Shen Yuan: "If there's nothing else, you should go back first! I'm brewing medicine in the backyard, and the smell isn't pleasant, so I don't want to bother you!"

Jiang Yuchen: "I'm not leaving. You're my only friend in Jian'an City, and I want to stay with you."

At the opportune moment, Granny Liu said, "It's getting dark, Yuanyuan, why don't you let Xiaochen stay for dinner?"

Hearing what Granny Liu said, Shen Yuan did not send Jiang Yuchen back.

Granny Liu worked quickly and efficiently, and dinner was ready in no time.

Since it was Jiang Yuchen's first time visiting, Granny Liu prepared several extra dishes, filling the table to the brim.

"Wow! There's braised pork trotters with soybeans, stewed pork ribs with winter melon, and my favorite shredded pork with soy sauce and steamed egg custard!" Sweetie held her bowl and happily went to the table.

Although she has been able to eat meat and vegetables every day since coming to Sister Yuan's house, this is the first time she has ever had so much meat and vegetables prepared like today.

Jiang Yuchen initially thought that the dishes Liu Mama made were just ordinary country fare. However, after the food was served, he was surprised to find that Liu Mama's cooking skills were in no way inferior to the old imperial chef that his family had hired from the capital at great expense.

The three-colored shredded scallions, ginger, and chili peppers on top of that steamed sea bass are so finely cut that it would take eight to ten years of skill to create such a delicate pattern.

Moreover, ordinary farmers don't think about making fancy dishes or plating them.

Every dish that Granny Liu prepared was presented exquisitely, not as a deliberate act of entertaining guests, but as if it were a habit ingrained in her very being.

Jiang Yuchen couldn't help but glance at Granny Liu a few more times, guessing that Granny Liu might have been the head maid in the inner quarters of a wealthy family in the past...