Demon in the world

In mid-September, Boss Cai began to let Ah Jiu practice cutting newspapers.First cut a sheet wide, then fold it in half and cut it thin, and finally replace it with a thicker old magazine, until Ah Jiu can quickly cut out filaments of the same length and width, as thin as hair.

One day Ah Jiu went out to buy groceries, but when he came back, there was a closing sign in the restaurant, and only Xiaoman's car was parked at the door, while others were sitting inside playing with their mobile phones.

Ah Jiu knocked on the glass curiously, and asked, "Brother Xiaoman, why are you here?"

Xiao Man opened the car door, "I'll wait for you."

"Wait for me?" Ah Jiu looked at the dish in his hand in confusion, "Where is Boss Cai? Do you know where he went?"

Xiaoman patted the steering wheel and said: "He asked me to pick you up, follow me, and throw away the things in hand."

Ah Jiu said: "The fish and meat are fresh, what a pity to throw them away."

Xiaoman pointed to the back speechlessly, "Put it in the trunk at the back."

After Ah Jiu got into the car, she still had doubts in her heart, "Brother Xiaoman, where are we going?"

"Boss Cai brought his son back to his hometown to visit his relatives. He didn't have time to tell you about the incident. Let me pick you up and live there for a while."

Ah Jiu suddenly said, "Well, then, would it be inconvenient for me to live with you?"

Xiao Man said: "It's not inconvenient, you don't live for nothing. After you go there, you will be an apprentice in the hotel kitchen, and I will give you a place to live and a salary."

"Eh?"

Seeing Ah Jiu's surprised face, Xiao Man said, "Why, you don't like it? Gentleman Hotel, do you know how many people can't get in with a senior chef certificate, and accepting you is a huge example."

"Thank you, Brother Xiaoman."

"Don't thank me, I just asked Boss Cai to owe me a favor." When the car stopped at a red light, Xiao Man glanced at him and asked, "How much does Boss Cai pay you a month now?"

"No money."

"No way?" Xiaoman couldn't believe it.

Ah Jiu said seriously: "Boss Cai bought me clothes and daily necessities, and taught me how to cook. I am already very happy."

Xiaoman scoffed coldly, "Fool."

The car drove to the city center and finally stopped in front of a splendid hotel.

Xiaoman led Ah Jiu in, and the security guard at the door greeted the guests immediately, "Hello, manager."

Xiaoman took Ajiu outside the kitchen as if no one was around, called a fat man in a suit to come out, pushed Xiaoman in front of him, and introduced: "Jiang Dong, this is Ajiu, I will be working in the kitchen from today, please take care of me." . Later, someone will assign him a dormitory, and advance one month's salary to him in advance."

Jiang Dong smiled all over his face, "Don't worry, the manager, I will definitely take care of him."

Xiao Man patted Ah Jiu on the shoulder, "Go to work, I'll go first."

Ah Jiu waved at him dully, "Brother Xiaoman, goodbye."

"Let's go, I'll take you to the dormitory." Jiang Dong hugged him very kindly.

The staff benefits at Junzi Hotel are very good, and Ah Jiu was introduced by Xiao Man, so he was assigned a clean and beautiful single apartment. The living room is also complete with home appliances, including refrigerators, computers, air conditioners, and kitchen utensils.

When applying for a work card, Ah Jiu didn't even know her official surname because she didn't have any identification, which made the HR department very troubled.

Fortunately, Xiaoman's face is big enough, and no one dares to complain.

Jiang Dong was overly enthusiastic about him, took him around, and even cared about the small things of getting uniforms and changing uniforms.

Ah Jiu vaguely realized that something was wrong from the astonished eyes of passers-by, but he was still inexperienced, so he couldn't figure out why.

A day later, Ah Jiu officially became a member of Gentleman Hotel, although he was only a small apprentice.

The hotel's kitchen is a battlefield where there is no cigarette sales. The new chef was fired because he misplaced the seasoning. The simple complaints of the guests made the entire logistics department busy. The oldest chef, Liu, was cooking. No one is allowed to watch as if they are secretly practicing magical skills, and the chefs are smiling on the surface, but there is a lot of energy behind them... From the noodle shop to the kitchen of the Junzi Hotel, it is just a change of place. For Ah Jiu But it opened up a whole new world.

Ah Jiu was the youngest in age and seniority, so he was ordered to do the washing and cleaning. Usually, when everyone was busy, he was the most idle person in the kitchen.

He looked enviously at the chefs who showed their strengths, and subconsciously began to observe and figure out their movements, the order of cooking and the amount of seasoning.

"What are you looking at?" Jiang Dong patted his butt.He is the head chef here, and he is only responsible for meeting summary and customer complaints when commuting to and from get off work, and dealing with special dishes when necessary, so most of the time is free.

Ah Jiu avoided his hand, and said politely, "Hi, chef."

Jiang Dong smiled and said: "Why, I see that you are very interested in cooking."

Ah Jiu admired sincerely, "Everyone is amazing."

"Of course, our Gentleman Hotel has the best reputation in the country, the most considerate service facilities, the most complete management system, and of course the most powerful chefs. Any one of them who has been selected at random has been in the national culinary competition. I have won a professional award. Ah Jiu, if you want to enter the industry, you can worship me as your teacher!"

