Chapter 83 Food Stalls Open
"Chang'er, after the food stall is opened, leave the vegetables to me and the servants." Zhang interrupted.
Xue Chang shook his head and explained: "The reason I asked them to cut vegetables is to let them start to learn how to use a knife so that they can practice the knife method next."
Hearing this, Xu Xi and Fan Yu both showed joy on their faces, and Fan Yu immediately said: "Master, we will cut vegetables well!"
Xue Chang said seriously: "Not only is it just a good cut of vegetables, I ask you two to try your best to cut all kinds of ingredients into uniform thickness, uniform size, neat and beautiful, and the speed is evenly fast in the end. Can you do it?"
"Yes!" Xu Xi and Fan Yu responded in unison.
"Master, you want to teach your senior brother and their swordsmanship, where are we?" Hu Qiudi reminded loudly.
Xue Chang said in a gentle tone: "After a while, I will teach you and my younger sister the light skills. But you have to strengthen your internal skills, otherwise your internal strength will be too poor and you will not be able to learn light skills well."
"Thank you, Master, my junior sister and I will work harder." Hu Qiudi looked happy and touched Xue Yuting with his hands, his eyes full of longing: flying around in the air like a bird is one of their greatest wishes to learn martial arts.
Although Xue Wu didn't say anything, Xue Chang did not forget him: "Xiao Wu, you can practice the Luohan boxing first."
"...Yes." Xue Wu lowered his head in shame. Now even Xue Yuting could hit Luohan's punch as if it was decent (although it was not very strong), and only he was still clumsy.
Seeing that he was a little inferior, Xue Chang comforted him warmly: "Xiao Wu, don't be too anxious. As long as you continue practicing hard, you will definitely practice Luohan boxing well. Once you practice well, it will be much easier to learn other martial arts."
"Yes, Master!" Xue Wu raised his head.
At this moment, the quiet Xu Xi suddenly patted his shoulder hard and said in an encouraging tone: "Junior brother, come on!"
Xue Wu's face showed a look of gratitude.
Seeing this scene, Xue Chang was quite relieved.
The mission has been assigned, and he was about to take his apprentices to the martial arts training ground when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Brother Xue, are there any troubles when we set up a stall outside?"
Xue Fu thought for a while and said, "Young Master, please rest assured. Use the floor at your doorstep to set up a stall. No one will say anything. This is Jinhebei Street, and there will be no rogues coming here to make trouble. But... it's better to handle the constables in the Nanya."
Xue Chang breathed a sigh of relief and said confidently: "Lan Pengxiang, the chief inspector of Nanya, is Yin Bin's brother-in-law, and he is familiar with me. When I turn around, I will tell him and invite the detectives to have a meal."
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In the early morning, Xue Chang woke up on time and suddenly felt a little different in her body: the true energy in her body was flowing continuously, she was extremely energetic, and she had a desire to gush out.
He had similar experience in this regard and was busy opening the system in his body. Sure enough, he clearly wrote "Fourth Levels" behind the Shaolin Teng Na Method column.
Xue Chang was a little surprised because he remembered that he practiced Shaolin breathing method to the third level on his way back to Chengdu. He almost completed the first level after one month, but in less than half a month, he reached the fourth level again. Why did he suddenly speed up? Is it because he has been competing with others these days, constantly consuming internal energy and resting and resting, which greatly promoted the speed of the true qi in the body, greatly exercised the meridian channel of the true qi running, and greatly stimulated the body's demand for true qi, so it will explode when practicing internal energy?...
Xue Chang consciously guessed that it was not bad, and his heart suddenly became excited: If you continue to practice at this speed, you might be able to practice Shaolin breathing method to perfection in February, and thus you can start practicing the true unique skill - the Nine Yang Divine Art!
He turned over and got up, and in a happy mood he led his apprentices to perform morning exercises. After breakfast, he went to the Jinhe Escort Agency with full fighting spirit.
Why go to Jinhe Escort Agency? Because yesterday he had fought all the escorts in Shujiang Escort Agency, and even had some spare time in the end, he compared them with Yu Dongge, who was proficient in the Sky Sword Sword Technique. After two consecutive days of training at home, Xue Chang, who is familiar with the opponent's fighting style, won more easily. However, the system did not give him prestige because of this victory. Therefore, it is meaningless to continue to conduct fighting training at Shujiang Escort Agency. The escorts who cannot be beaten can never fight at this stage (such as Wang Jingwu). The escorts who can defeat can no longer increase their prestige.
