The culinary tycoon

by Usui Takumii

not mine, hololo novels.

2. 11 to 20

Chang family has fishing nets. Yu Qingze saw it the first day.

After waking up from a nap in the afternoon, Chang Le took out the fishing net and put it into the wooden barrel. The long bamboo pole is carried through the wooden barrel on the shoulder and Chang Le was ready to go.

At this time, Chang Hao was still asleep.

"Brother Le, aren't you waiting for Xiaohao?" Yu Qingze woke up when he heard the movement, and asked when Chang Le was at the door of the kitchen. He remembered Chang Hao's words from the morning, he was clearly looking forward to fishing.

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Chang Le shook his hand, indicating that he would go alone. After making the gesture, he walked out.

Yu Qingze quickly followed and said, "I'll go with you."

Chang Le blinked and waved his hand in disagreement.

Yu Qingze said, "Brother Le, I have never caught fish before, and I want to learn from you."

Chang Le gestured something like swimming.

Yu Qingze guessed that he should be asking if he could swim, so he nodded and said, "I can swim, and it should be fine."

Chang Le originally wanted to refuse, but seeing Chang Hao in the main room turned over, he quickly nodded and walked out. He has to leave before Chang Hao wakes up, he doesn't want to take his brother there.

The house is not far from the river, and it takes less than ten minutes to arrive.

There is a simple small pier by the river. The villagers built it with stones, and there are some slates on the side, which can be used to wash clothes. When the water in the creek is low in winter, people from the village come here to wash their clothes. There are three wooden stakes on the other side of the pier, and three small fishing boats are tied.

There is a small wooden hut on the shore. An old man is mending his fishing net at the door. Seeing Chang Le, he cheerfully said, "Brother Le, are you going to fish today? Have you been busy in the fields?"

Chang Le smiled and nodded, making a gesture.

The old man replied, "I didn't go fishing today. The net broke yesterday, and I'm mending it now. Go ahead. At this moment, most of the fish are hiding in the shade of the trees."

Chang Le nodded and took Yu Qingze to the side of the boat.

From the back, the old man shouted: "Don't go too far, call me if you need something!"

Chang Le nodded, waved at the old man, then bent down and untied the rope of the boat on the right, dragged it to the shore, waited for Yu Qingze to get in, and then he followed in.

Yu Qingze used to ride this kind of small fishing boat at his grandfather's house when he was a child. When he got up, the boat would sway. At that time, he was always afraid that the boat would overturn and fall into the river, so he had to hold the side of the boat tightly with both hands. His grandfather always laughed at him.

He's not afraid anymore, but his grandfather is long gone.

Yu Qingze shook his head, adjusted his mood, and sat down at the other end.

Chang Le put the fishing nets and buckets away, and the long bamboo poles propped up, and the boat gradually moved away from the shore.

At this moment, a small figure on the shore galloped over, shouting as he ran, "Brother! Big Brother Yu! Wait for me! I'm going too!"

But the boat did not stop and did not return.

Chang Hao on the shore was anxious and angry when he saw his brother wouldn't turn back to take him! So angry!

The old man smiled and said, "Oh, you didn't catch up, what a pity…"

Chang Hao glared at the old man angrily and said, "Grandpa, why didn't you let my brother wait for me for a while!"

Obviously, the old man knew them very well, and said, "Your brother is determined not to let you follow, what can I do?"

Hearing this, Chang Hao stopped talking and sat on the stone angrily, looking at the boat eagerly.

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Yu Qingze saw the young boy sitting by the bank sitting there, and asked Chang Le, "You don't want him to come?"

Chang Le turned around and nodded with helplessness on his face. Chang Hao always wanted to come with him, but his younger brother was still young and he was afraid…

The river is very wide, you can only see a vague shadow on the other side, at least one or two kilometers in distance.

The water was sparkling, and river gulls flew over from time to time.

Chang Le propped up the boat and did not go to the middle, but went to a point downstream, just over a hundred meters from the shore, changed the pole to the oar, and observed while rowing. The weather was too hot at the moment, and many fish would go to the shore to cool off. Finally, Chang Le seemed to see a school of fish and stopped.

Yu Qingze had never caught any fish, so he watched from the sidelines.

He saw Chang Le put down the anchor, took the fishing net, straightened it out, held one-third of the net and some with his left hand, hung the nets on his thumb with his right hand, and held the rest of the nets. Then look at the water and cast the net out.

Chang Le's movements were clean and smooth, the fishing net opened and jumped into the water like a big hood.

When the line ends, the fishing net sinks into the water. After a while, Chang Le slowly closes the net.

The fishing net was pulled out of the water, and Yu Qingze was pleasantly surprised to find that there were really fish inside, and there were four.

"Hey, what kind of fish is this?" When Chang Le got the net on the boat, Yu Qingze walked over to help get the fish out, but found that the bigger fish with the pattern on its back was new to him. Possibly a unique species here.

Chang Le made two gestures, but unfortunately Yu Qingze couldn't understand.

The two stared at each other for a moment.

Chang Le opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't make a sound in the end. He slumped his shoulders in frustration.

Yu Qingze scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I'll ask Xiaohao and grandpa later."

Chang Le could only helplessly nod.

After taking out all the fish in the net, Chang Le released the one that was smaller. Then they cast their nets in different places, sometimes they catch fish, sometimes they don't.

"Brother Le, can you let me give a try?" Yu Qingze felt itchy when he saw that Chang Le had thrown a few handfuls.

Chang Le nodded simply and handed him the straightened fishing net.

Yu Qingze took it over, recalled Chang Le's movements, grasped what should be grasped with his left and right hands, and felt that there was no problem, and asked Chang Le: "Is this OK?"

Chang Le raised the rope on the top of the net in front of him.

"Oh, I forgot, this was supposed to be wrapped around my hands." Yu Qingze took it over embarrassedly and wrapped it again.

Isn't it dangerous, if the whole net is accidentally thrown out, then don't you have to go in the river along with the net?

Afterwards, Yu Qingze imitated Chang Le, turned his body to the right, and threw the fishing net in his hand towards the place where the fish were swimming.

Hu—Wow—

Along with the sound of wind breaking and falling water from the fishing net being thrown out, there was also a cry of surprise from Yu Qingze.

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"Ah—" He exerted too much force, the boat swayed a bit, and his body lost its balance due to the inertia of the fishing net, and he was about to fall into the river. Yu Qingze closed his eyes subconsciously, thinking that this is it.

What a shame! Still in front of Brother Le. This line of thoughts flashed in Yu Qingze's head.

At the critical moment, a strong arm wrapped around Yu Qingze's waist and pulled him back.

The action was quick and fast, done in one go, without any sloppiness at all.

The key is that, with a lot of strength, Yu Qingze was picked up and held in his arms in one swoop!

The movement of the two people caused the boat to become unbalance and swayed from side to side.

Yu Qingze didn't have much experience with this kind of boat, so he couldn't grasp the balance at once, and his body also swayed.

As soon as he swayed, the boat swayed even more violently, and the river water was about to sway in.

Chang Le behind was helpless and speechless. He put his other hand up, and with both hands, he simply hugged Yu Qingze by the waist.

"Whoa–" Yu Qingze screamed in fright as his feet left the ground suddenly and his body was in the air.

After reacting like that, he was so embarrassed.

Yu Qingze: … it's better to fall into the river!

After a while, without his 'disturbance', the boat calmed down, only rippling gently with the river.

Yu Qingze was frightened, and again, embarrassed.

Yu Qingze bowed his head, but the slender arms around his waist held him tightly. He could clearly feel the strength and temperature on Chang Le's arms, as well as the warm feeling of the body clinging to the back through their clothes.

Inexplicably, he felt a little hot around his waist, as well as where his back was touching Chang Le's chest and abdomen…

Yu Qingze's heart moved. It was the first time for him to have such intimate physical contact with an adult male. It was different from the physical contact with his comrades when he was in the army. His body was burning, his heartbeat accelerated involuntarily; the touch that made him a little whimsical.

Yu Qingze: …Although this posture is not right, after 28 years of vegetarianism, my heart is a little swaying, it must be because the boat is rippling!

He likes men, and he is still young, single for 28 years, full of energy. Being hugged by a man from behind, and it was even such a good-looking man, his heart suddenly became unstable.

Feeling that his thoughts are a little impure, Yu Qingze secretly despised himself in his heart, and quickly shook his head to stop his "spring heart" from continuing to swing.

(T/N: Spring heart = Romantic feeling).

He cleared his throat and said in a low voice, "that, Brother Le, thank you, if it wasn't for you, I would have fallen into the river."

Chang Le also seemed to have realized that he was still hugging the man, and he let go of his arm with a 'boom'.

Yu Qingze tidied up his clothes, then turned his head, only to find that Chang Le was already squatting in front of the bucket with his back facing his way, not knowing what to do, but looking at his ears, they were already red.

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Yu Qingze, who was about to thank him, blinked:…

Let's wait a while before talking.

Yu Qingze was still holding the rope of the fishing net on his right hand, and the fishing net had already sunk. He waited for a while, but he didn't see Chang Le turning around, so he put away the net himself.

"Hey, Brother Le, there are fish!" When he dragged the fishing net to the front, Yu Qingze saw two fish in the net, and was so happy that he forgot the embarrassment just now.

It was the first time in his life that he used a fishing net to catch fish. The net was not cast well and he almost fell into the water, but he still caught two stupid fish!

Yu Qingze was pleasantly surprised!

Chang Le heard the words, and finally turned around, his face was still a little red, but seeing that there was no strange color on Yu Qingze's face, he was quietly relieved. He was really rude just now, but luckily the other party didn't seem to care.

Then he was quickly infected by Yu Qingze's happiness and joyfully helped him lift the fishing net.

The two of them tacitly did not mention what happened just now.

When they finally returned, there were already a dozen or so fish in the bucket.

Chang Hao was still waiting for them on the stone.

When they landed, Chang Hao asked curiously, "Why did you two hug each other just now?"

One sentence embarrassed both of them.

Naturally, Chang Le couldn't answer this matter. Yu Qingze poked his scar very considerately: "I … accidentally lost my footing and almost fell into the river. Your brother saved me."

It was a very simple incident of saving people, and it was what really happened, but both Yu Qingze and Chang Le blushed. Of course, blush means something different.

Chang Hao let out a long 'oh', although he felt something was wrong, he didn't know what was wrong, so he could only believe it for the time being.

Immediately, he began to remember the old accounts that they didn't take with him, and looked at them with resentful and condemning eyes, making Yu Qingze and Chang Le dumbfounded.

Later, Yu Qingze finally found out that the fish he didn't know was called Qingyu. It was a unique fish species in the Qinghe River.

He steamed one at night and tried it, and it tasted really good.

The next morning, when it was still bright, they set off for the city.

Chang Le carried vegetables in one hand and fish in the other, and walked in front with ease.

Chang Hao and Yu Qingze followed behind.

They walked from the village road for a few minutes to the main road. After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at the county seat, Tongshan City.

Tongshan City is located on the south bank of the Qinghe River. It happens that this section of the river is relatively gentle and convenient for boating. It has always been an important dock for people to cross the river. After long-term development, it became a major port for traveling from south to north. The next port of this size id hundreds of miles away.

With this convenient transportation location, as well as huge business opportunities and information from the outside world brought by businessmen who travel south and north, Tongshan City has developed rapidly and is very prosperous, much larger than the average county town. There are eight or nine main streets, and there are many shops. The place is packed with a lot of traffic, pedestrians, and the stream is endless.

Yu Qingze chatted with Grandpa Chang last night, especially about this Tongshan City, and learned that Tongshan City is so prosperous now because it was less affected by the war, and this was all due to the young county magistrate Cai Wendong, the prefect of Yunzhou, who is in office at this time. If you're not reading this on hololonovels, the ending will be missing.

Before, the war first broke out in the north, and it also continued to spread to the south. In the later period, there was a tendency to cross the Qinghe River and develop in the south. At that time, Cai Wendong, the then magistrate of Tongshan County, made a decisive decision and ordered the port to be temporarily closed, and to strictly control the entry and exit of the city. Later, the war spread to the north bank of the Qinghe River, and a large number of refugees fled. Many people tried to cross the Qinghe River and escape to the south.

Cai Wendong did not let the refugees enter the city. Instead, he established a refugee area outside the city, temporarily sheltering them and managing them in a centralized manner. However, there were still many refugees scattered to various places, thankfully there was no major turmoil.

Fortunately, half a year later, the war ended and the Dasheng Dynasty was established. The court issued a decree in time to resettle and repatriate the refugees, and they passed the troubled period smoothly.

This is how the current Tongshan City became as prosperous as ever.

Yu Qingze followed the two brothers, observing while walking. They entered the city from the west gate, passed through two alleys halfway from West Street, and then came to a specially designed market.

This is a vegetable market designated by the government. Vegetables, fruits, poultry, meat, fish, etc. are to be sold here. There are also some other shops and hawkers. There is also such a centralized market in the east area. Except for these two places, selling vegetables in other places is not allowed. Other small vendors can move around though.

They arrived at a shed at the street entrance. Chang Le paid two cents to the clerk in charge of the market. Then the clerk put a stamp on his arm with today's date, indicating that the fee had been paid and they could now sell produce legally.

To Yu Qingze's surprise, there are also some small functional areas in this market. The poultry sellers are concentrated in one section, and the meat sellers are in another section. Of course, there are also mixed sellers, such as Chang Le, which sells vegetables and fish, which are basically concentrated in the places where vegetables are sold.

At this time, there are already many farmers selling vegetables in the market, and there are also some small stalls and hawkers who are busy setting up their shops. The market is full of fireworks and vitality.

They found a vacant spot near the exit in the vegetable area and stopped. Chang Le took out a small bench and let Yu Qingze and Chang Hao sit down. Then he put the bucket away, took out a small piece of bamboo mat and spread it on the ground, and then sorted all kinds of vegetables. He sat down on a small handful of straw rope and some scattered straws.

Just after setting up the stall, a middle-aged ger stopped in front of them with a load of vegetables. He looked left and right, and then said to Chang Le, who was burying his head in arranging vegetables: "Hey, this little brother, move over a little bit and let me share the space."

Hearing this, Chang Le raised his head, glanced at the man, and then looked at the distance between himself and the stall owners on the left and right sides. The distance between him and the stall owners on the sides was only about three or four inches. He waved his hand, indicating that he couldn't move.

The man stretched his neck and looked around. At this time, the good spots in front were basically full, and only the back row spots were vacant. If they were placed there, the flow of people would be much less. Yu Qingze wishes you the best for reading on hololonovels.

The middle-aged ger reluctantly said again: "You see, you don't even have much here, but you take up so much space, you can move a bit or move over there, let me stay here."

There are so many vacancies, but they are less than a foot wide. Not even a dung pan can fit. Chang Le looked at him embarrassedly, stretched out his hand to indicate the distance between the two sides, and shook his head.

Usually, people would just leave after being rejected. Who would have guessed that the middle-aged ger not only didn't leave, but put down his products, directly squatted down, stretched out his hand and pulled Chang Le's mat and started to move the setup.

"You see, if you move forward a little bit like this, and a little bit back there later, won't you be free…"

Before Chang Le could react, the man dragged things around on his own. Chang Le's neatly arranged vegetables were yanked by him and became a mess. A few fell to the ground, and some were scattered on the mat of the stall owner in front.

Chang Le hurried to block the man's hand.

Yu Qingze was about to step forward to help when he saw this, but the small figure beside him was faster, and rushed to the front with a swish.

"Hey, ama, why are you messing around with other people's things? If our food is damaged, will you pay? It's so narrow, you can't even put your feet down. Don't you see that even if our stuff is moved, it won't fit half of your dung pan! There are so many places in the back, you go to the back! "Chang Hao went out across the food stall, squeezed in front of the man, and went to hold his hand.

The stall owner in front was also dissatisfied, and said: "You old man, you are so arrogant. Everyone here is to sell vegetables. It's already so tight here. Go to the back."

Chang Hao nodded, and his small mouth rumbled righteously: "That's right, if you want to get a good seat, come earlier next time, I woke up before you woke up, and you still squeezed my seat, you are bullying children."

He raised his head, his big eyes turned red in the blink of an eye, and he looked pitiful.

The middle-aged ger didn't care when he was told off, he didn't even blush, but instead said: "Oh, you child, I didn't rob your spot, just wanted to squeeze in a little. You'll have a seat, there's no one behind you. Ah! Hey, don't move too much, just need some space to tell whose products are whose, that's all, lest I have to move again later."

Seeing that Chang Le was going to move the mat back to its original place again, the man hurried to stop it, and then he went to a few stall owners in the back to talk. There were two people who had a wider position, and they moved it a little bit. The middle-aged ger shuffled in, and finally got himself a spot on the right hand side of Chang Le. He set down his entire load of dung pan.

This time, you can't even put one foot down. If you want to go out, you can only jump out of the vegetables, or go out from the side of other people's stalls.

Chang Hao rolled his eyes, Chang Le tapped him on the head and told him to sit down quickly. They have seen a lot of such people, and it is a waste of their own strength to talk too much for those that are shameless.

Yu Qingze was dumbfounded.

