Chu Lian was tending the fire when he looked up and saw Yang Ming at the door, "Yang Ming, you’re here?"
"Big Brother Chu, I came to see how you’re settling in?"
"I’m getting along very well with Brother Li, you can rest assured."
To avoid causing Yang Ming any trouble, Li Fugui also added, "Yes, we’re getting along very well."
Yang Ming had been quite worried, but it seemed he had been overthinking it. The two really were getting along well, even cooking together in the kitchen.
Seeing that the food was ready, Yang Ming hurried to help out. It wouldn’t be right for the two of them to work while he did nothing, "Leave this to me; I’ll deliver the food to the female workers."
Li Fugui didn’t refuse, handing over the food to Yang Ming to deliver, since Chu Lian still needed to cook and he had to help keep the fire going and lend a hand, all the while checking out how skilled he was.
Once Yang Ming had left the room, Li Fugui asked, "What exactly are those people doing in this yard?"
He had wanted to ask for a long time what they were doing and why he had to cook for them every day.
"..." Li Fugui was speechless. Chu Lian had already been here three times today and still didn’t know what this place was, "This is a workshop started by Yang Ming’s wife and Miss Wang, selling lingerie."
Lingerie? The same one they talked about during the Flower Appreciation Society?
This really shocked Chu Lian. It turned out that this was a venture started by that feisty woman and Xiaoxiao. No wonder that feisty woman kept coming here. He heard she would be here again in a few days, and even he felt a little excited about it.
"I’ll handle the fire, you take care of the cooking."
Hearing Li Fugui’s words, Chu Lian snapped back to reality, washed his hands, and began making preparations.
When Yang Ming returned to the room, he saw Chu Lian holding a cooking spatula.
"Big Brother Chu, what are you doing...?"
Chu Lian chuckled dryly, "Hehe, Yang Ming, wait until I show you what I can do."
"..." Was Big Brother Chu about to cook?
Yang Ming was incredibly surprised; he couldn’t understand these two anymore. Why were such rich young masters so eager to cook? It was one thing for Li Fugui, but why was Big Brother Chu joining in?
"Big Brother Chu, can you cook?" He truly didn’t believe Chu Lian could cook.
"Can I or can I not, you’ll know in a moment."
Seeing Chu Lian’s stance, Yang Ming kept silent and just waited to see what kind of dish he could make.
Chu Lian carefully remembered the steps his family chef took in cooking, then began to imitate them. He thought, it’s just frying some potato slices; there shouldn’t be any problem.
He picked up the oil container, began to pour the oil, and at that moment, Li Fugui frowned. The dish was likely ruined, but he said nothing since he claimed he could cook, and it wouldn’t be nice to intervene.
Although Yang Ming wasn’t much of a cook, he could manage. Seeing the amount of oil Chu Lian poured, he knew Big Brother Chu was likely showing off. With that amount of oil for the quantity of food, it was probably going to stick to the pan.
Sure enough, Chu Lian’s cooking did not go smoothly. Smoke began to rise from the oil pan even before he added the spring onions, leaving Yang Ming speechless. He reminded him, "Big Brother Chu, the oil pan is smoking; you can start cooking now."
Chu Lian, already flustered, was even more at a loss seeing the smoking oil pan. Hearing Yang Ming’s reminder, he instantly did as told, dumping a plate of washed potato slices directly into the pan. The still wet potato slices sizzled loudly when they hit the oil.
Immediately, Chu Lian followed the example and began stir-frying with the spatula in the pan.