Chapter 127 Free Labor

Seeing that Lin was about to cry again, Chen Qingqing quickly changed the subject, "Brother, how is your cooking going now?"

"Very good." Chen Feng looked confident. "These days, whenever I have some free time, I flatter the chefs. When they are thirsty, I bring them water. When they are tired, I rub their shoulders. I also often praise their cooking skills.

They found it pleasing to the ear and casually told me how to add ingredients to each signature dish and what cooking time to pay attention to.

While Manager Wu was away, they would occasionally let me stand by and watch them cook, and I remembered all of this deeply in my mind.

I don’t have any other special skills except that I have a good memory. As long as I see the recipe of each dish once, I will remember it firmly.

To tell you the truth, we have a chef who loves to slack off, so when Shopkeeper Wu wasn't paying attention, he asked me to help him cook."

"Really? How's the customer response?"

Chen Feng shook his head. "I don't know either. Anyway, no customer said the taste was bad."

Chen Qingqing originally thought that Chen Feng was honest and dull, and his personality was like Chen Zhanshan's, but she didn't expect that he was also very clever.

Knowing that everyone loves to hear good words, based on this point alone, Chen Feng will definitely achieve something in the future.

Chen Qingqing smiled and praised, "Brother, you are really amazing. Since you have learned most of the cooking skills, it means that you are ready to become an apprentice. Have you ever thought about opening your own restaurant and being the shopkeeper?"

Opening a restaurant has always been Chen Feng's dream. His eyes are full of anticipation.

But it is not so easy to open a restaurant. You need to rent a house, decorate it, etc., which is a considerable expense.

He can't even help with the family life, so how can he dare to open a restaurant?

Chen Feng's eyes quickly dimmed, and he said gloomily, "Little sister, it's not the right time yet, wait a little longer!"

Chen Qingqing saw the embarrassment in his eyes and smiled slightly, "Brother, don't worry about the money. I will find a way to raise the money. Just agree."

Chen Feng shook his head. "It's not about the money. The restaurant is short-staffed. Manager Wu hasn't found a kitchen helper yet. I can't just give up on him. Even if I want to leave, I have to wait until next spring."

"Next spring, won't that mean we have to wait a few more months?"

There are a lot of idle people these days. As long as you can give them a meal, many people will be willing to work in the restaurant.

Wu Shiren is not recruiting people, it is obvious that he is doing it on purpose, can't the big brother see this?

Chen Qingqing was so angry at this silly brother that she almost laughed. She looked at him in disbelief.

"Brother, Wu Shiren treats you as free labor and makes you work for him without even paying you. Why do you have to wait until next spring?

Listen to me, go talk to him now, give him a month at most, if he can't find anyone, that's his problem, you have to leave."

"That won't do. We have to be conscientious. No matter what kind of person Shopkeeper Wu is, at least I've learned my craft here. No matter what, I have to wait until he finds someone before I can leave."

Chen Qingqing was so anxious that she wanted to stamp her feet. She had just praised him for being smart and clever, but how come he became a complete fool when he became stubborn?

"Brother, if he can't recruit anyone, are you going to work for him for nothing for the rest of your life?"

Lin quickly interrupted, "Feng'er, your little sister is right. Since you have already learned cooking skills, there is no need for you to suffer here. You should listen to your little sister and find a suitable place and become the shopkeeper yourself."

Chen Feng frowned and fell into deep thought. Although he knew that his mother and younger sister were doing this for his own good, he still felt a little guilty about leaving him like this.

No matter how mean Wu Shiren was to him, Wu Cuihua always cared about him. Even for her, he should see things through.

Thinking of this, he said with a serious face, "One should never break one's promise. Since I have already promised Wu Shiren, I will not leave early. Please stop trying to persuade me."

Chen Qingqing knew that it was useless to say more, so she just shook her head and smiled, "Okay, since you have made up your mind, I won't force you."

As he was speaking, a shout came from the kitchen, "Chen Feng, you lazy guy, where have you been slacking off? Come back quickly and use the spoon."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Shiren, with his fat belly, lifted the door curtain and walked into the kitchen from the front hall.

"Boss, my mother and my younger sister are here. We can just talk for a few minutes and then get to work. It won't delay anything." Chen Feng said with a smile.

Wu Shiren rolled his eyes in displeasure, "Hurry up and don't let this talk go on forever."

"Yes, I'll get to work."

Chen Feng scratched his head embarrassedly after he finished speaking, "Mom, little sister, I still have some work to do, so I won't accompany you."

"Feng'er, you are alone outside, don't feel wronged." Lin's face was full of reluctance.

"Mom, don't worry. You and Dad should take care of your health. When your son becomes capable in the future, he will definitely be filial to you."

Chen Feng again warned Chen Qingqing,

"Little sister, Wild Wolf Valley is too dangerous. You must never take risks there again. Stay home and take good care of your parents. Don't worry about me."

"Brother, I know, you should take care of yourself too."

"Okay, then I'll go to work. You and mom should walk slowly." After saying that, Lin Feng squatted down and started rubbing the big spoon.

Chen Qingqing sighed silently and led Lin out of the restaurant through the back door.

Lin knew that her eldest son was an apprentice at the Qingshui Restaurant, but in fact he was just doing hard labor. Not only was he not paid, but he was also tired and unrewarded.

She sighed distressedly, "Your eldest brother is the most sensible child in the family. If your grandparents hadn't been so partial to your third uncle, he wouldn't have been forced to be an apprentice here. His life is truly too hard."

Chen Qingqing comforted him, "Mom, don't worry. My brother is a man of his own ideas. He won't stay in Wu Shiren's kitchen forever. Wait until next spring and we'll find a good place to open a big restaurant for him."

"Qing girl, opening a restaurant costs a lot of money!" Lin's eyes were filled with worry. "Besides, what if you lose money? It's not easy for you to make money, so it's better not to take the risk."

"There's no such thing as a food store that won't open. As long as my eldest brother is a good cook, I guarantee he won't lose money."

Lin nodded and smiled, "Okay, mother believes you."

Although Chen Qingqing said it lightly, she was very anxious in her heart.

Excluding the twenty-five taels of silver she paid to Chen Han for the repairs and food expenses, she had a total of one hundred and sixty-four taels of silver left. This amount of money was not enough to build a house.

If you want to get money quickly, you have to buy ginseng from the space and then resell it.

There was really no other way. She had to do this for her family to live a good life.

But she still had concerns. If she went to sell ginseng, the Fan family would think that she was hoarding it from their family, and she would not be able to explain it clearly.

It would be great if this space had a trading function, then I would have a place to sell the ginseng, deer antlers, and cordyceps that I looted from the Fan family.

As she walked, she called out with her mind, "Xiaojie, Xiaojie, when will you enable the trading function for me?"

"Ding~~~Host, don't worry. Activating the trading permission requires five hundred taels of silver to upgrade.

After the upgrade is successful, the host can buy and sell it on their own. If you want to open it, the host must work hard to make money."

"Broken space, how can you be so deceiving? It's not humane at all."

"Without rules, there will be no order. Host, please don't be anxious. I am an omnipotent space. The greater the host's ability, the stronger the function of this ring."

"Okay, I didn't say anything."

Chen Qingqing felt that she was being rejected by a ring and sighed helplessly...