He Yanxiu obviously recognized the taste of this cup of tea and nodded slightly.

“Have the Second Master had lunch?” Su Yujin asked.

“It took us almost two hours to get here from the capital, and we haven’t had lunch yet.” He Yanxiu replied.

“Then let me cook some dishes for the Second Master.” Su Yujin thought for a while and said, “It’s rainy and cold, so why not make a mushroom stew and ham-stewed cabbage heart?”

He Yanxiu hesitated for a moment and asked, “What did you eat just now?”

It smelled delicious.

Seeing that Su Yujin’s mouth was full of oil after eating, it must have tasted good.

“boiled mutton in a copper pot.” Su Yujin replied, “Do you want this, Master?”

“Just eat this.” He Yanxiu paused again, “Add half a bowl of wontons.”

The wontons he ate last time, seemed to taste good and smelled delicious.

“Second Master, please wait a minute. The maid will go prepare it right away.” Su Yujin courtesied and called Ai Cao

and Mother Liu to prepare the copper pot for shabu-shabu.

She cut the mutton by hand, washed various vegetables, sliced ​​them and put them on the plate, and hurriedly made a few wontons that He Yanxiu wanted.

In addition, Su Yujin asked Mama Liu to make some noodles and keep them hot, preparing to grab them later for He Yanxiu to eat.

After all, the hotpot was incomplete without noodles!

Everything was ready, the charcoal fire was boiling, and the delicate copper pot was steaming.

All that was left was to boil the soup and cook the meat.

Pieces of fresh and tender mutton, lightly rinsed, tasted tender and juicy without any fishy smell.

He Yanxiu took a bite and nodded slightly, “It tastes good.”

“It’s fine if the Second Master likes it.” Su Yujin put some vegetables and bean curds into the pot and asked He Yanxiu to eat it with it.

A small charcoal stove and a small pot could not cook too much at one time, so they could only eat slowly.

But this way of eating was quite comfortable and satisfying. It allowed He Yanxiu, who was extremely busy normally, to enjoy a rare leisure and freedom. There was no extra urging, and Su Yujin did not even need to wait on the side. He just cooked and ate himself.

After eating a meal of copper pot shabu-shabu for a full hour, He Yanxiu finally put down his chopsticks. This was after eating two more noodles in addition to the half bowl of wontons.

Su Yujin asked Ai Cao and Mama Liu to remove the charcoal stove, copper pot, and other things and replace them with a cup of freshly brewed tea.

She bought it at a tea shop in the county some time ago. Pu’er has the effect of digesting and regulating qi. It was quite suitable to drink a cup after a meal.

This arrangement seemed to make He Yanxiu feel very comfortable because Su Yujin saw a faint smile on his face.

Of course, it was not ruled out that she was mistaken.

But after finishing the meal, Su Yujin was in trouble.

After all, eating was a serious matter. Although she was a little busy cooking meat and serving vegetables, she still had a job to do, but now that he was full and satisfied…

what should she do?

Just when Su Yujin was hesitating about what to do, He Yanxiu took a book from Xing’an and sat at the table to read at will.

Su Yujin didn’t know what to do anymore, so she had to make another pot of tea for He Yanxiu and prepare some refreshments.

After finishing his work, He Yanxiu raised his hand to her and said, “Sit down.”

“..Yes, Second Master.”

Su Yujin, who originally wanted to find an excuse to sneak away, could only sit down as she was told. Sitting quietly, watching the drizzle outside, the rainwater gurgling down the corridor, the melon seeds, orchid beans, peanut crisps on the table, and the thread sticking out of her cuffs.

If you get tired of watching it, start over from the beginning.

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After waiting for a stick of incense, Su Yujin pinched her thigh and suppressed the drowsiness that made her want to yawn.

Being tired after eating was a common occurrence no matter where you were.

What’s more, He Yanxiu seemed to be enjoying reading while sitting here, but she was just sitting here, really bored.

At first, Su Yujin steeled herself to count the melon seeds on the plate on the table, but as she continued to count, her eyelids gradually started to fight, and she could only rely on her hands to support her chin.

But even so, Su Yujin still felt that her mind went blank from time to time…

After noticing that the person around him had taken a nap for the fifth time, He Yanxiu put down the tea he had taken a sip and picked up a piece of peanut crisp to put in his mouth.

The crispy flavor spreads in his mouth.

He Yanxiu’s brows wrinkled slightly, but he soon relaxed. He took a bite, put the peanut crisp back on the plate, and cleared his throat. “The rain outside seems to have stopped.”

Su Yujin suddenly heard the sound and was shocked. Most of her sleepiness disappeared immediately, and she hurriedly raised her eyes and said, “It’s stopped.”

“How is your wonton stall business these days?” He Yanxiu asked.

“Second Master is concerned; the wonton stall has long been closed…”

“Oh?” He Yanxiu put down the book in his hand, “Why isn’t it open? The wontons tasted pretty good to me.”

Have the tastes of the people in Qinghe County become so discerning that they don’t even approve of simple wontons, to the point that Su Yujin’s wonton stall couldn’t survive?

“The wontons tasted good, so I bought a shop, added noodles, mutton soup, etc., and opened a restaurant named Su Ji.”

Su Yujin smiled and said, “Thanks to the Second Master’s blessings, Su Ji now has seven or eight assistants busy working. We’re fully booked almost every day, so business is currently quite good.”

He Yanxiu, “…”

It was not that it couldn’t stay opened, but it was that the stall had become a restaurant, which had directly increased by one grade.

It was because his vision was narrow!

But Su Yujin just said that she bought a shop?

The shop in Qinghe County, to put it conservatively, would cost around four hundred taels. Last time, he had given Su Yujin two hundred taels, and even if Su Yujin’s wonton stall could fetch some money, it would still be a substantial sum. To buy this shop, along with the assistants and the initial capital for the business…..

He was afraid Su Yujin was a little stretched at this time.

He Yanxiu thought for a while, called Xing’an over, then took out a banknote and handed it to Su Yujin, “Business is always difficult at the beginning. Money is needed everywhere. You can take these and don’t be too frugal.”

Seeing the three hundred taels clearly written on the banknote, Su Yujin was overjoyed and hurriedly took it, “Thank you, Master.”

Then, she happily stuffed it into the purse hanging on her waist.

Perhaps because she felt that it was not safe to put it in her purse, Su Yujin got up again and went into the inner room. She took out the banknotes from her purse and placed them in the small dowry wooden. She then locked it and sat back down.

“Thank you, Second Master.” Su Yujin thanked him again.

She was so happy to get the money, so he thought she was really short of money.

She had previously said that she could write to the capital if she had anything to do, but now that it was almost half a year ago, Su Yujin had not asked for help once.

Maybe she wanted to do her duty as an outside room and didn’t want to cause trouble for him?

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I so want to eat this dish at least once. Here is a video from one of my favorite creators in YouTube.