"I can't do much on my own."

Ma Guoqiang shook his head, but he couldn't hide the pride on his face as he laughed and said,

"However, I sold out two large trays of sugar cakes, especially to those girls. The ones who arrived late couldn't get any and were reluctant to leave!"

This was the most gratifying thing for him in a long time!

The meat buns and vegetable buns he used to make in the dining hall were quite good too. Back when he had a bun shop in the city, people would scramble to buy them every day.

Unfortunately, compared to the soup dumplings Jiang Yu makes, his buns seemed mediocre. Though they could still sell, it was only because the soup dumplings would sell out!

So, Ma Guoqiang always felt a bit uneasy, like he was just another freeloader at the Seventh Dining Hall.

For someone in his fifties, it was truly a disheartening feeling.

But now, things are different. Even here at the Seventh Dining Hall, his sugar cakes were in high demand!

See, doesn't his self-worth shine through?

At this moment, Ma Guoqiang's face was glowing, as if he was experiencing a second spring. He was a bit excited and said with eagerness,

"Boss, since the sugar cakes are so popular with the students in the dining hall, do you think you could arrange for someone to make them with me?"

"Who do you want to assist you?"

Jiang Yu glanced at him and asked with a smile.

The critical step in making sugar cakes is the frying process. As for mixing the glutinous rice flour dough and making the sugar cake base, these preliminary steps can indeed be assigned to someone else.

"Feng Leqing, Xiaofeng."

Ma Guoqiang seemed to have thought about this for a while. As soon as Jiang Yu asked, he blurted out without thinking,

"Xiaofeng is a diligent young man with a quick mind. Moreover, making the sugar cake base isn't very difficult, I can teach him a few times, and he should be able to learn."

Feng Leqing?

Oh, he's that young guy from Jinning City in Xiao Xiang Province!

Jiang Yu immediately recalled him. The reason he remembered such an apprentice well was mainly that Feng Leqing didn't talk much, but he worked hard.

He remembered how Feng Leqing, in order to stay, eagerly helped the part-timers clean the dining hall, leaving them all stunned.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu couldn't help but smile and said, "Alright, as long as he's willing, you can make the arrangements."

"Me, arrange?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Guoqiang shook his head repeatedly, "Boss, this is something you have to arrange, how can I make the decision?"

"Alright, I'll arrange it."

Jiang Yu laughed, waved over a part-timer, and asked him to bring Feng Leqing over.

Feng Leqing didn't know what it was about, but when he heard the boss wanted him, he quickly put down his work and hurried over:

"Boss, you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, Xiaofeng, you've been working at the Seventh Dining Hall for a while now. You must have come here to learn something, right?"

Jiang Yu got straight to the point, avoiding any roundabout way,

"Now there's an opportunity, Uncle Ma needs a helper to make sugar cakes. Would you be willing to assist him?

Rest assured, as long as you do well, Uncle Ma will be more than willing to teach you.

I called you over because I wanted to ask if you'd like to learn?"

Upon hearing the boss say this, Ma Guoqiang also nodded and said with a smile,

"That's right, if you do well, I surely won't keep my skills to myself. My entire knowledge of making pastries needs to be passed on to someone. I can't take it to the grave, that would be a waste."

"I, I want to learn!"

Feng Leqing was stunned for a while before nodding vigorously, his face full of excitement.

He thought the boss called him over because he had done something wrong and was a little nervous, but to his surprise, it was because the boss wanted to find him a mentor!

This was like having a pie drop from the sky, nearly knocking him out!

Indeed, he had resigned from a big restaurant in Jinning City and traveled a long distance to the Seventh Dining Hall in hopes of one day learning cooking skills from Jiang Yu.

Unfortunately, not long after he joined the Seventh Dining Hall, Jiang Yu had opened another upscale restaurant on the second floor and barely had time to come to the first-floor kitchen to cook.

As a result, Feng Leqing's dream of learning culinary skills from Jiang Yu and eventually carving out his own path was shattered before it even began.

Though a bit discouraged, Feng Leqing did not give up easily.

He believed that opportunities always come to those who are prepared. Although he was still doing odd jobs, he did them seriously and diligently. Whenever he had time after completing his chores, he would help to wash and chop vegetables, among other things.

And now, wasn't this the opportunity he had been waiting for?

Even though what he was going to learn wasn't the cooking skills he dreamed of, nor was he going to learn from Jiang Yu, Feng Leqing was no longer a clueless rookie ignorant of things. He knew that having someone willing to teach you is a huge blessing, not something you can afford to be picky about.

Moreover, he had tasted Ma Guoqiang's buns and sugar cakes before. Although they weren't as stunning as the dishes Jiang Yu made, they were definitely better than those made by street breakfast shops in both appearance and taste by more than a grade or two!

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