"Suqin, from tomorrow onwards, you don’t have to do things like washing vegetables, mopping the floor, or wiping tables anymore. Let the two new employees handle it!"

After the interview, Huang Tao went to the back kitchen and announced this to Ding Suqin, who had just finished washing all the ingredients.

"Boss, then what should I do?"

Ding Suqin was a bit confused.

Suddenly not needing to wash vegetables, mop, and wipe tables, she felt her workload had significantly decreased.

She felt a bit lost!

These words made Huang Tao chuckle: "You can just stay at the counter for cashiering and also be responsible for making beverages! For now, you should first focus on making the green bean milk though!"

"Okay, boss."

Ding Suqin wondered if such a sudden decrease in workload would also mean a sudden decrease in salary.

She quietly asked, "Boss, does that mean my salary will be reduced..."

She hadn’t even finished speaking!

When she saw Huang Tao, he smiled and said, "The salary will remain the same."

"What? Still the same?"

Ding Suqin felt a little uneasy.

After all, this decrease in workload while still receiving the same salary made her feel a bit uncomfortable, because when she used to do short-term jobs, a reduced workload or insufficient hours would always result in pay cuts from her employers. However, now the boss didn’t cut a dime, but instead kept it the same, which she found unbelievable, making her feel uneasy.

Huang Tao once again understood what she was thinking and smiled, saying, "The store now has a lot more traffic than before, and the demand for the green bean milk is also high, so your workload is actually not small, plus, the store will also gradually launch new beverages in the future, and once you learn them, you’ll be fully in charge of making them. For instance, the coconut milk boba freeze that will be launched at noon, once I have time to teach you, you’ll be responsible for making it in the future. And your help with the drinks allows me to have free time to enjoy and work on other dishes. This salary is well worth it for the help you provide."

Ding Suqin was silent; Huang Tao’s words gave her an inspiration.

Why must I consider the question from the angle of whether the boss should give me so much money? Why not think about how I can make myself worthy of this pay from the boss?

She had once seen a phrase on television: "The value of an employee is not in their own ability, but in how much benefit they can create for the company!"

So, she decided to work even harder! 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Ding Suqin flashed a bright smile with her white teeth: "Okay, boss, I’ll work and learn well."

Turning around, she diligently started her work, actively wiping the counter, all the while pondering how to improve her skills in making beverages.

"Good!"

Huang Tao smiled slightly, looking towards Li Chengzhan and Lin Qiuyu not far away, and said with a smile: "Chengzhan, Qiuyu, it’s the same for you two. You also don’t need to do washing vegetables and dishes; just focus on packing meals and serving dishes!"

"Okay, thank you, boss."

Li Chengzhan and Lin Qiuyu agreed without the slightest awkwardness and also felt that their boss was genuinely nice, and considerate of them as employees.

He even specifically hired people to share their workload.

Unlike other bosses who tried all sorts of ways to squeeze out the remaining labor value from their employees.

Being able to have a boss like Huang Tao was also their fortune!

In the kitchen.

Xu Hao and the other three assistant chefs were also busy with the preliminary preparation work for the various dishes to be sold at noon as Huang Tao supervised, giving them pointers from time to time.

When nearly all the preliminary work was done.

Huang Tao started preparing the lunch for themselves, making some ginger and walnut scrambled eggs to test his skills.

In fact, the ginger and walnut scrambled eggs are very simple to make.

The key is to select the best ginger.

The ginger must be freshly juiced without adding water.

The ginger juice should be yellow in color with a rich ginger aroma.

Poured the well-mixed eggs and crushed red sugar walnuts into boiling ginger juice with rice wine.

After gently stirring, it is placed in a pot to steam.

Once the egg custard is formed, sprinkle a mixture of walnuts and red sugar on top, continue steaming for a few minutes, and it can be taken out and eaten.

Xu Hao and others saw their boss cutting the cleaned and peeled ginger into small pieces and putting them in the food processor, so they knew he wanted to try making a new dish for everyone today.

Classmates at school envied him and Lin Zifeng for being able to eat meals from the So Delicious Café almost every day, which they longed for.

But they didn’t know that the boss occasionally experimented with making all sorts of delicious new things for them as employees.

The desire for food was greatly satisfied, and Xu Hao and Lin Zifeng appeared much sturdier than before, as they were previously too slender.

He smiled and asked, "Boss, what delicious thing are you preparing to make?"

"Preparing some ginger and walnut scrambled eggs, do you like this ginger and walnut scrambled egg?" Huang Tao kept working with his hands and replied with a smile.

Xu Hao nodded, "It’s okay."

That was the truth; they had eaten this local specialty before, also known as the "Chinese souffle"... ginger and walnut scrambled eggs.

However!

The spicy and sweet taste was a bit unsettling at first, but after eating it, they found it quite good.

It was just, quite good!

Of course, they were still very much looking forward to their boss’s version of ginger and walnut scrambled eggs.

Jiang Chao, on the other hand, was delighted as he loved the walnut scrambled eggs, and the boss had been working on new dishes and drinks recently. Having seen him place peeled ginger pieces in the food processor, he guessed there would be ginger-related dishes today.

Since he had prepared himself mentally, he now took a deep breath, fully enjoying the spicy scent of ginger.

And then.

Huang Tao took out the ginger paste, using gauze to separate and squeeze the ginger juice.

The reason for not using commercially available ginger juice was primarily because those ginger juices were watered down, losing the purity of the flavor!

Pouring the ginger juice into a pot, he added an appropriate amount of rice wine to boil together.

During this time, he chopped walnut kernels into small particles.

Seeing the ginger juice boiling, he poured it into the pre-prepared enamel bowls to cool for later use.

Then, he picked up a frying pan and put the chopped walnut pieces into the pan, roasting them over low heat to bring out the aroma.

Taking it out and placing it into a bowl, he let it cool a bit and then mixed it with the right amount of sugar and walnut pieces for later use.

He took some farm eggs and cracked three into each enamel bowl containing ginger juice, whisking and blending them evenly and then sieving them once.

This method would make the steamed texture much more tender and smooth.

He then added the pre-mixed sugar and walnut pieces, continuing to stir them evenly.

He took a spoon and skimmed off all the surface foam.

Then, following traditional methods, he heated clay tiles in a large iron pot.

He placed the prepared walnut egg liquid with the bowl into the iron pot.

Turned up the heat for dry steaming.

After about 10 minutes of steaming.

He turned off the heat and let it stew for another 5 minutes.

Once it was done, he sprinkled a bit of red sugar on top and slightly torched the surface with a blowtorch,

adding some caramel aroma to enrich its flavor.

And so.

Bowls of ginger and walnut scrambled eggs, rich in color, aroma, and taste, were ready.