This person is really…a thick-skinned person, but what he didn't expect was that Chang Hao's fighting ability is quite strong. Generally, children of this age are really not able to speak out nor are they so bold.

"Young man, your wife and son are amazing! "The middle-aged ger said to Yu Qingze who was sitting behind after putting away the mess.

Wife?

Chang Le, who was bowing his head to sort vegetables, blushed when he heard this, and quickly waved his hand. Yu Qingze wishes you the best for reading on hololonovels.

Yu Qingze was also stunned for a moment. Did this middle-aged ger see him and Chang Le as a husband and wife? He even thought of Chang Hao as their son?

However, it's funny how Brother Le's face blushed…

He couldn't help but think of the slender arms around his waist yesterday and the thin chest behind him, and he still seems to be able to feel their temperature…

"This is my brother." Chang Hao glared at the middle-aged ger and muttered angrily, "What kind of eyes!."

Not only are you thick-skinned, your eyesight also bad.

"Oh, no, hahaha, it's just that you are very handsome." Seeing that he made a mistake, the middle-aged ger finally felt a little embarrassed, an said something to justify his words, turned around and stopped talking.

Husband and wife?

Last night, he had a dream of rippling in the water all night. When he heard the words 'husband and wife', Yu Qingze's heart swayed again, and his eyes glimpsed at Chang Le's face inadvertently.

In his previous life, same-sex marriage has not been legalized in his country. Homosexuality was not accepted well, and the circumstances in their circle was messy, so he has always kept himself clean and only relied on his five fingers to accompany him in his single status.

In fact, he doesn't have high requirements for his partner. The other just has to look pleasing to the eye, is diligent and filial, and can live with him in peace. It's a pity that he hasn't had a chance to meet such a down-to-earth person before he died.

But now he is here, after thinking about it, Chang Le's conditions in all aspects are quite in line with his significant other selection criteria.

Yu Qingze squinted slightly at Chang Le, thinking about the events of the past few days, and found that this person in front of him had accidentally grown into his ideal partner.

He suddenly fell into his own thoughts, staring blankly at Chang Le for a long time without realizing it.

Chang Le was even more embarrassed, how could such a capable person as Big Brother Yu have a relationship with him? He simply pretended not to hear and looked down at his vegetables, his ears dripping red.

Chang Hao accidentally saw his brother's red ears and blinked, why is his brother so embarrassed? After thinking about it, he turned his head to look at Yu Qingze. Oh, brother Yu has been looking at my brother!

The little boy's thoughts were racing, and he was happy in his heart.

If Big Brother Yu can be his brother's husband, hehehe…

Just at this time, there are people shopping for vegetables. "How do you sell these beans?"

One sentence brought the several people back to reality.

Yu Qingze shook his head, it's too early to think about these things, making money is the most important thing.

Chang Le heard the inquiry and quickly raised his head, stretched out his hand to compare five.

"Five coppers a pound?"

Chang Hao was sitting next to Chang Le, and when he saw the business coming, his eyes brightened. He smiled and answered skillfully: "Yes, customer, five coppers a pound, do you want a pound? I just picked these in the morning, they're very fresh."

The customer thought it was a little expensive, so he hesitated, and glanced at the beans in the dung pan next to him. Yu Qingze wishes you the best for reading on hololonovels.

The middle-aged ger saw that and immediately said: "Hey, customer, do you want to buy beans, four coppers a pound, very good beans."

The customer heard four coppers a pound and took another step to look at the beans in the dung pan.

That middle-aged ger's entire dung pan was filled with beans, but probably because of the busy farming season, many of them are a little old and not as fresh as Chang Le's beans.

Chang Hao glared at the middle-aged ger when he saw that the man was robbing business at a lower price.

Cheeky! Lame! Also stealing business!

Then he noticed the customer comparing the beans from the two dung pans, so he opened his mouth and began chattering once more.

"Customer, the beans are still tender and delicious. You also know that if the beans are old, it will be troublesome to cook them. If you eat them, you will have to pull the thread out. Isn't it troublesome? Look at my beans. They are so tender and fresh, and the threads haven't even grown out yet…"

When the middle-aged ger heard it, he hurriedly said: Where are the old beans, mine are not old at all, this is called plump! Customer, look at how firm my beans are, and I only charge four coppers…"

The customer obviously didn't want to eat the beans that the threads had to be pulled out of his mouth. He was persuaded by the little boy, and he didn't listen to the middle-aged ger any more. He moved back and picked up a handful and handed it to Chang Le, "I'll take these."

Chang Le took over and weighed them neatly, and then gave a number.

Chang Hao immediately translated with a smile, "Customer, a total of eight coppers."

Seeing that the customer didn't bring the vegetable basket, Chang Le quickly packaged the beans with straw.

The customer was very satisfied, so he gave the money and left with the beans.

Chang Hao didn't forget to see off the shopper, "please go carefully, come and buy again from my stall when you want something to make delicious food!"

After the person walked away, Chang Hao smiled and gave the middle-aged ger a disdainful look.

Hmmmph, what's the use of low prices, my beans are tender!

The middle-aged ger almost cocked his nose in anger, this little brat has a sharp tongue!

Chang Le was amused and patted his brother on the shoulder in a funny way, indicating that it was already over, and don't provoke others, coz it might not going to end well.

Only then did Chang Hao switched his attention and turn his head to look at Yu Qingze, "Look, I'm amazing".

Yu Qingze silently gave a thumbs up; this mouth is a useful business tool!

He was praised, and Chang Hao went on to sell vegetables contentedly.

After watching it for about ten minutes, Yu Qingze saw that the brothers were very capable, and he was relieved, so he got up and prepared to go do his own business.

He told them he was going to walk around, and the brothers were a little worried.

"Brother Yu, do you want me to accompany you? I have been to most places in the county, so I can show you the way."

"No, you help your brother sell vegetables here. I may not be able to go back until the evening. You don't have to wait for me when you sell out. Go back first." The vegetable market usually closes after noon.

"Ah? Evening, can you find your way back?"

Yu Qingze smiled, "I can, don't worry."

Under the worried eyes of the two brothers, Yu Qingze left.

He walked around the vegetable market, asked questions about the layout, the price of the food, and so on. He had a good idea. Then he came upon a snack vendor; he bought and tried some and thought the taste was okay, so he bought some for the two brothers to let them filled their belly a bit before lunch. Click "NEXT" at the bottom of the page for the actual ending.

He went out of the market area after visiting the vegetable market, watching, asking questions, and taking notes as he walked down the street.

Yu Qingze went out early and returned late every day for a few days after that. After he walked through the entire city, he finally decided on the business he wanted to do next.

That evening, Yu Qingze came back from the city with a large bag of things. As soon as he entered the yard, he said to Chang Le, who was pounding rice, "Brother Le, you don't have to cook at night, I'll make noodles."

These past few days, Yu Qingze only came back after dark. Hearing his words, Chang Hao was very happy. He could eat Yu Qingze's food tonnight.

Yu Qingze came back late for the past few days, so Chang Le has been cooking. Like his brother, he was also excited; he rolled up his sleeves and eager to learn a new dish.

However, although he has learned from Yu Qingze for a few days, his level of cooking still has lots of room for improvement just by looking at it, and it cannot be done in a day or two but by continuously practicing. If you're not reading this on hololonovels, the ending will be missing.

So, these days, Chang Hao and the others have often eaten test food by Chang Le. Chang Hao doesn't want to recollect the taste. Anyway, they ended up eating sour beans, pickled cucumbers, and green vegetables to pad their stomachs.

Grandpa Chang and Chang Hao still comforted Chang Le that the food he made was delicious, otherwise they'd be suspected by the chef.

Now seeing Yu Qingze coming back so early and said he'd make dinner, how could Chang Hao not be excited.

He is simply moved to tears.

"Here are the flour and some seasonings to make the noodles at night." Yu Qingze carried the big bag into the kitchen and put it down on the table. In order to buy all these seasonings, he went to many places, and some of the seasonings were even bought from the pharmacy.

Chang Le also followed into the kitchen and became very interested when he saw the things on the table; some of them were not used for cooking.

Washing his hands, Yu Qingze first rinsed a small piece of ginger, an appropriate amount of star anise, cinnamon, and pepper, and left it to dry, and then began to knead the noodles.

Put an appropriate amount of flour into the basin, add some salt, pour in water, stir with chopsticks until mixed well, then knead into a smooth dough, cover with a damp cloth and let the noodles rest.

Then, Yu Qingze asked Chang Le to start the fire and started making chili oil.

After heating the pot, pour in the vegetable oil. When the oil temperature is 70% to 80% hot, add the ginger slices and other spices. When the ginger slices start to turn yellow, take them out, and leave the other spices to a boil over a low heat, cool them down until the surface of the oil is no longer bubbling, then pour the chili powder, white sesame seeds and a small amount of peanuts into the pot and stir well. Finally, put it back on the stove and simmer on a low heat, add a little salt, and wait until the chili oil turns bright red, and you're done.

Afterwards, let the chili oil cool and keep it into a bowl for later use. Yu Qingze put the chopped ginger and garlic into a bowl, added soy sauce, vinegar, and a little pepper to make a sauce. Many condiments are not available here, so they can only be made from scratch.

At this time, the dough resting aside was ready.

Yu Qingze continued to knead the dough, and let Chang Le start boiling water on the other side.

Waiting for the water to boil, Yu Qingze started to pull the noodles. After the noodles are cooked, run them through the cold water and put in a large bowl, then add shredded cucumbers, sour beans and chopped green onions, drizzle with chili oil and sauce, stir well, and the cold noodles are ready.

The four bowls of cold noodles were on the table, Yu Qingze said, "This is cold noodles, try and see how it taste."

Chang Hao was the first to start.

The homemade noodles have a strong aroma, the taste is smooth but not weak, the sauce is just: right salty and sour, and the chili oil enhances the aroma and color and stimulates the appetite. The sour beans and cucumbers add a refreshing note to the dish, reducing greasiness and making it more appealing.

Cold Noodles

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In this hot summer, a bowl of sour, spicy, delicious, and refreshing cold noodles is an excellent choice. "It's delicious!" Chang Hao took a sip, only said two words, then stopped talking and just ate.

Grandpa Chang and Chang Le also said that it was delicious and appetizing after eating it. The dish doesn't make them sweat profusely like eating noodle soup.

The four of them finished all the cold noodles. Yu Qingze wishes you the best for reading on hololonovels.

After dinner, Yu Qingze told them his plan to make money.

"Grandpa, I'm going to open a food stall. I'll make cold noodles and Liangpi. Oh, Liangpi is another kind of cold noodles. I'll make it for you tomorrow and let you try."

(T/N: Liangpi is a noodle-like Chinese dish made from wheat or rice flour. It is a specialty dish originating from the cuisine of Shaanxi Province. Source: Wikipedia)

"That's not a bad idea. The weather is hot now, so I have no appetite. This cold noodle is very appetizing, and you can't find it here. It will definitely sell well!" Grandpa Chang agreed after listening to Yu Qingze.

Chang Le and Chang Hao also nodded wildly, thinking it was great.

Yu Qingze has been researching for a few days, and he came to a conclusion that this can make money.

"I have already ordered a stove and briquettes in the city, and then I went to the village chief's house to order a small cart and two small tables. I also bought a pot, tableware, a bucket, a basin, and some other small things. Basically everything I need to open the stall." Then Yu Qingze turned to Chang Le and said, "Brother Le, I must be too busy by myself, I want to ask you for help, is that okay?"

Chang Le was startled and pointed at himself in disbelief, me?

"Yes." Yu Qingze nodded, "I don't know how it would sell at first. I'll pay you fifty coppers a day first. If the business is good, I'll pay more."

Brother Le is diligent, energetic, and has a good character. It is right to ask him for help.

Because he had such impure thoughts about Chang Le in his heart, Yu Qingze was thinking about waiting for a while before bringing Chang Le in and turning the food stall into a "husband's stall"!

Partnership sounds much more intimate than an employment relationship, isn't it, and it's easier to remove the quotation marks from 'husband's stall' and turn it into a proper husband and husband stall!

Moreover, this family is so kind to him, and there is a life-saving grace. Even if he and Chang Le can't be together, he still wants to take this family to make some money and let them live better.

Originally, he wanted to directly propose cooperation with Chang Le, but he knew how difficult it was for farmers to make some money. Chang Le was relatively conservative, and they would not make a decision easily if they did not see that they could make money. Moreover, most of the money Chang Le makes from selling vegetables must be saved. Grandpa Chang's health isn't great in the winter, and he needs to take medicine frequently, so they can't easily put these savings to use somewhere else.

Let them see the prospect of making money first, so that they can follow him with confidence.

Fifty coppers a day? This is more than a day's work in the county seat! There is a man in the village next to them who works in the city, and only 800 coppers a month!

Chang Le quickly waved his hand and made gestures. Chang Hao translated.

Chang Le said that he was very willing to help, but he couldn't speak. In the business of this kind of food stall, it is important to be able to speak in order to greet customers, and fifty coppers a day is too much, he felt that he was not worth the price.

Yu Qingze shook his head and said, "Brother Le, it's not much at all, believe me, your labor is totally worth the price, and it's a very hard job, you have to serve the dishes, collect the dishes, wash them, carry water, and count the money. If you want to help me make the noodles, you need to know everything, and I am afraid that I will have to wrong you by asking so much."

Chang Hao also has some unspeakable secrets in his heart, but he knows his brother better. If he persuades his brother directly, it probably wouldn't work. So, he said, "Brother, it does sounds like a lot of hard work, then … maybe you shouldn't do it."

Yu Qingze was worried, "Brother Le, I don't know other people here, and I don't know much. I don't dare to trust others easily, I can only trust you."

When is Chang Le afraid of hard work? He is afraid that he can't do much and feel sorry for taking so much money. Of course, it is good to be able to make money. If he can really earn fifty coppers a day, he can send his younger brother to school! In winter, grandpa's medicine expenses can also be earned!

Chang Le glanced at Grandpa, and Grandpa Chang said 'you decide for yourself', and looked at him with a smile.

Brother and Yu Qingze said so, Chang Le thought about it for a while and nodded.

Chang Hao lowered his head and smiled. Although his brother looks kind and docile on the face, he is actually very stubborn. Sometimes things have to be said the other way around.

The matter is settled, and Yu Qingze felt at ease.

After he sketched the drawings, he went to the village chief's house to ask him to help him make a cart and two sets of tables and stools.

The village chief's family is now doing their best to make rice beds, but for Yu Qingze, the village chief still gives him priority.

The table that Yu Qingze was going to make was a folding table. Da Jian saw the drawings and immediately became interested, pulling Yu Qingze to discuss it. Yu Qingze told him all the principles. Dajian eagerly went to study how to make it.

The village chief and the others gave him a timeline of three or four days. During this period, Yu Qingze still has some preparatory work to do.

Early the next morning, Yu Qingze took Chang Hao to jog in the yard.

Before, he promised Chang Hao he'd teach him some self-defense skills. He was busy with his market research and only had time at night, but this time frame doesn't work either. Chang Hao had to write for an hour first, and then in the free time, Yu Qingze asked him to sprint and workout the lower body first.

The ten-year-old boy is resolute in his heart; he is very interested in practicing kung fu, and he learns it very seriously. *Zamabu is really boring and requires perseverance, but he finds it interesting.

*(T/N: Horse stance)

Chang Hao was half-squatting, his feet were slightly wider than his shoulders, his hands were clenched to his sides, his eyes were straight, he followed Yu Qingze's instructions, breathing as steady as possible.

On the first day, he could only hold on to a cup of tea before taking a break, and now he can hold on for almost half an hour!

Just as he was teaching Chang Hao the horse stance, Yu Qingze saw several gers looking into their yard. When Yu Qingze looked over, those people disappeared quickly.

Yu Qingze: …

When Yu Qingze saw the figure of a little ger flashing past the fence of the yard again, Yu Qingze frowned and asked Chang Hao, "Xiao Hao, are those gers coming to see you and are embarrassed to come in when they saw me there?"

Chang Hao glanced outside and said, "They've been like this for several days. They're here to see you. They come every day. You've been out early and coming back late for the past few days, so you don't know, and there are several people who've set their eyes on you and been asking about you"

Yu Qingze was confused, "They came for me? Why would they?" Could it be because I look handsome?"

The young man was quite well informed; he snickered: "You don't know, you are famous in the village now. They were busy in the fields a while ago, and they didn't have time to pay attention. Now that they're all free and have nothing to do, they finally have time to inquire. Everyone now knows that you are twenty-eight and have yet to get married, so they all want to come and if there were any reasons behind."

"…And what reason did they come up with?" Yu Qingze frowned; he has a very bad feeling, that the answer is not what he wanted to hear.

The little boy couldn't stop laughing, and said, "How do I know what it is, they don't tell me, they just keep asking. If you want to know, ask yourself."

"…No, I don't want to know at all." It shouldn't be anything bad, no?

"Oh, someone else asked if you wanted to find a husband." After Chang Hao finished speaking, he carefully glanced at Yu Qingze's expression.

Yu Qingze thought in his heart that he already has a good candidate, so he shook his head and said, "I don't want to as of now. I can't even afford to eat much, how can I find a husband to endure hardship with me?"

