IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 14

Chapter 14: After Seeing All Kinds of Gaudy Trash, I Choose the Simplest Naked Cake

Chapter 14: After Seeing All Kinds of Gaudy Trash, I Choose the Simplest Naked Cake

The pure white cream, after going around the Kitchen, became colorful, with small purple gradient flowers and light green leaves. Lin Yan nodded with satisfaction and handed the plate to the eager Yun Qi: “Here, try this.”

Yun Qi was cautious. Yun Qi took a small bite. Yun Qi looked embarrassed. Yun Qi gave a thumbs up: “It’s… it’s okay, very unique.”

“What’s with that expression?” Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth.

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Lin Yan spat out the cream and took a couple of sips of water to rinse his mouth: “My god, you can actually eat this.”

Yun Qi picked up another leaf and sipped it: “It’s… it’s okay, just a little strange.”

“Alright, alright.” Lin Yan snatched the plate away, touching the back of his head in confusion, “So pretty, so terrible, what’s wrong with you, little cream?”

“Um.” Yun Qi pointed to the red fruit in the Corner of a wall, “Wouldn’t hawthorn be better than spinach and purple cabbage…”

“Still have to wash, still have to cook, still have to coat in syrup.” Lin Yan stretched, looking at the pieces of cake without any motivation, “Let’s just leave it like this.”

Yun Qi received the cake carved with white flowers, eating it one bite after another, using all his strength not to devour the entire cake in a storm, leaving half for Lin Yan. He licked the cream off his lips, still wanting more: “But if it’s pure white… won’t they think it’s unlucky…”

“That makes sense…” Lin Yan thought for a moment, cut the cake into thin slices with a knife, added cream in the middle, and used red beans to form a heart on top, “Red bean naked cake, perfect!”

Yun Qi didn’t know what a naked cake was, but that didn’t stop him from giving a thumbs up.

The people in the Town also didn’t know what Lin Yan was making, but that didn’t stop them from secretly observing.

Lin Yan had come thirteen times in four months, each time with a new trick. They heard that the things he bought were especially delicious, but unfortunately, every time he came, everything was bought up by Master Zhang, and even the remaining scraps had to be fought over.

Taking the things back carefully, learning to make seventy or eighty percent of it, could lead to big sales. So what they bought back weren’t scraps, they were gold nuggets.

Lin Yan’s stall hadn’t even been set up yet when Steward Zhang arrived. The usually arrogant Steward Zhang was unusually amiable today, his mouth almost stretching to the back of his head, his voice even carrying some flattery: “Ge’er Lin, what good things did you bring today?”

No matter how abnormal Steward Zhang was, he was a big customer. Even if he was showing two rows of big yellow teeth, or even two rows of big black teeth, Lin Yan would have to greet him with a smile.

Lin Yan picked up a well-packaged piece of cake and handed it over, thoughtfully providing a spoon: “New style pastry, would you like to try it?”

“Tsk.” Steward Zhang opened the delicate box, stabbing a spoonful into the middle of the heart, “If this thing was made by someone else, I really wouldn’t dare to eat it, but since it’s made by Ge’er Lin, then I won’t be polite.”

After two bites, the civility that Steward Zhang had deliberately put on completely disappeared. His blood bowl-sized mouth could swallow a child whole, and the palm-sized cake was solved in three bites.

Steward Zhang licked his lips, still wanting more. Lin Yan was already very familiar with the process that had been repeated countless times. He gave Yun Qi an OK sign, and Yun Qi quickly understood and started packing.

The formality still had to be given. Lin Yan put on a hesitant look: “How is it?”

Steward Zhang cleared his throat, trying to restore his previous arrogant appearance. He snorted two words from his nose: “Acceptable.”

Lin Yan’s gaze couldn’t help but look at the cream on the corner of Steward Zhang’s mouth, and he couldn’t suppress his grin. He lowered his head to act busy, while still complimenting him: “Steward Zhang, your way of speaking is becoming more and more like your master.”

“That’s right.” Steward Zhang’s chest puffed out even higher, like a rooster that had won a fight.

“Then, would you like…”

“The usual.”

The usual was to take it all. The soft little cakes also turned into hard silver ingots. Today was also a day of great harvest.

Money was exchanged for goods. The market had just started, and Lin Yan was already preparing to close his stall.

In the past, Steward Zhang would have hurried back to the Zhang Residence after buying things, to curry favor with his master. But today was strange. He gave the things to the servant who had come with him, smiling as he watched Lin Yan pack up, flattering him with one sentence after another.

Ignoring the offer of courtesy, there had to be a motive.

Lin Yan really disliked this way of speaking, saying forty-nine sentences just for the last one, but this was his “source of food and clothing,” so he had to cater to him.

After forty-nine sentences of paving the way, Steward Zhang finally revealed his true colors: “Speaking of which, you’re not young anymore, how come you haven’t found a suitable family yet?”

Yun Qi, who was packing things, paused, his ears perking up involuntarily.

Lin Yan ruffled Yun Qi’s hair, bringing out the reason he had used countless times: “That’s why I haven’t.”

Steward Zhang looked Yun Qi up and down, and when he saw the scar on his face, he snorted in disgust. He turned to look at Lin Yan, his voice carrying some coldness: “Don’t use the words you use to fool others to fool me. Aren’t you raising this child as a younger brother?”

Lin Yan shrugged: “A lover brother is still a brother.”

“Nonsense.” Steward Zhang chuckled twice. He pointed to the plaque behind him, leaned close to Lin Yan, and said mysteriously, “Our master has taken a liking to you, why don’t you follow our master. Our madam has the best temper and never interferes, and the other wives and young masters are also easy to get along with. You’ll just be enjoying the good life, which is better than being here…”

“Thank you for your kindness, Steward.” Lin Yan cupped his hands at the steward, the smile on his face mostly gone, “But I’m still young and have no plans for that sort of thing.”

“You still…”

“Moreover, I’m not a Ge’er.” Lin Yan looked at the high gate tower and shook his head gently, “Even if I were, I wouldn’t want to be a concubine. My husband must only have me, respect me, and love me.”

If these words were said in modern times, no one would think anything of it, but this was Great Zhou, a feudal dynasty where women and Ge’ers had low status, and the words of those in power could determine life and death.

This one sentence was unconventional, was not abiding by the virtues of a wife.

“If Ge’er Lin thinks that way, then we can’t afford to serve you, this great Buddha.” The smile on Steward Zhang’s face had long disappeared. He waved his hand, and the guards of the Zhang Residence immediately surrounded them.

Yun Qi’s face didn’t show any emotion, but he quietly hid a knife in his sleeve.

“Steward Zhang is right.” Lin Yan piled up his things and gave a shallow bow, “Lin will no longer come in the future.”

“No need to…”

Before Steward Zhang could finish speaking, Lin Yan had already pulled Yun Qi onto the car. The hooves of the donkey pulling the car stepped on the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, the people were gone.

This could be considered offending Master Zhang completely.

Yun Qi tugged on Lin Yan’s sleeve and whispered, “Brother, you just now…”

“It’s okay, this silver is enough to spend for a long time.” Lin Yan juggled the Purse in his hand, glanced at the unchanging shops and stalls, and curled his lips in disgust, “Besides, this Town is very boring, and I don’t want to come again.”

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