During the Ming Dynasty, a little beggar staggered to a restaurant in the cold wind, he had not eaten for two days, and the weather was cold, so he really did not have the strength to beg elsewhere.
The little beggar's name is Zhang Baocheng, he is only 12 years old this year, he has not known who his biological parents are for as long as he can remember, it was a female beggar who accidentally found him in a ruined temple.
Originally, he wanted to recognize the female beggar as his mother, but the female beggar refused, and the female beggar kept emphasizing that she was not worthy of being his mother, because she herself could not guarantee that she would not go hungry.
However, Zhang Baocheng has always regarded her as his biological mother in his heart, until a few days ago, even the female beggar left him due to illness, leaving Zhang Baocheng alone.
Just when Zhang Baocheng was about to lose consciousness and fall asleep, a middle-aged man walked out of the restaurant, he shook his head after seeing Zhang Baocheng, and then called someone inside to help Zhang Baocheng into the house.
This middle-aged man's name is Li Zhong, the owner and cook of this restaurant, because he also suffered when he was a child, so he felt pity for Zhang Baocheng and took him in as an apprentice.
In this way, Zhang Baocheng no longer wandered around, and finally had a place to stay, and since then he has followed Li Middle School to learn cooking.
There are also two men and women of the same age as Zhang Baocheng in this restaurant, namely Li Zhong's daughter Li Yan'er and Li Zhong's eldest apprentice Wang Youcai.
They are very caring for this new junior brother, so that Zhang Baocheng finally feels the warmth of home and the love of his relatives.
However, as the saying goes, everyone is different, and everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses.
When they grew up, Li Zhong's daughter reached the age of marriage, and after weighing it again, Li Zhong decided to marry his daughter to Wang Youcai.
Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, parents hope that their children can be happy in the future, because Wang Youcai is eloquent and has a good set of business, so he thinks that his daughter will not suffer after marrying him.
And Zhang Baocheng has experienced the warmth and coldness of the world since he was a child, and he is honest and kind-hearted by nature, Li Zhong feels that this apprentice will suffer in business in the future, so he doesn't want his daughter to suffer with him.
Zhang Baocheng has no objection to his master Li Zhong's approach, after all, he has regarded Li Yan'er as his sister since he was a child, and Li Yan'er's arrogant personality is not suitable for him, so he blesses them from the bottom of his heart.
But when people grow up, troubles will follow, in the past, they were carefree, because there was no conflict of interest, and now Li Zhong married his daughter to Wang Youcai, which also means that his family property will be inherited by the couple.
Zhang Baocheng, who is already 18 years old, will only be annoying if he continues to stay here, so he asked his master to become a teacher and set up his own door.
Li Zhong is also full of guilt for this apprentice who has been with him for six years, after all, he married his daughter to the eldest apprentice, denying him in disguise, so when Zhang Baocheng proposed to stand on his own, he also divided some of his belongings, so that Zhang Baocheng had the capital to stand on his own.
Zhang Baocheng said that he had no complaints about his master's approach, after all, if it weren't for him, he would have starved to death on the streets, how could he be now.
Now that he has learned Li Zhong's craft, even if he goes out to work alone, he can support himself, so why not account for any gains and losses?
At Li Zhong's repeated requests, Zhang Baocheng still accepted the gift from his master.
After that, he moved out of the Li family and bought an old house in the west of the city.
Although there are no trivial chores like running a restaurant, it is also time-consuming and laborious to do it alone.
When the heat is almost the same, start to burn the cakes, at this time you should not only pay attention to the heat, but also for the next batch of baked cakes and noodles. If the heat is too large, it will be pasted, and if the heat is small, it will be uncooked, and the taste will be greatly reduced.
When the baked cakes were out of the pot, it was already dawn, and the street had already begun to have small vendors going out to set up stalls, so Zhang Baocheng went to greet his first customers with a flat shoulder.
In this way, three meals a day, according to different seasons, different three meals, Zhang Baocheng is also slowly adapting to this rhythm, when to do more, when to do less, is also a science worth pondering.
Because his pancakes are large and delicious, they are loved by the general public, so he gradually achieves full time every day.