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Hearing this, Chang Hao snorted with satisfaction. As long as Brother Yu has no interest in others, then there is hope for his brother!

Waiting for them to be together every day, slowly, Big Brother Yu will be able to notice his brother! Isn't there a saying, love after spending some time together, and with him fanning the fire on the side, Big Brother Yu will definitely become his brother-in-law!

Yu Qingze still doesn't know that he already has a hidden helper to chase his husband, but he still wants to make money first, get a household registration, build a house, and only when his life is stable, he can propose a marriage!

In the morning, Yu Qingze made Liangpi.

Liangpi

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Liangpi is a little more complicated. The flavor is distinct from that of cold noodles, and it is more refreshing and savory. It was praised by Chang Le and the rest of the family.

Taking advantage of the fact that the stall cart, tables, and stools are not ready, Yu Qingze has been making noodles ahead for both cold noodles and Liangpi and let them dry for later use.

Thus, people who passed by Chang family in the past few days saw noodles dried on a bamboo pole in the yard. Some people wanted to buy them to eat, but Yu Qingze refused them.

He also borrowed the ox cart from the village chief's house, went to the city to buy all the ingredients he needed, such as oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, etc., and brought back the stove and briquettes that were made.

Cucumbers, capers and shallots are all bought directly from Chang family house, and buckets and wooden basins are bought from the village chief's house.

He also bought a signboard and asked Yu Xiucai to write five big characters on it—YuJi YiXian (aka Yuji's Fresh Bites), the name of his food stall. Click "NEXT" at the bottom of the page for the actual ending.

After buying these things, Yu Qingze's 27 taels of silver are not much left.

Three days later, the village chief's family finished making the cart, tables and stools.

Everything is ready, the food stall can finally open!

Three miles from the north gate of Tongshan City is the port. There are hundreds of ships carrying passengers and goods every day, and the flow of people is very large.

The North and South Streets, which are directly connected to the harbor, have the most foot traffic, with the North Street being the more prosperous between the two as it is congested with many shops.

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So, how can there be less food stalls in a place with many people like that! On the street near the North City Gate, there are many food vendors, shops, and peddlers. Many merchants will fill their stomachs before leaving the city to take a boat, or buy the food to go to eat on the road.

On this day, near the North City Gate, an old man was walking with a young man about eight or nine years old. The temperature had gone up significantly once the sun had risen, and they were both sweating profusely, as if they had traveled a long distance.

"Grandpa, I'm hungry and can't walk anymore. Let's have something to eat before we go." The little boy covered his stomach and stopped in front of a small stall, his face wrinkled bitterly, he looked really hungry, especially the smell of food wafting from the left and right of the street, which woke up the greedy worms in people's stomachs.

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The old man looked left and right and asked the little boy, "What do you want to eat? Noodles, little troublemaker?"

The little boy looked at the steaming noodle stalls and frowned: "It's too hot, I don't want to eat noodles."

The old man asked again, "Mantou? Steamed buns?"

The little boy still shook his head, "The buns are also hot. Grandpa, isn't there anything that isn't so hot? It's already hot today!"

"There are only fruit snacks that are not hot. Do you want to eat?" The old man looked around again, a little flustered.

"…I want to be able to eat enough." The little boy replied with a frown.

"Then let the noodles cool before eating."

"…Ok."

The grandfather and grandson were about to go to the noodle shop on the side, when a shout caught their attention.

Two steps ahead on their right, a young man was shouting in front of a stall called 'Yu Ji Yi Xian'.

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"The new stall has opened, selling cold noodles and Liangpi, it's appetizing and refreshing, and the first 50 customers will get free mung bean soup…"

Liangpi

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Hearing the word 'cold noodles' and mung bean soup, the little boy's eyes lit up, he pulled his grandfather and walked over there, "Grandpa, cold noodles! There is also mung bean soup!"

Pedestrians who heard the shouts were attracted by the 'cold noodles and Liangpi', and some were attracted by the free mung bean soup, and they all wanted to see what it was selling.

Some people asked: "What kind of food is cold noodles? How do you sell them?"

The stall owner brought out a bowl of cold noodles. The silky noodles are filled with red chili oil, adorned with green shredded cucumbers and chopped green onions, and brown beans?

The stall owner smiled and said: "Hello customer, this is my cold noodles, it is absolutely refreshing and appetizing, you can try it with bamboo skewers."

A young man with thick bangs took out a bamboo stick and an empty bowl for those interested to try some, but no one came forward.

The little boy pulled his grandfather and squeezed into the crowd. When he saw that he could try it, he immediately shouted, "I'll come, I'll come!"

The young man with thick bangs smiled and took two bamboo sticks to him, then took a chopstick of cold noodles and put it in a bowl and handed it to him.

The little boy ate the cold noodles with the chopsticks with a swish with a bamboo stick, and his eyes lit up after eating, "It's delicious! Grandpa, let's eat this!"

The old man saw that his grandson liked it, and said helplessly: "Boss, how much is a bowl of your cold noodles?"

Cold Noodles

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The stall owner replied: "Small servings are five coppers a bowl, medium servings are six coppers a bowl, and large servings are seven coppers a bowl."

The old man said: "Then give us two small bowls."

"Okay, two bowls of small cold noodles! Do you want mild, medium or very spicy?"

"…slightly spicy."

"Customer sir, please sit over there, wait a moment, it will be ready soon."

After listening to the little guy saying it was delicious, some people around couldn't help but try it.

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The noodle is silky smooth on the tongue, somewhat spicy and slightly sour, and their taste buds are immediately awakened; the cucumber shreds and beans are crisp and refreshing, and the appetite lost from the hot summer is quickly restored.

"Well, it's not bad!"

"Boss, what's the taste of your Liangpi? Can I try it?"

"Yes, yes, here, this bowl is Liangpi, you can try it."

"This Liangpi tastes good too, I don't know how it is made. Boss, give me a bowl of Liangpi, I want to eat this!"

"Well, this is so appetizing. In this hot day, my family doesn't have much appetite, and the children have lost weight! Boss, bring me two bowls of cold noodles: one small bowl and one medium bowl!"

Those who have tried it have had their appetites, which are practically dead after spending the summer here, rekindled and now very stimulated that they suddenly became very hungry.

The two small tables were quickly filled. The grandfather and grandson who were trying to eat at the beginning looked at each other and quickly got up after eating with a smile, and gave their seats to other guests.

"Boss, check out!" The little boy gave the boss ten coppers of money very proudly and winked at him.

The boss, Yu Qingze, couldn't help laughing and took the money. Chang Le, who was behind him, looked at his grandfather and grandson, and his face turned red with laughter!

His grandfather and younger brother pretending to be regular guests is just too funny.

"Boss, how did you make the beans? It's delicious!" A guest asked Yu Qingze, holding the sour beans in the bowl.

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "This is the pickled sour beans in my house, it's a secret recipe that no one else has!"

After saying this, the guest knew that the method was impossible to ask, so he said, "Can you sell some of these beans to me? I wanna bring it back to my family."

Yu Qingze cooked noodles skillfully, and replied, "Okay, seven coppers per pound, how much do you want?"

The guest was surprised, "It's so expensive. The beans on the market are only five coppers a pound."

Yu Qingze said: "It's the taste that makes the difference."

The guest thought about it and said, "Okay, give me… a pound first."

Yu Qingze smiled at Chang Le and said, "Brother Le, weigh a pound of sour beans for the guest." Then he explained to the guest that the sour beans can't be kept for a long time, so it's best to fry them as soon as possible, or you can eat them without frying too.

Chang Le blinked, fished out a pound of sour beans from the jar, wrapped it in oil paper and handed it to the guest, and then took seven coppers.

When Yu Qingze asked him to put another jar onto the trolley in the morning, he didn't think that someone would buy sour beans alone. He was surprised that Yu Qingze would sell them so expensively, but come to think of it, the sour beans have to be marinated for two or three days, with more effort put into than regular beans so, he guessed it's worth the extra 2 coppers.

Good money!

Seeing that capers can be bought individually, other customers have also bought half a catty or a catty each.

Within a short time, the big jar of sour beans was sold out. It is a pity for the guests who did not get to buy it, and they all reserved with the boss to buy it tomorrow.

Chang Le smiles so hard that you can't even see his eyes but all teeth. This is more profitable than selling fresh beans.

Seeing Chang Le's happy appearance and his eyes seemed to be filled with stars, looking very beautiful, Yu Qingze felt a little itchy in his heart, and tightened his hand holding the bamboo fence, he couldn't help laughing.

Before Chang Hao and Grandpa Chang left, the two walked around the street and returned to the stall. The previous group of customers had finished eating, and no one knew them anymore, so they came back to help. Yu Qingze wishes you the best for reading on hololonovels.

Yu Qingze didn't let them busy with the small stalls, and asked Grandpa Chang to take Chang Hao to the vegetable market to buy radishes. He had seen people selling them before. If the sour beans were selling well, the sour radishes would definitely sell better, so he let them buy as many as they could.

Capers and sour radishes are not that difficult to make, and they will definitely be copied by others in the near future. He has to make a fortune before it happens! When the price comes down from the saturated market, it won't be so profitable anymore.

Seeing how busy they were, Grandpa Chang went shopping alone and asked Chang Hao to stay and help.

Chang Hao has a sweet mouth, and he's very clever. With his help, Yu Qingze and Chang Le are more at ease.

"Customer, would you like a bowl of mung bean soup again? It's just one copper for a bowl."

"Isn't it a gift?"

"It's a gift for the first 50 customers. You are already the 68th. It's very cheap. Just one copper will keep you cool and fresh all day. Would you like a bowl?"

"Then gimme a bowl."

With Chen Hong, mung bean soup is sold a lot more.

Their food stall business was still booming as lunchtime approached.

On this North Street, there are always a lot of people coming and going. In addition to businessmen, locals also love to come here to buy food.

When people saw so many people surrounding a food stall and people who had eaten it said it was delicious, so they couldn't help but try it.

Those who lived nearby even went home and brought their family members over so that they could also taste it, and some even went home quickly and brought back a bowl to buy for their family to eat.

On this hot day, once someone has tasted the deliciousness of cold noodles, they no longer want to eat that hot noodle soup. After being tortured by the hot summer for so long, they finally saw the light of day!

There is a new food stall on North Street, called 'Yu Ji Yi Xian', which sells cold noodles and Liangpi, and rumors that it tastes good, spread throughout the North Street in just half a day.

There are many shops selling food on the North Street. There are five or six noodle restaurants alone. Among them, Wang Ji Noodle Restaurant and Liu Ji Noodle Restaurant have the best business, and the two have been competitors for many years.

The owner of Liu Ji Noodle House is called Liu Liangping, who is tall and thin; the owner of Wang Ji Noodle House is called Wang Anfu, who is chubby and looks very kind.

At this time, Boss Wang was standing at the door of Liu Ji Noodle Shop, folded his arms and looked at the hot cold noodle food stall diagonally opposite with his old rival.

"What do you think?" Boss Wang raised his chin towards the cold noodle stall and said.

Boss Liu snorted and said disdainfully: "*If you can't get on the table, you can't change the situation, it's nothing to worry about."

*(T/N: 上不了台面，成不了气候, a saying or something. I'm not sure about this part either.)

Boss Wang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "As soon as they arrived, they took away all our guests. At least 20% of the guests are missing from my place."

Boss Liu gave him a sideways look and said, "Why, Fatty Wang, are you afraid?"

Boss Wang nodded and said, "A little bit, I'll go take a look, do you want to go?"

Boss Liu snorted coldly, turned back to the noodle restaurant, and showed his disdain with his actions.

Boss Wang saw that his old rival would not go, so he went to the food stall leisurely.

Liu Ji Noodle Restaurant's junior saw that Boss Wang was gone and saw his own boss stretched his neck and looked over at the window, so he asked, "Boss, do you want to go and have a look? I heard that they sell cold noodles and Liangpi and they're very good, many of our old customers have gone to eat."

When Boss Liu heard Xiao Er's words, he immediately stood up straight, frowned and waved his hand, "Go, go, everything is up to you!" Then he looked over there again.

Xiao Er heard the words, turned around, rolled his eyes, and he pulled off the cloth on his shoulders and was about to leave the store.

"Ehhh, come back." Boss Liu stopped Xiao Er again.

Xiao Er turned around, his face quickly filled with a smile, and flattered: "Boss, what's the matter? You tell me."

Boss Liu glanced at him with a frown, raised his chin reluctantly and ordered, "Go, buy a bowl and bring it back."

Xiao Er asked: "Do you want to buy cold noodles or Liangpi?"

Boss Liu said irritably: "Your brain is in vain! Buy them all! Go!"

"Okay, the little one will go now." The little Er smiled and said, "Boss, look, that … money…"

Boss Liu took out ten coppers and threw it to Xiao Er, and said angrily, "Go!"

Xiao Er waited in line for a while before bringing back the cold noodles.

Boss Liu asked Xiao Er to carry the bowls into the breakroom behind the shop. Then he sat down slowly, looked at the red and green in the bowl, and said with disdain: "Hmmph! This is it? Only some shredded cucumbers and beans, not a piece of meat, and it actually sells for five coppers! Those people have never eaten noodles?"

Xiao Er murmured in his heart that no matter how bad the food was, the business was booming, but he carefully took the chopsticks and handed them to the boss, and said, "That's right, they are too blind!"

Boss Liu was very satisfied with Xiao Er's sense of survival, took the chopsticks, and began to eat with a reluctant expression on his face.

At the beginning, he had an expression of disgust, ready to take a bite and then 'comment' it well.

Who knew that after taking one bite, he was unable to speak; after taking another bite, he frowned, but he unknowingly finished a small bowl of cold noodles in no time.

"Boss, how is it?" Little Er asked carefully.

How? How else!

Boss Liu pushed away the empty bowl in front of him in a very bad mood and dragged the bowl of Liangpi over.

He had never seen something like Liangpi, but before he could figure out how to make it, he accidentally ate the entire bowl.

When he realized it, Boss Liu's face darkened.

The psychological blow far outweighs the unhappiness of being robbed of business.

At this time, Xiao Er asked again, "Boss, how is it?"

"What's the matter! Have you got nothing to do? Go out and do something!"

Xiao Er walked away in despair, scolding the boss in his heart as he walked that he deserved to be robbed of business.

Boss Liu looked unhappy and was in a gloomy mood. Over there, Boss Wang also returned to his shop with a dignified and thoughtful look after eating a bowl of Liangpi.

Yu Qingze and the others were so busy that the two tables were not enough, and many people were still waiting. The three of them were simply too busy.

He couldn't do anything by the side of the pot, so he premakes bowl after bowl. He also helps out to collect money. Chang Le, who is responsible for washing dishes, carrying water, changing water, and collecting money, is also very busy.

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The three of them are all in circles.

They didn't have time to breathe until the noodles and Liangpi they brought were sold out, and there were only four bowls left for themselves.

Now, the sun is just overhead.

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Chang Le suggested to buy some flour, make some noodles now, and continue to sell.

Yu Qingze shook his head and said, "No. This is it today! Let's finish eating quickly, pick up grandpa, and go home!"

Chang Le doesn't quite understand, business is so good, shouldn't they continue to sell in this case?

Yu Qingze seemed to understand Chang Le's doubts, he replied: "Today I'm just testing the market and spreading the news about the noodles. We can bring more tomorrow for those who heard the news today but didn't get to eat. The curiosity will bring more customers tomorrow. Moreover, even if we try making more now, we don't have a place to make enough."

Chang Le looked at the food stall, and the place was indeed a little smaller, so he didn't bother anymore. After lunch, he went to the Western District Vegetable Market to pick up grandpa who was buying radishes.

To end the business so early on the first day actually exceeded Yu Qingze's expectations. He already analyzed the situation in the morning. The speed of cooking noodles was still too slow, mainly because one stove was not enough and the two tables were not enough. Before going back, he went to buy another stove and a pot. Ask the village chief to make another table when he gets back.

Yu Qingze looked up at the sun in the sky, it was so hot! The weather was already hot, and they were too busy to touch the ground, the three of them were sweating profusely.

It definitely cannot go on like this for a long time, people can't bear it.

He then went to the umbrella shop to order three super-large parasols, and directly asked the master to make them into tarpaulin umbrellas, which would protect from sun and rain, but it would take a few days to get them.

From purchasing all these, he used all the money he made today.

After returning home, he settled the accounts and gave the the wages for Chang Le and Chang Hao. In fact, he earned a tael or two today, but he spent all of it on buying things.

"Wow, Big Brother Yu, do I get paid too?!" Chang Hao looked at the copper plates in front of him, and there was a small pile of them. He counted them one by one, and he was very excited about the money he made for the first time.

"Yes! You are very capable today. You have the same wage as your brother. But you don't have to go tomorrow."

"Ah? Why?" Chang Hao looked at him with some incomprehension, and also reflected on himself: "Am I not doing well enough? I will work hard!"

Yu Qingze smiled, touched his head, and said, "No, you are very capable, but you are still young, and you are still a child laborer. You can help grandpa at home. There is a lot of work in the fields."

