“…… That's what you're asking for? The old man, Zhang Congzheng and the others all looked at Lin Xiaozhu in surprise.

"Exactly." Lin Xiaozhu said with a smile, "Xiaozhu also hopes that the next time I see the old man, I can make a delicious meal that you will eat again and again." ”

After a moment of astonishment, the old man looked up to the sky and laughed, patted the handrail and said, "Good, good!" My old man finally didn't see the wrong person, it's rare that you are a filial child. Don't worry, the next time we meet, I will definitely try your cooking, old man. ”

He pondered for a moment, then said, "Well, I'll give you three years." In the past three years, you have learned to cook. Three years later, the four congresses jointly held a cooking competition. No matter what the situation, you must participate in this competition, it is a big event that will determine your fate. We will meet there when the two of us meet, and I want to taste your cooking. Remember, you are the first old man in the world, my apprentice, and you can't lose your master's face in the competition. ”

"Don't worry, old man. Three years later, Xiaozhu will definitely participate in this competition. Lin Xiaozhu was overjoyed. The old man's words, she understood. In three years, if she can't get out of her current predicament, maybe the old man will help her get free.

As far as she knows, if there are no special changes, she will spend the next two years studying cooking at this villa. In these two years, she studied cooking seriously, and then spent a year to complete the tasks assigned to her by Yuan Tianye, and repay Yuan Tianye's cultivation grace. When the time comes, I will participate in the cooking competition, win the ranking, and with the help of the old man, I may be able to change my identity. By then, she would have been fifteen or sixteen years old. It was the time of youth. After gaining freedom and having a good craft, what kind of good life you want to live has to be decided by yourself?

Thinking like this, she suddenly felt that the future was bright, and the reluctance and sadness caused by parting just now also dissipated a lot.

"Okay, let's stop cooking today, let's go out to the restaurant together." Seeing Lin Xiaozhu's cheerful expression on his face, the old man was also in a good mood, "A tavern not far from here." The veal seems to be good, let's try it. He pointed to an entourage and said, "Ang Li, you go to the kitchen, call Zhang Dong out, and let's go to dinner together." Let Liu Yuan guard the kitchen. The medicine was decocted. Tell him that when we come back from dinner, the girl will drink medicine. Let him decoct the medicine in time. ”

"Yes." Li An ran to the kitchen with great sympathy for Liu Yuan.

After a while, Zhang Dong followed Li An in. The old man gave him an account of the decoction and gave him a month's salary.

I know that the old man will always have to leave one day. To be able to stay here for 10 days is unexpected. So I heard that the old man was leaving. Zhang Dong was not as sad as Lin Xiaozhu, he respectfully kowtowed to the old man, and said a few words to save him, which can be regarded as a joy for the guest and host.

Everyone went out together and went to a tavern not far away for a meal. The veal there is really as the old man said, tender and refreshing, and it is very hot. The old man never liked the set of "eating without words", so Lin Xiaozhu commented on the beef, and said again about the special beef he had eaten over the years, and Lin Xiaozhu gained a lot.

"Old man......" Lin Xiaozhu opened his mouth and was about to speak.

The old man glared: "What's the matter?" I'm not gone yet. Don't you call me Master? ”

"Hey, Master." Lin Xiaozhu hurriedly changed his words. In the past, she was a master, an old man, and an old man, screaming with the old man's mood. The more she did this, the happier she found the old man. But since I received that jade plate. She didn't dare to make a mistake again, for fear that calling "Master" would be regarded as Gao Pan. But at this time, seeing that the old man was still willing to listen to her call Master, she was really happy in her heart - this shows that the old man's feelings for her are still the same, and they have not changed with the change of identity.

The old man nodded with satisfaction: "What's the matter?" ”

"Can this beef be sold at will? Aren't cattle farm treasures used to plough the land? How can it be slaughtered at will? Lin Xiaozhu knew that there was a ban on killing cattle in ancient China, so he wanted to inquire about what kind of attitude there was towards killing cows.

Hearing this, the old man laughed, couldn't help but stretch out his hand and rub Lin Xiaozhu's head, and said to Zhang Congzheng proudly: "Look at this apprentice who is accepted by the master, a little girl, but he cares about the people of the world, and thinks about everything very magnificently, much better than those who are officials who only care about collecting money and don't care about the lives of the people." He really deserves to be a disciple of the first sect in my world. ”

"Yes, yes, your eyes are like torches, you have a good eye for people, and the disciples you accept are naturally not ordinary." Zhang Congzheng hurriedly offered his sycophants, but his heart was secretly rare. Although the old man is sometimes short-tempered and childish, he is not a person who likes to flatter. Today, it seems that I want to listen to his sycophants, and it is extremely useful to listen to it; And the doting expression on Lin Xiaozhu's face has never been seen before. It seems that the master seems to have real feelings for this little girl named Lin Xiaozhu.

