7DLW 31

Chapter 31

"Branch Secretary, let me." Song Wei Ping raised his hand and led Xu Xiao Jiao forward.

This person was the first one. So everyone was naturally happy to watch or at least follow along to see how the land was divided.

The branch secretary nodded, "Two boxes, one is fertile land and the other is inferior land. Which one do you grab first?"

He made it clear that every family must draw fertile land and sandy river land. Roughly equal amount of each. It was impossible for one family to draw all the golden soil land. Everyone agreed with this rule. After all, no one could guarantee that they will be able to draw all the good ones.

Xu Xiao Jiao stepped forward, "Draw the fertile land first."

Two lottery boxes stood side by side on it. Xu Xiao Jiao stretched out her hand into the box of good land under the signal of the village branch secretary.

She took out a red paper and handed it to the branch secretary.

"Song Wei Ping, east ridge soil land, one and a half mu."

After the village branch secretary finished reading, he laughed, "Xiao Jiao, you're lucky."

This was more than good. Everyone in the village knew that east ridge was the best land, which covered a total of three mu of land. Xu Xiao Jiao drawn half of it in one go. Who wouldn’t be envious after hearing this?

"Oh, Xiao Jiao is certainly lucky? Look, so much fertile land had been drawn in one go. It's convenient for plowing or planting. The grain output is also high."

"That’s right. Your one and a half mu is worth two mu of other areas. Quite amazing."

"I wish I can be as lucky in a while."

Xu Xiao Jiao gave Song Wei Ping an expression of ‘aren’t I great!’. Song Wei Ping gave her a thumbs up.

Xu Xiao Jiao turned around and drew from the other box of sandy river land.

"Song Wei Ping, one mu of land in east river’s sandy river land."

The village secretary was surprised this time.

"Oh, you’re truly… This sandy land is usually little. I remember this one mu is quite a bit. The mu you drew out is more convenient to tidy up later."

When the branch secretary said this, everyone was even more jealous.

Just like that, Xu Xiao Jiao drew large pieces of soil lands right under everyone's noses.

With her taking the lead, everyone knew what to do. So when the branch secretary asked again, everyone rushed to draw.

Zhao Yan Yan thickened her cheeks. She insisted on being the second to draw.

She thought it out. Xu Xiao Jiao's draws were this good. This indicated that the good lands were grouped together. Recently, Han Guang Hui and Li You Hai can’t stand her. She’ll make a great contribution if she draws some good lands.

"Educated youth households, east mountain’s soil land, three parts."

"Educated youth households, south mountain’s soil land, two shares."

"Educated youth households, east ditch’s fork land three parts."

"Educated youth households, south mountain foot’s open wasteland one part."

Zhao Yan Yan drew ten or so rounds, but she hadn't drawn any share of the land that the three of them wanted.

Han Guang Hui's face was darker than the ashes of the bottom of the pot, "Zhao Yan Yan, stop!"

Everyone laughed.

"Hey, Zhao Yan Yan, quickly listen to Han Guang Hui. Stop. If you keep drawing, I'm afraid you will exhaust your group to death."

"It's not me saying, your luck is too bad. If you are half as lucky as Xiao Jiao, you can grab a five part land. Although south mountain is three part soil land, it is surrounded by sandy land. It’s like a short drawing out a general. Not much better."

"That's right. I thought that all the good areas are grouped together. After Xiao Jiao draw out, the next one must be good. Aiya, luckily I didn't beat Zhao Yan Yan."

Zhao Yan Yan was in slight disbelief, "If you let me draw one more time, the next one will definitely be a good one."

Han Guang Hui frowned and pushed her aside, "Go away."

He was so angry. If they were able to enter the college, who would draw for the land. But there were only three of them left under the educated youth household. If they don’t draw and they can’t get admitted to college next year, they’ll starve. That’s why they participated in the meeting.

But Zhao Yan Yan was embarrassing herself. Truly a calamity star.

He reached out and grabbed a note from the lottery box and handed it to the branch secretary. Then he turned his head and berated Zhao Yan Yan in a low voice, "I shouldn't have let you draw." 

Holding the note, branch secretary looked at the words on it. He appeared a little speechless.

"Educated youth households, south ditch’s sandy land, one part."

...

  "Ha ha ha ha."

"Aiyo, aiyo, my stomach hurts, hahahahaha."

"Comrade Han Guang Hui, you criticize Zhao Yan Yan."

"You educated youths. It seems that you guys aren’t suitable for drawing lots."

"That's right. Why don't you ask Xiao Jiao for help? Although you offend her a lot, maybe she will agree if you ask."

Everyone chattered as they watched the fun.

Xu Xiao Jiao was the one who laughed the loudest in the crowd. She rolled her eyes when she heard the last sentence. She would not agree even if they begged her.

Of course, Han Guang Hui didn't dare to ask. Song Wei Ping gave him a death threat. After such a long time, he still shuddered when he thought about it.

Zhao Yan Yan would definitely not beg. She didn't want to bow down to Xu Xiao Jiao.

Li You Hai looked at this person and then at that person. He mentally remarked that it was eight lifetime’s bad luck for him to meet them two.

Out of the original educated youth team, Xu Xiao Jiao became a member of the registered permanent resident, Wang Gui Yue married, and Zhou Ping Xiang was going to attend the college. So naturally they were no longer in the educated youth household. He happened to be so unlucky. This educated youth household, he might as well be the only one left. It had been two years, Han Guang Hui didn't want to share his household registration with Zhao Yan Yan.

He stepped forward resignedly, "Let me draw."

Thankfully, he drew a decent land.

With the educated youth’s example as the bottom line, the people behind hadn’t drawn badly. Initially, it was expected to be a noisy lottery. Unforeseen, it ended in merriment and laughter.

The village branch secretary nodded in relief. Unexpectedly, the educated youths were useful.

With them as the worst example, the other ones who drew a little bit worse would feel their heart balance when comparing with the educated youths.

After the land was distributed, Xu Xiao Jiao's life became more comfortable. This time, she wasn’t forced to work. She didn't have to work as an accountant anymore. She could lie down at home.

Wang Gui Yue came to talk to her. Her words were a little sour.

"Xiao Jiao, you don't go to the field at all."

Xu Xiao Jiao nodded, "En, I stay at home to watch the house and take care of Grandmother."

Wang Gui Yue mentally refuted ‘what nonsense’. It was more like Grandmother Song taking care of her. She can't cook or even boil water. Even if she was at home, she was idle all the time.

She sighed, "Oh, it's still you who enjoy the blessings. If I don't work, Er Bao scolds me."

Xu Xiao Jiao looked at her, "Aren't you going to prepare for the college entrance examination? And he still makes you work?"

Wang Gui Yue's face showed a little embarrassment. Although she talked about the college entrance examination and didn't go to work, she was lazy at home and didn't have much energy in her studies. Later, her family found out and gave her a hard time.

"Sigh, studying is too difficult, Xiao Jiao. I don't think I'll be able to pass the college entrance examination in my life. As for the test paper you gave me last year, I haven't figured it out."

Speaking of this, Wang Gui Yue felt a little knotted. When she got this paper before the college entrance examination last year, she thought that Xu Xiao Jiao deliberately made difficult questions and deliberately punished her.

And the result? More than 60% of the knowledge points in that paper were tested in the college entrance examination.

Coming out of the examination room, she was filled with regret.

Later on, she studied for so long and still couldn't do a few questions on the paper.

She felt that she had to farm the land for the rest of her life. But she wasn't like Xu Xiao Jiao, who didn't even need to plant the land. Even when laying around at home every day, no one would tell her off. They were both married. Why was her life not as good as Xu Xiao Jiao's?

"Say, are we going to be farmers for the rest of our lives? When I think about facing the soil with my back to the sky in this life, I can't get energy."

Xu Xiao Jiao told her in her mind that the educated youth would be able to return to the city by the end of this year or early next year at the latest. When that time comes, she doesn't know how Wang Gui Yue would choose.

"Didn't Ping Xiang send us some materials? She found them in the city and said they are very useful. Look at that."

Zhou Ping Xiang had already returned to the city to start college life. Still, she hadn’t forgotten her good friend.

In fact, she sent materials mainly because of Xu Xiao Jiao. She knew about Wang Gui Yue's situation. She had basically never studied high school knowledge.

While, she was certain of Xu Xiao Jiao's ability. She knew that even if she didn't send these materials, as long as Xu Xiao Jiao wanted to take the exam, she would definitely pass the exam. But she can't resist it. She was looking forward to meeting Xu Xiao Jiao in college.