Chang Hao wanted to fight for it, and said, "But if I don't go, you guys won't be busy at all. Maybe the guests will leave if they can't wait. What a pity." He saw the busy situation today. If there were only Big Brother Yu and his brother, they would be too busy to catch their breath.

Yu Qingze insisted: "If we make less money, we will make less money. It doesn't matter. We want to do long-term business. After the busy period of time, the traffic flow will stabilize and there will not be so many people. Moreover, if there are still so many people in a few days, I will find another helper to help."

"Then I'll go and help you for a few days first, I don't want you to work so hard." Chang Hao also had his stubbornness. He turned to his brother, hoping that his brother could help him.

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Chang Le was naturally understood the situation, so he didn't say anything.

Chang Hao turned to Grandpa Chang again, looking eagerly at Grandpa.

Grandpa Chang was very happy and said, "As long as it's not a disservice, let him go if he wants to go. He's ten years old and a little man, so he should exercise and learn how to do things. Aze, don't pay him. Such a little boy, what salary do you want?"

"I'm not doing you a disservice!" Chang Hao pouted, very dissatisfied, "Brother Yu, you see, I'm very useful."

"Yes, you are very capable." Yu Qingze didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and turned to Grandpa Chang again and said, "However, Grandpa, he is still small, his body has not grown, and it is not suitable for overwork, which will affect physical development. Besides, the work in the field… …"

Grandpa Chang waved his hand and said, "How can you be so tired with such a little work? Do more work to grow stronger! You have just opened up, so let him help you, there is me in the field."

Yu Qingze was helpless, so he had to agree, "But the wages still have to be counted."

He and Grandpa Chang argued a few more words. In the end, Grandpa Chang couldn't beat him, so he had to agree.

After discussing things, Yu Qingze first went to the village chief's house, and then came back and started making liangpi noodles. Chang Le was making noodles for cold noodles, and Chang Hao and Grandpa Chang were washing radishes outside, cutting them, and marinating them.

The two were busy in the kitchen, and although they didn't talk, Yu Qingze felt a touch of warmth.

The atmosphere was very warm and peaceful, and it made his heart feel hot.

Maybe Yu Qingze's eyes stayed too long, and Chang Le, who was kneading the dough in front of the chopping board, suddenly turned around and just met his eyes.

Chang Le asked silently with his eyes:?

Yu Qingze quickly reacted, shook his head, and said softly, "Brother Le, it's hard for you."

Chang Le had a smile on his face, shook his head, and turned around to continue kneading.

Chang Le did the math. He earned more than 80 coppers from selling sour beans today, plus his and Xiaohao's wages, it was a little less than 200 coppers. Originally, he wanted to give Yu Qingze a share since it was him who thought of the way to pickle sour beans, but the other didn't want it, so Chang Le had to put it away by himself, secretly thinking about helping him do more work.

He has never made so much money in one day! Chang Le's eyebrows and eyes are curved; he is very happy.

The three of them set off early the next morning. Because Yu Qingze didn't have enough money to pay for a fixed booth for a whole month before, they had to go early to grab a good spot.

The second day's business was as good as Yu Qingze expected!

The people who ate it yesterday brought their family members to eat again, and there were people who heard the news and came to taste the food curiously. Coupled with the passing traders, the food stall has not been empty since 8 o'clock.

Fortunately, there are two stoves today, and the speed of cooking noodles is much faster, but they were still busy!

"Boss, one small portion of liangpi and two portions of medium cold noodles, all of which are slightly spicy! Three more bowls of mung bean soup!"

"Boss, check out!"

"Boss, give me a big bowl of cold noodles! A pound of sour beans!"

"Boss…"

"Hey, hey, here we come, customer, your small portion of liangpi and medium portion of cold noodles, mung bean soup… Customer, walk slowly, please come again… customer, your large portion of cold noodles is here, sour beans are here. All ready …"

…

Around noon, in a well-known old-fashioned pastry shop on South Street, a little ger came out with freshly baked pastries, and at that time, a young boy came in with a food box, he shouted loudly: "Ama Ama , there is a new delicious food stall on North Street, you can try it, I brought you a bowl."

A new food stall? The little ger who had just left the door heard it, turned around, and entered the shop again.

"What kind of food stall, running around and sweating so much. Come here and I'll wipe it for you." The owner of the pastry shop came out from behind the counter and took out a towel from his arms to wipe the sweat on his son's forehead.

The little boy raised his face to let him wipe his sweat, and said, "It's cold noodles, and it's delicious. Dad brought two bowls back for grandpa and the youngest. He asked me to bring a bowl to you. Look. , this is it, you can try and see."

The little boy put the food box in his hand on the table, brought out a bowl of red, green and silky noodles, took out a pair of chopsticks and stuffed it into his hands.

The boss glanced at his son helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll eat, you sit down."

The boss was about to sit down when he saw the little ger who was leaving just now came back, and asked with a smile, "Mi Ge'er, do you still want to buy something?" (T/L: Ge'er = little ger/brother. It sounds better in Chinese so, I'll use this term from now on).

The little ger named Mi Ge'er smiled and said, "No, I just heard your son said that he has new food, so I came over curiously to have a look."

The boss husband heard it and understood, and he said, "Is your second young master still unable to eat?"

Mi Ge'er said sadly: "Yeah, my master is distressed, in this city, we have tried all the food we can find, and our eldest young master has brought a lot from Yunzhou, but nothing can make him eat more."

The boss sighed, the second young master of the Cai family was very picky about food since he was a child, and when he got older, he became even more picky. Only few foods could enter his mouth. If it is not delicious, he will not eat it. In the long run, it is said that he will suffer from a disease called anorexia, which worries the Cai family. It is also because of this illness that the second young master of the Cai family has been frail since childhood and has not been out of the house for more than ten years.

Mi Ge'er also sighed, and then asked the little boy, "Brother, where did you buy the food you brought back?"

The little boy said with a smile: "It's on North Street, diagonally opposite the Liu Ji Noodle Shop, the stall surrounded by a lot of people, just go to the one with the most people, we waited in line for a while to buy it."

Liu Ji Noodle House, diagonally opposite. Mi Ge'er got the answer, thanked him, and turned to go to the North Street.

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In a big house in the south of the city, Mi Ge'er, carrying a snack in one hand and a food box in the other, quickly passed through the front yard and came to a rather elegant courtyard.

"Second Young Master, Second Young Master…" Mi Ge'er's face flushed as he ran, and as soon as he entered the yard, he was pulled aside by a hand.

"Shh, why are you being loud, the second young master just fell asleep." A little ger patted Mi Ge'er's arm angrily.

In the pavilion in front, a young man who looked thirteen or fourteen years old, with picturesque eyebrows but an extremely pale face, was lying on a chaise. Hearing the noise at this moment, he frowned slightly, and woke up after a while.

"What are you arguing? I just fell asleep…"

"It's all your fault for waking up the second young master." The little ger beat Mi Ge'er on the arm. The young master is a light sleeper and easy to wake up when he hears a little movement. Now it's good. He was woken up by Mi Ge'er within a quarter of an hour.

Mi Ge'er stuck out his tongue, then walked over with the food box, and said happily, "Second Young Master, I found a new food today, it's called cold noodles, wanna try it?"

"What new food?" The young man didn't even look at the food box, and said indifferently, "Didn't i eat everything in the city already?"

Mi Ge'er didn't feel annoyed when he saw the young man like this, he took out the bowl of cold noodles from the food box, grabbed the jade chopsticks, brought them to the young man, and said, "Second young master, you try it, I have already tried this one. It's absolutely delicious! It's not the same as other noodles!"

The boy gave him a sideways look, suspicious.

Mi Ge'er said seriously: "I promise!"

The young man looked at him and moved his gaze to the bowl in his hand.

Noodles, shredded cucumber, chili, beans, and, sesame? Can this be delicious?

However, he knew how much his family worried about his body. He barely propped himself up and sat up halfway, took the chopsticks and picked a noodle into the mouth, chewing slowly, his eyes lit up slightly.

Mi Ge'er looked at him nervously and expectantly, and asked, "How is it?"

The boy nodded, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "not bad." Then he picked out the shredded cucumber to eat.

Mi Ge'er is very happy, what the young master has been saying before was 'unpalatable' and 'not delicious', and he would spit it out as soon as he put it in his mouth. Now, he said 'not bad', which is already a good evaluation, and he has eaten it all!

"Second Young Master, this cold noodle, you have to take a big mouthful, eat the shredded cucumber and sour beans along with the noodles, it will taste good." Mi Ge'er pointed to the beans in the bowl and said, "Hey, this, sour beans, it's refreshing. It would be more delicious if you put more chili."

Because the second young master usually eats less food, the cold noodles and Liangpi that Mi Ge'er brought back only had a little chili, for fear that his stomach would not be able to bear it. However, when Mi Ge'er eats it by himself, he put a lot of chili, and it is very enjoyable to eat.

"Really?" The boy replied, tentatively holding a large chopstick, and he eat it slowly, I feel that mixing it together is indeed better, and the taste is richer.

He hasn't eaten food that fits his mouth for a long time. If he doesn't eat, he would die, but he didn't even want to look at the bad food they've been serving him.

"There is another one, called Liangpi. You can also try it." Mi Ge'er motioned a little ger to bring the bowl of Liangpi.

The boy stopped and said, "I'll go eat it."

Mi Ge'er was pleasantly surprised, if the young master was willing to even go over, it meant that he had some appetite. He said: "Second Young Master, you sit here. Here is Liangpi."

The boy sat down, took a bite of Liangpi, nodded, and ate a mouthful before putting down his chopsticks.

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Small stomach, full.

The two little gers were moved to tears when they watched his young master eat half a bowl of food, and decided to visit that food stall every day from now on!

In the next two days, Yu Qingze's business was getting better day by day.

On the third day of their opening, Yu Qingze added another spicy flavor to the chili oil, which also won the favor of many customers.

On the fourth day, he introduced the new side dish: sour radish, the cold noodle or Liangpi with diced sour radish, which tastes even better, attracting a group of loyal customers.

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Now that the supply of beans in their family is no longer sufficient, Grandpa Chang buys the beans from the others in the village every day, and goes to the field to pick them, arousing the curiosity of the villagers.

Cold noodles and Liangpi, sour beans and sour radishes, and 'Yuji's fresh bites' have become popular throughout Tongshan City in just a few days.

But it also made the bosses of other noodle restaurants anxious.

The popularity of yujis fresh bites made the surrounding vendors very excited, but it also made the owners of several big noodle restaurants on the street anxious. They have sent people to buy cold noodles and liagpi to study the recipe, and they are ready to launch and sell it in their own restaurants.

Such a popular noodles, how can they pass up this great opportunity to make money.

In wang ji noodle restaurant, boss wang just made a bowl of cold noodles. This bowl of cold noodles also contains shredded cucumbers, sour beans and diced radishes. The sour beans and sour radishes were bought fresh from yuji's fresh bites. In terms of appearance alone, this bowl of cold noodles is no different from yu jis.

Boss wang asked his husband, "How is it? How does it taste?" The husband swallowed the noodles in his mouth, shook his head and said, "it doesn't have their fragrance, I think it's the chili oil. Their chili oil has a special fragrance, in addition to sesame seeds, peanuts, and other things."

Boss Wang frowned. He had gone to Yuji's stall to look at their chili oil before. Only chili powder, sesame and peanuts could be seen in it. They didn't see any other ingredients, and they couldn't taste it.

This is not easy to do.

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"Have the Liangpi and sour beans and sour radish been researched and how to do it?" Boss Wang asked again.

The husband shook his head and replied: "Liangpi should also be made of flour, and the method is not clear. As for the sour bean and sour radish, it may have been soaked in vinegar. We soaked a little sour beans first, but the taste was not right and the color was also different."

"If only I know how they make it, or watch them make it once." Boss Wang muttered to himself.

The husband said, "How could it be possible for you to see the unique secret recipe."

After discussing and researching for half a month, the result is that there is no progress; boss Wang and his husband are worried.

Similarly, this kind of thing is also happening in the kitchen of Liu Ji Noodle House, but the atmosphere here is obviously more dignified, the main reason is the bad-tempered but very strong willed Boss Liu.

Today, their noodle restaurant's occupancy rate is lower than yesterday, and the business of the food stall diagonally opposite has gone through this, instead of declining, it has increased. This makes Boss Liu, who has been doing noodle dishes for more than 20 years, very depressed.

In particular, he boasted that there was no noodle recipe he didn't know about in this grand dynasty, but now he was stumped by the bowl of Liangpi in front of him!

This Liangpi looks soft and silky, and has excellent elasticity, but it has no chewiness. The taste is smooth and refreshing, but it does not have the yellowish color and rich aroma of noodles!

But there is no doubt that it is indeed noodles.

So, how the hell did this shit come about!

Boss Liu almost wanted to stare the recipe out of Liangpi.

In the kitchen, Boss Liu's two apprentices, who are also his sons, did not dare to let out the air, and made noodles silently.

Boss Liu stared at the Liangpi with a dark face for a long time, then suddenly got up and went out in silence.

On the street.

Yu Qingze looked at the tall and thin middle-aged man in front of him and asked, "This customer, do you want to eat cold noodles or Liangpi, or do you want to buy sour beans or sour radishes?"

The man has been standing by the stall and looking around for a long time, neither eating nor buying, not knowing he wants to do.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened, and he hurried away without saying anything.

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Yu Qingze: …weird.

Yu Qingze ignored it. The noodles in the pot were cooked, so he quickly took them out and drained the water. At this time, the corner of his clothes was pulled, he turned around, and saw Chang Le pointed to one side, motioning him to look.

Yu Qingze followed his fingers and saw that the middle-aged man had just entered the Liu Ji noodle shop opposite.

Liu Ji Noodle House?

Yu Qingze raised his eyebrows, this is, did he just meet his competitor?

Chang Le made a gesture.

Yu Qingze guessed that Chang Le also thought of the person being their competitor. Afraid of worrying him, he shook his head and comforted Chang Le: "It's okay, he probably just came to see how Liangpi is made. I trust my craftsmanship, don't be afraid of him."

Chang Le listened to him, felt relief, and continued to work.

Yu Qingze frowned slightly when he thought of the expression of the middle-aged man just now.

He has also encountered a lot of competition before, some good and some bad. If there is healthy competition, he welcomes it and is not afraid.

Especially in this different world, he has no one to rely on, and he doesn't know whether the government here is clean and uncorrupted, and he can only do things with a little heart.

That's what he thought so, but they ran into something when they got home in the afternoon.

The stall was closed early in the afternoon. As soon as they entered the village, they saw a lot of people standing in the courtyard of their house. They didn't know if something happened to their grandfather at home, so they hurried back.

When they got home, they saw a young man tied up in the center of the yard, and Grandpa Chang angrily sat on a stool, staring at the young man.

"Grandpa, what happened?" Chang Hao asked.

When Grandpa Chang saw them coming back, he said, "This man, he came to steal Liangpi, was still sneaking around in the kitchen. When I found him, he ran away, and was later caught by Dahe, who was passing by."

"Stealing Liangpi?" Yu Qingze was stunned for a moment. He didn't steal money and food, but steal Liangpi?

Grandpa Chang nodded, bent over and took a bag from the ground, and said, "Look, isn't it all Liangpi?"

Yu Qingze glanced at the bag, it was really his noodles, he looked at the young man, this thief…

The people in the village didn't know much about the popularity of this Liangpi in Tongshan City. They only saw that there was a lot of dried noodles in the yard of Chang family, and some people asked, "What is there to steal from this Liangpi?"

Previously, Chang family explained to the people in the village that Liangpi is the same food as noodles, and Yu Qingze made it to sell. People in the village heard that it was similar to noodles, and some people tried to make some on their own, but there was no taste at all, so no one was anymore interested.

Some villagers heard the word Liangpi, remembered the rumors they heard when they went to the city to sell vegetables, and gave a high five: "Ah, I remember, recently there is a new kind of food in the city, cold noodles and Liangpi, it is very delicious, isn't that what it is?"

"I also heard it. It's on the North Street. Brother Aze, isn't that your stall?" Another asked.

Hearing this, Yu Qingze nodded and said, "it is."

"Oh, so that's what it is!"

"Why, is this delicious? I've eaten it before, but it doesn't taste as good as the noodles."

"People in the city like to eat. I wanted to go and have a look, but I didn't go because it was too hot."

"This, is it very profitable?"

"So many people like to eat, it must be money."

"…"

The villagers discussed it, and their attention was shifted to the aspect of whether Liangpi is good to eat or to make money.

"Why did you steal Liangpi? Who sent you here? How did you know we lived here? How long have you been following us?" Yu Qingze squatted in front of the man, stared at his eyes and asked.

The stealing eyes flickered from side to side, he didn't dare to look into Yu Qingze's eyes at all, surrounded by so many people, his body could not wait to shrink into a ball, when he heard Yu Qingze's question, he stammered: "I, no, no one sent I'm here, I just see that your business is good, and I want to get it back and sell it myself."

"Oh? Really? Why do I often see you going in and out of the noodle shop on North Street." Yu Qingze said slowly, trying to deceive him.

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When the man heard 'North street' and 'noodle shop', his eyes were obviously panicked, "What, what kind of noodle shop, I live in North street. Seeing that your business is good, I want to sell it myself to make some money."

