Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 44 Can I Still Teach You Now?

Because he witnessed all the old man's outrageous actions throughout the whole process, Xiao Jia is now extremely conflicted and feels very tormented.

Although the uncle said it very clearly, there was no conflict between him and Ximen Lang at all.

On the contrary, he admired Ximen Lang's character and felt from the bottom of his heart that Ximen Lang was the most promising person in the Siheyuan.

But what is the actual situation? He Yuzhu, this brainless idiot, doesn't know it. But he, Yi Zhonghai's close disciple who has been like a father and son to him for more than ten years, how could he not know it?!
He is not a fool!
On the contrary, he is very smart!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have become a junior fitter envied by everyone in the courtyard at the age of just in his early 20s.

But it was precisely because he was too smart and knew the old man too well that he understood even more clearly that the old man was just talking nonsense with the two of them and teasing the fool He Yuzhu!

Of course, if it's just to play with Shazhu, that's fine.

But the problem is that his master is obviously setting a trap for Sha Zhu, wanting him to be the first to rush ahead and use the selection of the chef for the dinner party the day after tomorrow to make him conflict with Ximen Lang, a person they can't afford to offend!
This really made him, who had always been a decent person and could not tolerate such evil tricks, at a loss as to what to do.

On the one hand, he treats him like his own son and truly regards him as the successor of his mantle, a master who is like a teacher and a father.

On the other side, there is the younger brother who regards himself as his elder brother, who has been close to him since childhood and became even closer to him after he got married.

The key is Ximen Lang, a behemoth who has taken good care of his family from the beginning to the end. He does not want to offend him from the bottom of his heart, and dare not provoke him!

The palms and backs of the hands are all made of flesh, so of course Jia Dongxu was extremely conflicted.

But no matter how conflicted he was, he wouldn't just sit there and watch. He had to do something before things became completely irreversible!
But what should we do?

Of course, he let the rumbling sense of justice in his heart drive him, and stood up bravely. In a way that would not hurt the master's face too much, he should wake up Sha Zhu in time, so that he would not fall into the master's trap and continue to do stupid things!

Therefore, seeing that He Yuzhu's emotions were really aroused by his master's few words, it was clear that he was not as angry as he thought.

As he was talking, under the deliberate guidance of his master, he went from hoping to be invited by Ximen Lang to be the chef for the banquet the day after tomorrow to thinking that who else but him could be the chef for the banquet the day after tomorrow. If he didn't choose me, it would mean that Ximen Lang didn't know what he was doing and had no vision!

Not daring to give his master Yi Zhonghai the opportunity to continue to instigate, Jia Dongxu quickly persuaded He Yuzhu with both emotional and logical appeals.

"Zhu Zi, this idea of ​​yours is not a good one. Regardless of whether Brother Lang wants you to be the chef the day after tomorrow, you shouldn't have any emotions."

"Why?"

"Just because Brother Lang paid for the banquet the day after tomorrow, he can use whoever he wants and not use whoever he doesn't want. Is that enough of an excuse?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yi Zhonghai suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Because no one knows a son better than his father, he knows too well how righteous his apprentice's ideas are!
Just like he couldn't persuade his disciple to honor him with rare food, if this kid made up his mind about something, not to mention his master, even his own mother, Jia Zhang, would not be able to persuade him to change his mind.

Seeing that this kid was about to ruin the good situation he had worked so hard to build, Yi Zhonghai quickly interrupted him.

"Dongxu, you're not right. Our courtyard's tradition is that when something happens, our own people come first. Take the matter of the day after tomorrow for example. It would be fine if we didn't have a cook in our courtyard."

"But they clearly have it. Whether it's craftsmanship or character, Zhuzi is impeccable. The courtyard clearly has it all, but he still uses it from outside. How will Zhuzi cope with it in the future? If you don't know, you might think that Zhuzi's craftsmanship is not good enough."

"Besides, Zhuzi needs this opportunity to prove himself and open up the situation. It won't be a big loss for Ximen Lang. So why not use Zhuzi?"

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Jia Dongxu really wanted to retort.
"Where on earth do you get all these twisted ideas from? How come good words become so distorted when they come into your mouth?" But because this person was his master, he couldn't argue with him.

So, it is better to solve the problem directly from the root cause.

Just one sentence, just one sentence, destroyed all his master's efforts so far.

"Brother Lang never said that we must use pillars, but he also didn't say that we definitely don't need them, right?"

This made He Yuzhu calm down immediately.

Then, another sentence.
"Okay! Even if we take a step back and say Brother Lang has no use for you! What's wrong with you being useless? Are you planning to put a gun to Brother Lang's head and force him to use you?"

I was a little panicked when Yi Zhonghai mentioned the pillar above.

"How is that possible? I wouldn't dare!"

"If you don't dare, then why did you say those things just now? Let me make one thing clear, Zhuzi. You are the one who wants to use the banquet hosted by others to become famous, not the one who begged you to do so."

"Just because you're Brother Lang's neighbor, you think all the benefits are yours, and you make a scene if they don't give them to you. Brother Lang must be incredibly unlucky to have a bad neighbor like you! You just said Brother Lang treated you well, and this is how you repay him?"

After hearing these words, He Yuzhu was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

The mouth is even more
"Stop talking, stop talking, Brother Jia, stop talking."

There was another period of silent silence. Sha Zhu, who had completely regained his sanity, adjusted his mindset and said.

"My fault, my fault. I was too impatient. You two don't know that over the years, my senior brothers have been doing better and better than each other. Even those younger brothers who joined after me have already made it to the third stove."

"Look back at me. I've been a chef for several years now. Not to mention being a chef, I've only just recently started cooking."

"They're different places. One is a restaurant, the other is a factory. How can you compare them?"

"No matter whether we can compare, I'm not as successful as them. No matter how hard I try, I'm still not as good as them."

"But it's okay. Originally, it was just my bad luck. Now look at me. Isn't it true that I've finally met a benefactor? Brother Lang is my benefactor!"

As he was speaking, Ximen Lang's voice came from outside.
"I'll count to three. If no one's here, I'll change chefs!"

"See, what did I say? Here comes my benefactor!"

After saying that, without even saying hello to the old man and his apprentice, Sha Zhu ran happily towards Ximen Lang.

With Sha Zhu's departure, the old man's house fell into a long period of silence.

Until Jia Dongxu shouted.
"Master, you."

"Can I still teach you now?"

(End of this chapter)