Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 41 Good Luck Comes

After eating flatbread soaked in straw mushroom soup, Helian Jing's mood finally improved and the two continued on their journey.

Halfway through the journey it started to rain again, and the big raindrops hit my face painfully.

"There's a big tree over there. Let's go under the tree to avoid the rain." Helian Jing said, squinting his eyes and pointing at a camphor tree in front.

"You are stupid. You hide under a tree on a rainy day. Do you want to be struck by lightning?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled thunder sounded in the sky.

The two looked at each other and wondered, does God have ears?

Helian Jing gritted his teeth and took off his clothes.

"What are you doing?"

Helian Jing used his clothes to support the two people's heads and smiled: "This way we won't get wet."

Ye Jiayao saw that he was shirtless with most of his clothes covering her head. Half of his body was dripping with rain, but he was still smiling so brightly. She couldn't help but be moved. Although this guy couldn't do anything and was quite pretentious, he was innocent and cute. He would not get angry when she ordered him around, and he was quite manly and responsible at critical moments.

"Let's go!" Ye Jiayao moved closer to him, and the two of them ran in the rain head to head.

Summer rain comes and goes quickly.

After the rain, two rainbows appeared in the clear blue sky.

Helian Jing grumbled excitedly: "Look, a double rainbow. I heard that seeing a double rainbow will bring good luck."

He now desperately hopes that his luck will improve quickly and this unlucky period will end.

Ye Jiayao was slightly shocked. It was the first time she had seen such a strange sight as a double rainbow. It was stunningly beautiful.

"Do you think my wish will come true?"

Helian Jing chuckled and said, "No matter if it works or not, just make a wish first."

As he said this, he clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and began to make a wish: Beautiful Rainbow Fairy, please bless me and Brother Jin to return to Jinling safely...

Ye Jiayao followed his example and made a wish to the rainbow: Fairy Rainbow, although I am a humble and ordinary person, I have a big wish. I hope to open the most famous and prosperous restaurant in Jinling in the future. I want to count money every day until my hands cramp. Of course, I am not just doing this for the sake of making money. I also want to promote Chinese food culture...

After Helian Jing made his wish, he opened his eyes and saw Brother Jin making another sincere wish, his eyes slightly closed, tiny water droplets on his curled eyelashes, the perfect curve from the forehead to the tip of the nose to the chin that looked like a silhouette... every part of his face attracted his attention.

He had always thought that Chunyu was an extremely evil man, but Brother Jin was no less handsome than Chunyu. They had two completely different beauties. Chunyu's handsomeness was full of heroism and masculinity, while Brother Jin...how to describe him? Helian Jing considered the words in his mind. When she wasn't fierce, she should be gentle, like flowing water, like a comfortable cloud...

When Ye Jiayao opened her eyes, she saw Xiao Jingjing staring at her infatuatedly, with a pair of narrow and long phoenix eyes, which were misty and shimmering.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" Ye Jiayao touched her cheek in confusion.

Helian Jing's face flushed suspiciously, and he reached out and touched her forehead, hiding his inner embarrassment, and said, "There was some dirt, but it's gone now."

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "Hey, little Jingjing, what wish did you make?"

Helian Jing shrugged and said, "You can't speak your wishes out loud, or they won't come true."

He doesn't want to create any more complications.

"Tsk... I don't believe it!" Ye Jiayao said with a pout.

"So what wish did you make?" Helian Jing asked curiously.

Ye Jiayao narrowed her eyes and smiled: "As for me, I hope to become a rich person in the future, and then eat all the delicacies in the world."

Helian Jing laughed: "Such a simple wish?"

Then he could help her achieve it.

"For you rich people, this is the smallest wish, but for us poor people, it is not easy to have enough food and clothing." Ye Jiayao said in a contemptuous manner, looking like a fish that does not know the joy or suffering of fish.

Helian Jing believed her words without a doubt. He had been following her for the past few days, but he was always hungry. Thinking of how she had lived such a life of having no food to eat and sleeping in the open air, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for her.

"Brother Jin, your wish will definitely come true." Helian Jing said solemnly. As long as he could return to Jinling, he would definitely take her to taste all the delicious food in Jinling and let her live a carefree life.

Ye Jiayao looked at him sideways, pondering the meaning of his words. Was he going to repay her? How much silver would he give her then? A few dozen taels, or a few hundred? It would cost a lot of money to open a restaurant! Without a few thousand taels, it would be impossible to get it. Forget it. She didn't expect him to repay her in the first place. She just wanted to do a good deed and send a lost child home. She still had to fight for her own happy life.

"Hey, don't disbelieve me, I still have this ability." Helian Jing mistakenly thought that she didn't believe he would help her realize her wish, and promised eagerly. Ye Jiayao waved her hand: "Let's talk about it when we get to Jinling!"

The most urgent thing now is to find a place to make a fire and dry the clothes first. Otherwise, the wet clothes will stick to the body and the moisture will enter the body and make you sick.

Jingle bell, jingle bell…

I heard a bell ringing in the front. I looked up and saw a man leading a donkey with another person sitting on it, walking towards me.

