Chapter 177 Jia Zhang is jealous of Sha Zhu

In the afternoon, Wang Jianye took some time to visit Master Luo's home and learned something from him.

Some time ago, he worshipped Master Luo as his white-case chef, and he often went to Master Luo to learn from the old man's lifelong experience and insights.

Master Luo has no children and only has Wang Jianye as his disciple, so he teaches him very dedicatedly. Wang Jianye naturally did not disappoint the old man. He made rapid progress by using the system, which made the old man very pleased.

"Master Xiao Wang, you are so lucky. You have become Master Luo's disciple. You must learn from him well. Then he will definitely leave the house and money to you."

Before leaving, Aunt Niu said something to Wang Jianye enviously.

Master Luo has been cooking Chinese cuisine for more than sixty years, and his skills have long reached the top level in Beijing. Many big restaurants and dignitaries want to invite him to cook Chinese cuisine, and the price they offer is naturally very high. Master Luo has no children, and he can't spend much money on a daily basis. He saves some of his money and uses the rest to buy a few courtyards. However, he gives them to the street office to rent out, for example, the three-courtyard courtyard where Master Luo lives now is one of his properties.

This is why many people come to Master Luo to learn from him, not only for cooking skills, but also because they want to inherit these properties.

Wang Jianye had just heard these things from Aunt Niu. He had never cared about these things before and was only focused on learning the craft from Master Luo.

Now that he knew this, Wang Jianye couldn't help but think that it would be a good thing if these things could really be left to him in the future. After all, the houses would be valuable by the 1990s. However, it was still early now. Even if he really inherited these houses, he would have to deal with them well and spend the next 20 to 30 years in peace.

In the evening, when Wang Jianye returned to Nanluoguxiang, he came to the main house in the middle courtyard, Sha Zhu's home, carrying two bottles of Xifeng wine he had just bought.

"It's almost done. There are only six dishes left. Brother Wang, just sit and wait for a while."

"How many do you have prepared?"

“…Six.”

After hearing what Sha Zhu said, Wang Jianye knew that it was still too early for him to finish cooking, and wanted to cook with him, but Sha Zhu refused, saying that he had to let him taste his cooking skills. Well, Wang Jianye went back to his home in the backyard first.

"Mom, what are you having for dinner?"

"We have made so many dishes at home for lunch. We just need to heat them up and steam a few steamed buns. That will be enough for us to eat."

Zhang Lan is making steamed corn bread made of two kinds of flour.

Wang Jianwu was reviewing his homework with Wang Jianwen. If it were in the past, he would have run out to the street to play with others while his family was cooking.

But now he was behaving himself at home, because he had agreed with Wang Jianye before that they would get certain rewards based on their test scores. After Wang Jianwu studied hard and achieved good results, he tasted the sweetness and became interested in studying. Wang Jianwu was determined to get better scores next time. In the next test, he wanted to go from fifth place in the class to first place, and ask his elder brother to make him another dish he liked.

In the middle courtyard, Sha Zhu from the main house was cooking at home with the windows open, and the aroma of stewed fish and meat wafted out through the windows.

The Jia family was also cooking at this time, but with the combined salary of Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu being only 30 yuan, they could not afford any meat. Qin Huairu just stewed Chinese cabbage with a little bit of sweet potato vermicelli and steamed cornbread.

The meal would have been fine under normal circumstances, but today the aroma of stewed fish and meat from Shazhu's house, which lived in the same courtyard as the Jia family, wafted into the Jia family's house, making the sore-stomach steamed buns and the oil-free boiled cabbage in their hands taste bland.

"What are you showing off for? You're not proud of having meat to eat! How can you not choke to death?"

Jia Zhang bit the steamed bread fiercely, expressing her jealousy and dissatisfaction towards Sha Zhu.

In her opinion, Sha Zhu opened the window like this to let the aroma of his stewed meat waft out, just to show off and make everyone in the yard crave his food, which was too bad.

"Silly Zhu is so exhausted that he actually bought so much meat."

Jia Dongxu couldn't help but speculate: "Mom, could it be that Sha Zhu didn't buy this meat in the market, but stole it from the restaurant?"

"It's possible!"

Jia Zhang's eyes suddenly lit up, "Let's report him! Let him show off!"

Jia Dongxu nodded, "Yes! The hotel will definitely fire him by then, let's see how he can still show off!"

"I'm going there tomorrow morning. I think it's called Cuihua Tower. I'm going to go there to find their leader!"

Jia Zhang said bitterly that she just couldn't bear to see Sha Zhu's life better than hers. When she thought of Sha Zhu's miserable appearance after being fired by Cuihua Building's leader, Jia Zhang felt happy, and the steamed bread in her hand and the stewed Chinese cabbage on the plate also smelled better.

……

In the evening, after Sha Zhu prepared the meal, Wang Jianye had a good drink with him. He drank one and a half bottles of Xifeng liquor out of the two bottles he bought in the afternoon.

By the end, Shazhu was so drunk that his tongue became swollen, and he was mumbling something about friendship, bonds, and so on.

He Yushui had already finished his meal and went back to the next room to sleep.

Wang Jianye only drank a few glasses of wine, and his mind was still quite clear. The rest of the wine was thrown into the system space while he was drinking. Sha Zhu, who had no such ability, was very surprised. He thought Wang Jianye had such a good alcohol tolerance that he was not drunk after drinking so much. Unlike him, he was dizzy.

……

the next day.

Wang Jianye got up early, had breakfast and came to Fengze Garden.

Several of his apprentices had arrived at the kitchen before him and were busy practicing basic skills.

After Wang Jianye arrived, he did not rush to work, but opened his personal panel.

[Experience value: 2530]

【Recipe: 8】

【厨艺：国宴级（35道）、大厨级（0道）、头灶级（0道）、二灶级（52道）、三灶级（60道）……】

[Special effects that can be triggered by state banquet-level dishes: Increase lifespan by one day (0.36), increase IQ by one point (0.01), increase strength by one pound (0.01), increase concentration time by one minute (0.01)]

【…】

"After I accepted five apprentices, I could gain an average of 190 experience points every day. After more than half a month of accumulation, my total experience points reached 2530 points, excluding the spent ones! The speed at which I am accumulating experience points now is much faster than the previous several months."

Wang Jianye was grateful for what he had gained during this period of time. He was improving at an increasingly faster rate.

"System, upgrade these... 32 dishes of the second-class kitchen level to the state banquet level!"

[Ding, a certain dish (second-stove level 31+) has been successfully upgraded after spending 69 experience points. Congratulations to the host for mastering a certain dish (state banquet level 100+).]*32.

[Ding, get a recipe. ]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the probability of triggering special effects. The number of times can be increased by +32]

"Add all the upgrades I can get to [Increase Lifespan by One Day]!"

[Ding, the triggering probability of the special effect lifespan increased by one day, increased from 0.36 to 0.68]

[Experience value: 322]

【Recipe: 40】

【厨艺：国宴级（67道）、大厨级（0道）、头灶级（0道）、二灶级（20道）、三灶级（60道）……】

[Special effects that can be triggered by state banquet-level dishes: Increase lifespan by one day (0.68), increase IQ by one point (0.01), increase strength by one pound (0.01), increase concentration time by one minute (0.01)]

【…】

"I have improved so much in just half a month. In another half a month, I should be able to increase the probability of triggering the special effect [Increase Lifespan by One Day] to 100%. By then, my system can be upgraded again. What functions will be added?"

(End of this chapter)