One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 30: Appointment on Board
About an hour later, breakfast was served.

In a small place like Shimotsuki Village, the food supply is naturally not very abundant. Zeff had asked Zoro to buy everything that could be bought at the vegetable market, and the types were limited to a few.

But after passing through Zhepu's hands, it was like magic, instantly turning decay into something magical.

Dishes with attractive colors and rich aromas were served on the table one after another.

The little brats in the dojo were crowded around the long wooden table, their eyes wide open before they even started eating.

The clinking sound of bamboo chopsticks hitting the bowls was mixed with exclamations such as "It smells so good", "Wow, I can't stand it", and "I can't control my saliva anymore".

And when Zhepu announced that the operation could begin, the scene became even more chaotic.

After all, they were all teenagers. At first, they could still remember the dining etiquette taught by Koshiro, but these dishes were too delicious, and people's instinct to protect food was instantly aroused.

Everyone is fighting for the food, just like hungry ghosts trying to catch their food.

Xia Nuo was squeezed so hard that he could hardly move forward. He didn't feel like arguing with these little rascals, so he went to the corner and got a bowl of fish porridge, which was the least popular dish.

After taking a sip, the milky white rice porridge wrapped with translucent fish fillets slides into the throat, and the green onion and ginger just adjust the salty and fishy taste perfectly, with a smooth and wonderful taste, so fresh that it will make your eyebrows drop.

I also picked up some side dishes, which were crisp and refreshing, and went great with the porridge.

He couldn't help but squint his eyes in enjoyment.

Even ordinary porridge and side dishes can be made so delicious, is this a professional chef?
Bellmère's cooking skills are actually very good, but compared with Zeff, the difference is like heaven and earth.

Maybe I should... Shanuo looked at Zhepu thoughtfully.

next to.

Zoro was also eating noisily, as if he wanted to swallow the table.

The resentment he had for being ordered to do odd jobs had long since disappeared. Now that he could eat such delicious food every day, he could even wash and cut vegetables every day!
"Uncle!" He couldn't help but turn around and shout, "Stay here! If I can't taste your cooking in the future, I don't know how I'm going to live!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Stay, Uncle Chef!"

The other little brats in the dojo also started shouting.

These are a bunch of little brats who have no idea about the ways of the world. Koshiro shook his head helplessly. How could his small dojo afford such a top-notch chef?

"Okay, stop arguing and don't make such unreasonable demands again."

Koshiro had just opened his mouth in a gentle voice when he suddenly turned his head in surprise. He suddenly remembered that Zhepu had specifically asked him before going to cook if they were short of a cook.

"Yes, that's what I mean."

Zhepu smiled and said, "Mr. Koshiro, it seems that the children really like my cooking. How about you take me in for a while? And of course, this child as well."

He gently rubbed Sanji's little head next to him.

"You little brat, you said you were going to look for the ALLBULE, but right now you're barely even a handyman, not even a chef. How can you be qualified to pursue that blue ocean of dreams?"

"Smelly old man..."

Sanji pushed his hand away in disgust, then suddenly realized what was happening and looked up in surprise, "Huh? So, old man, are you willing to teach me how to cook?"

"It's hard to say." Zhepu curled his lips. "I'm very strict with formal apprentices. If you don't learn well, I can kick you out at any time."

"Don't underestimate me, you old bastard!"

Koshiro coughed and said, "Sir Zhepu, it is truly an honor for me to have a person like you willing to stay in the dojo. I would definitely welcome you more than I can say, but..."

However, at this rate of consumption, Yixin Dojo would likely be bankrupt within a month. A year ago, he would have had a considerable amount of food stored, but that night not long ago, he donated it all to Long.

He was a little embarrassed and couldn't say the previous words.

But Zhepu saw his embarrassment and laughed:

"Don't worry, I still have some savings. Don't worry, I will take care of all the ingredients for Yixin Dojo from now on!"

"How can this be done!"

Koshiro was shocked. It was the first time he heard of someone paying for his own work.

