The Age of Discovery: Chinese cuisine swept across Europe

Lord Melo brought two friends to dinner and heard people discussing Yun Ji's beating. He had originally planned to sit in the private room upstairs, but after hearing such exciting gossip, he decided not to go there and found a seat downstairs, where he inquired about the whole story with great interest.

After listening to the guest at the next table's detailed description of Yun Ji's beating, Melo looked at Yun Ji with some suspicion as he was collecting money behind the counter.

His friend was also looking at Yun Ji like him, and whispered in a low voice: "I thought the boss looked very thin, but I didn't expect him to be so good at fighting. He could throw a 200-pound strong man with one hand?"

This was obviously an exaggeration by the person who passed the message. Yun Ji had never thrown anyone with one hand, and the person he kicked away did not weigh 200 pounds.

Lord Melo shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't seen it with my own eyes." But it was obvious that Yun Ji had martial arts skills, so he should be able to knock down a few people. Even so, it was enough to refresh Lord Melo's impression of Yun Ji. At the same time, he thought that since the beauty was so good at fighting, she would definitely not take him seriously. He couldn't take her by force, so he had to take it step by step.

Lord Melo finished his meal and stayed until the end. After Min Xi finished his work, he asked him, "Everyone is saying today that your partner beat up a group of thugs. Is it true?"

Min Xi said, "It's true. But I didn't see it myself. I was cooking at the time and didn't have time to watch. When the cooking was done and the fight was over, the villains were all leaving."

"Does he really know Kung Fu?" Lord Mello asked, still unwilling to give up.

Min Xi said, "Of course, I have been practicing Chinese Kung Fu since I was a child. When we were rescued by the Shark, the sailor on the ship saw that we were small and wanted to bully us, but he beat us so hard that several of our teeth fell out. Since then, no one dared to bully us anymore."

Lord Melo finally believed it after hearing this. He had also heard about the sailors who drifted on the sea for a long time without women. Some thin sailors would be used as tools to relieve their sexual desire. Yun Ji was so good at fighting, it seemed that he had never been bullied. He was a little relieved, but also a little worried. However, his curiosity about Yun Ji became stronger.

After the guests left, Gale and Diego looked at Yun Ji with admiration. Gale said, "Sir, can you teach me the Kung Fu you know?"

Diego was baking egg tarts at the time. When he heard the noise and ran out to take a look, he saw Yun Ji twisting the villain leader with one hand and stepping on Scarface with one foot. He looked so handsome. Yun Ji's image suddenly rose several levels in his mind: "Sir, I want to learn too."

Yun Ji said: "This is not something that can be mastered overnight. I have been practicing for more than ten years. Besides, I am so busy now. I don't have time to teach you, and you don't have time to practice either."

Gale nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, we can practice when we have time, you can teach me."

Yun Ji said, "Okay, then you should stick to doing horse stance for half an hour every day - one hour of horse stance and one hour of running." After he said that, he made a horse stance.

Gale and Diego quickly started learning. Yun Ji knew they couldn't stick with it and were just joking, but he still said, "This is the basics. You may not be able to stick with it for long at the beginning. So take it slow and increase it little by little."

Min Xi said: "Yes, just stick to what he said, and you will definitely get results." Even if you can't practice Kung Fu, you can still strengthen your body.

Gale said to Diego excitedly, "Diego, let's practice together from now on. I'll come to you when I get up in the morning."

Diego hesitated, "I have to go grocery shopping with my husband in the morning."

Min Xi said: "It doesn't delay buying groceries. I can run there and back, and it all counts as running time."

Diego nodded excitedly: "Okay, I will practice every day in the future."

After Yun Ji finished his work, he tiptoed back to the attic. He thought Min Xi had already fallen asleep, but he heard the person lying on the bed say, "Will they come to apologize and pay compensation tomorrow?"

Yun Ji was stunned for a moment: "Why aren't you asleep yet? They will come. Unless they never appear on this street again, there is no way to avoid it."

"Were the hooligans who smashed our windows yesterday really the ones who came here today? I don't think they had to do that. If they wanted to eat a free meal and collect protection money, they wouldn't have smashed our windows. It would do them no good at all."

Yun Ji said, "You are right. It is true that these three hooligans want to eat and dine to collect protection fees, but it does not mean that there are no colleagues who are jealous of us and hire people to sabotage us. You will know when you meet the little hooligans tomorrow. Don't think about it. Go to sleep."

Min Xi yawned and said, "Seventh Brother, you should go to sleep too. You have been working hard for the past few days. Next time when there is a banquet, you should take a day off. You should not work non-stop. It is too tiring."