Zhang Baocheng started from a small workshop, and his business is booming. However, his senior brother's side was struggling.
After Li Yaner and Wang Youcai got married, Li Zhong handed over all the affairs, after all, he was old, and he would let the young couple run the restaurant in the future.
But what people didn't expect was that the advantages that Li Zhong had taken a fancy to Wang Youcai would bring irreparable disasters to their business.
Wang Youcai is very strict in terms of cost control because he is the head of business, so the amount of dishes in the restaurant will be controlled more finely.
This is nothing, after all, business is nothing more than making money. However, he overlooked one point, and that was the taste of the food!
Since Li Zhong made a hands-off shopkeeper, the original chef was Li Zhong, and the deputies were Wang Youcai and Zhang Baocheng.
Now that Zhang Baocheng is gone, Li Zhong is no longer the head chef, and Wang Youcai, who is the deputy, has become the head chef all of a sudden, and it is inevitable to make some discounts on adapting to the taste of customers.
This needs to give the guests time to adapt to it, and it also needs to give Wang Youcai time to improve and correct his cooking skills, but Wang Youcai is too eager for quick success and quick profit, and he can't tolerate other people's nonsense.
After ordering the food, some guests feel that the taste is not as delicious as before, and they have expressed their opinions, and there will inevitably be some complaints and regrets between the words.
But after Wang Youcai heard this, he did not see this crisis and opportunity, he did not appease the guests, nor did he adopt the true words of the guests, but still collected the money for the dishes, and did not give them a good face.
Over time, the guests slowly disappointed, and finally Wang Youcai and Li Yaner's restaurant became crowded.
In this regard, Zhang Baocheng has done a lot better than them.
When I started selling yakiniku, some customers expressed some opinions and objections about the taste. Zhang Baocheng wrote down these and carefully studied them at home, so that his baked cakes could adapt to the tastes of more people.
also because of his extremely kind attitude, when he encounters guests who are in difficulty for a while, he will also give them credit, after all, they are all the business of the villagers, and everyone is familiar with whom.
It is precisely because of these two factors that the brothers have two different results in business.
Soon two years passed, and Zhang Baocheng accumulated a lot of wealth because of his hot business and his hard work.
He bought two new houses on the street, one for a shop and one for living.
Having your own shop means that you don't have to go out and sell on a flat shoulder, and it's much easier than before, just waiting for customers to come.
But no matter what time it is, Zhang Baocheng still delivers meals to some guests with limited mobility.
It was a hot summer day, and Zhang Baocheng saw that there were not many customers, so he temporarily closed the store and went out with a few baked cakes.
This time, he was going to deliver baked cakes to a grandmother with limited mobility, because this grandmother was lonely and had no relatives around, and Zhang Baocheng used to sell baked cakes to his home by the way.
Since he had a store, Zhang Baocheng will also have a lot of eyes, paying attention to how long those customers have not come before, he will personally take the baked cakes to those people's homes to see what difficulties there are.
As a result, his fame is well known to women and children in the vicinity.
He thought that this grandma should be sick, so he didn't come over for a few days, but when he came to the door of the grandma's house, he guessed wrong.
There is a big willow tree outside Grandma's door, and under the willow tree, a man and a woman are enjoying the shade under the tree.
After Zhang Baocheng looked at the two people under the tree, he turned around and entered Grandma's house. Grandma was very excited to see Zhang Baocheng coming in person, she held Zhang Baocheng's hand and said: "After living here for so many years, there are too few kind young men like you." ”
As she spoke, Grandma's tears couldn't help but flow down. Zhang Baocheng comforted: "Grandma, I have also suffered since I was a child, I understand that feeling, now that I have grown up, as long as I am hungry, I will definitely not let you starve." ”
Grandma wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled with relief: "Grandma understands, Grandma knows, you will definitely be a person who can do great things in the future." ”
Zhang Baocheng remembered the two people under the willow tree outside the door at this time, so he took the opportunity to ask: "By the way, Grandma, I saw two people under the willow tree outside, who are they?"”
