Chapter 124 Chapter 124 It’s over, it’s really over!
There is a photo frame on the table against the wall on the left. Of course, the photo is what Xu Yunfan usually keeps in his suitcase, and the photo frame was made by him in his spare time.
This suitcase was the one Xu Yunfan used the most when he was in college. During that period of vacation, he was taken to training by his grandfather, and he took this suitcase with him. Although he had been away from home for a short time, he was leaving home after all, so there had to be a sense of ritual. When packing his luggage, he put all the photos of him, his brothers and sisters into the suitcase.
Later, when Xu Yunfan came back from the army, he was so exhausted that he packed up his suitcase without even packing it.
The servants at home usually didn't dare to open his room. When traveling abroad, he was a 20-year-old young man, so he packed his luggage very simply. Xu Yunfan didn't even notice the photos placed in the interlayer of the suitcase. He put his clothes, watches and other items in and closed the suitcase, and he was done.
When Xu Yunfan came here, he found that except for the three Qin Run brothers, none of his relatives were around him. In order to ease his longing, Xu Yunfan specially put out the photos.
Unfortunately, the photos he used to put in his suitcase were all photos with his brothers and sisters. After he grew up, Xu's parents felt that their youngest son was capable of taking care of himself, so they implemented a laissez-faire policy and returned to the domineering mode of being busy all day long.
Xu Yunfan is not a clingy person, so apart from the photo of him and his parents during the Chinese New Year, which he placed on the bedside table in his room, he rarely had the chance to take photos with them at other times.
Out of selfish motives, and having previously boasted about himself as the best in the world, when Xu Yunfan wanted to take out the photos, he subconsciously took away the ones with his elder brother, cousin and several cousins, and carefully hid them at the bottom of the box. He only took out the photos with several cousins, and put one at home and another on the desk in the owner's room of the cafeteria.
Because of this photo, Xu Yunfan later understood what it meant to let a wolf into the house, what it meant to regret one's decision, and what it meant for a brother to become a brother-in-law.
When Xie Baizhou caught sight of the photo frame on the table from the corner of his eye, he seemed to be frozen in place, unable to sit still. Instead, he walked to the table, his eyes wide open, he swallowed hard, and his gaze seemed to be glowing.
It’s over!
It's really over!
He fell in love at first sight.
"Baizhou, what are you doing?" Seeing that Xie Baizhou was not sitting down for a long time, Qi Xiu Ze looked over. When he found that Xie Baizhou was looking at something with a hungry look like a sow seeing pig food, he couldn't help but feel curious.
Since we are all brothers, it shouldn’t be a big deal to look at our brothers’ things.
Qi Xiu Ze stood up and walked over a few steps, following Xie Baizhou's gaze, and his breathing suddenly stopped.
It’s over!
It's really over!
He fell in love.
"What's going on?" Shen Ruxi didn't know what was wrong with her two brothers. They stood there motionless, looking at the table, as if they were possessed.
Shen Ruxi and Lin Xiaoran stood up and walked over, following their line of sight, and the two of them suddenly became quiet.
It’s over!
They're finished!
Isn’t this their daughter-in-law?
It turns out that over the years, other people of the same age have become more mature, some have married wives, some have married husbands, but they are the only ones who remain calm. It is not that they are not mature enough in love, nor that they do not have the hope of getting married, but that fate has not come. They have not yet met the right person, the destined person, who can make their hearts beat fast at first sight.
Now that they have met, their hearts are moved and they also want to get married.
There was a "painting" on the table. The picture on the paper was of the bad boy Xu Yunfan surrounded by several beauties, with a bright smile on his face, so bright that it made people jealous and outrageous.
"What are you looking at?" When Xu Yunfan came in with a few glasses of lemonade, he saw Qi Xiu Ze and the other three standing there stupidly as if they were possessed.
Xu Yunfan walked over and found that what they were looking at was a photo of him, several cousins and one cousin. Then he saw that Qi Xiu Ze and the other three had infatuated looks with loving eyes, so he immediately took the photo frame away and refused to let them look at it.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Get out of the way and let us take a look."
Their daughter-in-law is so beautiful, they haven’t seen enough of her.
"What are you looking at? You're not allowed to look anymore." Xu Yunfan said rudely, "If you keep looking at them, they're still people you can't have."
What Xu Yunfan said was correct, and at the same time, he was also doing it for the good of Qi Xiu Ze and the others.
How can people who are not from the same world be together?
"That's not what I meant. How do you know this is definitely a lie?" Qi Xiu Ze flipped the photo frame over and pointed at the first beauty on Xu Yunfan's left hand side. "Who is this?"
"Yes, I want to ask too. Where is she?"
"And her."
"What about this? What is their relationship to you?"
