Author: white beard

Zhou Bai was wandering on the street.

As I walked, I came to the candy store from yesterday again.

The candy store is lit up with dreamy lanterns.

Outside the candy store, it was still very deserted.

Zhou Bai stood at the door of the candy store and looked into the store.

Standing behind the counter, the chubby, round-faced boss saw someone standing outside the door, thinking that there was business coming, so he looked out the door with bright eyes.

When he saw clearly that it was Zhou Bai standing outside, he could only turn away in disappointment.

Zhou Bai also looked at the round-faced boss, but after thinking for a while, he still opened the door and walked in.

"welcome."

The round-faced boss saw Zhou Bai walking in the door.

Although he was reluctant, the basic etiquette was still not missed.

Zhou Bai didn't care about the round-faced boss's attitude, but instead focused his attention on the dazzling array of candies.

But this time, Zhou Bai discovered that new price tags appeared on the boxes with candies.

Each label also has the name of various candies written on it.

What's more important is that there is a sign in the middle of those boxes.

There is a big line of words written on the sign.

“You are welcome to try, but you need to pay!”

Zhou Bai felt that this sign seemed to be erected just for him.

However, this store can be considered an improvement.

Although things are still expensive, at least consumers can know the price of the product in advance.

Zhou Bai expressed his appreciation for the round-faced boss's behavior of knowing his mistakes and correcting them.

Then, I started looking for Christmas candies one by one.

There are hundreds of kinds of candies in the candy store.

All the candies were carefully arranged by the round-faced boss and placed in transparent boxes.

Zhou Bai admired the candies and looked at the names of the candies on the labels.

Soon, he saw the label on one of the candy boxes, which read "Christmas Candy".

Zhou Bai quickly looked at the candies in the transparent box in surprise.

I saw that the candies are composed of three colors: "green, white, and red".

These three colors are the theme colors of Christmas.

Zhou Bai was secretly happy, feeling that he was close to the correct answer.

He opened the transparent box containing the Christmas candy and was about to reach for it.

But my eyes saw the price tag on the box.

Just one glance and my eyes almost fell off.

Because the label says, "8 gold coins/piece".

A small candy that is only one centimeter in size actually sells for 8 gold coins?

Zhou Bai's hand that he just stretched out immediately took it back again.

He estimated that the gold coins he had left could only buy more than 1,200 candies.

Although this number is not small, it is not sustainable because he has many neighbors.

Moreover, his money also needs to buy other things.

Zhou Bai couldn't help but fell silent when he thought of this.

Silently he closed the box again, and then, under the watchful eye of the round-faced boss, he walked out of the store empty-handed again.

He walked back to the street, took out his cell phone, and saw the time displayed on it, which was close to 3 p.m.

So, he walked towards the bakery.

When Zhou Bai was about to arrive at the bakery, he saw the bakery owner wearing a chef's hat from a distance, half leaning against the door.

In his hand, he turned an eggbeater casually.

The eyes are staring in a certain direction intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhou Bai stopped and followed his gaze.

Then he discovered that what he was looking at was actually the decoration store not far away.

Zhou Bai felt a little strange.

Because his eyes contain no emotion.

That way, it looked more like he was monitoring that place.

Zhou Bai looked at him doubtfully.

What's wrong with the decoration store?

Or is there something in the decoration store that the bakery owner wants?

Zhou Bai was thinking about this problem and walking towards the bakery.

At this time, the bakery owner also saw Zhou Bai walking over.

A smile appeared on his face and he said to him.

"It's one minute to three o'clock. Fortunately, you're not late. Otherwise, I would have to pay more."

After saying that, he walked into the house.

Zhou Bai spread his hands helplessly, then followed him and walked in.

In the bakery, the boss has already placed the tools for making cakes on the table in advance.

He stood in front of the table, and Zhou Bai stood opposite him.

"Congratulations, you have become my apprentice from today on.

You can always call me Mr. Austin."

After Austin finished speaking, he did not forget to hold up his chef's hat, and then tidied the hair under his hat with his hands.

Zhou Bai nodded.

"Okay. Mr. Austin.

However, before I start teaching, I want to ask you a question first."

Austin took out a small mirror from his pocket.

While checking his hair, he replied casually.

"Just ask."

Zhou Bai looked at his movements and always felt that the teacher he paid for was so unreliable.

However, he still endured the doubts in his heart and continued to ask.

“Can you make Christmas cake?

I just want to learn how to make Christmas cakes.”

Zhou Bai felt that if there was a difference between "Christmas candies" and "ordinary candies".

Then, there should be a difference between "Christmas cake" and "ordinary cake".

Although cakes are required to be made by yourself, they may not be the same as candies.

However, he still had to be cautious.

After hearing Zhou Bai's question, Austin finally put down the mirror in his hand.

"Of course I can make Christmas cake.

However, yesterday, you only said that you wanted to learn how to make cakes.

But it didn’t say that what I wanted to learn was Christmas cake.

The difficulty of making Christmas cake is much more difficult than ordinary cakes."

After Austin finished speaking, he glanced at Zhou Bai, then looked down at his hands.

The intention of adding money is obvious.

Zhou Bai had no choice but to take out a gold coin from his pocket and threw it towards him.
To be continued...