Wang Gui Yue shook her head. Simply giving up on herself, "I don't have any hope."

Xu Xiao Jiao sighed. It seemed that these textbooks were no longer needed. It was a waste of Ping Xiang's painstaking efforts.

At this time, she never thought that these textbooks would soon be used.

While the two were talking, Xu Xiao Gang hurried back,  "Elder Sister, Elder Sister, our mom's stomach hurts badly. Elder Brother-in-law carried her back on his back."

Xu Xiao Jiao was startled, "What's happened?"

She stood up and followed Xu Xiao Gang toward the door.

Xu Xiao Gang was a little scared, "Originally there was only a little work left in the field. Elder Brother-in-law and I could do it, but our mom insisted on helping. And the result was that as she worked, she almost fell to the ground. Only when we asked did we know her stomach hurts badly."

At the side, Wang Gui Yue waved her hands. There were many people in the village with a stomach ache. "It's alright. Maybe it's because the food isn't right."

This kind of sudden stomach ache wasn’t a good thing. Xu Xiao Jiao frowned and notified Wang Gui Yue, "Gui Yue, I'll go and see my mom first. I'll chat with you next time."

Wang Gui Yue felt that she was making a fuss. Who hadn't experienced stomach pains a few times. She didn't say anything though and went home first.

Xu Xiao Jiao ran into Song Wei Ping who was returning with Wu Chun Hua on his back on the way.

"Mom, what's the matter?"

Wu Chun Hua's stomach hurted badly. Her face was pale, but she kept her spirits up. "It's alright. Go back and drink some hot water."

With tears in Xu Xiao Gang's eyes, he shouted, "How is it alright? Elder Sister, our mom had been in pain a good few times. She won't let me tell you."

Xu Xiao Jiao's complexion changed. She patted Xu Xiao Gang, "Are you stupid? If we don't let you talk about it, you won't talk about it? And Mom, you too! Why didn't you tell me if you feel unwell?"

Seeing Xu Xiao Jiao's anxious face, Song Wei Ping comforted her, "Don't worry, I'll take Mom to town to see."

Xu Xiao Jiao hurriedly nodded to him, "Hurry up and take our mom there by bicycle, Xiao Gang and I will walk there."

Wu Chun Hua didn't think there was any need to go to such trouble, "It's okay, it's okay! I'm okay. I don't feel much pain now. Why spend that money."

Xu Xiao Jiao supported Wu Chun Hua's arm, "Mom, stop talking and listen to me and Song Wei Ping."

What Wu Chun Hua thought was the same as Wang Gui Yue's. Wasn’t it just a stomach ache? What could happen? People in the village have stomach aches and drink some hot water and lie down. It wasn’t worth going to the town hospital for an examination.

But the result made her in disbelief.

"Doctor, is this true?" Wu Chun Hua panicked.

The doctor showed the film to the group, "It's here, on the kidney, there is a lump. We suggest that you go to the county to check again. If it is true, it is best to operate as soon as possible."

Xu Xiao Jiao's legs went limp for a moment. A lump was a tumor in future generations. If it was a malignant tumor, it was...

No, it shouldn't be. In this day and age, it was rare to hear of cancer. It was probably not.

"Song Wei Ping." She turned around and looked at Song Wei Ping with a terrified expression.

"It's okay. Let's go to the county hospital now. Xiao Gang, go back by yourself on the bicycle first. Tell Grandmother not to worry." Song Wei Ping immediately made a decision.

Wu Chun Hua had passed the pain and was no different from normal. She still didn't believe it.

The group walked out of the hospital. She took Xu Xiao Jiao's hand, "Daughter, let's not go to the county hospital. The hospital cheats money. When you aren’t sick, they will tell you that you have a serious illness. Mom is fine now."

She felt that re-examination would be a waste of money.

Xu Xiao Jiao had calmed down at this time, "Mom, I can understand that film. There is indeed a shadow on your kidney. But the doctor also said that their equipment is too old. To be sure, we’d better go to a big hospital for another examination. Let's listen to the doctor. If it's all right, can't we feel reassured?"

Even though she said that, Xu Xiao Jiao was basically sure that the results of the hospital's examination were correct.

Sure enough, the county hospital gave the same statement.

"It can be confirmed that there is a tumor on the left kidney. It is recommended to perform surgery first and cut it out. You may not understand this. There are benign and malignant tumors. I will tell you about those after the test. Right now your family members should confirm first whether to cut it off or not."

Upon hearing this, Wu Chun Hua immediately asked, "Doctor, if you don't remove it, it’ll be fine, right?"

In this day and age, no one had a lot of money. In order to save money, doctors saw a lot of people who were sick and endured it. “If it's benign, it won't be a big problem if it's not removed for a short time. But if it's malignant, it's hard to tell.”

Just as Wu Chun Hua wanted to express that the surgery would not be performed, Xu Xiao Jiao held her hand, "Doctor, how much do you think we need to prepare for the operation?"

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WLAEF 106

Chapter 106

Boss Luo had never been under the spotlight like this before. He was a little proud, "Have you ever seen the sea?"

Some people have seen it. Some people haven't.

"What does Boss Luo mean?"

"The name of this wine is 'Ocean'. If you have a chance, go to the sea to see the origin of this wine's name." Boss Luo sighed. He had seen the sea before. Wasn’t this blue and mysterious sea like this wine?

Everyone knew that he was in the maritime business. Hearing what he said. Some people felt he was showing off on purpose. If it was before, they would have ridiculed him immediately and then left with a fling of their sleeves. Now...they were waiting for the feast and wine. Let him be proud for now.

There were people who had seen the sea. After hearing what he said, they felt that the wine was named correctly.

"Come on. Let's drink this cup together." Boss Luo raised his glass and declared.

Everyone picked up their wine glasses and drank the wine in one gulp, feeling happy and sweet.

At this moment, the maids of the Luo Family began to serve wine. But instead of pouring wine into everyone's glasses, they served a new glass of wine.

This glass of wine was green and transparent. So clear and sparkling.

"The name of this wine is 'Jasper Lake '." Boss Luo jolly introduced.

Another new wine? Everyone was surprised.

Boss Du didn't believe it. He took a sip of the wine in the glass. It tasted completely different from the earlier one. This wine was sweeter, like jade dew of Jasper Lake. It got an elegant honey fragrance and a pleasant aftertaste.

Others took a sip of this wine. Some immediately fell in love with it, while others felt that the earlier 'Ocean' had more charm.

"Brother Luo, are there other wines? Why don't you bring them up and let us have a good drink." Boss Du couldn't help but say.

After hearing this, everyone immediately chimed in agreement.

"Of course, there are." Boss Luo replied.

Indeed, "Boss Luo, how many new wines do you have?" Someone asked in amazement. They all found it incredulous. These two new wines were amazing enough. Now there were more? Since when was it so easy to brew good wine?

"Only five kinds are prepared today." Boss Luo casually answered, as if this was normal.

Everyone was surprised. Five? And from what he said, it seemed that there were more than five new wines!

Everyone looked at each other. They were all rendered speechless. They have been beaten. All of them have been outmatched. Based on these new wines, they weren't as good as Boss Luo.

Master Bai, Master Li, and Master Qin were a little confused. They didn't believe that Boss Luo, who was selling tofu on some unknown streets ten years ago, could come up with so many good wines at once. Unless, the wine was from overseas?

But it didn't seem so. They had drunk wine from overseas. They burned their throats and tasted bad. It wasn't as delicious as this wine.

They affirmed that this wine was native to the Xia Dynasty. It had that lingering and fragrant taste.

Then why? They were puzzled and their faces were gloomy.

Seeing them like this, the corners of Boss Luo's mouth almost turned up to the sky. Finally, he made them deflated once.

At this time, the dishes were already set. He ushered, "How can we have wine without dishes? Let's try these dishes and see if it suits everyone's taste." 

When he said the last sentence, he looked at Master Bai. He was obviously responding to his previous provocation.

Everyone turned to Master Bai.

Master Bai smiled on the surface as he looked at the table.

This table dish was based on the theme of lotus. It was in line with the earlier snacks. This was rare. One must know that cooks have only a few specialties. Once the theme or the ingredients were limited, there would be even fewer special dishes that could be served on the table. Sometimes they could only make up a few dishes from here and there to make up the number. 

To call it a lotus banquet? Can’t really.

But what about the table in front of them?

There were 18 dishes in total, including cold dishes, hot dishes and soups. All of which were related to lotus flowers and were extremely exquisite.

What did this mean? It showed that the cook's craftsmanship was far beyond the level shown by this table dish.

