Life is a Game

The reason why Jiang Feng asked Ji Xue to make fish balls and Ji Xia to stretch noodles was because the dinner he prepared for Ji Xia's mother-in-law today was very simple - a bowl of thick noodles with fish balls in clear soup.

The soul of this bowl of thick noodles with fish balls in clear soup was naturally the same clear soup he used to make chickpea curds, so that Jiang Feng could not only show off his culinary talents, but also allow Ji Xia's mother-in-law to taste Ji Xue and Ji Xia's excellent cooking skills.

Ji Xia is now a skilled noodle maker. If you don't care about the quality, you can make longxu noodles, and it's no problem to make a bowl of thick and refreshing noodles.

While Jiang Feng was cooking the noodles, Ji Xia surrounded Jiang Feng and kept asking about Zhang Qian's apprenticeship.

"Master, will you accept that sister just now as an apprentice?"

"Xia Xia, do you want me to take her as an apprentice?" Jiang Feng asked back.

"I don't know." Ji Xia didn't know Zhang Qian at all, she just wanted to be a senior sister, "but I think it would be good if Master would accept a few more juniors and juniors for me. Teach them knife skills, I can also teach them noodles, shortbread and fresh meat mooncakes!"

Ji Xia's fresh meat mooncakes are doing pretty well now, although they are not as good as Zheng Siyuan's, they are still delicious fresh meat mooncakes.

"Bring over the colander over there." Jiang Feng pointed to the shelf in front, "I'm afraid Xia Xia won't have the chance to teach your future juniors and sisters how to stretch noodles, shortbread and fresh meat mooncakes."

"Why?" Ji Xia was puzzled.

"Because Xia Xia, you are different from them. You study the white case, but they study the red case." Jiang Feng explained.

He wasn't going to take in talented white case disciples to misunderstand his disciples anymore. Even if Jiang Feng wanted to recruit disciples now, he was very clear about the direction.

Ji Xia nodded, didn't care when he understood, and continued to ask: "Master, you haven't said whether you will accept today's sister."

"I don't know either." Jiang Feng took the colander from Ji Xia's hand and took out the noodles. "It depends on the situation. That sister will come to the store to help out in the past few days. Whether she accepts it or not depends on her performance in the past few days."

Ji Xia gave me a look of understanding: "I know, just like Master, you tested me before accepting me, there are standards for accepting apprentices, and you can accept them only after passing the test, right?"

"Yes." Jiang Feng nodded, turned his head and shouted at Ji Xue who was by the other stove, "Ji Xue, are your fish balls ready?"

"Soon." Ji Xue called back.

Jiang Feng started arranging the noodles, but the two spinach sticks were forced out of shape by him. Ji Xue's fish balls instantly turned into Double Dragon Balls, but there were too many Double Dragon Balls.

"Xia Xia, you can serve the noodles to mother-in-law." Ji Xue said with a smile, giving Ji Xia the chance to serve the noodles.

Ji Xia happily ran out with his face in his hands, and Ji Xue followed behind.

Jiang Feng still had a few dishes in the back kitchen, and he was busy for more than 20 minutes before finishing today's work. He went out to change his clothes, and then went to the lobby to find Granny Ji Xia.

The thick noodles with fish balls have been eaten, and they are so clean that there is no soup left.

When Jiang Feng went, Ji Xia was talking to her mother-in-law, seeming to be talking about something happy, and Ji Xia even laughed out loud. Ji Xue's eyes were full of smiles, and Ji Xia's mother-in-law was smiling all over her face, looking very kind, and she was a completely different person from the old lady who was terrified by Jiang Feng at first glance.

Seeing Jiang Feng coming, Ji Xue hurriedly sat inside to make room for Jiang Feng, but Jiang Feng didn't take the seat.

"Ji Xue, Xia Xia, can I have a chat with your mother-in-law alone?" Jiang Feng said.

Ji Xia didn't think much about getting up directly, but Ji Xue was taken aback for a moment, and quickly nodded in agreement, and dragged Ji Xia to the back kitchen to help.

"Hi, if you don't mind, I'll call you mother-in-law like Xia Xia." Jiang Feng sat across from Ji Xia's mother-in-law.

"It's not a mess of seniority, but you young people probably don't care about it, you can call it whatever you want. By the way, these are the gloves I knitted for you. The style is old but warm. I listen to Xia Xia said that you all walk to and from work in winter, although the distance is not far, but it is so cold in Beiping that if you don’t wear gloves, you will definitely freeze your hands. You should take good care of your hands as chefs, I hope you won’t dislike them.” Ji Xia The mother-in-law is indeed a very kind old man, as long as she opens her mouth, she will know that her face is completely inconsistent with people.

