The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 764 - 733 Similar, Remember_1

Chapter 764: Chapter 733 Similar, Remember_1

Sun Sihao and Qian Shikun were very familiar with Nan City and quickly found several houses for Qi Zhengmin.

Since Accountant Liang started working, He Tiantian had a lot less on her plate, so she had some free time and accompanied Qi Zhengmin to look at houses.

After several house viewings and negotiations, they bought another house near Xuanwu Lake.

Seeing that those houses were very old, Qi Zhengmin decided to design and build her own house that would blend in with the surrounding scenery.

This meant she would need to stay in He Tiantian’s room for a while longer, for which Qi Zhengmin felt somewhat apologetic.

"No problem, you can stay as long as you like," He Tiantian nodded, "But from now on, please don’t be formal with me, or I’ll get angry."

"Haha, I won’t be formal," Qi Zhengmin said, "I’ve been craving the pastries from your shop. Let’s go now; we can still get them while they’re hot."

"Sure," He Tiantian said, "I was about to go there anyway to get some pastries to take home. The kids, they just love these things."

The two of them headed to Sanfeng Bridge in the southern part of the city.

Zhang Mengmeng happened to be working the evening shift, warmly packing orders for customers with a very good attitude.

"Teacher He, what would you like?" Zhang Mengmeng was delighted to see He Tiantian and hurried over to ask.

"Give me a pound of bear biscuits, a box of caramel pudding," He Tiantian said, "and also a box of rose cake, and a box of chestnut cake."

Zhang Mengmeng quickly packed the order, and He Tiantian went over to pay.

Qi Zhengmin bought a large bag. After coming to Nan City, she could enjoy delicious Western pastries and Chinese cakes.

As they left, Qi Zhengmin casually asked, "Sister Tiantian, that employee called you ’Teacher’; is she your student?"

"Yes, she’s my student, her name is Zhang Mengmeng. She wanted to find some temp work because of her family’s tough financial situation, so I introduced her to work at the shop. She’s a very diligent girl," He Tiantian explained, feeling like a good teacher for being able to help a student.

"Sister Tiantian, a true teacher caring for her students, I admire that," Qi Zhengmin said. "By the way, Sister Tiantian, have you noticed that her eyes look very much like yours, and her face shape is somewhat similar too? If I didn’t know you only have a brother, I’d think she was your sister!"

"Really?" He Tiantian also felt a bit of familiarity when she first saw Zhang Mengmeng; it was only later, when she looked in the mirror, that she noticed the resemblance.

"There’s a four or five-point similarity," Qi Zhengmin nodded, "But to me, Sister Tiantian is the prettiest. Her eyes are not as bright as yours, her skin is not as fair as yours, and her figure is not as good as yours."

He Tiantian was speechless, slightly annoyed, "You little rascal, always teasing me. Just wait and see how I deal with you."

After He Tiantian spoke, she went after Qi Zhengmin.

At that moment, Qi Zhenghan’s car stopped by the roadside.

"Ladies, may I be of service?" Qi Zhenghan got out of the car, opened the door, and invited He Tiantian and Qi Zhengmin into the car with gentlemanly manners.

Qi Zhengmin, whose feet were sore from walking, got straight into the car and said, "Sister Tiantian, I’m wearing leather shoes today, I can’t walk anymore."

With Qi Zhengmin there, He Tiantian didn’t need to specifically avoid Qi Zhenghan, and she followed into the car, laughing, "You were running around happily just now, and suddenly you can’t walk anymore."

"Who’d walk when there’s a car?" Qi Zhengmin rolled her eyes playfully, looking quite adorable.

Just as Qi Zhenghan was about to close the car door, a woman’s voice came from behind.

"Teacher He, wait a minute, Master Tang has made a new dessert today and asked me to bring you a box to try. If possible, she plans to launch this kind of dessert." Zhang Mengmeng was holding two boxes, one for He Tiantian, and one for He Tiantian’s relative.

He Tiantian took it, smiled, and said, "Thank you, Zhang Mengmeng. I’ll take it back to eat first and give feedback tomorrow. By the way, can you please say thanks to Master Tang for me?"

"No need to thank me, Teacher He." Zhang Mengmeng smiled and turned back to the shop.

Qi Zhenghan watched Zhang Mengmeng’s retreating figure, lost in thought.

In the car, Qi Zhengmin immediately took out the dessert, took a bite, squinted her eyes in bliss, and after swallowing, she then said, "This is delicious, the pork floss inside is very fragrant. What is this dessert called?"

"It’s a bit like a ’wife cake’," He Tiantian replied. "Look, there are several shapes here, so there should be different flavors. The one you ate has pork floss and is a savory type dessert. Mine has the fragrance of sweet osmanthus and should be a sweet type."

After finishing one with pork floss, Qi Zhengmin picked up an oval-shaped dessert and took a bite to find it was filled with cream and red bean paste.

"Delicious, this is also good," Qi Zhengmin praised again and again, "This flavor is also very tasty. Sister Tiantian, agree quickly, it tastes so good, it’s sure to sell well."

He Tiantian also thought that Master Tang’s craftsmanship was excellent and nodded, "Okay, tomorrow I’ll have them calculate the cost and settle on a suitable price."

"I will definitely come to buy often," Qi Zhengmin said. "Oh, with something so tasty, how can I not share it with my brother?"

Qi Zhengmin found one with pork floss flavor and passed it to the front, saying, "Brother, you try."

Seeing He Tiantian and Qi Zhengmin eating with joy, Qi Zhenghan also felt an appetite for a rare moment and took a bite of the dessert while turning his head sideways.

The flavor was indeed very good!

Eating this dessert, Qi Zhenghan thought of the girl who had just brought the dessert.

For some reason, Qi Zhenghan was able to remember that girl with just one glance.

Qi Zhenghan didn’t believe that while still liking He Tiantian, he could fall for another girl at first sight...

"Sister Tiantian, why is this dessert called a ’wife cake’?" Qi Zhengmin didn’t understand. "Does ’wife’ mean ’old woman’? Was this dessert invented by an old woman?"

"You’re wrong!" He Tiantian laughed, "The so-called ’wife cake’ was not invented by an old woman, but according to legend, there was a couple whose father was ill. The wife willingly sold herself to a landlord’s house to work and earn money for her father-in-law’s treatment. Feeling guilty and striving hard, the husband created a delicious filled pastry, made money, and bought his wife back... Hence, the term ’wife cake’ came into being in the future generations."

"My goodness, such a legend!" Qi Zhengmin was surprised, "But I like the name; it’s good."

The manifestation of her liking was that she had eaten half a box of pastries before they even got home.

Yet to Qi Zhenghan, such a story sounded ridiculous. A man who couldn’t even protect his own wife, what kind of good man was he?

A loving couple?

A foolish joke!

But these thoughts were only in Qi Zhenghan’s mind, and he wouldn’t say them out loud in front of others.

Qi Zhenghan first dropped He Tiantian off at the entrance of Dayu Tree Alley, and then took his sister back to the house by the lake.