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When Cheng Xi heard Butler Xu's teasing, she did not reveal the shyness that a little girl of this era should have, and instead generously smiled as she replied, "If I had a father-in-law as kind as Butler Xu, I would probably be grinning from ear to ear. It's a pity that my grandma left when my husband was still young, because the rest of my family would hate us and have no choice but to find work to support themselves."

Butler Xu was a kindhearted person, seeing that his own words had caused the little girl to worry about him, he quickly comforted her, "Little girl, don't be sad, your days will be fine. In the future, just work hard here, although there won't be much work, but at least you guys can eat and live here, working in peace, and still able to save up some money every year."

Hearing Butler Xu's words, he planned to keep them, and even listen to them eat and live, Cheng Xi was even happier. She never thought that she would finally find a job in the restaurant, and took the first step.

Butler Xu replied, "Don't be happy too early, although I can barely make the decision on the kitchen, I still have to take you guys to the front to take a look at the shopkeepers. After I'm done, I will bring you guys out to meet, and then, when the time is right, if that person doesn't like you, I will not be able to keep you guys."

Looking at Butler Xu's tone and her expression, Cheng Xi felt that this Butler Xu and the shopkeeper were not on good terms, and listening to what Butler Xu said, the shopkeeper was probably not someone who was easy to get along with. Cheng Xi nodded and replied, "I don't have to worry about that, thank you Butler Xu for your reminder."

Xu Sanlang, who had just entered the room, heard the words of the Butler Xu. Although he was a loner, he knew a thing or two about people, and the clear reminder from the Butler Xu made his heart feel grateful. Hence, he went up to the Butler Xu and bowed, and said, "Thank you, Butler Xu."

Seeing Xu Sanlang being so polite, Butler Xu revealed a smile once again, and replied: "Both of you are quick and diligent, and I have taken a fancy to such a small thing, so I decided to keep you two here, work hard in the future."

Xu Sanlang nodded and agreed, "Yes." Afterwards, he went over to Cheng Xi's side to help wash the dishes.

Butler Xu looked suspiciously at Xu Sanlang who went over to wash the dishes, "Have you finished cleaning up outside?"

Without waiting for Xu Sanlang to reply, Great Lady Zhu who came in from behind smiled and replied, "It's all taken, this child's hands and feet are nimble, I, as a woman, can finally relax. Otherwise, I would be extremely tired after cleaning everything up, and I wouldn't even have a break for the rest of the afternoon."

The smile on Butler Xu's face became wider as he spoke to the chefs, who were still cooking, "It's been hard on you all. Brother Zhao, let's cook some more meat to make it up to everyone."

The head chef nodded and said to the man who was helping, "Then let's fry the meat back into the pot. You go and cut some meat."

Cheng Xi immediately threw away the plate in her hand, and took the initiative to head over to the chopping board, "Let me cut it." Seeing that Cheng Xi had gone away, the man stopped her movements and continued lighting the fire. The weather was hot, the man had been busy the whole afternoon, and after being called back and forth by the Chief Zhao, he was indeed tired.

Cheng Xi cut meat as she spoke to Butler Xu, who was cleaning up the kitchen, "Butler Xu, why don't you introduce us? It's easier to call us working together in the future."

Butler Xu felt that Cheng Xi would do something, and knew that she had a good relationship with the people who she would work with in the future, and he felt that this girl was pretty good, so he smiled and replied, "Alright, this is our restaurant's head chef. His surname is Zhao, you can call him … Uncle Zhao, right? "

Initially, he had thought that it would be better if only Cheng Xi was called Master Zhao by her age, but thinking that this girl was Xu Sanlang's daughter-in-law, and Xu Sanlang was around the same age as Chief Zhao's youngest son, it wasn't appropriate to call him Master Zhao, so he changed to Uncle Zhao.

Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang greeted the Chief Zhao together respectfully, and then the Butler Xu pointed to the man who looked like he was around 20 years old with a simple and honest face, and said: "This is Brother Zhao's eldest son, Zhao Dazhu, and he is Brother Zhao's helper."

And then he introduced the two women, one to Aunt Zhu and the other to Mistress Cloud, both of whom had formally greeted them and thus talked about their own circumstances. Chief Zhao, Zhao Dazhu and Butler Xu were originally from the same county, while Aunt Zhu was a woman from a village not far away from the city.

When he was fully occupied, Butler Xu called two people over, preparing to meet the owner of the restaurant. As he headed outside, Butler Xu opened his mouth and said, "The owner's surname is Xia, we will meet with Shopkeeper Xia in a bit, you guys can pay respects and greet him, do not meddle, understand?"

Cheng Xi nodded, "We do."

Butler Xu turned his gaze back to Xu Sanlang, and waited for Xu Sanlang's reply before bringing the two of them to the counter in front of them.

Seeing the arrogant face of Shopkeeper Xia, Cheng Xi secretly cursed in her heart. His face was filled with sarcasm and sarcasm, and it seemed like she had guessed right, this man was not easy to deal with.

