Chapter 230 Chef Lu is sick

Chef Dong hiccuped and said, "Xiuqin...what's wrong..."

"Please drink some water first. I will tell you slowly." Fan Xiuqin handed the teacup to Chef Dong and began to tell the story of Chen Jinying.

Chef Dong stopped hiccuping, but the stone in his chest was getting heavier. What kind of life has my little sister been living all these years? She was asked to cook, but the reputation was given to Chen Dexiang's son. Why!

What happened next was even more infuriating. Jinying's adoptive mother was seriously ill, and in order to make his son famous, the old man actually didn't let Jinying accompany his adoptive mother on her deathbed?

The three brothers have been worried about their sister all these years, fearing that she was not living a good life with Chen Dexiang.

Last night he heard that his sister had become a chef, and he was happy for her. But it was too early to be happy, because he knew that this old man was nothing.

"Uncle Dong, come and eat!" Fan Xiuqin greeted Chef Dong.

How could Chef Dong eat any more?

"Don't be too sad. Although the incident has passed, no matter how sad you are, it won't change anything. Ningning has already settled the matter." Fan Xiuqin said.

"He even threatened Jinying with gangsters? He left Jinying with nowhere to hide." Chef Dong's hands were shaking. "I know the old beast is a piece of shit, but how can he be such a piece of shit? Jinying is his own flesh and blood after all. Does he treat Jinying as his own daughter?"

"He never treated his daughters as human beings. Sister Jinying said that the marriages of her four sisters were arranged by the old man, and two of her brothers-in-law were playboys before marriage. She just didn't want the old man to marry her casually, so she told him that she didn't want to get married."

"Wait, Jinying hasn't gotten married yet? How old is she?" Chef Dong became even more anxious.

"Mr. Dong, don't be anxious! Hasn't Jinying come out now?" Lu Yongding advised Chef Dong.

"Yes! I just said that she didn't have a good life before, but now everyone likes Sister Jinying. Ningning arranged for the senior brother to teach Sister Jinying Cantonese cuisine, and Ningning also said that Sister Jinying has experience in running a restaurant, so let Sister Jinying stay with the senior brother and familiarize herself with the process of opening the new Ningyan store." Fan Xiuqin told Uncle Dong some good things.

"The three of us brothers have all started our own families and careers. Our children are already grown up, but our youngest sister is still alone, wandering around. If the eldest brother and the youngest brother heard this, they would..." Chef Dong lowered his head.

He Yunbang thought for a moment and said, "Chef Dong, Chef Chen is not alone. She has an apprentice by her side, and that apprentice is loyal to her. If it weren't for this apprentice, it would definitely be difficult for her to come to Hong Kong City alone."

"An apprentice is still an apprentice after all, alas!" Chef Dong sighed.

"An apprentice is an apprentice, but which apprentice, after the master says so, is willing to go ahead for her without even considering himself and just comes here?" He Yunbang handed a plate of steamed buns to Chef Dong, "Chef Dong, have a bite."

"Not long after Sister Jinying left Taiwan, diners there knew that Sister Jinying was the chef behind De Xiang Hotel." Fan Xiuqin advised Chef Dong.

Chef Lu looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late. You all need to go back to prepare. Let's go back!"

Seeing that Uncle Dong didn't want to eat, Fan Xiuqin handed the steamed buns to Ding Sheng: "You eat it."

Ding Sheng ate a plate of shaomai and pulled Fan Xiuqin while eating: "Xiuqin, let me ask you, how much is your salary?"

Nowadays, when it comes to getting paid at the end of the month, everyone lines up to collect their wages, and it’s clear exactly how much you get and how much he gets.

"Seven or eight thousand Hong Kong dollars."

"You have so much?" Ding Sheng gasped.

Fan Xiuqin said anxiously: "What do you mean I have so much? What we can get depends on our skills."

He Yunbang went to pay the bill and came over: "Xiuqin's noodles are very famous in Hong Kong City. Many people specifically watch her shift to eat."

“Really?”

"Of course. I also made a lot of friends because of my good pasta cooking." Fan Xiuqin was complacent.

Several people went to Yuecheng Hotel together. The bicycle shed was next to the kitchen, so they went there together.

He Yunbang took Fan Xiuqin away on his bike. Chef Dong stood there watching the master and apprentice ride away.

Lu Yongding patted Chef Dong on the shoulder and said, "Old Dong! This is fate. It's useless for you to feel bad. At that time, the three of you brothers couldn't survive on your own, and you couldn't bring your sister with you. If it weren't for meeting the old man, if it weren't for the new China, the three of you brothers might not have survived. Anyway, now you know where your sister is..."

"Just listen to me and you will know how much my little sister has suffered." Chef Dong felt very suffocated.

"You see, I just found out that my son Peide almost got into trouble. This was my self-righteous idea! Fortunately, the child is fine. If anything happened, I would not be able to explain to my eldest brother, not to mention the ancestors of the Lu family." Lu Yongding sighed.

Lu Yude looked at his father and asked, "Dad, are you done yet?"

Lu Yongding was stunned for a moment and looked at his son.

"Are you still blaming me? You asked me to go to Gangcheng, but I didn't go?" Lu Yude asked his father.

Lu Yongding regretted that he had visited Gangcheng at the beginning of last year and wanted to bring his children to Gangcheng after seeing the situation of Gangcheng Restaurant. He never thought that Gangcheng would be so chaotic, nor did he think that his children would encounter so many problems in Gangcheng and almost fall into a fire pit. His son and nephew are both his favorites. If he were to look back, he would not want to let either of his two children go out. How could he blame his son?

