"Really?" the proprietress said happily. "Did you come with your father? Don't miss the chance to meet your husband today. You've come twice already, but I haven't seen him once. I really want to see what makes this guy so capable of marrying such a talented girl like you."

"Then you'll see him today. He'll bring my mother-in-law and sister-in-law to the shop for dinner." Xiao Nuan locked her car and hurried to the shop.

"No rush!" Li Yuehua called over the shop assistants to take away the straw hats. "Let's chat for a bit first, the kitchen isn't ready yet."

"Not done yet?"

"Look at your surprised expression." Li Yuehua put her hand on her shoulder. "Business was so good last night. Not only did people from the town come to eat, but also passing vehicles stopped and lined up to eat. Everyone was busy until late at night to serve them. Everyone who ate said they wanted to come again."

"Wow, this business is so good!" Su Xiaonuan was surprised. She thought to herself that once she had enough start-up capital, she would open a restaurant. Of course, she wouldn't open one in town and compete with the owner; she could open one in a nearby city.

Li Yuehua pulled Su Xiaonuan to her second floor. "Look, I'm planning to convert these second-floor rooms into private rooms. There are eight rooms in total. I'll keep two for my family and use the other six as private rooms."

"Boss lady, you really know how to do business. You're a seasoned veteran." Su Xiaonuan sincerely complimented her. In those days, there weren't many people with such forward-thinking ideas. "I think it's a good idea. We can even add another floor. In the future, the entire second floor can be used as private rooms, and the third floor can be used for our own living quarters."

"Great idea." The proprietress laughed heartily. "Xiao Nuan, you're truly my lucky charm. From now on, my shop will rely on your ten dishes to make money. Now, they specifically ask for these dishes as soon as they come in, and my previous dishes are no longer popular."

"Boss lady, I'll go check on the kitchen first. Once they're all done, I'll finish teaching the last two dishes. It's market day today, so after I finish teaching them, I'd like to take my family to the market."

“Okay, come eat here after you’re done shopping. It’s on me, no charge,” Li Yuehua said generously.

"How can that be? You're running a business, how can you not take money?"

“You’re not an outsider.” Li Yuehua patted her arm. “If you don’t mind, I’d like to take you in as my goddaughter. I only have one son, and he’s not around to live with us. If I had a thoughtful goddaughter like you, I would be completely content.”

"this……"

“You don’t have to answer now, you can think about it again.” Li Yuehua quickly said this, afraid that she would refuse her. “I feel that we are compatible. To tell you the truth, when I wanted to open this restaurant, everyone advised me not to, saying that there was no one around. But I still opened it. My husband didn’t understand either, saying that I should just stay at home and take good care of myself. Why bother with all this trouble? It’s not like we’re starving. Only you praised the layout of my restaurant and said that I chose a good location. It really coincides with my original idea.”

“Boss lady, you’re not short of money, you should focus on your retirement,” Su Xiaonuan said. “We young people are different, we have to work hard to live a good life. The boss is right, stop making trouble, just focus on running your restaurant well, don’t you think?”

“You’re right. When you get old, you really don’t have much ambition. Otherwise, I would have opened restaurants in the county and city long ago. But that would go against our original intention of returning to our roots.”

Li Yuehua's weathered face bore the marks of time, clearly showing she had a story to tell. But Su Xiaonuan never liked to pry into other people's privacy unless they were willing to tell her.

"Then, ma'am, I'll go to the kitchen and teach them how to cook."

"Okay, go ahead. Remember to bring your family for dinner after you're done shopping. It's on me."

If someone treats Su Xiaonuan with respect, she will treat them with even greater respect.

Since the proprietress is so generous, she can't be too petty.

After teaching her how to cook, she also gave her two small snacks as a bonus. Even if she brought her family here to eat for free, she wouldn't owe them anything.

The chef here isn't particularly good at making pastries; it took her two hands-on demonstrations to teach him how to make two different pastries.

When they came out of the kitchen, they were already waiting in the hall. They immediately saw Xiao Moran and her two children, but did not see the two little bundles of flesh. As they were looking around, the children's voices came from the corner.

"Mother."

Looking in the direction of the sound, the cashiers at the counter were walking out, each holding one of their children's hands and eating lollipops.

"Eating candy again?" Su Xiaonuan frowned.

As she squatted down, both children offered her candy. "Mommy, you eat some!"

She didn't want the children to eat too much candy, so she took a bite and ate it.

"Mom, you haven't thanked me yet."

"Mom, we thanked my sister."

"So cute!" The cashier was overjoyed. "Sister Xiao Nuan, you've taught them so well."

"Thank you!" Su Xiaonuan felt a surge of joy in her heart. It seemed that she wasn't a failure as a mother after all.

"Mommy, thank you." Two rosy little mouths turned upwards.

"Okay, thank you DouDou! Thank you GuoGuo!"

"yeah!"

The two children, in perfect unison, each raised their right hand and made a peace sign.

Everyone was amused by the children's adorable appearance.

Children learn by imitation; this "yes" gesture was also learned from Su Xiaonuan.

Finally, the two children took the candy they were holding and fed it to their grandmother, aunt, and father. The grandmother and aunt didn't eat any, but the father ate a bite of their candy before eating the rest himself.

As the family of six left the restaurant, the restaurant staff all remarked on how well the two children had been raised.

Fengshou Town truly lives up to its name, with all kinds of agricultural and sideline products readily available. Farmers display their crops on the ground, some with plastic sheets underneath, and others simply placed them on the ground.

They squatted on both sides of the street, those with customers busy doing business, and those without customers keeping an eye on the passing crowds. If they noticed someone looking at their things, they would immediately greet them warmly.

"Don't stare at everything. Everyone has greeted you along the way." Xiao Moran was amused by Su Xiaonuan's expression. He thought to himself, "This woman, it's not like she's never been to a market before. Why is she acting like she's never been before?"

"The things here are so cheap!" Su Xiaonuan blurted out, but it was too late to cover her mouth.

“I don’t think it’s cheap,” Mersey said. “They saw that you were dressed like a city person and said that the price they gave you was high. If we had asked, we would have gotten a much cheaper price.”

Su Xiaonuan was even more curious than the two children, wanting to see everything she saw and ask about its price.

Although it was a small town, it had two main streets. She was dazzled by the sights and sounds. There were all sorts of things for sale on the streets, and it seemed like there were more sellers than buyers. The villagers had no other source of income, so they sold their crops to pay for their children's school fees or to exchange for oil and salt.