After hearing what they said, Xu Yuehuai remained expressionless, then smiled faintly.

"I just wanted to bring these dishes to the restaurant! Otherwise, I wouldn't have made them!"

"And the most important point is that everyone has misunderstood!"

"The ingredients used in these dishes are all very ordinary foods; no precious ingredients were used at all!"

"As for the cooking time, I've also planned it out. It won't take too long, so you can rest assured about that."

"I have a unique cooking method. What would normally take several hours to prepare, I can do in less than an hour!"

The shopkeepers nearby were all stunned when they heard what Xu Yuehuai said.

Their tongues are incredibly sensitive; they never misjudge a flavor.

Now, listening to what Xu Yuehuai is saying, they simply don't believe that they were wrong.

"Manager Xu, are you sure you don't want to deceive everyone here? Do you think our tongues would have a problem?"

"I could clearly taste it; this dish is made with precious abalone!"

"We're located inland, so we simply don't have enough abalone to make this dish!"

Xu Yuehuai said, "This dish tastes good because of the abalone, but the ingredient I used is ordinary king oyster mushroom."

"What?! A simple king oyster mushroom can actually taste like abalone!"

"How could that be? Manager Xu, don't try to fool me, I'm not good at cooking!"

"That's absolutely impossible! King oyster mushrooms taste completely different from abalone, how could it be a king oyster mushroom?"

The shopkeepers were particularly skeptical, thinking that Xu Yuehuai was definitely teasing them.

Then, Xu Yuehuai said to them, "If you don't believe me, you can come with me to the kitchen and take a closer look."

“I can immediately recreate all the meals I make here, so you can see exactly how they are made, and then you will believe me.”

The shopkeepers nearby, upon hearing this, initially thought it wouldn't be appropriate to go to the kitchen of the Tianxianglou branch, but since Xu Yuehuai had already extended such a warm invitation, they didn't refuse and followed Xu Yuehuai to the kitchen of the Tianxianglou branch.

When they arrived at the kitchen of the Tianxianglou branch, they immediately saw that many chefs were already waiting there. It seemed that they had received orders in advance and were just waiting for them to arrive.

The shopkeepers were all somewhat shocked. They hadn't expected that Xu Yuehuai had already prepared everything and thought of this step before they even arrived, just waiting for them to come here!

"Now everyone, please make the dishes you just prepared again!"

"Slow down the steps so that these shopkeepers can clearly see what ingredients we are using!"

Xu Yuehuai spoke to the chefs, and they quickly got to work.

The shopkeepers nearby watched the chefs' work closely, observing them intently. They discovered that the chefs had indeed used the ordinary ingredients Xu Yuehuai had mentioned to create dishes that tasted like those made with precious ingredients.

The further they read, the more shocked they became; they never imagined that cooking could be done like that!

That method is really hard to understand; I never thought there was such a way to cook.

This Xu Yuehuai is truly amazing! It's such a waste of his talent to only be a restaurant manager!

No wonder the Zhenguo Guild of their Great Zhou Kingdom treated her as their goddaughter; it turns out it's because she has such great abilities!

If they had the chance to get close to Xu Yuehuai, they would definitely choose to become close to her.

The more they read, the more shocked they became.

I wonder why Xu Yuehuai summoned them to see all this.

They are the owners of important restaurants in the capital of the entire Mingyue Kingdom, and they also know a bit about cooking. Now that they have seen the steps of Xu Yuehuai's new dishes, when they go back, they will definitely be able to teach the chefs in their restaurants how to make these dishes. When they replicate them, it will definitely be a major blow to the Tianxianglou branch!

But now that they saw Xu Yuehuai wasn't afraid of them at all, and instead looked like she wanted them to learn these methods properly, they became even more puzzled, wondering what she was thinking.

Are all these demonstrated production methods fake? Are they trying to deceive them?

For a moment, some people thought that Xu Yuehuai was really vicious!

After all the dishes had been displayed, Xu Yuehuai said to everyone, "The chefs have now finished demonstrating all the dishes. Please, managers, try them and see if there's any difference between them and what you tasted earlier."

Upon hearing these words, the shopkeepers who were in a hurry nodded politely and then went to taste the food one by one.

After they tasted them all, they found that, just as Xu Yuehuai had said, they all tasted exactly the same!

Xu Yuehuai really hadn't lied to them; everything was exactly as Xu Yuehuai had just said, without any difference!

They were now somewhat incredulous as to why Xu Yuehuai would do such a thing.

Is Xu Yuehuai really not worried that they will learn the recipe and steal business from Tianxianglou's branches?

They've been observing lately that Tianxianglou's branch has had almost no business!

Now that Xu Yuehuai has finally managed to create these new dishes, why not just sell them properly at her own Tianxianglou branch, but instead let her competitors know about them? Wouldn't that be ruining her own reputation?

The shopkeepers were a little embarrassed and said to Xu Yuehuai, "These dishes are exactly the same as before, without any difference at all. We never expected that Shopkeeper Xu would make dishes with the most ordinary ingredients!"

"I just don't know what your intentions are, Manager Xu?"

"Aren't you afraid we'll learn how to make these dishes?"

Xu Yuehuai smiled faintly and addressed the shopkeepers.

"I called everyone here today so that you could all learn how to make these new dishes!"

The other shopkeepers nearby were even more incredulous: "What exactly does Shopkeeper Xu mean by this?"

"You're not kidding everyone, are you?"

Xu Yuehuai's smile deepened, and she waved her hand, signaling the servants beside her to come over.