Chapter 104 Chapter 104 What do you mean?
No matter how confused the students in Class C6 were, they just passed the two classes.
Xu Yunfan didn't think he was wasting students' time. Without a clear understanding, how could he know where to start?
Only by understanding what they think are the difficulties and then addressing them one by one, can problems and difficulties be easily solved.
Before he teaches, he must know where they have learned and what they have learned.
The Great Yan Dynasty was not one of the dynasties in history that Xu Yunfan had studied or was familiar with. The imperial examinations here had undergone many reforms. In the early days, they mainly tested eight-legged essays, classics, regulated verses, policy essays, and poetic classics. Later, other content such as arithmetic was added.
Generally speaking, there are eight major subjects in the imperial examinations nowadays, namely: scholar, classics, law, calligraphy, calculation and boxue. Each subject has different examination contents, but without exception, every subject is the focus.
This is different from the imperial examinations in history.
But no matter how different it is, the questions in arithmetic are just the same. Even advanced mathematics are a piece of cake for him.
He has secured his position as a teacher.
Xu Yunfan felt a little relieved and staggered all the way to the cafeteria.
Along the way, Xu Yunfan attracted countless people's attention because of his clothes that were different from those of other students.
In response to this, Xu Yunfan said that he was used to being noticed and there was nothing to be nervous about.
As soon as the cafeteria was over, Qi Xiu Ze and the other three spontaneously ran to the cafeteria to help. There was no other way, they came to help. Not only did they not have to queue, but they could also eat and take food at the same time, which was really great.
Seeing Xu Yunfan coming, Qi Xiu Ze and the other three quickly surrounded him. Seeing Xu Yunfan, who was a bit too handsome today, the four hesitated and made a great effort to approach him. "Brother, how was your class today? Did you get into trouble? If anyone bullied you, tell us and we'll support you."
Originally, it was Xu Yunfan's first day in class today, and Qi Xiu Ze and the other three wanted to go over and support him, to let the students in Class C6 know that Xu Yunfan is not someone who can be bullied. Even though he is from overseas, he has people behind him and is not someone to be trifled with. Before bullying Xu Yunfan, they would have to consider whether they can bear the consequences of angering them.
As a result, when they learned that Jiang Lanfang would bring Xu Yunfan with her, the four of them stopped paying attention in class and dared not get close to Jiang Lanfang.
There will be plenty of opportunities to support the brothers in the future, so there is no need to rush. But if Jiang Lanfang catches them skipping classes, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Seeing Xu Yunfan coming over, there were so many students in the cafeteria, and the four of them had to take this opportunity to show off Xu Yunfan's authority.
Xu Yunfan glanced at them one by one and said arrogantly: "You are looking down on me. Do you think I can be bullied?" It was good enough that he didn't scold these students to death, but they wanted to make things difficult for him?
Are these people trying to go to heaven?
"Oh, I didn't expect that after just one day of not seeing you, you have become more handsome and your tone has become much more arrogant!" Lin Xiaoran was very amused. He liked to see Xu Yunfan's cool look. He was worthy of being his brother.
Qi Xiu Ze looked Xu Yunfan up and down, then circled around him and touched the material of his clothes. "Hey, is that what you wore over there? I think if I wore it like this, I might look better than you."
Hearing this, Shen Ruxi choked. Could it be that Qi Xiu Ze didn't understand him clearly enough?
Xu Yunfan: "Don't come on, I'm so handsome every day, okay? When outsiders saw me before, do you know what they would call me?"
"What did I call you?" Shen Ruxi asked subconsciously.
Xu Yunfan said with a smile: "They all call me handsome boy or handsome boy. Do you know what handsome boy means? Handsome boy is only used to refer to people who are very handsome. Originally, I should be the handsome boy, but I have an older brother, and I don't care about the empty title of the most handsome man, so the title of handsome boy didn't fall on me."
Xu Yunfan was just trying to scare the ancients like Qi Xiu Ze. After he finished speaking, he grabbed a popsicle and took a bite.
Qi Xiu Ze and the other three didn't know what to say to Xu Yunfan. This guy was probably as shameless as the walls of the academy.
Xie Baizhou slapped Xu Yunfan and said, "Yes, yes, here, you are the handsome guy, so handsome guy, get out of the way quickly and don't delay our business."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, brothers!" Xu Yunfan said with a smile, "Let's have dinner together later. I'll go to the kitchen to see what dishes are available today and see if I can add something for you."
