Chapter 107 Visiting Mr.

Chapter 107 Visiting Mr.

"Young Master Liang, please don't leave in a hurry. Although the young master's family is not in the restaurant, you can fry the crystal tofu for us to taste first. I will report to the young master later."

"That's fine. I'll borrow the kitchen from you then."

Quarter of an hour later, a bowl of fragrant stir-fried crystal tofu was ready. After tasting it, Shopkeeper Zhou and several chefs praised it highly.

This crystal tofu appeared in the Dayuan Kingdom for the first time, and it tasted so delicious that Manager Zhou immediately discovered the business opportunity.

He called Qianhuan aside and asked, "How is Young Master Liang going to sell this crystal tofu?"

"Manager Zhou, things are valuable because they are rare. I made this crystal tofu from mountain products. There are not many mountain products to be found, and they will be gone after the season. Moreover, this crystal tofu can be stored for about a month as long as it is soaked in water. One pound of crystal tofu can be fried into about two bowls. I plan to sell it for half a tael of silver per pound."

"How much did you bring today? How about this, I'll take all of it for half a tael of silver per pound, and when the young master comes back, I'll ask the chef to cook it for our young master. Please leave me your home address, and if our young master agrees to take this tofu, I'll send someone to your house to inform you, and then you can just deliver the crystal tofu to our restaurant."

"Manager Zhou, I don't have much tofu with me today, and I need to give it to someone later. How about this, I will sell you two kilograms today. I won't leave my address, I may have to come to the county town every day in the future, so I can come and ask you directly when the time comes."

"That's fine, then it's settled."

Shopkeeper Zhou gave Qianhuan one or two taels of silver, and Qianhuan took two kilograms of crystal tofu and gave it to Shopkeeper Zhou. Then she walked out of the gate of Zuixianju and went straight to the cabin where Master Cai was.

Young Master Cai was originally in the cabin, whittling wood with a dagger. When he saw Qianhuan coming over, he immediately went to greet her happily, "Qianhuan, you're here."

"Brother Yunlong, what are you doing?"

"I'm making wooden swords. Didn't you say you wanted to learn martial arts? It's just right to make two wooden swords. When I teach you swordsmanship in the future, we can both use wooden swords, so that we won't hurt you."

"Thank you, Brother Yunlong. I came here today mainly to visit Mr. Fan. Are you free to take me there?"

"Sure, I have plenty of free time, let's go now."

"Brother Yunlong, wait a moment. I made some crystal tofu that can be used for cooking. Do you have a wooden basin? I'll leave two pieces for you. This crystal tofu can be kept in water for more than a month without going bad. When you want to eat it, just add some garlic, chili, etc. and you can cook it."

"The tub is in the room, Qianhuan, thank you."

"You're welcome."

After leaving two pieces of tofu, there were about five pounds of tofu left in Qianhuan's bucket. She brought out about ten pounds of tofu in total today. She fried half a pound at Zuixianju, sold another two pounds, gave about two pounds to Mr. Cai, and prepared to give the rest to Mr. Fan.

Young Master Cai led the way, and soon the two arrived at Mr. Fan's house. Qianhuan knocked on the courtyard door, and an old servant came over to open the door.

The old servant looked at the two young men outside the door who he didn't recognize and asked with a vigilant look on his face, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

Qianhuan clasped her hands and bowed to the old servant, saying, "Hello, old man. We are here to visit Mr. Fan."

"Uncle Chang, who is here?" A refined male voice suddenly came from the yard.

"Master, there are two young men who say they are here to visit you, Master."

The person in the yard was originally painting. After hearing the old servant's answer, he put down his brush and walked towards the gate of the yard.

Qianhuan was standing outside the courtyard gate when she saw a man in green approaching. She immediately shouted in surprise, "Uncle, so you are Mr. Fan?"

"Young Master Liang, why are you here?" Mr. Fan, who was dressed in green, was also surprised to see Qianhuan.

Uncle Chang asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Master, do you know this man?"

"Yes, Uncle Chang, this guy is the vendor of Liuji's Kaikouxiao chestnuts. The old lady loves their sugar-roasted chestnuts the most. Please invite him in quickly."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Chang quickly invited Qianhuan and the other person into the yard. Qianhuan really didn't expect that the uncle who often went to her stall to buy chestnuts was actually Mr. Fan mentioned by Brother Yunlong. It was such a coincidence.

After entering the yard, Qianhuan discovered that although the yard looked inconspicuous from the outside, it was actually very large and the layout inside was very exquisite.

