Yuanqi Pavilion is not far from a lobster restaurant, it takes about ten minutes to walk there.
Since we were on the street, I didn't use the Qimen Bagua Steps. I ran like crazy and arrived at the entrance of a lobster restaurant in about five minutes.
It's time to eat, the lobster restaurant is doing a booming business, and the hall is full of diners.
Xia Xiaobei brought a bowl of crayfish to a dining table. He looked up and saw me coming up to him and said, "Hu Ling, why are you here at this time? Gu Xiwen just asked Luo Yue to bring you food. Did you see that?"
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"See, Xia Xiaobei, the new chef Zhao Dongzi is in the back kitchen, right?" I took Xia Xiaobei's hand and asked.
"Yes, his stir-fry dishes are pretty good, but most of the people who come to the store eat crayfish. Not many people want to eat stir-fry dishes. The other chefs are busy, so he has been idle. It has only been a day and the others are not happy. Yesterday
In the evening, the master threw the pot and shouted that it was unfair, and Gu Xiwen was in a dilemma whether to keep him or not." Xia Xiaobei said, "Why are you looking for him?"
"I'll go find him first, and I'll tell you later!" I let go of Xia Xiaobei's hand and ran towards the kitchen.
As soon as he walked into the corridor leading to the back kitchen, he saw Gu Xiwen and a tall, slim young man with fair skin walking out of the back kitchen.
The young man is Dongzi. We haven't seen him for two years. He has lost some weight and the childishness on his face has faded a lot. His profile and temperament are very similar to those of my master, the scholar grandfather.
"Master Zhao, I actually admire your craftsmanship, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I'm really sorry!" Gu Xiwen said to Dongzi with an apologetic look.
"Don't say that..." Dongzi smiled and waved her hands, looking up and seeing me standing not far across from him.
"Hu Ling, why are you here?" Gu Xiwen asked in surprise.
"Hu Ling, are you here too?" Dongzi said at the same time, with a simple and honest smile on his lips.
"Hey, do you know each other?" Gu Xiwen looked at me and then at Dongzi in surprise.
"Brother Dongzi is the grandson of Grandpa Xiucai." I told Gu Xiwen with a smile.
"Ah?" Gu Xiwen glanced at Dongzi with wide eyes and smiled awkwardly, "It turns out that the flood washed away the Dragon King Temple, and my family no longer recognizes me!"
"It turns out there is a lobster restaurant that you jointly opened?" Dongzi said with a smile.
"Gu Xiwen is my brother just like you. He opened the lobster restaurant. I opened a Psychic Pavilion. Although I can't be called a gentleman yet, I am already a professional gentleman who can seriously judge people's affairs!"
He said to Dongzi with a smile.
"Really? Where is your Soul Spirit Pavilion? I have to take a look!" Dongzi's eyes lit up and she said excitedly.
"Let's go, I'll take you there! Gu Xiwen, you go about your business, I'll take Brother Dongzi to the Soul Ling Pavilion!" I said hello to Gu Xiwen and walked out with Brother Dongzi.
"Hey, Hu Ling, Dongzi!" Gu Xiwen called out to stop Dongzi and me.
Dongzi and I looked back at him at the same time.
"Why don't you let Brother Dongzi stay with me and be the kitchen manager?" Gu Xiwen said with some embarrassment.
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"No!"
Brother Dongzi and I spoke at the same time and looked at each other with a smile.
Gu Xiwen saw that Dongzi and I refused in unison, and looked at us in shock.
"Brother Dongzi told me a long time ago that when I become a college student, you will follow me. I am in need of someone, so you can't compete with me!" I said to Gu Xiwen with a smile.
"Really?" I looked at Dongzi and asked.
"Yes!" Dongzi looked back at me and nodded heavily.
Seeing this, Gu Xiwen smiled with relief and said: "Since that's the case, I won't compete with you. You can take Dongzi back to Yuanqi Pavilion and come over for dinner in the evening. I collected a batch of top-quality large crayfish today and left one
Let’s drink together tonight!”
"No problem, see you tonight!" I smiled and waved to Gu Xiwen.
After coming out of a lobster restaurant, I took Dongzi and walked straight towards Yuanqi Pavilion.
"Brother Dongzi, what are you so unhappy about?" I asked Dongzi casually on the way back.
"I studied stir-fry, and I was completely unfamiliar with the handling and cooking of crayfish. No one ordered stir-fry. Everyone was busy, but I was idle, so everyone was not happy. They were beating and beating each other, shouting that it was unfair.
"Dongzi obviously didn't pay much attention to this matter and explained with a smile.
"Are Uncle Daqiang and Aunt Yaner okay? Why do you want to come to Jiangzhou?" I asked Dongzi again.
"Everything was pretty good. My dad asked me to open a small restaurant in Yunshan. I really didn't want to do this, so I came out. But when I came to Jiangzhou, I realized that I had no other skills except cooking. I didn't even have a serious university diploma.
None, if you don't want to be a chef, you can only work as a security guard or move bricks on a construction site. Seeing that you can't afford to eat, you go to a lobster restaurant to find a job." Dongzi said.
"Yuanqi Tongling Pavilion, Hu Ling, is this your shop?" As I spoke, I had already reached the door of Yuanqi Pavilion. Dongzi looked up at the words on the door plaque and asked me.
"Yeah!" I nodded and led Dongzi inside.
Sean lay on the ground and didn't move. He just raised his eyelids and glanced at me and Dongzi, and then fell asleep.
Luo Yue stood up from the cashier, holding needle and thread and a small, half-embroidered sachet in her hands.
"Sister, why did you bring Master Xiao Zhao here?" Luo Yue put the things in her hands on the tea table and poured a cup of scented tea for Dongzi and me.
"From now on, Dongzi will stay in Yuanqi Pavilion and become an employee of our Yuanqi Pavilion!" I replied with a smile, walked over and curiously picked up the sachet that Luo Yue put down and looked at it.
This is a small sachet in the shape of a black peony flower. It has fine stitching and a small and unique shape. It is made of gold silk thread and trim. It looks exquisite and luxurious. It is much prettier than the sachets I made.
If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it was hand-sewn.
"Luoyue, your sachet is really good at sewing it. I can't bear to sell it!" I held the sachet and couldn't put it down.
"Just keep it if you like it. I'll make more for you to use as merchandise later." Luo Yue said with a smile.
While Luo Yue and I were talking, Dongzi had already looked around the room.
"Hu Ling, your decoration here is really unique. Are you telling the truth? I will stay here and follow you from now on?" Dongzi asked me with bright eyes.
"I still remember what you said back then. If I hadn't planned to come back to Yunshan later to find you, I would have posted the recruitment notice a long time ago. You must keep your word!" I said.
"Of course it counts. Everything I said is true. It's great. I don't have to deal with those greasy stoves anymore!" Dongzi said.
"Brother Dongzi, sometimes the Tongling Pavilion is not just about showing people how to break Feng Shui formations. Sometimes they may also see some dirty things and even fight with them. Are you afraid?" I asked Dongzi with a smile.
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"What are you afraid of? Do you think I look like such a timid person? You still don't know, right? Since you were injured by that woman that year, I started practicing Sanda and Chinese martial arts. Last year, the city's amateur martial arts
I even won the championship in the competition!" Dongzi said, patting her chest. This chapter has been completed!