Lin Xiaoran was happy, "Then go quickly. If you add a dish for our brothers, you will be more handsome tomorrow."
"Okay," Xu Yunfan looked at his watch, "We'll have dinner in two quarters of an hour."
Qi Xiu Ze's eyes fell on Xu Yunfan's wrist, curious about what Xu Yunfan had that thing, but he was busy at the moment, so he could only suppress his curiosity.
The students of Class C6 saw Xu Yunfan in the cafeteria and wanted to come over to say hello, but then they thought Qi Xiu Ze and the others were there, so they gave up.
As the other students lined up, one of them turned around and looked at Xu Yunfan, "Is that the young shopkeeper? What did he eat to grow up? Why does he seem to be getting more handsome every day?"
"Hey, don't you know? He's no longer just a shopkeeper, but a teacher at our academy. Today is his first day on the job, so I think he dressed up specially."
"Of course he was. He wasn't dressed so formally the other day."
When the students in Class C6 heard this, they felt very happy. Xu Yunfan dressed so formally, which showed that he valued them!
His attitude is acceptable.
Don't look at Xu Yunfan's young age, but he knows how to behave. No wonder he is so handsome.
Xu Yunfan came to the kitchen and found Qin Run studying the recipe he had written for him, and he was very focused on it.
"What are you looking at? You don't even care that I'm here, do you?" Xu Yunfan asked knowingly. He bent down and put his arms around Qin Run's waist. He rested his chin on his shoulder affectionately and tilted his head to rub Qin Run. "Don't you love me anymore?"
Xu Yunfan pretending to be aggrieved and pitiful made Qin Run's heart soften. He quickly put away the recipe and turned around to kiss Xu Yunfan.
His cheeks were flushed, his lips were red and slightly parted, and there was a rare panic between his brows. "You're talking nonsense again. Don't you know best whether I love you or not? Are you hungry? I'll make you some food, okay?"
Qin Run was about to stand up when he spoke, but Xu Yunfan straightened up and said, "I'm a little hungry. What delicious food did you make today?"
"There's spicy chicken, sweet and sour spare ribs, crispy braised pork belly, and a stir-fried vegetable dish. I've saved them all for you." Qin Run listed the dishes one by one, then asked, "Do you want to eat now or join Xiu Ze and the others later?"
Qi Xiu Ze and his three companions came to help. Since Xu Yunfan was not there, Qin Run went to entertain them. After becoming familiar with them, Qi Xiu Ze and his companions could not stand him calling them "Young Master Qi" all the time, so they just asked him to call them by their names.
So what are you doing so politely?
Xu Yunfan shook his head, his tone was very light, but with a strong attitude that could not be refused, "I will wait for them to eat together. You are tired, so don't worry about me. I will find food by myself when I am hungry. Run'er, when you go home tonight, go talk to Uncle Fang. You are working too hard."
Qin Run was never idle in the cafeteria every day. He and Aunt Qin and others were so busy that they couldn't even straighten their backs. Even so, the dishes they cooked were still not enough to sell.
How could six people alone prepare meals for hundreds of people?
There are six pots in the kitchen, and Qin Run is in charge of cooking, which is even more tiring. Every time the seasonings are put in, Qin San and others have to stir-fry them immediately. After the dishes are cooked, they have to be kept warm. This is possible when the weather is hot, but it is no longer feasible when the weather is cool.
In the kitchen, we need to hire at least two or three more people.
"I understand. I'll talk to Uncle Fang when I get home tonight. Don't worry, I can still do it." Qin Run knew the limits of his abilities, so he placed a sign at the entrance of the cafeteria, which basically said that the chef was not in place yet and could not provide meals for all the students in the academy. Therefore, if there was not enough food, the students who didn't get to eat would have to bear with it.
On Aunt Qin and her colleagues' first day on the job, Xu Yunfan specifically reminded them that when running a food business, cleanliness and tidiness must be strictly controlled, regardless of whether students outside can see inside or not. Aunt Qin and her colleagues should remember to clean the kitchen thoroughly every day.
Xu Yunfan glanced around the kitchen and found that there was no meat left. He immediately asked, "Huh? No more raw food? Are you all done?"
Qin Run: "Well, what are you going to do?"
