From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 855 - 851: No Need to Stand on Ceremony (First Update)
Mu Shuangshuang looked at the solitary house standing in the corner and let out a long sigh, hoping that this Sun Dawu was the person she was looking for.
It was still early, and Mu Shuangshuang helped Da Wu’s wife with threading needles, as for intricate work like embroidery, she couldn’t do it.
Lu Yuanfeng and Yu Dahai were helping Sun Dawu repair the house.
Every time it rained, Sun Dawu’s house would leak water, and inside, it was often damp and wet.
Ever since he stopped working at the restaurant, Sun Dawu was busy selling baked pancakes in town and had no time at all to do repairs.
Fortunately, this time, with three men working together, they managed to fix the leaking roof with wood in just two hours.
As soon as they finished with the house, Sun Dawu headed to the kitchen to start preparing dinner for the day.
Mu Shuangshuang exchanged a few words with Da Wu’s wife before following Sun Dawu into the kitchen.
"Miss Shuangshuang, why are you coming in? The kitchen is very smoky, wait outside, I’ll call you when the food is ready."
Mu Shuangshuang listened, shook her head, and said, "I heard from Fengzi that your cooking is particularly good, no worse than that of a woman who cooks often. I just want to see if what he says is true."
Mu Shuangshuang squinted her eyes and smiled merrily.
"Oh, you listen to that boy’s nonsense. I’m just doing it for fun. Big Ya is busy every day with those needlework stuffs, and I don’t want her to get too tired, so I took over the cooking myself."
Sun Dawu scratched his head embarrassedly and finally didn’t tell Mu Shuangshuang to leave.
Sun Dawu put the bought vegetables in a wooden basin and washed them with clean water.
Suddenly, he looked up at Mu Shuangshuang: "Miss Shuangshuang, you and Fengzi like each other, right?"
Mu Shuangshuang nodded without hesitation, "Mm! We’ve already betrothed, just waiting to choose a good time to marry."
"That’s wonderful!" Sun Dawu placed the cleaned five-flavor pork on the chopping board, and his hands did not stop cutting the pork into small pieces.
It was much like Lu Yuanfeng said, his knife skills were excellent, and the slices were evenly thick.
"Speaking of which, that boy Fengzi is really something. Back in the military camp, he was the only one who could stand out in front of the commander.
If he didn’t leave, within ten years, the commander’s position would have been his. Unlike us, working for years, still just a lackey of the Fire Head Army."
Talking about this matter, Sun Dawu felt quite regretful.
A fine young lad, practically risked his life to reach the position of Vanguard and gained some reputation in the military camp.
But in the end, he still requested to come back.
What a pity!
"Everyone has their own aspirations, Fengzi left there. He must have made up his mind; fame and fortune probably don’t matter to him," Mu Shuangshuang said.
"That’s true, actually there’s nothing bad now, at least Fengzi met you. When we all came back together, I could still feel that boy had a melancholy air, probably reluctant to leave the life in the camp.
But now, he’s completely different, his smile is even more infectious than before."
Sun Dawu share what he saw.
After chatting with Sun Dawu, Mu Shuangshuang opened up the conversation even more.
She said, "Brother Wu, did you learn the dishes made by the head chef during your time at the restaurant?"
"Oh, don’t even mention it. When I came out of the camp, I felt that cooking was the only thing suitable for me. I finally found a restaurant, originally thinking that when the head chef left, I could take over.
But the shopkeeper simply didn’t give me that chance. The current head chef’s dishes don’t even taste good, just keeps increasing the portion size.
This isn’t a military camp where just being full is enough! For a restaurant, dishes need to be tasty for people to return."
Sun Dawu was full of grievances, and his chopping of the meat slowed down a bit.
Mu Shuangshuang thought for a moment and said, "Brother Wu, if there was a chance for you to become the head chef, what would you do?"
"There’s no such chance anymore. Good Taste Restaurant already has a head chef, and other big restaurants, as soon as they hear I don’t have experience, at best they’d let me do odd jobs, and I’d never touch the back kitchen in my whole life."
"I’m saying just in case, if there were such a chance, what would you do?" Mu Shuangshuang asked again.
"Haha, if there’s really such a good thing, I’d definitely devote myself to cooking." Sun Dawu laughed, looking silly as he spoke.
"Do you really like cooking?" Mu Shuangshuang asked again.
"Mm! Big Ya likes to watch me cook, and she likes to eat what I make too. Plus, in those years in the camp, I got used to everyone happily eating the food I made."
Sun Dawu is quite simple, happiness and unhappiness show on his face. Mu Shuangshuang almost couldn’t resist asking his opinion then.
But thinking about the future operation of the restaurant and her prior arrangements with Yu Dahai and Fengzi, she held back.
Yu Dahai also mentioned that the head chef is the core position of the entire restaurant, besides the accountant.
If the head chef isn’t good, the entire restaurant is useless.
The downfall of Fulin in the past was exactly because the head chef stagnated for years, and all the dishes tasted the same.
Ten years with no change.
Plus, with no special dishes, it’s only natural people went to Jiu Si Xuan and First-class Residence instead.
Mu Shuangshuang helped Sun Dawu light the fire, watching him complete each dish.
Meatballs, dumplings, braised fish, a few vegetable dishes, a plate of fried eggs, all very simple home-cooked dishes, but the fragrance in the kitchen never ceased.
With the food ready, the table was set.
Sun Family’s Daya and Xiao Zhu were staring at the table of dishes, drooling almost ready to fall.
Both kids were quite well-behaved.
"Papa, Mama, there are so many delicious dishes today, you should eat more, especially Papa, coming home so late often, you need to keep your body strong!"
Daya looked obedient.
Both kids were shy but considerate.
Sun Dawu and his wife were smiling the whole time, the meal was basically a show for them and Big Ya.
Mu Shuangshuang tasted each dish, they were delicious, most importantly, they had a taste of happiness.
If she could teach him a bit longer, he could definitely become a good head chef.
After the meal, Mu Shuangshuang put down her chopsticks and looked seriously at Sun Dawu.
"Brother Wu, I asked you before, if there was a chance for you to become the restaurant head chef, what would you choose? What if it were me asking this question now, how would you answer?"
"What?" Sun Dawu looked completely astonished.
He turned to look at Lu Yuanfeng.
"Fengzi, does Miss Shuangshuang mean... she’s asking me to be the head chef?" Sun Dawu asked.
"Brother Wu, just call her Shuangshuang, no need to be so formal. Here’s the situation. Shuangshuang opened a restaurant in Qingshan Town, the restaurant may open after the New Year.
But right now, we’re missing a head chef. The three of us came here to find you because the position of head chef is so important, which is why we didn’t mention it initially."
