Xiaoxi: You still say you don't feel pressured? You're always talking about the orchard shumai, sigh...

"Alright, I know Fifth Brother is a serious and meticulous person. Tell me about the Quanji Shaomai you investigated today?"

"Today our people went to Quan Ji Shaomai. There were actually four orchard staff members who went. They were even using umbrellas while queuing to buy shaomai? The autumn sun isn't that harsh."

"Fifth Brother, the people in the orchard definitely don't belong to the human world. Could they be ghosts or demons or something?"

"It shouldn't be; our people have secretly tested it."

"What happened yesterday when the two staff members encountered a Buddhist prayer bead that almost became transparent?"

"I suspect they are from some reclusive family, and so far I haven't found any sinister or evil aura about them."

"Alright, Fifth Brother, aside from the people buying shumai, what's so special about Quan Ji shumai that people insist on queuing for two hours to buy it?"

Ye Xingxian suddenly took out four boxes of Quanji shumai.

"Come on, let's eat and talk!"

"Huh? No way, bro!"

The two siblings enjoyed their freshly brewed tea and shumai.

Of course, it was Ye Xingxian who was judging.

"Xiaoxi, look, these shumai wrappers are very thin, and the wrappers are filled with delicious meat filling. The steaming time and heat are also very particular. This is how the meat juices are preserved in the shumai, making them so fragrant and delicious!"

"oh."

"ah."

"Um."

Xiaoxi's response was limited to this: he seriously doubted that Fifth Brother had ever eaten anything good. It wasn't that the shumai was worthless, otherwise why would so many people line up for two hours to buy it?

But it wasn't like what Fifth Brother described—food that only existed in the heavens.

It must be because poor Fifth Brother has been a Taoist priest on Misty Mountain for too long, and he's gotten used to being celibate and ascetic, which is why he thinks this shumai is something special.

Ye Xingxian not only ate his two boxes, but also devoured the box that Xiaoxi hadn't touched.

Xiaoxi ate a few, and afterwards she secretly took out the snacks that her seventh brother had bought for her that day from her brocade storage bag.

Ye Xingxian was still not satisfied.

"Not bad, not bad. No wonder this store is so arrogant. It only stays open until 10 a.m. and doesn't even open any branches."

However, Xiaoxi's shumai is definitely better than Quanji's.

Xiaoxi had just stuffed a takoyaki into her mouth when she immediately spat it out.

Ye Xingxian caught the flying takoyaki with two long fingers, but upon seeing that it was a takoyaki, he disgustedly threw it into the fireplace.

"Xiaoxi, I asked you to taste the shumai, why are you eating other unrelated things? Starting tomorrow, study the recipe carefully!"

"What recipe?" Xiaoxi asked blankly.

"The birthday present I gave you yesterday!"

"Huh? Bro, didn't you give me a fist-sized South African diamond yesterday?"

"Not that one!"

Seeing that her fifth brother was about to turn hostile, Xiaoxi hurriedly rummaged through the pile of gifts that hadn't been sorted yet, and sure enough, she found a tattered cookbook called "The Imperial Chef's Record" that still smelled of kitchen grease.

"Brother, this recipe must have been found by you after much hardship and great merit, right? This old servant thanks you, Jade Emperor!"

I still have to coax him, and sure enough, Ye Xingxian's smile stretched all the way to his ears.

"I'll also send you a matching box to hold the recipes, so Xiaoxi won't forget where she puts them?"

Ye Xingxian took out a box inlaid with various high-grade spirit stones and carefully put the recipe into the box.

Xiaoxi solemnly accepted the box: Now I'll remember it, I'll only remember that this box is really rare.

"Xiaoxi, let's study how to make shumai from the recipe tomorrow!"

Xiao Xi: "..."