Xu Yunfan seemed to be very regretful, but the relief revealed in his tone was too obvious. "It's nothing, I thought there was still some meat, and wanted to show off my skills. What a pity, it seems that Qi Xiu Ze and the others have no oral intake."
Hearing this, Qin Run's face changed and he couldn't help but wonder, aren't Qi Xiu Ze and the others Xu Yunfan's brothers?
Why does Xu Yunfan still treat them like this?
Could it be that they had offended Xu Yunfan, causing him to do this?
Qin Run couldn't bear it because of the help Xie Baizhou and the other three gave every day.
"Uh... since you don't have any, then don't make it. I already have enough dishes." Qin Run changed the subject and said, "Yun Fan, I don't think I can make some of the dishes in the recipe you wrote for me."
For dishes like braised chicken wings and garlic chicken wings, the main ingredient needed is chicken wings, but the chickens they buy are either whole chickens or chicken wings, and it is basically impossible to buy a large number of chicken wings separately.
Qinghe Town is not small, comparable to a large county. There is a slaughterhouse in the town, which must have the ingredients Qin Run needs. However, not to mention that the slaughterhouse is far from Qinghe Academy, it also opens late. If Qin Run really waits for them to open, he will not have time to cook.
Qin Run had inquired and learned that the ingredients in the slaughterhouse were very fresh. The reason they opened late was because they had no worries about selling their goods, and they didn't need to shout out and wait for customers to come.
After the slaughterhouse kills a certain amount of chickens, ducks and other livestock every day, it will deliver the meat ordered by customers to the mansions of wealthy people. Some restaurants even order meat from them.
"This slaughterhouse is quite large, so it's located outside the town. I've never been there, but I heard it's run by a royal merchant, so it's hard to get in touch with him." Qin Run knew that as long as he had any connection with a royal merchant, business would be easy.
Firstly, although some of the products of the Imperial Merchants are sold at a higher price, some people even joke that those things are exclusive to the rich and powerful. But it must be said that other things, such as rice, grain, salt, sugar, cloth and other things that ordinary people cannot live without, are sold at the same price as other stores. At the same time, their products are also better. Even if some people can't tell that the old rice is old, they will never sell it as good quality.
In some areas, the imperial merchants' shops were only opened in large places above the county level. Some shops in the town actually purchased their goods from the imperial merchants.
In previous years, whenever there were disasters in certain places, the imperial merchants would donate money for disaster relief many times. Therefore, the imperial merchants had a high prestige in the eyes of the people, and many people wanted to cooperate with them. The purchase volume of a mere canteen might not be appreciated by others.
After all, the opening hours are planned and not easy to change. How can they be changed just because of you?
Where did Qin Run get such great face?
Not to mention Qin Run, even Xu Yunfan doesn’t have it.
While having dinner with Qi Xiu Ze and the others, Xu Yunfan was still thinking about how to resolve the matter, whether there was any way to get in touch with the person in charge of the slaughterhouse.
Seeing Xu Yunfan eating these delicious dishes nonchalantly, as if he was worried, Xie Baizhou swallowed the meat in his mouth with a gulp, "Yunfan, what are you thinking about? You look so worried while eating. Is it because the food doesn't suit your taste or you just don't have an appetite?"
Xu Yunfan's behavior made it so that they couldn't enjoy the meat anymore.
The other three looked up.
Xu Yunfan put down his chopsticks and took a sip of mung bean porridge. "I'm thinking about how to get in touch with the people at the slaughterhouse in town and cooperate with them." Xu Yunfan thought that Qi Xiu Ze and the others had extraordinary backgrounds, and maybe they would know someone in this area who could give him some advice or something.
Shen Ruxi: "Ah? You want to cooperate with them, no, why do you need to cooperate with them?"
Shen Ruxi obviously hadn't figured it out, but Qi Xiuze was different. "Yunfan, you want to buy meat from the slaughterhouse? There's not enough meat outside for you to buy?"
"No, I want to launch some dishes that require special meats, like braised pork chops, braised chicken wings, spicy duck necks, spicy duck wings, etc. They all require meat from certain parts of the body. I can't possibly kill a hundred or so birds just to make a braised chicken wing. That would be a waste, and I don't have that much money to spend!"
Hey, it was just a small matter, but they thought it was a big deal that made Xu Yunfan so worried.
Qi Xiu Ze's tone was as arrogant as Xu Yunfan's. "Oh, so that's what happened? Why didn't you tell me earlier? It's a simple matter, just a word from me. Is such a small matter worth your indignation?"