"Okay." Yun Ji blew out the light and lay down beside him.

The next morning, Gale woke up early to exercise. He ran directly to the store. It was not yet seven o'clock when he arrived, which was much earlier than usual. However, Min Xi had already returned from the vegetable market after buying vegetables, and Diego had already finished running for an hour.

Gael excitedly called Diego to go running, but when he learned that he had already finished, he said, "Then I'll go run by myself."

Yun Ji said, "There's no rush to run. You and Diego can do horse stance for an hour first, and then go for a run."

So the two young men started squatting. They tried it last night and felt very relaxed. They were a little skeptical whether it was really martial arts training. Unexpectedly, they found it was not easy when they really practiced it. They felt their legs shaking and could not stand for a quarter of an hour.

Yun Ji took some time out to give some pointers: "If you can't stand anymore, take a break. Take your time and stand for an hour every day."

Only then did Gale and Diego believe that this should be a real method of practicing martial arts.

Neither Min Xi nor Yun Ji poured cold water on them, although they didn't know how long these two guys could hold on.

In the morning, they were busy in the kitchen when they suddenly heard voices outside. Gail went out to see a young man with a horse face standing at the door. He looked a little reserved and stammered, "I, I'm that..." He didn't finish the rest of the words, but just pointed to the window.

Gail understood: "You are the guy who smashed our window? Just wait!"

He walked into the kitchen and said loudly, "Sir, the guy who broke the window is here."

Min Xi and Yun Ji looked at each other, put down their work, and came out.

Yun Ji was kneading dough, and his hands were still stained with flour, but he didn't wash his hands because he had to wash them after beating up that kid anyway.

Min Xi looked at the horse-faced boy standing at the door and asked, "Are you Jamie?"

The horse-faced boy evaded the question: "Yes, I am Jamie."

Min Xi asked: "Did you break our window glass?"

Jamie lowered his head and said nothing.

Min Xi asked again: "Did you bring the 2 reais as compensation?"

Jamie quickly took out a handful of silver coins from his pocket and put them on the table: "I brought them, a total of 2 reais. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have broken your glass."

Yun Ji said: "Not only did you break the glass, you also threw dead fish and rats into my house. Who instructed you to do this?"

Jamie hesitated and said, "It's our boss."

Yun Ji walked over, grabbed Jamie's arm, and pinched it hard: "Be honest!"

Jamie doubled over in pain. "It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! Please spare me. I'll tell you. I'll tell you!"

Yun Ji loosened his fingers: "Speak!"

Jamie wiped away the tears of pain and said, "The owner of the Tropical Rainforest Restaurant told our boss that he wants to teach you a lesson, so he asked me to explore the way first."

Yun Ji and Min Xi looked at each other, and as expected, Yun Ji raised his hand and slapped the other person hard: "Since this is your first offense, we will let you go this time. If you dare to do it again in the future, be careful that I will cripple your arms and legs. If you don't believe it, you can give it a try."

Jamie's face was numb. How could he not be afraid? Yesterday, their boss brought two of his most ruthless men to the China Hotel to collect protection money. In the end, he didn't receive the protection money, but asked him to apologize and even paid two reais for the glass. This was definitely provoking someone he shouldn't have provoked. "I dare not, I dare not, I will never dare to do that again."

Min Xi glared at him and said, "Get lost!"

Upon hearing this, Jamie turned around and ran faster than a rabbit.

Watching Jamie disappear from view, Min Xi asked, "Seventh Brother, do you remember the Rainforest Restaurant?"

Yun Ji thought for a moment and said, "Is it the high-end restaurant at No. 87 on this street?"

Min Xi thought about it carefully. They had been there to consume. The restaurant was very large, occupying the area of ​​two house numbers. It was considered the most high-end restaurant in Lisbon. The average consumption per person was no less than 100 reais. Those who consumed there were either rich or noble.

"It seems to be true." Min Xi said, "Have we affected their restaurant business?"

"I guess so. Such a big restaurant actually used such a despicable method to deal with us."

"If you hadn't scared those hooligans away and let them make a fuss a few times, I'm afraid the customers would not dare to come." Min Xi said.

Yun Jiwen: "Yes. If we, as rootless foreigners, don't have strong means to deal with these scoundrels, the government probably won't intervene. Local tyrants all have protective umbrellas."

Although they knew a man of status like the Baron, they could not rely on him for everything.

"What about the Tropical Rainforest Restaurant?" Yun Ji asked.

Min Xi said: "We are civilized people, so we naturally cannot go to people's homes and throw dead rats there. That would open up competition and make it impossible for them to continue their business!" Min Xi said bitterly.