Grandma patted her head and said, "Oh, look at my memory!."I wanted to tell you about this just now, but I almost forgot. ”
Grandma pulled Zhang Baocheng to the door, pointed to the two under the willow tree and said: "This sister and brother are also hard-working people, who escaped the famine and came here, who knew that the younger brother suddenly fell ill, and the elder sister had no way to sell herself there to save the younger brother." ”
When Zhang Baocheng heard this, he hurriedly helped his grandmother to come to his sister and brother, and when his sister saw someone coming, she quickly knelt on the ground and lowered her head, but the younger brother next to her was lying there so weak that he didn't move.
Zhang Baocheng looked at the man lying on the ground, then looked at the woman kneeling on the ground, and then said: "I heard Grandma say just now, you are in trouble now, I think this little brother should not have a serious illness, find a Lang Zhong to take a look and it should be fine." ”
Hearing this, the woman kneeling on the ground raised her head and looked at Zhang Baocheng and said, "Thank you!"I can't imagine that there are still living bodhisattvas in this world. ”
Zhang Baocheng saw the woman's appearance clearly at this time, and saw that there were a few black patches on her face, which was not good-looking, but he didn't care, after all, he didn't want to help him.
He waved his hand and said, "You're welcome!."After all, it is not easy for everyone to live. And I have something to say in advance, I don't want to help you, so you don't need to sell yourself, when your brother recovers, you can find another way to live!”
After hearing this, even the grandmother next to her nodded, and then the woman helped her up, and the woman was so moved that she wiped her tears and said, "Thank you, big brother!."I didn't expect to meet good people here!”
Zhang Baocheng waved his hand and said: "You're welcome, the same people who have fallen to the end of the world, I think you shouldn't have a place to stay, it's better to live in my house temporarily, and wait for this brother to recover from his illness, and then think about it in the long run." ”
In this way, the sister and brother followed Zhang Baocheng home. Zhang Baocheng called a Lang Zhong, and after Lang Zhong checked the pulse, he told them that the woman's younger brother was not suffering from a serious illness, and he would be fine after taking a few doses of medicine.
After Zhang Baocheng sent Lang Zhong away, he took the prescription to the pharmacy to grab the medicine, and when he returned home with the medicine, he bumped into a beautiful woman as soon as he entered the house.
Zhang Baocheng was so shocked that he took two steps back and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't know why the girl came to my house late at night?"”
But the beautiful woman covered her mouth and kept laughing, and then said, "Brother Zhang, I'm Liu Yao." ”
At this time, Zhang Baocheng realized that the previous face full of spots was all deliberately done by Liu Yao. The main reason is to avoid some unscrupulous people from buying her and selling her to the Qinglou after playing.
Zhang Baocheng sighed in his heart, what a witty woman, she has such a brain at such a young age. As the so-called love for beauty, everyone has a love for beauty, and seeing such a beautiful Liu Yao, Zhang Baocheng can't help but have an indescribable feeling in his heart.
From later understanding, I learned that my sister's name is Liu Yao, and my brother's name is Liu Xin. My sister is smart and beautiful. The younger brother also has a characteristic, that is, the strength is infinite, and one person can do the strength work of several people.
The sisters and brothers rested at Zhang Baocheng's house for many days, Liu Xin's body gradually improved, and he would also give Zhang Baocheng a hand to reduce his burden.
However, Zhang Baocheng was worried that Liu Xin's body was not completely **, so he rejected his kindness.
But Liu Yao is not idle here, while taking care of her younger brother, she will also help clean up the house, and then she will take over the work of cooking.
Although Zhang Baocheng is a cook, but because he is busy with business, he has never eaten a serious meal, since Liu Yao came, although his skills are not as good as him, but he can also sit down and eat a hot meal peacefully.
Time is very fast, and Liu Xin's body is almost **. Although he was a little reluctant, Zhang Baocheng still said to his sister and brother: "Now that Liu Xin's illness has been cured, this is some entanglement, you should go to your relatives." ”
The sister and brother felt mixed when they heard this, and finally it was the younger brother Liu Xin who knelt on the ground and said, "Brother Zhang!."I have a request!”