Xu Yunfan glanced at Qi Xiu Ze and asked, "Do you know anyone at the slaughterhouse?"
Qi Xiu Ze said confidently: "I don't know him."
Xu Yunfan choked, "You don't know me? If you don't know me, why are you so arrogant?"
This kid must be itching for trouble.
Qi Xiu Ze rolled his eyes at Xu Yunfan and said, "I don't know the people at the slaughterhouse, but I know their superiors. Hey, you, how can you treat someone's brother like this? You don't even ask about the power behind me."
After all, he is the famous young master of the Qi family.
Xu Yunfan said unconcernedly, "Why would I ask those questions? Someone who doesn't know me might think I'm plotting against you. So, tell me quickly. Who do you know? Can you give me a connection? I'll definitely reward you handsomely if you can help me."
"What's the reward?" Qi Xiu Ze was very interested in Xu Yunfan's generous reward. In fact, the students lined up to buy food, and not only could they eat and drink for free, but they could also get something for free. It was really wonderful.
Xu Yunfan teased him, "As for the reward, that depends on who you know."
If the person Qi Xiu Ze knew had a higher status and more say, he would naturally give Qi Xiu Ze a lot of benefits.
"Don't you know that the Imperial Merchant is the Qi family's business?" Qi Xiu Ze reminded.
Xu Yunfan was born into a merchant family after all, so he understood immediately, "Are all the businesses of the Imperial Merchants family yours? If not, are you from the direct line or a branch?"
In ancient times, people liked to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate sons. Legitimate sons were people of the direct lineage. These people occupied an important position in the family, which was beyond the reach of illegitimate sons and side branches.
When the direct descendants speak, the illegitimate descendants and those from side branches can only execute and obey.
Qi Xiu Ze raised his chin proudly, "What side branch? The Imperial Merchants were built by my family. Now the entire Imperial Merchants are managed by my father and my elder and second brothers. No one else can touch them. Even so, I am still the third young master of the Qi family. I still have a say. Your matter is very simple. It only takes a word. I will do it for you."
Oh, he’s just the young master of the Qi family.
Who isn't a little master?
Xu Yunfan's attitude towards Qi Xiu Ze would not be different at all because of this identity. Flattery and fawning were always shown to him by others.
"Gosh, you're so awesome, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Xu Yunfan rubbed his hands together, as if he was about to do something big. "Help me solve this problem. I have another question for you."
"What's the matter? What's our relationship? Just ask directly. What else do you need to discuss?" Qi Xiu Ze ate so much food from Xu Yunfan. He had candies and popsicles every day. He could take whatever he wanted, just like he was at home. If he didn't treat Xu Yunfan as a brother, how could he be so thick-skinned?
Xu Yunfan remembered what Qin Run had said about selling candles, and the desire to make money was stirring. "Is your Qi family's candle business a monopoly?"
Worried that Qi Xiu Ze wouldn't understand what he was saying, Xu Yunfan continued, "You guys make candles, so other merchants can't make them? Are you the only one in the Imperial Merchant Qi family who can make and sell them?"
The pine oil candles he made could be said to be a no-cost business. There was plenty of pine oil on the mountain, and it was impossible to scrape it all off. If possible, he could cooperate with Qi Xiu Ze.
"What do you mean?"
Unexpectedly, when Xu Yunfan asked this, Qi Xiu Ze, who was eating happily, suddenly changed his careless look, even put down his chopsticks, and looked serious.
Not to mention Qi Xiu Ze, even Xie Baizhou and the other two looked at Xu Yunfan. The expressions on their faces were very funny. They were so shocked that their mouths were slightly open. In addition, they had just eaten braised pork, so their lips were greasy. The temperament of a young master from a wealthy family was gone.
Xu Yunfan couldn't even eat because of the four people staring at him, but he remained calm and composed, without a trace of panic. "What do you mean? Why all this sudden fuss? Don't worry, I know the first come first served rule. If it doesn't work out, I won't share your Royal Merchants' cake."
That being said, the reality is, even if he dares to share, I'm afraid he won't be able to eat it.
Qi Xiu Ze shook his head, pulled the chair under him and moved closer to Xu Yunfan. His expression was unusually serious, and his voice was low enough for only the few of them to hear: "Yunfan, what exactly did you mean by that? Do you know how to make candles?"
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