Chapter 412: A pitiful person must have something hateful about them

Hearing Ma Hua's words, Ran Qiuyue frowned and asked:

Are you telling the truth?

He owes you all money?

Ma Hua nodded and said:

Well, of course it's true.

I wouldn't dare lie to you.

After saying that, he let out a long sigh and continued:

We people, each of us owes him money, and it's not a small amount.

The total must be twenty or thirty thousand.

Sometimes I suspect he's gotten into drugs.

But after our group's analysis, we think he borrowed money from us to support my master's wife and her family, as well as those elders in their courtyard.

Later, we also conducted an investigation.

Sure enough, it confirmed our guess.

The money he borrowed from us was all given to my master's wife.

Ran Qiuyue gave a cold laugh and said:

Indeed.

Qin Huairu really is a bloodsucker.

Looks like I didn't misjudge her after all.

Ma Hua: "My master's salary has always been handed over to her."

Not a penny less.

Later she used my master's money entirely for business.

The results all went down the drain.

So the family was in trouble, and my master borrowed money from us.

Besides, my master likes to act big and has been supporting those elders in the courtyard.

That certainly requires a lot of money, right?

What else could he do?

He could only borrow from us.

Actually, we lent him money out of respect for him being our master.

Ran Qiuyue nodded and said:

Shazhu, having you lot as disciples is really his blessing.

Too bad he doesn't know how to cherish it.

Head Chef, have you ever thought about what if your master runs out of money and can't pay you back?

Ma Hua: "Yes, we've all thought about that."

But we also thought, if he really doesn't pay back, then let it be.

Just consider it repayment for him taking us as disciples.

Actually, to be frank, my master doesn't really put effort into teaching us.

Or rather, he hasn't taught us his secret skills.

Now, we can't even make his signature Sichuan dishes properly.

Why?

Because he never properly taught us those dishes at all.

Maybe I'm just slow, but anyway, I can't learn his signature Sichuan dishes.

Of course, for other dishes he teaches us very carefully.

I've gone off topic; let's not talk about that.

His character is actually still quite good.

This is also one of the main reasons I'm willing to lend him money.

Boss, after my master resigned from our restaurant, there have been quite a few restaurants.

All of them want to hire my master as a head chef.

But being a head chef requires manpower.

To be a head chef, he'd have to take us with him.

But my master,

he won't let us quit our jobs here.

He says if we all quit, would your restaurant still operate?

He can't do something like burning the bridge after crossing the river.

In short, he mainly doesn't want to undermine you.

Just for that, I respect him.

Ran Qiuyue nodded and said:

I believe it.

He, He Yuzhu, really is that kind of person.

His character is fine.

But in front of Qin Huairu, his intellect just isn't enough.

Ma Hua, I'm not hiding anything from you.

After your master resigned, I've also mentally prepared myself.

That means your group is also likely to resign.

To be honest, I've also made preparations.

Master Nan Yi also has his own team.

He's also mentioned to me that, if possible, he can bring his team over anytime.

Why didn't I agree?

That's because I wanted to give you all a chance.

Over these years, you've always been diligent and hardworking, uncomplaining.

Since you haven't voluntarily offered to resign, I can't fire you.

Ma Hua said somewhat moved: "Thank you, boss."

Ran Qiuyue: "You're welcome."

By the way, since your master can't work as a chef, what has he been doing?

Ma Hua smiled and said: "You should be well aware of my master's temper."

He simply can't work with other chefs.

He always looks down on others' skills, despising them.

But that's someone else's turf, right?

So he can only choose not to work.

Let him work at a small eatery.

He also complains about short weight and deceiving customers.

The result is he works one job and gets fired by the boss.

He works one job and gets fired by the boss.

He barely cooks any dishes, just ends up firing the boss.

This wasn't just recently.

He again discovered they were using gutter oil.

And he fell out with the boss again.

Ran Qiuyue frowned and asked:

What is gutter oil?

Ma Hua: "It's that kind of recycled oil, used for cooking, then recovered and reused again."

Some places use it just to save money.

It's a scam.

Let me tell you, in our line of work as cooks,

As soon as we stir-fry, we can smell whether the oil is gutter oil.

Ran Qiuyue nodded and said:

Your master's character is still decent.

I haven't misjudged him.

I support him firing those bosses.

Ma Hua: "Hmm, I support that too."

How could he work for such a boss?

Ran Qiuyue: "So that means your master is currently unemployed as well."

Ma Hua nodded and said: "Exactly, so my master is even more short of money."

As for my master's wife, anyway I feel my master has been poisoned, poisoned by her.

For all these years he's supported their whole family, and now he's also supporting the elderly in their household.

Sigh, I really don't know what my master is thinking.

Ran Qiuyue: "The pitiful inevitably have something hateful about them."

Your master's hateful point is that he lets people bleed him dry, and even enjoys it.

Ma Hua stared, then said: "Exactly, exactly, that's just what I wanted to say."

My master is truly hateful.

But he's also quite pitiful.

Ran Qiuyue: "Can he not be pitiful?"

He'd rather save face than suffer.

Ma Hua: "Yeah, I really worry about his future."

I've heard that every time he brings money home, his wife greets him with a smile.

But as soon as there's no money, his wife changes her expression.

Faster than flipping a page.

Ran Qiuyue: "I've known Qin Huairu for many years."

All along I've also thought she's a good person.

But later, after I had someone investigate, I found out she's just pretending to be good.

Thank you, Ma Hua, I now understand everything.

Ma Hua: "You're welcome."

"Boss, I'm going to work."

"If there's nothing else."

Ran Qiuyue: "Hmm, go to work."

"Work hard."

Ma Hua: "I'll take care of it, you can relax."

After saying that, they stood up and walked outside.