Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 340 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 40_1

Chapter 340: Chapter 340 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 40_1

Huang Dapeng, full from his meal, remembered something, "Someone came to me today, hoping that I can cook a meal for the Zhu Family during the Spring Festival."

What, cook at the Zhu Family’s place? "Are they having guests over?" Huang Lei quickly thought of something, "Isn’t the Zhu family Fan Xiaofei’s in-laws?"

Huang Dapeng grunted in affirmation, "That’s the Zhu Family."

As a chef, cooking for weddings and such was no big deal, especially since those who could request his services generally held some status.

Going to the Zhu Family, Huang Dapeng wasn’t too willing, they were just too overbearing.

Zhao Ya’s expression wasn’t great either, "After bustling about for half a day, you have to go there early, and not even a hot meal is served."

"And no reciprocation." Now when chefs are invited to cook at home, if money isn’t given, it’s common to prepare a gift for the chef.

But if it’s the Zhu Family, forget about gifts, it’s absurd to even expect that, going hungry is the norm.

"Can’t we just not go?" Huang Lei didn’t care about the gift, but not allowing people to eat, that was too much.

"This is just like the old landlords." What era was it to still have such outrageous situations?

"We can’t refuse." Huang Dapeng truly didn’t want to go, but there was no choice, they had to.

"Now they are in full swing." One Fan Family goes and the Zhu Family arrives.

"Forget it, it’s just cooking a meal, no need to fuss over it."

"It’s just a bit of hard work, and besides, they only come around once or twice a year." What could Huang Dapeng do? After all, the Zhu Family had some influence.

"Besides, if not to the Zhu Family’s place, it would be someone else’s house." Huang Dapeng saw things very clearly.

"I’ve already talked to the manager. He knows we go hungry at the Zhu Family’s place, so he said he will prepare buns for us." Having suffered twice before, how could Huang Dapeng make the same mistake? You bet he’d be prepared well in advance.

Spending the holiday at home, Huang Lei was either accompanying Zhao Ya to shop for groceries or cooking at home, then learning to knit from a teacher they found especially for her.

Huang Lei caught on quickly, so quickly that the neighbors couldn’t help but exclaim, no wonder she could attend high school, her mind was quick.

Huang Lei could only agree, "You’re right, all right," she was just bright, since she started high school, she could pick up anything quickly.

Zhao Ya loved hearing others praise Huang Lei, and she’d eagerly discuss everyone’s children with the neighbors.

Though others had many children and they only had Huang Lei, they couldn’t help but acknowledge that Huang Lei really did have prospects.

"Right, Old Huang must be busy during the Spring Festival too." Who didn’t know Huang Dapeng’s cooking was superb – many people sought him out to cook.

A chef going out to cook, could the rewards be meager? Definitely not.

"Indeed, when not cooking in the restaurant, he’s out cooking for someone." There was no use in hiding the truth.

Even if you try all sorts of ways to hide it, people will see, better to be straightforward, "Now, it’s Xiao Lei who’s cooking at home."

The old lady shifted the topic back to Huang Lei again, as everyone knew, some things they could only envy, as others earned with their skills.

No matter how jealous they were, they simply didn’t have the talent; it was better to change the subject, lest they keep feeling sour and uncomfortable.

While everyone envied Huang Dapeng, who had the chance to earn some extra money on the side, they had no idea that the man they envied was currently eating plain steamed buns sent over and listening to the Zhu Family’s nagging.

Huang Dapeng stood up, "Alright, let’s get to work."

"Right, if we finish the dishes well, we can leave early." Why listen to their endless chatter and waste time?

"Aren’t you staying to wash the dishes?" The people from the Zhu Family became anxious.

"There’s no way around it. We are chefs," Huang Dapeng had not expected the Zhu family to actually be so outrageous this time, to simply hire a few chefs without any assistants.

Huang Dapeng, who had always suppressed his temper, could no longer hold back when the tasks of picking and washing vegetables were directly handed to them.

Moving quickly, he got all the ingredients ready, then came out to the Zhu family members, who were dining, "We’ve done all the cooking for today."

"The dishes are all served. We’re leaving."

After saying this, he led the other chefs and walked out, leaving the kitchen in a dirty mess. Was that any of his business?

The Zhu family members, who were happily eating, had not expected Huang Dapeng to pull such a move.

The Zhu family immediately panicked. Huang Dapeng had cooked for them twice before without receiving anything in return; they were only testing his limits.

This time, they thought, once the chef finished cooking, washing a few dishes should be no trouble—just a matter of convenience. Little did they expect, Huang Dapeng would pull a stunt like this.

What to do? Old Madam Zhu was extremely angry, "Really, he’s just a chef, does he really think he can..."

Fan Xiaofei had, of course, seen Huang Dapeng. Even if he was less successful in the Zhu family, he still considered himself better than Huang Dapeng.

Seeing that Huang Dapeng had not shown respect to the Zhu family, Fan Xiaofei was stunned for a moment but soon inwardly cheered.

That’s how it should be. He had been having a tough time lately, with his wife giving him no end of trouble, scolding him with every word.

The Yue family was also constantly setting traps for him, making his work life full of turmoil.

And his own family, with no understanding of his situation, kept on complaining, accusing him of forgetting his mother for his wife.

It really infuriated him. Honestly, he now deeply regretted thinking of sacrificing himself back then.

Now he was not any better off, but instead found himself looked down upon from all sides.

Fan Xiaofei felt terrible all over, finding even the delicious food tasted like wax.

The head of the Zhu family, realizing that his wife had tried to save money by hiring only three chefs without even a single waiter, truly wanted to give her a few punches.

"What on earth have you done?" the head of the Zhu family took a deep breath and spoke to his old lady who had yet to realize her mistake.

"They are chefs, not waiters. Think about it; when you used to ask Huang Dapeng to cook at our house, could you ever get him to come?"

Even though Huang Dapeng is a chef, he’s not someone just any household can hire.

"Don’t even think about revenge, looking for flaws in him. He’s skilled, and with a junior brother living in the compound, it should be no problem to protect him."

"If we manage to get Huang Dapeng a job in the compound, you could still enjoy his cooking," he knew that the compound had always been hoping for Huang Dapeng to come and work there.

"Once he works at the compound, thinking of hiring him to cook would be wishful dreaming."

"Just consider, there are so many households who book him for banquets throughout the year— which families are they?"

"And whenever there are guests from above, he is the head chef," the head of the Zhu family spoke with resignation.

What? Fan Xiaofei, dwelling on his thoughts while eating, listened attentively to the conversation and was shocked to learn such explosive news.

He had no idea that Huang Dapeng had connections within the compound, that even in turmoil on the outside, it was safer than outside because of those internal ties.

Fan Xiaofei had never imagined a chef could have such connections.

What Fan Xiaofei pondered was, did Huang Lei know about