"Alright, let’s start by making this crystal trotter dish first."
Jiang Yu nodded and gestured to the pig trotters and chicken feet on the counter, explaining,
"I don’t need to explain the basic steps of making trotter jelly, you’ve surely made it before. But how to make trotter jelly without that strong smell, that’s important.
Next, I’ll instruct and you’ll do it, but you can’t just be like a puppet only knowing to do, you also need to think while doing—why do it this way, why not that way?
Only by thinking and pondering more, when you’ve cooked more and more dishes, even if it’s a dish you’ve never made before, you’ll instinctively know how to make it."
"Hmm, got it, I understand."
Du Guangning nodded, and seeing Jiang Yu had finished speaking, he turned and picked up the kitchen knife, splitting the pig trotters in half and putting them into the pot with cold water, then added the prepared ginger slices, scallion segments, and cooking wine, covered the pot, and started cooking.
The two worked with one occasionally saying a few words, while the other, busy in the kitchen, sometimes cut vegetables with a "thump thump thump," and sometimes returned to the stove to cook, happily busy.
From a distance, the scene looked somewhat weird, but upon closer inspection, it seemed unexpectedly harmonious.
Time always flies when you’re busy, and before they knew it, it was four o’clock. Pei Guofu and the two apprentices arrived, and with dinner time approaching, they needed to prepare the ingredients in advance to avoid chaos later.
Seeing Du Guangning had already prepared several cold dishes, Pei Guofu and the others weren’t surprised; they just gazed at those tempting dishes with reluctance for a moment before quickly turning to deal with other tasks.
In the morning when they arrived, they already knew Du Guangning was learning to cook with the boss, and everyone enjoyed the cold dishes Du Guangning made, tasting each one.
Upon first tasting Du Guangning’s dishes, not only Pei Guofu but even the two apprentices were astonished.
They had tasted Du Guangning’s cooking before, and the gap was evident when compared not only to the boss’s but even to the chefs in big restaurants.
But now, under the boss’s guidance, the cold dishes Du Guangning made turned out so tasty, it was truly surprising.
Of course, his cooking is still a bit behind the boss’s, but compared to his previous cooking, they’re not even in the same league.
At that moment, both Pei Guofu and the two apprentices were filled with envy towards Du Guangning.
Not envying his ability to make delicious cold dishes, but envying his opportunity to learn cooking from the boss—he’s like a pheasant turning into a phoenix.
Just think, once you learn cooking well with the boss, there won’t be any worry about not earning money, right?
Or about not living a good life?
Sadly, such good fortune only came to Du Guangning, a chance they won’t have.
Both Pei Guofu and the two apprentices knew clearly that even if they wanted to learn cooking from the boss, they didn’t have the culinary foundation Du Guangning had...
Therefore, opportunity is not only reserved for those who are prepared, but you also need the ability to seize it!
As Pei Guofu and the others pondered, Jiang Yu was, of course, unaware of this, and seeing the time was about right, he stood up from the chair beside him and said to Du Guangning:
"Once you finish this dish, the spicy oyster mushrooms, start making the cold dishes we made at noon; by the time you’re done, guests will probably start arriving."
"Alright, boss, don’t worry, nothing will go amiss."
Du Guangning nodded while busy working, feeling quite excited inside.
Today was exhausting, truly busy, but learning to make seven or eight cold dishes makes it all worthwhile in comparison!
Jiang Yu was less excited, washed his hands after getting up, and prepared to start doing his part too.
As soon as he dried his hands and before he picked up the kitchen knife, the phone in his pocket rang.
Jiang Yu paused his actions, furrowed his brows slightly, and after a moment’s hesitation, turned and walked out of the kitchen, pulling out his phone to take a look.
The call was from Liu Xining.
Jiang Yu couldn’t help but be stunned; come to think of it, Liu Xining hadn’t contacted him for several days since her gastritis, and he’d been so busy that he hadn’t thought of her or Pan Jingchen at all.
He wondered how they were doing these days, and whether Liu Xining’s gastritis had improved?
At this thought, the phone rang again, waking him up instantly, and he hurriedly answered the call:
"Hello? Senior Sister?"
"Xiaojiang, are you busy? Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you, but I might have to return to Shanghai, so I wanted to tell you..."
On the other side, Liu Xining’s gentle, pleasant voice came through, but there was a hint of apology in her tone, likely feeling bad about bothering Jiang Yu.
"What? What’s happening, why so sudden?"
Jiang Yu didn’t mind much, just puzzled about why she chose this time to go back.