment and still said,
"The Huaxia Cooking Association’s Famous Chef Committee organized a culinary competition, invited me to perform in a cooking show, I really don’t have any ’special skills’ to show, I thought Lao Jia’s been a chef for so many years, surely he’s got plenty of ’special skills’, so..."
He paused for a moment, glanced at Lu Shuwu, and said with a half-smile, "Do you have some ’special cooking skills’ as well?"
"..."
Lu Shuwu’s smile froze on his face when he heard this.
He hasn’t even figured out stir-frying yet, what ’special skills’ could he possibly have!
He was really embarrassed!
After coming to his senses, Lu Shuwu seemed to realize something, his eyes lit up, and he quickly asked,
"Boss, the culinary competition you’re talking about, is it the Huaxia Youth Chef Culinary Competition? The one held in Tanzhou in August?"
"Yeah!"
"My home is in Tanzhou!"
Lu Shuwu was instantly excited, he jumped up from his seat, gesturing wildly, and said,
"Our canteen will be on summer break in August, right? Boss, you must come to my house then, my grandpa will definitely be delighted!"
Lu Shuwu had been busy kneading dough, his hands covered with flour, and with these movements, flour flew everywhere, covering his head and face.
But he didn’t care, blinking his flour-covered eyelashes, he looked at Jiang Yu with anticipation.
"Wipe it off, will you!"
Seeing him like this, Jiang Yu couldn’t help but chuckle, turned and tossed him a clean towel, jokingly said,
"It’s still a long way to August, let’s talk about it then, if there’s time, we’ll go see your grandpa."
Speaking of which, Lu Jinseng, Lu Shuwu’s grandpa, came to Jiang University last year, originally intending to "drag" Lu Shuwu back, but after witnessing Jiang Yu’s skills, he not only agreed to let Lu Shuwu stay, he also gave his decades of culinary notes to Jiang Yu.
This thick notebook of culinary insights was Lu Jinseng’s life’s work, a treasure of the Lu Family.
And for Jiang Yu, who was just starting out in the culinary world, a master chef’s decades of recorded insights on studying cooking techniques and researching various dish preparation methods was an invaluable "gift".
This "gift" greatly helped him improve his cooking skills, saying that Lu Jinseng is his culinary "guide" is not an exaggeration.
So, even without this Youth Chef Culinary Competition, Jiang Yu had thought about visiting the Lu Family in Tanzhou to see Lu Jinseng whenever he had the chance. Now, with this opportunity, he surely wouldn’t let it pass.
However, Jiang Yu didn’t make any definite promises, for fear that if something came up and he couldn’t make it to the Lu Family, it would be quite awkward.
Anyway, there’s no rush, everything can wait until August.
Lu Shuwu naturally didn’t know about these things, and he was very happy to hear Jiang Yu didn’t refuse.
He picked up the towel Jiang Yu threw over, wiped the flour off his head and face, and pulled out his phone excitedly:
"I’ll call my grandpa, he’ll be so happy to hear this!"
Without waiting for Jiang Yu to react, he ran out holding his phone.
"..."
Jiang Yu watched him run off like a whirlwind and was left dumbfounded.
What the hell!
I was just thinking about leaving myself some wiggle room, and now you went and cut off my escape route with one phone call!