In order to gain more prestige, Xue Chang and Wang Xuan agreed to go to his escort agency today.
However, Wang Xuan's bodyguards are not as many as Yin Bin's family. They will probably be able to finish the fight in two days. What should I do next?... Xue Chang thought of Xu Qingping and Wang Xuan's fiancée Xiahou Ying whom he met in Huilongmen Town.
Should I ask Wang Xuan to have a good talk with his fiancée, or invite Xu Qingping out and get together? Xue Chang thought to himself.
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Something new happened in Jinhebei Street: Jincheng Escort Bureau, which was almost wiped out due to the hot spring post murder, has been neglected for the past few months, but suddenly opened a food stall at the door in the past two days, and all the people doing things were underage children.
At first, people were watching strangely, but when the red oil placed in the copper basin on the stove began to roll, the strange fragrance drifted around and lasted for a long time.
So the greedy pedestrians couldn't stand the temptation and wanted to buy a bowl to taste.
Then they found that the ordering of dishes at this food stall is very special: the shop assistants at the food stall will ask them to go to the wooden rack next to choose their own dishes. There are pots of cleaned ingredients on the wooden rack, all of which are worn with slender wooden sticks. The price is a string of vegetables and a string of copper plates, and a string of meat and two copper plates.
The diners were very interested and enthusiastically chose the dishes they wanted to eat and handed them to their friend Xue Yuting.
Xue Yuting calculated the amount of money and was shy about asking diners to pay first.
This is completely opposite to the rules of restaurants and restaurants. Fortunately, the money is not much, so diners want to find out what they want, so they pay the money first.
Xue Yuting handed the order to the chef Hu Qiudi who was guarding the stove.
Hu Qiudi first put an iron rack like a nine-grid grid into a copper pot, then put an iron net bag spoon into one of the grids, and then started to put the ordered dishes in the bag spoon according to the time of cooking. After the boiling red soup was cooked, the chef picked up the bag spoon, poured the dishes into a porcelain bowl, poured a spoon of red oil, and then the friend Xue Wu sent it to the diner.
Under the curious attention of the pedestrians, the diner picked up a chopstick of dishes and put them in his mouth. He immediately widened his eyes and showed a ferocious expression, which surprised everyone. But then he saw him chewing and eating dishes constantly. Soon the porcelain bowl came to the bottom and even the juice was drunk.
Seeing his face flushed, his nose and tears flowing, he kept breathing, but he said excitedly: "So spicy! So numb! So delicious! So satisfying!..."
He felt that he hadn't eaten enough, so he got up and went to choose dishes.
The performance of the diners made the bystanders no longer hesitate. After eating the spicy hot pot they ordered, most people showed the same performance as the first diner. This strange food gave them an unprecedented taste stimulation.
You should know that there are more than a dozen escort agencies on Jinhebei Street. Every day, there are escort teams that transport goods in and out, and there are already many pedestrians. The food stalls of Jincheng escort agencies are full of fragrance and diners keep praise, which attracts more and more people to come and taste.
At noon the next day, more people came to hear the news, several dining tables were all filled, and some people were waiting in line. Some smart people simply took porcelain bowls from home, filled with hot dishes, and took them home to eat. Soon everyone followed suit, which was to save some trouble for Hu Qiudi and the others, but they were still very busy.
Xu Xi and Fan Yu have been cutting vegetables in the yard since lunch, but the supply is still in short supply. Zhang and his two servants were washing dishes and helping with the vegetables, so they barely met their needs.
Even Xue Fu worked as a clerk at the food stall, helping to collect money and maintain order so that Xue Wu and Xue Yuting could take some time to help beggars in need of help around the food stall, which was also Xue Chang's request.
Just as dusk was coming, all the ingredients were used up in advance again. Amid the dissatisfaction of the diners, Hu Qiudi and others apologized and closed the stalls.
Xue Fu only breathed a sigh of relief at this time: The day ended successfully and there were no problems.
