novelhk Chapter 120 Uninvited Guest
Chapter 120 Uninvited Guest
"Mom and Dad, where are the dumplings with leek and pork filling that I made today?"
As soon as she entered the kitchen, Leng Yan asked.
"Yan girl, what happened?"
When Zhang Cuiniang saw her daughter running in hurriedly, she thought she was hungry and subconsciously pointed.
"Hey, where are they? A customer just ordered some, and your dad got greedy, so he cooked a few more dumplings, but we haven't had time to eat them yet."
"Yes, daughter, if you are hungry, eat first. Just remember to leave two for daddy."
Upon hearing this, Leng Xun swung a large spoon enthusiastically at the stove and swallowed his saliva.
After Leng Yan responded, he picked up a pair of chopsticks and picked up a dumpling. It tasted good and there was nothing unusual about it.
She thought for a moment, and after finishing her busy work in the kitchen, Leng Yan called her parents aside and told them what had happened in the box.
"You want to see us, why? But what's the problem with these leek and pork dumplings?"
Zhang Cui Niang was puzzled, and Leng Xun beside her also looked puzzled: "Yes, these dumplings are just the ordinary ones we make, there is nothing special about them, why do they want to see us?"
"I don't know."
Leng Yan shook her head in confusion, "But don't worry, Dad and Mom, Madam Leng seems quite kind.
And I heard from her initial intention that she wanted to hire a cook from our shop, but I politely declined, and she looked relieved and decided to give up the idea.
But for some reason, after tasting the dumplings, she wanted to meet the cook.”
"But anyway, she didn't mention it explicitly, so let's just pretend we don't know."
Leng Yan said this as he led his parents and knocked on the door of the box.
There was a sound of the door opening, and Mrs. Leng went to see, and saw Leng Yan leading a middle-aged couple in.
Although the couple both lowered their heads, one could vaguely see that the man was well-proportioned, while the woman was quick-witted and hardworking, and looked particularly energetic.
"Hello, Madam Leng. These are my father and mother, and they are also the chefs in the food store."
Leng Yan introduced everything and comforted his parents, asking them not to be too nervous.
"I apologize for the intrusion. I hope you two can forgive me."
Madam Leng smiled faintly and nodded, then she got straight to the point and said, "To be honest, the three of us, mother and son, went south to look for our relatives."
Leng Xun, Zhang Cuiniang and Leng Yan were all shocked and confused when they heard this. They didn't understand why she suddenly said this.
Leng Xun and Zhang Cuiniang raised their heads in surprise, and their eyes swept around the room, finally falling on Leng Jiaren and her brother.
It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at them, but after he did, Leng Xun felt that the two children, Leng Jiaren and Leng Nianzhi, looked strangely familiar.
They were not the only ones who had this idea. When Mrs. Leng saw Leng Xun raising his face, she was surprised to find that he was somewhat similar to her own husband.
The reason why she cared so much about this dumpling stuffed with leeks and pork was actually because her husband had once lost his memory and could not remember his first name, last name, or anyone in his family.
I know her surname Leng because when her husband was rescued, there was a word "Leng" sewn on his clothes.
Therefore, her husband named himself Lenggui, which means she can return home soon.
Although Leng Gui didn't remember anything, the only thing he remembered was that someone seemed to have made him a meal of dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork before he left home.
The taste was deeply engraved in his memory, as if it could transcend thousands of mountains and rivers.
Therefore, influenced by her husband, Mrs. Leng is particularly concerned about the leek and pork dumplings. Whenever she sees them in a restaurant, she always orders them to try the flavor.
She had eaten quite a bit of it before, but she inexplicably felt that the taste of today's dish was very much to her liking, so she wanted to call to see who made it.
But it would have been better if I hadn't looked at it. Once I looked at it, I never thought that the person who made dumplings looked so similar to my husband.
Mrs. Leng's mind turned slightly, and she looked at Leng Yan and the others present again carefully, and compared them with her own children. She found it incredible that their eyebrows and eyes were so similar.
Mrs. Leng was not the only one who was shocked. After seeing Leng Jiaren and Leng Nian, Leng Xun inexplicably thought of his elder brother.
Especially Leng Nianzhi's little face. If he were a little thinner, he would look exactly like his older brother when he was a child.
"This, you..."
Leng Xun was apprehensive and stammered, "I wonder... does this lady know a man named Leng Kang, who is probably in his thirties, tall and strong, with a scratch on the side of his cheek."
The scratch was from when he and his older brother were climbing up a tree in the mountains to pick wild fruits when they were little. Leng Kang accidentally fell off the tree and was scratched by a branch, leaving a long bloody scratch.
Although the scar healed slowly and was not very obvious, and even invisible unless you looked closely, it was still a scar after all.
"what?"
Madam Leng stood up in surprise when she heard this. "You...you...what did you say?"
Mrs. Leng's eyes widened in shock. Leng Yan seemed to have realized something. After glancing at everyone present, she briefly told them the story of her uncle who had been on the battlefield and had not returned.
Leng Xun, who was standing nearby, heard the words and added some details, such as his preferences.
Madam Leng was surprised to find that what they said about her husband actually matched each other one by one.
Mrs. Leng was confused and surprised, but she dared not speak out.
Thinking about how she had accompanied her husband over the years, traveling thousands of miles and going through so much hardship to find his relatives, she was afraid that it would be like every time before, with high expectations but returning disappointed, and her happiness being in vain.
So she waved her hand and passed it over. Although Leng Xun was disappointed after hearing this, he was still willing to give her a try.
After all, there had been no news of his elder brother for many years, so it was impossible for him to get the news by such a coincidence.
But after leaving the Leng family snack shop, Mrs. Leng did not continue on her journey. Instead, she chose to stay at the post station. At the same time, she rode as fast as she could to send a message to her husband, asking him to come to Hulu Town.
On the other side, after the Leng family sent Mrs. Leng and her entourage away, before they had time to think about it, an uninvited guest showed up at their door.
"I'm sorry, we're closed today and all the food in the shop is sold out. Why don't you come back tomorrow?"
Leng Xun was just about to close the door of the shop when a few men who looked like servants, accompanied by two handsome men with big bellies and a man with a three-ton goat beard, walked in.
"Are you the boss of this place?"
One of them looked him up and down and asked.
Seeing that they came with ill intentions, Leng Xun did not dare to offend them and nodded honestly, "That's right."
Upon hearing this, the man with the three-goat beard looked at Leng Xun for a few more times, then pointed at a big-bellied man and introduced him, "This is my master, the owner of Tianxiang Tower in Beicheng County. I came here today to discuss a business deal with you."
Leng Xun was shocked at first when he heard this. He had heard of Tianxiang Tower, but its reputation was not that good.