The vegetables in the pot were ruined, so the culprit, Wen Liangce, obediently went to the market to buy new vegetables and even brought back a roast chicken to add to the meal.

No sooner had he returned than Deng Ziyi and Chen Ting came back carrying trays.

"It smells so good! Did they change the fast food restaurant today?" Deng Ziyi walked faster after smelling the aroma.

Bai Meng poked her head out from the kitchen, "Ayan is cooking for us today. It'll be ready soon. Wash your hands and come eat with Brother Wen."

Deng Ziyi exclaimed, "Ah! Yan, you're such a wonderful roommate! I love you to death!"

Wen Liangce's apartment is a bit smaller than the one next door, and the living room is also about ten square meters smaller, but the kitchen is much larger.

Bai Meng had already planned to put things in Wen Liangce's place when there was no room next door, otherwise it wouldn't be clean to leave them on the ground and might attract bugs.

Su Yan finished cooking the last vegetable and then it was time to eat.

Mushroom and chicken soup, shredded pork with garlic sauce, steamed sea bass, salt and pepper shrimp, and garlic bok choy, as well as roast chicken bought by Wen Liangce.

"So much food?" Chen Ting was a little flustered and stammered, "I don't even know where to start eating."

She had never seen such delicious food in her entire life.

It smells wonderful and looks beautiful too!

I never imagined I'd get to eat such good food in my life.

Su Yan noticed her discomfort and put a piece of shredded pork with garlic sauce and a few shrimp into her bowl. "Take whatever you want to eat. You are laborers, you should eat more, otherwise where will you get the strength to work?"

Deng Ziyi and Bai Meng took a bite of the shredded pork with garlic sauce, and their expressions were so excited by how delicious it was that they stared wide-eyed at Su Yan.

"Ayan, are you really only eighteen years old?" Deng Ziyi looked at her suspiciously.

Su Yan raised an eyebrow, "Absolutely genuine!"

"You're younger than me, how come you can do everything? Even your cooking is so delicious!" Deng Ziyi said, feeling utterly defeated. "Tell me, what price do I have to pay to become an all-rounder like you?"

"First, you must endure hardship to rise above others. Second, you must persevere. If you can do both of these things, then you will also be a remarkable person."

Su Yan said slowly, "Do you think I grew up in a honey pot? No, just over two months ago, I was still a pitiful creature being exploited by my father's family. My grandparents wanted my cousin to take my place in college, and even when I knelt on the ground and fainted, I couldn't change their minds."

After waking up, I was fed up with this pathetic life, so I found a way to get my mother and father to divorce. Then I took my mother and younger brother to live with my maternal grandfather. I started learning how to do business, setting up a stall in town, earning money to open a shop and buy a house.

The people at the dinner table were shocked to hear this.

Because Su Yan doesn't look like someone who grew up in the countryside at all; she doesn't have the slightest trace of a country girl.

If she hadn't said anything, they would have really thought her family was well-off.

Chen Ting, in particular, never imagined that Su Yan had also experienced hardship in her childhood.

She couldn't help but ask, "Then, don't you have an older brother? Why didn't he stop your grandparents?"

Su Yan explained why Su Yu went to the battlefield.

In just three months, they bought a house in their hometown, opened a braised food shop, bought a courtyard house in Beijing, opened another shop, and now they even have such a large restaurant in Guangzhou... They wouldn't even dare to dream of doing this!

"Don't look at me like that." Su Yan quickly said, "I was lucky. I came across a book on traditional Chinese medicine in high school and memorized a lot of medicinal herbs. So the first money I earned was from digging up medicinal herbs in the mountains and selling them to Baicaotang in town. Uncle Tang was the manager of Baicaotang at the time."

Whatever medicinal herbs he needed, I would go up the mountain to find them and sell them. However, at that time, all the herbs he needed were rare items. I risked my life to go deep into the mountains to find them for him because that was a quick way to make money.

The four of them suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

They thought Su Yan could make so much money selling braised food at a stall.

"It's always good to have more skills. We should learn as many things as possible, no matter what they are or how difficult they are to learn. If you feel that something is beneficial to you, then you must learn it."

Wen Liangce smiled and said, "I have learned a lot today. I never thought that I could learn something from a young girl like you at my age."

Before today, he took care of Su Yan because she was the professor's junior.

After today, he truly admired Su Yan and understood why the professor liked this junior sister so much.

Gold shines wherever it is, but Su Yan's brilliance is understated. However, once you get to know her, you'll find that she is a very good person.

She is saying these things to guide her three roommates in the right direction.

Deng Ziyi, Chen Ting, and Bai Meng indeed benefited greatly. What was originally a confusing situation about the future suddenly became clear.

The meal smelled delicious, but we ate it in unusual silence.

Everyone was absorbed in their own thoughts.

Of course, the last six dishes ended with everyone finishing their plates.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the workers from the dairy factory delivered the goods.

Su Yan immediately began making brown sugar pearl balls.

Bai Meng was to follow her around and learn to take notes, so Bai Meng and Chen Ting were put in charge of baking egg tarts first.

Wen Liangce eats so many egg tarts every day, so after washing the dishes, he very sensibly came to help with the chores.

Once the pearls are made, put them in a pot with water and brown sugar and stir-fry until they become sticky. That's it!

"We'll sell brown sugar bubble tea when the weather gets a bit colder," Su Yan said.

Deng Ziyi asked in confusion, "What is brown sugar pearl milk tea?"

Su Yan thought for a moment, "Let me make some for you to try now."

Since we already have brown sugar pearls, making milk tea is very simple.

Put tea leaves and sugar in a pot and stir-fry until they turn caramelized. Add milk and stir until it bubbles, then turn off the heat. The milk tea is now ready.

"It smells so good!" Bai Mengdao leaned over and took a sniff. "The tea and milk scents mixed together smell so nice."

Since there weren't enough cups, Su Yan used a bowl to serve the milk tea.

Spread a large spoonful of brown sugar pearls at the bottom, then fill with milk tea, stir, and it's ready to drink.

Everyone took a sip, and their eyes lit up instantly.

Even Wen Liangce, who doesn't usually drink sweet drinks, thought it was delicious. "The sweetness is just right, and it's not cloying even if you drink a lot. Sigh... I'll gain several pounds if I stay with you guys for a while, even before the New Year."

Bai Meng said, "I thought milk tea was only available in Inner Mongolia."

"The milk tea in Inner Mongolia is different from the one I make. You can go there for tourism if you have the chance."

"How about we go on a trip next summer vacation?" Deng Ziyi suddenly suggested. "If the four of us are free, we can go together."

Su Yan said, both amused and exasperated, "Why are you talking about such a far distance? Let's ask again when it's closer to the right time. It's too early now. There's still quite a bit of this milk tea left. We'll divide it into two plates and take them down for the customers to try for free. Let's see how they react. If the reaction is good, we can start selling it earlier."