Yu Qingze saw this obvious desire to hide the truth. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the man's neck and squeezed the carotid arteries. He asked fiercely, "What did your boss tell you? How to make Liangpi? Do you want to see how my chili oil is made?"

Yu Qingze's hands were relatively strong, his neck was pinched, his face turned red in a short time, his breathing was not smooth, and he began to gasp for breath.

The other villagers who were discussing saw Yu Qingze's suddenly fierce expression, and they all froze for a moment, then became quiet. These days everyone saw him being very easy-going, and they all forgot that he knew kung fu.

Even Chang Le and Chang Hao were stunned for a moment.

They are used to seeing Big Brother Yu who is easy-going, kind and smiling. This is the first time they have seen such a strong and fierce Big Brother Yu. Even the last time they caught the cattle thief, Big Brother Yu kept the cattle thief under control with a smile.

However, the two did not fear him because they know Yu Qingze well, but became more convinced and respectful of him. This is how you should deal with evil people with bad intentions!

Yu Qingze said angrily, increasing the strength in his hands.

The thief was not even a professional thief. He was already in a panic, his neck was pinched, and he couldn't breathe. It made him scared to death, and he said shiveringly: "I, I."

Yu Qingze relaxed his hands a bit and said, "Who sent you here!"

The thief took a deep breath, his eyes wandered, and he hesitantly said, "Yes, it's the owner of Liu Ji Noodle Shop."

The owner of Liu Ji Noodle House?

The middle-aged man's face flashed across Yu Qingze's head, and he frowned immediately.

"Liu Ji? Did you remember correctly?" Yu Qingze patted the thief's face and asked.

The thief suddenly burst into tears and said: "Brother, how could I have misremembered my boss, I'm like this, please let me go, I'm just following orders, I have to, if I don't come, he will fire me. I have elders at home, and if I can't make money, I have to drink the northwest wind…"

"Alright, that's enough." Yu Qingze interrupted the thief's sad story impatiently and stood up.

When such a big incident happened in the village, the village chief was naturally there. Seeing the situation, he asked Yu Qingze, "What are you going to do about the theft?"

"Village chief, how do you usually deal with such robbery in the village? It's not a serious crime like stealing cattle. Do you have to send it to the government? How does the government handle it?" Yu Qingze didn't know how to deal with it here, so he asked the village chief first.

The village chief said, "Sending to the government in this case, it would likely be a few dozen boards to teach him a lesson."

"How many hits?"

The village chief replied, "It depends on how much the Liangpi he stole is worth."

Yu Qingze looked and said, "It's less than 100 coppers."

"Then it really won't be many hits."

Yu Qingze took a peek and felt that the man didn't have a big reaction when he heard that he was gonna be sent to the government.

Grandpa Chang asked, "are you going to send him to the government?"

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Yu Qingze frowned and thought for a while, weighed the pros and cons, and shook his head, "I won't send him, let's solve it privately."

Opening a shop on the most prosperous North Street for so many years, it seems that the boss has some connections. Combined with the reaction of the thief just now, they may not be able to take advantage of the government, and it will completely offend the people behind. In the future, if he wants to open a store in the city, there will be trouble. It would be better to teach him a lesson and take the opportunity to remind the person behind him that he already knew that it was him.

The next morning, the thief, who was beaten by people and bitten by mosquitoes all night, crawled out of Niutou Village.

When the stall opened in the morning, Chang brothers were still a little worried. They didn't know how the people behind the thief would react after they learned that robbery was unsuccessful. When they passed by Liu Ji Noodle House, people inside even looked over, as if it was no different from usual.

Chang Le was still very worried, and looked over there from time to time, for fear that a few people would suddenly rush out from inside and come to beat them with sticks.

"Brother Yu, brother, look, look!" Chang Hao called them nervously while holding a stool.

Yu Qingze and Chang Le heard the words and looked over there.

At the door of Liu Ji Noodle Shop, a tall and thin middle-aged man stood at the door for a while, looking over to them.

Chang Le and Chang Hao quickly lowered their heads and pretended to be busy, but they were still observing from the corner of their eyes. If you're not reading this on hololonovels, the ending will be missing.

They saw Yu Qingze and the boss staring at each other for a while, and then the boss went left.

The two brothers looked at each other, full of respect for Yu Qingze in their hearts.

Dare to face the provocation of malicious opponents, he's a real man! Really powerful!

Yu Qingze turned his head and saw their eyes, not knowing why, "What's wrong?"

The two shook their heads in unison, like nothing happened.

"…" Yu Qingze walked over to Chang Le, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Brother Le, don't worry, they don't dare."

Chang Le gestured, meaning that if those people were reasonable, they wouldn't do such a thing in the first place.

Yu Qingze smiled, touched Chang Le's head, and said, "It's alright, if it becomes a big deal, let's switch to a different kind of food, and I know more than these noodles. Don't worry, eh?"

The smile on Yu Qingze's face was too relaxed, his attitude was too indifferent, and his expression was too confident. Suddenly Chang Le was no longer afraid. He was even blushed by Yu Qingze's gesture of touching his head and the coaxing and affectionate tone of his words.

How could Big Brother Yu treat himself like a child, he's embarrassed. Chang Le lowered his head warmly, feeling a little shy, he was so old, and he was coaxed like this.

However, there is a feeling of happiness and warmth in his heart. After Dad and Ama passed away, apart from Grandpa, Big Brother Yu was the first person to coax him like this.

"Don't worry about it" Yu Qingze said to Chang Hao after comforting Chang Le.

Chang Hao nodded and continued to set the stool.

"Brother Le, what's the matter with you? Why are you blushing? Are you hot? There are no guests at the moment, so you can sit down and rest for a while. I put up the parasol, and these days, you have tanned a lot again."

Yu Qingze just touched his head to appease Chang Le completely unconsciously. He didn't realize how intimate his behavior was. He thought it was because he was on his way in the morning and was busy opening a stall just now. He hurriedly pressed Chang Le to sit at the table, ready to go open up the parasol that he got back yesterday. If you're not reading this on ho lolo novels, this chapter is not complete; the ending will be missing.

Chang Le hurriedly waved his hand, saying that he was fine, and helped to move the rocks to stabilize the sunshade.

"You sit. Let me." Yu Qingze stretched out the parasol and inserted it into a custom-made tripod, and then moved a big rock to fix it.

With three umbrellas, one covers their booth and the washing area in the back, and the other two cover the tables and stools, now they don't have to do business in the sun.

As soon as the stall was set up, Mi Ge'er arrived with a food box.

These days, Mi Ge'er comes twice a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and every morning, he would come very early, and every time, he buys several cold noodles and Liangpi, he has become a loyal customer of the food stall, Yu Qingze and the others all recognize him.

"Brother Mi, it's so early today, we're just getting ready." The young Chang Hao greeted him warmly when he saw the other coming.

Mi Ge'er smiled and said, "I just wanted to wait and buy the first one. Boss, today I want one small bowl of Liangpi, two medium bowls of Liangpi, and two bowls of cold noodles, and another pound of sour radish."

"Okay, wait a moment." Yu Qingze responded and started to prepare.

Chang Hao continued to chat with Mi Ge'er: "Brother Mi, how many times have you eaten in a row?"

Mi Ge'er nodded and said, "Yeah, your food tastes very good. My second young master is not interested in anything other than your food. We finally found something that he is interested in, and we can't wait for him to have more."

After these few chats, Yu Qingze also had some understanding of this second young master. Knowing that the other party eats very little all year round, he immediately frowned and asked, "Brother Mi, if your second young master usually eats less, doesn't his stomach suffer? It's not too good."

Mi Ge'er nodded, "Yes, the doctor said he's relatively weak."

Yu Qingze said: "In this case, it would be better for your second young master to stop eating cold noodles and Liangpi."

Mi Ge'er asked, "Why?" No one asked customers not to eat the food they sold.

Yu Qingze said: "He has a weak stomach and is not suitable to eat cold and hard food. Even if he eats less, if he eats more, he will have a stomach upset. It is best to drink some porridge and soup that nourish the stomach, adjust the stomach and then slowly return to a normal diet."

Mi Ge'er frowned, worried: "But the second young master has high requirements for food, and he can't eat it if it doesn't taste good. Our chef also tried to make a lot of delicious food, and we also have porridge, and all kinds of delicious food from the whole county. We've searched all over, but nothing quite suits his appetite. From the beginning of spring this year to now, he's only shown interest in your cold noodles and Liangpi."

"What kind of food your family make?"

Mi Ge'er roughly described their diet.

Yu Qingze knew then. He's been to the most famous restaurant in the county before and knew that this dynasty did not develop too many food, and the taste was not very good. When he encounters a picky person like the second young master of Mi Ge'er's family, these foods will naturally not attract him.

Yu Qingze said: "In this way, I will teach you a few ways to nourish the stomach, you go back and let your chef make it and try it out."

Mi Ge'er's eyes lit up, "Okay, thank you." As long as there is new food, even if there is a glimmer of hope, they will never let it go.

Yu Qingze has made several common stomach-nourishing porridges, as well as a few more delicious salty porridges.

Porridge

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Mi Ge'er was dizzy, and hurriedly said: "Wait, wait, boss, I can't remember so much."

Yu Qingze was also helpless, and said, "Go get a pen and paper, and I'll write it for you."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Mi Ge'er ran away like a wind. After a while, he bought a set of the Four Treasures of the Study and came over. He also laid the paper and polished the ink very neatly.

Yu Qingze sat at the dining table, without using the brush that Mi Ge'er bought, he directly dipped a bamboo stick with ink, and wrote down the ingredients and methods of several porridges.

Yam and red dates and glutinous rice porridge, eight-treasure porridge, lentil, yam and lotus seed porridge, lotus seed porridge, seafood porridge, boat porridge, salted bone vegetable porridge, yam radish porridge, both salty and sweet, there is always one that can attract this second young master.

Seafood Porridge

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After writing, Yu Qingze warned again: "Don't let him eat cold noodles and Liangpi again. It doesn't matter if you eat them. People who are weak can't stand it. If there is something you're unclear of, come to me again."

Mi Geer gratefully returned with the food box and the porridge recipes.

When Mi Ge'er left, Chang Hao asked inexplicably, "Big Brother Yu, why did you teach Mi Ge'er your recipes?" If Big Brother Yu made it and sold it, it would definitely sell well. The little boy is full of confidence in his big brother Yu's cooking skills!

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "to form a good relationship."

That Mi Ge'er is the close servant of the second young master of the Cai family, but he dresses more delicately than most people on the street, which shows that his master's family is either rich or powerful.

At this time, he only contributed a few porridge recipes. If he can help and form a good relationship, he will be able to get some help in the future.

Moreover, the food culture of China is rich and splendid; he has a lot of porridge recipes in his head, as many as he wants!

During this whole time, Mi Ge'er did not appear again, and the Liu Ji Noodle House diagonally opposite was also very quiet. Chang Le's worried heart eased slightly.

However, they met many people from the village, all came to see if their food stall was really doing well. When they saw it with their own eyes at the scene, they were very surprised that it was selling so well!

In addition to being surprised, many people's eyes became hot, including Chang Le's uncle Wenli.

When he got home, before his butt was hot, Wen Li came and inquired how to make cold noodles, Liangpi, sour beans and sour radishes, and how much money they make.

Chang Le and Chang Hao ignored him and sat at the table while resting and writing on a sand wooden plate.

Not only the Chang Le brothers, but also Yu Qingze couldn't maintain the superficial courtesy.

In the end, it was Grandpa Chang who blocked his words.

"Ask so much, to make money and find a way to do it yourself, why should we tell you the secret recipe of others!"

Wen Li couldn't hold his face anymore, and complained to Grandpa Chang. "Father, you can't be so biased, Chang Sheng is also your son, there is a way to make money, so you shouldn't just focus on the eldest son, we also have a family to support!"

Grandpa Chang didn't even look at him. He knocked on his tobacco stick and said, "You'd better put away your thoughts. The way to make money is what A Ze thinks of, and the business is also his."

It means that it has nothing to do with the old Chang family at all! Don't be fooling around!

Wen Li heard the words and knew that it was impossible to pry it off from Grandpa Chang's side, he rolled his eyes, then turned to ask Yu Qingze: "That, Aze, I think you are so busy at the food stall, only three people can't handle at all. , Brother Le can't talk, and he can't greet guests. Look, do you still need help? How about I ask my son Yue Ge'er to help you? Don't worry, he is very clever and diligent."

Hearing this, Chang Hao rolled his eyes. If Brother Yue is diligent, there will be no lazy brother in the whole village!

Chang Le glanced at his brother and patted him. Chang Hao helplessly lowered his head and continued to write.

Yu Qingze, who was sitting beside them, saw the movements of the two clearly and understood a little in his heart.

He didn't want to get involved in the topic at first, but the demeaning of Chang Le in Wen Li's words made him very uncomfortable.

Originally wanted to fight directly, but considering he was Chang Le's uncle, he had to say: "Uncle, my business really can't afford anyone."

Wen Li paused and said again: "Hey, Aze, what are you saying, Brother Yue is to help you, no wages, everyone is so familiar, talking about money will hurt feelings, right?"

Yu Qingze said solemnly: "But talking about feelings hurt money."

Hearing this, Chang Hao's shoulders shrugged, his writing hand trembled, and the corners of Chang Le's mouth also curved up.

These two bad guys. Yu Qingze felt helpless when he saw their expressions.

Wen Li was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer this sentence.

Grandpa Chang waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, go back quickly, no need to cook?"

"Hey, no, that, Aze, you should think about it again, you really don't need to pay wages…"

Wen Li was chased away by Grandpa Chang.

"Go back quickly, don't invite anyone to work for Aze. Also, let Brother Yue be more diligent in the future and stop being silly, and see who is willing to marry him being like that!"

Wen Li failed to achieve his goal and left with a sigh.

When he left the courtyard and walked away, the Chang brothers couldn't bear it any longer and burst into laughter.

"Talking about feelings, hurting money!" Chang Hao imitated Yu Qingze's appearance with a sullen face. After finishing, he asked cheerfully: "Brother, Big Brother Yu, have you seen Uncle's expression? He was so stunned! Hahaha… …"

Yu Qingze couldn't help laughing either, poked his forehead, and scolded with a smile, "Slick! After writing the words, go do the horse stance!"

"Okay!" The slippery boy smiled and went to the yard to make a horse stance.

Grandpa Chang sighed and said embarrassedly, "Aze, I've caused you trouble."

Yu Qingze replied, "Don't worry, grandpa. It wasn't you, I know it well."

Grandpa Chang said: "That's good. In fact, many villagers came to ask in the afternoon, and they were all curious, but I blocked them."

"Thank you, grandpa." The villagers asked curiously, this was within Yu Qingze's expectation, he said: "The business of cold noodles and Liangpi depends on the season, at most it will work until September; when the weather is cold, there will be no one eating."

Grandpa Chang was stunned for a moment, then understood again, and said, "then what …"

Chang Le also heard that and looked up at Yu Qingze.

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "It's okay, I will have other ways to make money then."

After hearing this, the grandfather and grandson felt relieved.

The next morning, as soon as Yu Qingze and the Chang brothers arrived at their North Street stall, they saw Mi Ge'er waiting for them.

As soon as Mi Ge'er saw them, he greeted them enthusiastically: "Boss Yu, you guys are here."

Seeing Mi Ge'er's expression, Yu Qingze knew that the porridge should have a good effect, but he still asked, "How is it, what do you think the porridge tastes like?"

Mi Ge'er smiled and raised his eyebrows, handed the gift box in his hand to Yu Qingze, and said, "Yesterday I asked the cook to make three kinds of porridge, red jujube, glutinous rice porridge and yam radish porridge. My second young master drank a bowl. The grandfather and the old husband also liked to drink it. Except for the seafood porridge that the second young master thought it had too much fishy smell and did not drink. So, Boss Yu, I came here specially to thank you. This is Master Cai's thanks to you. He would like to invite you to visit the residence when you are free."

Yu Qingze pushed it back and said, "Master is too polite, it's fine as long as your second young master likes the food, nothing to worry about." If you're not reading on h olo lo novels, the ending will be missing.

Mi Ge'er directly put the gift box into Yu Qingze's hand and said, "Oh, Boss Yu, you have to take it. It's a small effort for you, but it's very important to us."

Yu Qingze held the gift box and said with a smile, "Then thank you so much!"

Seeing that Yu Qingze spoke generously and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, Mi Ge'er secretly wrote it down in his heart. "Then thank you so much!"

Putting the gift box on the table that was just set aside, Yu Qingze frowned again and said, "Why does your young master think it's fishy when eating seafood porridge? No, it shouldn't be."

Mi Ge'er nodded and said, "It did smell fishy, I also think so when I ate it. Is it because our cook didn't do it well?"

Yu Qingze frowned and said, "It's possible, maybe the steps to get rid of the fishiness in the early stage weren't in place, but it doesn't matter, just let him try it a few more times."

Mi Ge'er also nodded and said, "I'm thinking, if he doesn't do well, Boss Yu, can I bring him here to ask you for advice?"

Yu Qingze nodded and said, "that's fine."