Although Xue Fu knew in his heart that nothing would happen if he set up a stall at his doorstep. The main diners were escorts from various escort agencies. They were escorts, family members, and gangsters who dared not come to this street to play tricks. The master worked here for decades and helped many people. He had a good reputation among escorts. His only enemy, the Sihai Escort Agency, was easily defeated by the mysterious master invited by the young master a few days ago, and he also made a harsh statement, "Who dares to bully the Jincheng Escort Agency, it looks good as he is!" This matter has spread throughout Jinhebei Street, and who dares to make trouble.
However, when Xue Fu saw that the money-collecting pot was filled soon and poured into the small house in the backyard one by one, he was not only worried: money is touching! Moreover, the people working outside are all children, which is more likely to arouse greed. If a riot causes, it is a trivial matter. If the children have a few mistakes, how can he explain to the young master?
So he kept guarding the food stall until the end.
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Today, Xue Chang did not come back for dinner. He and Yin Bin, Wang Xuan and Wei Zixiao held a banquet in a restaurant near Jinhebei Street and invited Xu Qingping to the banquet.
At the banquet, Xue Chang was interested in making friends and Yin Bin helped him with all his strength, so the atmosphere was very lively and friendly.
Xu Qingping, who grew up together when he was young, had not had much contact for various reasons, quickly gave up his past grudges and reiterated friendship with everyone.
Late at night, Xu Qingping returned home in a relaxed mood with a little drunkenness. Unexpectedly, his father Xu Xigui was waiting for him in the living room.
Xu Qingping remembered that his father had warned him to "relatively interact with Xue Chang and Yin Bin, the playboys", and he couldn't help feeling a little nervous: "Father, are you not asleep yet?"
"Do you go and have a drink with Xue Chang tonight?" Xu Xigui asked.
"I didn't drink much wine." Xu Qingping whispered: "I talked about some things."
"Oh, what have you talked about?" Xu Xigui became interested, but saw his son bent and stood, and hurriedly waved, "Sit down and say."
"Xue Chang talked about how he escaped the pursuit of thieves at Wenquan Station..." Xu Qingping sat down on the wooden chair next to him: "And also talked about the fact that he was taken in by the iron-blooded Changhemen senior living in Longmen Town for more than a month on his way back to Chengdu-"
"Senior Geng actually took Xue Chang in?" Xu Xigui, who often traveled to the north, knew about Geng Po and had visited him before, but he was not taken care of. Therefore, he was surprised to hear this.
"Not only was he taken in, Senior Geng also guided his martial arts." Xu Qingping said with some envy.
Xu Xigui was even more surprised and murmured to himself: "No wonder he was able to defeat Lin Lei on the ring on New Year's Eve."
"Xue Chang also talked about the mysterious master defeating Lin Lei."
"Did you tell me the origin of that person?" Xu Xigui asked hurriedly.
"Xue Chang said he didn't know that person. The man came to him. He claimed to be Uncle Xue's friend and came to help Xue Chang solve his difficulties, but he didn't tell his origin. Although Xue Chang had doubts, because the other party's martial arts skills were very good, he couldn't do anything to him... As a result, the man not only repelled Lin Yan, but also helped Xue Chang pay off his debts." Xu Qingping knew what his father wanted to know, and said: "Xue Chang said that the man was in his thirties, handsome, and called himself Shangguan Yi, and the rumors that "the mysterious man came out of his palms and left palm prints on the ground" were true."
"Shangguan Yi?..." Xu Xigui thought seriously and sighed: "When did such a young master appear in the martial arts world? There were only a few people who could do such a palm power when I was in Huashan back then! Xue Hai made a lot of friends, and it was so lucky that his son could meet such a friend!"
Xu Qingping realized that the time had arrived and took the opportunity to say, "Father, Xue Chang discussed with me and wanted to find the escorts in our escort agency for a more formal martial arts competition. He also promised that each escort who was trained with him would get a reward of three taels of silver. If he defeated him, he would get another three taels of silver. He had been fighting in Shujiang escort agency for several days and there was no problem, so... I agree and plan to find him several escorts to fight tomorrow."
After Xu Qingping finished speaking, he was a little nervous. Although he had been assisting his father in managing the escort agency for a while, he could make decisions on small matters like this without his father's consent or not.
"Xue Hai's son has experienced this big change and really knows how to make progress!" Xu Xigui sighed, and also solemnly reminded: "Qingping, our escort agency is not very wealthy. If the escorts know that you only let a few escorts with you be Xue Chang's sparring training and get one more portion of money, will they have any objections to you?"
Chapter completed!