138. The Heart Is Tired

Pei Nianyu held the house deed and looked at it for a full minute with his eyes open.

"This... this is really..."

Pei Nianyu smiled wryly:

"Travel far and wide looking for something, it doesn't take much effort."

He Yanjun saw that his expression was different, so he couldn't help asking:

"My lord, is there anything wrong with this shop? An accident happened at home back then, and all the properties of the family were confiscated. It's just that this shop is under my own name. If I'm lucky, the officials who were in charge of the business were negligent.It's possible to get away with it."

"If it has changed hands, then I have to ask if I can buy it again..."

"It's still there, it's still called Chen Kee Pastry. It's just that the old chef inside seems to be unable to continue his business, after all, he's very old..."

So Pei Nianyu told the story of the shop he met on Hing Xuan Street last time, and sighed at the same time:

"The location of the shop is really good, just opposite the Drunk Immortal building. Unfortunately, it's a bit small. At the beginning, I thought about buying it and renovating it to open a small restaurant. If you want to continue to operate pastries, it doesn't matter., it just so happens that there is no need to make major changes.”

He Yanjun looked gloomy, as if recalling something from the past:

"Although my father works in the Ministry of Household Affairs, he has always been a clean and honest official. Since the He Mansion is in the middle of the capital, there are also a lot of expenses, not to mention the official contacts, etiquette and so on."

"The salaries of my father and elder brother and the annual filial piety are barely enough to maintain a small Beijing official's catering. Capital City is a place where every inch of land is expensive. Shops are expensive, and elder brother is ashamed to ask his mother for it.The dowry shop, I only saved up this small shop after saving for a long time..."

Pei Nianyu thought for a while:

"The master chef's skills in making pastries are pretty good, but unfortunately, he is too old to do such strenuous work. If you want to take over in person... I don't know if you can persevere?"

"Opening a dim sum shop is really hard work. You have to knead the dough the night before. You have to get up and make patterns the next day before dawn, because you have to leave time for baking. You can hire a shopkeeper or an accountant to help you look after the shop at most.Making dim sum requires you to work hard on your own. Now that you are the head of the county, you don't have to ask for trouble."

He Yanjun smiled brightly:

"Not to mention that Yanjun himself likes this matter, I will not give up just because of my brother's intentions. Naturally, I have strength. I have cultivated this body's internal strength anyway, and it is not in vain."

"My lord, I really don't know what I can thank you for saving my life. At this moment, I want my lord to teach Yan Jun the white table kung fu in person. I am really ashamed to accept this. This shop...if I don't give it to the lord,Although Yanjun knows that the prince doesn't like such petty profits, but Yanjun can fulfill his wish just by running the business himself."

Pei Nianyu thought about the value of a lot of food at his fingertips and the system tasks to be completed, and shook his head:

"That's your own shop. It's the only thing your elder brother left you. What do I want it to do? I'll take you as an apprentice, and you can run the dim sum shop. I can also make money, but it's in places you don't knowThat's all."

"There is no need to mention this matter again."

"Then...Yanjun will have Lord Lao."

Knowing that she had made up her mind, Pei Nianyu nodded and said:

"That's good, you will be my disciple from now on. Cooking is a practical skill for people's livelihood. There is no need to talk about the red tape, and the ceremony of apprenticeship will be avoided."

He looked at Xiang Pingen next to him, and frowned again:

"It's just that I don't know your talent..."

Xiang Pingen, lying on the ground for no reason: "..."

He Yanjun performed a speedy rendezvous on the spot.

Pei Nianyu looked at the dough, it was as white and smooth as jade, and it was a round ball, it was... pleasing to the eye.

He was silent for a moment, and knocked on Pingen with his fan:

"Look at you, after studying for several days, it's not as good as someone who knows it without a teacher!"

A quick apology to Ping En:

"The student knows his mistake! The student is really stupid! It's not as far away as the junior sister."

Pei Nianyu raised his eyebrows:

"What is your name, Senior Sister?"

Xiang Ping'en: "..."

He feels a little wronged, whether it is based on age or the order of entry, He Yanjun should be his junior sister!

"The dough is better kneaded than you."

"...Yes, I met Senior Sister."

He Yanjun couldn't help but chuckle.

Pei Nianyu pulled out the system to see that He Yanjun had already registered his name in the disciple column in his system.

