Tang Shirong coughed and paused, almost staining the paper, but Xu Wenqu didn't care. He smiled and walked to the desk: "What are you writing?"

Tang Shiyue explained the production process of preserved eggs in detail, including some precautions and common practices.

Xu Wenqu wrote as she listened and was able to keep up with the conversation. Moreover, she could translate her plain language into elegant language, which was quite an impressive skill.

Tang Shiyue was amazed, blew it, put it away, and asked him: "Mr. Xu, is there anyone as talented as you but doesn't plan to take the imperial examination? I want to hire someone to write something for me."

Xu Wenqu asked with a smile: "How is it so powerful?"

"He can finish writing after I say it, and his writing is quite elegant, with words I can recognize."

Xu Wenqu put his fist to his lips, coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "Is this what you call amazing? Then such a person should be very easy to hire, and very cheap."

She asked him in a serious manner: "If you see such a person, please ask him for me."

He also agreed in a similar manner: "Okay."

Then she went out, went to the winery to tell Chen Changyuan about the incident, asked someone to drive a carriage, and went to the house of County Magistrate Lin.

...

...

Although she hadn't come these days, she often exchanged letters with Lin Qiaoqian. When she came, Lin Qiaoqian was overjoyed and hurried to greet her.

After a while, Yang also came over to talk to her.

The three of them sat and chatted for a while, and when it was time to eat, Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "I brought some fresh food this time, and I would like to ask Madam and Aqiao to try it."

"Oh?" Yang smiled and asked, "What's the new food?"

Tang Shiyue said: "It's a dish. I call it preserved egg. I just need to borrow the kitchen."

Yang smiled and agreed. Lin Qiaoqian was lively and followed her to watch. Seeing her peeling the eggs out of the mud, Lin Qiaoqian said in surprise: "It looks so dirty, and there is mud on it. I don't want to eat it!"

Tang Shiyue smiled without saying a word, and did not avoid the people in the kitchen. She smeared sesame oil on the blade of the knife, cut the eggs, mixed the shredded ginger, minced garlic, vinegar, sesame oil, and chopped green onions, poured the mixture on top, and then served it.

County Magistrate Lin was also in the county office. He took a seat and said with a smile, "It looks strange. Let me try it first."

He took the lead in tasting it with a chopstick, frowning. Yang and Lin Qiaoqian stared at him. County Magistrate Lin frowned and swallowed it, saying, "It tastes very strange."

Yang couldn't help but ask, "Not tasty?"

"Not really." County Magistrate Lin took another bite and said, "Madam, try it. It tastes very strange."

Tang Shiyue just watched with a smile on her face. She saw Yang carefully pick a small piece. After eating it, she retched a little. "No, I can't eat this. It tastes too weird."

County Magistrate Lin smiled and took another bite: "I think it's pretty good."

Yang was too embarrassed to spit it out, so she swallowed it. After a long while, she said, "It has an indescribable taste." She laughed as she spoke, "It tastes good, but also tastes terrible."

Lin Qiaoqian was extremely curious: "Mother, what does it smell like?"

Yang smiled and took another chopstick: "I can't tell, you have to taste it."

Lin Qiaoqian was very confused, and Tang Shiyue said with a smile: "Aqiao, if you don't eat it, Mr. Lin will eat it all."

County Magistrate Lin laughed, Lin Qiaoqian mustered up the courage to take a bite, and then Tang Shiyue watched the large-scale delicious scene of the family of three.

Only after they finished eating did Magistrate Lin smile and say, "It's really special. What's it called?"

Tang Shiyue said: "The pattern on the egg surface resembles pine flowers, so I call it Songhua Egg."

"Songhuadan." County Magistrate Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Not bad, not bad, this name is quite elegant."

Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Mr. Lin and Madam, do you think it would be possible to sell this food in a tavern?"

"It will happen naturally!"

"It will definitely work!" Yang said, "If you want to make this kind of food, send a small plate to each table to try. I guarantee they will be so hungry that they will want to order more!"

Tang Shiyue responded with a smile.

