Shortly after Yu Fan left the Scholfer family manor, the Empty Quiet Sage, who had had been partially erased from his memory, also woke up from his brief dizziness.

"Where am I?"

Rubbing his somewhat sore eyebrows, the Empty Quiet Wise Man remembered in place for a while, and finally rearranged his memory.

“… Master... Left?"

Recalling what had happened not long ago, the Empty Silence Sage finally focused on a dark shadow in his mind.

"Sure enough, as the young master said, I can't remember his appearance and identity at all now. ”

The dark shadow in his mind was like an invisible wall, and no matter how hard the mind of the Empty Mind tried to get close to it, it would be to no avail.

Eventually, the Silent Wise Man gave up on this futile act. I saw her face regain her composure, and she walked towards the outside of the hall.

Xia Guo went to Beijing, in a restaurant with ordinary decoration, Yu Fan, Lei Ming, Ye Chen, Li Yue, and Mu Ya were having lunch together.

Lei Ming: "How about it, I'll just say that the food here is not bad, right?"

"Such a nice place, why haven't you said it before?"

I took a few bites of the dish and tasted it, and the taste was beyond Yu Fan's expectations.

"The chef here has been cooking for the emperor for more than ten generations, but later the feudal dynasty collapsed and the family declined, and he only went to primary school for a few years before he was forced to drop out of school to work hard in Beijing.

Fortunately, he has ancestral skills, although he doesn't have much education, but he can be regarded as having a foothold in Shangjing by relying on this cooking ability. ”

Lei Ming bit an elbow in the bowl and explained vaguely.

"My ancestors have been cooking for the emperor for more than ten generations? ”

Hearing this, Yu Fan put down the chopsticks in his hand, rubbed his chin with his right hand, and thought.

"Yu Fan, do you want to beat this cook's idea?"

Ye Chen, who was already familiar with Yu Fan's character, asked with the corners of his mouth hooked.

"Uncle Yu, the head chef at home, has been working in my family for more than 30 years. Before the Chinese New Year this year, I heard Aunt Yu say that Uncle Yu had asked his grandfather to retire a few months ago.

It's just that I can't find a successor who suits my old man's appetite, so I keep dragging it out.

If the chef here is really like Lei Ming, the ancestor is the imperial chef, then maybe you can go to my house and try it. Yu Fan thought about it.

"Is your family really going to hire a chef?"

After listening to Yu Fan's words, Lei Ming, who was immersed in eating, stopped what he was doing, and asked with surprise in his eyes.

"What's in it if I lie to you?"

Seeing Lei Ming's exaggerated reaction, Yu Fan asked rhetorically with a slight frown.

"Brother Gui'er, come out quickly!"

Hearing Yu Fan's affirmative words, Lei Ming suddenly shouted in the direction of the hotel kitchen.

The sound was so loud that the originally lively shop fell into silence for five or six seconds. I saw that everyone in the small shop looked at the table where Yu Fan and the others were in surprise.

"Hey, I thought it was who, it turned out to be Akiko, you came. ”

The silence in the small shop was broken by a man who stepped out of the back kitchen door.

Looking for the voice, you can see that coming out of the back kitchen is a middle-aged man dressed as a white cook.

The man looked to be in his thirties, more than 1.7 meters tall, and his face, like that of most cooks, was white and clean, with a slight amount of fat.

"Brother Gui'er, come quickly!"

Seeing the man coming out of the kitchen, Lei Ming beckoned to him with a smile on his face and motioned for him to come over.

"Akiko, you see it's noon, and the store is busy... Why don't we talk later?"

When the middle-aged man heard Lei Ming's words, he looked left and right at the shop. With a look of hesitation on his face, he turned around and planned to go back to the kitchen to continue his work.

"Hey?!Don't mind, Gui'er......"

"Lei Ming, do you know the cook here?"

After listening to the conversation between Lei Ming and the middle-aged man, Yu Fan asked curiously.

"Well, yes. ”

Seeing the middle-aged man turn around and return to the back kitchen, Lei Ming was a little anxious, but unexpectedly heard Yu Fan's question, paused for a few seconds, and nodded to answer.

"Lei Ming, your relationship with this cook is not as simple as acquaintance. There are no outsiders here, so just say anything directly, why beat around the bush. ”

Ye Chen, who was sitting next to Lei Ming, also said with a smile on his face after Yu Fan asked.

"Alas, I said Yu Fan, don't you be angry?"

Hearing this, Lei Ming lowered his head depressedly and sighed.

"Tell me what the hell is going on. ”

Hearing the meaning of Ye Chen's words, Yu Fan couldn't think of the cattiness in it. So, when he heard Lei Ming's words at this time, he deliberately said with a straight face.

"After the accident at home, my grandfather and I depended on each other.

At that time, because the family was in debt, my grandfather was busy earning money to pay off his debts every day. And I can't bear to see my elderly grandfather, so tired.

In addition to the weekend holiday, he ran out more than once without telling his grandfather, looking for a part-time job in Shangjing City, hoping to share some of the burden for his grandfather.

