Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 269 - 260: What a Bunch of Oddballs!

A group of rich second generation heirs rushed to a nearby real estate sales office.

As soon as they entered the sales office.

"Hello, welcome..."

A female sales representative quickly approached them, a professional smile gracing her lips.

Li Chengzhan and the others didn’t waste any time, directly expressing their needs: "Do you have any fully renovated houses here? We want to buy houses, a total of 12 units, preferably in the same building, do you have that?"

Wow~

A total of 12 units!

This is a big deal!

The female sales representative was almost overwhelmed by this sudden windfall of happiness.

She quickly composed herself, a bit excited, and nodded: "Yes, we do!"

Then she pulled out a few catalogs and handed them to these young heirs.

And very politely said: "Gentlemen, you can take a look inside if there are any of the fully renovated houses you like."

Li Chengzhan and the others flipped through a few pages, then each pointed to the house they chose, smiling at the sales rep: "I’ll take this one!"

The female sales representative glanced at the pages they showed her.

She cautiously asked: "Gentlemen, are you sure you want these houses?"

Li Chengzhan and the others nodded in unison and said: "Yes, let’s pay!"

Hearing this, the sales representative’s mind momentarily couldn’t process it.

How come they haven’t even seen the houses yet!

And are ready to pay!

Truly, wealth allows for willfulness!

She tentatively asked: "Gentlemen, are you sure you don’t need to see the houses first?"

They weren’t too concerned about the houses’ condition.

As long as they could move in right away.

Otherwise, driving here every day wasn’t ideal.

Li Chengzhan waved his hand: "No need for such hassles, just hurry and process the paperwork, and give me the keys. Of course, each of us will also need a parking spot, calculate the price."

With that, they each took out a bank card and handed it to the sales rep.

Soon after.

All the purchasing procedures were completed.

The group of rich young heirs took their keys and related documents and left the sales office.

"What a bunch of peculiar people!"

The female sales representative muttered to herself as she watched their backs, but having a substantial commission wasn’t bad either!

At this moment, another woman dressed in the same professional attire walked in with a bag of food and smiled as she said, "I’m back with the stuff."

"Next time, don’t run out to buy things during work hours. Luckily, the manager wasn’t here this time, otherwise there would be another scolding..."

"Don’t worry, I’m not like you, a novice in the workplace, I won’t let the manager catch me!"

The girl in the matching professional attire laughed and then focused on her colleague’s hand: "Wow, so many documents! Are these from those 12 people just now?"

"Yes!"

The sales representative nodded, explaining: "A group of them came to buy houses just now, with the manager and you both out, so I had to attend to them."

"I see!"

The matching attire lady nodded knowingly and thought for a moment: "I saw these people while I was queuing at Delicious Restaurant, heard they’re rich kids from out of town, collectively drove over just to eat Boss Huang’s food! Could it be they bought houses just to be closer to eat Boss Huang’s dishes?"

That’s not impossible!

After all, recently, many people have come to buy houses just to be the first to taste Boss Huang’s dishes!

Thus turning this previously slow-selling development into a hot commodity!

Thanks to Boss Huang!

A new female sales representative, who hadn’t been there long, was shocked to hear her colleague’s words.

This is a remarkable move!

But having tasted Huang Tao’s restaurant dishes herself, she felt this move was quite normal too.

If she weren’t short on cash, she’d want to buy a house here too!

...

On the other side.

After buying the houses, Li Chengzhan and his party, for convenience, went to a nearby supermarket to quickly buy some daily necessities to take back.

Each looked around at their newly purchased house.

Then, in unison, they contacted two cleaning ladies online, asking them to come over as soon as possible for cleaning.

Once the cleaning ladies had cleaned thoroughly, Jiang Chao saw it was about time and went back to Delicious Restaurant.

"Creak~"

Pushing open the door, he immediately spotted Huang Tao lounging on a deck chair, resting while browsing his phone.

Jiang Chao called out softly: "Boss Huang..."

Hearing the call, Huang Tao glanced up at Jiang Chao, finding him somewhat familiar, and asked curiously: "You are..."

"I’m Li Chengzhan’s friend. I’m Jiang Chao."

Jiang Chao introduced himself with a smile.

