Life is a Game

That night, the entire Jiang family knew the good news that Jiang Feng had won an apprentice.

Apprenticeship is an absolutely important event in the chef industry. It is not surprising to gather a bunch of relatives and friends, hold a banquet, and kowtow to the master and offer tea under the witness of everyone. But this is generally a dish that only masters can have. The real behind-the-scenes boss of Taifeng Building, like Jiang Feng, who is not even known to the employees of Taifeng Building, has just emerged in the chef world and is a little famous, so naturally he can't put on this card .

In addition, Jiang Feng was young, if he told the outside world that he wanted to recruit apprentices, most people would just take it as a joke or something made by young people who were ignorant.

Under the discussion of the uncles of the Jiang family and the two old men, everyone decided that Ji Xia would toast Jiang Feng with a cup of apprentice tea tomorrow under the witness of the elders of the Jiang family, and just go through the procedures that should be followed.

Early the next morning, Ji Xia rummaged through the suitcase to find her cleanest and relatively formal clothes. With Ji Xue's help and guidance, she sorted out her clothes and appearance, and went downstairs to Jiang Feng's house.

The living room of Jiang Feng's house has been tidied up, the coffee table and other debris that blocked the way have been removed, the sofa has been relocated, and the small two-bedroom house has been completely blocked by the Jiang family. The fringe figures among the spectators of the apprenticeship ceremony, such as the fourth aunt, the fifth aunt, Jiang Jianshe and Jiang Jianye, could only stand in the dining room, and the living room could not squeeze in.

Not to mention Jiang Shoucheng and Jiang Zaide, there is no place for them in the dining room, so they can only go into the kitchen or hold the door frame in the bedroom to watch from a distance, as long as you stretch your neck long enough, you may be able to see something .

Ji Xia was intimidated by the battle of the Jiang family.

She knew that Master had a lot of relatives, and there were many brothers and sisters in their village. It was always lively and lively during the New Years and festivals, and several tables were opened even if there was not enough room for dinner. Some families have more than a dozen uncles and aunts. During the New Year's Eve dinner, the table can't even fit in the house. It has to be placed from the living room all the way to the door of the house. The family dinner is as lively as a wedding banquet.

But what Ji Xia never imagined was that the number of relatives in Master's family is not because of the large number of people, but the large area occupied.

A dozen or so people stood in the living room and dining room, and it felt like there were twenty or thirty people standing out.

For today's apprenticeship ceremony, Comrade Wang Xiulian deliberately regained her old profession, using her own unsophisticated and even foolish skills to calculate an auspicious time.

Ji Xia has arrived, and so has the auspicious time.

In ancient times, there were three orders in the ceremony of apprenticeship: the first step is to worship the ancestor, the second step is to worship the teacher, that is, to serve tea, and the third step is to teach the master, talk about the rules, and give a name if necessary.

At Jiang Feng's place, there was only the second step in the ceremony of appreciating the teacher, offering tea.

If it is possible, there is no problem in worshiping the ancestors, but the problem now is that even the Jiang family can't figure out who their ancestors are. Looking back from Jiang Chengde, neither Jiang Weiguo nor Jiang Weiming knew anything about it. Jiang Chengde is not a person who likes to mention the great achievements of his ancestors. Chengde has always been very taboo about mentioning the past glory of the Jiang family.

From which generation did the Jiang family start to be a chef, and who was the real founder of Jiang’s cuisine? These past glory have long been lost in the long river of time along with the artillery fire and the chaos of war.

But now, everyone knows that they will witness the glory of the Jiang family today.

Teaching is the most glorious and greatest thing a chef can think of. It not only means that they have successors, but also means that their culinary skills are recognized.

Under everyone's gaze, Ji Xia walked towards Jiang Feng step by step.

It has been many years since no one in the Jiang family has taken in an apprentice. The only one in the room who has taken in an apprentice is Jiang Weiming, but when he accepted the apprentice, the apprenticeship ceremony has been cancelled. of. So no one in the Jiang family actually knew what other procedures there were in the apprenticeship ceremony besides offering tea, but Ji Xia knew.

