Chapter 427 Old Stories from Nanpingshan 2
Nanpingshan is not the kind of heartless person.
Even if he goes to Yanjing, he must first settle down with his wife and children.
Just in the past few years, I have made some money by opening a small restaurant, which is enough to support my wife and children for several years.
So, he decided to leave all the money to his wife and children. He would first go to Yanjing to test the waters and get familiar with the territory. After a year at most and half a year at least, he would find a way to take his wife and children over.
——The above is the best solution Nanpingshan can think of.
However, the wife said she did not want to.
With red eyes, she angrily rebuked Nan Pingshan for being irresponsible, saying that he was a rotten man who abandoned his wife and children, and that going to Yanjing to learn cooking was simply a wishful thinking!
Nan Pingshan was silent for a long time, and then asked his wife what she wanted to do.
The wife had no intention of retaining him, but directly filed for divorce.
Nanpingshan was not too surprised, but had expected it.
Actually, he knew that his wife had another man outside.
She disliked herself for being dull, taciturn, and uninterested, unlike the man outside who could make her laugh and make her happy.
Nan Pingshan himself admits this, and there is nothing to defend.
He also saw with his own eyes his wife taking her son to see the man. The son, who couldn't hold back a word in front of him for a while, happily called the man daddy.
He listened, not even too angry, and accepted the facts calmly.
Because Nan Pingshan knew that he didn’t love his wife, so it was better to let her go early.
As for his son, he was too obsessed with cooking and neglected his son. He had nothing to blame for recognizing someone else as his father.
So——
My wife wanted a divorce, and he said yes;
When his wife wanted to take away his son, he agreed;
When his wife wanted to take away all the savings and the small restaurant, he had no objection.
Even when people in the town speculated that the two divorced because Nanpingshan had done something wrong, he did not defend himself to anyone.
After all, it was his fault for not being a good husband and father.
And after he goes to Yanjing, there is a high probability that he will not come back again.
On the contrary, my wife and children want to continue living in a small town and cannot bear too much criticism.
In the end, Nanpingshan shouldered everything and embarked on the road to Yanjing almost alone.
At that time, Wang Yongnian had to rush back to Yanjing for something, leaving him only an address and a sentence before leaving.
Nanpingshan simply relied on the obsession of "being a good cook" to survive the bumps and troubles along the way and arrived at the famous Yongnian Building in Yanjing.
Wang Yongnian was surprised by his arrival.
He is a person who loves and cherishes talents. He usually travels all over the country to participate in activities and has come into contact with many talented young chefs, many of whom are even more talented than Nan Pingshan.
He left a lot of notes and words, and the one he gave to Nanpingshan was not even the one he cared about the most -
The address was written on a napkin, and it would be torn casually;
Asking him to come to Yanjing was not serious at all, it was more like a joke.
But Nanpingshan is coming.
He was also the only person who traveled thousands of miles to come to Yanjing after listening to Wang Yongnian's words.
When he took out the napkin in front of Wang Yongnian, there was no damage at all, and the corners were neat and uncurled, which showed how much the owner cared for it.
His persistence and sincerity moved Wang Yongnian.
Wang Yongnian decided to stay in Nanping Mountain. However, many people later speculated that the master and apprentice felt a deep connection as soon as they met, so they became disciples.
At the beginning, Nan Pingshan was not accepted as a direct disciple.
In Wang Yongnian's view, Nanpingshan is in his 20s and has passed the golden age of mastering basic skills. Even if he learns, he will not be able to learn anything famous.
After studying hard for several years, at most I can evolve from an "average chef" to an "excellent chef".
As for a higher realm? That's impossible.
So, learning some skills and broadening your horizons in Yongnian Building, and then returning to your hometown to open a restaurant or restaurant is the best way for Nanpingshan.
After hearing Wang Yongnian's plan for the future, Nan Pingshan said nothing and just silently joined the ranks of apprentices learning basic skills.
In those years, children from poor families did not have the concept of going to school. Parents only knew how to send their children out early to learn a craft. A career as a chef became the first choice for many people.
There is an old saying, there is no cook who starves to death.
To ensure that their children are well fed and not hungry is probably the deepest wish of parents who have experienced famine years.
And for this reason, the apprentices who practiced with Nanpingshan were only 7 years old and 15 years old.
Having married and had children in his 20s, he is undoubtedly the "overage apprentice" among them.
Someone was laughing at him behind his back, and the words he said were unpleasant.
Nanpingshan passed by by chance and heard it.
But he didn’t even come forward to argue, he turned around and left.
Just because he was on his way to practice knife skills at that time, arguing with others would only waste his practice time, so he simply chose to ignore it.
What does it mean to be scolded behind someone's back?
He used to work as an apprentice in those restaurants, and not everyone he met was as kind-hearted as the owner of the first noodle shop.
Some people cherish their knowledge and are afraid that Nanpingshan will take away their "unique knowledge", so they beat and scold him. Once, they almost threw red-hot charcoal on him!
Compared to the real bruises all over my body, this little gossip is nothing.
Nanpingshan is a sponge eager to absorb knowledge.
He doesn't care about anything except studying.
He carries a kitchen knife with him all day long. In order to breathe as quickly as possible and be able to control his arms as well as he can, he puts the knife under his pillow even when he sleeps;
He practices knife skills all the time and uses the knife The ingredients are ten times as much as others, and every inch of his hands has been cut;
He often squats in front of the small stove to observe the fire, and he doesn't even know that his hair is almost on fire;
He In order to understand more tastes, I ate randomly and had diarrhea for three days;
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Slowly, this almost ascetic training career has been recognized by many people.
Including the superior senior brother.
His surname is Wang, and he is the only son of master Wang Yongnian. It is said that he is extremely talented and will be the future heir of Yongnian Tower.
Everyone is optimistic that he will be on the celebrity chef list in the future, leading Yongnian Restaurant to continue its glory and become famous in Yanjing.
But such a senior brother saw Nanping Mountain and praised him for his hard work and unlimited future!
Afterwards, it was the eldest brother who personally mentioned him to the master and believed that he was qualified to become a direct disciple.
Originally, master Wang Yongnian almost forgot about his existence, but after hearing the words of his only son, he changed his mind and actually accepted him as his direct disciple!
He drank tea, kowtowed, and paid homage to his disciples. From then on, he was no longer a rootless duckweed.
He has a master and senior brothers, and also has a single bed, so he doesn't have to sleep in Datongbu.
He undertook more systematic study, including the guidance of his senior brother.
For many years afterwards, Nan Pingshan felt that it was one of the happiest times in his life.