After the meal, the pickled fish was eaten up completely, and even the soup was used by the men of the Xu family to soak their rice.

Su Chenyu asked, "Did you invent Qibao's pickled fish? It tastes amazing."

Qibao didn't want to explain too much, so he shamelessly admitted it and said, "That's right, I just felt that the way I ate fish before was too monotonous and had a strong fishy smell, so I improved the method."

Su Chenyu spoke again, "Then can you sell the recipe to Zuixianlou? How about I pay eighty taels?"

Qibao said, "Mr. Su, given our relationship, I'll give you this recipe. However, I accidentally found the ingredients for cooking the fish in the mountains. I don't know if they're available elsewhere."

Su Chenyu said, "You are talking about that round thing, right? I was wondering why it looked so familiar. It turns out that it can be used as a condiment. It is usually used as a spice." Qibao was surprised. It turned out that Sichuan pepper was used as a spice in ancient times.

Without saying a word, Qibao wrote down the recipe for pickled fish on a piece of paper and handed it to Su Chenyu, saying, "Mr. Su, this is the recipe for pickled fish. I'm giving it to you. We're friends now, and we'll be collaborating in the future. Consider this a gift from me."

Su Chenyu said, "Thank you very much, Sister Qibao. If you need anything in the future and I'm not around, you can go to Zuixianlou to find Manager Tong. I will never refuse if I can do it." After lunch, Su Chenyu returned to the town with the guards, leaving only Jingchen and his two secret guards.

After spending a few days together, she and Jingchen became much more familiar with each other than when they first started. Qibao originally thought Jingchen was not very talkative, but now she realized that Jingchen's personality was just like that. Now, not only would he sometimes take the initiative to talk to her, although he spoke less, but he was no longer difficult to get along with like he did at the beginning. He would also help the Xu family with some simple things. Therefore, the Xu family liked him very much. Except for a few younger brothers who were a little unhappy because they felt that this person was always with their sister, and they felt a little jealous. Would their sister like Jingchen instead of them in the future?

Today is the last day of high-temperature sterilization in the greenhouse. Qibao distributed all the prepared seeds to prepare for the subsequent sowing. He also added some spiritual spring water to the water for watering the vegetables, at a ratio of one to ten, so that the vegetables would not grow too fast.

Since Jing Chen lived in the Xu family, his health has been much better than before, and his internal strength has also improved a lot. These are all changes brought about by the water that the Xu family drinks. He has never known where the water came from. Obviously, no one in the family fetches water, but the water seems to be inexhaustible. Even the secret guards around him are in much better health than before.

Today Su Chenyu came to Xu's house and brought back a piece of news. He took the recipe of pickled fish back to the restaurant. The next day he added the dish of pickled fish to the menu. It was the first time that the guests heard the name, so they ordered a plate out of curiosity. As a result, the taste conquered many of the guests. For a while, the pickled fish dish became popular, and there was an endless stream of people coming to eat pickled fish in the past few days.

Listening to Su Chenyu's story, Qibao felt that everything was within his expectations and was not surprised. Then, Su Chenyu seemed to remember something and changed the subject, saying, "But on the second day after I returned to the restaurant, at noon when I was having lunch, someone sneaked into the well in the backyard and tried to put rat poison in it. He was caught by the waiter in the restaurant.

Qibao asked in surprise, "Do you know who did it?"

Su Chenyu said, "I don't know. The man said someone found him and gave him 20 taels of silver. He didn't want to do such a thing at the time, but the mother of the person who drugged him was seriously ill and had no money to see a doctor. She was about to die, so he gritted his teeth and took the money and decided to take a risk. However, it didn't work. Ever since the incident at Yipinxian, Manager Tong has specially arranged for people to secretly monitor it day and night. I didn't expect someone would be so bold."

Qibao already had a guess in his mind. He thought that the Yipinxian must have been desperate and acted drastically. So he said, "I already have a guess in my mind. I think it must be the work of a fellow trader. This rat poison is poisonous and can kill people. If someone dies in Zuixianlou, I guess this restaurant will be closed down in the future."

Su Chenyu said, "You and I are thinking the same thing. It's probably from Yipinxian, but we haven't found any evidence yet."

Qibao asked, "I wonder what the relationship is between Young Master Su and the county magistrate?"

Su Chenyu said, "The magistrate of Huamen Town is quite good. He is upright and has always been diligent in his work. I know him."

Qibao said, "That's good. Although we don't have evidence to prove that he hired someone to drug us, I have evidence of him doing something else. Once we hand this evidence over to the government, his crime will be proven, and the restaurant will be closed down."

Su Chenyu said: "What evidence? Show it to me."

Qibao did not hesitate and went back to his room to hide. He took out the stack of letters in the space and gave them to Su Chenyu.

After reading it, Su Chenyu said, "I see. It seems that Yipinxian's manager has reached the end of his job. I will send someone to deliver this letter to the county magistrate and then send someone to keep an eye on Yipinxian."

Qibao smiled and said, "That's perfect. Yipinxian is very suitable for us to open a barbecue restaurant." Everyone understood what Qibao meant and smiled at each other tacitly.

The next day, Grandpa Xu took his family to the greenhouse. Because today was the day to sow seeds, Qibao entered a greenhouse. The temperature inside was much warmer than outside. A total of four ridges were made. Qibao planned to plant one kind of vegetable in each greenhouse, a total of twelve kinds of vegetables.

A greenhouse is really not small, and it takes six or seven people to take care of it. After distributing the seeds, the villagers got busy. One used a hoe to dig a hole, one sprinkled the seeds, and finally watered the plants. They were all farmers, and they were used to doing this work, so their movements were quick and skillful.

The adults in the Xu family are all helping, so that they can plant the seeds earlier and feel at ease sooner. Other idle women in the village also come to help.

Wang called out, "Thank you all, aunts and wives, for coming to help. We will still pay you for your work today, and we will all pay you together at the end of the month. Everyone will stay here for lunch."

The aunt laughed and said, "Why do we need wages? Your Xu family can let our men come to your house to work and even provide food. We are just here to help today, so how can we ask for wages? Besides, we are doing work for our men and sons. We just hope that they can relax and finish the work at hand as soon as possible!"

"That's right, that's right! How can I ask for wages?" "Yes, Aunt Xu, I just do it to help my husband. I'm free at home anyway!" The women in the village said.

Wang said, "Look at how good the wives the men in our Xujia Village have married. They all love their men. Our neighbors are harmonious, and Xujia Village will get better and better in the future. But please don't shirk your responsibilities regarding wages. We can't let you work for nothing. That's a deal." Everyone had no choice but to agree with a smile, sighing that although the Xu family is rich, their people are still as kind as before.