A small peasant girl's home is bare, but I have a spiritual space

Looking at Manager Cheng's strange expression, Lin Yiran was a little confused, but did not take it to heart.

The news of business cooperation brought by Manager Cheng had such a huge impact on her that her brain was always excited and she couldn't concentrate on thinking about anything else.

This means missing the best opportunity to learn the truth.

"What does Uncle Cheng want to eat? I'll make it." Lin Yiran smiled brightly.

Shopkeeper Cheng looked at Liu Yu who was still drinking soup and said tremblingly: "Anything is fine. I like everything you cook."

"Oh, Uncle Cheng is indeed a big businessman, he knows how to talk."

Lin Yiran smiled and joked,

Shopkeeper Cheng curled his lips into an extremely stiff smile.

"No, no, Ran, you are too kind to Old Cheng." The master is still here, so he dare not be arrogant.

Then she instructed Brother Lin: "Brother, you entertain the guests. I will go cook a few more dishes."

"Okay," Brother Lin agreed readily.

Seeing this, Lin's mother also stood up and got off the table: "Ran'er, I'll go help you."

After Lin Yiran and her mother entered the kitchen, Second Brother Lin poured a cup of sweet osmanthus rice wine for Shopkeeper Cheng.

Shopkeeper Cheng glanced at Liu Yu and after seeing him nod in agreement, he picked up the bowl and drank the sweet osmanthus rice wine in one gulp.

The cool liquid in the mouth is slightly sour and sweet, and the taste of wine is mixed with the fragrance of osmanthus.

After swallowing the last bit of liquid, Shopkeeper Cheng burped.

He didn't have the energy to savor it carefully. At Liu Yu's signal, he sat down tremblingly, with his back straight.

Second Brother Lin noticed the subtle atmosphere between the two of them. Knowing that they both felt awkward with him here, he simply stood up and bowed to them.

"I'm sorry, the autumn exam is coming up and the workload is heavy. Most of the day has already passed.

I haven't reviewed my lessons yet. If the teacher finds out, he will blame me. Excuse me, both of you. I will take my leave first."

"I feel very sorry for disturbing Brother Lin today. How dare I force Brother Lin to stay and ruin his future? Please do as you please, Brother Lin."

Liu Yu hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting.

Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Cheng immediately stood up and bowed, "Mr. Lin, please do as you please."

Second Brother Lin gave the two of them an apologetic smile and turned to leave.

Looking at the back of Second Brother Lin as he walked away, Liu Yu and I were left alone in the room.

Shopkeeper Cheng hurriedly bowed and was about to pay his respects.

Supported by Liu Yu's hand, Liu Yu tilted his head to look at the kitchen door, and found that the door was closed and no one was watching this side.

Then he asked Shopkeeper Cheng, "How did you find this place?"

Shopkeeper Cheng was also surprised, and did not dare to ask how Liu Yu came here. He said respectfully: "Master, the little girl who went to the kitchen to cook just now is Lin Yiran, whom I mentioned in the letter. Twenty percent of the profits of our Xiang Man Lou branches across the country will be given to her."

"Oh?" After Manager Cheng finished speaking, Liu Yu's eyes suddenly lit up. He looked towards the kitchen and said to himself, "No wonder. I was wondering why there would be such a woman in this ordinary farmhouse?"

"So she is Lin Yiran! That explains it."

"The dishes in this meal tonight are all things I have never seen or heard of before. The taste is really hard to describe in words. The taste of each dish is different. The only thing they have in common is that they all look good, smell good, and taste great."

"Since I separated from my mother, I have never had a full meal like today."

"The food prepared by the imperial chefs had to be tested for poison by a special person. I would not dare to eat it until they had tested it. Every time, by the time they finished testing the poison, the food had already gone cold. Even if I reheated it, the taste would not be as good as before."

"You told me in your letter that Lin Yiran's recipes are exquisite, but I was a little skeptical."

"Now it seems that I was worrying too much. It doesn't need to be delicious anymore. Just based on the standard of today's meal, if it is placed in Xiangmanlou, it will be enough for Xiangmanlou to make a lot of money."

"Old Cheng, you are really a lucky person of mine."

Looking at the happily smiling Liu Yu, the shock in Manager Cheng's heart could be described as earth-shaking.

This gentleman is a man with a cold temper to the core.

When we meet each other on weekdays, he never looks happy. Majestic and unruly, with an overbearing attitude, are the characteristics of this gentleman.

But today, in this small farmyard, I was fortunate enough to see my master smile, and it was such a gentle smile.

Shopkeeper Cheng felt mixed emotions. His master had been trained to be the crown prince since he was young, and his every word and action represented the reputation of the royal family.

His childhood was quite boring. All he did was study. He was like a puppet, being manipulated by others to complete various learning tasks.

Endless study made him cold, rigid, serious and inhuman.

This is the first time he has seen such a humane master. He likes such a master and sincerely hopes that the master can be happy.

Shopkeeper Cheng looked towards the kitchen, where he heard the sizzling sound of cooking.

His mind was in a state of confusion at the moment. How could a person as meticulous and insightful as him not guess that the master's change was definitely closely related to the girl inside?

