Chapter 907 - Revelation (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Zhou Shijie had only spoken after thinking about it for a while. The moment he asked his question, he focused on Yuan Zhou’s expression while waiting for an answer.

“Carpentry? Not for now,” Yuan Zhou wanted to say not at all, but when he thought about the system’s missions, he decided to not deny it outright.

Otherwise, if the system was to one day require him to work on wood sculpting for the restaurant’s decoration or something, the OCD system would probably request him to learn carpentry or something. Yes, that was totally possible. Yuan Zhou had once read a book where there was a feast known as the Carpenter’s Feast, rumored to be a feast invented by a master carpenter during the Ming Dynasty. That was a master who had once participated in the palace’s renovation and was a carpenter who enjoyed great prestige.

When he was 64 years old, he created his final opus, called the Carpenter’s Feast. Many expert carpenters were invited, and during the feast, numerous dishes that broaden one’s horizons were featured, such as the Nut Striking Meat, Tooth Extraction Bun, Hundred and Thousand Revolutions Choy Sum, and so on. All the dishes were served on exquisite wooden objects.

When Yuan Zhou read about that, he started longing for it as well. Although in cooking, cooking skills were still the core, it was still acceptable to further enhance the cooking with some other skills.

“I should probably get myself on Carpenter Lian’s good side,” Yuan Zhou started preparing for the rainy days.

“Little Yuan, carpentry won’t improve your knife skills. Moreover, it is a domain that involves a lot of heavy lifting and won’t be good for your wrist,” Zhou Shijie started seriously listing the disadvantages of carpentry.

Yuan Zhou nodded when he heard those words. He could often see words such as less salt, less sugar, and so on menus. The actual quantity of “less” was unknown. That was not because the chefs were deliberately mystifying their menu. Rather, the “less” would vary between chefs as they quantify their condiments by the sensations of their hands.

Thus, if Yuan Zhou was truly able to obtain the Carpenter’s Feast and needed to learn carpentry, he would have to take it slow.

When Zhou Shijie saw Yuan Zhou deep in thought, he continued giving earnest advice, “You still need your hands for exquisite sculpting works. If you injure your wrist, it won’t be good.”

“What are you saying, Scamming Zhou? Are you belittling carpentry again? Why is carpentry bad for the hands? Do you even know how to speak?” howled Carpenter Lian as these were the first words he heard the moment he stepped into the room.

“Old swindler, I won’t allow you to continue to vilify me. From now on, you can just dream about getting any good custom-made furniture,” said Carpenter Lian as he glared at Zhou Shijie resentfully.

“That was not what I mean. I am talking to Little Yuan about cooking. Are you deaf? What have you been hearing?” Zhou Shijie spoke righteously, “Moreover, you do not have the qualifications to interrupt our conversations regarding cooking.”

Zhou Shijie was feeling no guilt whatsoever even after having been caught talking bad behind someone’s back. Instead, he doubled down and accused Carpenter Lian of interrupting them.

“Are you sure?” Carpenter Lian eyed the two suspiciously.

“Of course. Am I the type of person that will talk bad behind someone’s back?” Zhou Shijie said.

Yuan Zhou stood there silently. At times like this, it would not be good to side with either of them. And thus, he decided to remain silent.

Naturally, Carpenter Lian did not trust a word of Zhou Shijie. He had no idea what Zhou Shijie was plotting.

The two started bickering again, causing Yuan Zhou to feel helpless. He couldn’t just leave like this as well.

In any case, he wasn’t intentionally eavesdropping on them. His hearing was simply too good while the two were in fact yelling. Yuan Zhou overheard Carpenter Lian shouting that he would absolutely not attend Zhou Shijie’s birthday celebration next month, even if he was invited. As for Zhou Shijie, he shouted that he would never ever invite Carpenter Lian to his birthday celebration and so on.

In the following month, Zhou Shijie would be celebrating his 59th birthday. As the saying went, men would celebrate the nines while women would celebrate the tens. Thus, next month’s celebration would be a major one. Since Zhou Shijie had taken care of Yuan Zhou greatly, he wondered if he should prepare a unique present for Zhou Shijie’s birthday.

Yuan Zhou decided to keep that in his mind. After the exemplary restaurant competition was over, he would start thinking about Zhou Shijie’s birthday present.

Having made up his mind, when he saw that the two were still bickering, he spoke. After all, he still needed to return and prepare for dinner.