After lunch, the guests were sent away one by one, and Old Mrs. Ye asked Old Third Ye to stay at home for a few more days.

Let him help Ye Dongkui to watch over the rest of the house's beams.

Ye Laosan is a carpenter after all, so he knows quite a bit about putting up beams.

When he was outside the Great Wall, Ye Laosan often helped other people put up beams, and he could earn some wages every time, which was considered a supplement to his family.

When Ye Laosan saw other people building new houses, even if they were just adobe houses, he was extremely envious.

I never thought that I could build such a large row of brick houses.

Mrs. Ye brought Cui to Mr. Nie and introduced her, "Mr. Nie, this is the wife of my husband's brother from the same clan. She is absolutely a neat and tidy person, and she is also a good cook. From now on, she will come to help you and my family with the laundry and cooking.

"I've already agreed on the monthly allowance with her, so you don't have to worry about it.

"After all, there are six or seven people in my family, and you are alone. Whether it's washing clothes or cooking, you can do it by yourself.

"But please don't be suspicious. I'm not trying to bribe you."

Mr. Nie, who had just taken some digestive medicine, asked, "Is my cooking skill as good as yours?"

Before Sister Ye could say anything, Cui said quickly, "Grandpa, look at what you said. Sister-in-law and I are far inferior to that.

"Don't even mention me. Even if you tie all the people in our village who can cook together, they can't compare to my sister-in-law's cooking skills!"

Upon hearing this, Old Master Nie asked Sister Ye, "Do you really have to go back to the capital? I'll pay you a little more monthly salary, and you can stay and cook, okay?"

Now it was Mrs. Ye's turn to be at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Old man, it's not that I don't want to stay, it's mainly because my family has business in Beijing.

"Don't even think about staying to cook. We just need to clean up and go back."

Chai Zhiming, who was standing by, then realized that Mr. Nie still didn't know Mrs. Ye's identity.

He quickly helped introduce, "Mr. Nie, this is Madam You. You must have heard of her in the capital, right?"

As for what Mrs. Ye said, Mr. Nie really didn't know.

But when the three words "Mrs. You" were mentioned, Mr. Nie immediately remembered them.

"You are Lao Cen's granddaughter, right?

"I was wondering why your cooking skills are so good!

"You won third place in the cooking competition earlier, and Lao Cen even invited me to Qionghua Tower to celebrate with you!

"Unfortunately, I wasn't in Beijing at the time. By the time I came back and saw the invitation, several days had passed, so I didn't make it. I didn't expect that we were destined to meet."

After chatting for a few more minutes, Mrs. Ye found out that Mr. Nie and Mr. Cen had been friends for many years.

Back then, someone brought corn and sweet potatoes back from the West and handed them over to the Sino-Agricultural Temple to study how to make people willing to grow them.

Mr. Nie was just a newcomer in Sinong Temple at that time. After receiving this task, he suddenly had an idea: if this thing can be made to taste good, will more people be willing to grow it?

So he asked someone to find help in the imperial kitchen, and the person he found happened to be Mr. Cen.

Although corn and sweet potatoes can be successfully promoted, the main reason is that they have high yields and are easy to grow.

However, Mr. Nie’s original approach still received a certain degree of recognition. After all, whether the food tastes good or not is an important factor in whether people are willing to grow it.

It was thanks to this incident that Mr. Nie was able to get promoted later.

Mr. Cen likes to farm and raise chickens on the farm, and he often asks Mr. Nie for help with farming.

He often expressed his wish for certain dishes to taste better, and Grandpa Nie would find ways to help him realize them.

Thus, the friendship between the two people was established on the basis of mutual benefit and lasted for decades.

After learning about this kind of relationship, both sides suddenly felt much closer.

"Then I will leave you to the care of Qingyuan's wife. We will meet again when you have time to return to the capital."

"There's no need to wait. I have to go back in a few days to attend the grand opening of your restaurant!" said Old Master Nie. "Old Cen invited me a few days ago and told me I must go this time, otherwise he will be angry with me!"

"Then we will be waiting for your visit at that time." Mrs. Ye couldn't help laughing when she heard it.

When Mr. Cen is with his close friends, he acts like an old child.

However, Mrs. Ye was quite envious of Mr. Cen for having several old friends with whom he could still joke even when he was old.

So Sister Ye said to Cui: "Then I leave Mr. Nie and my children in your care.

"Oh, by the way, the second child can wash his own clothes, so you don't have to worry about it. Just bring him some food.

"Here is two taels of silver for the first month. Take it first."

Chai Zhiming, who had been standing by without saying anything, quickly stopped them and said, "Master Nie living in your house has already caused you trouble, how can he still ask you to spend money?

"The county government has paid for this money!"

As he spoke, he took ten taels of silver from the yamen runner and handed it directly to Cui, saying, "Mr. Nie said he wants to stay here until the autumn harvest, so I'll give you ten taels of silver, including the money for buying vegetables. If it's not enough, you can come back to the county office to ask for more.

"Don't be so stingy, give the old man something good to eat."

"Enough, enough, enough!" Cui's hands were shaking a little as she held the ten taels of silver.

From now until the autumn harvest, it is a good time when all kinds of vegetables are available in the village. If you want to eat any vegetable, you can just go to the garden and pick a basket of it. You don’t have to spend any money at all. At most you have to spend money to buy some meat.

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