Winter is coming and spring comes. Although the weather is still extremely cold, the vernal equinox has passed and the pace of spring is getting closer and closer. In contrast, the originally bleak inn business is also slowly improving.

Ma Yiming, the owner of Dongsheng Inn, did not give up his ancestral property after all. After the Lantern Festival, he finally brought a newly hired clerk and cook to Yao Town to make up for the shortage of Dongsheng Inn.

The chef also has the same surname as Li, and his name is Menghai. With such a grand name, he has a stubborn short figure of only five feet. Not to mention the ex-girlfriend of Li Dali, Li Dali, even if he is barely adult, he is not much taller than Bai Shier, a barely adult child. The thick neck and erect belly are quite in line with Bai Shier’s image as a "chef" in his impression.

Although his figure is far less than Li Dali's, Li Menghai's craftsmanship is worthy of his figure. It is much better than Li Dali. Even compared to Yuelai Inn opposite, it is not much inferior, which makes Sun Ji and Bai Shier, who have tasted his craftsmanship for the first time, praised it.

The wages of such a good cook are naturally not low, which is at least twice as high as Li Dali before. It seems that although he knows that the Yuelai Inn opposite is not small, Ma Yiming still has the idea of ​​comparing, at least he has the intention to keep the inn and not be squeezed out, so he spends a lot of money to invite Li Menghai, a chef with good cooking skills.

The new guy, also named Li, is Jisheng, and is Li Menghai's nephew. He is only fifteen this year, nearly two years younger than Bai Shier. He was considered to have benefited from his uncle's fortune and entered Dongsheng Inn and became a friend like an apprentice.

Judging from the situation Bai Shier asked Sun Ji, the reason why Li Menghai had such good skills but was willing to work in remote kiln towns was not only because Ma Yiming gave him enough wages, but also because Ma Yiming agreed to Li Jisheng and his uncle to join Dongsheng Inn as a clerk, and even acquiesced to Li Menghai to teach his nephew's cooking skills when he had free time, which finally prompted Li Menghai to nod and agree to leave the county town and come to Kiln town.

In this regard, the two "outsiders" Sun Ji and Bai Shier naturally had no objection. Anyway, it was Ma Yiming who paid the wages.

After nearly a month of getting along, the relationship between Sun Ji, Bai Shier and Li Menghai’s uncle and nephew has almost disappeared. After all, eating in the same pot is both a meritorious service for others and supporting the family. There is not much conflict of interest between each other, so naturally I became familiar with it quickly.

Dongsheng Inn, which was almost collapsed due to the successive disappearance and departure of Wang Jinbao and Li Dali, also resumed normal operations due to the arrival of Uncle and Nephew Li Menghai.

The job of Li Menghai, a chef, is naturally to buy vegetables and cook, and he cannot do without the stove. Li Jisheng, who is still young and is just a raw melon seed. In addition to cleaning with Bai Shier every day, he also has to be called by his uncle Li Menghai from time to time to learn how to cook. It seems to be hard, but Sun Ji always uses it as an example to educate Bai Shier to use more attentiveness and strive to learn his skills as a shopkeeper in the early stages of accounting and settlement.

After a winter, the Jinyiwei of Yuelai Inn, who had slowly given up searching for the secrets in Dongsheng Inn, because the sudden extra uncle and nephew of Li Menghai began to be busy again.

However, this time, they used their relationships in Xin'an County to investigate Li Menghai's uncle and nephew, and did not sneak into Dongsheng Inn and do the so-called search like before.

The days of their secret mission are getting closer and closer. While trying their best to eliminate all the dangers that may threaten the mission, they are increasingly afraid to go too far, for fear that their identities will be exposed, and eventually the mission will fail.

The Jinyiwei seemed to have stopped, but Tianji Pavilion has become a little more violent.

Just after the Lantern Festival, the Tianji Pavilion stronghold, which originally had only three people, received as much as twice the reinforcements. Lin Yu sent all his six subordinates with the best martial arts and the most skilled work to the Yao Town. Of course, these people could not act together. The six people entered in four batches in this month, and their identities were also different. But the orders they received were the same, that was, to use all means to search for everything about Bai Shier with all their strength.

He had given up his plan to easily unravel Bai Shier's secret identity, and instead planned to rely on collecting all the details about Bai Shier's life, sum it up and then conducting a slow comparison and search. He did not believe that with the massive amount of information in Tianji Pavilion, it would be impossible to find out the secret of a young man under 18 years old.

Yao Town seems calm, but under the calm, there is a surging tide. Whether it is the Jinyiwei or the Tianji Pavilion, they are secretly making their own plans.

At the same time, in Xin'an County, not far away, the Dongchang stronghold, which had disappeared for nearly half a year, was quietly established again.

The magistrate Zhou Guan was once again in panic.

"Zhou Zhixian County, our family came to your little Xin'an County this time, but we were responsible for the emperor's destiny. So, to the outside world, what should we say and what should not be said? I think you should understand?" A slightly sharp voice, a white and needless face, and the smell of urine covered by the fragrance of incense all clearly told Zhou Guan the true identity of the rich man wearing silk clothes in front of Zhou Guan.

When Zhou Guan listened to this, he inexplicably recalled that afternoon about a year ago and felt a little bitter in his heart.

He didn't know which god he angered, but he often encountered such a situation. Last year, the Jinyiwei and Dongchang this year, will the emperor come in person next year?

Zhou Guan was bold in his heart, but he did not dare to have any dissatisfaction on his face. He immediately stood up respectfully and bowed to respond.

"Please rest assured, Eunuch Li, the minister understands what to do." To be honest, he was more afraid of these eunuchs than the Embroidered Uniform Guards. After all, although the Embroidered Uniform Guards are terrible, these eunuchs are cruel people who dare to cut off even the most important things of men.

"Very good," the eunuch surnamed Li was very satisfied with Zhou Guan's respectful attitude. Since the new emperor ascended the throne, he had not seen such a "respectful" civil servant, but he still did not forget to emphasize again, "I know the interaction between Lu Xiao of the Jinyiwei and you, but County Magistrate Zhou must understand that the Jinyiwei dares to kill people, but the sword of our Dongchang is not a decoration." As he slowly spoke out, the murderous aura appeared in the air.

"The official understands, the official understands. Please rest assured. The official will never say a word to the outside." Feeling Zhou Guan's urge to pee, he almost fell to the ground with a scare and quickly bowed to assure him.

"That's great." The eunuch surnamed Li waved his hand a little distractedly.
Chapter completed!