Take a closer look at those dishes. Lotus pod fish buns, a delicacy recorded in ‘Mountain Family Pure Supply’.

The lotus pod mandarin fish meatball. In a thin porcelain soup bowl was clear soup, a small green lotus pod, and a white meatball the size of a baby's fist rolling in the soup. It was very attractive to look at.

Jade seed shrimp. The crystal clear shrimps and the moist lotus seeds complement each other.

The lotus flower bun. The stuffing was wrapped with lotus petals and then displayed in the shape of a lotus flower. Truly like a lotus flower waiting to bloom.

...

In June, the lotus was blooming. And the table full of lotus dishes was very suitable for the season. Because the dishes were exquisite and lifelike and the fragrance of lotus wafted in, everyone suddenly felt like they were seeing the lotus blooming on the table. Paired with the cups of green Jasper Lake wine, it didn't seem to be in the human world.

Boss Luo was stunned for a moment. Although he already knew that Jiang Yun Zhu would have a lotus-themed banquet, he didn't expect that she could do this.

"Try it, everyone," he beckoned.

Some people couldn't bear to eat these dishes, while some people started to eat those dishes. The rest of them all stretched out their chopsticks, fearing that the dishes would be eaten up by others.

Lotus pod fish bun, the perfect combination of fish meat and lotus pod! No wonder it was a delicacy that Lin Hong was full of praise for.

The lotus mandarin fish meatball was also fish meat and lotus pod, but it had a different taste. So smooth and delicious.

Jade seed shrimp. The shrimp was chewy and full of umami. It had an unexpected flavor when eaten with lotus seeds.

The lotus flower bun turned out to be lotus petals filled with fish roe. The golden fish roe had no stench taste at all. Quite soft and delicious.

...

No one spoke at the dinner table. Everyone was tasting delicious food.

After a while, the drinks were changed. This time the wine was bright red. It was called Red Makeup. It matched perfectly with the lotus feast.

Then there were Iced Peach and Amber.

Amber was a honey-colored wine. After drinking it, everyone had their fill.

At this time, the dishes on the table were basically finished. There was no need to express how well the dishes were.

"Good wine, good food." Master Bai remarked in satisfaction. This time he praised with sincerity.

Everyone else also admired endlessly.

Then, there was that question. 

"I wonder which master cook made this delicious food." Master Bai asked. His eyes sparkling. What kind of future did such a cook have in Luo's house? Come to his house and he’ll satisfy any terms he offered.

Master Bai asked everyone what they thought. Everyone looked at Boss Luo.

Boss Luo already discussed this matter with Jiang Yun Zhu, asking her if she wanted to come out to meet everyone.

Of course Jiang Yun Zhu didn't want to. She wanted to be behind the scenes.

So, Boss Luo smiled, acting all mysterious. All the people sitting here were businessmen. He deeply understood the character of a businessman too well. If one tells them directly, they might doubt it. If he bait them before letting out the information and let them assume they investigated it themselves, it would be a completely different outcome.

Sure enough, the more he kept silent, the more itchy everyone felt. They had already started planning how to find out the identity of that cook.

This cast a layer of mystery on Jiang Yun Zhu's body.

Everyone was talking in hushed voices. But one of them had a strange expression. It was Jing Cheng Yan. As soon as he ate it, he knew that this dish was Shiguang Restaurant’s cook's work.

In the past few days, he had been going to Shiguang Restaurant to eat every day. Of course, he knew the rules of the restaurant. Every day at noon and evening, they only receive twelve tables of customers and the cook decides the dishes each day.

There weren't many customers in the restaurant these days. Every time he went there, he always had a place.

But now... Jing Cheng Yan was in a panic. Boss Luo couldn't hide the identity of the cook. It won't be long before everyone knew that the cook was from Shiguang's private restaurant. Once the restaurant gets overcrowded, can he still grab a seat?

Suddenly, he remembered the invitation that Jin Jiao Yue sent before. At that time, she said that as long as one took this invitation to the restaurant, the owner would sweep the couch to welcome. He didn't know what it meant then, but now he did.

This invitation was the ticket to enter Shiguang Restaurant!

Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up.

"What are you doing?" Master Lian glared at his son angrily and quietly berated. This son of his was ignorant and incompetent. Truly made his heart broken.

Jing Cheng Yan couldn't care that much anymore. He found an excuse and ran out of Luo's house in a hurry. He called his servants and told them to go to the homes of rich merchants. No matter if it was bought with money or whatever, they must get the invitation card.

It was six days ago that Jin Jiao Yue sent the invitations. Some of the invitations were thrown away, some were casually left somewhere by the gatekeepers, and some were in the rich merchants’ miscellaneous pile.

Jing Cheng Yan went out in person. The invitation that was thrown away? Tell him where it was and there’ll be a reward of ten liang silver.

The servants randomly placed it? Quickly give it to him and he’ll give twenty liang silver.

In the rich merchant’s miscellaneous pile, fifty liang silver! Can’t do? One hundred liang!

...

It was getting late, and Jing Cheng Yan gathered more than a dozen invitation cards. He hugged those invitation cards and laughed excitedly.

Over at this side, the banquet was over. Master Bai and others left.

Immediately after they boarded their respective carriages. Someone whispered that it turned out that it was the cook of Shiguang's private kitchen who was cooking the banquet and making wine at Boss Luo's house today.

No one knew the name of the cook, except that the restaurant opened six days ago. Back then, they sent invitations to the masters, saying that whoever came to the door with the invitation, the owner of the restaurant would welcome all.

"Shiguang Private Kitchen Restaurant?" There seem to be some recollection. There was a menu attached to the invitation. It included ‘Fish wrapped in mutton, Mrs. Song's Fish Soup, Boiled Ginkgo, Taibai Duck, Chicken in Clear Soup, Luoyang Yancai…’ and the likes. At that time they didn't believe that someone could make these dishes and felt that the person was grandstanding.

Now. 

"Quickly go home and show me the invitation." In different carriages, there was the same urgent cry.

At this time, Boss Luo brought a young man to the backyard to meet Jiang Yun Zhu.

The young man was his son. Boss Luo had seen Jiang Yun Zhu's cooking today and could foresee how priceless a meal at Shiguang Restaurant would be in the future. He wanted to keep Jiang Yun Zhu. After pondering and deliberating, he felt that the general conditions would definitely not work. Suddenly he thought, if only Jiang Yun Zhu could take a fancy to his son and everyone would be happy.

Jiang Yun Zhu and others were packing up their things and preparing to go back to the restaurant.

Boss Luo sorted some things with her and mentioned his son intentionally or unintentionally. The meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Jiang Yun Zhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

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WLAEF 105

Chapter 105

Instead, Boss Luo smiled, "You'll find out later."

"Did you really find a famous cook? Where did you find it?" Boss Du asked in doubt.

Boss Luo didn't want to say more. While Boss Du kept pestering for answers. At this moment, someone said, "Master Bai, Master Li, and Master Qin are here."

These three people were the leaders among the wealthy businessmen in the capital. When they came, everyone stood up.

Boss Luo and Boss Du hurried outside to greet them.

Master Bai was a fat middle-aged man, wearing a crimson-colored brocade embroidered with clouds. Anyone with knowledge could immediately recognize that this brocade was the famous Yue brocade. Every inch of the brocade was gold. And looking at the embroidery and workmanship, it must be produced by Caisheng Pavilion.

Master Li was a man in his thirties with a gentle appearance. He was wearing a light blue robe. The material of the gown was considered expensive, but it wasn't as good as Master Bai's. Still, the embroidery was exquisite, the tailoring fitted well, and there was an inconspicuous flying phoenix pattern on the lower right corner of the gown. 

Immediately, someone exclaimed, "Master Li's clothes are made by Zhu Yu Niang?"

Zhu Yu Niang was the wife of the magistrate of Lincheng and had superb embroidery skills. A piece of her embroidery was hard to buy. Master Li was wearing a robe that she embroidered and cut out?

Master Qin was an old man in his fifties. He didn't wear anything special, except for the rare dzi bead bracelet on his wrist that was occasionally revealed when raising his hand. It was amazing.

That was one of the seven treasures of Tibet, the male elephant dzi Bead. It was said that it could attract good fortune, block evil spirits, cure diseases, and save lives. A piece of this quality was hard to find in the world. Master Qin made it into a bracelet.

Boss Luo and Boss Du looked at each other with sourness in their hearts. Sure enough, compared with Boss Bai and others, they had too little background. No wonder they looked down on them.

For a while, the two of them even felt a sense of waning interest.

Master Bai trio had already entered the hall.