He originally wanted to curry favor with the shopkeeper, but he instantly gave up on that idea. He obediently followed Butler Xu's instructions and greeted the shopkeeper, and stood by the side with a concerned look, while Xu Sanlang did the same.

The shopkeeper waited for them to finish greeting before he said disdainfully, "It's fine for Butler Xu to decide such a small matter himself. Don't bother me, I still need to settle some debts."

Butler Xu's expression was also not good, his tone became even colder, and he replied, "I'll bring them to do some work." With that, he looked at Xu Sanlang who was by his side, and brought the two of them back to the kitchen.

Cheng Xi thought about the look of disdain in the Shopkeeper Xia's eyes when she looked at them and sighed in her heart. This restaurant seemed small but it was probably very complicated.

However, there were some benefits to the restaurant because the restaurant was not something that could be decided by a single person. If anyone had any bad intentions, they would not dare to act because of this other person.

Cheng Xi was not worried, since she was staying with Xu Sanlang in the kitchen in the back, she would very rarely come into contact with the shopkeeper in the front, and it was fine for them to be careful.

The current Cheng Xi would never have thought that the Shopkeeper Xia in front of her would bring her so much trouble in the future.

After going back to the kitchen, Xu Sanlang requested for a leave of absence from the Butler Xu. He said that the matters at home had not been settled yet, and hoped that the shopkeeper would give them a day of rest. Tomorrow, he would go back and settle the matters at home before coming back to work the day after.

Butler Xu was not an unreasonable person. After enduring for half a month, there was no rush, and at most, it would be the same as before tomorrow. After working hard for a day, seeing that the two of them did not even bring a change of clothes, he readily agreed.

Due to their relationship with the Butler Xu, the wild chicken and wild rabbit they brought with them was directly sold in the tavern. After exchanging them for around a hundred gold coins, their business tonight was not bad, so they were not worried that they would not be able to sell it.

Of course, this matter was handed over to the Butler Xu for his help. The Butler Xu went directly to the Shopkeeper Xia in front to help them gather the money, and Xu Sanlang and Yue Shan etched this favor into their hearts.

After this work was done, it was time for the restaurant's staff to eat. At this time, it could be seen that the Shopkeeper Xia and the kitchen staff were at loggerheads, not because everyone was eating together, but because they were split into two, one for the workers in front and one for the kitchen staff.

Everyone was eating in the courtyard, Xu Sanlang however, was happy and relaxed. The people in the backyard were easy to get along with, they did not even need to face the crowd in front of them and the Shopkeeper Xia, whose eyes were looking up at the ceiling.

On the table, Chief Zhao who had been busy the entire time had finally relaxed his mind. As he ate, he sipped on his wine and started to ask Cheng Xi who he had been curious about, "Girl, your knife skills aren't bad huh? "When did you start practicing?"

Cheng Xi smiled and replied, "I was just helping out at home from time to time, since when have I trained before?"

However, Zhao Dazhu looked at Cheng Xi in shock, "She's never practiced before, and she's actually so proficient in it? It's even better than the techniques I've practiced for more than ten years. "

Cheng Xi laughed awkwardly: "That might be because I'm more talented, I've really never learnt it, hehe."

Zhao Dazhu was still in disbelief, he turned to Xu Sanlang with a puzzled look, only to see Xu Sanlang replying, "She rarely does work at home."

When everyone heard Xu Sanlang's words, they looked at Cheng Xi's tender skin and delicate hands, they all believed him. However, Chief Zhao's gaze at Cheng Xi was somewhat bright.

The culinary skills displayed by Chief Zhao was indeed not bad. Ever since he came to this restaurant, the initially quiet restaurant had become extremely crowded, with a deep sense of owner's trust. However, because of the relationship with Butler Xu, this restaurant had allowed him to be a bit tough, daring to go head to head with the sarcastic Shopkeeper Zhao, who could not do anything about it.

As a good cook, Chief Zhao naturally wished for himself to have a good successor, so he kept his eldest son by his side. But after more than ten years had passed, this eldest son of his, his own skills were not even a third of the way to learn, while the other two sons both had their own things to do, and did not wish to follow him in learning how to cook, so he had no choice but to give up.

Now that he heard Cheng Xi talk about talent, Chief Zhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. His eldest son was diligent and hardworking, and it was just as the little girl had said;

His eldest son knew that he did not have the ability to be a chef and did not want to work anymore. He wanted to follow his second brother and run away with him, but he was unwilling to just throw away his culinary skills like that, so he held his eldest son by his side.

If he took this talented little girl in, his eldest son wouldn't have to stay there and do what he wanted, and he would have a successor as well.

Because Cheng Xi was sick in her previous life, she did not have any special hobbies, so she often cooked and cooked at home. Adding on to that, she had a father who opened a chain of dishes and was good at cooking, although her culinary arts were mixed, he was much better than the famous chefs here. After all, in this era, there was only Chinese food, and it was not as rich or as the food in the era that Cheng Xi lived in.

Although Chief Zhao had these thoughts, he did not immediately say it out. Instead, he wanted to continue observing and look at this girl's character first, since she was right in front of him, he could not run away.