It's just that because I was small and underage at the time, I couldn't find a part-time job in a place like Kamikyo City.

Just when I had been looking for more than half a month and was already disheartened, I came to this hotel.

I still remember vividly that it was a Saturday afternoon. I saw a job posting on the outside of this small shop, so I came in with the mentality of trying it out.

It was also fate, that afternoon, only Brother Gui'er himself was in the store, the boss and the proprietress and a few guys went out.

At that time, when Brother Gui'er saw me, he thought I was here to ask for food. ”

Speaking of this, Lei Ming didn't know what he remembered, and showed a slight smile. It's just that if you look closely at his eyes, there are a few tears faintly.

"When he saw me, before I could speak, he took ten dollars out of his pocket and handed it to me.

To be honest, when I saw the money, I almost couldn't help but take it.

Fortunately, I finally rejected the temptation of Brother Gui'er, and seriously expressed my intentions.

Brother Gui'er's expression when he heard that I was looking for a job is still fresh in my memory. I was surprised, with a look of scrutiny and suspicion.

Later, I didn't know why, so I told Brother Gui'er about my life experience and experience.

Because of sympathy for what I was going through, in the end, Brother Gui'er decided to help me. Let me speak to the boss as his distant cousin.

Although the boss was very dissatisfied with my thin body shape and age, because of my relationship with my brother, the boss finally agreed to let me come here as a temporary worker with a salary of 200 per month.

Later, when I chatted with Brother Gui'er who was not busy working in the store, I learned that Brother Gui'er's ancestor turned out to be the imperial chef.

It was only later that he declined, and in order to escape the war, he lived in seclusion in a mountain village. After that, the New Xia Kingdom was established, the new system was implemented, and some of the family funds on the ancestors of Gui'er were also divided and confiscated, and in his generation, it became what it is today.

Alas, Yu Fan, I really didn't mean to deceive you. Originally, I just planned to bring you here today, so that I could introduce Brother Gui'er to let everyone get to know you.

At most, I just want Yu Fan to agree to let him come to the apartment to be a chef for us after learning about Brother Gui'er's cooking skills. ”

After saying that, Lei Ming sighed again.

"Yu Fan, don't blame Lei Ming, he also has good intentions. ”

Without waiting for Yu Fan to answer, Mu Ya, who was sitting next to Yu Fan, wiped the corners of her red eyes and looked at Yu Fan to persuade.

“… You two girls were said to be crying, if I regenerate Lei Ming's anger, you can't hate me to death?

Okay, for this bit of, a big man, is it bad luck to bow his head and sigh?"

Seeing that Mu Ya and Li Yue both looked at Lei Ming with motherly love on their faces, and looked at Lei Ming with red eyes, Yu Fan only felt goosebumps all over his body.

"So, what about Brother Gui'er?"

Hearing this, the decadence on Lei Ming's face disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he looked up at Yu Fan with hope in his eyes and asked.

"I don't say whether he can be the chef of my family, it depends on his ability. If the old man is satisfied with his cooking skills, then my family will definitely not treat him badly.

If the old man is not satisfied with him, I will also arrange him to be the head chef in a star-rated hotel owned by my relative's family, and the treatment will be enough for him to live.

In short, don't worry, I will help you repay his kindness to you. ”

Yu Fan didn't sell it anymore, and replied frankly.

"Okay, I believe in Brother Gui'er's craftsmanship. ”

Hearing the meaning of Yu Fan's words clearly, Lei Ming nodded and said.

"Order a few more dishes and we'll wait while we eat. ”

Seeing that Lei Ming had nothing else to say, Yu Fan picked up the menu at hand and looked at it, and said casually.

An hour later, the noon crowd passed, and the small shop gradually became deserted.

"Mingzi, why didn't you say hello to my brother in advance when you came today. ”

The middle-aged man finally walked out of the back kitchen of the hotel again, only to see him walking in the direction of Lei Ming and the others, and said with a little complaint.

"Let's talk about this later, Brother Gui'er, I'll introduce you to these friends of mine first.

This is Han Yufan, this is Ye Chen, he is my classmate and my good friend. These two are Mu Ya and Li Yue, who are also my friends. ”

Seeing that the middle-aged man walked to the table of several people, Lei Ming was busy making an introduction.

"Hello, my name is Xu Gui, you are all friends of Mingzi, if you don't dislike it, just like Mingzi, just call me Brother Gui'er. ”

After listening to Lei Ming's introduction, Xu Gui smiled very enthusiastically at Yu Fan and the others.

"Lei Ming, you talk to him first, if it's okay, you can just come with me later.

In the past few days, the old man is at home, and tonight is just to see how his craftsmanship is. ”

For Xu Gui's enthusiasm, Yu Fan just responded with a polite smile, and then turned to Lei Mingdao.

After speaking, he didn't wait for Lei Ming to reply, and motioned to the other people to get up and walk out of the shop with his eyes.

"Akiko, what did you mean by that friend just now?"

