"Stop! We're not that kind of novel! It's not even about the food!"
The head chef embarrassedly put on his clothing again and bowed his head. He scratched his head as he turned towards his assistant in the corner.
"Did you note down the steps?"
"Yes sir, I wrote down everything!" The assistant said!
"Read it out to me!" The head chef replied immediately.
"For the Soy milk, Put the soya beans into the stone mill and mill it until you get the soymilk. For the dough stick, First, we need to mix the flour…. Lastly we need to strip…"
The assistant read wholesale from what he had written down from step one to the last step.
"You can remove the last few steps! But well done." The head chef acknowledged before turning towards Zhu Jiao, "Sir, We will not let your recipe go to waste! We will ensure that you will get this for breakfast everyday!"
Zhu Jiao smiled , "Very good! This dish is called 'Dou Jiang You Tiao!' Starting tomorrow make this everyday!"
Returning back into the dining hall once again, he decided to ask Lin Er for help in choosing a Cultivation school to go to.
"Uncle, I have felt that my years slacking around has been a waste and I want to find a chance to go to cultivation school. I don't need to go to a high end cultivation school just one that can allow me to fac…. I mean cultivate and become a better person."
Zhu Jiao asked Lin Er, his eyes maintained a firm yet soft look, hiding his laziness behind a look of determination.
Lin Er started feeling his blood boil, he had always wanted to become a cultivator but because of family circumstances they could only afford to let his brother attend cultivator school and cultivate.
His brother after becoming a cultivator vanished leaving behind his wife and child, that child became a wastrel and started wasting the family money, leaving himself burdened with everything.
Now, the wastrel son wanted to be a cultivator, so how could he not be excited. The tiger does not beget a dog son. Turning his head to look at his own son, Lin Chen he could see that there was a fire behind his eyes as well.
How could he not understand his son, all these time he had been treating Lin Dong as a punching bag. But right now Lin Dong seemed like he had an entire personality change.
Lin Er looked at Zhu Jiao and replied. "I will help you choose a cultivation school, but it is up to your own abilities if you want to get in. Lin Chen, I will give you this opportunity, if you want to go to a cultivation school, you will have this opportunity, will you take it?"
Lin Chen's eyes lit up and immediately agreed. He had always wanted to go to a cultivation school, even training his body beforehand. But his father had been hesitant in letting him go down that path and had always wanted him to pursue the path of business to help the Lin family.
"Lin Dong, Lin Chen, I advise you to start reading up on cultivation and the likes, there will be a test on aptitude before you enter the school.
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Zhu Jiao spent the next week lazing about trying to plan out his next course of action, partially because he got too lazy midway and just enjoyed lazing around and pretending to do work. But eventually his uncle prepared the documents and had told Zhu Jiao and Lin Chen the good news.
Lin Er gathered Zhu Jiao and Lin Chen before he started telling them of the specifics.
"The Black Tiger cultivation school outside town is the major school for everyone to go to. The chances of getting in without any backing is slim to none and even with the Lin family's influence we can only secure these 2 spots. For the test, you must make sure to take these opportunities, if you can become a cultivator, the Lin family will be blessed.
I have arranged for a carriage to bring you to the school, come back here after an hour and we will have them take you there. Lin Chen, you are my pride and joy, I'm giving you this opportunity so you must surpass your old man! Be the one to shoulder the clan."
Lin Chen looked at his father with respect, his eyes welled up with tears as he spoke.
"Father! I'll be filial to you all my life! Whatever hard work it takes, I'm willing to put in the effort! Whatever he accomplishes, I will do better!"
Lin Chen pointed to Zhu Jiao who was standing at the side eating his fried dough stick. He was always the one who was given the most attention but since a week ago, the whole world seemed to want to get into Zhu Jiao's good books making Lin Chen extremely jealous and upset.
Zhu Jiao shrugged as he mumbled under his breath the word he said confused Lin Chen for a bit. "Okay good job, Rival acquired! Let's play our roles properly this time."
Lin Er hurried the 2 teens to pack their stuff and prepare to head off to school.
On the way back to his room, he ran into the servant who had picked a fight with before, immediately the servant's gaze averted and he looked on the ground, trying to avoid Zhu Jiao's eyes,
"Young Master Lin…. I…"
"It's okay, I let bygones be bygones, here you can have your ball back." Zhu Jiao smiled as he threw a pretend ball to the servant.
The servant felt his heart drop when he heard the word ball and immediately rushed forward to try to catch it. Only to realise he was tricked again, his face turned red as he turned around and ran off.
Zhu Jiao went back to his room and took a 45 minute nap, all his valuables have already been packed into his
1 hour later, everyone gathered at the main gate of the Lin family home, the chefs packed a few boxes of food for Zhu Jiao and Lin Chen to bring along with them.
"Cooking God Sir! Please come back soon! We want to learn more from you! When you become a cultivator please spread your cooking far and wide!"
The head chef started weeping as he tried to hold back his tears.
Lin Er approached Zhu Jiao as he whispered, "Lin Dong, your mother she…"
"It's okay, just let her be. I'm not affected by her at all, it's fine."
Zhu Jiao replied nonchalantly.
Entering the carriage, Zhu Jiao and Lin Chen bade farewell to the family as they prepared to head to the school.