Huang Tao was taken aback for a moment before recalling who Li Chengzhan was. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Isn’t that the rich kid who wanted to partner up and open a private cuisine place yesterday afternoon!

But what does this person want now?

Could it be another person coming to seek collaboration?

He politely responded, "Hello, what can I do for you?"

Jiang Chao didn’t beat around the bush and directly stated his real purpose for coming.

He respectfully asked, "Boss Huang, may I become your apprentice?"

As soon as he said this,

Huang Tao was completely stunned!

Since this guy is Li Chengzhan’s friend, he must be a second-generation rich, right!

After all, birds of a feather flock together!

And asking directly if he could become his apprentice?

This indicates that his family is very likely also in the restaurant business.

But if that’s the case!

Why seek apprenticeship outside?

Huang Tao couldn’t figure it out and didn’t bother to think about it. Besides, he had no intention of taking on apprentices.

Moreover, his current culinary skills were not yet at the level of taking on apprentices!

So, he said apologetically, "Sorry, with my current culinary skills, I’m not qualified!"

Upon hearing this rejection, Jiang Chao naturally felt quite disappointed.

Of course.

This was within his expectation.

But he was still somewhat unwilling to give up and asked, "Then Boss Huang, are you hiring at your restaurant?"

"Are you sure?"

Hearing this, Huang Tao looked at Jiang Chao, surprised.

He indeed needed to hire someone urgently at that moment.

Just earlier, he had even topped up his recruitment ad again, hoping to hire someone soon.

Since someone had come to him, he was naturally quite interested.

Jiang Chao confidently replied, "Sure."

Huang Tao smiled and laid out his condition, "In that case, make a dish first. If it’s good, you can stay."

Feeling hopeful, Jiang Chao smiled broadly.

Quickly, he took the chef’s uniform from Huang Tao and followed him into the kitchen.

He prepared to make his specialty dish... garlic shrimp.

There were a few shrimps left, but no vermicelli!

So he had to change the menu.

He decided to make salt and pepper shrimp!

He picked up a few large shrimps from the bucket, cutting off their heads and legs.

Deveined them.

Washed and drained them.

Huang Tao watched him add salt, eggs, and starch to the shrimps, mix them well, and fry them in the oil at seventy percent heat until they were golden and crispy.

From his control of the heat, timing, and determination of the shrimp’s doneness, it was evident that he must have learned cooking from a young age, with excellent fundamentals.

Even better than Xu Hao, who was very talented in culinary skills!

Soon enough.

A dish of salt and pepper shrimp was freshly served.

"Everyone, come and have a taste!"

Huang Tao called out.

The three employees in the restaurant also came over, each taking a piece of the shrimp with chopsticks.

Though reluctant to admit, Lin Zifeng had to confess, "Pretty good, your culinary skill is probably better than mine."

"Pretty delicious!" Ding Suqin couldn’t articulate much, so she just gave such an answer.

"Hmm, not bad."

Xu Hao also nodded, smiling as he looked at Huang Tao. "Boss, what do you think?"

After tasting, Huang Tao also felt that the salt and pepper shrimp tasted quite good.

But he couldn’t help but point out its shortcomings, "There’s a bit too much starch; if you reduce it by a third, the texture will be better. Also, use less salt and pepper seasoning, about three quarters; it’s a bit over-fried, not tender enough. Besides these, everything else is quite good."

Upon hearing Huang Tao’s critique, Jiang Chao widened his eyes in surprise, "Boss Huang, your tongue..."

Xu Hao, seeing Jiang Chao’s surprised expression, felt like seeing his past self.

He nodded with a knowing smile, saying what Jiang Chao wanted to but hadn’t yet said, "That’s right, my boss is the legendary gold tongue."

Huang Tao humbly said, "What gold tongue! Just a tongue more sensitive to different seasonings."

"Even so, your tongue is more impressive than an ordinary person’s."

Jiang Chao sincerely admired him, feeling more determined to stay by Huang Tao’s side to learn cooking. He smiled and asked, "Boss Huang, does this mean I’ve been hired?"

"You have the health certificate and such, right?"

"Yes, they’re in my car."

"Alright then, bring them with you when you come to work tomorrow. Usually, be here by 5 a.m.; is that okay?"

"No problem."

"As for your salary and benefits..."

"I have no issues with them."