Yu Fan's attitude made Xu Gui a little stunned, he turned his head to look at the few people outside the glass window of the hotel, and looked at Lei Ming in confusion.

"Brother Gui'er, here's how it ......"

Ten minutes later, Xu Gui followed behind Lei Ming with apprehension and met with Yu Fan and the others.

"It's still early, you ask him to go back and prepare first, it's better to change into decent clothes, and I'll come here at five o'clock in the evening to pick him up and take him to my house." ”

Seeing Lei Ming's nodding appearance, Yu Fan knew that there was nothing wrong with the matter, and said to Lei Ming.

"Brother Gui'er, listen to Yu Fan, you go buy decent clothes this afternoon and prepare for them, and I will wait for your news in the evening. ”

Hearing this, Lei Ming felt that what Yu Fan said was reasonable, and turned to Xu Guidao behind him.

"Okay, then Mingzi, I'll go and prepare. ”

After listening to Lei Ming's words, Xu Gui nodded, smiled politely at Yu Fan and the others, and then turned back to the hotel and prepared to go.

In the afternoon, a few people walked around in Beijing, but because it was the Spring Festival, the entire foreign population in Shanghai had basically left, so many lively places in the past were now somewhat empty and deserted.

It was soon past four o'clock in the afternoon, nearly five o'clock.

After Yu Fan sent Lei Ming and his party back to the apartment, he let the phantom navigate and drive towards the small shop at noon.

From a distance, he saw Xu Gui, who was wearing a black suit, already standing at the door of the shop, looking at his appearance left and right, thinking that he was waiting here early.

"That's... Han Gongzi, let's go now?"

After learning Yu Fan's identity from Lei Ming, Xu Gui consciously corrected his speaking attitude.

"Just call me Han Shao. ”

Getting out of the car, Yu Fan pressed the car key in his hand, opened the passenger door, and said with a smile while stretching out his hand to signal Xu Gui to get into the car.

"Hey, okay. ”

Xu Gui saw Yu Fan's movements, and got busy sitting in the co-pilot's seat.

Along the way, Yu Fan chatted with Xu Gui without a word on the surface, but secretly browsed the information about Xu Gui collected by the phantom in his mind.

Although he trusts Lei Ming very much, it is related to the safety of his own food, and some necessary investigations still need to be done.

Not long after Yu Fan browsed all the experiences from Xu Gui's eighteenth generation ancestors and relatives, as well as the industries they were engaged in, to his generation from birth to the present, the car finally came to the door of the Han family's villa.

After getting out of the car, Yu Fan asked the maid at home to inform the old man, and he took Xu Gui to the kitchen at home.

"The test is very simple, you just need to make a few dishes that the old man likes the most, and then make three dishes that you think are the most good.

If you tell the rest of the kitchen what you're missing, they'll go to the cold storage at home and get it for you. ”

Take Xu Gui to his kitchen, Yu Fan said casually.

After speaking, he didn't care about Xu Gui, who was still in a state of shock and had not yet recovered, so he took care of himself and stuffed a piece of paper with the name of the dish written on it at some point into Xu Gui's hand. Then he went out of the kitchen to do something else.

"Sure enough, it's a wealthy family, and the kitchen is seven or eight times bigger than the house I rented. ”

Glancing at the door of the kitchen in a daze, Xu Gui, who found that Yu Fan had left, turned around and looked at the kitchen in front of him again, which was more spacious and elegant than the kitchen of a star hotel, and was still a little shocked.

"Young Master ordered, let us fully cooperate with your work tonight. ”

In Xu Gui's stunned state, several men in white chef clothes came over from the kitchen.

"Oh, that's... Let's get started. ”

The words of the leading man brought Xu Gui back to reality from his daze.

It dawned on him that the next few hours, perhaps, would be the moment that would decide his life.

Two hours later, in the dining room of the Han family, Mr. Han learned that his precious grandson had brought him a cook today, so he waited in the dining room early.

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, it was dinner time for the Han family.

During the whole dinner, Yu Fan didn't have too many thoughts, just like he usually ate.

He helped Lei Ming introduce Xu Gui to the Han family, which had already given Xu Gui a chance, and whether Xu Gui could grasp this opportunity was not something he was worried about.

However, the good news is that the results are quite satisfactory.

Xu Gui is like a fish in water in front of all kinds of ingredients in the cold storage of the Han family, and his cooking skills have been brought into full play.

In the end, Xu Gui passed the test of Old Man Han and became the new chef of the Han family.

After experiencing Xu Gui's episode, until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Yu Fan and the others did not encounter anything again.

"Phantom, is the clone dressed up?"

At five o'clock in the morning on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Yu Fan, who was accustomed to getting up early, sat at the head of the bed and asked urgingly.

"Hehe, don't be impatient, young master, it'll be fine soon. ”

In his left ear, the phantom replied with a smile.

"Today is the opening day of the new company, and it would be unreasonable if the president was no longer at the opening ceremony. ”

Hearing this, Yu Fan muttered.

"Hee-hee, a minute at most, the invincible little Lori will come out immediately. Phantom laughter comforted.

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