Chapter 183 New Furniture Arrives

Smelling the fragrant Laba porridge in the pot, Li Hai swallowed hard and made up his mind, "It's just a little expensive, what's there to be afraid of? I have to buy it and try it!"

Li Hai came to the front hall and ordered Laba porridge from a waiter. He waited anxiously for a long time, which made him suspect that Bai Nan had deliberately withheld it. When he thought of going to the back kitchen to check, a waiter finally brought him a small bowl of Laba porridge.

"It's delicious."

Li Hai couldn't wait to pick up the spoon and take a sip, exclaiming in admiration.

But then he thought again, he was drinking a bowl of soup that he bought at the original price and spent so much money.

After Bai Nan gave Wang Jianye a bowl of Laba porridge for free, he immediately felt that the bowl was not as fragrant.

At noon, Fengze Garden gradually became crowded.

Because today is Laba Festival, many guests ordered Laba porridge.

“It’s really delicious.”

"The Laba porridge at Fengze Garden used to taste the same every year, but how come it tastes so good this year?"

"..."

Everyone only knows that the cooking skills of Master Bai Nan, who makes this Laba porridge, have improved. Little do they know that it is under the guidance of Wang Jianye that Master Bai Nan's skills have improved so significantly and they are able to drink such delicious Laba porridge.

……

In the afternoon, Wang Jianye was called to Zheng Hao's office and learned a good news, that is, the twenty-four-legged furniture that had been ordered for him was now ready and could be moved to the carpenter's house.

So Wang Jianye returned to the kitchen and said, "Chen Xiaoyang, Ma Hua, Wang Yijun, Xu Youde, Xu Youfu, Ye Youzhang, come with me to the west of the city to move some things."

Just now Zheng Hao wanted to find someone to help transport the furniture back, but Wang Jianye refused. After all, he had apprentices, six big guys, which were enough.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were few customers in the afternoon, Wang Jianye led them out of the back door of Fengze Garden and headed west.

Zheng Hao also went with Wang Jianye, and he had to lead the way.

There were eight people in the group, six of whom were Wang Jianye's apprentices. Zheng Hao looked at them enviously and said, "Master Wang, you have so many apprentices. You are so impressive."

Wang Jianye happened to meet Cai Quanwu, who was riding a tricycle on the road, and waved to him: "Brother Cai, I have a job here, and I want to rent your tricycle."

Cai Quanwu borrowed this three-wheeled flatbed truck from someone else, intending to use it to help people transport things and earn some hard-earned money.

After seeing Wang Jianye wanted to use the car, Cai Quanwu agreed: "Master Wang, from where to where, what are you moving?"

"Go to Carpenter Liu in the west of the city and get twenty-four legs and send them to where I live."

"Ah? Master Wang, is that the furniture you ordered?"

Cai Quanwu asked in surprise. He remembered that there were a lot of furniture where Wang Jianye lived. It was not unusable. Why did they need to make new ones specially?

"I ordered it. I'm not young anymore, so I thought I'd buy a set of furniture of better quality. When I go on a blind date at home later, the girl will be attracted to me when she sees my good looks..."

Wang Jianye nodded and said with a smile.

Zheng Hao next to him was puzzled at first, but he immediately understood that Master Wang didn't want people to know that these furniture were rewards given to him by Fengze Garden, for fear that people would be jealous.

Soon, under the leadership of Zheng Hao, everyone arrived at the residence of Carpenter Liu in the west of the city.

Zheng Hao talked to Carpenter Liu.

Wang Jianye directed his apprentices to load the furniture onto the truck. One truck certainly could not hold all the furniture, so Zheng Hao borrowed a flatbed truck from Carpenter Liu and asked his apprentices to load the remaining furniture onto it.

Zheng Hao asked Carpenter Liu to make furniture for him. He paid him a lot of money and used very good wood. The furniture he made was very heavy.

However, Wang Jianye has six apprentices, all of them are young men. Three of them are responsible for one car, so it is quite easy to make a trip to the courtyard No. 11 in Qianmen.

Wang Jianye first opened the door of his house, and then together with several apprentices, he moved all his old furniture out of the house to make room for the new furniture.

Then he swept the floor again and moved the new furniture in one by one. The commotion in the front yard attracted many aunties who came to watch the fun.

