The two walked out of Ling Xue's house dejectedly. Uncle Liao's expression remained unchanged, but he chuckled inwardly, "You little rascal, you're still trying to play tricks on him, but you don't realize these are just the leftovers from his tricks, humph!"
The two arrived at Chef Liu's house. They were having dinner. As soon as they entered the door, they smelled the fragrant aroma of food.
Ling Xue and Liao Er's empty stomachs growled, and both of them looked pale.
Liu the Chef is a chef in the village who specializes in preparing banquets for everyone. He has good skills. Since he is a villager, the village always comes to him for help when doing things.
The reason why he is called Chef Liu is not only because of his good cooking skills, but also because everyone is joking.
When Cook God Liu saw the expressions on Ling Xue and Liao Er's faces, he immediately smiled. He teased them like a child, "What's wrong with you two? Did you get scolded?"
Ling Xue blushed a little. She felt a little embarrassed that she was teased by her elders at such an old age.
However, Liao Er was rather thick-skinned, perhaps because he was often teased by the elders in the village. He remained expressionless and said self-deprecatingly, "I went fishing at the reservoir with Xiaoxue, but I came back late and got punished by my dad."
"Hahahahaha—" Liao Er's words immediately made Liu the Kitchen God laugh. He sneered, "You deserve it. Who told you two to be disobedient? What are you doing here?"
Liao Er curled his lips and said, "What else can I do? I'm here to help you, old man!"
Cooking Master Liu didn't buy his talk at all. He rolled his eyes and slurped his wine. "Just you guys? You're still trying to help me. I expect the whole village to go fight the northwest wind tomorrow."
Ling Xue smiled awkwardly and said to Chef Liu, "That's impossible. We can definitely help. We even caught over twenty big fish today. I guarantee you'll be surprised tomorrow."
After hearing Ling Xue's words, although Chef Liu was a little skeptical about the big fish in Ling Xue's mouth, he did not continue to laugh at her.
Don't laugh at her too much, or you'll embarrass Ling Xue!
Last time when Lele's family entertained everyone, he almost made the girl cry out of shame because of his inappropriate jokes. He wouldn't dare to do that again this time.
"Okay, I'll go check it out tomorrow. If the fish is good, I'll promote it to you."
Ling Xue felt nervous when she heard this. She decided to forget about the publicity as she didn't want to be in the spotlight.
"There's no need to publicize it. It would be bad if people from the previous village caught us and started something about it."
Chef Liu chuckled, "You're quite low-key, girl. Okay, I won't say any more. If you really have the talent for fishing, go more often. If you can't finish the extra fish, give it to me. Everyone needs fish for a banquet."
Liao Er became excited when he heard this. This was a good opportunity to earn extra money!
"Really? Then we have a deal, the price can't be lowered!"
Cooking Master Liu glared at them and shouted, "What a joke! How could I let you two little guys suffer? Who would take your little tricks seriously?"
Liao Er didn't say anything either, just stood there laughing.
Ling Xue also smiled embarrassedly. They had eaten a lot of Liu the Chef's food when they were young.
At that time, the conditions of every household were not very good. When Chef Liu went out to cook banquets, he would often bring back some leftovers. Since he had no children, he almost gave all of them to the children in the village.
This is also the reason why Chef Liu is so prestigious in the village. Which family has not benefited from him?
Seeing their silly looks, Chef Liu started to chase them away: "Alright, go back! Everything is ready, treat me tomorrow!"
As soon as he said that, Ling Xue felt relieved and immediately followed up, "I knew that nothing would stop Grandpa Liu from doing anything. Let's go back first."
