Chapter 160 A dish of braised pork to bribe the deaf old lady
Zhang Lan was very happy to hear that Wang Jianye wanted to make a new dress for her. She felt relieved that her son cared about her. "No need. That would cost too much money. It's not like I can't wear my cotton-padded jacket."

Zhang Lan's cotton jacket had several patches on it, and the sleeves on her elbows had holes from being worn out, which were also patched up with pieces of scraps of cloth.

Wang Jianye couldn't help but said, "Mom, I'm making a lot of money now, and I want to do something for you, so don't refuse."

Zhang Lan smiled with relief and shook her head: "No, Mom knows your good intentions, just appreciate it. I know you make a lot of money, much more than me, but in the future you still have to get married, have children and live a good life, so you can't spend money carelessly, you have to be frugal."

"Mom, I'm spending money on you. How can it be considered wasting money?"

Seeing Zhang Lan's repeated refusal, Wang Jianye knew that he could not persuade her, so he gave Wang Jianting and the others a look and said, "Go, try to persuade her."

Wang Jianting and the others understood what Wang Jianye meant, so they came up to Zhang Lan and tried to persuade her in a kind voice.

Finally, Zhang Lan agreed.

Wang Jianye smiled and put the seven dollars he had just taken out into Zhang Lan's pocket.

"Oh, you don't need that much. It doesn't cost that much to make a cotton-padded jacket. It's not easy for you to earn money. Take some back."

Zhang Lan only kept two dollars, and she forced the rest of the money into Wang Jianye's hands. Wang Jianye refused to take it, "Mom, you can keep the extra money for the family. I earned so much from my signature dishes in just two days."

"Ah? This is seven dollars. You can earn that in two days? Is your Fengze Garden's signature dish so profitable?"

After hearing what Wang Jianye said, Zhang Lan was very surprised and said that it was too fast to make money by making signature dishes.

"That's what happened..."

Wang Jianye said it simply.

Zhang Lan knew how popular Wang Jianye’s signature dishes were, and how much money Wang Jianye would get for every time someone ordered one of his signature dishes.

Zhang Lan was shocked after hearing this, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses. Wang Jianye's ability to make money was much stronger than she had imagined...

"Okay then, Mom will keep it."

Zhang Lan nodded happily.

If it was not easy for Wang Jianye to earn money, she, as a mother, would be considerate of her child and would not be willing to accept the money.

Now that she heard that Wang Jianye made money so easily, she decided to keep it. After all, it was the child's kindness.

……

In the afternoon, when Wang Jianye went out to the toilet, he met Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu waited for him for a while, and when he came up to him, he said, "Brother Wang, guess where I work now?"

"You found a job? Where is it?"

Wang Jianye asked curiously.

Previously, Sha Zhu was expelled from Fengzeyuan because of a fight. After being expelled, he first took He Yushui to Baocheng to find He Daqing. Later, he returned to Sijiucheng. Yi Zhonghai introduced him to a job in the canteen of a steel rolling mill. Because Sha Zhu had some savings after getting some money from He Daqing, he was not in a hurry to go.

"It was Cuihualou. A while ago, Manager Zhang from Cuihualou came to our courtyard to find me and asked me to work as a kitchen helper. I thought that Cuihualou, like Fengzeyuan, is a big restaurant that serves Shandong cuisine in our city, so I went."

Sha Zhu said in a good mood, "If Fengze Garden doesn't want me, I'll find another place that will."

When Wang Jianye heard Sha Zhu say that Manager Zhang from Cuihua Building came to the courtyard to look for him, he felt strange: "You were just an ordinary apprentice who was fired before, and you are not famous. Why would Manager Zhang from Cuihua Building look for you in person?"

Is there some calculation involved?
Wang Jianye couldn't help thinking.

Sha Zhu shook his head. "I don't know. Anyway, Manager Zhang gave me a good salary. I will just work hard there and improve my skills bit by bit."

"Okay, that's good too."

Even Sha Zhu didn't care, so Wang Jianye didn't think about it anymore.

After returning from the toilet, Wang Jianye saw the deaf old lady next door walking out of the house with a cane, "Jianye, come here."

When the deaf old lady saw Wang Jianye walk into the backyard from the moon gate, she waved to him with a smile.

Wang Jianye came up to her suspiciously and asked, "Old lady, what do you want to talk to me about?"

The deaf old lady smiled and nodded, then led Wang Jianye into her home.

There was a bowl on the table, and in the bowl was a piece of raw pork, with three layers of pork belly, weighing about two taels.

"I asked Yi Zhonghai to buy this. Old lady, I want to eat some braised pork. Among the people in our courtyard, your cooking skills are the best, so I want you to cook it for me, okay?"

The deaf old lady looked at him longingly.

The reason why she wanted to find Wang Jianye was because the deaf old lady knew that Wang Jianye's cooking was the best. The last time the deaf old lady went to Liu Haizhong's house for a banquet, she tasted Wang Jianye's cooking and was particularly greedy at that time. So today she asked someone to buy her a piece of pork and asked Wang Jianye to make braised pork for her so that she could satisfy her craving.

This deaf old lady is over seventy years old. At her age, she has no other hobbies except being greedy.

Wang Jianye didn't rush to agree. He couldn't do this favor for nothing. "Old lady, I can make you a dish of braised pork, but you have to promise me one thing."

"Oh? What's going on?"

The deaf old lady asked hurriedly, not understanding what else an old lady like her could do for Wang Jianye.

"I only go home once a week on weekends. If my family has any conflicts with neighbors while I'm away, please help me speak up for them. After all, you are the ancestor of our family. If you say so, no one dares to make things difficult for my family."

Wang Jianye made his request, "Old lady, if you agree, I will use my best skills to make you the most delicious braised pork."

"Okay, I agree. Jianye, don't worry about you being outside. I'm here in the courtyard, and no one dares to mess with your family."

When the deaf old lady heard that Wang Jianye was going to use his best skills to make her the most delicious braised pork, she immediately agreed greedily.

Wang Jianye did what he said and immediately used his experience points to upgrade his braised pork from the second-level kitchen level to the state banquet level.

Then he made a state-banquet-quality braised pork dish for the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady, who was over 70 years old, had never tasted such delicious braised pork. She thought to herself, "I have to help Wang Jianye's family more in the future and build a good relationship with them. Otherwise, where can I eat such delicious braised pork?"

The deaf old lady was completely conquered by the braised pork. If she wanted to eat it again in the future, she had to help protect Wang Jianye's family.

(End of this chapter)