Master Bai smiled and said, "I was just joking last time. Didn't expect Boss Luo to take it seriously. Alright, let's try Boss Luo’s master cook’s skill together today. Presumably, we won't be disappointed."

He spoke very politely, but everyone present was smart. Everyone could tell that he was speaking sarcastically.

Some responded, some smiled, and some worried for Boss Luo.

It looked peaceful from the front, but in fact there was an undercurrent. Jiang Yun Zhu from the back had already prepared everything and was waiting for the banquet to start to make the hot food. There was nothing to do at this time.

"Boss, you didn't see those people in the front hall. I heard that there are clothes that are worth a thousand liang.  And it’s in gold. There are people who have a bracelet worth a hundred thousand liang silver." Xue Jing was idle and went to the front. After a circle, he came back and sighed to Jiang Yun Zhu.

He felt that a moment ago, his perception of rich people was completely subverted.

Compared with these people, the richest household in Wuling County was simply a pauper.

Jiang Yun Zhu wasn't surprised. These people were the richest merchants in the capital city of the Great Xia Dynasty. How much money did they have in their families? Maybe it was uncountable. What's wrong with a ten thousand gold bracelet?

Of course, Jiang Yun Zhu felt that they were burning their wallet a little bit. This kind of comparison...

At this time, everyone in front had already taken their seats. They chatted for a while. Soon, a dancer came up to sing and dance.

This was an inherent show of rich businessmen's banquets, to see which one's woman was beautiful.

Boss Luo bought these dancers from the south at a high price. They were all beautiful and graceful. Their dances were even more graceful and moving.

However, in the eyes of Master Bai and others, it wasn't worth mentioning. Nothing special!

Master Bai and others didn't go to watch those dancers and chatted with each other.

This was indicating dissatisfaction with the dancer girls. When everyone saw this, they talked and laughed.

This was equivalent to slapping Boss Luo in the face. Boss Luo's complexion was ugly.

"Brother Luo!" Boss Du sighed softly. He knew this was the case. He never dared to hold a banquet for fear of being humiliated.

Boss Luo decided to advance the following events and he gestured to the housekeeper next to him.

The housekeeper immediately went to the back and said anxiously, "Boss Jiang, let's serve some snacks and drinks!"

"So fast?" Jiang Yun Zhu was surprised. It stood to reason that one should drink tea first, enjoy the dance, and then serve snacks and drinks. It meant the banquet was about to begin.

"This is Master’s intention." The housekeeper said.

"Okay." Jiang Yun Zhu agreed.

Not long after, a group of beautiful maids came to the guests’ table with trays of snacks and respectfully placed the snacks on the table.

As soon as the snacks were served, it attracted everyone's attention.

These snacks were so beautiful!

There were four snacks dishes. The first dish was Lotus Fun. One could see the lotus leaf fields painted on the fine white porcelain plate and in the water waves next to it, there were eight lifelike water birds the size of a thumb.

These waterfowls were desserts. They were plump and white, with gorgeous tail. They even have eyes and mouths. Each had a different expression; so vivid as if real birds were playing in the water waves and lotus leaves.

Putting aside the taste, the workmanship of being able to make snacks so small and lifelike was an eye-opener.

The second dish was lotus crisp. Some people knew about this dessert. This dessert had a long history. According to the records of ‘Dream Meal Record’, this dessert was the favorite of Emperor Guangzong of Song Dynasty. However, after the invasion of foreign tribes, this imperial dessert was lost.

What? Manager Luo's cook knew how to make this snack?

Was it a counterfeit? Didn’t seem so. The appearance of this dessert was exactly the same as that recorded in the book. It looked like a pink lotus flower in full bloom. The most difficult thing about this dessert was that each petal was layered on top of each other and were as thin as thin paper and not stuck together! Many people have wanted to imitate this dessert, but they couldn't make it like this.

Now looking at the petals of this snack, one knew that the records in ‘Dream Meal Record’ were true.

The third dish was the snow lotus root and pumpkin cup. For this snack, the small pumpkins were only the size of plums and the color and shape were the same as real pumpkins. The most ingenious thing was that the pumpkins could be opened. Inside, there were some snow-white and sweet things. It was quite tempting.

The fourth dish, lotus flowers reflecting the sun. Under the lotus petals, pieces of crystal-like snacks and lotus petals set off and complemented each other. It made people seem to see the beautiful scenery of ‘the lotus flowers reflecting the sun were extraordinarily red’.

That's right. The theme of Jiang Yun Zhu's banquet today was lotus.

After the four dishes of snacks were served, even Master Bai stopped joking and focused on the plates of snacks.

"Please, let's enjoy the scenery as you are eating." The hall became quiet. Seeing this, Boss Luo finally felt elated and invited everyone with a smile.

Then he put a lotus cake in his mouth.

He had only heard of the name of this snack, but had never eaten it before. Now he ate it, he felt like layer upon layer of lotus petals were blooming in his mouth. Without exception, it made people applaud.

Boss Luo felt that it was worth it to invite Jiang Yun Zhu to the banquet for two cellars of ice cubes. For nothing else, other than being able to eat such delicious snacks. He profited.

Since the host started to eat, the customers started to move their chopsticks.

Some people ate lotus cakes. Some people ate the waterfowl in the lotus pond. While some people were curious about what was in the pumpkin cup...

No matter which snacks they ate, they had only one thought after entering their mouth- how could this snack be so delicious.

This time, no one was watching the singing and dancing. Everyone was busy eating snacks.

There were very few snacks. Each item was only the size of a child's fist. Soon, everyone ate up the snacks, and then stopped in realization. It was a little embarrassing.

When attending a banquet, snacks were an appetizer. Everyone used to go through the motions and eat one or two pieces. But now... it was completely finished. How shameful! It was as if they hadn't had snacks before.

There were one or two pieces left on the plate. Better put down my chopsticks quickly.

But the snacks were delicious. The chopsticks seemed uncontrollable and they picked up the remaining snacks and put them in their mouths.

Some people were thin-skinned and couldn't help but blush.

They were all people of status. What delicious food hadn’t they eaten before? Was there a need for this!

Master Bai and the others ate a lot. Although they didn't want to admit it, the snacks were indeed delicious.

At this moment, Boss Du's jaw almost dropped from shock. Where did Boss Luo find the cook with such superb cooking skills?

He bumped Boss Luo with his arm. A resentful expression was on his face. He sneakily came up with such a surprise and didn't let him tag along. Truly not being a good friend.

Boss Luo smiled shyly. He also received Jiang Yun Zhu's invitation. It was just that he didn't seize the opportunity himself.

After the snacks were finished, the singing and dancing continued. This time, everyone stopped chatting and watched the singing and dancing absent-mindedly. In fact, they were waiting for the feast. They ate a few pieces of snacks, which completely hooked the gluttons in their stomachs. Now they want to eat and see what surprises there were.

The dishes began to be served. At the same time, the drinks were brought up.

It turned out to be a glass of wine with a transparent bottom and a dense blue top. It looked very mysterious and beautiful.

"Boss Luo, what is this?" Someone couldn't help asking Boss Luo.

Boss Luo picked up the wine glass and explained, "This is a glazed glass. I have someone improve the original method to make it."

Everyone complimented him a bit. They were eager to listen to what he had to say next. Glass had been around for a long time. It was considered a treasure in the Han and Tang Dynasties, but it was nothing in this dynasty. They were curious about the color of the wine in the glass and how the layers separate.

"Let's try it first." Boss Luo seemed to be deliberately whetting everyone's appetite and directed to everyone.

If it was before, everyone would have ridiculed him.

But now, it was a good idea to try it first. What if the wine didn't taste good!

Everyone raised their wine glasses and took a sip. They have never drunk wine with this taste. It was refreshing and sweet. And because there was ice in the wine, this feeling was deepened. It seemed to permeate the whole body after one sip.

Tasting it carefully, it seemed that there were other long-lasting flavors mixed in this wine. There was an endless aftertaste.

"Good wine!" Boss Du praised first. Then he commented, "With this kind of wine, it seems that this summer will be much better."

When he said that, everyone secretly agreed.

It was already June and the hottest time of the year was around the corner. Every summer, everyone would be bitterly sweating. If one could drink a glass of this wine in the hot summer… just the thought alone was comfortable.

Everyone was more concerned about what the wine was called and where it came from.

It couldn't be that Boss Luo's cook brewed this wine?

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TISHW 7

Chapter 7 Recruitment Season

Qin Shiyu slowly squinted his eyes as he looked at the person on the screen. The girl was still wearing a baseball cap. Because she lowered her head, only a small part of her chin could be seen. She was testing the current one by one with an electroprobe in her hand. She seemed confident.

