Chapter 132 Bai Nan is heartbroken and regrets his decision

After hearing what Zhou Qingde said, Bai Nan said, "Master Zhou, just tell me what you want to say."

"Seriously, has your family really been raising that old yeast for more than a hundred years? Has it been raised since your grandfather's generation?"

To be frank, Zhou Qingde was afraid that Bai Nan would not be able to bear it and would be punished severely if he was hit again.

After all, Bai Nan treated this piece of old yeast as his old son. The fact that Zhou Qingde fried someone else's precious son in a frying pan... anyone would go crazy.

Therefore, there needs to be a process for Bai Nan to slowly accept it.

"Oh, how can that be possible? My grandfather's generation wasn't even a hundred years ago, but it was sixty or seventy years ago, and the emperor was still alive at that time."

Bai Nan lowered his voice and spoke the truth, "I told you that my old son is over a hundred years old so that you can pay attention to him and help me keep him safe. Don't lose him or destroy him."

Hearing this, Zhou Qingde breathed a sigh of relief. That’s good.

Bai Nan's old yeast was not grown for more than a hundred years, but for sixty or seventy years, which was about the same age as the old yeast Zhou Qingde got from Master Luo. It just so happened that Zhou Qingde gave that piece of old yeast to Bai Nan as compensation.

Zhou Qingde looked at him and said, "Master Luo, do you know?"

"I know. He is the best chef in our city. I dream of becoming his disciple. It's a pity that Master Luo never accepts disciples. Now he is over 70 years old. It's a pity that his skills can't be passed on."

When talking about Master Luo, Bai Nan's face was full of admiration and pity.

"During the days when you took leave to go back to the Northeast, Master Luo accepted a disciple."

"What? Master Luo actually has a disciple? Who is it?"

Bai Nan asked in surprise. He really wanted to know who was so amazing that he could be noticed by Master Luo.

You have to know that in the decades since Master Luo became famous, countless people who thought they were gifted have gone to Master Luo to become his apprentice, but Master Luo simply looked down on them and did not accept any of them.

And now, Master Luo actually accepted a disciple for the first time!
Who is it that can be favored by Master Luo?

Bai Nan looked at Zhou Qingde eagerly, wanting to know who that person was.

Zhou Qingde asked him to calm down first, "The disciple that Master Luo accepted is from our Fengze Garden."

"What? Is this true?!"

Hearing this, Bai Nan lost his composure completely. Among all the pastry chefs in the kitchen of Fengze Garden, he had the highest level and the best talent. Even if Master Luo really accepted someone from Fengze Garden as his apprentice, that person could only be him. Others like Li Hai and Fang Jingzu could not compare to him at all. On what basis could they be accepted as apprentices by Master Luo?

Zhou Qingde nodded, "It's true, that person is our Master Wang."

"Master Wang? I don't think we have a master named Bai here at Bai'an?"

Bai Nan frowned.

After thinking about it carefully, there is no one with the surname Bai among their chefs.

Is he an apprentice?
That's not right, there isn't a single apprentice with the last name Bai...

Zhou Qingde explained to him: "It's not one of your white case chefs. It's Master Wang Jianye from the red case department. He's the one who was promoted twice when he became a regular chef half a month ago."

"..."

Bai Nan's eyes widened, and after a long time he reacted and chuckled, "Master Zhou, are you kidding me? I admit that Master Wang is talented in cooking red cases, but white cases and red cases are completely different things. Being good at red cases doesn't mean he can be good at white cases. Why did Master Luo accept him as his apprentice?"

"What I said is true. Master Luo did accept Master Wang Jianye as his apprentice, and he is his only apprentice." Zhou Qingde confirmed.

Bai Nan was extremely jealous. He couldn't understand why. He had been cooking Bai case for more than ten years, but Master Luo still didn't take him seriously. And Wang Jianye had never learned Bai case, let alone cooked it, but how could he be taken seriously by Master Luo?
Bai Nan wondered if Master Luo had become confused due to his old age...

Zhou Qingde explained.

Bai Nan was incredulous: "Master Wang can make a bowl of home-cooked noodles so well that even Master Luo feels inferior to him?!"

Zhou Qingde nodded.

Bai Nan took a deep breath and couldn't imagine, "How well must he do..."

Seeing Bai Nan immersed in shock, Zhou Qingde took the opportunity to say, "After Master Wang became Master Luo's apprentice, Master Luo gave the old yeast that he had kept for sixty years and had accompanied him in making white cases for his entire life to Master Wang. Then Master Li and I bought some of it from Master Wang and planned to give it to you as compensation."

"You want to give it to me? Wait, what compensation?"

Bai Nan noticed something was wrong. Why was he compensating her for no reason? Could it be...

"Master Zhou, where is my old yeast?"

Bai Nan said hurriedly.

"This is it."

Zhou Qingde took out a cloth bag from his pocket. It was the cloth bag containing old yeast that Bai Nan had entrusted to him before leaving.

Seeing that the cloth bag that he asked Zhou Qingde to keep was still there and bulging, Bai Nan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his old yeast in the cloth bag was still safe and sound. "I was scared to death. I thought Master Zhou, you didn't keep my old yeast well and lost it."

"Lost, but not lost."

Zhou Qingde's words made the smile on Bai Nan's face disappear little by little. Suddenly he realized something was wrong and hurriedly opened the cloth bag in Zhou Qingde's hand.

“This, this, this is my old yeast?!!”

Bai Nan's breath caught in his throat when he saw the brown and crispy dough inside.

Zhou Qingde nodded, then took out a small piece of Master Luo's old yeast from Wang Jianye from his other pocket, and said apologetically: "So, I found a way to get Wang Jianye to worship Master Luo as his master, and got the old yeast that Master Luo had raised for sixty years from him to compensate you."

Bai Nan looked at his precious son, whose flesh had turned brown and crispy, and his heart suddenly tightened and his head began to buzz.

Zhou Qingde looked at Bai Nan, who was experiencing the pain of losing her son, with reluctance, and handed the old yeast that Master Luo had raised for sixty years to Bai Nan: "I'm sorry, I didn't keep it well."

Then, Zhou Qingde told Bai Nan about some things that happened after Bai Nan asked for leave, including how Li Hai came to borrow the old yeast and accidentally put it into the frying pan, and how they tried every possible way to compensate him. Finally, he and Wang Jianye went to find Master Luo and told Bai Nan everything.

"Master Bai, this is twenty yuan that Master Li and I collected together. Please accept it as some compensation."

Zhou Qingde took out some money from his pocket and handed it to Bai Nan.

Bai Nan was confused and didn't react.

His old yeast was ruined, but Zhou Qingde compensated him by giving him the old yeast from Master Luo, whom he admired the most and who had worked with him in the business of making pastries for sixty years.

I don't know whether he should be angry or happy...

(End of this chapter)