Chapter 113: Finding a Storefront (4th update after 25 monthly tickets)

Fan Wenxuan did not answer him. Instead, he fanned the flames in the stove and used an iron rod to dig out the roasted sweet potatoes buried inside.

The skin of the baked sweet potato has become charred, a little hard, and very hot.

“Huff…”

While blowing cool air, Fan Wenxuan peeled off the hard skin of the sweet potato, revealing the soft, sweet and hot sweet potato flesh inside, which exuded bursts of rich aroma.

"Yours." Fan Wenxuan handed the fragrant roasted sweet potato flesh to Chu Jinzhou.

"Sir, eat first. I can do it myself."

Chu Jinzhou declined the peeled sweet potato and took a sweet potato with a burnt and hard skin. He peeled the hard skin of the sweet potato and started eating it with Fan Wenxuan.

The sweet potatoes with orange-yellow flesh are baked until cooked through, and you can even taste the sweet potato oil inside. They are soft, sticky, fragrant, sweet and very delicious.

By this time, Chu Jinzhou was already very hungry, and the sweet potatoes were indeed roasted very deliciously. Chu Jinzhou chewed them with big mouthfuls, tasting extremely sweet.

Not to mention Fan Wenxuan, the way he ate looked as if he hadn't eaten for three days.

According to Fan Wenxuan, someone in the kitchen had already cooked some corn porridge and brought it over.

So, Fan Wenxuan and Chu Jinzhou squatted in the kitchen, eating roasted sweet potatoes and corn porridge, and had a very unique dinner.

"belch……"

Fan Wenxuan didn't care about others at all. He touched his round belly and glanced at Chu Jinzhou: "Are you full?"

"Yeah, I'm full." Chu Jinzhou also nodded.

The air rising in his stomach made him want to burp, but he held it back.

"Sir, I think my elder brother has already told you that he will teach me how to read in the future. Please move to the study. I will serve you tea."

Since you are acknowledging a teacher and respecting him, you should serve him tea, kowtow, and present him with a gift that you yourself give to him. Only then will the ceremony be considered complete.

"Forget about the tea..." Fan Wenxuan stood up and stretched out his hand with his hands behind his back.

Chu Jinzhou was stunned.

No need to serve tea, does that mean Fan Wenxuan despises him and doesn't want to take him as a student...

But why? They had only met once, and hadn't even tested his knowledge properly, nor had they known what kind of person he was, but they rejected him so bluntly? Chu Jinzhou felt lost.

Fan Wenxuan continued, "You must have heard some rumors about me before. I don't care about etiquette and other nonsense. I don't like drinking tea on weekdays, so let's forget about serving tea."

"As for the apprenticeship ceremony, didn't you already do it just now?"

Did it? Chu Jinzhou was startled again, and it took him a moment to react.

What he wouldn't mention is the fact that he just helped to light the fire. This was probably what Fan Wenxuan was talking about, the ceremony of becoming a disciple.

I have to say, Mr. Fan is really interesting.

Compared with the previous Mr. Zhou who was very strict, he is indeed different.

"Yes, student understands." Chu Jinzhou replied respectfully.

Even Ning Feng, who was standing by, was stunned.

So Fan Wenxuan had gone through so much trouble just to see how his third son felt about his teacher? And whether he could learn from him wholeheartedly?

But even though he knew the other party's intention, Ning Feng still felt a little unhappy about Chu Jinzhou being treated like that just now.

Ning Feng bowed and asked, "Third Master, as a student, I have already paid my respects to you, so it is reasonable for you to return the courtesy. I wonder how you would like to return the courtesy..."

It is said that Fan Wenxuan is a famous scholar. Although he usually behaves in an eccentric and shocking way, Chu Jinzhou knows that the collection of books in Fan Wenxuan's home is also shocking.

This return gift might not be taken lightly. It might be an ancient book from somewhere, the kind that one can benefit greatly from reading.

In this way, all the trouble was not in vain.

"Huh?" Fan Wenxuan looked surprised: "Didn't you eat just now?"

Ning Feng: “…”

So, Chu Jinzhou's helping to light the fire was a gift to his teacher, and the sweet potatoes that Fan Wenxuan ate were Fan Wenxuan's return gift? Ning Feng felt a little pain in his heart again.

Chu Jinzhou chuckled, "Sir, you are right."

He made the fire and got these roasted sweet potatoes as a reward. There was really nothing wrong with that.

Mr. Fan is really interesting. ——The weather has been good these days.

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Perhaps because it is almost summer, the weather is getting hotter and even the rain comes and goes as quickly as summer rain.

It came for a while in the evening, and then the clouds cleared and the rain stopped in the first half of the night.

In this way, Zhuang Qingning would not be delayed from going to the town to sell tofu and salted duck eggs in the morning.

Needless to say, the tofu business is as good as ever, and the salted duck eggs have also become more famous recently, and they are almost even harder to find than tofu.

After all, if you want to buy tofu, you can grind it out in a whole night. But for the salted duck eggs, even if you are in a hurry, you have to wait patiently for them to be pickled.

What's more, the amount of Zhuang Qingning's pickled duck eggs is not large, which makes people more and more concerned. They have to wait for Zhuang Qingning to come out to set up the stall on the street early.

Zhang Yongchang has been visiting Zhuang Qingning more and more frequently in the past two days.

Firstly, it was because of the tofu and salted duck eggs, and secondly, it was because of the shop.

Zhang Yongchang found two relatively suitable shops and took Zhuang Qingning to take a look to see which one was more suitable.

There are two shops, one large and one small.

The big one is spacious and clean. It is on the east side, the house is new, and it is next to the food store. It is also not far from Fushun Building and Ruyi Pavilion, so delivery is convenient.

A small one, in a similar location, not too busy nor too remote, with a facade only two-thirds the size of the big one, and the house is a bit old, but it's clean and can be pretty good if you tidy it up.

Zhang Yongchang asked: "What do you think of this? I think it is very suitable."

The "this" mentioned here refers to the smaller shop.

In Zhang Yongchang's opinion, Zhuang Qingning would not choose that big shop. After all, the rent is more than twice as expensive. Zhuang Qingning, who does not want to pay rent and even wants to set up a stall outdoors, probably would not be willing to rent this big shop.

The rent of this small shop is cheap, and he knows the landlord. If he talks about the above, he probably can get even cheaper. It is suitable for a small business like Zhuang Qingning's, which sells tofu and salted duck eggs.

"At once……"

Zhuang Qingning did not answer the question, but pointed at the shop in front of him and said, "I like this one very much."

"This?" Zhang Yongchang was shocked.

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