The Qin family is not a good place, although it is a scholarly family, but the people in the family only know how to waste the family business laid by the older generation, and they want to gain fame and glory to their ancestors, and gradually sit on the empty mountain.

In Qin Yude's generation, the few shops in the family are almost beyond their means, and they can only rely on the deceived mountain and river restaurants to continue to live happily, not to mention marrying their aunts, and raising a few beauties in the house.

For Qin Yude, Li Yang is just a rural village woman who can bring him benefits, and she only gave birth to a daughter, Qin Yude naturally looks down on her, and she is not even treated with Qin Yude.

And that aunt is not a fuel-efficient lamp, not to mention Li Yang's confrontation three times and two times, and to cry and complain about her grievances every time.

Li Yang couldn't fight her, so Qin Yude was even more disgusted, conniving at her to behave in the mansion, and even treating her harshly in every way.

When Qin Wuran first came to Yuanxi Town, she was so thin and small, hiding behind Li Yang with her eyes full of vigilance and hostility, Master Li coaxed her with snacks for a long time, but her eyes were red, and she almost didn't cry.

"I am not familiar with my father, so I am so timid, and my father will get along with her for a few more days." The smile on Li Yang's face was a little unbearable, and he pulled Qin Wuran out from behind him, but his tone was soft, but it was difficult to hide a little impatience.

"What did I say to you before? When we see my grandfather today, we salute and greet him in accordance with the rules, have you forgotten? ”

The thin wrist seemed to be able to break at a moment's notice, but Li Yang rudely held it in the palm of his hand, leaving a red mark. She pushed Qin Wuran, who was still in tears, to Master Li, and twisted her waist.

Qin Wuran saluted timidly, and called "grandfather" in a trembling voice.

Although Master Li has a hot temper, he is also an extremely kind-hearted person, and he feels sorry for this skinny child when he sees what his daughter is doing secretly.

That night, Master Li called his daughter to him, and did not investigate the matter of Shanhe Restaurant as she expected, but asked her why she treated Qin Wuran like this.

Li Yang immediately burst into tears and cried: "Who made her an unlikable girl? Dad doesn't know, how many grievances have I suffered in the Qin family over the years? Sitting in the seat of the main room, she is not as good as a slave, if she can be a boy, I will live like this? ”

Master Li didn't have this daughter until he was thirty years old, and he took her with him when he went to the imperial capital, which showed his love, but that day he slapped him without mercy.

"What kind of life do you live, it's all your own fault, what does it have to do with her? I think she's a little pitiful, and she's a mother like you. ”

reprimanded his daughter, and Master Li was ready to take more care of this granddaughter, at least to correct her cowardly and timid nature. But he tried hard, but he couldn't discipline the big family of chickens and dogs, although Qin Wuran became more and more cheerful, but also because of the fence and became more and more cautious, follow the rules and etiquette.

Now such a rule-abiding appearance, how can it not be hidden in her bones, not seeking merit but seeking no fault.

"That's it, just do whatever you want." Master Li didn't want to force her, so he only casually revealed the matter with a word of relief, but he already had a plan in his heart.

At the end of April, the weather was hot and tight, and although the business in Li Kee Restaurant was slightly affected, there were also many people rushing to the lo-mei, and it was a busy morning. It wasn't until the meal was over that the people in the kitchen could rest for a while, Qin Wuran only said that she went to the front yard to fetch some water, but who expected that Master Li handed her a notice, and I don't know when it was written.

"Stick the door and go up." Master Li commanded.

Qin Wu didn't know why, so she should take a look at the notice first, and saw that it was written in three words that it was recruiting workers and apprentices, not only teaching by hand, but also being very well treated. There is only one, and the mind must be active, and there are many ideas.

After reading a few words, Qin Wuran's eyes widened, "Hasn't my grandfather always disliked accepting apprentices?" Why did you suddenly have this thought? ”

"I'm also thinking for the long term. You just want to live scribbled in Yuanxi Town with this old craft, and you won't let me recruit another disciple? ”

Master Li snatched the notice in her hand as he spoke, and saw that he was about to paste it outside.

After so many years of relying on each other, Qin Wuran also knew that the older her grandfather was, the more childish he became, and he immediately couldn't cry or laugh.

But she thought that Master Li just thought that she was not enterprising, so he wrote a notice to be angry with her, but unexpectedly, only three days later, he brought someone back.

It was a young man who was younger than her, with a pair of eyes that were bright, but also a lot of shrewd calculations, and at a glance let people know that he must be a person with a lively mind as the notice said.

Qin Wuran was still young, and she couldn't see the abacus in this young man's heart just by looking at her side, but seeing that Master Li was treating him like herself, she was a little more hostile in her heart.

"Not everyone can come in the back kitchen of our Li Kee Restaurant, so my grandfather wants to make an exception for this yellow-haired boy." Qin Yanran opened her mouth coolly from the side.