Zhang Baocheng hurriedly helped Liu Xin up and said: "Oh, if you have something, just say it, why do you have to kneel, you say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely promise you." ”
A trace of hesitation flashed in Liu Xin's eyes, and then he said boldly: "Brother Zhang, my sister and I have been with you for this time, and I think you are a good person, and our sister and brother want to work with you here in the future." ”
Zhang Baocheng thought for a moment and then said: "But my side will work hard, and I am afraid that you will suffer at that time." ”
Liu Yao came over at this time and said: "Brother Zhang, we are not afraid of hardship, it is rare to meet a good person like you, in the future, as long as you take care of our food and accommodation, we will never say anything!."”
Zhang Baocheng saw that the sister and brother had made up their minds, and if they continued to talk, it would become the meaning of trying to make people, so he said: "Okay, in fact, I can't bear you, if you don't dislike me, just treat me here as your home!."”
In this way, the Liu family sisters and brothers lived here in Zhang Baocheng, and since then, Zhang Baocheng has the help of the two of them, and his business has been even more powerful.
Because of the helper, Zhang Baocheng set up a room next to the baked cake shop, and later he also became the owner and chef of the restaurant, Liu Yao was responsible for collecting money and keeping accounts, and Liu Xin was responsible for miscellaneous work.
Since the opening of Zhang Baocheng's restaurant, it can be said that it is full of people, because the customers accumulated from selling baked cakes before, coupled with the good reputation before, he has constantly had new customers to come.
Wang Youcai heard that Zhang Baocheng not only opened a baked cake shop, but also opened a restaurant, so he was angry.
The couple secretly resented Zhang Baocheng for robbing their business, it was okay to sell baked cakes before, they didn't care about him, but now they actually opened a restaurant, isn't this directly against them?
Li Yan'er saw Zhang Baocheng getting bigger and bigger, and she hated and resented her. What I hated was why my father Li Zhong looked at the wrong person at that time, and I complained that her husband Wang Youcai was so incompetent.
So he went to nag with his father and complain to his husband. Li Zhong saw it in his eyes, and he was very helpless in his heart, he didn't blame others for causing such a situation, it was all their husband and wife who took the blame for themselves!
But Wang Youcai doesn't think so, he boasts that his ability is stronger than Zhang Baocheng, and now that he is comparable, he has always felt faceless on his face.
So after discussing with his wife Li Yan'er, they came up with a plan to get rid of this uneasy factor from now on.
Zhang Baocheng's business here is booming, and as the boss, he is also very well-informed, and he also knows that the business on his brother's side is difficult to do, and he is also anxious for them.
However, since his senior brother got married, he has stopped contacting him, and heard from others that Wang Youcai has complained about him now, so he is not good to come to the door with a cheeky face.
Now the only thing that makes him feel at ease is Li Zhong, who is also a master and a father, he will also take some time to visit, and the master and apprentice have nothing to talk about together, and when Wang Youcai is mentioned, Li Zhong will also comfort Zhang Baocheng and not to meet them in general.
However, this kind of life did not last long, and suddenly one day there was bad news from the Li family!Li Zhong died.
After hearing this, Zhang Baocheng staggered to Li's house, mourned for Li Zhong, hugged the coffin and cried bitterly, after all, Li Zhong is his savior and his reborn father!
When relatives and friends on the side saw Zhang Baocheng so sad, they also sighed at the depth of this apprentice's friendship with his master, and came to comfort him.
These Wang Youcai and his wife also saw it, but they didn't think so, they thought that Zhang Baocheng was putting on a show and trying to plot the family property left by Li Zhong.
So, after the funeral, the couple issued an eviction order, which made Zhang Baocheng very sad, originally the master left, he still wanted to treat them like relatives, but now they have become strangers.
Zhang Baowei thought that from now on, he would not get along with Wang Youcai and his wife, but what he didn't expect was that Li Yan'er was unusual, and came to his home and sincerely asked him to help.
That night, Zhang Baocheng and the Liu family were having dinner at home, and Li Yaner entered the house with a smiling face, and explained her intention after being polite to a few people.