She originally thought that Mr. Fan only bought one or two pounds of chestnuts every time he went to their stall, and that his family must not be very wealthy. Unexpectedly, she was wrong. As soon as she entered this yard, she could tell that it was a place that only rich people could afford to live in.

"Young Master Liang, your family hasn't set up a stall to sell sugar-roasted chestnuts in the county town for a long time, right? My mother loves to eat your roasted chestnuts. I was asking people for your address everywhere, hoping to ask you to help fry some sugar-roasted chestnuts. I didn't expect you to come to my door in person."

"Mr. Fan, the chestnut season has passed. It is difficult to receive large quantities of raw chestnuts, so we are not setting up a stall. But if the old lady wants to eat some, I can go to the villagers' homes in other villages to ask. The villagers usually store the chestnuts that they can't finish eating at home. I will fry some and send them to you when the time comes."

"Don't worry about the raw chestnuts. I'll ask someone to prepare them. But I have an unwelcome request. My mother is not in good health now and can't eat too many chestnuts every day. I hope that Mr. Liang can come to my house often to help fry the chestnuts with sugar. I will certainly not treat you badly in terms of wages."

"Mr. Fan, I can come to your house often to make sugar-roasted chestnuts for free, but I also have a request."

"Young Master Liang, if you have any requests, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I will never refuse."

"I heard that Mr. Fan is very knowledgeable. My younger brother and I want to become his disciples. The old lady wants to eat sugar-roasted chestnuts. My brother and I come here every day to study, and I can help roast the chestnuts."

"I wonder how old you and your brother are? Have you ever been to school?"

"I am 13 years old and my brother is 8 years old. Neither of us has ever been to school. In fact, the main purpose is to let my brother learn from the teacher, and I am just a foil."

In fact, Qianhua did need a teacher to hide the fact that she could read, but she felt that she had been studying for more than ten years in modern times, and she was afraid that she didn't have the patience to spend so much time learning to read from the beginning. It would be so boring and tiring for a college student who could already read to pretend that he couldn't read and listen to the teacher's class.

That's why she told her parents that she wanted to support Wenjie's studies, but in fact she just wanted to be lazy. From now on, she would let Wenjie study and learn calligraphy with Mr. Fan, and she would just fool around for a while, and then she could go and learn swordsmanship from Brother Cai.

This way, not only does he not have to waste time learning things that he already knows, but he can also help his little cousin. Isn't that the best of both worlds?

"Okay, I promise you. Come here with your brother tomorrow to become my disciple."

When Uncle Chang heard his master agree, he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Thank you, Mr. Fan. I came here today and brought you some homemade crystal tofu. If you don't mind, I can fry a bowl for you to try."

"Okay, Uncle Chang, take people to the kitchen."

Qianhua fried a bowl of crystal tofu. Mr. Fan praised it highly after tasting it. He said to Uncle Chang, "Uncle Chang, the old lady has not had a good appetite these days. Please send this crystal tofu to the inner courtyard for her to try."

"Yes, sir."

After a while, Uncle Chang came out from the inner courtyard and said happily, "Master, after the old lady ate the crystal tofu, she suddenly felt hungry again and asked the maid to serve her half a bowl of porridge."

"Really? Mother even drank half a bowl of porridge?"

"Yes, sir, the old lady really drank half a bowl of porridge."

"That's great, Mr. Liang, thank you so much. My mother has been seriously ill in bed for many days. She has a poor appetite these days and can't eat much all day. Thanks to the crystal tofu you sent, my mother can finally eat something."

"Mr. Fan, you are welcome. If you want to eat it, I will make more and send it to you. The method of making this crystal tofu is also very simple. Just stir-fry it like any other dish. I will not bother you today. Tomorrow I will bring my brother to become my disciple. I wonder when tomorrow is convenient for you, Mr. Fan?"

"Come over tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then Mr. Fan, we will take our leave first."

"Uncle Chang, see you off."

When Uncle Chang came back from seeing the guests off, he said in dissatisfaction, "Master, isn't it a waste of your talent to ask you to teach the children? Why did you agree to them?"

"Uncle Chang, I think this young master Liang has good character and I like him. As long as he can come over often to make some sugar-roasted chestnuts for the old lady and let mother eat more, I won't feel wronged to be the enlightenment teacher for these two brothers."

Uncle Chang knew that his master was the most filial. The old lady loved to eat sugar-roasted chestnuts, and the master would go to the street to buy them himself every time. As for the old lady accepting two students, he had no complaints.

The doctor said that his old lady didn't have much time left. If she had a good appetite and ate more every day, she might be able to live longer. If she couldn't even eat, she would only have two or three months at most.