Little Cooking Saint – 0330 – Steamed Pork with Rice Flour (c)

Chapter 330 – Steamed Pork with Rice Flour (c)

Translated by Gumihou

Edited by Gumihou

 

Gumihou: Plot Hole 1 – Why doesn’t Shiyu just sic Uncle Wang on the flag’s trail immediately once they realised they lost it?

 

Although Golden Venomous Bees were Spiritual Beasts, they were still part of the bee family. Therefore, medicinal flowers and herbs naturally attract them.

When the Queen Bee saw these hundreds of rare medicinal herbs and all of them at least a few hundred years old, her heart had already been moved. Moreover, the ground had not been fully planted up yet. Once the entire field was planted, the scene would be even more astonishing.

“What do you wish for us to do?”

“Just help me find something,” said Shiyu.

At first, she thought she could take her time looking for the Flag but the appearance of Jin Ming lit a sense of crisis within her. If she doesn’t resolve this matter properly, everything she had done thus far would be for nothing.

It just so happened that the Golden Venomous Bee made their timely appearance.

Shiyu had told the Rainbow Sparrows that she wanted to taste Spiritual Beast honey but that was just a small part of why she wanted to see them. Once she had seen the Golden Venomous Bees, her thoughts grew even clearer.

Therefore, she first negotiated directly with the Queen Bee. So long as the Queen Bee agree to work with her, she could make use of the Golden Venomous Bee Clan and have them appeal to the common bees around to help track down the whereabouts of the Soul Drawing Flag

Who knows, perhaps even the tiny bees by the roadside would become Shiyu’s spy?

 

 

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While Shiyu was negotiating with the Queen Bee, Jin Ming’s attendant had safely arrived at the capital of Profound Sky Empire.

The attendant had been ordered by the young master to investigate a certain shop assistant.

Upon arriving at the Trading House, he immediately set his eyes upon the face of a young man with a perfectly ordinary face sorting through a collection of herbs behind the crystal counter.

The young man was not very old [a]. He had no idea how this person had been brought into the Trading House as a shop assistant in the first place.

The man came over to the manager to ask after the ordinary-looking young man.

The manager said, “Someone introduced him to me so I thought to try him out. He has a little Cultivation and seemed very honest, therefore I let him stay.”

“When did he come? Not too long ago, just a month or two. Although he’s not very talkative, he has a talent for selling things.

“From Eastern Martial Empire, I believe he has a friend… lives in the city…”

The manager told the attendant everything he knew his new shop assistant. After the attendant had finished his line of questions, he did not speak to the shop assistant but left immediately.

The manager touched his head a little confusedly. Then, he walked up to his shop assistant and could not help but say, “Ah Jin, you seemed to be doing quite well. Even the top people are starting to pay attention to you.”

The young man smiled a little embarrassedly, “It’s all thanks to your support.”

“Whether it’s through my support or not, the Trading House knows best. If you keep up with the good work, you could one day become a manager like me.”

The young man smiled but said nothing.

That evening, when his replacement came, the young man left the Trading House and made his way home.

The place he was staying was a tidy little courtyard.

As soon as he stepped in, a young girl’s voice called out, “You’re back? Come and wash your hands. We can Cultivate together after dinner.”

“Yes,”

After putting his things away, he changed his clothes and came out. At the sight of the young girl, he couldn’t help but say, “Xiao Shu, the manager praised me today. He said I caught the eye of the upper management people. Do you think it would be easier for me to get hold of a Thunder Seed once I become a manager?”

Xiao Shu came out of the kitchen bearing dishes for the evening meal. She said, “It’s possible. However, there are too few Thunder Seeds. We’ve already searched for such a long time yet we haven’t heard any news about it.”

“True,”

“But, Ah Jin, you shouldn’t give up. When there’s a will there’s a way. I’m sure we’ll find it one day,” Xiao Shu encouraged. “Come on, let’s eat first!”

“En, en,”

In front of Xiao Shu, Shi Jin was not quite as un-talkative.

The two of them sat together, eating and talking about their day. Occasionally, one or the other would laugh and slapped the table when they found something funny. Perhaps there was something else but these two appear to have a perfect understanding of each other.

Within this small courtyard, with just the two of them together, the atmosphere was perfectly warm and intimate.

After dinner, they Cultivate the whole night. The next day, Shi Jin and Xiao Shu busied themselves with their own work.

When Shi Jin returned to the Trading House to replace his fellow shop assistant, the manager came over again.

However, before he could even reach Shi Jin, someone stopped him to say, “Get someone to help me prepare some precious herbs.”

It was the attendant from yesterday.

The manager could not help but ask, “Is it for yourself or the young master?”

“Of course, it’s for the young master. Right now, the young master is at Grand Martial Empire. Since there’s nothing good there, he bade me come and gather some things to be sent.” The attendant’s eyes flashed unconsciously over to Shi Jin, “The young master wishes to befriend a young girl named Shiyu. Therefore, he wishes to show some sincerity and please the beauty.”

The manager excitedly said, “I shall have someone prepare it right away.”

Shi Jin was slightly startled by the exchange. Wondering if this Shiyu was Sister Shiyu. However, when he noticed the attendant’s eye on him, he lowered his head and went back to his business.

That evening, however, he quickened his steps and arrived home earlier than usual.

Once back at the courtyard, he immediately told Xiao Shu all about what happened today, “Do you think… they are talking about my sister?”

Xiao Shu pondered for a moment, “It’s possible… however, Grand Martial Empire is quite a distance from Eastern Martial Empire. Even if it’s her, I believe she would soon come to Profound Sky Empire.”

“En, you’re right. Then, we should just continue waiting as usual.”

While they were speaking about this matter, someone stood on top of their roof. Their gaze flashing…

 

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Two or three days later, Jin Ming received the report from his attendant.

Within these two or three days, a major event had happened within the Grand Martial City. A new Flying Station had appeared just outside the city.

The spiritual beasts could pick up all kinds of customers. Their price was the same as other flying stations but the speed of their flying monsters was much faster than all other existing flying stations.

Therefore, when the Flying Station first open its business, business was very lively.

Jin Ming was a little shocked when he first found out. He was not shocked by the booming business but was shocked that the fact that flying mounts were all Spiritual Beasts.

If their Trading House could have so many Spiritual Beasts working with them, the Central Trading House could have access to every country and every city in the whole of Ninth Realm.

At the same time, the simple reason of having such a flying station would rake in loads of money would make other people jealous is just too great.

If he could make use of these Spiritual Beasts…

Merchants often have this kind of mindset. After all, it was more reassuring to have everything under their control. If they could not swallow everything, they would settle for cooperation.

Jin Ming was not clear about the background of the people who started the flying station… however, that would not stop him from desiring to swallow these Flying Beasts for himself…

After the attendant gave him the news, Jin Ming burst out laughing. “So, there truly is a connection.”

A determined expression appeared on his face, “Someone come, find out what are the conditions they have made with Luo Dongting. I don’t care what method you use, pry those people’s mouths open. I want to know their goals!”

Know yourself and know your enemy, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. The more information he has, the more initiative he will have in the future! 

 

[Gumihou: …aww, gee. All these cloak and dagger stuff are soooo subtle, lol. Gumi did not ‘fix’ anything. Just made 1 smart comment and gave up]

 

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[1] Smart remarks of the day.

[a] The young man was not very old.

…okay

 

 

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