With the six-dimensional data, Bai's case was filled up directly—thanks to being his elder brother's own sister, the inheritance was quite good.The column of innovation is also quite high, it seems that there is no need to bother about dim sum tricks in the future.

As for other attributes, the heat and seasoning are all medium, and the knife skills... are very low.

Pei Nianyu: "..."

Then he thought of He Yanjun's poor swordsmanship... Well, it's common sense that girls don't like to wield swords.It's just that the knife skills are not good enough, and the red case is not on the table.

It’s okay to make a home-cooked dish and eat it by yourself. If you go out to open a restaurant, the chopped carrots and potatoes will only be embarrassing.

Then he looked at Xiang Pingen's data again. Although the Knife Knife, Heat, and Seasoning were not full, they were all at an extremely high value.Only Bai An's talent...was horrible.

"Pingen, it's fine if you specialize in the red case in the future. It's just that you had to learn some basics in the white case back then, so you can't master it at all. If you cook big dishes in the future, you will use pastry decorations when you put them on the plate. Don't you stillDo you want your senior sister to pinch it for you?"

"Yes, the student understands."

He Yanjun was a little anxious: "My lord, Yanjun wants to go to that shop today to have a look."

"I happen to be going too, so you come with me."

Pei Nianyu went out and ordered a few shadow guards near the Wenhong Room:

"Go and call some shadow guards, and go out with me for a walk."

The shadow guard agreed first, then asked hesitantly:

"Master, do you want to ask... upstairs to teach?"

Pei Nianyu changed his mind:

"Don't call him. No, not only don't call him, you don't take the initiative to tell him about it."

Those shadow guards have been guarding around here recently, so they don't know what the master means.Since the master wants them to learn how to get enlightened, how can they not cooperate as shadow guards?

"Yes, this subordinate understands!"

…………………

A group of people came to the Chen Ji bakery.

There are several pastry shelves against the wall of the shop, but half of them are empty, and the remaining half has a little grease on the surface, which is obviously not fresh.

And at the back of the shop, the old master sitting in the shadow saw them, especially when he saw He Yanjun's appearance, he was suddenly startled, got up tremblingly and greeted them:

"Girl... girl but..."

In fact, He Yanjun and Mr. Chen have never met, the shop was only bought with the help of the eldest brother.But He Yanjun and the elder brother of the He family really look alike, so it is easier to recognize them.

"I... I'm here to find my eldest brother, oh, Mr. He Ling's shop..."

Pei Nianyu thought to himself, it turns out that the eldest brother of the He family is called He Ling.

He Ling, He Qi, I don't know if it means "Duoqi Road on Zhiling" or "Yezhi Lingbei Duoqi Road".He Shilang chose this name, as if he entrusted his son to be able to grow through hardships.But this sign is really...

It's hard to say.

It was also the first time for He Yanjun to see this shop, and he couldn't help being agitated, so Mr. Chen welcomed them into the inner room to talk.

During the conversation, found out that Mr. Chen also worked as a cook for another family back then.When he was fifty years old, the people in the house thought he was too old, so they kicked him out without any explanation, and they didn't give him pension compensation.

He had a small family to support, and he couldn't find a job everywhere. In the end, He Ling took a fancy to his dim sum skills and asked him to take care of the shop.

Over the years, relying on the dim sum recipes He Ling gave him, he actually made a lot of money at the beginning.He only needs to keep his wages, and the rest will be stored in the account. After the preparation, the third lady of the He family will take over the account.

Unexpectedly, more than ten years have passed since this waiting, and neither the third girl of the He family nor He Ling has heard from her again.

A small servant's house collapsed in an instant, and in this huge capital city, it was just a small talk after dinner.After a while, there was no trace, but Master Chen, a commoner, was asked to inquire about the news.

"A few days ago, some adults in the palace walked by here. The villain only heard that he was going to proclaim the edict to the widow of the He family, and to vindicate He Shilang back then. The villain is waiting here every day., wondering if someone will come to find..."

Mr. Chen is nearly seventy years old, and at this moment, there are tears in his eyes:

"Miss He, I don't know that your brother..."

He Yanjun wiped away his tears: "The eldest brother is gone, but the second brother is still here, and he just reunited with the second brother recently."

The old man let out a long sigh:

"Oh. That's fine, that's fine..."