Wow, the four of them didn’t like the same person, cleverly avoiding jealousy among brothers.
"They are all my cousins."
"What? They're all your cousins, no? You guys are smiling so happily, do they like you very much?"
The beauties in the photo looked at Xu Yunfan with tender eyes full of doting, which made Qi Xiu Ze and the other three extremely envious.
Xu Yunfan didn't even think twice: "Of course I like them. I'm their cousin who is both handsome and intelligent. It would be abnormal for them not to like me, a cousin like this."
"Ah? If they like you, doesn't that mean they all like you?" Lin Xiaoran said this sourly.
Xu Yunfan slapped Lin Xiaoran, "What are you talking about? We don't allow close relatives to get married in our place. It's illegal. Besides, they like me because I'm their younger brother. Don't think it's just superficial, but I'm the youngest in our family. I've been cute since I was a child. They love me, so naturally they like me too."
"I see, brother, are your cousins married, or have fiancés, or are they in love with someone?"
"No." Xu Yunfan said honestly, "I haven't heard that they have anyone they like. My cousins are not very old, only about 22, 23 or 24 years old, and they are still studying, but don't even think about it.
Hearing this, the four of them finally felt relieved.
Shen Ruxi hooked his arm around Xu Yunfan's shoulder and said, "Brother, that's not what I meant. Maybe one day when we go out to sea and visit you, we can just go to your house. You know what kind of people we are. If we fall in love with each other one day, don't jump out and break us up."
Xu Yunfan snorted, "If you really have the fate to come to my side, and my cousin takes a fancy to you, don't even talk about breaking up. I will immediately change my name to call you brother-in-law."
After saying that, Xu Yunfan secretly added, I’m afraid you guys will think too much.
It was not until he saw several of them paired up with his cousins that Xu Yunfan realized what it meant to have a prophecy come true and what it meant not to be too sure of what one says. Now, it was too late to regret and change his words.
After meeting Xu Yunfan's cousins, Qi Xiu Ze and the other three treated Xu Yunfan even better. When they looked at him, their eyes were so soft that they seemed to be dripping with water.
Xu Yunfan got goosebumps all over his body, and he wanted to slap him. There was no sign of him, but he was already pretending to be his brother-in-law. "Can you guys be a little more normal?"
"No." Xie Baizhou smiled and glanced at the photo reluctantly before sitting down next to Xu Yunfan. "Brother, your cousin is still studying. It seems that your place is very different from ours."
Just by looking at the scenery and buildings in the photos, Xie Baizhou knew that Xu Yunfan's place was better than he could imagine. Those buildings looked magnificent and tall. With the current construction level of their Great Yan Dynasty, they could not build such things at all.
"Yes, she's still studying for a doctorate. After all, not everyone can be as smart as me. She graduated with a doctorate at such a young age. My cousins are also smart..."
Xu Yunfan talked a lot with Qi Xiu Ze and the other three. Listening to Xu Yunfan talking about his country, the four of them couldn't help but feel full of yearning for it.
Cars that can run, airplanes that can fly, electronic products that can make video calls, etc. all made Qi Xiu Ze and the others curious. Xu Yunfan talked until his mouth was dry and his stomach was full from drinking lemonade, but they still didn't have enough. If it wasn't time for the afternoon class, I'm afraid the four of them would not want to leave.
Xu Yunfan waited for Sun Wu to deliver firewood before taking a ride back. Coincidentally, Sun Wu was going to the main street to pick up Qin Run, so Xu Yunfan stopped by the blacksmith shop to pick up his custom-made items.
On his way back, Xu Yunfan saw the crowds of people in front of the shop. Wow! He didn't know if Qin Run had done any publicity, but there was a huge crowd outside the shop. A young man stood on a high stool, his hands like megaphones, and shouted loudly: "Dear customers, please line up and don't push or shove to avoid a stampede."
But his words still couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm. There were too few foods in Yunrun's shop. If they didn't squeeze in, there would be nothing left by the time it was their turn.
Qin Run's shop has opened, but it is currently lacking a shopkeeper. Qin Run has no choice but to run between the cafeteria and the shop.
He discussed with Grandpa Fang and the others what dishes to cook in the canteen every day, and he also prepared the ingredients for making boneless chicken feet. Aunt Qin and the others could handle the rest.
Nowadays, the boneless chicken feet and other foods are almost in short supply, so Qin Run had no choice but to hire Qin Si and others to come to work every day. In addition, he also hired Qin Dayou and Sun Mu to be responsible for collecting cash in the store.
After all, Sun Mu had been around the outside world before, and Qin Dayou and Qin Lao had also learned from them. It was not difficult for them to collect a few dozen coins on a daily basis. In addition, Qin Run had been with them for two days, and the two of them were very proficient in the job after getting the hang of it. They could look after the store with Qin Dayou's wife and Qin Er's sister-in-law.