"Of course I don't dislike it. How could you dislike such a thoughtful gift?" Jiang Feng took the glove, looked at it carefully, and squeezed it. It was indeed thick and comfortable to the touch. The person who weaved the glove obviously put his heart into it.

"Thanks to you for taking care of Xia Xia for more than a year. I watched this child grow up. He is sensible even if he says he is sensible, and he is really ignorant if he says he is ignorant. Among these children, I have always worried about Xia Xia the most. Xia. If Xia Xia hadn't worshiped a good master like you, her life might have been ruined like this."

"Don't say that. I believe Xia Xia will never ruin her life no matter whether she takes me as her teacher or not. She is a good child and will not go astray. It's just that sometimes the road is not so smooth." Jiang Feng said quickly.

Grandma Ji Xia was stunned for a moment, showed her face at random, smiled from the bottom of her heart, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, she is a good child, she has always been a good child."

After the basic politeness, Jiang Feng told Ji Xia's mother-in-law all the issues he thought about last night and discussed with Wu Minqi about Ji Xia's future development.

Granny Ji Xia's expression became more serious the more she listened, and her smile disappeared completely. If you don't know her well, you might think that this old lady is a little unhappy now.

"So, the best way now is to let Xia Xia go to what you said, that..."

"Zhiweiju."

"Yes, why not go to Zhiweiju to study art?" asked Granny Ji Xia.

Jiang Feng nodded: "This is the best choice. Zhiweiju is currently the best restaurant specializing in white cases in China. The top white case chefs in the country are basically in Zhiweiju. If there are Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da, Zheng Da I taught Xia Xia before, but obviously he didn't want to spend time on teaching apprentices. I actually asked Zheng Siyuan, and he didn't mind, but he told me clearly that he had no apprentices before, and he didn't have any experience. Can't teach."

"In fact, both Zheng Da and Zheng Siyuan have limitations, but Zhiweiju does not. Zhiweiju has many white case masters. If Xia Xia can go to Zhiweiju, he can receive the most systematic and comprehensive white case cooking guidance. As long as we come forward, Zhiweiju will sell our face, even if we don't give them all, we won't deliberately make things difficult."

Granny Ji Xia frowned: "But Xia Xia doesn't want to."

Jiang Feng nodded again helplessly: "Yes, the biggest problem now is that Xia Xia doesn't want to. For Xia Xia, Zhiweiju is a completely unfamiliar environment. She likes here as well as Beiping. If she wants to go to Zhiweiju, there are at least eight Nine years can range from three to five years, no relatives, no friends. Although Xia Xia is about to be seventeen, she still feels like a junior high school child. If someone asked me to leave home to a complete stranger in junior high school Even if you tell me that all this is for my own good, I’m afraid I’m not willing.”

"We have seen the changes in Xiaxia this year. We all like her very much, and we don't want to force her to make decisions for her. In fact, she doesn't have to go to Yongheju, but that's the best. If If Xia Xia really doesn't want to go, I can also find a way to invite not so top-notch white case masters from other places to work in Taifeng Building, so that Xia Xia can continue to learn art in Taifeng Building, but it's a pity A waste of her talent."

"She is a genius, maybe you don't feel it, but she is really very talented in white cases, not just an ordinary talent, but a one-in-a-million talent, unsurpassed by young and middle-aged people in the country and even in the world. It is precisely because Xia Xia's talent is so good, we will feel sorry if she cannot receive the best teaching." Jiang Feng is also very helpless, "I don't want to force her, but I really want to help her make this decision. "

"Now I have no way of judging which idea is right and which is wrong. You are Xia Xia's mother-in-law, and I believe you know her very well, so I would like to ask for your advice."

Grandma Ji Xia's eyes were red.

Rubbing the corners of her eyes with her hands, Grandma Ji Xia smiled apologetically for her gaffe: "I'm sorry, I'm just happy for Xia Xia."

"It's been so many years, and you're the first one to ask me...the first person to really consider Xia Xia." Granny Ji Xia said, her voice choked up.

"Is Xia Xia really that talented?"

"Really." Jiang Feng nodded affirmatively, "None of us have seen a more talented white chef than her."

"Are you in a hurry now? I mean, we must let her..."

"No need." Jiang Feng shook his head, "There is still time, and it should be delayed for another half a year. Actually, we are also wondering if there is a better way to get the best of both worlds."

"There are so many good things that have the best of both worlds in this world. She can't take all the good things in the world by herself." Granny Ji Xia shook her head with a smile, "Well, I'll give it a try and give Xia Xia a little more time."

"I believe she will be responsible to you and to herself."