Chapter 426: Nanping Mountain Past

A busy day has passed.

In the evening, Nanzhi, Nanyi and their group returned to the dormitory.

When getting off the car near the residential area, Nan Yi couldn't help but turn his head and look around.

Nanzhi: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, your father is on a business trip and won't be back for two days."

Nan Yi's body froze: "I, I didn't look for him!"

Nanzhi was too lazy to expose him and nodded repeatedly.

Nan Yi became anxious and had to find Nan Zhi to explain.

Nanzhi listened patiently and agreed from time to time.

Nan Yi, who felt like her mother didn’t listen at all, said:...Forget it.

Working in a restaurant is more tiring than I imagined. At the end of the day, all my energy is exhausted.

So, Nanzhi Nanyiyi and her son changed their clothes and washed up, and soon lay down on the bed to rest.

But at this moment, for some reason, Nanzhi couldn't sleep.

She turned over and over twice, but still didn't feel sleepy.

He looked in the direction of Nan Yi who had his eyes closed beside him, then tiptoed over and got up.

She came to the table against the wall, sat down and turned on the desk lamp.

He also took out a black leather notebook from his bag.

Nanzhi's palm gently stroked the scratches left by the years on the surface of the notebook, and she felt emotional.

"Mom, is that Great Grandpa's notebook?"

Nan Yi's voice suddenly rang out in the silent room.

Nanzhi was immediately startled and her heart skipped a beat.

"One by one, you..."

Nanzhi took a deep breath, looking helpless.

"...You didn't sleep."

Nan Yi climbed up and sat up straight, his eyes wide open and full of energy.

"Well, if mom can't sleep, I can't sleep either."

“Don’t confuse them.”

Nanzhi hummed softly.

Nan Yi raised his hand and scratched his face, admitting:

"Well, I just wanted to know what Mom was struggling with today."

"So you've been holding back until now?"

Nanzhi was surprised.

“Yeah, we’re filming.”

Nan Yi explained as a matter of course.

Nanzhi couldn't help but marvel at Nanyi's ability to control himself.

Children are always curious, like a walking hundred thousand whys.

Nan Yi noticed that she was in a strange mood, but he had waited until now to ask why! Looking at Nan Yi's sincere and concerned eyes, Nan Zhi really didn't want to deceive or hide anything from Nan Yi.

Sighing, she said, "Well, I'm worried about your great-grandfather's affairs."

Nan Yi thought for a moment, "I heard it."

"What?"

"The conversation between you and your uncle, and the conversation between you and Grandpa Song."

“…”

Looking at Nan Yi's innocent eyes, Nanzhi couldn't even lose her temper.

I could only lean over and pinch Nan Yi’s nose in a funny way:

"You, you are really good at hiding. I don't know where you get the patience from such a little person!"

Nan Yi grinned.

He jumped over and lay on Nanzhi's lap.

"So, Mom, what kind of person is Great Grandpa?"

Nanzhi was stunned by the question.

What kind of person is her grandfather?

"He is... a very hard-working, diligent person."

…

Nan Pingshan was born in a poor family.

In that era when even having enough to eat was a problem, such a poor family had no dreams or future and could only do the same thing from generation to generation.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

But Nanping Mountain is an outlier.

He had suffered from hunger, and what he cared about most in his life was the taste of food.

Therefore, his biggest wish in this life is to be a chef!

That’s right! It was the chef! When Nan Pingshan was a child, the richest family in the village invited a chef from nearby to cook for their wedding. He was wealthy and looked like he had no shortage of food.

From then on, that sturdy figure turned into a small seed, buried in the heart of young Nanpingshan.

Children in the mountains don’t know how to study. When they get older, they either follow their elders to farm or go out to work.

Nan Pingshan chose the second path - he came to the town and worked as an apprentice in a noodle restaurant.

His parents were very dissatisfied with his choice, because apprentices do not receive wages, but have to support their masters as if they were their own fathers, serving tea and water, massaging their waists and legs... What is the difference between this and sending their son away? However, Nan Pingshan is a particularly stubborn person. Once he has determined a path, he will definitely go in that direction, and keep going. No one can change his mind.

So, even though his parents threatened to cut off all ties with him, he did not change his mind and continued to stay in that noodle shop as an apprentice.

He learned quickly and soon knew all the skills of the noodle shop owner.

The boss was a nice guy and thought there was nothing more to teach him, so he sent him to a hot food restaurant he was familiar with to work, or rather, to learn.

In the following few times, Nanpingshan was not always passive, but would also take the initiative to leave one place and go to another to continue his studies.

In his opinion, someone who can only cook a few dishes is not a chef.

Only someone who can cook many, many dishes can be called a chef!

So, from his teens to his almost twenties, his life was like this, learning from all over the place.

At this time, his parents in his hometown couldn't stand it anymore, and promised Nan Pingshan to do whatever he wanted, including being a chef. Their only request was that Nan Pingshan go on a blind date and get married, and they were willing to commit suicide to force him to do so.

Nan Pingshan had no other choice but to comply with his parents' request and go meet a strange woman.

He didn't feel anything.

But the other party was very satisfied with him. They felt that he was an honest man who didn't talk much and had the skills of a chef. He should be able to open a shop and become a boss soon.

Nanpingshan was resistant in his heart.

He felt that his level was far from enough to open a store and wanted to continue studying for a while.

However, under the dual pressure from his parents and fiancée, he finally chose to compromise, took all the money he had, and opened a small restaurant in the town.

Those years seemed good - the restaurant started to make money, his wife got pregnant soon after marriage, and soon gave birth to their son...

The only regret is that Nan Pingshan’s parents died one after another during those years due to overwork.

Nan Pingshan became more and more silent. He was only in his 20s, and it seemed that he had no other expectations or hopes except running the small restaurant.

Until then, a chef happened to pass by the town.

He said his name was Wang Yongnian and he was a chef. After eating Nanpingshan’s food, he thought he had great talent, but unfortunately he was a self-taught chef and had not received any formal training. So he asked him if he would like to go to Yenching with him and start as an apprentice.

Nan Pingshan soon realized that Mr. Wang Yongnian was more than just a chef.

He was a chef for state banquets at the Great Hall. His ancestors were imperial chefs. He owned his own restaurant in Yanjing and was a well-known figure in the chef world! It was incredible to anyone that Wang Yongnian liked him! The peaceful life in Nanping Mountain seemed to have been hit by a huge rock.

Then, Nanpingshan made a decision in just one night.

He is going to Yanjing!