Establishing connections.

In fact, Cheng Yun needed to dwell his life, and he wished to dwell it comfortably. Because the saying goes, ‘In the event you don’t need to lose your youngster, don’t let the wolf in.’ To realize one thing, you need to give one thing first.

He adjusted his garments and knocked on Dr. Liu’s door. Quickly Dr. Liu got here out to open it for him.

“Cheng-Ge’er? What occurred? Is there one thing improper at house?” Dr. Liu, just like the village head, couldn’t consider another cause for Cheng Yun’s go to right now, apart from asking for his assist.

Cheng Yun repeated what he had mentioned to the village head. Certain sufficient, Dr. Liu additionally confirmed shock on his face. Nonetheless, his household solely had him, so he didn’t assume an excessive amount of about it. He regarded on the duck meat in Cheng Yun’s hand and rapidly invited him inside.

Dr. Liu was a kind-hearted particular person. Though the bowl of duck meat regarded scrumptious, he nonetheless requested Cheng Yun many questions.

“I heard that you just bought married to the third son of the Yang household. Is life nonetheless going properly for you? While you had been younger, your mom used to carry you right here usually and say she wished to treatment your sickness,” Dr. Liu pointed to the realm under his ear, “however I couldn’t do something about it. It’s innate. However since you might have now agreed to marry the third son of the Yang household, don’t fear about it. Simply dwell your life the way in which you need.”

Maybe Dr. Liu was used to chatting along with his sufferers, he talked so much to Cheng Yun. He additionally mentioned that it was higher to marry somebody kind-hearted than somebody unreliable, and gave him a number of examples. He mentioned that somebody within the village had married a gambler, and the cash they earned was not sufficient to assist their household as a result of the top of the household had spent all of it on playing. Cheng Yun knew that this was all well-intentioned recommendation from Dr. Liu, so he didn’t refute it and agreed to the whole lot he mentioned.

After chatting for some time and seeing that Dr. Liu had no intention of stopping, Cheng Yun lastly mentioned, “Dr. Liu, please have some meals first. The duck has been chilly for some time now, and if we wait any longer, it received’t style good.”

“Ah,” Dr. Liu responded, “you see, as soon as I begin speaking, I can’t cease. Come on, Cheng-Ge’er, get your self a bowl and chopsticks. Let’s eat collectively.”

Cheng Yun rapidly refused, “Hongjin continues to be ready for me at house. We have already got meals prepared at house.”

He thought for a second and determined to not disguise his intention, “Truly, I do have one thing I need to ask to your assist with. I heard from Aunt Wang that your son runs a restaurant on the town. I believed I might allow you to style this duck dish that I made at house. In the event you assume it’s good, I need to attempt my luck and promote the recipe to the top chef on the restaurant.”

Dr. Liu instantly understood what Cheng Yun was asking for. He checked out Cheng Yun and noticed a touch of shyness in his eyes, however they had been clear and confirmed no trace of calculation. At most, this was only a shortcut.

“It’s only a small matter. Though Dr. Liu might assist with the connection, it could be his son who finally makes the choice. To not point out, if Cheng-Ge’er’s lives a great life and the couple dwell in concord, will probably be nice. He had been unable to assist Cheng-Ge’er and it could fulfill his long-standing want of serving to to enhance Cheng-Ge’er’s bodily situation.

Dr. Liu neither agreed nor refused. He regarded on the roasted duck and requested Cheng Yun to carry a bottle of white wine from the primary room. When Cheng Yun got here again with the wine, Dr. Liu had already began consuming.

Dr. Liu cherished to drink. The roasted duck had a touch of wine taste and paired properly with the wine. Though the roasted duck itself didn’t appear to be something particular, Cheng Yun’s culinary expertise shocked Dr. Liu. He was pleasantly shocked after taking a number of bites, and requested Cheng Yun to pour extra wine for him.

“Cheng-Ge’er, your culinary expertise are unimaginable,” praised Dr. Liu, giving a thumbs up. “This roasted duck is so scrumptious that I’ve by no means tasted something prefer it earlier than. Don’t fear, I’ll positively assist you to unfold the phrase. Such a scrumptious dish shouldn’t go unsold on the town.”

Initially, he solely supposed to do Cheng Yun a favor, however after consuming the roasted duck, Dr. Liu’s ideas grew to become extra lively.

His son, Liu Wen, owned a restaurant on the town, and though the enterprise was doing properly, there have been nonetheless many rivals within the metropolis. Even when they might take away all of the enterprise, it was all the time slightly missing.