"Hurry up, hurry up, we must find a cook before dinner." The man on the donkey urged anxiously.

The servant leading the donkey said, "Zhaojiazhuang is still far away. Even if we walk faster, we won't be able to get back before the dinner."

"What can we do? Who knows that Old Ming will suddenly fall ill? The young master has a wedding, so we have to hire the best chef, otherwise we won't be able to do our job well." The man on the donkey said dejectedly.

Ye Jiayao's eyes lit up when she heard the word "cook". She walked forward with a smile and bowed, "Excuse me, are you two going to look for the cook?"

The man on the donkey looked at Ye Jiayao, who looked like a drowned rat, stroked his beard and said, "That's right."

Ye Jiayao said, "Just now I heard you say that your young master is looking for a cook for his wedding. I used to be a cook at Wangxian Tower in Jinan Prefecture. I wonder if I can help you."

Ye Jiayao was talking nonsense, she had never been to Wangxian Tower, but she had heard Song Qi talk about it more than once. Every time Song Qi mentioned Wangxian Tower, he had a longing look on his face and drooled, which showed that it was very famous, so she borrowed this name to use.

The servant driving the donkey said happily, "Butler Li, what a coincidence! We were just looking for a cook and we bumped into one on the road."

Butler Li asked suspiciously, "Did you really work as a cook in Wangxian Tower?"

Because this guy looks too young.

Wangxian Tower is very famous and is frequented by the most powerful and wealthy people in Jinan Prefecture. Their boss had been there once in his early years and after returning he could never forget the delicious food there.

Ye Jiayao was afraid of exaggerating, so she said modestly: "I'm not the chef, I'm just an assistant chef. However, I can cook a lot of dishes."

Helian Jing looked at Ye Jiayao in confusion. When did she become the cook of Wangxian Tower?
Butler Li was delighted: "Anyone who comes from Wangxianlou is very capable even if he is just a kitchen helper. But where are you going?"

Ye Jiayao smiled faintly, turned around and pointed at Helian Jing: "Look, something happened at home, and my father asked my brother to call me back."

"Your accent doesn't sound like a local." Butler Li asked a few more questions just to be on the safe side.

"Butler, you have good hearing. I am from Jinling. I have been studying cooking in Shandong for several years, but I still can't change my accent." Ye Jiayao said.

Butler Li was still hesitating, and Ye Jiayao said, "I saw that you were very anxious, so I came to ask. If you don't need help, then I and I will continue on our way."

Steward Li said hurriedly, "The chef we originally hired is unfortunately ill. We were planning to go to Zhaojiazhuang to hire a chef there, but we may not have enough time. It would be great if you could help. If the banquet goes smoothly, our host will definitely reward you handsomely after it is over."

Ye Jiayao waved her hand: "It doesn't matter whether you thank me or not. My father always told me to help when I can. Doing more good deeds means accumulating more merits."

Ye Jiayao didn't take advantage of others' anxiety to bargain, which made Li Guanjia feel good. He got off the donkey and bowed, "Then I'll trouble you, little brother. I don't know what your name is."

"My last name is also Li, Li Yao, and that's my younger brother, Li Jing." Ye Jiayao deliberately used the same last name as the housekeeper, so that it would be easier to get closer to him.

Helian Jing on the side twitched his mouth. You changed your own name, why did you change my last name as well?
When housekeeper Li heard that they had the same surname, he became closer to Ye Jiayao and wanted to give her the donkey to ride. Ye Jiayao firmly refused. Housekeeper Li was old. In modern times, she would give up her seat to the elderly on the bus. How could she snatch the elderly's mount? Respecting the elderly and loving the young is a tradition and a virtue.

So, the group of four went to Lijiazhuang.

Ye Jiayao and Helian Jing followed behind. Ye Jiayao smiled and whispered to Helian Jing: "You are right, seeing a double rainbow brings good luck. Look... good luck is coming soon."

Helian Jing asked worriedly, "Are you really the cook of Wangxian Tower?"

Ye Jiayao made a shushing gesture, glanced at Butler Li in front of her, and warned in a low voice: "Don't let anything slip. Remember to call me brother."

Helian Jing complained in his heart: Brother, you always want to take advantage of others. No matter how you look at it, I am more like your brother.

"This is for a wedding banquet, can you do it?" Helian Jing didn't think this was good luck at all. A wedding banquet was a very important banquet. If it went wrong, he would be beaten to death.

Ye Jiayao raised her eyebrows arrogantly: "Don't worry, little brother, I'll show you my skills today."

When she was a child, when her father was not yet a chef in a five-star hotel, he was often invited to prepare for wedding banquets. Her mother would go to help and she would go along to eat. Having seen so much, she was naturally familiar with the routine. It was nothing more than making a few big dishes and giving them auspicious names to bring happiness. This kind of thing, although not something she is good at, is definitely not difficult for her.

Seeing her confident look, Helian Jing thought of beggar bird and mushroom soup. He believed that she could finally make the most delicious food with the simplest ingredients. It seemed that he could have a good meal today.

(End of this chapter)