"Master Wang, who did you order this furniture from? It looks really good."

"Well, I see that the tables, chairs, cabinets, etc. are all made of fine wood. They must have cost a lot of money."

"Master Wang makes fifty yuan a month. He can afford that little bit."

"..."

Some time ago, Cao Youzhi, the uncle in charge, learned that Wang Jianye's salary was 50 yuan a month, and naturally the news spread.

After all, Wang Jianye was only 20 years old, yet he could get such a high salary, which made many workers who were in their 30s and 40s earning this much money envious.

Little did people know that Wang Jianye underestimated a large amount of his income. The actual situation was that he could earn more than 200 yuan per month, which was more than four times what everyone thought!

After the new furniture was moved into the house, the apprentices brought back the things that were placed on the furniture outside the house, such as bedding, bowls and chopsticks, teapots, etc., and placed them on top of the new furniture.

"Hey, Master Wang, how much did it cost to have these furniture made?"

An old lady in the crowd asked, and other onlookers also looked over, and were very curious about these things.

"It's more than a hundred yuan. I don't have that much money. I have to borrow it from someone."

Wang Jianye said it casually. In fact, he didn't know how much it cost and didn't ask Zheng Hao.

After hearing the price Wang Jianye said, the crowd started talking about how Master Wang was really willing to spend, how it was good to have money, and how Master Wang was really capable.

Sisters Yu Li and Yu Haitang had just returned from playing outside. When they saw how lively the front yard was, they even forgot to go home to drink some water. They squeezed through the crowd and looked into Wang Jianye's house curiously.

“That cabinet is so beautiful.”

"I think the big wardrobe is better."

"..."

These two sisters, one is twelve years old and the other is eight years old, are both very beautiful at a young age.

Everyone was concerned about how much money Wang Jianye spent on making this set of furniture and what the quality was like, but the two of them were more concerned about which piece of furniture looked better.

Wang Jianye picked out a few pieces of furniture that were not worth much, and asked his apprentices to put them on the flatbed truck borrowed from Carpenter Liu, and then sent them to the commissioned store to sell them.

There were still a few pieces of furniture left in the yard that were not needed but would be a pity to sell, so they were moved back to Wang Jianye's house. When no one was there, he stored them in the system space.

Afterwards, Wang Jianye decided to take his apprentices to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables and cook a delicious meal at home to reward his tired apprentices.

Before leaving, Wang Jianye asked Ma Hua to return the flatbed tricycle that he had borrowed from Carpenter Liu.

Wang Jianye asked Cai Quanwu for another flatbed tricycle and let Cai Quanwu ride it to earn money. He did not pay for the rental, but promised to treat him to drinks in the evening.

When Ma Hua came back after delivering the car, Wang Jianye also came back from the vegetable market. He was carrying a big carp weighing two kilograms, a piece of pork weighing more than one kilogram, a hen that had been raised for two and a half years but had not laid eggs, as well as potatoes, cabbage, radishes and other seasonal vegetables for winter.

After buying it, Wang Jianye began to show off his cooking skills. With the help of six apprentices who listened to his instructions very well, his cooking efficiency improved a lot, and soon he prepared a large table of food.

Before Wang Jianye picked up his chopsticks, many of his disciples just looked at the food with envy, but did not dare to eat.

Wang Jianye sat in the first seat, and Chen Xiaoyang next to him opened the bottle cap of Beibingyang soda for him. In the afternoon, in addition to buying vegetables, Wang Jianye also asked his apprentice to buy two dozen bottles of Beibingyang soda.

When having dinner with this group of disciples who were all underage except Wang Yijun, Wang Jianye did not plan to let them drink alcohol. It was fine for them to drink some soda. When they all came of age and had dinner together again, he would use good wine and drink as much as he wanted.

"I won't waste any more time talking nonsense. If you are willing to learn cooking from me, then I will naturally fulfill the duties of a master. The six of you are all my current apprentices. You are all brothers and sisters. You must live in harmony and no one is allowed to bully anyone else... Come, let's eat."

Wang Jianye gave some instructions, and only after he picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the food did his disciples begin to eat impatiently. The dishes on the table were all of state banquet quality and they were so delicious.

(End of this chapter)