"Now this shop should be returned to the original owner. Miss He, please invite Master Gao Ming to come."

He Yanjun hurriedly said:

"You have managed this shop on behalf of He's family for more than ten years. It's really hard work. I don't want to make you tired. You just go home and enjoy the blessings. Yanjun will give you some silver as a thank-you gift, and you must accept it, Master Chen."

After He Yanjun finished speaking, she wanted to search if she had any money with her, but she didn't save anything herself.Seeing this, Pei Nianyu asked the accompanying shadow guard to take out a purse at the right time, and took out a few hundred taels of silver bills from it and gave them to Master Chen:

"Yanjun is my apprentice, she will manage this dim sum shop well in the future. Master Chen will accept these bank notes."

"This... lord?"

Of course He Yanjun refused to let the prince pay the money, so Pei Nianyu said:

"Deducted from your brother's salary, it's only three or four months' salary."

He Yanjun pondered for a moment:

"Then thank you, my lord."

As a result, He Qi, who was sleeping in the mansion, was unknowingly deducted four months' salary.

After giving in with Master Chen, it was finally settled.After seeing the He family, Master Chen was very pleased, so he packed his things and went home to drink.

……………

When Pei Nianyu saw Xiang Ping'en following him, he had some envy in his eyes, so he couldn't help asking:

"What are you looking at?"

"I...don't hide it from my lord, the students really envy Senior Sister He."

"How to say?"

"Students also want to open a restaurant, no, a big restaurant. In this way, they can make a lot of money, and then they can buy some good medicine for mother to recuperate her body..."

Pei Nianyu thought of his family's situation, the frail old mother who was sick at home, and said:

"You can borrow the medicine from the mansion first, and the deed will be returned to you when you finish your studies. You can open a restaurant or something. You can pay it back slowly in the future."

What Pei Nianyu thought was that it's not bad for the apprentice to have the intention to open a big restaurant, wouldn't it mean a lot of food value.

At that time, it is best to set up a restaurant opposite to Chen Kee Pastry, oh no, next to the Drunk Immortal building.Together with his two apprentices, the black shop of Drunk Immortal building was run and closed down...

Just thinking about it makes him happy.

……………

Here, Pei Nianyu is planning a big conspiracy against the Drunk Immortal building in his heart, while He Yanjun in the store is looking at the layout of the store from left to right, quickly thinking about how to change the layout.

Pei Nianyu reminded:

"Don't think about it, first learn about dim sum. Then you will arrange how to place the counter according to the type and quantity of dim sum you make."

"What the prince said is that Yanjun is impatient."

While she was talking, she heard a "meow~" in her ear, and He Yanjun turned around in surprise, only to see a snow-white cat around her legs, rubbing gently.

Seeing that the cat looked familiar, she paused in her mind for a while before she said in disbelief:

"...Dabai?"

Hearing the long-lost address, the cat jumped up vigorously and threw itself into He Yanjun's arms.

"Understood how...how did you find this place?"

When Pei Nianyu saw the cat's name was Dabai, he immediately thought of the little black that Lou Yefeng raised.

It's a pity that although Xiao Hei was raised in the Kuanyuan next to Hanqiu Pavilion, he has never loved his relatives, especially Pei Nianyu.Every time Pei Nianyu went into the Kuayuan to look for Lou Yefeng, that little black would disappear in no time, and he couldn't even lick the cat if he wanted to.

He even sometimes saw Xiao Hei running to play with He Qi, and he behaved obediently in his arms, but he was the only one not allowed to touch him.In addition, Lou Yefeng said that Xiao Hei was agile and had some miraculous abilities.

So Pei Nianyu couldn't help but suspect—the little black in the old building's house might not discriminate against people with poor martial arts talent, right?Otherwise, how can he explain that he can't get Xiao Hei at once, but Xiao He is very close to the old building Old He...

Thinking of this, when Pei Nianyu saw the clingy Dabai in front of him, he couldn't bear his desire to pet the cat at all, and hugged the cat with his hands.And that Dabai seemed to have been living in the dim sum shop, smelling the creamy smell of Pei Nianyu's dim sum, he immediately became very close to Pei Nianyu, and gently rubbed his head against Pei Nianyu.

"Is this white?"