Mi Ge'er was very happy and bought some cold noodles, Liangpi, some sour beans, and radishes.

When he got home in the evening, Yu Qingze opened the gift box sent by the Cai family. The first box contains dim sum from a well-known traditional dim sum shop in the city, and the other box contains a good-year ginseng.

For farmers, the gift of ginseng is too valuable, but Yu Qingze does not plan to return it. Grandpa Chang's health is not very good, heard that he tends to get sick in winter, so the ginseng will be good for the old man in the future.

Over the past few days, Yu Qingze has respected this sensible old man from the bottom of his heart, and it also reminded him of his grandfather. He misses grandpa so much that he treats this old man as his own grandfather.

He shared the snacks with everyone and then handed the ginseng to Chang Le, "Brother Le, here, please put it away."

Chang Le had nothing to do, so he took it and went into the room. These days, in addition to business expenses, Yu Qingze's extra money has also been collected by him. He thought Yu Qingze was just asking him to help keep it, so he put the ginseng away. He never thought that Yu Qingze was saving this precious thing for his grandpa to eat.

After that, two days passed without incident. The Liu Ji Noodle House diagonally opposite was unusually calm, as if nothing had happened.

Just when Yu Qingze and the others thought that the people behind stopped talking and gave up plotting, an accident happened at the best time of business at noon.

"Oh, why is there a bug in this side!" A middle-aged ger was eating cold noodles when he suddenly shouted loudly.

When the guests sitting at the table with him heard the insects, they all stopped their chopsticks and looked into his bowl.

"Look, is this a bug? Just here, take a look, isn't it?" The middle-aged ger fiddled with his chopsticks, and there was a green bug curled up in the noodles, and there was some red oil on his body.

When the other people saw it was true, and they couldn't get enough of the noodles in their bowls.

"Hey, boss, there are bugs in your food, it's not clean, how can we eat it! It scared me to death!" The middle-aged ger threw his chopsticks and shouted loudly.

He shouted so loudly that all the customers who were still queuing up to buy cold noodles and Liangpi heard it and rushed over. When people in the surrounding heard the movement, they all stopped and watched curiously.

Yu Qingze and several others also heard it and hurried over. The food is not clean. As a food seller, this is bad enough to smash the signboard.

Approaching, Chang Hao glanced at the worm in his bowl, scratched the back of his head, and frowned: "It's strange, we only have cold noodles and Liangpi, and we don't have green vegetables, where did this worm come from?"

When the middle-aged ger heard it, he pointed his finger at the bugs inside, and said, "Isn't this a cucumber worm, maybe it's from a cucumber, a bean sprout, or a green onion! You made it yourself, who knows how there are bugs! Let me tell you. I heard your cold noodles are delicious, so I came here to eat them, but who would have thought there'd be bugs, it's really disappointing!"

"Hey, there are really bugs. I don't know if we have eaten anything. We just ate it all and we didn't see it carefully."

"Yeah, I feel sick in my stomach when I think of eating worms."

"Look at you, I have eaten here several times, and I have never found any bugs. Boss Yu's place is very clean."

"In the end, it's just a food stall, not as clean as a real restaurant."

"You just spend a few coppers and want to be as clean as possible?"

"…"

There were more and more discussions around, and the faces of both brothers and Yu Qingze darkened.

Chang Hao opened his mouth to speak, but was pulled by Yu Qingze and stopped.

Yu Qingze looked at the middle-aged man and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for this guest, I'll give you a free bowl."

Who knew that the middle-aged ger immediately refused, saying: "Hey, no need, no need, how can I still eat it after knowing it's dirty!"

Yu Qingze apologized: "I'm sorry, then I will give you a pound of sour beans and a pound of sour radish as an apology."

Who knows that the middle-aged ger waved his hand and said, "No, no, who knows if there are insects in it. I can't trust your food."

Yu Qingze frowned, he didn't really think that this person would just let it go, he said, "Then you…"

"Just give me the money directly! I don't want more, just a tael of silver." Before Yu Qingze could finish his words, the middle-aged ger asked for compensation of a tael of silver.

"Hey! A tael of silver!" The onlookers were startled and gasped.

This ger is obviously looking for trouble. Yu Qingze frowned, looked at the bug carefully, and said, "This customer, a tael of silver is too much. This bowl of cold noodles is only five coppers. Besides, the bug is not our fault."

The middle-aged ger glared, and immediately said: "What is it that is not your fault?! Hey, everyone, listen to me, I ate worms from their food, look, these worms are still in there. Well, it's not their fault that the boss is talking nonsense. If its not their fault, is it I who wronged them?"

The onlookers echoed and shook their heads, all watching the play.

This kind of thing often happens on the street, and they have seen it a lot. Whether it is true or false, whether it is deliberately corrupting money or there are really bugs, it is not very clear. Anyway, when this kind of thing happens, the boss can only admit that he is unlucky. .

Yu Qingze glanced at the bugs in the bowl and said, "Our cold noodles and Liangpi are all boiled, while the cucumber, pickled beans, and pickled radishes, including chopped green onion, are either shredded or diced. If it is our fault, then this bug is either burnt to death or cut into pieces. This worm, which looks so green and also intact, it is definitely not from our food."

Yu Qingze said a long paragraph, which is well-founded and convincing. Many people couldn't help nodding their heads when they heard it, thinking it was very reasonable.

The middle-aged ger didn't seem to think that he could analyze it like this. He was stunned for a while, and after reacting, he said, "Anyway, you will be responsible for what you put out or lose your face and money!"

At the same time, he also stretched out his hand and asked for money.

In the space between their words, Chang Le kept observing the middle-aged ger and the bowl of noodles, and he found the problem with this observation.

Seeing that Yu Qingze still wanted to talk to the middle-aged ger, Chang Le quickly tugged at his sleeve and gestured.

Chang Hao translated his brother's words: "Brother Yu, my brother said that this bug is still alive."

Yu Qingze was stunned for a moment, then picked up the chopsticks next to him and stirred up the worm. Sure enough, he saw the worm squirm a bit, climbed onto the head of the chopsticks and grasped it firmly.

Yu Qingze: …

"Wow, this bug is still alive!" Someone shouted.

The people next to them started to talk again, and many people started to say that the middle aged ger was defrauding money.

Yu Qingze held up his chopsticks, stretched it out in front of that person, and said, "The bugs in my family are not so strong. If it is scalded in hot water or cut with a knife, everything will die. Is this yours?"

"Hahaha…" Everyone around was amused by Yu Qingze's words.

The middle-aged ger naturally heard it and was a little panicked. He stretched out his left hand and slapped away the chopsticks in front of him, and said, "Are you going to give the money?!"

This is going to be tricky. However, immediately, his left wrist was held by a slender hand.

"What are you doing?" The middle-aged ger turned his head angrily, and found that the mute ger was holding his wrist, so he roared fiercely.

Chang Le ignored him, and the middle-aged brother suddenly couldn't move from the strength.

Immediately, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he squeezed out a handkerchief cloth bag from the cuff of the person's left hand.

The middle-aged ger was even more panicked when he saw the cloth bag being taken out, and reached out to grab it, "What are you doing, taking my handkerchief indiscriminately!"

This fierce reaction seems to be trying to hide it. Chang Le separated him with one hand, and quickly opened the handkerchief cloth bag on the table with the other.

Immediately, everyone was shocked.

In the middle of the handkerchief, five or six green worms were stacked on top of each other, squirming, and they looked exactly the same as the worm in the bowl before.

"Whoa, so many bugs! It turned out that he brought them here himself!"

"This old ger is too bad! Talking about blackmailing!"

"…"

Seeing that his ugliness was exposed, the middle-aged ger took advantage of Chang Le's inattentiveness, used all his strength to break free of his hand, quickly got out of the crowd, and ran away.

If he didn't run again, he would probably be drowned by people's saliva.

Seeing that man ran away, Chang Le wanted to chase, but was blocked by Yu Qingze.

He shook his head towards Chang Le, and then said to the onlookers: "I'm sorry, everyone, I was shocked, good thing it was a false alarm. Please rest assured, our Yuji's cold noodles and Liangpi are all made by ourselves, and our family also eats them, absolutely clean and hygienic, please rest assured to eat."

When everyone saw this, they naturally knew that the boss was wronged, so they all agreed, and then went back to do their own thing. After a while, the crowd dispersed.

In an old house on East Street, a middle-aged ger angrily reprimanded a young man.

"What kind of people did you find, do you have any brain? Success is not enough and failure is more possible!" Then, the middle-aged ger pointed at another man: "You, go find some clever people, and then do it again. Now, don't come back to see me!"

After the "bug" incident, Yu Qingze and the others began to tense up again, and they all vaguely felt that this was like a signal that the person behind the thief had not given up.

Although they didn't have clear evidence to prove that the middle-aged ger had a relationship with the person behind it, they couldn't prove that he wasn't.

But the business still has to continue. If you're not reading this on ho lolonovels, the ending will be missing.

Yu Qingze comforted the Chang family: "That person 'values' us so much only shows that our craftsmanship is really good! It makes them feel scared."

The next day, the three opened their stalls as usual.

In the middle of the morning, they found that there were not as many guests as before. After inquiring a little, they learned something: Wangji Noodle House has launched cold noodles!

Many guests were curious about the taste of the cold noodles introduced by Wang Ji, so they went there to eat, and there were naturally fewer guests.

Yu Qingze raised his eyebrows. Yesterday, they had the "bug" incident. Today, Wang Ji has launched cold noodles. It seems that things are a bit different from what they knew before.

Chang Le and Chang Hao both looked at Yu Qingze with some concern. Originally, their cold noodle and Liangpi were an exclusive business, but now someone has launched it, and the customers have been robbed.

"What are you both looking at me like this?" Yu Qingze laughed and felt warm in his heart, so he comforted them and said, "Don't worry, I have already expected this. Whatever we do, there will always be someone else who will copy it sooner or later. It's okay, there are fewer guests, we don't have to be so tired, don't worry. "

Chang Le quickly made a gesture.

Chang Hao translated and said, "My brother said that Brother Yu's craftsmanship is the best. I think so too! We all believe in you!"

"You two!" Yu Qingze's whole heart was warmed by them, he stretched out his hand to embrace the two of them in his arms, and said, "Brother Le, Hao, thank you!"

He patted their backs hard, then let go, and said, "That's right, we are the best! Come on, keep working, the guests are still waiting."

Chang Le and Chang Hao were both blushed by Yu Qingze's straightforward embrace, and hurriedly nodded heavily and continued to work.

Chang Hao is okay, he's not too old, but Yu Qingze is now the person he admires the most. When he was hugged him like that, he only feels shy and excited, as if he was hit by something.

As for Chang Le, he was thoroughly embarrassed. He is a ger, Yu Qingze is a man, and both of them are of marriageable age. This hug is too embarrassing.

This is the first time he has hugged by a man since he grew up. After the age of twelve, even his father and Grandpa will not hug him at will!

Yu Qingze's broad shoulders, the strong arms that hugged him, and the masculine aura that belonged to a man made Chang Le panic.

His heart was beating non-stop, Chang Le quickly reached out to cover his heart, feeling that his heart was about to pop out.

His cheeks were too hot, Chang Le was afraid that his younger brother and Yu Qingze would see his strangeness, so he quickly scooped up a ladle of water and washed his face.

But this scene was still noticed by Yu Qingze.

He blinked, and a smile slowly formed on the corner of his mouth. He didn't expect that from his inadvertent action, he'd got an unexpected harvest.

The mood suddenly improved – what Wang Ji, no big deal!

When the stall was closing in the afternoon, Mi Ge'er brought a man in his fifties to them.

That man is the old cook of the Cai family, called Fu Bo, who has been with the main family for decades. Today, he came because he is learning the porridge recipe provided by Yu Qingze for the second young master of the Cai family.

He wasn't able to make seafood porridge and fish porridge well. He has done it countless times but always fail to completely remove the fishy smell of the seafood porridge, and he has wasted a lot of materials.

But with his years of experience as a cook, he felt that if they were made well, these two kinds of porridges would definitely be delicious. He couldn't figure it out by himself, so he had to follow Mi Ge'er to ask for advice.

When he saw that the young man in front of him was the one who provided the porridge recipes, he was shocked. This was beyond his expectations. He thought that the people who could create so many porridge recipes would at least be forty. He has many years of experience as a cook.

Yu Qingze was also very straightforward. Seeing that there were not many customers at the moment, he handed over the business to Chang Le and went to communicate with Fu Bo on how to make seafood porridge.

After chatting with Chang Hao for a while, Mi Ge'er learned that Wang Ji began selling cold noodles, and Yuji's business was affected, so he said, "Wait a minute, I'll go take a look."

After that, Mi Ge'er went to Wangji Noodle House.

When he came back, Yu Qingze and Fu Bo were still chatting.

"Boss Yu, don't worry, it is estimated that your business will recover again." Mi Ge'er said with a smile.

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "What?"

Mi Ge'er waved his hand and said, "The cold noodles over there are completely incomparable to yours, and their sour radish, oh, smells of vinegar. Don't worry, they only have cold noodles. There is no Liangpi yet, and many people eat it said it doesn't taste good, don't worry, it won't take away much of your business. Only those who are afraid of the heat will go there."

Although Yuji has parasols, the two parasols still cannot completely cover the three tables. It is so hot that there is no way for the guests to be not affected.

Hearing this, Chang Hao said, "Of course, it's still the best when made by Big Brother Yu!"

Chang Le was finally relieved.

Yu Qingze laughed. The Wangji Noodle Restaurant only has cold noodles, but no Liangpi. It is estimated that they launched cold noodles first before they have researched the method of Liangpi. The boss is also smart.

However, this also reminded Yu Qingze that the heat will pass soon, and Liangpi recipe may be copied by others at some point. It's time to think about other businesses.

If you are prepared in advance, you will not be in a passive situation when the time comes.

Because of Wang Ji's incident, they closed the stall a little early.

Due to the Mid-Autumn Festival, they are not going to set up a stall tomorrow.

There are shops selling festival items all over the street. The three of them pushed the cart and bought everything they needed in the familiar festival supplies store on West Street, and bought some food, and they quickly walked out of the city and went home.

At this time, the sun was gradually setting, and there were fewer pedestrians on the main road. Most of the people who went out to the city to go to the market went home in the afternoon.

Especially on such special days before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, people will go home early and will not go outside at night.

The three of them were on their way, even Chang Hao, who was too tired to speak, just wanted to get home before the sun completely went down.

But they were stopped by the accident happened five or six miles away from the city gate.

Six black-clothed and masked men blocked their way with long clubs in their hands, and the man in the lead also had a hatchet in his hand.

The three were stunned for a moment, this is, encountering a robbery?

Chang Hao was still at his young age. Seeing so many people holding sticks and hatchets, he was unavoidably frightened, and he subconsciously leaned on Chang Le's side.

Chang Le protected his younger brother behind him. In fact, he was also very afraid. Although he was strong, he was blocked by so many men, who looked like bandits, so it was no wonder he was afraid.

Yu Qingze calmly stood in front of the two brothers, clenched his fists and said, "Brothers, I don't know why you are blocking my way?"

These people have been watching them since they jumped out, and no one said anything, and they didn't know what they were going to do. Don't the bandits always report what they're after first thing?

Hearing this, a man next to the leading man cleared his throat first, and then shouted: "I own this mountain, here, this tree is planted by me, if you want to cross this road, pay road fee!"

The man in the lead heard his brother's unremarkable words, kicked him, then turned to the three and shouted, "Robbery! Hand over all the money on your body!"

Yu Qingze looked at their figures and weapons, and then thought of Chang Le and Chang Hao behind him, and decided to just pay the money to eliminate disasters.

He took out his money bag and threw it into the open space in front of him, and said, "big brothers, this is Al we have, and I hope the big brothers will let us go."

The man who took the lead glanced at the purse, then raised his chin to the man beside him, motioning him to pick it up.

The man walked over and retrieved the money bag smoothly. He handed it to the man who took the lead, and then asked, "Boss, what should we do now?" They didn't really come to rob, the robbery was just an excuse.

The boss obviously didn't expect Yu Qingze to hand over the purse so easily. The series of plans they designed earlier to clean up the other party when they didn't give money could not be used anymore.

He frowned, looked up to see Chang Le, rolled his eyes, pointed at Chang Le and said, "He stays, you all go!"

This is very hateful.

It couldn't be more obvious what it meant to let a ger stay!

Yu Qingze's eyes narrowed, his hands clenched into fists.

These bastards, they even put their minds on Le Ge'er, they are scumbags!

Chang Le was stunned when he heard the words, and looked at Yu Qingze at a loss.

A few people over there saw that Yu Qingze didn't respond, and immediately surrounded him. One of them said with a wretched expression: "How about leaving this ger and having a good time with us, then let you all leave?"

Hearing this, Chang Hao suddenly rushed up and stood in front of his brother, with his hands open to protect his brother. He stared at those people fiercely. Although his body was trembling, he firmly protected his brother behind him.

Chang Le saw him, and quickly pulled him behind.

Yu Qingze was so angry that his seven orifices were about to smoke. He pulled out a pole from the scooter and whispered to the two of them, "Hurry up and hide."

