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Sun Sihao and Qian Shikun knew Nanshi very well and quickly found several houses for Qi Zhengmin.
Since Accountant Liang started working here, He Tiantian has had much less to do and has more free time, so she accompanied Qi Zhengmin to look at houses.
After viewing several properties and negotiating the price, I bought another house near Xuanwu Lake.
Qi Zhengmin saw that the houses were very old and decided to design and build his own house that would blend in with the surrounding scenery.
Qi Zhengmin felt somewhat apologetic that he would have to stay in He Tiantian's room for a while longer.
"It's alright, you can stay as long as you want." He Tiantian nodded. "Please don't be so polite with me in the future, or I'll get angry."
"Haha, don't be shy," Qi Zhengmin said. "I was just thinking about eating some of your shop's pastries. If we go over now, we can still buy some piping hot ones."
“Yes,” He Tiantian said. “I was just about to go to the shop to get some snacks to take home. Kids love to eat these.”
The two arrived together at Sanfeng Bridge in the south of the city.
Zhang Mengmeng was working the night shift and enthusiastically packed up the food for the customer with a very good attitude.
"Teacher He, what would you like?" Zhang Mengmeng was very happy to see He Tiantian and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
"Give me a pound of bear-shaped cookies and a box of caramel pudding," He Tiantian said. "And a box of rose cake and a box of chestnut cake, too."
Zhang Mengmeng quickly packed the food, and He Tiantian went over to pay.
Qi Zhengmin bought a big bag of food. After arriving in Nanshi, he could enjoy delicious Western-style pastries and Chinese-style cakes.
As the two came out, Qi Zhengmin asked idly, "Sister Tian, that employee called you 'teacher,' is she your student?"
"Yes, she's my student, her name is Zhang Mengmeng. Because her family is not well-off, she wanted to find some temporary work, so I introduced her to work in the shop. She's a very hardworking girl," He Tiantian explained, adding that being able to help her student made her feel like a good teacher.
"Sister Tian, you are a role model for students, and you care so much about them. I admire you so much," Qi Zhengmin said. "By the way, Sister Tian, have you noticed that she has eyes that look a lot like yours, and her face shape is also somewhat similar? If I didn't know you only have one brother, I would have thought you had a sister!"
"Does she look alike?" When He Tiantian first met Zhang Mengmeng, she also felt that she looked somewhat familiar. It was only after looking in the mirror that she realized it.
"They look about four or five points alike." Qi Zhengmin nodded. "But in my heart, Sister Tian is the most beautiful. Her eyes aren't as bright as yours, her skin isn't as fair, and her figure isn't as good as yours."
He Tiantian was speechless, then said reproachfully, "You little brat, all you do is tease me. Just wait and see how I deal with you."
After He Tiantian finished speaking, she was about to go to Qi Zhengmin.
At this moment, Qi Zhenghan's car stopped on the side of the road.
"Ladies, may I be of service to you?" Qi Zhenghan got out of the car, opened the door, and very gentlemanly invited He Tiantian and Qi Zhengmin to get in.
Qi Zhengmin's feet were aching from walking, so when he saw the car, he climbed right in and said, "Sister Tian, I'm wearing leather shoes today, and I can't walk anymore."
With Qi Zhengmin around, He Tiantian didn't need to avoid Qi Zhenghan. She got into the car and laughed, "You were running around happily just now, but you can't walk anymore."
"With cars, who would walk?" Qi Zhengmin rolled his eyes, looking rather cute.
Just as Qi Zhenghan was about to close the car door, a woman's voice came from behind.
"Teacher He, wait a minute. Chef Tang made a new pastry today and asked me to bring you a box to try. If it's popular, she plans to launch this pastry." Zhang Mengmeng carried two boxes, one for He Tiantian and one for He Tiantian's relative.
He Tiantian took it and smiled, saying, "Thank you, Zhang Mengmeng. I'll take it back and eat it first, and come back tomorrow to give you feedback. Oh, and please give my thanks to Master Tang for me."
"You're welcome, Teacher He." Zhang Mengmeng smiled and turned back to the shop.
Qi Zhenghan glanced at Zhang Mengmeng's retreating figure, lost in thought.
In the car, Qi Zhengmin took out a pastry, took a bite, squinted his eyes happily, swallowed it, and then said, "This is delicious, the pork floss inside is very fragrant. What's this kind of pastry called?"
"It's a bit like a wife cake," He Tiantian replied. "Look, there are several shapes here, so they should have different flavors. The one you're eating has pork floss, which is a savory snack. Mine has osmanthus fragrance, so it should be a sweet snack."
After finishing a meat floss pastry, Qi Zhengmin took an oval-shaped pastry and bit into it, only to find it was filled with cream and red bean paste.
"Delicious, this is delicious too." Qi Zhengmin praised repeatedly, "This flavor of pastry is also very delicious. Sister Tian, please agree quickly, it tastes so good, it will definitely sell very well."
He Tiantian also thought that Master Tang's skills were very good, and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll have them calculate the costs and set a suitable price tomorrow."
"I'll definitely come here to buy it often then," Qi Zhengmin said. "Oh dear, how can I not share delicious food with my brother?"
Qi Zhengmin found a pork floss flavored one and handed it to him, saying, "Brother, you should try it."
Seeing He Tiantian eating happily, Qi Zhengmin also found a rare appetite and turned his head to bite into the pastry.
It tastes really good!
As he ate the pastry, Qi Zhenghan thought of the girl who had delivered it earlier.
For some reason, Qi Zhenghan was able to remember that girl at first glance.
Qi Zhenghan couldn't believe that he could fall in love at first sight with another girl while still liking He Tiantian...
"Sister Tian, why is this pastry called 'Wife Cake'?" Qi Zhengmin asked, puzzled. "Does 'wife' mean old woman? Was this pastry invented by an old woman?"
“Your explanation is wrong!” He Tiantian laughed. “The so-called wife cake was not invented by an old woman. It is said that there was a couple whose father was sick. The wife voluntarily sold herself to work for a landlord to earn money to pay for her father-in-law’s medical treatment. The husband felt guilty and worked hard to develop a delicious cake with fillings. He earned money and redeemed his wife. That’s how the saying ‘wife cake’ came about.”
"My goodness, there's such a legend?" Qi Zhengmin exclaimed in surprise. "But it's a nice name, I like it."
A sign of his appreciation was that Qi Zhengmin ate half a box of pastries by himself before even arriving home.
But to Qi Zhenghan, this story sounded somewhat ridiculous. What kind of good man couldn't even protect his own wife?
A loving couple?
What a stupid joke!
However, Qi Zhenghan only thought these things in his mind and would not say them out loud to others.
Qi Zhenghan first took He Tiantian to the entrance of Dayushu Alley, and then took his younger sister back to the courtyard by the lake.
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