"My brother picked it up near this shop. It was just a kitten at the time, and it must be ten years old now. I didn't expect it to be found in this shop again after He Fu was raided. Master Chen should know about it."This is Big Brother’s cat, keep it forever.”

Pei Nianyu managed to catch a cat that was close to him, and couldn't put it down:

"Well, let's discuss it, how about taking Dabai back to the mansion to raise him..."

He Yanjun was stunned, but of course he agreed:

"My lord likes it, so it's his honor."

………………

In the Hanqiu Pavilion, Lou Yefeng saw the master went to listen to the piano for several hours and did not return, so he asked the shadow guard where he went.Seeing that Lou Yefeng had asked, the shadow guard said that the master and Miss He had gone shopping, he didn't know exactly where, but the shadow guard followed.

Lou Yefeng couldn't help but his face changed several times, his heart was overwhelmed for a moment——

When the master went out, he didn't ask him to accompany him to protect him!

Also, since there is already a shadow guard, what special use does he have, he is just one of the shadow guards.What's more, the master went shopping with Miss He, of course he wished that he would not show up.

He Yanjun... The sister of the He family is extremely intelligent. It is impossible for her to be so proactive when she knows that the prince hates it. It must be that the two have been talking very happily these days.

Had a great time talking...

When Lou Yefeng thought of how he couldn't talk at all in Marquis Chengen's mansion that day, he couldn't help but feel as if someone had tightened his heart, and what came out was acid water.

He originally thought that he would have to face this day sooner or later, and the master should naturally like a more beautiful and talented woman.But when this day finally came, he realized that he was far from being as indifferent as he imagined.

Master, master...haven't been close to him for many days.Even though those casual kisses and teasing in the past always made him blush, he was so happy with it.

Now, there are none.

Lou Yefeng was in a daze, but he didn't realize that the master had returned.

He looked up suddenly, but saw a white cat lying in the owner's arms.

"Master, is this...?"

"Yanjun, her original cat, got it back by accident. I liked it so much, so I took it back to the house, but it was still hers."

While talking, Pei Nianyu gave the cat to the Shadow Guard and asked him to take it to He Yanjun.

"The master really likes this cat."

Pei Nianyu hooked the corner of his mouth:

"Because this cat is a relative. I liked Xiao Hei very much at first, but Xiao Hei never took the initiative to get close to me. If I like Xiao Hei again, what can I do?"

Pei Nianyu's words were obviously intended for Lou Yefeng.Lou Yefeng was stunned for a moment, not sure what the master meant, but obviously he was stabbed by the master's words.

Seeing his dazed look, Pei Nianyu sighed silently in his heart. From the look of it, Ye Feng seemed to understand something. hope he will get enlightened soon.

Ye Feng, Ye Feng, it's not that I didn't tell you my intentions, it's really your fault that you lack self-confidence.

………………

Early the next morning, Xu Shihe Yanjun was eager to learn how to make cakes, so he sent a maid to invite him to "listen to the piano".

Pei Nianyu arrived happily, but he made people set up the panels and basins, and began to teach Bai An the basic skills from scratch.

He Yanjun was full of interest and eager to try, and Xiang Pingen watched on the sidelines tremblingly, as if anticipating the scene where he was about to be overwhelmed by talent.

He Yanjun was learning fast, and Pei Nianyu became interested. He became obsessed with teaching for a while, and forgot that it was time to practice martial arts.

Over there, He Yanjun was meeting with each other, when suddenly a shadow guard came in like the wind:

"Master, it's not good. Teacher Lou saw that you didn't go to practice martial arts, so he came here to look for him. He will be here soon!"

Pei Nianyu hasn't reacted yet:

"And then, what's wrong?"

The shadow guard was in a hurry, and quickly reminded:

"Master, you are here to 'listen to the piano'."

He Yanjun: "..."

Pei Nianyu and He Yanjun immediately looked at each other.

He looked at the large chopping board on the table and He Yanjun's flour-stained hands, and his mind went blank for a moment.

This scene is really...

Then Pei Nianyu quickly realized that he couldn't let the old building know that he was actually teaching his apprentice, otherwise, wouldn't it make the old building feel that it was a matter of course for him to come to He Yanjun every day?

So he picked up the basin and stuffed it under the bed:

"Pingen, quickly take this pile of things away. He Yanjun! Hurry up and move your piano!"

"What? Oh oh!"

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