Then, he rushed up with the pole, and while waving the pole, he swung it towards the bastard who had just uttered obscene words, and cursed: "Fuck your uncle!"

Yu Qingze's speed was too fast, and the two were so close that the man didn't react for a while, he was hit on the shoulder, and suddenly screamed: "AHHH, this grandfather's!"

When the others saw their brother being beaten, they immediately rushed towards Yu Qingze.

Instantly a melee broke out.

Some people were hit by Yu Qingze. Fortunately, he knew how to punch and kick, and he beats others a lot and suffers less.

However, with six people against one, he was still struggling. He suffered several blows on his body, and he couldn't stand it for a long time.

The two brothers were anxious and scared when they saw Yu Qingze fighting with the six people, but they couldn't help him.

Chang Le looked at the melee in front of him, his pupils dilated suddenly, his body couldn't help shaking, he hugged Chang Hao tightly, as if another picture appeared in front of him, a picture from a long time ago.

So many people, the screams, fires, sticks, and the bloodshot eyes … it hurts…

"Brother, brother! What's wrong with you? Don't be afraid, brother, Hao is here, Hao protects you!" Chang Hao felt that his brother was trembling all over and his eyes were slack. There was no response, and he seemed to be caught in a daze. He shook his brother's shoulder vigorously, patted his brother's face again, and screamed anxiously.

After a while, Chang Le's eyes gradually regained clarity.

When he saw Chang Hao and the surrounding environment clearly in front of him, he hugged Chang Hao into his arms tightly.

"Brother, what's the matter with you?" Brother's situation was obviously wrong, Chang Hao patted his brother on the back and gently comforted.

Chang Le shook his head and just hugged his brother tightly.

After a while, Chang Hao said, "Brother, are you alright? Shall we go and help Big Brother Yu, he's already been hit many times."

Hearing his brother's words, Chang Le came out of his emotions and looked at the chaotic scene.

Yu Qingze was one against six, attacked on the back and stomach. It was already very difficult. He was so good at kung fu, and he fought with two sticks. Although the six suffered more, it was very distressing in the eyes of the two brothers.

Seeing this, Chang Le looked at his younger brother and then at Yu Qingze, gritted his teeth, pulled Chang Hao to the back of the cart, took out the catcher from the barrel and handed it to Chang Hao, and then gestured for Chang Hao to hide, holding the catcher for self-defense, then he went to help Yu Qingze. He also told Chang Hao to call them when he saw something was wrong, otherwise, run away.

Chang Hao looked over, his hands were trembling, and his voice shaking, but he nodded firmly and said, "Mm! Brother, be careful!"

Chang Le looked at the things on the cart, stretched out his hand and took out the parasol. This is the most handy weapon in the cart at the moment. Although it is a bit cumbersome, Chang Le has great strength. The weight isn't much of a problem for him.

He was still very scared. The image that flashed in his mind just now lingered, and his hand holding the parasol was shaking.

But, it doesn't matter, he told himself in his heart that you have grown up, you are strong, you can definitely protect your younger brother, the tragedy cannot be repeated, and now, it cannot be allowed to happen again to big brother Yu.

Chang Le took a deep breath, rushed up with the parasol, and pushed open the parasol at a person who was about to attack Yu Qingze's back. Very brave!

Yu Qingze heard a scream behind him, turned his head, and saw a man in black wailing on the ground clutching his … waist and Chang Le, who was holding the parasol, was fighting another person. Although the fight was out of order, he seemed to be holding back a load of anger. The enemy could not get close to him for a while.

"Nice job!" Yu Qingze shouted, looking at the man on the ground, and deeply sympathized with his… waist, whether it can be used in the future is unknown.

With the addition of Chang Le, Yu Qingze was relieved of a lot of pressure. He quickly moved to Chang Le's side, and the two shouldered the burden together back to back.

The six people surrounded the two of them, and the man who was hurt in his waist stared fiercely at Chang Le while covering his waist, as if he was going to eat him.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out, and they rallied again.

Seeing that the six of them couldn't take advantage, the black-clothed boss rolled his eyes and swept to the child behind the cart.

He turned around and rushed towards the cart .

When Chang Hao saw someone coming towards him, he held his short legs and ran quickly, and he and the black-clothed boss circled around the cart.

After turning two circles, the man in black became angry and smashed the contents of the cart directly. Chang Hao avoided the wooden basin and stool, and was about to run away, but was smashed to the ground by a bucket.

Seeing that the black-clothed boss had succeeded, he rushed over with a grin.

"Bunny, see where you're going!"

Here, Chang Le saw his younger brother fall to the ground, and the man was rushing towards his younger brother with a hatchet, and his eyes were split. Click 'NEXT' at the bottom of the page for the actual ending.

"HO-!"

The hoarse and tearing voice crossed the sky, startling the birds in the forest. Chang Le overturned the person in front of him with a parasol, and rushed in the direction of his brother impatiently.

When they heard that voice, both Yu Qingze and Chang Hao looked at Chang Le's figure in shock.

The rough sound that seemed to have been grounded by sandpaper just now was from… Chang Le?!

Hearing that sound, Yu Qingze and Chang Hao were both stunned.

Chang Le rushed over, and at the moment when the black-clothed boss's hand just grabbed Chang Hao's back collar, the parasol was thrown out, hitting the black-clothed man. Taking advantage of the gap between the man and the parasol, Chang Le rushed over and pushed the man away. If you're not reading this on h olo lo no vels, the ending might be missing.

He was so strong and anxious that he pushed the man away ten feet in one fell swoop. The man was caught off guard, and was pushed and fell onto his butt, he was stunned.

Chang Le quickly pulled Chang Hao up, looked up and down, and anxiously gestured to ask how he was doing.

Chang Hao was still immersed in the shock of hearing his brother's voice. Now that he saw his brother's gesture, he felt that it was his hallucination just now? Didn't his brother call him by his name? Why is it now…

After a while, he realized that the situation was critical, and quickly said, "Brother, I'm fine, I just got hit on the back."

Chang Le listened, heaved a sigh of relief, and hugged him tightly.

Over there, Yu Qingze was also stunned for a while, and then he lost his mind. Just this moment, the pole in his hand was thrown away by a man in black. The pain in his hand made him recover, and he quickly stretched his arm to block it. The opponent's stick kicked another person, and when he turned his head, he found that the black-clothed boss had already climbed up, and angrily raised his hatchet and slashed towards Chang Le.

"Brother Le! Careful!" Yu Qingze shouted, ignoring the stick behind him, and used his fastest speed ever to pounce on Chang Le.

Chang Le and Chang Hao were pushed to the ground.

"Hmm!" Yu Qingze groaned, feeling a tingling pain in his left shoulder, and he was hit.

"Big Brother Yu!" Chang Hao exclaimed in surprise, and then saw the man in black coming over again, he hurriedly shouted: "Behind!"

Chang Le and his younger brother were taken aback by Yu Qingze. At this time, he also saw the black-clothed boss slashed over again, so he stretched out his foot and kicked the black-clothed boss away temporarily, and then picked up the blade that had fallen on the ground and threw it at the man.

The black-clothed boss didn't dodge in time, and his left arm was slashed by a flying blade, and blood suddenly poured out.

He got angry and yelled at the stunned younger brothers behind him: "What are you still doing? Waiting for me to die!"

The group of brothers were stunned just now, only when yelled at, they wake up in an instant, and immediately came over with a stick.

At this time, Yu Qingze and the Chang brothers got up, and the two brothers also found that Yu Qingze's left back shoulder had been cut and the exposed skin was so bloody, soaking a large piece of clothes.

Chang Le's eyes were red, he picked up the parasol on one side and swung it horizontally, keeping Yu Qingze and his younger brother behind him, with the aura of a husband.

Yu Qingze's left shoulder was hurting severely, but this was not the time to feel pain. The bad guys gathered around again. He bared his teeth, looked around, picked up a wooden barrel, and stood on Chang Le's left. Chang Hao also picked up a 'weapon', a stool in his left hand, a wooden basin in his right hand, and his chest puffed.

"Go!" The black-clothed boss roared while holding his left arm.

The group of bandits glanced at each other, the situation was obviously beyond their expectations, but the boss said go, so if they rushed up together.

Yu Qingze and Chang Le blocked Chang Hao behind and fought with the masked man in black.

Chang Hao would learn to be smarter now, so he followed Yu Qingze and threw the stool and wooden basin in his hand at the enemy. After throwing it, he picked up the stones on the ground and threw them too, trying to distract the enemy's sight and give his own brothers a chance.

The chaotic situation continued for a while until a figure appeared on the other side of the road.

That man was Yu Dahe from Niutou Village. He worked as a porter on the pier in the north of the city, and now he has just finished his work.

He was carrying a pole on his shoulder with a bag of things on it. When he saw someone fighting in front of him, he wanted to go around, but the next moment, he found out that it was the two Chang brothers from the same village and Yu Qingze who lived in Chang house.

He immediately threw his stuff, ran over with the pole, rushed into the battle circle, and started beating people while waving the pole.

He is big and tall, and he has been doing farm work all the year round to develop a f body of muscles.

The people on both sides were a little confused at first, who is this person?

Chang Hao was the first to see who was coming, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Dahe!"

Yu Qingze and Chang Le looked over, and Da He joined them while fighting, and asked, "What's going on?"

Yu Qingze replied: "I don't know, seems robbery!"

Dahe frowned and said nothing, but he was using more energy in his hands.

With Yu Dahe's help, Yu Qingze and the others became very imposing and quickly gained the upper hand.

Later, those few people were beaten up and screamed, and two of their masks could not be hung and dropped.

Da He looked at the two Rao faces, his brows furrowed tightly.

Seeing that the situation was not good for them, the black-clothed boss yelled angrily, "Let's go!"

The six men in black fled in despair.

Yu Qingze and the others were relieved when they saw the men in black running away.

Chang Le lost the parasol in his hand and immediately walked to Yu Qingze's side. Seeing that the wound on his left shoulder was bleeding profusely and half of his clothes were dyed red, he gestured anxiously to ask him how he was doing.

Chang Hao ran over immediately and said, "How are you, Brother Yu? My brother, let's go to the city to find a doctor."

"Hey…" The pain in his shoulders became clear at once, and Yu Qingze frowned and looked back, even though he couldn't see clearly, but he felt that it was just a flesh wound and no bones.

"I'm fine, just a little hurt." Compared with this injury, he was more concerned about another issue. He looked at Chang Le and said, "Brother Le, you shouted loudly just now, can you speak?"

Chang Hao was also very excited when he heard this, and said, "Yes, brother, can you talk now? Can you say my name again?"

Chang Le looked at Yu Qingze, then at his brother, shook his head, and made a gesture: Did I just say something?

Yu Qingze: …

Chang Hao: …

Dahe on the side: Brother Le can talk?

Looking at Chang Le's confused look, Yu Qingze frowned and said hesitantly, "You, don't you know?"

Chang Le shook his head, he really didn't know.

Yu Qingze didn't give up and asked again, "You really don't feel anything at all?"

Chang Le frowned, only then did he realize that his throat was a little sore, he reached out and touched his throat, and then made a gesture. Chang Hao translated.

Yu Qingze's eyes lit up, "Your throat hurts? That's it, it shows that you really made a sound just now."

Chang Le looked suspicious.

"Try again, can you say something?" Yu Qingze encouraged again.

When Chang Hao heard the words, his eyes also lit up, gleaming brightly, looking at his brother expectantly.

Even Dahe is full of expectations.

Chang Le looked at the three of them, and was also a little moved. He opened his mouth and tried to think of something to say, but his throat was sore, there was only a whistling breath, and no sound.

Chang Le looked at the three apologetically, shook his hand, and couldn't express it.

"Brother, try again?" Chang Hao implored, grabbing his brother's arm.

The desire in his younger brother's eyes was too obvious. Chang Le always loved his younger brother, so he tried again, but the result was still the same.

Chang Hao's eyes suddenly dimmed. He thought that his brother would be able to talk in the future, that he would be able to chat with his brother and hear his brother calling out his name.

Chang Le touched his brother's head, feeling a little distressed for him. He had experienced this kind of disappointment many times. He was used to it, but it was just the same as usual. However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. It was the first time his brother had this kind of hope, but he couldn't satisfy him.

Yu Qingze frowned, a little confused.

Dahe also looked a little disappointed and discouraged.

Chang Le glanced at them, smiled apologetically, then pointed to Yu Qingze's wound and made two gestures.

Chang Hao: "Brother Yu, my brother said let's go to the city and find a doctor for you."

Yu Qingze shook his head and said, "You don't have to go to the city. It's closer to the village. Just go back and ask Doctor Yu to take a look."

Chang Le looked at the wound, which was at least three inches long.

Yu Qingze comforted him and said, "Brother Le, I'm fine, but the bleeding was a bit heavy just now. Now you help me with a simple bandage. I won't move, and the bleeding will stop later. Let's pack up and go home, Grandpa must be waiting."

Yu Qingze simply took off his clothes, made a long strip, went around his shoulders, armpits and neck, and asked Chang Le to help him wrap the wound.

Chang Le wrapped the wound and looked at him with a frown. Such a big wound seems so painful and terrible to look at.

"It's really okay, I promise!" Yu Qingze patted Chang Le's arm and said, "if I don't go back now, my blood will flow even more."

Hearing this, Chang Le nodded quickly, turned around and quickly picked up the things scattered on the ground and packed them up again.

"Is this your purse?" Da He came over with a purse that he had just found on the ground.

"It's mine, thank you, brother Dahe, if we hadn't met you today, we wouldn't know what to do." Yu Qingze took the money bag and put it in his arms, thanking the man.

Da He scratched his head, glanced at Chang Le, and said, "Everyone is from the same village, you're welcome. Go hurry, your wound is quite long, it needs to be dealt with quickly."

Yu Qingze nodded.

Chang Le collected the things, came over, and gestured to Da He, Chang Hao translated that his brother was thanking Da He.

Da He glanced at Chang Le, then lowered his head, shook his hand and said in a low voice, "No, no thanks."

Yu Qingze raised his eyebrows, this Dahe seems…

Everything was packed, Dahe helped them push the cart, Chang Le pulled the cart, and the group walked home.

Along the way, Yu Qingze didn't think about the robbery, but kept thinking about Chang Le.

In fact, the pronunciation that Chang Le shouted before was not clear, it was more like the pronunciation of 'ao', but Yu Qingze knew in his heart that in that case, Chang Le must be calling his brother's name – 'Hao'.

He always thought that Chang Le couldn't speak at first, but he never thought that he would be able to speak.

But…

Judging from the previous attempt, Chang Le can no longer speaks as of now.

Yu Qingze glanced at Chang Le who was pulling the cart and walked in front, frowning slightly.

Chang Le's voice before… Well, that voice is really not good, rough, hoarse, like an old blower being pulled, and like a lot of coarse sand being stirred in a pot, even if Yu Qingze put on a thick filter, he's sorry to say that the voice isn't good, not even a smoky voice.

However, for a person who has been unable to speak for a long time, even if the sound is unpleasant, it is still beautiful at the moment.

Yu Qingze thought about it, this kind of voice, if he guessed correctly, it should be a vocal cord problem. Just don't know what kind of damage can cause a person to lose their voice?

He looked at Chang Hao, who was closely following Chang Le.

The young boy was obviously very shocked that his brother could talk, but after just now, he was disappointed again, and now he just follows Chang Le quietly, looking at his brother from time to time, the expression on his face is very tangled, guess he really wants to ask something but doesn't know whether to ask or not.

He would take some time to talk to Grandpa Chang to find out what's going on, and then invite a better doctor to see Chang Le. Yu Qingze thought to himself.

He thought about it all the way back in a mess, and before he knew it, they were home.

When they got back, Grandpa Chang saw that half of Yu Qingze's body was covered in blood, and he was taken aback. Knowing that something was wrong, he quickly asked Dahe to get a doctor. Then he went to the kitchen to get a basin of water, wrung out a towel and wiped Yu Qingze face first.

"What's the matter? How did you get hurt so badly?" Looking at the blood all over, Grandpa Chang frowned.

Chang Le went to the kitchen to wash his hands and face, then returned to the main room to take the towel from Yu Qingze's hand, and then changed the basin of water to wipe off the blood on Yu Qingze's back. He didn't move the clothes that wrapped the wound before the doctor's arrival. He was afraid that the wound would bleed again when he took it off.

"Appreciate it, Brother Le." Yu Qingze thanked Chang Le, and then said to Grandpa Chang, "we encountered a robber on the way back."

"Robbers?" Grandpa Chang was surprised. "For so many years, I have rarely heard of anyone being robbed on this road."

Yu Qingze said: "Maybe it's the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Grandpa Chang was silent for a while, and then said: "well, next time you encounter a robbery, you should give them the money directly. Money can be earned again, but human life is the most important thing, so is your well-being!"

Chang Hao also came over after washing his face. Hearing this, he replied, "No, Grandpa, Brother Yu did give them the money first."

Grandpa Chang was puzzled, "Then why are you still injured?"

Chang Hao said angrily: "Those people want to keep my brother!"

Grandpa Chang was stunned for a moment, and then became angry, "What? Those bandits, bastards … actually…"

Grandpa Chang was so angry that his words were incomplete, and his hands kept shaking.