Ah Jiu shook her head, "I have already worshiped my teacher."

Jiang Dong asked unexpectedly: "Who do you worship?"

"Boss Cai."

"What is your name?"

Ah Jiu thought about it, and said, "I don't know either." Boss Cai called Boss Cai all day long, and he never asked for his full name.

Jiang Dong immediately showed a disdainful smile, "Do you know that our industry is the most particular about background, even if you come from the famous chef, you can't compare with a well-known master in the world. It's not you, Brother Jiang, bragging. There are six apprentices, each one only needs to report my name when looking for a job, and there is no need to directly hire them even for an interview, and the salary is five or six times that of others."

Ah Jiu said: "It doesn't matter where the hero comes from, as long as he can cook satisfying food, he is a good cook."

Jiang Dong raised his triangular eyes and said dissatisfiedly, "Who said that?"

"My master."

"Bah!" Jiang Dong spat, "I really think of myself as a god. There are not many people who can get a good name without connections these days!"

Because of the different viewpoints, Ah Jiu didn't like to communicate with Jiang Dong very much, and always felt reasonable but couldn't explain clearly.

He was about to take the towel and go to work elsewhere, but Jiang Dong grabbed his arm, "Don't go, talk to me for a while."

He was tall and strong, standing in front of Ah Jiu like a small tower, Ah Jiu struggled, but was hugged even tighter by him.

Seeing someone walk in from outside, Jiang Dong let go of his hands pretending to be serious, and said in a low voice: "Small arms and legs...they are quite attractive."

He didn't expect Ah Jiu's ears to be so good that he heard everything verbatim.When the black and white eyes looked over, the thick-skinned Jiang Dong was a little at a loss, he cleared his throat and said: "What are you looking at, go to your business."

Ah Jiu walked away suspiciously, but his heart began to feel uneasy, just now he seemed to see a fire in Jiang Dong's eyes, a creepy evil fire.

After work, Ah Jiu often goes to sit in the park downstairs. There are many stray cats and dogs there, including those with missing tails, broken legs, and one eye. Ah Jiu will buy some snacks to feed them.

Another two months passed in a blink of an eye, it was already the end of November, and the time was getting colder, but Boss Cai had no news at all.

It was snowing heavily this day, Ah Jiu bought snacks downstairs as usual, but there was no sign of the group of stray animals.Ah Jiu began to worry, and looked around for the scattered footprints on the snow, but she didn't see any of them.

Until finally, he found a few drops of blood on the ground where a kitten's footprint had disappeared.

Was he arrested, or was he adopted by a well-meaning person?No one can tell him.

These days when he was working in the Gentleman Hotel, he didn't make any friends, because the interpersonal relationship in the kitchen was very complicated, or maybe it was the result of Jiang Dong deliberately getting close to him, no one was willing to take the initiative to joke with him.

When I was on the mountain before, although there were only him, my master, and my brother, I was very happy every day.But now, no one chats with him, and no one wants to play with him. Even the animal friends he just made have mysteriously disappeared, and Ah Jiu, who is in his adolescence, falls into unprecedented depression.

Ah squatted on the side of the road with his knees in his arms, looking at the blood on the ground. A black low-key sports car stopped beside him, and the people inside were quietly watching him through the glass.

Ah Jiu didn't notice that he lowered his eyes, with snowflakes hanging on his eyelashes that hadn't melted in time, biting his lip with an expression on his face that was about to cry at any moment.

After an unknown amount of time, the car door was opened, and a strange but familiar voice came out from inside, "How long do you want to stay here?"

Ah Jiu raised his eyes hesitantly, and looked blankly at the people in the car, tears began to swirl in his eyes involuntarily.

The man's eyes darkened, and he said in a commanding tone: "Come up."

Ah Jiu moved, feeling numb all over her body, walked over slowly, and said to him, "Thank you, but no need, I live nearby, so I can go back by myself."

"Come up, I'll see you off."

Ah Jiu hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't refuse the temptation, patted the snow on her body, and sat in carefully.

The car was as warm as spring, and there was a vague female voice singing, Ah Jiu's comfortable consciousness was a little dazed.

It wasn't until the door of the apartment that he finally woke up from his dream and stammered, "You, how do you know that I live here?"

Wenren Chu calmly said as usual: "I heard Xiaoman talking about it."

"That's it... You, do you want to go up and sit down? I have made some desserts myself." Ah Jiu looked at him expectantly.

The other party rejected him unceremoniously, "I don't like sweets."

Wen Renchu ​​didn't know how much influence his few simple words would have on the future God of Cookery, Ah Jiu.

When Ah Jiu becomes famous in the future, every time someone plays a one-on-one match, they will choose his fatal weakness - dessert.

Ah Jiu was very hurt, and she secretly learned a few desserts from the chef making desserts, but she didn't expect to be rejected so directly and flatly, and sat without moving for a long time.

I don't know whether Wenren Chu Liangxin noticed or realized that his attitude was a little too much, so he took the initiative to say: "Is there any tea, I'm a little thirsty."

Ah Jiu nodded quickly, "Yes, yes."

Wen Renchu ​​parked the car downstairs and followed Ah Jiu upstairs.

When taking the elevator, Ah Jiu couldn't help secretly looking at his side from the mirror, and his heart was filled with indescribable surprise and excitement.