Chapter 255: Visiting the temple fair, opening on the third day of the Lunar New Year

Seeing that Wang Jianye had so many disciples, Yan Fugui also wanted Yan Jiecheng to become Wang Jianye's disciple.

After all, in Yan Fugui's opinion, Wang Jianye is already a state banquet chef, so his cooking skills are naturally impeccable.

If his son Yan Jiecheng could become Wang Jianye's apprentice and learn a few tricks from him, he would definitely be able to find a good job in the future.

It is even possible to stay and work at Fengzeyuan, where the salary is very good.

By then, Yan Jiecheng could bring a meat dish home every day.

It’s such a great thing that the Yan family can eat meat every day.

"Third uncle, forget it. I will not accept your Yan Jie as my apprentice."

Wang Jianye shook his head and said firmly.

There are three types of disciples he will not accept, and Yan Jiecheng from the Yan family is one of them.

After hearing what Wang Jianye said, Yan Fugui wanted to try to persuade him a few more times.

In order to get closer to him, Wang Jianye reluctantly agreed, but Wang Jianye didn't buy it at all.

After saying he didn’t want to accept it, he walked towards the yard.

Yan Fugui, who felt very sorry for being left there, and the third aunt and her husband were left there.

……

After heating up dumplings and leftover dishes at home at noon, Wang Jianye and his family prepared to go to the temple fair.

Temple fairs have a long history in the old city, among which the most famous one is the Changdian Temple Fair.

During the Spring Festival, there were more than 700 stalls on both sides of the 1.5-kilometer-long street from the moat bridge outside Hepingmen to the Hufangqiao intersection.

There were lights and decorations everywhere, and people were crowded together, shoulder to shoulder. The road leading to Changdian from all directions was filled with tourists.

On the stalls, there were windmills that rustled in the wind, diabolos that swayed and hummed, and children were selecting lanterns in front of the stalls.

There are also snack stalls selling pea porridge, aiwowo, rice cakes, and mixed sausages, which attract a lot of customers.

In addition to stalls selling various foods, toys, and daily necessities, there is also a special book market.

Gathering around the book stalls were old men wearing reading glasses, children wearing red scarves, students wearing middle school and university badges, and people dressed as workers and cadres.

"Sister, look at that windmill, it's so beautiful!"

"Come on, let's take a look."

After Wang Jianye and his family entered the market, they were attracted by the dazzling array of goods.

Wang Jiannan took Wang Jianting's hand and walked to the stall selling windmills.

Choosing which windmill is more beautiful and spins faster is so hard that my eyes are almost dazzled.

Wang Jianwu was attracted by the stall selling fried sausages. He took out his New Year's money from his pocket and bought some to try and satisfy his craving.

"Selling baskets~"

"Sharpening scissors and kitchen knives~"

"Selling big and small goldfish~Hey~"

"..."

Wang Jianye felt it was very novel to hear the hawking sounds of small vendors around him.

There were people selling soy milk, noodles with soybean paste, people ordering shoes, people doing pedicures, people doing tooth extractions, and people doing haircuts.

There are also street performers, including Peking opera, puppet shows, shadow plays, crosstalk, and monkey shows.

Wang Jianye felt like he couldn’t see or hear enough, it was so lively.

When it was time for dinner, I ate a few bites at the snack stand at the temple fair to fill my stomach. I wasn’t that hungry.

After all, it was such a big temple fair, with so many food for sale, and you could be full with just a little. After dinner at the temple fair, Wang Jianye and his family were reluctant to go back.

Because it was already dark at this time, all kinds of beautiful lanterns were lit up, illuminating the entire street, making people linger.

Around eight o'clock in the evening, Wang Jianye and his family returned to the place where they had stored their bicycles.

They came to the temple fair on two bicycles, but there were too many people at the fair and it was difficult to get the bicycles in.

So they were placed in an empty space dedicated to bicycle viewing. You gave the person viewing the bicycles three cents, and he would give you a small wooden sign.

This small wooden sign comes in pairs, one for you and one for your bicycle.

When you want to take the bicycle away, take out your small wooden sign and match it with the small wooden sign of the bicycle on the empty field before you can ride the bicycle away.

In this way, people who watch over bicycles can ensure that bicycles in empty spaces will not be secretly ridden away.

After retrieving the two bicycles from his family, Wang Jianye rode the new bicycle with Zhang Lan sitting on the back seat.

The other old bicycle was ridden by Wang Jianting, with her sister Wang Jiannan sitting on the back seat.

As for the brothers Wang Jianwen and Wang Jianwu, they walked back.

It was already late when I got home. I was also tired after a whole day outside, so I quickly washed up and rested.

The next day is the second day of the Chinese New Year. The temple fair in Changdian lasts from the first to the seventh day of the Chinese New Year.

Today, Wang Jianye accompanied his family to visit the temple fair for the whole day, eating, drinking and having a great time.

The third day of the first lunar month was the day to start work. On the second night of the first lunar month, Wang Jianye moved into the courtyard house at No. 11 Qianmen and stayed there.

"I have two things to do when I go to work tomorrow. One is that I want to be promoted to chef, which will increase my salary and benefits.

The second is what Sha Zhu told me in the courtyard before, that there might be a traitor in Fengze Garden. I need to tell Master Zhou about it and ask him to investigate. "

Before going to bed, Wang Jianye thought clearly about what he was going to do tomorrow.

Then opened the personal panel.

[Experience value: 990]

【Recipe: 101】

【厨艺：传说级（3道）、国宴级（126道）、大厨级（0道）、头灶级（0道）、二灶级（0道）、三灶级（30道）……】

[Special effects that can be triggered by state banquet-level dishes: Increase lifespan by one day (1), increase IQ by one point (0.23), increase strength by one pound (0.01), increase concentration time by one minute (0.01)]

"I have now mastered three legendary dishes, namely hot and sour shredded potatoes, braised pork and tripe.
There are only seven dishes left to meet the system upgrade conditions and allow the system to be upgraded again.
Based on my current rate of gaining 220 experience points per day, it will take me about a month to master seven legendary dishes again and meet the requirements for system upgrades.

I wonder what new features the next system upgrade will bring, I’m looking forward to it.”

Wang Jianye thought about it and said, "Never mind, let's go to sleep."

……

The next morning, Wang Jianye got up, washed up quickly, and went to the stall outside to eat breakfast.

Two vegetable buns, a fried dough stick, a boiled egg, and a bowl of sweet soy milk cost him a total of 1.2 cents.

After eating and drinking, Wang Jianye returned to the courtyard and met Chen Xiaoyang who came to his house to get an empty thermos.

After Chen Xiaoyang took the empty thermos back, he came back on his bicycle and carried Wang Jianye to Fengze Garden on Zhushikou West Street.

Opened in the New Year, big red lanterns were hung at the main entrance of Fengze Garden, and on the pillar next to it was pasted a message of "Good Luck in Opening" in black words on red paper, and a bunch of big red firecrackers were also set at the door.

Wang Jianye remembers that this is the case every year when Fengze Garden opens in the New Year.

It’s just that in the past few years he was an apprentice, standing at the end of the crowd, like an ant.

And now, he has become the state banquet chef, qualified to stand in front of all the chefs in the kitchen and enjoy everyone's envy and admiration.

(End of this chapter)