This dish was simply the ticket. Most significantly, Cheng Yun’s culinary expertise had been the important thing. In accordance with Cheng Yun, this roasted duck was simply one thing he got here up with on a whim, and he might simply make extra dishes that may preserve this stage of high quality. If he might make extra dishes like this sooner or later, Liu Wen’s restaurant would not have to fret.

Serving to Cheng Yun and bettering Liu Wen’s restaurant enterprise was a win-win scenario that nobody would refuse.

Cheng Yun was shocked at how easily the whole lot had gone. It was clear that the dish was an incredible success. On this period, individuals didn’t care in regards to the penalties of their consuming habits, so long as they had been well-fed.

He thanked Dr. Liu, who promised to tell him as quickly as he had any information, and Cheng Yun went house with a smile on his face.

With happiness in his coronary heart, Cheng Yun’s footsteps additionally quickened a bit. With all of the back-and-forth, fairly a little bit of time was wasted, and by the point he was returning, the sky had already utterly darkened.

Serious about his future livelihood, Cheng Yun nearly forgot that Yang Hongjin was nonetheless ready for him at house. When he noticed somebody standing on the door from afar, he took a deep breath.

From a distance, Yang Hongjin noticed his spouse and known as out to Cheng Yun excitedly.

Cheng Yun ran again to the home, lined his mouth to silence him, and closed the door earlier than releasing him.

“Spouse!” Yang Hongjin known as out as quickly as he had an opportunity.

Cheng Yun noticed that the dishes on the desk had been the identical as when he left, and sighed in his coronary heart. He circled and pulled Yang Hong to take a seat down, saying, “Didn’t I let you know to eat first? Why haven’t you touched any of those dishes?”

He picked up a chunk of meat and tasted it on the fringe of his lips. Though the oil on the meat had begun to coagulate, most likely as a result of climate, the dish was nonetheless heat and had not cooled down utterly. Due to this fact, Cheng Yun determined to not reheat it within the wok.

He had initially wished to serve scorching and steaming meals to Yang Hongjin, however the delay made the meals much less tasty. Cheng Yun couldn’t assist however glare at Yang Hongjin once more.

Nonetheless, Yang Hongjin appeared to be utterly oblivious to Cheng Yun’s complaints. He continued to smile and name out to his spouse with none concern.

“Alright, cease shouting,” Cheng Yun couldn’t keep indignant with him and left solely two items of meat for himself, placing the remaining into Yang Hongjin’s bowl and stuffing the meat into his mouth. “Hurry up and eat. Let’s wash up and go to mattress after we end.”

After some fuss, Cheng Yun lastly managed to take a seat down and have an honest meal. He had labored onerous all day and was hungry, however due to the new and humid climate, he couldn’t eat a lot, even when it was 5-Cup Duck . He divided the greens and meat with Yang Hongjin, blended them collectively, and swallowed it rapidly to fill himself up.

After the meal, Cheng Yun regarded on the soaked duck neck and innards and poured out the soaking water, dried them off, and positioned them in a cool nook to take care of tomorrow.

When he completed, Cheng Yun went to the yard to test on the small crops. They appeared to have grown slightly taller than they had been within the afternoon. Cheng Yun took a chopstick and made a mark to match with tomorrow’s top.

Yang Hongjin went to the yard to search out Cheng Yun, not ready for him within the room like he did yesterday. He pulled out a towel and mentioned with a foolish smile, “Spouse, let’s take a shower.”

Upon listening to this, Cheng Yun froze, and his face turned crimson once more, unable to compete with the picture nonetheless imprinted in his thoughts from earlier. He didn’t know why he had made that transfer, performing on impulse. It was embarrassing to consider it now, not to mention washing Yang Hongjin at this second.

He tried to withstand and informed Yang Hongjin, “You’ve grown up, you need to study to clean your self.”

Nonetheless, Yang Hongjin simply checked out him unusually, blinking his eyes as if he didn’t perceive what Cheng Yun was saying.

After gazing one another for some time, Cheng Yun gave up utterly, shook his head with a bitter smile, and puzzled why he was even arguing with somebody who had the mindset of a kid.

He reluctantly took the towel from Yang Hongjin and as soon as once more touched his whole physique, feeling responsible and ashamed afterwards.

At that second, Cheng Yun wished that Yang Hongjin would by no means get better, in order that he wouldn’t need to look again and remorse his actions sooner or later. How deep of a gap would he need to dig to bury himself utterly?

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