Chapter 261: Gu Li

"Master... Master Qin, I have a request."

When Qin Huai was packing dinner after work, Gu Li suddenly darted in front of Qin Huai, whispering while helping to pass the lunch boxes.

Because the number of meals that need to be packed every day is increasing, Qin Huai specially purchased three extra-large lunch boxes for packing dinner.

"What is it?" Qin Huai asked.

Gu Li is a person who rarely makes requests or demands.

Most of the time, he is a silent background board in the Huang Ji kitchen, coming earliest and leaving latest every day, not talking, and slowly making dim sum.

If it weren't for Tan Weian having Gu Li, this little junior brother, in his heart, often cueing him during chats or specifically going to talk to him, I'm afraid Gu Li's presence would be even lower.

"If your Cloud Canteen needs helpers for learning and exchange, can you prioritize me?"

"I really want to go to the restaurant where you are to learn and exchange."

Qin Huai was stunned when he heard Gu Li's words, and asked: "Didn't you hear what Tan Weian and I said this afternoon?"

Gu Li is Tan Weian's junior brother, and Tan Weian explicitly told Qin Huai to find him if he was short of people; as long as it was a good thing, Tan Weian would definitely not forget Gu Li.

"I heard, but that was a conversation between Senior Brother and you. I feel that my opportunity needs to be fought for by myself," Gu Li said.

Qin Huai suddenly looked at Gu Li with new eyes.

He discovered that this Gu Li, who is always silent, easily ignored, often ridiculed to the point of becoming a famous negative example of a master's disciple, but never refutes, making people feel that his personality is even somewhat cowardly, is actually not cowardly.

He just doesn't care about those remarks.

"I've actually always been curious," Qin Huai said, "Ever since you and Tan Weian came to Huang Ji for exchange, it has been rumored on the street that after Master Tan passed away, you brothers were squeezed out by Zhi Wei Ju, so this seemingly bitter exchange fell on you."

"I have never really believed this kind of rumor. Tan Weian has so many recipes in his pocket that he could publish a book. If this is being squeezed out, I believe 99% of pastry chefs would be very willing to be squeezed out."

"But if you feel that you are not working happily at Zhi Wei Ju, I think you can also consider our Cloud Canteen. The salary and benefits won't be lower than Zhi Wei Ju, and we are in great need of pastry dim sum masters," Qin Huai swung his hoe to poach.

If Qin Huai had a list of people he wanted to poach in his heart, Gu Li would definitely be number one.

Workaholic, hardworking, solid basic skills, professional match.

The tea he brews is also quite good.

Previously, Qin Huai didn't swing his hoe because it was unethical; Gu Li is a pastry chef purely from Zhi Wei Ju, and the kind who hasn't finished his apprenticeship. Now Qin Huai feels that Gu Li seems to have revealed a hint of a tendency to jump ship, so he swung his hoe on the spot.

Now it was Gu Li's turn to be stunned. Unlike Qin Huai's stunned state, Gu Li didn't say a word, seemingly thinking about how to respond to Qin Huai's poaching.

After a long time, Gu Li said firmly: "Master Qin, I will definitely stay at Zhi Wei Ju in the future."

"Although I don't know if I will have this opportunity, I hope that one day I can become a master at Zhi Wei Ju like my master, preaching and teaching, and restoring ancient recipes."

Qin Huai smiled, signaling Gu Li not to feel too much pressure; even if he didn't want to jump ship, he was willing to let Gu Li go to Cloud Canteen for more exchanges.

"It seems the rumors are false."

Gu Li nodded: "The masters at Zhi Wei Ju are very good to me and Senior Brother, but because both Senior Brother and I have masters, masters like Master Zhou can't teach us hand-in-hand like our master did, so they mostly give verbal guidance."

"Plus, my talent is indeed not good. Many masters give a hint or two, and seeing that I haven't improved, they are unwilling to say more. Over time, those rumors might have started."

"As for why Senior Brother and I came to Huang Ji for exchange this time, I actually know a little bit of the reason. After Master passed away, I was very terrified. I was afraid that I would only be reduced to a mediocre dim sum master in the future and disappoint Master. I also didn't know whether I should stick to the path of restoring ancient recipes that Master set for me, or research dim sum normally like others."

