After leaving the General's Mansion, Gu Lingze went to the Grand Tutor's Mansion first.

I first greeted my grandmother, and then went to Xie Luocheng's yard.

As soon as I entered the door, Han Xiaoran was coaxing the child.

"Uncle."

"Lingze, you're here."

Gu Lingze looked at the little Yujin in his arms and said, "I haven't seen you for more than half a year. You seem to have grown up a lot." After saying that, he held her little hand.

Han Xiaoran smiled and said, "Children grow up fast and look different every day." Then he handed Xiao Yujin into his arms.

The child was very cute and not shy. She was like a porcelain doll, staring at Gu Lingze with her big eyes open, naively.

Gu Lingze felt much better when he smelled the milky scent of the baby.

"Lingze, you're here." Xie Luocheng greeted.

Han Xiaoran took the child and handed it to the wet nurse, instructing her to take the child to the old lady. The three of them sat down and talked.

"Uncle, thank you very much." Gu Lingze took out a banknote from his sleeve and placed it on the table. "I will make up the rest as soon as possible."

Xie Luocheng smiled and pushed the banknote back, "We are a family and there is no need to do this." Before he could speak, he added, "Besides, the money was from selling raw saltpeter, so you should have a share."

But Gu Lingze still insisted, and Xie Luocheng stopped refusing and took the banknote.

"Uncle, from now on, I'll have to trouble you to give my share of the money from selling raw saltpeter to Cheng Mo."

"good."

Xie Luocheng thought for a moment and said, "Lingze, if you only sell the beauty pills and the immortality pills in your pharmacy in the capital, it will be too limited. Why don't I help you sell them in my herbal medicine shops in various places?"

Gu Lingze was immediately overjoyed, "Then I'll trouble you, uncle."

Xie Luocheng smiled and replied, "Silly child, why are you being polite?"

"There is also an elixir of life. I was too busy to refine it before. This medicine is very effective for old illnesses and is perfect for the elderly."

Gu Lingze and Xie Luocheng started discussing enthusiastically again. As they chatted, Xie Luocheng remembered the things in the warehouse and suggested that they go and take a look together.

"Lingze, I brought back a lot of things from the Western Regions this time. Do you want to go with me to take a look?"

Gu Lingze readily agreed, and the three of them went to Xie Luocheng's warehouse behind East Street.

After looking at the first two, Gu Lingze found that Xie Luocheng really had a good eye for discovering business opportunities. This required not only experience and wisdom, but also a talent for business.

When he reached the last warehouse and opened the door, Gu Lingze smelled a familiar smell.

Seeing him frown, Xie Luocheng thought it was because the smell was too strong, so he explained: "There are some sundries in here, and I don't know the purpose of many of them. I just bought some because I was interested."

Han Xiaoran smiled and shook her head, obviously used to her husband's behavior.

Gu Lingze sniffed. There were many smells mixed together in this warehouse, but one of them was still very obvious.

He followed the smell and went to look for them one by one. He saw a bag on the shelf. He leaned in to smell it, then pointed and said, "Uncle, can I open this bag and take a look?"

"sure."

Gu Lingze took down the bag, pulled off the rope on it, and when he opened it, a strong smell hit him in the face.

This is……?

cumin? !

He immediately looked up at Xie Luocheng, "Uncle, do you still have this thing?"

Xie Luocheng frowned and thought for a while, then finally called the warehouse manager over.

"The taste of this dried tea is very strong, so the small one is placed at the innermost part." After saying that, the steward took out a big bag from a corner and handed it to him.

It turns out that cumin is called kuming in this place.

Gu Lingze took another bag from the steward, opened it, and found that the cumin inside was slightly damp.

He picked up a small piece and put it in his mouth to taste it. Fortunately, it had little effect.

"Uncle, can you give me both of these bags of Ku Ming?"

Xie Luocheng nodded, "If you need it, feel free to take it."

"Thank you, uncle. Heyilou will launch new dishes tonight. You must come and try them."

After bidding farewell to Xie Luocheng and Han Xiaoran, Gu Lingze turned and went to Mu Tao Courtyard.

When I entered the door, I went to the fire room first to check, and the yeast was in good condition.

Gu Lingze found Uncle Xu and asked him to go to the street to buy some apples and plums.

Then I was busy until noon.

As soon as Zhao Chengmo and Xu Mingyan entered the yard, they found Gu Lingze grinding something with a large bowl.

Taking off the Tang sword from his waist, Zhao Chengmo naturally walked over and took the wooden pestle in his hand.

Gu Lingze straightened his back and let out a comfortable sigh.

"Lingze, the juice here is almost squeezed, do you want to come and take a look?"

"Okay."

Everyone was busy until the afternoon. Only Lingzi had a bowl of egg noodles at noon. No one else had time to eat.

After all the preparations were done, Gu Lingze waved his hand and said, "Let's go to Heyi Tower!"

As soon as Gu Tianhua entered the door of the restaurant, he smelled a strong fragrance. He turned his head to look at Xie Qingwan and said with a smile: "Madam, it seems that we are in for a treat today."

As soon as Gu Feirui entered the door, he rushed into the kitchen, but was ruthlessly blocked by Gu Lingze.

"I'm just taking a look, I'm not stealing anything." Gu Feirui looked at him a little aggrieved.

Gu Lingze replied helplessly: "Second brother, can't you leave yourself a little surprise?"

Gu Feirui smelled the fragrant aroma and smacked his lips, "Okay, then hurry up!"

Gu Lingze returned to the kitchen, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and picked up a piece of roasted lamb chops and took a bite.

Seeing him narrow his eyes contentedly like a cat, Zhao Chengmo came over and said, "Feed me."

Gu Lingze tore the meat off with his teeth, handed it over with his mouth, and said in a slurred voice: "Here, this is your reward."

Zhao Chengmo freed up one hand and gently pinched his chin, "Thank you Master Gu for the reward."

"Lingze, that ice..."

With a bang, the kitchen door was slammed shut. Aunt Zhou's voice rang out from outside the door, "Aunt saw everything, and saw nothing."

Gu Lingze chewed the meat in her mouth with red ears, flirting with her boyfriend in a place where people come and go at any time, and sure enough...

Several people carried the tray upstairs together, put it on the table, and poured each person a glass of chilled fruit wine.

After Gu Lingze finished his introduction, everyone started eating together.

Gu Feirui had been waiting for a long time, and his stomach was rumbling. He picked up the lamb chops and took a bite. After chewing it for a while, his eyes widened. He took two or three more bites in a row and finished the lamb chops at lightning speed.

"Lingze, this is... Ku Ming?"

When Xie Luocheng smelled this smell, he found it pungent, but he never expected that when it was ground into powder and sprinkled on the meat, it would become such a delicacy.

People in the Western Regions love to eat mutton, but they only use Ku Ming as a medicinal ingredient to treat abdominal pain and miss out on such a surprise.

Gu Lingze nodded, "But I call it cumin."

All the ingredients were mixed with cumin, but half had chili powder mixed in and half didn’t.