Jiang Mingquan was surprised, "God Yu, there is someone who can follow your thoughts! Look, she can attract your attention!"

Qin Shiyu lazily leaned back on the chair and returned to his uninterested look.

Jiang Yu didn't know yet that someone was trying to lure Qin Shiyu to pay attention to her. She was carefully looking at the circuit board at the moment.

Shu Hua was asking next to her, "So? Now there's not even a circuit diagram. What should we fix?"

Jiang Yu explained, "The elevator is not really broken. What we need to solve is the cover on the switch."

Only then did everyone notice that the elevator up and down buttons were covered with a transparent acrylic cover. Shu Hua took a closer look and said, "Isn't it labeled as a protective cover?"

Jiang Yu fiddled with the circuit board with an electroprobe and asked without raising her head, "What is written in that sentence?"

"The protective cover is not resistant to high temperatures. Please do not use headlights to illuminate it." 

After Shu Hua finished reading, she looked around and saw a stage shelf not far away. She analyzed, "This should be a venue used for events in the mall. The stage headlights are used when setting up scenes. If the headlights shine on the same place for a long time, the temperature will rise. It is said that it can reach 60-70℃."

"En, so, we just need to make a heating device and melt it."

Shu Hua:...? ? ?

【Hahaha, No. 99’s inner howl: Is Elder Sister so cruel? 】

【No. 100 is a member of "All Rounder". Do whatever you are not allowed to do is the right way. 】

【So, it’s not about sorting the circuit at all, but making a heating device? 】

【After the bigshot explained it, I suddenly feel that it is indeed not difficult. But how did she simplify such a complicated thing? 】

【Even if it is simplified, I am still confused. How to make a heating device? 】

While the audience was discussing enthusiastically, Shu Hua came over and asked curiously, "Bigshot, what are you going to do?"

"Just make a pure resistor circuit." Jiang Yu looked up at Shu Hua, paused, and continued to explain, "Studied it in physics in junior high school. A resistor converts all the energy obtained from the power supply into internal energy, which is heat. The circuit is a purely resistive circuit.”

"According to Ohm's law, in the same circuit, the current in the conductor is directly proportional to the voltage at both ends of the conductor and inversely proportional to the resistance of the conductor. In other words, as long as we use the largest resistance in this circuit, we can get the most heat.”

During the explanation, she seemed to have confirmed the wiring method. She replaced the electroprobe in her hand with a wire stripper, cut one of the wires, and stripped out the connected copper wires and connected them to different electrodes. "Of course, you can increase the current. And series connection can obtain the maximum current. Then change the parallel wiring..." She said while wiring. Her action seemed to make one think she was a professional electrician.

Shu Hua found it awesome, "You are so awesome. I have almost forgotten all the liberal arts and physics knowledge I learned in junior high school. You can even remember this formula."

The audience sighed in the same way:

【And it can be used in practice. 】

【My expression now is probably the same as that of No. 99. I seem to remember such a thing, but also can't vaguely remember it. 】

【I have some knowledge in my head, but it’s more than enough was given back to the teacher. 】

【It’s hard on the bigshot to explain such simple knowledge. It’s like thinking how should I explain to them why 1+1 equals 2? 】

The audience's discussion was quickly distracted by the movements of Jiang Yu's hands. Probably the cameraman thought they were beautiful, so he focused the camera on those fair and tender hands. The slender and longer fingers were a blessing for those with hand-fetish. It must be especially beautiful when playing the piano. But there was a gap-moe when they flexibly connected wires of various colors.

Finally, after connecting the two ends of the wire to different electrodes, Jiang Yu pressed the switch and the incandescent lamp that was used as a resistor lit up.

Shu Hua applauded, "Success!"

Jiang Yu held the incandescent lamp close to the elevator's up and down buttons. Within a few seconds, the protective cover on the button moved and softly deformed. After about 30 seconds, the protective cover melted and fell off like chocolate.

Shu Hua clenched her fists excitedly, "That's awesome, bigshot!" 

Then she quickly stepped forward and pressed the up button and said respectfully to Jiang Yu, "Bigshot, please!"

Jiang Yu was amused by her. It was unknown what Shu Hua thought. She said regretfully, "I wonder if they are still running." 

She had a sudden urge. "Anyway, it's not far anyway. How about we go back and have a look? It will definitely be interesting."

The elevator door opened just in time and Jiang Yu said, "No need."

"Huh?" Shu Hua thought she was in a hurry to get through and disagreed. So she obediently stopped making any demands. However, she was stunned for a second before bursting into laughter, "Wow, the program team is too hurtful!"

It turned out that this elevator was opposite the escalator. The outer wall of the elevator was an arc-shaped transparent glass wall, so one can clearly see the situation on the other side.

As Shu Hua entered the elevator, the audience quickly saw the "hamster running circle" on the escalator outside from her perspective. They saw two people swinging their legs in the air. One of them suddenly couldn't run anymore and depressedly took a step to the left to let the escalator take him back to the starting point with a helpless face.

The audience was overjoyed:

【Stop, hahahahahaha...why is it so funny? 】

【Originally, it was considered normal operation, but from the perspective of No. 100, they look so stupid and cute. hahahaha...]

As Shu Hua laughed, she suddenly thought of something, "Bigshot, have you thought this a long time ago? So out of this many elevators, you directly found this one."

"There should be more than one elevator." Jiang Yu said, "This is the only escalator that goes directly to the fourth floor. While all elevators can go directly to the fourth floor. So all elevators should have the same device in case a few teams find the elevator clues at the same time."

Shu Hua caught on, "That’s right. A few people can run on the escalator at the same time, but the elevator can only be ridden by one group of people. The mechanism will be broken after success. So if there are multiple groups of people, there will be more elevators."

She looked at Jiang Yu and narrowed her eyes, "So the choice of this place wasn’t arranged by the program team, but purposely found by you, bigshot!" 

Just to see their embarrassing state!

Jiang Yu naturally refused to admit it. She pressed the brim of her hat and replied, "This elevator is the closest."

Shu Hua smiled evilly, "En, bigshot is right. It was me who misunderstood you." 

Afterward, she lay on the armrest and laughed, "Bigshot, I like you so much, hahaha."

The audience laughed:

【I bet she definitely knows. 】

【I didn’t expect that the cute goody could be so bad, but I like it, hahaha. 】

【This No. 100's observation and thinking skills are too strong. Not only does she want to solve problems quickly, she wants to make others laugh. 】

【What do I do if I think she is so cute? 】

【I want to see Jian Darling's reaction. It must be interesting. 】

As the audience expected, after the elevator started, it alarmed the people challenging the escalator. Jian Cang held back his breath and was about to arrive when he saw the figure in the elevator out of the corner of his eye. His eyes widened immediately, "Why can she ride on the elevator! Hey! Hey hey hey!..."

Soon the speaker regretfully announced, "Contestant No. 045 failed in the challenge."

"Ahhhh, it's so infuriating!" Jian Cang was so angry that he took a step to the left and leaned on the handrail of the escalator. He panted and glided down the escalator. His expression of despair made everyone laugh.

【Hahaha, although I expected the result, I’m still very happy to actually see it. 】

【Poor Jian Darling, it’s not your fault. Can only blame that Younger Sister for being too smart. 】

While everyone was joking, they saw Jian Cang raising his head. He was obviously stunned.

The audience didn’t know why, but some people did:

【Holy crap, No. 100 is so beautiful! 】

【Is this girl this beautiful? Why doesn't she take off your hat? 】

It turned out that because the elevator rose, everyone finally saw the face under the baseball cap. Especially the big eyes, which were now curved like crescent moons. The eyes were smart and clear. There seemed to be sparkles and made people inexplicably think of a beautiful and innocent little fox...

【Ah ah ah, screenshot, screenshot! 】

【This must be cut in later. Based on my rich experience in watching variety shows for many years, I am sure this picture will become a classic. 】

【I finally know why she is the Ocean Queen. With her IQ and good looks, who wouldn’t love her! 】

【Elder Sister, I can do too. I don’t mind if you have a boyfriend. Just let me be your first girlfriend! 】

Jiang Yu's smile actually lasted only a moment in the camera. But it was precisely because of its short duration that it made people find it even more stunning.

Jian Cang came back to his senses and wanted to tell Ye Yuanyu and Xiang Chen whether Jiang Yu was a little different today. But considering that the program was still recording, his words turned into doubts, "Her clues are different from ours?" 

And then speculated, "Could it be that the clues for men and women are separate?" 

His eyes fell on the girls lining up behind him in the next second and immediately rejected the idea, "Can’t be. So why?"