In his mind, Lin Yiran is already a remarkable woman.

But at this moment, he raised Lin Yiran's status again in his heart.

"That's amazing. That's amazing."

He secretly admired that she could win the favor of her master. Coupled with Ran's business acumen, her future achievements might even surpass her master's.

Just as he was daydreaming, the kitchen door banged open.

Lin Yiran walked out with a plate of food and looked at Manager Cheng and Liu Yu who were both standing there.

He hurriedly called out, "Why are you all standing here? Come and sit down, come and sit down."

“Try my new stir-fried pork.”

"Mom, please slice the braised beef and bring a plate over later."

After waving to the kitchen, Lin Yiran put a plate of stir-fried pork on the table.

Lin's mother then brought up the braised beef.

When Manager Cheng took a look, he saw that the stir-fried pork was shiny and the garlic sprouts inside were green.

The spicy aroma continued to emanate from the dishes, stimulating his saliva.

"Please sit down, Manager Cheng." Liu Yu said with a smile.

After getting permission, Manager Cheng hurriedly sat down.

"This girl's cooking is really good. Shopkeeper Cheng is so lucky. Unlike me, I can only eat cold food at home."

Hearing the slightly jealous tone in Liu Yu's words, Manager Cheng broke out in cold sweat.

Lin Yiran didn't notice anything unusual about the two and continued to enthusiastically pick up food for Shopkeeper Cheng.

This made the already frightened shopkeeper Cheng turn even paler.

The dinner was spent in an extremely strange atmosphere.

No matter how nervous Manager Cheng was, he couldn't resist Lin Yiran's enthusiasm.

Eventually, his appetite overcame his fear, and at Lin Yiran's instigation, he gritted his teeth and ignored Liu Yu's gaze, frantically putting food into his bowl and eating in a hurry.

After dinner, Lin Yiran and her mother cleared the dishes and went back to the kitchen to wash them.

Shopkeeper Cheng gritted his teeth and prepared to face his master's wrath.

But Liu Yu didn't mean to blame him at all.

"Old Cheng, you've come at the right time. I'm just worried about how to get back to the capital. Tomorrow, you should prepare some troops and bring weapons to escort me to the county government office here. I'll find the county magistrate and ask him to report to his superior, the prefect, and mobilize the prefectural soldiers to escort me back to the capital."

"I understand." Manager Cheng nodded rapidly.

Just as the two were discussing, suddenly a quarrel was heard from the yard.

It was the voice of Lin Yiran and Lin Erge.

The two looked at each other, with surprise expressions on their faces.

Why did these two siblings quarrel?

The two of them hurried out and looked around. The quarrel came from the west room in the yard.

The two of them hurried towards the west room.

Just as Manager Cheng was about to push the door open, Liu Yu stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Don't worry, let's listen to what's going on first."

Inside the room, Lin Yiran was looking at Brother Lin angrily, "Brother, you should go to school tomorrow. You can't stay at home forever."

"I won't go. I can review my lessons at home. I can recite everything the teacher taught me by heart." Lin Yiran's second brother looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, which made Lin Yiran very angry.

"Brother, aren't you just afraid that those scumbags will beat you up again? I'll accompany you to the academy tomorrow, and I want to see which scumbags are bullying you.

You can't take this beating in vain. You can bear it, but I can't. I must avenge you. Why don't you believe what I say?"

Brother Lin's face was full of helplessness: "Little sister, I've already told you, it's no big deal, isn't it just a beating? Those people are really not easy to deal with, they are not something you and I can handle now.

I can't bear this humiliation, but the gap in strength is too big, so we can only accumulate some strength and wait for the opportunity to act."

"You don't even tell me, how do you know I can't deal with them?"

"Little sister, don't waste your energy. I won't tell you. That's it."

"Okay, okay, if you don't want to tell me, then let Third Brother tell me. He told me right after he came back that he had found out who beat you up."

"Third brother, you..." Second brother Lin was about to stop him, but Third brother Lin had already started talking.

He had just come back from outside and saw that there was a guest in the house, so he did not go in but went straight to the kitchen and told Lin Yiran the news he had heard today.

Lin Yiran then got angry and took Lin Sange to Lin Erge's room to start questioning him.

Liu Yu and Manager Cheng were standing outside the door eavesdropping, when they suddenly heard Second Brother Lin being beaten, and he didn't even want to say who his opponent was.

This surprised Liu Yu very much. Who on earth was that person that made Second Brother Lin not even dare to mention his name?

My life was saved by these two siblings. I was just wondering how to repay them. This is really like someone giving me a pillow when I’m sleepy.

So he pressed his head closer to the window and listened carefully to the movements inside.

Third Brother Lin coughed lightly and said, "Second Brother, what I said is right. It is not a solution to keep avoiding it. I heard that you have not dared to go to the academy for many days. How can this be possible?"

After that, he said to Lin Yiran: "The people who beat up my second brother were a few playboys, they are..."

Liu Yu was outside and heard their entire conversation.

"The county magistrate's nephew?"

He muttered to himself, and a cold smile as if he was looking at a dead person appeared on his already serious face.