The old general denied it: "No way, my daughter is so capable and has done so well in her own business. It's not shameful, not shameful!"

Jin Suting smiled. Her father supported her. So this is what it felt like to have someone support her.

The old general squeezed in between them, looked at the simple barbecue grill curiously, and smelled the slightly charred eggplant.

Jin Suting handed him the roasted eggplant and said, "Daddy, try it!"

The old general took the steaming eggplant, and Jin Suting helped him add some chili oil. It was not spicy at all, but had crispy skin and tender eggplant flesh. The spicy taste slowly seeped out from his throat.

Jin Suting asked expectantly, "How is it?"

The old general broke out in a thin sweat from the spiciness. "This smells so good and tastes so good. How did you roast it?"

Jin Suting explained: "Just put what you want to grill on it and add seasonings."

The old general was surprised and asked, "Is it that simple?"

Jin Suting said: "Yeah."

The old general showed an incredible expression. You know, Funing City and even Fuding State didn't have such a way of eating, putting food on a grill and roasting it. It was similar to the method of roasting a whole lamb, but no one had developed such a business.

Xiao Hei interrupted: "That's not the case!"

The old general looked at him. Xiao Hei was a little scared, but he didn't see any bad expression in the old general's eyes. Instead, he felt an urgent need to know what he was going to say next.

So he continued, "It's not as easy as it is for the young lady! We didn't know anything at the beginning. She was the only one doing it, and we could only help out a little. At the beginning, business was very busy, and her hands were red all day long..."

At this point, tears welled up in Xiao Hei's eyes. Jin Su Ting asked him to stop, but the old general said, "Let him continue!"

"Another time, an old woman came to cause trouble. She said she got sick after eating our barbecue. Everyone knew about it, and my sister had to pay her back all the money she had earned during those days." Xiao Hei wiped away a tear. "We didn't even have money to eat, so we had to go fishing. But my sister accidentally fell into the water, and we didn't even have money to pay for a doctor."

"What the hell is going on!" The old general's anger was obvious.

"How come you don't even have money for food? Did Lu Xiaoxiao withhold your money?"

Xiao Hei said anxiously: "Not only did they withhold our money, they didn't even want us to live... Ugh..."

Fortunately, Jin Suting covered Xiao Hei's mouth in time, preventing him from saying the next words that would have made the old general furious.

"Dad, listen to me." Jin Suting recounted the entire story without exaggerating or minimizing Mrs. Lu's guilt. "She simply ignored us and cleared out all the jewelry in my room, but she wouldn't let us all die."

Although it is possible that Lu really wants to kill them, at least don't tell the old general so now. He is too old to hear this, but one day she will pay the price.

The old general was a little confused after hearing what Jin Suting said. He realized that Mrs. Lu might really dislike Jin Suting, but he didn't expect that she would do such a thing that was not at all like a mistress!

It was hard for him to figure out that Jin Suting hadn't worn any expensive jewelry these past few days. He had originally thought she didn't like those things, but who knew...

"What else did she do?"

Jin Suting didn't want to say anything more. The old general was on the verge of a rage. If he was provoked any further, he might faint again like last time. So Jin Suting said, "No, even if he did something, look, your daughter is fine now. Daddy, please calm down. It's not good for your health." Those things were in the past.

Later, Qin Er asked Jin Suting, really confused, why she didn't tell him. Jin Suting replied, "I just didn't want my misfortune to be known to everyone."

Although everyone already knows it.

"But that's the master, not anyone else."

"It's because he's my father that I don't want him to know. The person he's slept beside for so many years turned out to be so cruel. Let me handle it myself. Even though he's my father and my support, I can't always rely on him for everything."

That day, Jin Suting personally sent the old general back to his own courtyard, and sadly discovered that her father was actually very old.

I still remember that a few months ago he was still heroic and admired by everyone.

Why do people always age so quickly?

"Are you ready for the Queen Mother's birthday next month?"

The old general suddenly asked this question before entering the room.

"Uh... what?"

Jin Suting didn't expect the old general to ask this. She didn't know whether he was asking about her or the gift.

The old general patiently repeated the question and explained, "As her future granddaughter-in-law, are you ready with your gift?"

Jin Suting thought for a moment and replied, "I've already thought of what to give her, but I don't know if she'll like it."

The old general suddenly remembered something and smiled, saying, "Aqin loves to eat. If you are not sure, you can send her food."

Helan Ruizhe also said so, the Queen Mother likes to eat, but wait, what did Daddy call the Queen Mother just now?

...Aqin

Before Jin Suting could ask, the old general had already turned around and went back, leaving behind only his staggering back.

So what birthday gift should we give to the Mother of the Nation?

She had thought about it, but she didn't know if it was feasible.

It was her first time attending such a large birthday party for elders and she had no experience.

However, the gifts given to elders in the past were always generous and appropriate.

But the Queen Mother is the mother of a country and has seen everything in the world. She can't just use ordinary things.

In the novels I've read before, birthday gifts for elders like those in the palace include birthday peaches, hand-embroidered items, jade ruyi, and so on, all of which are expensive and she doesn't know how to make them.

So in the end she had to do it on her own. After much thought, she decided to make a cake for the Queen Mother.

It was her favorite food when she was a child - egg yolk pastry, which was made by her mother, the director of the orphanage.

The egg yolk pastry is thin and has a lot of fillings, with egg skin, snow meringue, and red beans wrapping the egg yolk in turn.

The taste is sweet and salty, with a faint smell of egg yolk lingering on the tip of your nose, a taste you can’t forget for a long time.

However, it would be too stingy to just give one pastry, so I have to give something else.

When they returned to Suxuanyuan, Qin'er, Caocao and the others had already tried all the remaining dishes in the box.

The finished products include roasted eggplant, roasted rabbit, roasted duck gizzards, roasted pork skin, roasted mushrooms, and skewers of green peppers and beef.

Xiao Hei took credit: "I invented this, isn't it awesome!"