My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 728 - 245: Insect Clan Feast (Part 2)

The Minister of the Military knew that Du Xixi was intentionally changing the topic, so he followed along and said: "Not necessarily, I see our military personnel aren’t very enthusiastic about gourmet food. Even though the cafeteria has been around for so long, they seem to care more about nutrition supplements."

Du Xixi and Ke Lian: ...

Although Du Xixi had never eaten in the military cafeteria, she had a few military friends. Occasionally, during casual chats with Ke Lian, she mentioned the military cafeteria and learned that it was known for its culinary disasters.

Ke Lian smiled, seeing Du Xixi looking surprisingly at the Minister of the Military, winked at her, and said, "Our Minister loves work the most. Since the cafeteria opened, he hasn’t gone even once, always hiding in the office, sipping dry nutrition supplements."

Du Xixi understood. So the Minister of the Military still didn’t know the true state of their own cafeteria, no wonder he could maintain such a "fantasy" about it when almost ninety percent of the soldiers avoid going there.

Du Xixi reached out, politely patted the Minister of the Military on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Minister, find a chance to have a meal at the cafeteria, I’m sure you’ll understand."

Du Xixi and Ke Lian spoke in riddles, but the Minister of the Military couldn’t understand anyway. However, after they left with smiles, the Minister, unable to resist his curiosity, quickly finished some military affairs and rushed to the cafeteria, thinking he’d try the delicacies there.

Then... almost all the soldiers discovered that the always stern-faced Minister was looking even more unhappy today.

Du Xixi and Ke Lian had already returned home by then, so they couldn’t witness the Minister’s full sour face journey. However, they later heard feedback that the Minister had urgently shut down the military cafeteria. By the next day, when Du Xixi went to the military to handle some Insect Clan corpses, the cafeteria doors were locked, barring soldiers from entering.

Though there weren’t many soldiers going in there to eat anyway.

"What’s this..." Li Feng greeted Du Xixi outside. Ke Lian was preparing some military matters at home today, so Mecha soldiers escorted her over. She pointed at the lock on the door, asking with some speculation, "Cafeteria not open anymore?"

"Temporarily, the Minister said the cafeteria being open is truly a test of soldiers’ willpower. He suggested waiting to improve the culinary skills first before unlocking it." Li Feng scratched his head, somewhat embarrassedly.

He was responsible for washing and cutting at the cafeteria, rarely managing whether food could be served. He only cared if the cutting methods were up to standard—for this, he watched Du Xixi’s live broadcasts, especially selecting those where she taught Knife Skills.

However, as a person in charge, he was truly incompetent in controlling flavor. Even knowing the food wasn’t good, he thought they were all amateurs giving their best, so he didn’t meddle further.

When the cafeteria first opened, soldiers were enthusiastic to try, but later returned disappointed. By now, few would enter, which made Li Feng quite dejected too.

Perhaps closing temporarily was good; it allowed them to hone their culinary skills, so when it reopened, the soldiers no longer hoped to know what real gourmet tasted like.

"Your chefs were transferred from the Cultural Relics Bureau, right?" Du Xixi said while walking inside, noticing a few scholarly-looking people sneaking glances at her from a corner and couldn’t help but laugh, "They all look like art workers."

Turning a corner ahead led to the storeroom, where Li Feng pushed the door open and said, "They were all scholars in the Cultural Relics Bureau before, engaging in cultural relics research, and only midway came out to be chefs, of course, they’re not making good food."

"With talent or hard work, adjustments can be made in a short period," said Du Xixi, who was quite an experienced teacher. Her students had varying talents but all had a passion for culinary arts. After a year of effort, they could basically graduate—thanks to their spiritual power, which gave them a bit of an edge in precision control.

Talents from the Cultural Relics Bureau, regardless of their level of spiritual power, were clearly excellent learners to be gathered by the bureau. As long as they were willing to humble themselves for some culinary advice, Du Xixi wouldn’t be stingy with her experience.