After dinner, she handed over the recipe written by Xu Wenqu with both hands, and said with a smile: "This is the recipe for preserved eggs. I figured it out by accident. Last time, Mr. Lin condescended to come to my humble home and helped Yue'er. Yue'er had no way to repay him, so I gave you this recipe as a token of my gratitude. I hope Mr. Lin will not despise it."

When these words were spoken, both County Magistrate Lin and his wife were a little surprised.

They are not Lin Qiaoqian, so how could they not know that she was actually doing it for Sanquan Restaurant? Otherwise, how could she possibly send a proper recipe?

But she spoke so beautifully and didn't mention the restaurant at all, which made it difficult to refuse.

Moreover, Yang had indeed been running a restaurant for a long time, so he naturally understood the significance of a new dish. The key point was that this was not just one dish, but a type of dish, and he could come up with several dishes based on it, so he was reluctant to refuse.

After Tang Shiyue finished speaking, she stepped forward with a smile and put the paper into County Magistrate Lin's hand.

County Magistrate Lin sighed, "You kid." and glared at Lin Qiaoqian.

Lin Qiaoqian had no idea what she had done wrong: "Daddy, why are you glaring at me?"

That ignorant look made Magistrate Lin and his wife laugh again. Yang said with a smile: "If you were half as good as Yue Er, I wouldn't have to worry."

"Half what?" Lin Qiaoqian said, "If it's half smart, I think I still have it!"

At this moment, County Magistrate Lin had already opened the paper. When he saw it, he was a little surprised and asked, "Who wrote this?"

Tang Shiyue said: "He is Yue'er's neighbor, his last name is Xu."

"Xu Siyuan?"

"Yes, Xu Wenqu. People say his nickname is Xu Siyuan."

County Magistrate Lin was quite surprised: "Xu Siyuan actually lives next door to you! You are such a lucky kid!"

He held the paper and exclaimed: "It's Xu Siyuan indeed! Even a small piece of paper can be written so beautifully! If I had known Xu Siyuan was there, I would never have had the audacity to write a wine shop sign for you!"

He nodded and shook his head for a long time, then asked, "Have you ever talked to him before?

Before Tang Shiyue answered, he answered again: "Look at me, of course I did say that, you kid, ah! How could you ask Xu Siyuan to write something like this for you! Oh! Xu Siyuan actually agreed to do it!"

Tang Shiyue: “…”

Well, she now believed that Xu Siyuan was really famous, but County Magistrate Lin was obviously older than him? How could he be his fanboy?

County Magistrate Lin asked again, "Do you know what he usually does?"

Tang Shiyue said helplessly: "He seems to be studying all day long!"

"No wonder!" County Magistrate Lin clapped his hands and exclaimed: "He never puts down his scroll. He is indeed worthy of being Xu Siyuan!"

Tang Shiyue: “…”

If she told him that Xu Siyuan went to move bricks, would he say, "A person of ability can do what he cannot do! He is indeed Xu Siyuan!"

County Magistrate Lin asked again, "How did you get in touch with Xu Siyuan? Is he easy to talk to?"

"Hmm?" Tang Shiyue asked in confusion, "He's very easy to talk to! He's always friendly and smiles before he speaks. It's easy to ask him for help with things, or to read his books. If I come across a word I don't know, I'll ask him, and he'll write a big one on a piece of paper for me to read, and he'll also write down the meaning and source for me. He's very thoughtful."

County Magistrate Lin looked at her in astonishment.

Tang Shiyue was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

County Magistrate Lin said after a while: "It is said that Xu Siyuan has an extremely eccentric and perverse personality. After the provincial examination that year, he won the first place in the exam. After that, the governor hosted the Luming Banquet. It is said that at the banquet, the governor jokingly wanted to take him as a disciple, but in fact he wanted to win him over..."

He sighed, "It would have been fine if he had just declined politely, but who would have thought that he would directly refuse and even pointed out that he was a regular supervisor, and denounced the harm of the Yin Supervisor and Regular Supervisor on the spot. A few days later, he was traveling and his leg was broken by a startled horse, so he missed the imperial examination."