Xu Yuehuai taught her unique skills to the kitchen staff, which exhausted San Niang's husband.

Three days passed just like that.

Through word of mouth among the people of Chang'an, their shop became incredibly popular.

As a result, they sold out very quickly.

The other dishes in the restaurant went untouched.

Xu Yuehuai had to make a last-minute adjustment: "We need to rest for a few days now, otherwise we'll run out of food."

Third Sister glanced at the doorway and said, "People are still coming in one after another, and we can't very well turn them away."

"Think of a way."

In the afternoon, a sign was put up at the entrance that read "Closed for business".

Even so, busybodies still knocked on the door, and the waiter opened it.

A burly man who claimed to be from Xichuan said, "I came here specifically for an appetizer. I've finally made it here, but you won't open the door."

"What are you saying?" The waiter hurriedly apologized, "We're just taking a break because the head chef has something to do at home."

"Then there's nothing we can do."

The man sighed regretfully and prepared to leave. The waiter, following Xu Yuehuai's instructions, delivered a wooden plaque to him.

"You can make a reservation in advance. When you come back with this wooden sign, you won't need to queue to eat." Upon hearing this, the man nodded happily.

But reservations naturally require payment.

Xu Yuehuai made a substantial profit once again.

At the restaurant across the street owned by Old Li, Li Feng was already itching to watch. "This is really strange. What kind of trouble is Xu Yuehuai causing this time? What kind of hairy tofu is this?"

He looked curiously at one of his subordinates behind him and said, "Go and find out."

"Sir, you need to make a reservation."

“Go,” Li Feng waved his hand, “go make a reservation.”

The man came downstairs, and it was a familiar face. Seeing him looking around at the door, Third Sister was already furious. She pointed at him and said, "Hey, what are you doing sneaking around like that? Go back inside."

Xu Yuehuai, however, seemed to understand Li Feng's meaning.

"He couldn't sit still any longer and came to find out what was going on from the shop assistant," Xu Yuehuai said confidently.

She smiled and said, "You can't hit someone who's smiling, especially since this is a business opportunity that's been offered to you." Xu Yuehuai not only didn't drive the person away, but even came downstairs to personally entertain him, and she smiled broadly.

"It's the best that you can come and offer your guidance. You don't need to make a reservation, just come and eat. Others offer a 30% discount, but you only need a 50% discount. Let Li Feng come along too."

But Li Feng was too embarrassed to come.

Within three days, countless people came to visit, all wanting to eat hairy tofu, and Xu Yuehuai was already exhausted from dealing with them.

After spraying water on the beans and tofu, Xu Yuehuai prepared to go for a walk. As soon as she stepped out of the alley, she saw Aqi.

Ah Qi stood at a distance, holding a long sword.

"What are you doing?"

"I've been waiting for you. I have something to tell you." It turned out that Ah Qi was waiting for her. Xu Yuehuai was afraid of being recognized, so she pointed to the distance and walked quickly with her head down.

Ah Qi followed behind.

The two arrived at the moat, where a cool breeze was blowing, which was very comfortable. Xu Yuehuai grabbed a stone to fetch water, and only then did Aqi look at her.

She probably only feels this comfortable when she's with her own people.

“I saw someone stealing last night.”

Ah Qi never sleeps much; she gets up in the middle of the night. By the time others get up at dawn, Ah Qi has already practiced a set of boxing moves. Hearing Ah Qi say this, Xu Yuehua frowned, "I've never heard Zhou Wan mention this before."

Xu Yuehuai never inquired about the accounts.

She trusted Zhou Wan and San Niang.

However, these two never disappointed her.

Ah Qi scratched his head. "Around the first watch of the night, I saw Jiang Qianqian go to the front desk and take a large string of money. I was about to grab her, but I was just curious and wanted to see what she was doing. Less than a quarter of an hour later, she returned the money to its previous location while crying."

Xu Yuehuai also felt strange.

"She's been absent-minded lately."

“I don’t know why, but I’m saying this because I believe she wouldn’t steal it, and she certainly didn’t actually take the silver.”

Xu Yuehuai knew that Jiang Qianqian was in trouble.

Meanwhile, Jiang Qianqian, who happened to be off work today, had already gone to Jiang Mingfu's place.

When Jiang Mingfu saw his daughter arrive, he hurriedly led her into the restaurant.

They opened for business, but business was bad. There were only a few people scattered around in the deserted hall, and even those few people were picking and choosing their food.

Jiang Mingfu and his wife thought that after getting their ill-gotten gains from Grasshopper, they would be able to easily make a name for themselves in the capital. Little did they know that prices in the capital were high and competition was fierce. Without a few signature dishes, the restaurant would not be able to operate.

Secondly, the problem was that the restaurant's location was indeed not ideal, so business was even worse than before, plummeting.

"Where's the money?"

Upon seeing Jiang Qianqian arrive, Zhou Qionghua rubbed her teeth and asked, "Money? No money?"

She searched her daughter's body but couldn't find a single penny. She shoved her daughter hard, "You jinx! I thought you'd succeeded. Where's the money? Give it to me now!"

Jiang Qianqian looked at her parents.

“I did receive twenty taels of silver,” Jiang Qianqian always maintained a strong moral compass, “but after much hesitation, I still put it in the counter. You can’t do this, and I can’t go along with you.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qionghua slapped him hard across the face.

"You good-for-nothing, she has plenty of money, what's wrong with her helping us out?"

"Has she helped us a lot along the way? If it weren't for Grandma, we would have died out there like Liu Cuiming. Anyway, I won't help you, and we should never see each other again."

Jiang Qianqian had a strong aversion to her parents.

She thought they would change, and even thought that after going to the capital and seeing the world, her parents would change under the influence of the environment and the people of the capital. Little did she know that they would still be the same two-faced and wicked people as before.

Now she is preparing to leave, wanting to sever all ties with them completely.

So, where did her parents get disappointed in her?

It was clearly her who was disappointed in them.

Seeing that Jiang Qianqian was about to leave, Jiang Mingfu immediately leaned closer to Zhou Qionghua and lowered his voice, "Why are you yelling like that? She's our cash cow, let me take over."

Following that, Jiang Mingfu began to bombard her with sweet words and promises, but Jiang Qianqian remained unmoved.

After Xu Yuehuai learned about Jiang Qianqian's theft, he thought about it for a long time, so much so that in the afternoon, he deliberately put the silver in the drawer.

The drawer was obvious; she wanted to test Jiang Qianqian.

Little did she know that the other woman was oblivious to the money, so Xu Yuehuai went further and deliberately placed the money on the table. Only then did Jiang Qianqian hand the silver to her.

Xu Yuehuai remained silent.

But Zhou Qionghua became anxious because Jiang Qianqian hadn't been able to get any money for her parents.

Her business was losing money, and things in the capital were expensive. In addition, Jiang Shixu had picked up a lot of bad habits, and now he wouldn't give her the moon if she asked for the stars, so he was spending money even more.