Every Thursday was Huo Yuhao's designated day off. On that day, he left all the barbecue work entirely to the assistant cooks, while all orders were sold at half price. After all, if he did not give those assistant cooks the chance to make barbecue themselves, their skills would never truly improve.
After finishing his work at the Soul Tool Repair Shop, Huo Yuhao leisurely headed toward the small courtyard his family rented.
Because housing prices in Shrek City were exorbitantly high, even Huo Yuhao could only rent a place to live with Huo Yun'er. Even so, they were renting a single-courtyard residence rather than the two-courtyard home they had lived in back in Xing Luo.
There were three main rooms, with one side room on each side, five rooms in total. This was where Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er had settled down in Shrek City. Huo Yun'er had always been quite satisfied with it—or rather, she had never been dissatisfied with any home Huo Yuhao found for her.
After all, although this single courtyard was much smaller than their former two-courtyard residence, it was still somewhat more spacious than the side courtyard the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had once provided for the mother and son.
"I heard a new Ejiao Shop opened in the West District. After Brother Jie Chu bought Aunt Gao a few Ejiao Cakes, she seemed pretty happy with them. The quality looks good—I can go take a look later."
As Huo Yuhao pondered what little surprise to prepare for his mother that evening, he headed toward his courtyard. But the moment he reached the entrance, he sensed that something was wrong, because an old man in white was standing outside his door.
"I should go buy the Ejiao Cakes first. They might be closed if