Ji Xia remembered that her grandmother told her that when apprentices were apprentices, they had to kowtow to the master.

She had originally prepared this way. Last night she hesitated whether she should kowtow once or three times, but today she was a little timid with so many people watching.

Ji Xia still remembered what grandma said, kowtowing is not popular anymore.

Jiang Feng was wearing a long gown, sitting on a chair, watching Ji Xia walking towards him.

The long gown on his body was custom-made for him by the old man when he was 18 years old. In his opinion, although a suit is a formal dress, it is a Western-style formal dress, and a Chinese-style formal dress is a long gown. Every child in the Jiang family had a gown given by the old man when he was an adult, but whether it was Jiang Feng's three cousins, his uncles, or even Comrade Jiang Jiankang, their gowns could only be buried deep in the The bottom of the closet was too full to wear.

There is still some obvious gap between them at the age of 18 and them now.

Only Jiang Feng, whose figure and height have not changed much, can not only wear it but also fit it snugly.

Ji Xia walked up to Jiang Feng, knelt down, picked up the teacup on the table, raised the cup to his eyebrows, and bent down to bring the tea to Jiang Feng with his waist as the axis.

"Master, please drink tea."

Ji Xia was so nervous that she kept biting her lower lip.

Jiang Feng reached out to take the teacup. When he first took it, he suddenly felt that the teacup in his hand was very heavy, as heavy as a thousand catties.

Jiang Feng delivered the teacup, took a sip from his mouth, and put it down gently.

Jiang Feng doesn't know how to drink tea. No matter what kind of tea he drinks, it is bitter. He can't taste the sweetness or sweetness mentioned by others, as if he was born without the cells to drink tea, or he was born with a bad taste. This bite.

But this time, he seemed to have tasted something else.

He tasted the sweetness, but also the responsibility.

He watched this cup of tea brewing with his own eyes. The hot boiling water was poured into the teacup. The tea leaves jumped to the ground, stretched out in the boiling water, spun and floated until they fell silent. Jiang Feng saw all this, even if it was him. When I just drank it, the tea was still slightly hot.

Disciples should regard the master as their parents, and the master should treat the disciples as children.

Although Ji Xia's saying that he wanted to worship Jiang Feng as his teacher was a bit like a child's wayward and angry words, Jiang Feng's saying that he wanted to take Ji Xia as his apprentice was like a joke. But since you have worshiped as a teacher and accepted an apprentice, you must bear the corresponding responsibilities.

Just like Jiang Weiming and Jiang Weiming, Jiang Weiming taught each other with all their money, and Jiang Weiwei treated each other with sincerity.

"Papa papa."

There was applause in the living room, and the two old men looked at Jiang Feng and Ji Xia with gratified smiles. Comrades Jiang Jiankang and Wang Xiulian were even moved to the point of crying.

Ji Xia turned her head and saw Ji Xue standing at the door applauding and laughing, but her eyes were red.

Everyone present seemed to have witnessed a remarkable event, and it was indeed a remarkable event.

"Get up." Jiang Feng helped Ji Xia up.

The apprentice ceremony is considered complete.

"From today onwards, you will follow me to learn how to cook. If you want to complain, you will have no chance. There is no turning back when you start your bow. You can't regret this road." Jiang Feng said with a smile.

"Master, I will work hard." Ji Xia said.

"Mom, you go to the store first. Qiqi and I will take Xiaxia to cut her hair now, then go to the mall next to our store to buy some clothes for her, and go back when it opens at noon." Jiang Feng began to ask Comrade Wang Xiulian reported the itinerary.

Comrade Wang Xiulian was so excited and moved that she wiped away the tears that were about to overflow from the corners of her eyes, as if she had just watched a touching movie.

"Buy two sets of clothes for Xia Xia, and cut your hair more expensive. It's not easy for a girl to have such long hair. Don't just shave your head for 10 yuan like you did before." Comrade Wang Xiulian instructed. .

Jiang Feng: ...

Mom, be sober, you picked the barber shop where I cut my hair, okay?

"oh."