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Hello, who is this? Answering calls from strangers can be risky, so let's first assume it's a scammer and then gradually eliminate the suspicion!
My dear disciple, don’t you have my number saved?
Shi Tian:
That voice sounds so familiar! As soon as the other party spoke, Shi Tian recognized it was his cheap master calling!
He wanted to sound tough and say he was busy, but since Fang Zi could use it, he felt it would be a bit uncouth to do so himself.
Ah! It’s my master! I was just driving and answered with my headphones, didn’t check my phone! Finding an excuse, Shi Tian shifted the topic: I wanted to consult you about some Shandong Cuisine yesterday, but you were busy. I was planning to call you later in the evening when I had time!
He didn’t want to dwell on this issue. This cheap master was hard to read; he seemed easygoing on the plane, yet hadn’t called him since arriving in Sanya. Did that mean he didn’t regard him highly, or was it just his inherent pride?
If he didn’t regard him highly, that would be fine. But if he was just a proud old man who had passed down his skills to him, then Shi Tian still needed to maintain the respect he deserved!
Mentioning yesterday's call brought a hint of embarrassment to the old man's face.
He had prepared several rare ingredients yesterday and personally cooked a dish. It was unfortunate that Shi Tian called at that moment; the food had just been served, and he was enjoying it while giving pointers to his rather inept disciple!
But this disciple was a bit slow; after being a chef for nearly twenty years, he still hadn’t grasped some key issues and needed everything spelled out for him before he could digest it!
Already frustrated, when Shi Tian called, he had just finished cooking Xia Shou. This time, his foolish disciple was quite attentive; seeing his master occupied with both hands, he promptly picked up the phone and held it to his master’s ear.
Instead of focusing on honing his culinary skills, he only knew how to play these social games! However, with so many employees around this disciple, he couldn’t criticize him directly and could only vent his frustration at this unfortunate soul on the phone!
After hanging up yesterday, he spent over two hours giving that foolish disciple a lecture on mindset and more than four hours on professional training. The call had long been forgotten!
If it weren’t for needing to call today, he might have completely overlooked it. Only when he saw Shi Tian’s name in the call log did the old man remember that obedient disciple who seemed quite likable on the plane!
Shandong Cuisine? What’s that about? Tell me! Hearing that Shi Tian was interested in cooking made the old man quite happy.
Cooking was merely a hobby for him, cultivated purely for his own culinary desires!
As they say, don’t challenge someone’s livelihood with your hobby! But this old man was stubborn; even when gnawing on bones, he only picked the hardest ones. He often caused a scene in various restaurants.
To bring this up would require mentioning his struggles before becoming successful. Back then, making money wasn’t easy; after finally saving enough for a good meal, encountering an amateur chef was something he couldn’t tolerate!
After sending back two dishes in frustration, the restaurant’s chef rushed out with a knife in hand!
Faced with an unarmed opponent wielding a knife like that, all he could do was reason with them. He showcased his skills right in front of the chef and offered some advice; as a result, that meal ended up being complimentary!
Not only did he eat for free but also enjoyed a lavish meal. This opened up a bright path for the old man, allowing him to explore various culinary adventures across Heavenly South and Earthly North.
China is vast with countless restaurants; carrying a Ma Zha, one could roam freely while fortune-telling and enjoying free meals—what a carefree life!
Later on, realizing that fortune-telling at the market wasn't profitable and that the competition was too fierce, he began to take on apprentices, utilizing their free labor to help him run a restaurant.
As he took in more and more apprentices, the number of restaurants he opened also increased. Treating this group of apprentices as free labor was not sustainable! With money no longer an issue, he became generous, giving restaurants to his apprentices while taking a cut of the profits. Life became even more enjoyable!
However, having many apprentices also brought more trouble. They constantly asked for advice or invited him out to eat. After enduring enough of their demands, the old man decided to stop taking in apprentices and closed his doors.
But then he met Shi Tian on a plane. This kid was sharp; he could finish reading "Yang Zhai San Yao" in three hours and even engage in discussions about it. Old habits resurfaced, and he couldn't help but take him under his wing.
This apprentice turned out to be quite good—taking him in felt like not taking him in at all, as he didn't disturb him much, which the old man found comforting! However, when Shi Tian asked for guidance on Shandong Cuisine, the old man regretted it; had he known this would happen, he would have left behind two fortune-telling books before they parted ways!
"I have a friend who opened a Dumpling House," Shi Tian said awkwardly. "I noticed his business wasn't doing well, so I gave him a dumpling filling recipe. I called yesterday to tell you about it!"
When Shi Tian mentioned this, the old man felt a bit uneasy. He had hung up on Shi Tian during his call yesterday, and now Fang Zi had contacted him again!
Not mentioning Fang Zi would be problematic since the old man had given it to Shi Tian. If the old man disagreed with this arrangement, Shi Tian could simply retrieve Fang Zi and find another one later. After studying culinary arts for so long and gaining knowledge about various ingredients, creating a reliable dumpling filling should be easy.
"Are you teaching people how to make dumplings? Have you even learned it yourself before teaching others? Don't mislead them! Running a Dumpling House isn't easy; don't mess things up for them!"
"Give me an address; I'll check it out tomorrow. Just don't get me into any trouble!"
Hearing Shi Tian talk about teaching others how to make dumplings made the old man feel overwhelmed. A single recipe wasn't much, but those running Dumpling Houses were ordinary people who couldn't handle complications. If Shi Tian showed off and caused problems for their customers, it would lead to trouble!
Realizing this, Shi Tian complied and sent the address of the Dumpling House to the old man. It seemed tomorrow would be busy!
After hanging up the phone and putting the old man out of his mind, he went to check on the strawberries he had planted in the backyard, giving them some drinks while eagerly waiting for them to sprout!
"Bro, your wheel casts far! How much did it cost?"
In the morning, he had been thinking about confronting those Taiwanese fishermen when they pulled up a giant lobster weighing over ninety pounds. The lure fishermen scattered like roaches when they saw it; they were now fishing for bass along the shore.
There was no way around it—they just couldn't compete! If it had been a thirty or forty-pound Azure Catfish, they might have had a chance, but with one weighing sixty pounds, that was something rare—he hadn't caught one in years at Qi Ye Reservoir!
"It's not expensive—just a few hundred bucks! Much cheaper than your wheel!"
Tan casually replied that today's fishing trip was over; he'd figure out where to go tomorrow—maybe stream fishing?
Hearing that it only cost a few hundred bucks made Da Hai roll his eyes: "A few hundred? I’ll take a hit; let’s trade! My wheel cost two thousand four hundred!"
Buying a Water Drop Reel for over two thousand was already considered quite professional; even for boat fishing—not deep sea—it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Tan lived up to his name and wasn't lying at all.
This wheel was bought from Shi Tian's shop. Back then, after winning a championship, he picked out a lure rod from Shi Tian's store because it felt good in his hands and casually bought a wheel for just seven hundred bucks, which came with a set of lines and a box of jigs!
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