"Stop talking! It's settled!"

Zhepu laughed out loud. He was too lazy to talk so much nonsense. He patted Koshiro's shoulder hard, forcing the latter to swallow the words that were about to reach his throat.

Shanuo watched with amusement from the side.

It's quite magical to see these two people together.

Koshiro, Zeff, tsk, if there's another thunder... Kaido, the teacher of the three main forces of the Straw Hat Pirates, all came together at once. "By the way, Mr. Shano."

Zhepu pulled Shanuo out of the door again and took out a large bag of treasure from somewhere.

"Take these. Converted into cash, it should be worth at least fifty or sixty million Baileys. I've also saved some, enough for the usual food purchases."

Fifty or sixty million Baileys?
Shanuo glanced at the big bag of treasure.

On the deserted island, Zeff used this bag to trick Sanji into thinking it was full of food.

And in the original time and space, Zhepu later used this money to open the Barati Restaurant, right?
Thinking of the huge sum of 400 million Baileys he still had deposited in the Roger Town Bank, he thought for a moment and shook his head.

"No need, Uncle Zhepu, just keep it all. I'm not short of money. Just consider it as my contribution to ensure that these children in the dojo have enough food to eat and have no worries about nutrition in the next few years."

"Especially those two."

Shanuo pointed at Kuina and Zoro and said with a smile:

"They might be my crew members in the future. Uncle, you can be a little more considerate and take care of them. I hope that when they go out to sea with me in the future, they can be as strong as bulls... no, as strong as me."

Zhepu then looked at Shanuo's exaggeratedly muscular body and was immediately amused, laughing.

"Okay! Don't worry, I'll be in charge of the kitchen. When you go out to sea, I'll definitely give you two crew members who are as fat and strong as you!"

"Or maybe, more than two?"

"Huh?" Zhepu was stunned.

Xia Nuo blinked and said with a grin, "Uncle, continuing to be a chef is, after all, just your second best option, right? Hasn't your biggest dream always been to continue venturing on the Grand Route and pursuing the blue ocean of your dreams?"

"You mean... you want me to come on board your ship?"

Zhepu was slightly startled, and there seemed to be some movement in his eyes.

But after looking down and seeing his prosthetic limb, he finally sighed:
"Forget it. The future's Grand Route belongs to young people like you. I'd better not hold you back with the little strength I have left."

After all, he was a captain.

It wouldn't really matter if he got on board, but if he became a burden at the bottom of the ship, unable to help in battle—

Then his self-esteem would be completely unacceptable.

"Uncle, I understand how you feel, but what if..." Xia Nuo pinched his chin, "I have a way to completely cure your leg?"

"..."

Zhepu was stunned, then his eyes flashed with brilliance, and his voice trembled slightly with excitement.

"Really? Is there really a way? I've lost my entire leg. How could any medical skill be able to do this..."

Xia Nuo shook his head: "It doesn't necessarily have to be medical skills. Anyway, I can't do it now, but I will definitely be able to do it in the future. How about this, Uncle Zhepu, let's set a deadline."

He held up four fingers. "Based on the time I go out to sea, that's probably within four or five years, right? I'll come to Isshin Dojo by then. If I can completely repair your leg, you'll come aboard with us. How about that?"

He is very confident in fulfilling this promise.

After all, the things that can be obtained in the system trading market are really varied.

We can even see things like planetary engines, so repairing a leg is nothing.

He is only thirteen years old now.

You don't have to wait until you reach adulthood to go out to sea, but you should at least be sixteen or seventeen years old.

There is such a long time gap in between, and the trading market can be refreshed once a month. Unless you are really unlucky, it is impossible not to find a way!
"Okay, just do as you say!"

Zhepu finally made up his mind, held up his little finger, and grinned: "Then let's make a pinky promise?"

Xia Nuo: “?”

No.

Why do you local people in Donghai, regardless of age, like to make pinky promises so much?

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(End of this chapter)