After Ye Yuanyu failed in his first attempt, he did not run again. Instead, he conserved his energy, recalled the time difference, and secretly formulated a strategy. Now he knew that there was another route. So he took out the clue card and looked at it over and over again. Finally, he discovered the mystery.

Seeing this, Jian Cang poked his head over, "Holy crap?" 

He took out his clue card and flipped it to the back, "Is this a circuit diagram?" 

He then said angrily, "Simply bullying me, a liberal arts student. It’s so complicated!"

"How do you know this is an elevator?"

Ye Yuanyu calmly answered, "To go upstairs and who uses the circuit..."

Xiang Chen came over and said in unison with Jian Cang, "There's nothing else except the elevator."

The three of them looked at each other and Jian Cang asked, "Are you going?"

Ye Yuanyu immediately pocketed the clues and said, "I won't."

It happened that the person in front of the escalator had already run up a dozen steps. He directly swiped his number plate and ran up with a fierce determination to win.

Jian Cang was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and muttered, "The competitive spirit is quite strong."

Xiang Chen smiled and said, "I'm a liberal arts student, so I won’t either." 

Then he stared at Ye Yuanyu's back in front of him and began to adjust his breathing. There was a fighting spirit in his always gentle eyes.

Jian Cang looked at them and instantly smiled, "This show is quite fun."

But he didn’t know that under the camera, his eyes were very serious.

【Ah ah ah! Who can understand? This is the most important reason why I like this show! ! ! 】

【I don’t understand, why doesn’t Ye Yuanyu go? 】

【We are confused. The difficult part of this kind of question is actually the thought path. They all know the thought path and their reactions are so fast. With their IQ, they should be able to solve junior high school physics. So why not do it? 】

【I know. Those who watched a few episodes of "All Rounder" can understand these people. Although they are more scheming than the others, they have their own pride. God Ye only discovered the clue after seeing No. 100. So he avoid it consciously. 】

【Even though Lawyer Xiang and Jian Darling are liberal arts students, this is junior high school physics. With their IQs, how can they not do it? It’s just an open and fair competition. 】

【At first glance, we’re members of "All Rounder". I will use my ability to defeat you. If I can't win, then I will keep working hard! 】

【Why does it sound like it’s a little hot-blooded? 】

【How can it not? Aren’t these three bigshots already on fire? It feels like they will all succeed this time. 】

【The bigshots are all serious. No. 100 is in danger. 】

【Above, you must understand that to arouse the desire to win and lose among the three bigshots, it must be the bigshot! Look at the three of them, which one wasn’t carefree at the beginning. 】

【Hahaha, I'm already looking forward to the scene where they play tricks on each other together. It must be very interesting. The program team will arrange for them to cooperate! 】

【I have confirmed that No. 100 is a member of "All Rounder". Hahaha, the program team changed the rules for her! 】

  【Ah? What rules changed? Why change the rules? 】

【Let me give you some popular hypothesis about one of the traditions of our "All Rounder", modify the rules of the game. 】

【When ordinary people play games, they are ruined by the games. But when top students play games, it’s the game that gets ruined. At this time, in order to continue the program and increase the fun of the audience, the program team can only add restrictions for the bigshots to give them a headache. 】

【So how are they going to make it difficult for Miss No. 100? 】

【Hahahaha, it’s not them who are making it difficult for Miss No. 100, but Miss No. 100 who is making it difficult for them. Stop, I’m laughing so hard. 】

【? ? ? what happened? 】

【In Guiding God Yu's observation live broadcast room, the program team is going to be played broken by the miss. 】

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WLAEF 104

Chapter 104

Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to make a cocktail.

Cocktails originate from foreign countries. It was a kind of wine prepared by adding two or more ingredients to one base wine. It had bright colors and a refreshing taste.

Dishes were all about color, fragrance, and taste. It was the same with wine. Who didn't want to try a glass of wine that looked very attractive.

For example, the grape wine that had always enjoyed a high reputation, ‘Grape Wine Luminous Cup’. Excellent wine paired with beautiful utensils. Even the emperors of all dynasties fell in love with it. For example, the bilingxiang that Jiang Yun Zhu drank last time. That jar cost several hundred liang and one may not be able to buy it with money.

This cocktail had a unique color and taste. Jiang Yun Zhu felt that in the capital, the gathering of four sides, they only needed to make good choices. Unlike Boss Luo's silver tableware, which were too exaggerated. Just need to make it suit everyone's taste and everyone should like it.

In fact, Jiang Yun Zhu had done this in her dream. It was considered a success. It was that she had been in the Marquis Anping for a long time. Sometimes, these skills had nowhere to display!

As for making cocktails, she needed to use base wine. Baijiu was suitable. In modern times, there were many cocktails made with baijiu. It was very Chinese and even popular overseas. Of course, not all Baijiu were suitable. One should choose light-flavored Baijiu, such as sorghum liquor, Zhuyeqing, etc.

"Boss Luo, can you come to my restaurant for dinner tonight?" Jiang Yun Zhu invited. She wanted to show Boss Luo the cocktails. Facts speak louder than words.

Boss Luo readily agreed. The Shiguang Restaurant's food was so delicious. He was free tonight. He wanted to go if she didn't invite him.

Jiang Yun Zhu bought some glasses from Boss Luo and then went to the market to buy various things for making cocktails. Of course, most importantly, the ice! She hoped that Boss Luo would pay a little in advance. Boss Luo agreed and took her to the ice cellar in the suburbs.

In the afternoon, everything was ready. Jiang Yun Zhu started mixing drinks.

She was busy all day, making juice and preparing the ice cubes. Xue Jing followed her for a long time and immediately understood that she was going to make some novel food. He immediately stood by her side.

"I won't cook food today." Jiang Yun Zhu smiled at him.

Then, she took out a glass and put it on the counter. Then she took out a round jar, put bamboo leaf-green liqueur, peach juice, and almond syrup into the jar in turn, shook it well, then added three ice cubes, and shook it up and down.

The sound of crashing ice cubes mixed with wine as they hit the inner wall of the jar was clear and loud. It immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the store.

There were no customers at the moment. Jin Jiao Yue and the others were curious about what Jiang Yun Zhu was doing. They all surrounded her.

"Just wait. There will be something good to drink in a while." Xue Jing directed to Zhang He and the others familiarly.

Everyone watched Jiang Yun Zhu again and saw that her movements were chic and reckless. It was indescribably beautiful.

There were various ways to make cocktails. Jiang Yun Zhu had only learned a little bit in modern times. She could somewhat manage to fool them.

With a ‘snap’, the jar hit the table. Jiang Yun Zhu opened the jar and poured the wine and ice cubes into the glass.

Boss Luo's glasses came in several shapes and colors. Jiang Yun Zhu chose a glass that was similar to a modern red wine glass, except that the slender stem wasn't as tall at the bottom. It was a bit like a dwarfed red wine glass.

In terms of color, this wine glass wasn't as transparent as modern ones. Still, it could be used.

A white apricot-colored wine mixed with ice cubes could be seen falling into the glass. In an instant, a sweet fragrance of wine wafted out.

"Try it." Jiang Yun Zhu stretched out her hand to signal.

There was only one glass of wine. Jin Jiao Yue and the others licked their lips, but decided to give way to Xue Jing. Who told him to spend the longest time with Jiang Yun Zhu.

However, Xue Jing pushed the glass of wine to Zhang He. These days, the two got along. He admired his knife skills very much. This glass, consider it a gift from him.

Zhang He's ice-like face was sullen. He wasn't good at words. Since Xue Jing gave way to him, he’ll remember this affection. So he drank it.

Picking up the wine glass, he took a sip of the wine.

In an instant, the ice layer on his face seemed to be melting. How could this wine be so sweet and soft? Like, like... He glanced at Zheng Li Niang and his face flushed instantly.

"This glass of wine is called Iced Peach." Jiang Yun Zhu said. In fact, this wine was called Sweet Kiss and the taste of this wine was like a girl's light kiss; countless sweet longings. But because this era was relatively conservative, she changed the name of this wine.

"How is it?" Xue Jing immediately asked Zhang He.

The suspicious blush on Zhang He's face became more and more worse. Xue Jing didn't notice it, but Jiang Yun Zhu, Jin Jiao Yue and others did.

Jiang Yun Zhu followed his gaze and looked at Zheng Li Niang. Amusement bubbled in her heart. Unexpectedly, a glass of wine made her discover something different. It was that one of these two people was frigid and the other was indifferent. Don't know how they’ll get together.

Jin Jiao Yue and the others became even more curious about the taste of the wine. It made Zhang He show such an expression.