Unexpectedly, Master Li, who has always liked to choke with himself, didn't save her face in front of outsiders, and snorted coldly and said: "If he is a yellow-haired boy, then you are a yellow-haired girl, and you two are no different." ”

"Why is it okay?" As soon as Qin Wuran closed the small drawer containing spices on the lattice shelf, jumped off the stool and reasoned with him, "I have been learning to cook with my grandfather since I was a child, and I have been able to help behind me since five or six years ago, how can he compare with me?" ”

Old Man Li blew his beard, and the big spoon in his hand rang loudly, "You have studied with me for so many years, but I have eight or nine points of true transmission?" It will also be useful for you to help, if you really want to develop a new dish, what ideas can you come up with? ”

After all, it's just for a novelty.

Qin Wuran bit her lower lip tightly, tears swirling in her eyes, and she just forcibly endured it and didn't let it fall.

She didn't understand why Master Li, who had been conformist all his life in her memory, was getting old, but wanted to jump out of the circle and make some meaningless improvements.

Both of them are stubborn, and if they really want to get angry, then no one really wants to take a step back.

In the end, Zhao Li couldn't look at it from the side, and half-dragged and half-persuaded Qin Wuran to get out, so that they didn't let them continue to stare wide-eyed.

"What do you say you are angry about, isn't it just that you recruited an apprentice back, and it's not a big deal, you can still be afraid that he won't be able to compete with you for favor." Zhao Li persuaded.

Qin Yu wiped away the tears in her eyes, and said stiffly: "Who is worried about this." ”

Since she was a child, she was disliked by her father's family, and her mother blamed her for this, although Qin Wuran was still young at that time, she could understand Master Li's heart-wrenching treatment, and it was also regarded as a rare gift, for fear that she would lose it if she held it.

Over the years, Qin Wuran has studied cooking hard, and it is inevitable to remember every bit of Master Li's teaching, just to get two praises from him, and now there is a peer who is very likely to share his attention, how can Qin Wuran not care?

Zhao Li has been helping the cook at Li Ji Restaurant for many years, and he has seen everything clearly, and he also sighed at this time.

"You also understand your grandfather, the reason why he chose to travel the world back then was not just because he wanted to learn more."

As for what happened when Master Li was young, Qin Wuran only knew three or two sentences, and as soon as Zhao Li opened her mouth, she asked curiously: "Then why did my grandfather go out to travel for decades?" ”

"What else? In his life, he only put a lot of effort into studying cooking, and in the early years, he also wanted to restore and spread all the food he saw. It's just that your father is not a thing, after the Shanhe restaurant was robbed by him, your grandfather lost his thoughts, and he was busy with the business of Li Kee Restaurant all day long, and it gradually became a habit. ”

"Then why do you remember it now?"

Zhao Li chuckled lightly when he heard this, and rubbed the top of her hair, "You don't understand at such an age. Before people are tormented by this reality, they always have endless ideas and motivation, and they are bound to break out of their own world. But as he gets older, this motivation is not enough to maintain him to compete with reality, so he can only get by. As for why I think about it again now......

Man, this is the case, when they realize that their time is short, how many people can have a clear conscience and no regrets? Just think about how he treated you when you were young, just think that he was an old child and be a little willful, just let him go. ”

Qin Wuran sniffed as she listened, and the tears she had just wiped away still burst out of her eyes.

She is no longer five or six years old, and when she is ignorant, she can still say a sentence to let Master Li accompany her forever, even if she is difficult to accept, she also knows that there is not much time for Master Li.

Zhao Li also knew that although she followed Master Li's temper, she was a sensible person, so she stood up at this time and said, "Okay, go to the back kitchen to help, there are two families who have a banquet today, but there is a lot of work." ”

Qin Wuran replied in a low voice, and waited for Zhao Li to leave for a while before relieving her emotions, and entered the back kitchen again as if nothing had happened.

As soon as he stepped in, he saw that the boy had knocked over the bowl, and four or five eggs had fallen to the ground.

"Look at your clumsiness, get up, I'll clean up." Qin Wuran reprimanded angrily, and quickly wiped the ground, lest someone step on it and slip.

Just while cleaning up, her mouth kept chanting: "I'm busy today, you're still making trouble here, how can you do it if you make a mistake?" ”

The young man sneered lightly when he heard this, and seemed very dissatisfied with this reprimand, causing Qin Wuran to glare at him.

"Will you beat the eggs?" She asked angrily.

The young man didn't speak, picked up an egg and knocked it on the edge of the bowl, which looked quite good, but this time he used too much force, so he directly broke the egg, and the inside was clean.

Qin Wuran only felt that one head and two were big, so she hurriedly set the person aside, and after cleaning up the mess, she picked up another one for him to demonstrate.

"Look, I'll only teach you once, if you still can't, I'll let you go out and wait."

After speaking, he gently slurped the egg to the edge of the bowl with one hand, and the fingers pressed back and forth, and a gap opened in the eggshell.

"Did you learn it?" Qin Wuran handed the young man another egg, "You can try it." ”