The old man was very interested, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Zhang Zheng's politics at all, and explained to Lin Xiaozhu: "In the past, the world was poor, the people were not able to make a living, and cattle were not allowed to be slaughtered. But for hundreds of years, Shikoku has been war-free, politically clear, economically prosperous, and has a surplus of manpower, so raising more cattle is nothing. This cow is raised too much, and in addition to agricultural use, it is also appropriate to satisfy the appetite of the people. So a hundred years ago, that ban was lifted. Now, there are more people who eat beef, and there are naturally more people who raise cattle; If you eat less beef, you can't sell more cattle, so it will naturally decrease. Cattle used by farmers to plough their fields are not included. So it won't affect farming at all. ”

It's about the same as modern times. Lin Xiaozhu nodded, and had a further understanding of the environment he was in. In this era, the economy is really prosperous, and the country and the people are safe!

knew that Lin Xiaozhu didn't have enough time, and the old man didn't drink. After chatting and eating, we went back to the courtyard. Let Zhang Dong take the food he brought back to the kitchen to Liu Yuan, and then bring the medicine up, and watch Lin Xiaozhu drink it, then he said, "Okay, you can go back." ”

"Master, when are you leaving tomorrow?" Although Lin Xiaozhu knew that he was not free in time, he always hoped that he would have the opportunity to see off the old man.

"If you leave early tomorrow morning, you won't have to send it, it will only add to your sadness. It's getting late, so let's go back. Remember to come and drink your medicine on time every day. The old man waved his hand.

What should be said has already been said; No matter how reluctant you are, you have to separate. And thinking that after he finished his cooking skills, he would be able to see the old man at the competition three years later, Lin Xiaozhu felt a lot more settled, and he was no longer a mother-in-law, so he said a few goodbyes to the old man, gave a salute, and went back to the villa.

Passing through the tunnel, when he arrived at the exit, Lin Xiaozhu made it difficult. The recipe that the old man gave her, although it was not thick, had some area. Stuffed in his arms like this, he could be seen by people if he moved a little, and it was definitely not possible to take it out like this, so he had to hide it in a cave. However, this cave is so easy for her to discover, so sooner or later it will be discovered by others. The book is hidden in a cave, and it is not safe. This book is written by the old man, the king, and it is full of love and concern for her, and the content written in it is also extremely rare. For Lin Xiaozhu, this book is extremely precious, and it must not be lost, and it must be kept properly.

Looking around in the cave, Lin Xiaozhu finally chose a gap in the stone wall, hid the book in it, and then made some dry grass to cover it, if he didn't deliberately pull it out with his hands, he wouldn't be able to see it at all. Fortunately, it was autumn at this time, and the weather was relatively dry, which was not easy to cause mold in books, otherwise Lin Xiaozhu would definitely be more distressed. But Rao is like this, she is still not at ease. I made up my mind that from tomorrow onwards, I would walk through this tunnel every day to drink medicine, and when I came back, I would read a book in the cave for a while, and try to memorize everything written in the book in a short time. Remember to find a secret place to hide the book later, so as not to take it out and put it on the ground and it is easy to have an accident. Besides, if you memorize the contents of the book, even if the book is accidentally lost, it will not be in vain for the old man's hard work.

Although I know that separation is a matter of time, it is a blessing to be able to stay with the old man for more than ten days. Lin Xiaozhu tossed and turned for half the night that night, and then fell asleep in a daze. The next morning, after everyone went out to practice, she quietly walked out of the villa, facing the direction of Qingxi Town, looking at it for a long time, and burst into tears.

Maybe the old man looks very similar to her grandfather in her previous life, or maybe it is the old man's love and careful teaching to her, but she has been together for more than ten days, but she sees the old man as the sustenance of her family affection in this life. This kind of relationship has nothing to do with blood, and it is not comparable to the cheap uncle who has been with her for half a year but neglects to care for her.

While she was looking, the old man took Zhang Congzheng, Liu Yuan and others and quietly left Qingxi Town. And after they left, Liu Erye, the owner of the restaurant who spent five hundred taels of silver to buy the recipe of Buddha jumping over the wall, that is, Yuan Er, who was under Yuan Tianye, also quietly returned to the villa and reported to the master: "The old man has left Qingxi Town. Last night, he said goodbye to Lin Xiaozhu, Zhang Congzheng and several people have been by his side, and his subordinates are not working hard, so they dare not get too close, and there is no way to find out what he said to Lin Xiaozhu. However, according to Zhang Dong, when the old man was eating, in front of Master Zhang and others, he praised and spoke highly of Lin Xiaozhu. ”

Yuan Tianye stared at the teacup in his hand, bowed his head slightly, and did not speak.

"Childe ......" Yuan Er raised his head, looked at Yuan Tianye, and stopped talking.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Yuan Tianye put down the teacup in his hand, raised his eyes, and looked at Yuan Er.

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