They looked at Jiang Yun Zhu expectantly.

Jiang Yun Zhu didn’t waste words. She quickly made a few more glasses and handed them to everyone.

Everyone got the wine, drank it, and had different expressions on their faces. Some people drank the wine in small sips and felt melancholy in their hearts. While others drank the wine in one gulp, feeling overwhelmed.

"Wine could be so delicious." Jin Jiao Yue pinched the wine glass with her fair fingers. Her eyes blurred, as if recalling some past matters.

"Boss." Xue Jing was more straightforward. He directly gave Jiang Yun Zhu a thumbs up. Then he looked at Zhang He and the others, a little complacent. He said there was something good to drink. Sure enough, there was.

Several people looked at Jiang Yun Zhu and it suddenly dawned on them. They seemed to understand why their Commissioner-in-chief Shen ran here every day.

In this restaurant with Jiang Yun Zhu, it was simply a bliss to live a simple life and eat delicious meals every day.

Happy. They almost forgot this feeling. It turned out that it was like this.

Several people took another sip of the ice peach. The corners of their mouths rose slightly.

Jiang Yun Zhu was also drinking. For a while, the room was quiet.

After drinking together, everyone seemed to be getting closer than before.

"Boss, can you make another glass for me?" Jin Jiao Yue asked softly, she felt that she had fallen in love with this kind of wine.

"Don't worry." Jiang Yun Zhu said.

This time she mixed a glass of wine with bamboo leaf-green liqeur, soda water, and watermelon juice.

"Red Makeup." She said as she handed the wine to Jin Jiao Yue. The overall color of this wine was bright red. Quite gorgeous. After drinking it, the mouth was full of fragrance. It felt like a stunning beauty.

She made a cup with bamboo leaf-green liqueur, mint, lime juice, and honey.

"Jasper Lake." Jiang Yun Zhu said. This glass of wine was light green in color as a whole. It looked like fine nectar from Jasper Lake .

Finally, Jiang Yun Zhu first mixed half a glass of Fenjiu and soda water and poured it into the glass. Bamboo leaf-green liqueur, mint and a little curacao liqueur filled halfway and then poured into the previous glass.

The wine at the bottom of the glass was transparent, while the top was ice blue. When the glass was shaken, the blue was dense. Like the ‘Ocean’. The taste of this wine was like its color, with a mysterious sweetness that attracted people's imagination .

Everyone drank a glass of everything and they couldn't get enough.

"It's time to open for business soon." Jiang Yun Zhu stated. No more drinking.

Everyone was happily immersed in drinking. After hearing this, they all felt like they were hit on the head.

"In the future, I will teach Zhang He the method of mixing wine. If you want to drink, you can ask him for it. However, you can't drink too much. Getting drunk would cause trouble." Jiang Yun Zhu continued.

After hearing this, everyone became happy. They were all strong-minded people. Of course, they won't get drunk.

In a good mood, they opened the store to prepare  to open.

Unexpectedly, the first customer to come to the door was Madam Yang. She once again brought the children here today.

The three of them couldn't forget the dishes cooked by Jiang Yun Zhu at noon yesterday. They wanted to come here at noon, but unfortunately they were delayed by something. In the evening, they didn't care too much about the distance and came immediately.

Madam Yang was Yang Sheng's mother. Jiang Yun Zhu treated her like an elder. When she saw her, she made a glass of Jasper Lake  and asked Jin Jiao Yue to bring it to Madam Yang.

"The owner specially gives this to Guest. The name of the wine is Jasper Lake." Jin Jiao Yue put the wine in front of Madam Yang and smilingly told her.

Madam Yang was surprised. Firstly, she found the color and aroma of the wine strange. Secondly, the owner gave her wine?

"Thank the owner for me." She responded.

Jin Jiao Yue bowed and withdrew.

Madam Yang picked up the glass of wine curiously, took a sip, and felt the sweetness and fragrance in her mouth. It was like fine nectar and jade dew.

"Jasper Lake ?" Looking at the wine, she felt that the name was correct.

Good food, good wine...Suddenly, she remembered the agreement with Mrs. Li and the others the day after tomorrow to go to the White Horse Temple to offer incense and eat vegetarian food.

What was the point of eating vegetarian food!? The food and drinks in this restaurant were delicious!

She had an idea in an instant.

After a while, Boss Luo came. He ordered food. Jiang Yun Zhu made a glass of Jasper Lake and a glass of Ocean and got Jin Jiao Yue to bring them to him.

Soon, Boss Luo wanted to see Jiang Yun Zhu.

Jiang Yun Zhu went to see him.

As soon as she entered the door, Boss Luo pointed to the two glasses of wine and said excitedly, "Boss Jiang, what was this?"

"I mixed some wine." Jiang Yun Zhu replied.

Boss Luo noticed that she used mixed instead of brew. But it didn't matter though. He hadn't had this kind of wine anywhere else before.

It was both clean and refreshing. The key point was that this wine was very pretty.

Especially, it was in the glass he's most proud of.

This wine was like it was tailor-made for him. He could already imagine everyone's expressions when they saw the wine.

"Boss Jiang, can I use your wine for my banquet?" Boss Luo asked nervously. In fact, since Jiang Yun Zhu invited him here today and brought him these two glasses of wine, he could already guess her intention. Still, he had to hear her promise with his own ears so that he could feel at ease.

"Okay. However, Boss Luo has to prepare wine glasses and ice cubes." Jiang Yun Zhu said.

"No problem." Boss Luo immediately agreed.

Afterward, the two discussed again before Jiang Yun Zhu left.

In the next few days, Shiguang Restaurant gradually had some customers. It included wealthy businessmen as well as several madams brought by Madam Yang. The restaurant's business seemed to be slowly getting on the right track.

On this day, it was finally time for Boss Luo’s hosting. Jiang Yun Zhu took Xue Jing, Zhang He and others to Luo's house early to get working.

Boss Luo was busy greeting everyone. Boss Du asked him quietly, "Why did you hold the banquet so quickly? Did you find a famous cook?" 

He was worried for him. If the dishes weren’t well made today, Boss Bai and the others will definitely take the opportunity to mock them.

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WLAEF 103

Chapter 103

In the end, Jiang Yun Zhu finished the negotiation with Boss Luo. She’ll go make a banquet for him. The materials for the banquet will be provided by Boss Luo. Boss Luo will give her two large cellars of ice and if there was anything new brought back by his fleet, it could be sold to Jiang Yun Zhu first.

The second term was very flexible. The first term was the main point. According to Boss Luo’s description, the two large cellars were each the size of Jiang Yun Zhu’s attic. Two of them were very valuable.

More importantly, things like ice were almost all in the hands of wealthy people. One may not be able to buy them even if they have money.

Jiang Yun Zhu was very satisfied with this, and Boss Luo solved a major matter on her mind. It made her feel much more relaxed.

The two agreed that the banquet would be held five days later.

Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to rely on word of mouth to gradually build up the reputation of Shiguang Restaurant. Since there was an opportunity to become famous in advance, she didn’t intend to miss it. Since she received Boss Luo's benefits, she got to do her best. She immediately pondered about the banquet matter, hoping to make a big splash.

It was already dark. Jiang Yun Zhu was sitting at the small table, writing and contemplating.

At this time, Shen Feng Ming and Yang Sheng knocked on the door and entered.

The restaurant had opened. The two of them would come to Jiang Yun Zhu's place for meals unless they got to handle the case until late. Of course, they didn't want to bother her all the time. Xue Jing already grasped seventy percent of her skills. Eating what he cooked was the same.

"Xue Jing is waiting for you." Jiang Yun Zhu smiled when she saw the two of them. There was no business in the store for the past two days. Xue Jing saw Jiang Yun Zhu's new dish and wanted to learn it. But afraid of wasting ingredients, he anxiously hoped that someone would come to eat.

Shen Feng Ming duo’s arrival solved his urgent need.

Yang Sheng laughed. Why did it feel like they didn't come here to eat, but to be the test subjects.

It didn't matter though. All was good as long as there was something to eat.

The three of them chatted briefly. Shen Feng Ming and Yang Sheng went out to the dining room for dinner, while Jiang Yun Zhu continued to think about the banquet.

After an unknown amount of time, the door was knocked again.

"Come in." Jiang Yun Zhu said without raising her head.

Shen Feng Ming entered the room.

His footsteps were very steady. Jiang Yun Zhu quickly discerned that it was him who came in and looked up at him.

When she raised her head, her eyebrows and eyes rose slightly. Her slender and fair neck was revealed. Paired with her moist eyes and bright red lips, it made Shen Feng Ming be in a trance for a moment.