Chang Hao said again: "So Big Brother Yu fought with them!"

Grandpa Chang looked at Chang Le, his grandson was well in front of him, and he was not injured, then he turned his head and grabbed Yu Qingze's hand gratefully, thanking him: "Aze, thank you so much, thank you for being here, otherwise, otherwise …"

Grandpa Chang's eyes were all red. He couldn't imagine that if Chang Le was kept by those bandits…

"Grandpa, don't thank me, that's what it should be." Yu Qingze patted Grandpa Chang's hand with his right hand, comforting the old man.

Chang Hao said again: "Grandpa, I would like to thank Brother Dahe, he helped us drive the bandits away."

"Okay, Grandpa will thank him later." Grandpa Chang touched his grandson's head and replied.

After a while, Da He arrived with the doctor.

The doctor cleaned Yu Qingze's wound and applied medicine to bandage it. Grandpa Chang pulled Da He on the side and thanked him.

Da He is a straightforward man. He is usually quiet in the village. He doesn't make any polite words. He just keeps waving his hands saying no need to thank him.

After the doctor applied the medicine and bandaged the wound, he prescribed medication and asked Chang Le to follow him back to get the medicine. Yu Qingze has to take medicine to prevent infection.

Da He has been waiting by the side, and when the doctor and Chang Le left, he did not go back.

Grandpa Chang sent the doctor away, and then said to Da He, "Da He, you have worked so hard today, stay for dinner tonight."

"It's ok." Da He shook his head, was silent for a while, then raised his head and asked Yu Qingze, "That, Brother Aze, have you offended someone?"

Yu Qingze raised his eyes and asked, "Why do you ask that?"

Dahe frowned and replied, "Two of the bandits' face masks fell off. I recognize them. They are the gangsters who have been in the city all the year round. Did you offend them at some point?"

Yu Qingze was puzzled: "Gangsters? Not mountain bandits?"

Dahe replied with certainty: "No, they are gangsters. I often see them at the pier."

Isn't the mountain bandit actually a gangster?

Yu Qingze frowned and said, "We didn't offend anyone, but someone came to our food stall to make trouble yesterday and wanted to blackmail for money, but he didn't succeed in the end."

Grandpa Chang guessed: "It may or may not be a group."

Da He frowned and said: "As far as I know, those gangsters never pay for food, and they would blatantly eat free food, but they don't deliberately find fault to get money, they would just ask it directly, and they don't cover their faces. Many vendors on the street dare not speak out and offend them, for fear of getting into trouble with them."

Hearing this, Yu Qingze couldn't help but ponder.

According to Dahe's words, the behavior of those gangsters is very strange. They are usually not afraid, so why are they covering their faces and acting like bandits?

They didn't even take the money? and…

Yu Qingze recalled that at the beginning, the gangster didn't seem to have any idea of Chang Le, and the leader started talking about keeping brother Le only after watching him give the money so bluntly.

He feels that the purpose of those gangsters is neither money nor pleasure. If you want money, you should let them go after taking the money, but if not, then…

He felt like a lightbulb suddenly turned on. Yu Qingze's eyes narrowed gloomily, his right fist clenched unconsciously.

Stealing, planting bugs to find fault, and now they beat people, it seems that their food stall really is in the way of some people's eyes!

Yu Qingze snorted coldly in his heart, a tree lives by wrapping within the bark, and a person lives by breathing in and out. The more they push, the more he wants to continue the food stall, not only to continue, but also to make it bigger and stronger!

Seeing his gloomy face, Grandpa Chang asked, "Aze, did you think of something?"

Yu Qingze returned to his senses and said, "Grandpa, I probably know what's going on. The business of the food stall is too good, and some people don't like it."

"So that's the case." Grandpa Chang frowned and worried: "What are you going to do after that?"

These consecutive incidents, he can't help but worry.

Yu Qingze pondered for a while, and then said: "It's okay, I will find a way, don't worry. Anyway, I'm injured, so I will go rest now."

Grandpa Chang nodded, "You have to rest well, the wound is so deep, you can't mess around."

Yu Qingze agreed, thought for a while, then turned to Dahe: "Brother Dahe, are you going to the pier tomorrow?"

Dahe nodded, "I'm going."

"I want to ask your help with something."

"You say it."

"When you go tomorrow, the young man who sells tea eggs next to our food stall, please tell him that I'm injured and need to rest and that I promised to bring him the sour chili. You know our food stall's location?

Dahe nodded and said, "Okay. I know."

After that, Da He went back, and Grandpa Chang couldn't eat his meals properly. Looking at Da He's back, Grandpa Chang shook his head and sighed.

When Chang Le came back with the medicine, he boiled one does first, and then the family had dinner.

After the meal, Yu Qingze unloaded the cart and took inventory. The wooden basin was broken and had to be redone; the parasol that Chang Le used as a weapon was also broken, so he had to buy a new one; some seasonings and remaining materials were spilled during the fight and had to be re-prepared; The wooden barrel that Yu Qingze later used to fight was very strong and not broken.

Anyway, he has to rest for a while, but he is not in a hurry.

Because of the shoulder injury, he took a half bath in the evening and only wiped the upper body.

After he finished washing, and Chang Le went to take a bath, Chang Hao secretly pulled him into the room and asked him in a tangled voice, "Brother Yu, do you want to tell grandpa about my brother?"

Yu Qingze raised his eyebrows: "Don't you want grandpa to know?"

Chang Hao pursed his lips and said, "I don't want Grandpa to be disappointed." He has tasted the disappointment, and he doesn't want Grandpa to be the same as him, it doesn't feel good to be full of expectations.

Yu Qingze touched his head and said, "I think it's better for us to tell Grandpa about this."

Chang Hao looked at him, a little embarrassed, "But, Grandpa will definitely be sad."

Yu Qingze asked, "Has grandpa explained to you why your brother can't talk?"

Chang Hao frowned and said, "Grandpa said brother used to be able to talk, but when he was injured once, he couldn't talk anymore. He didn't get hurt very much, and he was not allowed to ask my brother, so I never asked."

Yu Qingze was silent, thinking that Chang Le must have suffered some injury during the turmoil before, and his voice was probably affected at that time?

"Brother Yu, can my brother's throat still be cured?" Chang Hao asked with his head raised, his eyes trembling with a little anticipation.

Yu Qingze shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but we can try. In short, we should listen to grandpa first about this matter, eh?"

Chang Hao thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Well, I see."

"Brother Yu, I really hope my brother can talk. He only called me once today, and I want to hear him call my name and listen to what he has to say." Chang Hao raised his head and looked at Yu Qingze, his eyes filled with longing.

Yu Qingze patted his head and said, "So we have to ask grandpa what's going on first and know the reason before we can find a way to help your brother. In addition, we have to ask a doctor to take a look at your brother's throat."

Chang Hao was very urgent, "When?"

Yu Qingze was about to answer when Grandpa Chang's voice came over.

"What are you two doing in the room? Aze, come out to drink medicine." Grandpa Chang placed a bowl of Chinese medicine on the table and shouted in the main room.

Yu Qingze responded and dragged Chang Hao out of the room.

After drinking the medicine, Yu Qingze pulled Grandpa Chang to sit down, and then he and Chang Hao sat opposite Grandpa Chang with serious expressions.

Grandpa Chang was a little stunned: "You guys, what's the matter?"

Yu Qingze was still thinking about what, Chang Hao had already exported.

"Grandpa, my brother called me by my name today, he called me 'Hao'!"

Grandpa Chang was shocked. He looked at Chang Hao and then at Yu Qingze. Seeing that both of them were serious, he confirmed, "Did he really? You both heard it coming out of his mouth?"

Both nodded.

Grandpa Chang frowned and his expression became serious, "Did something happen when you fought in the evening? Tell me everything."

Hearing this, Yu Qingze and Chang Hao looked at each other.

Yu Qingze went through the process again. After listening, Grandpa Chang was silent for a long time and finally sighed.

"Ugh…"

This sigh was full of helplessness and vicissitudes.

Yu Qingze asked: "Grandpa, Brother Le, why can't he talk? Back then, when he saw that Hao was in danger, and he became stimulated, so he suddenly made a sound, but he didn't even realize that he was shouting. Then after the gangster ran away, and we asked him to talk again, but he could not anymore."

When Grandpa Chang heard this, he sighed again and said, "I didn't want Hao to know about this, but I didn't expect that you would come across it."

Both of them sat upright, waiting for Grandpa Chang to tell the story.

Grandpa Chang took his dry tobacco stick, lit it, took a deep breath, and blew it out slowly, and then said, "there was originally a brother named Hai, the second child, who is three years older than Le."

Chang Hao's eyes widened, this was the first time he had heard that he had a brother.

Grandpa Chang: "Back then, the war spread to our hometown, and everything was chaotic. I heard it was much better in the south. More than 20 households in our village were going to relocate together. There were riots along the way, and several households were scattered. During a riot, Hao was taken away, and their father and mother rushed to save him, leaving Hai and Le with their uncle to watch them over, but after they came back with Hao, the two children were gone. When they were found, Hai was already out of breath, and Le was lying on the ground covered in blood and passed out."

"Le's forehead was seriously injured, and he almost died several times. Fortunately, his life was saved, and he escaped death narrowly. When he woke up, he was silent, and we couldn't ask what happened."

"We moved here after that. For the first two years, Le was dumbfounded, as if he had lost his soul. Because he was silent and had a wound on his forehead, he was often bullied by other children. When he went out, he wouldn't play with other children. It wasn't until Hao was born that his condition improved. He hugged his younger brother and stayed by Hao's side every time. So yeah, Hao was brought up by Le."

Chang Hao's mouth was wide open, and tears were falling down. It turned out that his brother had suffered so much before.

Yu Qingze was dumbfounded, and what happened to Chang Le's loss of voice was obviously something that happened in that accident that greatly stimulated him, and this should also be the cause of Hai's death.

Looking at Chang Le, who is now gentle and kind, Yu Qingze can't imagine how he spent his time. He couldn't imagine how Chang Le at that time had transformed into such an autistic personality into what he is today, but after a little thought, he knows that there must be a lot of bitterness in it.

Yu Qingze felt a burst of sadness in his heart and distressed for Chang Le.

"Le also made a sound a few years ago." The two of them hadn't recovered from what they heard just now, but Grandpa Chang said another thing that surprised them.

Grandpa Chang didn't wait for them to ask, and said: "When Hao was two years old, their parents went back to their hometown to worship the ancestors during Qingming festival, but who would know they would be separated forever. At that time, when Le saw his father and mother in the coffins, he called out. The situation is similar to today, and he didn't remember it afterward. "

Yu Qingze asked, "Did you ask a doctor to see him?"

Grandpa Chang nodded, shook his head again, and said: "I did, but it is useless. The doctor couldn't do much, and later Le refused to let me find other doctors."

Yu Qingze was still thinking about something, when there was a noise in the kitchen, Chang Le came out after taking a shower, so he hurriedly shut his mouth.

When Chang Le arrived in the main room, he saw his brother in tears hugged him in his arms.

Chang Le was inexplicable, hugging his brother's shoulder and looking at his grandfather and Yu Qingze in confusion.

Grandpa Chang said calmly: "He misses your parents."

With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching soon, it is normal to think of relatives who have passed away. Chang Le gently patted his brother on the shoulder and comforted him gently.

He could replace their parents' love for his younger brother.

When going to bed at night, Yu Qingze and Grandpa Chang talked about taking Chang Le to see the doctor again to see if there was any change.

Grandpa Chang thought nothing really wrong with trying.

Yu Qingze was silent, could Chang Le be cured he wasn't sure. But this matter, he took it to heart.

The next day, it has been raining heavily in the afternoon, bringing a touch of coolness to this hot summer.

They steam noodle cakes, which is a kind of sacrifice to worship here. The dough is made into the shape of pigs, cattle, sheep and fish, steamed and offered to the ancestors, so that they can also eat pigs, cattle and sheep in another world and have enough for the entire year.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yu Qingze went to the mountain to worship with Chang family.

Chang Le's parents were buried together, on the sunny slope of the mountain behind Niutou village, and Chang Hai was also buried there. They had to follow the mountain road by the stream through the valley and up the mountain.

Chang Le walked in front with a dung pan, and there were sacrificial items, one end was incense, candles, paper money, and the other end was various offerings.

Chang Hao and Yu Qingze walked together, with Grandpa Chang in the back.

It was the first time Yu Qingze entered this mountain, and he looked around curiously from time to time.

Because it rained yesterday, the ground was still a little wet, and with dead branches and leaves, it was easy to slip.

"Hey, Aze, be careful." Yu Qingze didn't pay attention under his feet, and almost slipped, but fortunately, Grandpa Chang who was behind him helped him stabilize his body.

Chang Le and Chang Hao glanced back, and Chang Hao urged, "Brother Yu, the road is slippery, be careful."

Yu Qingze nodded, he was, well, he was just looking around and wasn't paying attention to the ground very much, so he slipped.

This time, he didn't dare to look around, and focused on the road under his feet.

Soon the group reached the hillside behind. There were many graves on this side. Some villagers were already offering sacrifices.

Chang Hai and Chang parents' graves are close to each other, only 20 to 30 meters apart, and there is a forest behind them.

Chang Le and Chang Hao took out offerings and began to worship. Grandpa Chang took a hatchet and chopped off some messy bushes and thorns on the side of the grave. Yu Qingze picked up a hoe and helped Grandpa Chang hang up all the branches he cut off. .

When the two brothers had almost finished burning the paper, Grandpa Chang began buring the papers. Yu Qingze also joined in, kowtowed three times to Chang Le's parents, offered incense, burned some papers, and said something to the two of them silently in his heart.

The two Chang brothers were a little moved. Yu Qingze, an outsider, didn't need to do this.

How did they know that Yu Qingze actually had some thoughts in his heart, although he didn't say it out, he asked the two elders in advance to give Le Ge'er to him.

When it came to the old man Chang's side, it was almost the same, but this time, Grandpa Chang stayed for a long time, and his eyes were a little wet.

He's thinking of Chang Hai.

The three generations were silently waiting for him. Chang Le thanks you sincerely for

When going down the mountain, they had to pass a bend in the valley, Chang Hao pointed to a landslide in front of him and said, "Brother Yu, look, you were stuck there before."

Yu Qingze looked at the place where Chang Hao pointed, it was a slope opposite the stream, the mud and rock landslides above all sloped down to the bottom of the stream, and at the foot of the slope, there were two deep pits, and there were two large openings in the middle with the traces of digging. On the open space by the stream two meters away, two large stones rolled on one side, and there were obvious mud marks on them.

A disaster scene.

This time, Yu Qingze finally saw the "very very big" rock that Chang Hao had gestured to him when he first woke up. He now finally knew that the boy really didn't lie.

It's really big. It is estimated that two adults chould hug each other around the rock, which is also very tall. But to remove them from the buried soil, Yu Qingze felt that at least all the surrounding soil should be removed, and then use a pole.

But looking at the two pits, the stones were directly pulled from the inside!

His eyes unconsciously looked at the person beside and wondered how could those two thin arms and that thin body have such great strength? !

No wonder Chang Hao is so proud praising his brother to him, it's not just bragging.

There, Yu Qingze suddenly remembered something.

"Grandpa, are there many fungi on the mountain?"

Grandpa Chang nodded, "Yes, it rained yesterday, there should be some on the mountain, and there are usually a lot of fir trees on both sides of the stream below. What, do you want to eat mushrooms?"

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "Don't we still have half of the chicken at home? I just want to pick up some mushrooms and go back and stew it together. It will taste very good."

Grandpa Chang waved his hand and said, "I'll pick it up, you guys go back first."

"Grandpa, I'm going too." Chang Hao was very energetic when he heard that there was something delicious.

Yu Qingze also smiled and said, "I also want to go see it."

Grandpa Chang simply said: "Then let's go together!"

Then he took the lead and went into the fir wood.

It was the first time for Yu Qingze to pick up mushrooms.

So when he found that Chang Le and Grandpa Chang picked up a bunch of them casually in the grass, he suspected that he was lame!

The dead leaves and grass are very thick in the forest, and the fir tree fungus grows the same color as those dead leaves, so it is hard to find it easily.

Grandpa Chang taught him the secret, to stare at the foot of the fir tree and the haystack, where the fir tree fungus is there.

But!

Yu Qingze felt that his eyes were about to fall out of his sockets, where are they? !

Isn't it all dry grass and dead leaves? !

After searching for at least half of the time, his waist was sore, and Yu Qingze couldn't find a single fungus!

Grieving!

There was also Chang Hao who was also lame, but he found it one step ahead of Yu Qingze.

"Hahaha, I found it, I found it! Big Brother Yu, I'm faster than you!" Chang Hao bent over to pick a fungus, raised it, and showed off to Yu Qingze proudly.

Yu Qingze: …I'm the only lame one!

Grandpa Chang and Chang Le looked at them and laughed, but ignored them, carrying a dung pan and picking mushrooms happily.

If you count on those two, you won't be able to have a meal until it's dark! Ch

Although Yu Qingze was crippled in picking mushrooms, he found a good thing – a jelly fruit! (T/L: 凉粉果, a pomegranate like fruit)