Li Yan'er said embarrassedly: "Baocheng, you also know that since my father left, our business has plummeted. Now your senior brother is talented and wants to make a good restaurant left by his father, but the taste of some dishes is always not good, if you have time, you can come with me to help guide you?”
Zhang Baocheng rarely saw Li Yan'er come to the door, and now he finally had the opportunity to help them and agreed without thinking about it, but at this time Liu Yao frowned, she pulled Zhang Baocheng to a place where no one was and said, "You can't go tonight!."”
Zhang Baocheng was puzzled, senior brother, they came to him for help, why couldn't they go. Liu Yao saw the doubts in his heart and said, "Your senior brother and wife have long been jealous of you, and you know it. How could it be so coincidental that not long after your master died, they changed their minds?”
Zhang Baocheng was a little angry after hearing this, can't people want to live a good life?At the moment, he is asking for help, and it is nothing to help, but he feels that Liu Yao is a little cautious.
But Zhang Baocheng didn't have a seizure, he still insisted on his thoughts, Liu Yao saw that Zhang Baocheng had made up his mind and no longer stopped him, so he had to sigh and watch him walk out of the house.
Zhang Baocheng followed Li Yan'er to stop and go, and he was led to a completely unfamiliar mansion, so he wondered and said, "Where is this?"The master didn't talk about this house before!”
Seeing that he didn't move, Li Yan'er hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his arm and said, "Oh, what are you afraid of, this is a house specially bought by Youcai, where you can concentrate on researching new dishes, and Youcai is waiting for you inside." ”
Seeing Li Yan'er's urging, Zhang Baocheng entered the house with her. However, as soon as he entered the gate, Zhang Baocheng felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and fainted.
After a while, he woke up, his body had been tied up, and it was dark all around, and he could faintly hear the sound of someone talking outside.
He pricked up his ears to listen to the conversations of outsiders, and only then did he learn that Wang Youcai and his wife had designed him to be brought here, preparing to burn him alive with a fire.
The people outside stopped talking, replaced by a beam of fire, Zhang Baocheng was in a hurry, he screamed, but no one answered.
This sense of powerlessness made him very desperate, he should have listened to Liu Yao's words earlier, otherwise he would not have ended up in such a field.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and Zhang Baocheng, who was breathless from the black smoke, fainted.
When he opened his eyes, he found that he was already lying at home, Liu Yao looked at him with a worried face on the side of the bed, and only then did he relax when he opened his eyes.
Zhang Baocheng was puzzled, why he was rescued, and how could he be at home?
It turned out that the smart and clever Liu Yao had already seen through Li Yaner's tricks, and after Zhang Baocheng decided to help, she asked her younger brother to follow them, so as not to encounter accidents to Zhang Baocheng, and the result really fulfilled her worries.
Now that Wang Youcai has moved his murderous intentions, if he repeatedly tolerates it in the future, I am afraid that Zhang Baocheng will still be in danger, so Liu Yao has a plan.
On the second day, Liu Xin came to the county government to sue Wang Youcai and his wife for murder, and the county lord immediately escorted the couple to the lobby.
Liu Xin pointed to the two and said: "Yesterday, my boss went out with this woman and never came back, they have been complaining about my boss, I am afraid they have been poisoned." ”
Without any physical evidence, how could Wang Youcai and his wife admit their guilt, not to mention that this was planned by them, so the couple denied it in every possible way.
At this time, Liu Xin said: "I saw Wang Youcai stabbing my boss with a knife from behind, in a house, I don't believe that adults can send someone to check." ”
As soon as he heard about the house, Wang Youcai panicked and hurriedly said, "How come?"I only hit him in the back, how could I stab him with a knife!”
As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the hall, and then Wang Youcai found out that he had been tricked, and the county lord immediately put the couple in prison.
After this incident, Zhang Baocheng is also grateful to the Liu family sisters and brothers, if it weren't for them, they would probably die on the spot.
In the end, under the mediation of the grandmother, Zhang Baocheng and Liu Yao finally broke the window paper and became intimate, and a year later, the two had their own children.
And Liu Xin also became a family under the care of his sister and brother-in-law two years later, and the family has been happy ever since.