"Still busy?" he asked.

"En. If you're tired, go back and rest early." Jiang Yun Zhu said.

Shen Feng Ming sat opposite her.

This was the private room Jiang Yun Zhu left for herself after decoration. There was an Arhat bed with a small table in the middle on the east wall. Jiang Yun Zhu sat here and wrote. She could see the night sky outside when she looked up.

At night, the stars were twinkling. Quite a beautiful sight. It made people feel peaceful.

Shen Feng Ming sat on the opposite side of the small table. His tall figure blocked some of the starry sky. Still, his eyes were brighter than the scatters of stars.

"I'll sit for a while." Shen Feng Ming responded. Jiang Yun Zhu was busy and he was busy. This was a rare chance for him to see her.

"Okay." Jiang Yun Zhu was brainstorming on the key point. She agreed and lowered her head again.

Shen Feng Ming looked at her. Her delicate skin looked very soft under the warm yellow light. Sitting there, she was as soft and beautiful as a summer lotus swaying in the water.

Jiang Yun Zhu could feel that Shen Feng Ming was looking at her. At first, her heart fluctuated a little. But when she immersed herself in her own world, she forgot everything around her.

After an unknown amount of time passed, she finally finished contemplating. When she looked up, she assumed that Shen Feng Ming had already left. However, she found him leaning against the corner of the small table, seemingly asleep.

"Shen..." Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to call him, but stopped again. He must be tired too!

She gently put away her things, got up, and stretched herself.

She looked at Shen Feng Ming again. He was wearing a black official uniform. It seemed that he came directly to her after he came out of Qilin Guard. This official uniform was unique to Qilin Guards, with dark patterns embroidered on the chest, shoulders, etc. The pattern was a fierce and mighty Qilin with teeth and claws.

He wore a wide belt around his waist, without the saber. With straight eyebrows, a face with sharp corners and graceful lines like a carving.

At this moment, his eyes were closed. The aura on his body seemed to be restrained. Still it made people dare not look at him closely.

Jiang Yun Zhu stared at him in a daze. Her room was furnished softly. While he was like a ferocious beast, breaking into this place and entrenched here.

The night wind blew. It was a bit cool.

Jiang Yun Zhu regained sense, took a thin blanket from the side, and was about to cover Shen Feng Ming.

Because he was leaning against the bed, she had to half kneel on the bed before covering him with the blanket.

In this way, she got closer to him and could clearly see his overlapping long eyelashes, his high nose bridge, and his red lips.

Wrapped in a blanket, he seemed to be a lot less ruthless. And even a little more beautiful. Jiang Yun Zhu was unable to move her eyes away.

At this moment, Shen Feng Ming opened his eyes. The two stared at each other.

Jiang Yun Zhu blushed instantly, stepped back quickly, and said, "It's a bit cold at night, I think..."

But one hand wrapped around her waist, making her unable to retreat.

"Official Shen." Jiang Yun Zhu's waist was sensitive. Being grasped by a strong hand made her heart skip a beat and her voice short and soft.

But that hand didn't let go of her. Instead, it grasped her waist even more tightly like punishment. With a little force, she fell onto a flexible chest.

"Official Shen?" Shen Feng Ming asked in a low voice.

He uttered this sentence so close to Jiang Yun Zhu's ear. The voice carried his breath into Jiang Yun Zhu's ear. She only felt smoke was coming out of her ears. Alright then, she decided not to call him that next time.

No, who told him to wear an official uniform to see her. Seeing it made her want to call him Official Shen.

Thinking of this, she pushed him away with her hands and looked up at him.

Her hand touched his chest. She could feel that it was throbbing vigorously. It made her go limp again.

"I won't call you Official Shen anymore. Let me go." Jiang Yun Zhu said.

Her waist was only a little wider than his hand. It seemed that it would snap if he pinched it. Shen Feng Ming didn't dare to use any force, but he didn't want to let go either. There was something addictive about it.

In fact, he wanted to use more force.

He let her go a little bit and lowered his head to look at her.

The two were so close that they could feel each other's breath.

Jiang Yun Zhu felt that her heart was beating too fast and her breathing wasn't smooth. 

"Let go of me." She whispered, her voice was full of coquettishness that she didn't realize.

Feeling that the hands on her waist were getting stronger, Jiang Yun Zhu glared at him. What exactly do he want?

Shen Feng Ming's lips moved closer to her, but did not continue.

It dawned on Jiang Yun Zhu. He seemed to be waiting for her to kiss him. It seemed that it was the same last time.

Shen Feng Ming wanted Jiang Yun Zhu to get close to him and understand her heart.

The two maintained their stance for a while. In the end, Jiang Yun Zhu didn't kiss.

After sending Shen Feng Ming away, Jiang Yun Zhu went back to the room, wiped her face with a cold towel, and then let out a sigh of relief. Feeling tired, she hurriedly washed up and went to sleep.

When Yang Sheng returned home, Madam Yang showed him a good expression for once. 

"I went to that restaurant." She stated.

"How is it?" Yang Sheng asked.

"It's delicious." It was too far away though. She wanted to have it in the evening, but felt that time was a bit tight. Thinking of this, Madam Yang glared at Yang Sheng. He came back so late. It couldn’t be that he went to that restaurant for dinner?

Eat by himself and not remember his old mother?

Yang Sheng was seen through and felt embarrassed. Wasn’t the Division close to the restaurant?

"Elder Brother, it's delicious." The youth beside Madam Yang praised.

"Want to eat." The little girl next to the youth said with a flattened mouth.

Seeing the gluttonous appearance of the pair of siblings, Yang Sheng smiled and patted their heads, "You can eat tomorrow."

"I met the owner of that restaurant." Madam Yang suddenly remarked.

Yang Sheng became alert, "Oh?"

Madam Yang carefully examined his reaction, "That girl is truly wonderful. If you can invite her to our house..."

Yang Sheng was wilted. There was no need to think about it.

Seeing his reaction, Madam Yang felt that she might be thinking too much.

When Shen Feng Ming returned to the Shen Manor, it was already very late. The housekeeper said that Princess Danyang and Academician Shen had already rested. He went back to his own residence, washed and slept.

Actually, Princess Danyang and Academician Shen didn't sleep! If Shen Feng Ming didn't come back, how could they sleep?

In the inner room, one was reading a book, while the other was looking at accounts.

After a while, an attendant came to report that the gentleman had returned to the manor.

Only then did the two put away their things and lie down.

After a sweet sleep and waking up the next day feeling refreshed, Jiang Yun Zhu washed up and had breakfast. She went to Boss Luo and told him about her banquet arrangements.

Boss Luo knew Jiang Yun Zhu put her heart into it as soon as he heard it. He couldn't help nodding.

"Oh right, Boss Luo, your fleet often travels overseas. What interesting things can you bring back? Maybe it can be used in banquets." Jiang Yun Zhu suggested.

Boss Luo thought for a while and took Jiang Yun Zhu to his own warehouse, where there were all kinds of exquisite tableware that had a unique style of the western.

"How about these tableware?" Boss Luo asked, pointing to those tableware. They were mostly silver. Shining and quite posh. He liked them very much. He thought about using these tableware to entertain Boss Bai and others.

Jiang Yun Zhu... fell silent. These tableware were very beautiful. But to be placed on a Chinese-style dining table? No matter what, it’ll look awkward. Unless she makes a table of western food. She was afraid that everyone wouldn’t be able to accept it. 

Boss Luo coughed in embarrassment. In fact, he didn't feel it fit. That’s why he didn't use these tableware at all.

"Are there any ingredients?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked.

"Sea goods may not be available until the fleet returns. The latest trip may take half a month." Boss Luo answered.

It might be too late. Jiang Yun Zhu felt very regretful. At this moment, she glanced around and saw something. She reached out to pick it up.

"This is?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked.

"This is a kind of thing that my fleet mainly sells, glass cups." Boss Luo explained.

Glass cups were tumblers. Xia Dynasty’s glass making technology was already very advanced. Boss Luo had innovated again. He got the craftsmen to integrate the glass making technology of some overseas countries. He made better glass according to their preferences and then sold it to them. They were very popular in those countries.

This was the reason why he became one of the wealthy businessmen in the capital so quickly.

Speaking of this glass, he was very proud.

Jiang Yun Zhu looked at those glasses and an idea popped up in her mind. For the banquet in a few days, her dishes should be fine. But the wine... the twenty-year-old pear blossom brewed by Boss Luo was very good, but not brilliant enough.

Now, with this glass, it could be refreshing!

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