MDMP Chapter 81.1

In her previous life, Lin Juan was abandoned by Qian Qingshan and was still poor at an old age.

An acquaintance felt sorry for her and wanted to help her, so he introduced her to a job taking care of the elderly.

The old man’s surname was Bai. It was said that his ancestors were imperial chefs in the palace.

Before he retired, he was also a chef in a big restaurant in Beijing. After retirement, he returned to his hometown to live in retirement.

Because he was old, it was inevitable that he would have some minor illnesses and pains. Under the organization of the neighborhood committee, he planned to find someone to take care of his life.

Old Mr. Bai had no children and had a strange temper, which made Lin Juan, who was not very good at taking care of people at the beginning, suffer a lot of grievances.

But he had one good thing. Although he was not satisfied with Lin Juan, he did not dismiss her.

Because Old Mr. Bai was an imperial chef, he had high requirements for what he ate every day.

Lin Juan didn’t know how to cook at first. In order to ensure his own dietary standards, Old Mr. Bai taught Lin Juan a few tricks.

After noticing that the dishes she made according to the set recipes were quite good, he did not hide his own skills, directly threw his recipe book to Lin Juan, and asked her to cook.

Unfortunately, Old Mr. Bai passed away within a few years.

Lin Juan also died of illness not long after due to overwork in her youth.

Because Old Mr. Bai had no children, the recipe book fell into Lin Juan’s hands after his death.

Unfortunately, Lin Juan had neither the money nor the energy to do research at that time. She also didn’t know where the recipe book went later.

Lin Juan thought that since the recipe book had fallen into her hands in her previous life, it was destined to belong to her. (T/N: What kind of logic is this?)

In this case, it wouldn’t matter if she got it earlier, right?

But thinking of Old Mr. Bai’s weird temper, Lin Juan didn’t want to take care of him again anyway.

After thinking again and again, Lin Juan finally came up with a solution.

Early in the morning, Lin Juan found a place in the city.

This was the black market in Songnan City. Although buying and selling were now allowed, there were still some things that could not be easily bought, so the black market still existed.

You could trade various things in the black market. You could also find someone to do things for you.

The purpose of Lin Juan’s coming to the black market today was to find someone to do things for her.

Lin Juan didn’t want to be recognized by others, so she covered herself tightly in this hot weather.

After going around the black market several times, she finally came to a self-built house.

The person who looked like the manager looked at Lin Juan’s dress and didn’t find it strange. He asked directly: “What do you want to do? Different things have different prices. We don’t do anything illegal.”

“No, no!” Lin Juan said hurriedly, pulled the silk scarf around her face, and continued, “I just want to find someone to help me do something. It’s very simple.”

The manager took a look at Lin Juan’s dress. He had seen many people like her. He knew at a glance that she was one of the kind of people who came to them because it was inconvenient for them to show up in person.

That was what they did anyway, so as long as it was not something illegal that would get them caught by the police, it didn’t matter.

After listening to Lin Juan’s request, the manager quoted a price, and Lin Juan paid the money readily.

Soon, a man followed Lin Juan out.

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No. 46 Mao’er Lane.

Lin Juan remembered this address very clearly. This was where Old Mr. Bai lived.

Lin Juan found a place to hide and watched the man she had just hired walk to Old Mr. Bai’s door.

The man knocked on the door.

After a long time, someone came to open the door. The man walked in and disappeared from Lin Juan’s sight.

But Lin Juan’s eyes were fixed on the door of Bai’s house. Not long after, the man came out of Bai’s house.

Lin Juan immediately went to meet him and asked anxiously, “How is it? Did you buy it?”

The purpose of Lin Juan hiring this man was to buy the recipe book from Old Mr. Bai for her.

 

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Translator’s Comment:

Wow, you do it right this time! Previously, I suspected that this woman would come up with other bad ideas again.

Sorry, Lin Juan~~

 

 

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