Chapter 394

Chapter 394: Grand Disciple Ceremony

Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

Wu Zhou took Martin to the neighboring western restaurant for lunch, with which Martin was very satisfied . After all, Li Li’s culinary skills were extraordinarily wonderful .

“Surprisingly, I can even eat such an authentic steak over here . It’s sooo good . Thank you, Zhou,” Martin said with satisfaction .

“Thank you for your recognition . ” Before Wu Zhou could say anything, the waitress beside them smiled and said .

“Actually, the Swedish Meatballs or White Wine Mussels cooked in that restaurant are also all top-notch delicacies . Of course, there’s also the Roasted Pork . These are also foreign dishes . ” Wu Zhou said without a trace .

“But I don’t believe that . ” Martin shrugged .

“Ok . It’s time to go . Have you finished?” Wu Zhou didn’t insist, but turned to ask him .

“Ok . Let’s go . ” Martin nodded his head .

“Di Di Da Da, Di Di Da Da”

A sound of trumpets and the drums being played came to their ears .

“It’s so boisterous today . Zhou, is it a festival today?” Martin pointed at the line outside that acted as if they were to welcome the bride of a wedding and asked .

“No, it shouldn’t be . ” Even Wu Zhou hesitated slightly .

The procession in front of them was, surprisingly, a team performing the dragon and lion dance, which appeared mighty and domineering .

“Let’s have a look . It looks fairly interesting . ” Martin got very excited upon seeing that . He took out his phone and prepared to take pictures .

“Ok . ” Wu Zhou was quite interested in the procession that stayed at the door of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . Hearing that, he agreed to stay and watch conveniently .

“Boss Yuan, Master Yuan . Could you please come out for a moment?” The one standing in the front of the procession was obviously Master Cheng that had been refused half a month ago .

When Master Cheng specially came for a visit at that time, he was refused flatly by Yuan Zhou . When he wanted to have a meal there, he was told that he had to line up . After he lined up helplessly and then finished the meal, he made up his mind to try again .

What a joke! The dishes of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant were even tastier than those cooked in the contest . The craftsmanship and ingredients were simply what all chefs longed for . If only he succeeded in taking him as his teacher, he could use such ingredients to practice his craft .

“What a sin! I should practice with some inferior ones and formally cook only with Boss Yuan’s ingredients . How wonderful it would be!” Master Cheng muttered inwardly .

Then, he made up his mind and came over here instantly .

“My restaurant will be open for business in five minutes . Could you please make some room for my customers?” Yuan Zhou didn’t intend to come out to watch when he heard the ruckus . But when he heard Master Cheng’s words, he was unable to bear it and thus came out of the door solemnly .

“Listen to Master Yuan . Everybody, please step aside and make some room for Boss Yuan . ” Master Cheng turned his head and said immediately .

“If you come to have meals, you’ll receive an extremely cordial welcome . If it’s about other things, there is no need to speak . ” Seeing them step aside, Yuan Zhou immediately said that .

“Master Yuan, please look at this . ” Master Cheng handed his legible letter to Yuan Zhou .

Master Cheng appeared much older than Yuan Zhou, about 30 years old, but he respected Yuan Zhou very much .

“Thank you . But what I told you last time remains the same this time and I don’t want to say it again . ” Yuan Zhou said indifferently without any other mood .

Of course, he was actually quite happy inwardly . Being respected in this way was both about prestige and affirmation of his culinary skills .

However, Yuan Zhou didn’t really think his craftsmanship was good enough to receive any disciples .

He would rather receive a girl to be his apprentice than a man . As the old saying goes, men and women wouldn’t feel tired if they worked together .

“Boss Yuan, could you please check it?” Master Cheng had made up his mind this time, thus he carried the letter persistently .

“Even if I check it, it won’t change the result . Besides, we are all chefs . ” Yuan Zhou received the letter .

“Since you are more capable than me, you are my teacher even though I have been working as a chef for a longer time . ” Master Cheng said cleanly .

Yuan Zhou didn’t answer him but instead, opened the letter in public .

“Head chef, do you think that young boss will agree?” There was a manner of great interest shown on the face of the chief chef .

“No, he won’t . That guy is much too prideful . ” Li Li said affirmatively .

“He’s indeed much too arrogant . He doesn’t even respect us . ” The chief chef humphed and agreed to the comments given by Li Li .

However, what Li Li intended to say was contrary to the word “arrogant” mentioned by the chief chef .

“Boss Yuan is so awesome! Someone even came to pay their respects to him as his teacher . ” Seeing the ruckus, a customer also said proudly .

“Of course . Boss Yuan’s craftsmanship is needless to say . ” Others echoed and complimented .

“This person has been here once, but he was refused by Boss Yuan last time . ” Another customer said mysteriously .

“Really? Why didn’t I know that?” Other customers surrounded the one that seemed to know more and asked him curiously .

“It was more than ten days ago . This person is said to be some sort of certified master, the kind that is originally quite awesome . ” A customer pointed at Master Cheng and said .

“Still not so awesome as Boss Yuan . ” Other customers said one after another .

“Of course I know he’s not as awesome as Boss Yuan . Otherwise, how is it possible for him to come here and pay his respects to Yuan Zhou as his teacher?” It was still the same customer .

“Let me tell you . . . ” This customer started to describe the matter of paying respects to Yuan Zhou last time .

Having watched the scene, Martin and Wu Zhou were also talking over that .

“What does that man mean?” Martin pointed at the letter being held by Master Cheng and asked .

“That person wanted to pay his respects to Boss Yuan as his teacher, but he was refused . ” While Wu Zhou was speaking of that, there was a prideful feeling in his tone .

Just like those customers, it was a sort of acknowledgment when one’s favorite thing was also liked by others .

“Why did he refuse that person?” Martin asked with puzzlement .

“Because Boss Yuan is a low-profile and modest man . ” Wu Zhou said earnestly .

“Maybe . ” Martin shrugged . Yuan Zhou didn’t leave him a good impression .

However, he liked watching the situation very much .

The letter was written with the writing brush and was naturally about his desire to be taken as a disciple . Nevertheless, the signature was Zhou Shijie, the chairman of the China Chefs’ Alliance .

“I really have nothing to teach you . ” Yuan Zhou received the letter and said earnestly while looking at Master Cheng .

Master Cheng didn’t give up . On second thought, he said straightforwardly, “I can follow you and even do some chores . “

“You can follow me, but you can’t get into my kitchen . ” Yuan Zhou said directly .

“Although I can’t cook as well as Boss Yuan, the preparatory work is nevertheless . . . Ok, no problem . ” Master Cheng had prepared to say he could do the preparatory work . Then, he thought of the traumatic experience of being slapped in the face and hence stopped saying more and then accepted that .

“That way, I’m not your teacher, so you don’t need to call me teacher, either . And you still need to line up if you want to eat here . ” Yuan Zhou pointed at the line over there and said .

“Alright . Don’t worry, Master Yuan . ” Master Cheng was satisfied with the result that he could follow him at any time .

Otherwise, he would have no justification to come here every day to watch Yuan Zhou cook, which would sound as if he was stealing something . Master Cheng indicated that he was also a prideful master .

Sometime, Yuan Zhou would doubt if he and the system had any thoughts in common . For example, the situation now .

Yuan Zhou had been unsatisfied with his current culinary skills ever since he cooked the Vegetable Stir-fried With Mushrooms . Yet, just now, the system gave him a new and interesting mission again .

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