"I was confused and didn't know what was right, so I could only spend more time doing more. Maybe I was a bit obsessed; I didn't rest during the New Year last year, working without rest all year to make dim sum. Senior Brother was worried that I was under too much pressure and had gone crazy, so he took the initiative to propose to Boss Su to bring me to Huang Ji for exchange."

"He felt that if I changed places and changed the environment, my mood might be different, and I wouldn't be burying my head in making dim sum every day like before."

Qin Huai silently complained in his heart, it is indeed different, even more of a workaholic, spending more time making dim sum than before.

"I think you should be able to understand," Gu Li looked at Qin Huai, his eyes full of longing, "Although I can't do it like you, forgetting to eat and sleep to study dim sum seriously, I have always wanted to find a state like yours. You should understand this feeling, this feeling of wanting to do a dim sum well so you don't care about anything else, with only dim sum in your heart."

Qin Huai:?

Who is spreading rumors about him outside again?

When did he forget to eat and sleep?

Slander, pure slander!

Qin Huai indicated that his heart likes to slack off, and it is impossible for him to only want to do one dim sum well. There are simply too many dim sum he wants to do well; he wishes he could wake up tomorrow and have all the dim sum in the complete book of dim sum done.

On the matter of rolling, he and Gu Li are simply not in the same order of magnitude.

Even if Qin Huai is tired from work, he still insists on playing with his phone for half an hour before going to sleep every night.

If he didn't play with his phone for this half hour, he wouldn't be able to sleep.

Qin Huai could only nod slightly sluggishly: "I... can understand a little."

"How about this, are you free after the New Year?"

Gu Li didn't quite understand.

Qin Huai continued: "It's better to choose a day than to hit a day; learning and exchange should be early rather than late. Since you took the initiative to mention it, I think Cloud Canteen does need chefs for learning and exchange after the New Year, to inject fresh blood and encourage old employees to make progress. It's quite a coincidence that you might even know the two dim sum masters in our Cloud Canteen; they are also from Zhi Wei Ju."

"How about setting the time for one and a half months? Come to Cloud Canteen for exchange on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and the salary and bonus will be calculated according to our canteen's salary level."

"Don't worry, our canteen pays for five insurances and one fund."

In fact, even if Gu Li didn't take the initiative to volunteer, Qin Huai planned to find Tan Weian alone in two days to ask if he could trick a few people into going to Cloud Canteen for exchange on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

Need those who are quick-handed and have solid basic skills, or at least have a special skill, such as brewing tea well, or knowing a little bit about shoulder and neck massage.

Having said that, Qin Huai feels that after returning to Shan City, what he really should worry about is not whether there are helpers, but how to live after work without the bone-setting shop next door.

Would Gong Liang mind opening a bone-setting shop next to Cloud Canteen?

He can top up, top up 20,000!

"Thank you, Master Qin, I will tell our Boss Su later," Gu Li said, slightly excited.

Qin Huai nodded guiltily and continued packing.

On the way home, Qin Huai couldn't help but call Zheng Siyuan to ask.

"Hey, Zheng Siyuan, you're not asleep, right? I want to ask you something."

"Speak."

"Do you know Boss Su of Zhi Wei Ju?"

Zheng Siyuan was silent for two seconds and said: "I haven't met him, but there is some intersection; my father is quite familiar with him."

"Are you... planning to go to Zhi Wei Ju for exchange?"

Qin Huai hurriedly denied: "No, no. I just want to ask, is his temper good?"

Zheng Siyuan:?

"If their Zhi Wei Ju chefs just came to Huang Ji for exchange two months ago, and haven't returned when they were busy during the New Year, and then went to Shan City for exchange right after the New Year... will it affect their normal business?"

Zheng Siyuan said calmly: "As long as it's not the case that all the direct disciples of masters like Tan Weian go over, it is impossible to affect their normal operation with the number of Zhi Wei Ju chefs."

"Zhi Wei Ju has many apprentices, and these apprentices are basically doing odd jobs; if they are not taken in as disciples by masters, their progress is very slow. Going to your place for learning and exchange is a very good opportunity for improvement for them, and it is also a profitable business for Zhi Wei Ju."

"After all, the salary during the exchange is paid by you."

"Don't worry, Boss Su is not a narrow-minded person; even if a direct disciple really goes over, he will at most scold you on his Moments."

"Boss Su often scolds people on his Moments, and everyone is used to it; he posted three Moments this month scolding my father."

Qin Huai:?

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