The water station is divided into two sections: meat and vegetables. Each section is further divided by pools, and the vegetable section alone has ten pools, each overseen by a water station master with several assistants.

Ms. Grant is the most senior water station master among them. When the head of the station isn’t around, she’s the one who assigns the vegetable washing tasks for the ten pools.

Out of the corner of her eye, she kept glancing at David Carter’s handsome face. Every time she looked at Ms. Grant, her heart ached a little—such a good-looking young man, and it’s only his first day; he can’t be overworked. This old lady will abuse her power just this once—who dares to say anything?

It doesn’t matter what anyone says—being handsome is the greatest truth in the world!

Chapter 009: Drama King?

Spicy potato cubes are a famous dish in Jiangsu cuisine. Because they’re cheap and delicious, the sales volume is huge.

Not to mention, the Jiangsu cuisine hall at Jiuzhou Dingshi takes up an entire floor, boasting 1,488 seats and 36 private rooms. The amount of potatoes consumed daily is unimaginable. The waitresses in the front hall don’t even need to place orders for this dish—it has to be prepared in advance. Every day, they probably need to prep several hundred pounds of potatoes as a base. At fifty pounds per bag, it takes more than a dozen bags to be enough.

Ms. Grant’s pool only kept half a bag, so the other pools naturally had to take on more. Strange looks came from all sorts of odd angles, but when everyone saw David Carter in his work uniform, they immediately understood and were totally sympathetic to Ms. Grant. Fine, if I were in charge and had a delicate new girl on my team, I’d be afraid she’d get tired too.

Our water station at Jiuzhou Dingshi just isn’t a place for women. Is it easy for Ms. Grant? She’s like an old apricot blossom in the back kitchen of Jiangsu cuisine. It’s rare for her to be happy, so why not let her have her way for once?

No one had any objections, and Kelly Payne certainly didn’t dare to object—just carry on...

Ms. Grant obviously didn’t feel sorry for this dark, chubby intern, and none of the other pool masters did either. At most, they’d help him out if he was nearby, which already made Kelly Payne feel a spring-like warmth.

Swallowing his tears, Kelly Payne secretly vowed, “I have to work hard, I have to become a pretty boy... Oh, that’s a bit tough. Better work hard to become a head chef. Once I have money, I’ll go to Korea for liposuction and beauty treatments, get the full package!

Kelly, you have to work hard, work hard, fighting!

You can do it, fighting!”

When the panting fat guy came back, Ms. Grant was patiently passing on her experience to David Carter: “Xiao Zhou, the water station isn’t easy work. All kinds of vegetables and meats have to be washed clean, and each has its own method.

Take washing potatoes, for example. Our job at the water station is to rinse them and remove the dirt, but not peel them. Peeling is the cutting board’s job, and prepping is the assistant’s work. What we need to do is wash the potatoes clean with the skin on, so the cutting board can’t find any fault...”

“Mm.”

David Carter nodded slightly, his face expressionless and cold. The more Ms. Grant looked at him, the more she liked him, so she explained in even more detail: “Potatoes and lotus roots are both ingredients that tend to be muddy. If you can wash them in the sink, it saves the trouble of changing water.

But our vegetable section only has so many sinks. When it’s busy, not everyone can use one, so you have to wash vegetables in a basin and change the water again and again.

But since you’re new, Xiao Zhou, I have to look after you. I can assign you a sink, so you can wash with Ms. Grant at the sink.”

Kelly Payne stood to the side, wiping his sweat and listening. The more he listened, the more upset he felt. Ms. Grant was taking way too much care of David Carter. A newcomer, and he gets his own sink?

David Carter shook his head. “No need, Ms. Grant. Removing dirt from potatoes seems simple, but it’s not.

I just checked—we’re using highland red-skinned potatoes. These have thin skins and delicate flesh, even better than Sichuan potatoes.

When removing dirt, whether you use your hands or a brush, it’s inevitable that the skin will get damaged. Even the best vegetable washer can’t avoid it completely.

If you rinse them directly with water, tap water might seep into the inner layers of the potato.

The water in Chudu is hard and alkaline, which affects the taste of the potatoes and ultimately the quality of the dish.

So I’d rather use a basin to wash them, and it’s best to do it by hand. That’s the perfect way...”

“Huh, Xiao Zhou, you’ve learned how to wash vegetables? You know quite a bit!”

The handsome guy she was supposed to help suddenly turned into an expert, and Ms. Grant was a bit thrown off.

“Oh, my family runs a restaurant.”

Suddenly feeling a bit irritable, David Carter frowned secretly. This illness is really troublesome. Looks like he’d better start washing vegetables soon, so he casually made up an excuse.

“So you’re from the trade? All right, we’ll do it your way.”

Ms. Grant smiled and nodded at David Carter, then turned to give orders to the poor fat guy: “Um... Kelly Payne, right? You’re in charge of fetching and changing water for David Carter. You can at least be an assistant, right?”

“I can...”

The fat guy was on the verge of tears. How did I end up as the assistant?

Is there any justice left in this world? We’re both interns—how can there be such a big difference?

He grumbled in his heart, but still had to plaster on a smile. He moved even faster than a puppy scrambling for food. Who would believe this was a guy who’d just “slimmed down” but still weighed 210 pounds?