in2ebook Chapter 192 Taking Advantage
Chapter 192 Taking Advantage
During this period of time together, Qian Lai felt that he had become accustomed to the girl's various sudden arrangements, but he never expected that the girl would arrange such a big "surprise" for him as soon as she came back late at night.
While Qian Lai was complaining in his heart, he did not forget to reach out and feel around his body. After feeling around for a few times and not finding anything suitable as a gift, he simply untied the purse hanging around his waist, took out a silver ingot from it, and handed it to Yin Bao.
"Your name is Yinbao, right? This is our first meeting, and I don't have anything suitable as a gift. Take this silver ingot. If you want anything later, you can buy it yourself."
"This..." Yin Bao looked at the gold ingots in Qian Lai's hand, feeling a little overwhelmed. He turned to look at Lin Chuyi for help, intending to seek her advice.
Lin Chuyi smiled and said, "Although you are not yet Lao Qian's official apprentice, you are studying with him, so you are also half his apprentice. Since it is a gift from him, just accept it."
Yin Bao then took the silver ingots handed over by Qian Laiye with both hands, then bowed to Qian Laiye again and expressed his gratitude to him: "Thank you, Master Qian."
"Yeah." The reaction was quite quick. Qian Lai also touched the mustache on his face and felt more favorable towards his new apprentice.
This was the first time that Yinbao got such a big silver ingot, and it felt heavy in his hand.
She was not stupid. Just by listening to the girl's introduction, she knew that Manager Qian must have a high status. The fact that he casually gave away a silver ingot proved that her guess was correct. The girl entrusted herself to Manager Qian, which showed how much she valued her.
By learning from Manager Qian, she will definitely learn a lot of knowledge and broaden her horizons. This kind of opportunity is rare, so she must cherish it.
While Yin Bao was secretly making up his mind, Lin Chuyi spoke again: "Old Qian, let me introduce you. This is Lin Miao, and this is Lin Miao's apprentice Yu Caocao. Is the room I asked you to arrange ready?"
Qian Lai also nodded, "It has been arranged a long time ago, but I didn't say before that I would bring my apprentice with me. But it's not a big problem, I'll have someone arrange another room for me later."
After Qian Lai finished speaking, he turned to look at Lin Miao. Lin Chuyi had mentioned the trio to him, so he knew Lin Miao's true identity. Now seeing the real person, he suddenly wanted to make a joke.
He looked at Lin Miao seriously and said, "Niece Miao, do you still remember your Uncle Qian? I held you in my arms when you were a child."
Lin Miao's mouth twitched. She didn't know what this colleague was thinking. They both knew each other's identities, so there was no point in talking about "childhood". If he wanted to take advantage of her, he could just say so.
However, it is not easy to take advantage of Lin Miao. Lin Miao showed a bright smile and gave Qian Laiye an affirmative answer.
"I remember, how could I not remember? Uncle Qian promised to give me ten thousand taels of silver as a dowry on my wedding day. It's a pity that Uncle Qian was not here when I got married. But it's not too late to make up for it now. Uncle Qian should still remember the promise, right?"
Qian Lai didn't expect that Lin Miao would outwit him, but his reaction was not slow. He just smiled bitterly and started to play the victim.
"If it were in the past, let alone ten thousand taels of silver, even one hundred thousand taels would be something your uncle Qian could have come up with. Unfortunately, fate plays tricks on us. Now I am just a clerk for others, and I really can't come up with ten thousand taels of silver right now."
"But don't worry, niece. Your uncle Qian will never go back on his word. Even if he has to sell everything he has, he will give you this ten thousand taels of silver. I just hope that you can give me some more time."
Lin Miao was speechless. Qian Laiye responded by making it seem like she was a debt collector. Before she could retort, Lin Chuyi came out to smooth things over.
"Stop, stop. You are really good at climbing up the ladder. Your disciples will be fooled by you. You will live in the same house in the future. You will have plenty of opportunities to make fun of them."
Lin Chuyi looked at Qian Laiye and said, "We have come all this way and are very tired. You should quickly arrange accommodation for them so that they can rest early."
"Miss Xiaolin is right. Old Qian will do it right away." Qian Laiye bowed slightly to Lin Chuyi in a serious manner after he finished speaking. He stood up and turned to Lin Miao and the other two and said, "You guys wait for a moment. I'll be back soon."
Lin Chuyi looked at Qian Laiye's departing back and shook his head. "When you spend more time with him, you will find that he just likes to joke around and is never serious. Next time you encounter a situation like this, you can ignore him and let him perform a one-man show. When he finds it boring, he will naturally return to his normal state."
"Okay, let's get back to the topic. He will arrange a room for you in a while. You can clean up and have a rest. We have a tough battle to fight next."
"Yes."
After Lin Miao and the other two followed Qian Laiye away, Lin Chuyi also returned to his room to rest.
When she went out the next day, she turned back into the strict and responsible master carpenter, and time passed quickly as she taught and made works day by day.
Under Lin Chuyi's guidance and demonstration, the learning progress and production efficiency of the three carpentry masters and the new carpentry apprentices have been significantly improved.
It only took the team twenty days to produce two sets of wooden furniture in different styles, as well as various woodworking products. These finished wooden products will be displayed on the shelves of the Craftsmanship Workshop as the first batch of selling items.
In addition, Lin Chuyi also took back the job that he had previously given to Qian Laiye, asking him to find someone to custom-make the tables, chairs, benches, and wooden screens needed for the Yippin Pot Restaurant.
The group worked hard and finally completed all the wooden products needed for the Yippin Hotpot Restaurant before opening.
In order to facilitate teaching, shorten the time of making dim sum, and ensure that the taste and flavor of the dim sum would not differ too much, Lin Xiangxiang specially asked Lin Chuyi to customize a batch of utensils and molds needed to make dim sum.
After this period of training, Qilixiang's dim sum apprentices have mastered the use of various dim sum utensils. On this basis, they have also learned how to make a variety of drinks.
In order to better understand the students' learning progress, Lin Xiangxiang specially arranged level tests for the students.
She graded the difficulty of making various desserts, dividing them into levels one to nine from easy to difficult. Students need to take the exams one level at a time to obtain the pastry chef certification.