On the way back, Xu Yunfan learned that Qin Run was going back to make some bread, snow meringue, and other food.
There is no way around it. The food sold in Yunrun store is not only good-looking but also very delicious, and has reached the point where demand exceeds supply.
Sweet potato rice candy, candy, malt sugar, peanut sesame candy, popsicles, bread, and snow meringue are not easy to make.
Fortunately, before they took over the canteen, Xu Yunfan and Qin Run had prepared enough sweet potato rice candy, candy, malt sugar, peanut sesame candy and other snacks, so they can still sell them for a few more days.
However, foods such as bread and snow meringue cannot be preserved for a long time, so they need to be cooked frequently.
Knowing that Qin Run was going back to prepare food, Xu Yunfan leaned over and whispered in Qin Run's ear, "Run'er, actually, I can make other food. Do you want to know?"
"I want to, Yunfan, teach me." Qin Run must have thought about it, this is all silver!
He earns more money, so Xu Yunfan doesn't have to work so hard.
"Come closer, I'll tell you quietly."
After Qin Run, who didn't know he had been fooled, stretched his head over, Xu Yunfan, the seductive little goblin, glanced at Sun Wu who was concentrating on driving the ox cart in front of him, and felt that it was not close enough, so he moved his butt closer to Qin Run, stretched out his tongue like a snake, and licked the other person directly.
Qin Run, whose back straightened and bones softened from being licked, was startled: "...What are you doing?"
Qin Run's eyes darkened. Xu Yunfan was becoming more and more bold and arrogant. He knew what she wanted, but he still deliberately seduced her.
If he hadn't taken Xu Yunfan's young age into consideration, he would have executed him on the spot. As long as he could get the meat, there was nothing wrong with forcing himself on him.
"Kiss you, isn't this obvious?" Xu Yunfan narrowed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth turned up, looking "bad" to the extreme.
Qin Run lowered his voice and said, "Let's kiss each other again when we get home, okay?"
When he goes back and kisses her, he can also learn from Xu Yunfan to kiss her openly and respectfully.
On the ox cart, even if Sun Wu didn't look back, it was still inconvenient. It felt very awkward with outsiders around.
"Okay." Xu Yunfan was satisfied. "Go back and kiss enough. I'll teach you how to make puffs."
Now he can only look but not eat, so he can only satisfy his craving by drinking some soup first, and then he can start to eat meat when he is eighteen years old.
"Puff, what is that?" Qin Run was immediately attracted by the new food.
Xu Yunfan: "Don't you like cream? Puffs are full of cream, but that thing needs to be baked in the oven. I'll try baking it in a kiln when I get back. If it works, we can launch this food then."
After returning home, Xu Yunfan and Qin Run were busy as a whirlwind. Since they were cooperating with Huangshang, they naturally had to prepare the goods in advance.
A few days ago, Xu Yunfan asked Qin Dayou and others to build a shed in the backyard. Now the bottom of the shed is filled with pine oil like a small hill, and there are six large pots next to the shed.
Qin Run knew that Xu Yunfan was planning to light a fire and boil pine oil first. "Yunfan, I've already lit the fire for the kiln. I'll light this fire. Go to the woodshed and get the candle molds."
In recent nights, after returning from the cafeteria, Qin Run would boil pine oil with Xu Yunfan to make candles. The next day, the candles would be ready to be removed from the mold, and they would continue boiling the oil in the evening. In one night, the two of them could make thousands of candles.
They came back early today, so they can boil pine oil three or four times. They have no shortage of candle molds, so they can make tens of thousands of candles.
Qin Run made a fire in the backyard to boil pine oil, and Xu Yunfan took out the ingredients for making puffs in the front yard.
By the time Qin Run had melted, filtered and put the six large pots of pine oil into the molds, Xu Yunfan had not only made the puffs, but also boiled two pots of sweet potato water in the kitchen.
After doing all this, Xu Yunfan didn't feel tired. He squatted on the ground and tinkered with something.
Seeing Xu Yunfan squatting in the yard, Qin Run walked over, put his hands on his knees, and asked him softly, "Yunfan, what are you doing?"
Xu Yunfan remained mysterious and didn't say anything directly, "You'll know later. I've already made the puffs. Go and try them."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Making the cream by hand was very laborious. Xu Yunfan also helped him cut dozens of pounds of sweet potatoes to steam. Thinking of this, Qin Run couldn't help but feel distressed. He just stood up and glanced at the long plates filled with things on the table in the main hall. Then he turned his head and said, "Yunfan, are you tired? What else do you want to do? I'll make it for you."
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