Bloody Kyoto

Li Nanle's expression changed slightly. "Manager Liu, I can sell you the recipe, but it will cost an extra hundred taels."

Liu An was delighted. As long as he bought the recipe, he could make a cake to please the Lu family. Adding an extra hundred taels of silver was not a big deal.

"it is good!"

"We don't have any writing materials here, but my shop is nearby, Manager Liu. Please follow me."

As Li Nanle spoke, he walked toward the alley to the side. Liu An, without suspecting anything, strode after him.

As they entered the depths of the alley, Li Nanle stopped. Liu An asked curiously, "Why did you stop, Madam Li?"

"Okay, let's stop here. This is fine."

Liu An frowned slightly and looked to both sides. There were only walls and no doors.

"What do you mean...?"

Liu An suddenly widened his eyes and stared at the black hole pointing at him. His body fell backward uncontrollably, and his gaze finally settled on Li Nanle's slightly upturned lips.

Li Nanle put away the silenced gun, stored the person in his spatial storage, and then left as if nothing had happened.

He was really efficient on Friday; by noon, he had already built two individual stoves.

Seeing Li Nanle return, he grinned and said, "Aunt Li, it'll be ready in a little while..."

"Guji..."

I stood there awkwardly on Friday, my stomach was so uncooperative, why was it growling at this time? I knew I'd have food to eat when I got back.

"Here you go." Li Nanle tossed him a package of oil paper. "Eat it before you get back to work."

On Friday, watching her retreating figure as she entered the room, his face flushed red. He hadn't skipped lunch on purpose; he was just thinking he'd finish quickly and eat when he got home.

The aroma from the oil paper package wafted into his nose, and he inhaled deeply.

Unable to resist any longer, he squatted down, opened the oil paper package, and took a bite. Only then did he realize that it was a large meat pie.

My nose felt sore; someone as poor as him probably wouldn't have a proper meal in a month.

I worked for Aunt Li for two days in a row, and not only did I get to eat meat every day, but I also earned a high wage.

With his stomach full and feeling grateful, he finished cooking the last dish in just over half an hour.

After he finished, he didn't leave. Instead, he started cleaning up the weeds and trash in the backyard.

When Li Nanle came out in the evening, he nodded in satisfaction. This kid was grateful, observant, and a great helper.

When he saw Li Nanle on Friday, he immediately took out the extra money to return to her, but Li Nanle did not accept it.

"Keep this, consider the rest a reward for you." She glanced around the yard, her meaning clear.

On Friday, he waved his hands repeatedly, "Aunt Li, this won't do. You've already paid me a high wage, how can I take more..."

Why are you talking so much nonsense?

Li Nanle interrupted him coldly, "What, is it an insult to your character for me, your employer, to give you a tip?"

"No, no, kid didn't think that way." Zhou Wu shook his head anxiously.

"Then I'll take it. Also, let me ask you, would you like to work here as a helper? I'll pay you five taels of silver a month."

On Friday, when Aunt Li asked him something, he pricked up his ears, afraid of missing or misunderstanding.

What he overheard was that Aunt Li actually wanted to hire him and would pay him five taels of silver a month.

You should know that a shopkeeper usually only earns five taels a month. What makes him so special?

"I'm willing, but Aunt Li, the pay is too high..."

"You're so long-winded. If you don't want to do it, I'll ask someone else." Li Nanle didn't like arguing with people; it was exhausting.

"Yes, yes!" Friday dared not say anything else.

He realized that Aunt Li was a kind-hearted person, just a bit too strong-willed.

But this isn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, she runs the shop alone, and if she's not assertive, she'll be bullied.

*

Just as Zhao Rongyuan had expected, the next day, a distinguished guest arrived at the shop, which had not yet opened for business.

Lu Zheng, the head of the Lu family and also a Grand Academician of the Hall of Fame, frowned slightly as soon as he got off the carriage with Xiao Doudou and saw the coffin shop next door.

Having been hired yesterday, I arrived exceptionally early today. When I saw Lu Zheng alighting from his carriage, he exuded an air of nobility.

He instinctively hid behind the door, knowing how unreasonable these important people could be; it was best to avoid them if possible.

He never expected that the important person would be leading a cute little girl towards the shop.

Having no other choice, he could only bite the bullet and go forward, saying, "This humble servant greets your esteemed guest. The shop... the shop is not yet open for business."

Lu Zheng remained expressionless. "I'm here to see Li Sanniang."

"Auntie Gao!" Little Bean's voice rang out in surprise. She then let go of her grandfather's hand and ran towards Li Nanle, who came out from the backyard.

The little girl ran very fast, and Li Nanle opened his arms to catch her and pick her up.

Lu Zheng stepped forward and cupped his hands to Li Nanle, saying, "I am Xiaodoudou's grandfather. Thank you, Madam Li, for saving Xiaodoudou yesterday."

Li Nanle bowed, "Lord Lu, you're too kind."

Lu Zheng glanced back, and the steward immediately stepped forward with a tray covered with a cloth. "Madam Li, this is a small gift from our master to express his gratitude. Please accept it."

Li Nanle glanced at it and could tell that the items below were either gold or silver ingots.

"Mrs. Li, Little Bean loves your cakes, and I hope you'll continue to..."

“No need, here’s the cake recipe.” Li Nanle interrupted Lu Zheng in time. “Lord Lu can have the cook at home learn it, and Little Bean can have it made anytime she wants.”

Lu Zheng was quite surprised. Li San Niang seemed to be cutting ties with them and refusing to have any further contact, which surprised and intrigued him.

If ordinary people could get close to the Lu family, they would be overjoyed, or at least extremely respectful and dare not utter a sound.

"Lord Lu, I will accept this gift as a token of my gratitude. The shop is in disarray and it is inconvenient to serve you..."

Li Nanle put Xiaodoudou down, took the tray, and looked at Lu Zheng with calm eyes.

Lu Zheng and the people behind him were stunned; she had actually started to kick them out.

Little Bean didn't understand what she meant, and after being put down, she hugged her leg again.

"Auntie Gao, have some Gao."

Li Nanle lowered her head and coaxed her, "Let go of your aunt, and I'll go get it for you."

Little Bean was very obedient and immediately let go. However, she didn't wait in the same spot but followed behind her with her short legs.

Finally, Li Nanle took another basket of cakes and told Xiaodoudou, "Don't eat too much cake at once, otherwise you won't be able to eat your meals and you won't grow tall and will become a dwarf."

Upon hearing this, Xiaodoudou covered her mouth in surprise, "Aunt Gaogao said the same thing as Second Uncle."

She only ate two of the cakes from yesterday; her second uncle took the rest.

She still thought that her second uncle had said that on purpose yesterday to deceive her daughter, Gao Gao.

Oh, that's not true! I need to apologize to my second uncle when I get back; I shouldn't have thought so badly of him.

"Auntie Gao, Little Bean knows."

Li Nanle then wrote down the cake recipe and handed it to Lu Zheng.

The host had already asked them to leave, but Lu Zheng wasn't going to be shameless and insist on staying. He had the butler accept the prescription, thanked him again, and then left with Xiaodoudou, who kept looking back.