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Lu Yude smiled bitterly. The two cousins ​​were only half a year apart in age. They grew up together, studied together, and learned crafts together. Lu Yude believed that he was no worse than his cousin. Just because his uncle went to the battlefield, his father asked him to give in to his cousin in everything.

"You want me to go to Gangcheng. I didn't say I didn't want to go. It's the Lu family's ancestral precept that the place belongs to the capable, and those who don't have the ability can't occupy the golden signboard of 'Lu's Cuisine'. Why should I give it to my cousin without even competing?" Lu Yude questioned his father, "My mother went to my aunt and said, didn't we say that if I don't go to Gangcheng, it will be a fair competition? If I am worse than my brother, then I will be convinced and I will go! What about my cousin? He looked like he wanted to keep things quiet and insisted that he go to Gangcheng. After he went to Gangcheng, you were always worried about him. He wrote to you saying that he was fine. You didn't believe it and said all day that he would only report good news and not bad news."

Lu Yongding was so angry that his face turned red: "Your cousin is just like your aunt, neither of them likes to trouble others. Your uncle..."

Lu Yude was determined to make it clear: "My uncle worked for the country and the family, I never deny this. My cousin only reported good news but not bad news, so he kept it hidden! Why do they all come to you and tell you how much hardship and suffering my cousin has endured? Why don't you think about it? My cousin now earns more than 10,000 Hong Kong dollars a month, not to mention that he will have shares in the future. Who can have smooth sailing in a strange place? In half a year, he can do this, isn't it good enough? Do you have to feel guilty? Instead of feeling guilty about these, why not think about it, do you make more money in your entire life than he does in a year?"

"Yude, how do you talk to your father?" Chef Dong considered himself to be Lu Yude's elder and scolded him.

Lu Yude raised his head and said nothing: "I am speaking from my heart. No matter how hard I try, in your eyes, he is sensible and capable. Is it because he knows how to behave? He doesn't say it, but in fact, he has said it all through other people's mouths. I hate him!"

Lu Yongding didn't know how his son could become like this. He rushed over and slapped his son: "Are you talking like a human being?"

Lu Yude wanted to argue with his father, but when he saw his father soften, he panicked and said, "Dad, don't scare me."

*

Yue Ning came to Liuhua Exhibition Hall again today. Yesterday, the bamboo sugarcane, water chestnut and impatiens root water from Fuyunlou was very popular. Today, Fuyunlou delivered a large bucket of it to every stall in the agricultural products exhibition hall, and also sent a staff member to contact for replenishment of drinks and replacement of clean glass cups.

Today in the agricultural products exhibition hall, every store has added extra chairs.

Before the exhibition started, various agricultural product import and export companies repeatedly emphasized to their staff that regardless of whether the guests were their counterparts or not, they should receive them politely and let them stay a little longer so that they could introduce more of our products.

The two staff members who whispered about her behind her back yesterday did not come today and were replaced by two young girls.

Zhou Wenting told Yue Ning that the leader got angry when he got home yesterday and replaced those two people.

As the guests came in, Yue Ning helped introduce each company's products.

Yue Ning sent the three guests away and saw the staff of the silk company standing nearby. She asked, "Are you looking for me?"

"We have two foreign guests who want to know the difference in craftsmanship between Shu brocade and Yun brocade. Could you help introduce it to us?"

Yue Ning greeted the leader of the agricultural products department and followed the people from the silk company.

Yue Ning came to their stall and there were two Italian guests. They had an interpreter. It was really difficult to explain the ancient crafts such as Shu brocade and Yun brocade to people who could only communicate in English on a daily basis.

She walked over to look at the Shu brocade in their hands. Just as she was about to speak, Yue Ning saw a foreign guest staring at the mint green Baoxiang flower slanted-collar vest she was wearing, saying that her vest was so beautiful and unique. Besides the beautiful pattern, the buttons on it were also extremely delicate.

Yue Ning took off the vest and said, "Let's talk about it together. My vest is a piece of Song brocade. Song brocade, Shu brocade and Yun brocade are all traditional Chinese brocades..."

Yue Ning didn't need help from the people from the silk company. She knew all about these silk crafts and could introduce them in a very knowledgeable way.

"I'm so surprised by your outfit today. I never knew such luxurious fabrics could be so casual, so youthful and so fashionable," said the Italian guest.

The guest is a fashion designer who came to this mysterious country in the East to seek inspiration.

After taking off the vest, Yue Ning was wearing a loose white T-shirt on the upper body, light blue jeans on the lower body, and a pair of white shoes on his feet.

"This kind of fabric can also be used for daily wear." Yue Ning took her vest and put it on, "I have a lot of clothes made of similar fabrics."

Yue Ning took out paper and pen, and two pieces of cloth, and began to outline with lines. A dress appeared on the paper, with different upper and lower parts.

“Are you a fashion designer too?”

Yue Ning smiled: "I'm a chef. A very famous chef."

Today she was not modest. She was surprised and said, "The chef is telling me about the fabric?"

"Chefs can have other hobbies besides cooking. I like traditional silk products, which should not be put in museums or only be associated with traditional clothing."

Yue Ning was there, and when she saw Zhou Wenting coming over, she thought that the agricultural products department needed her, so she stopped chatting and walked over.

"Xiao Fan from Fuyun Building called you and said she was in the hospital."

Yue Ning was startled. Could it be that Uncle Abang was too busy and something happened to him?

Zhou Wenting said the second half of the sentence: "She went to the hospital. She wants you to ask her senior brother, Lu Peide, to come to Yuecheng immediately."

Oh! It was Chef Lu. Yue Ning was relieved but also worried, and asked, "Which hospital is it?"

"Provincial doctor."