The house here also has two bedrooms, and Wang Yan gave one of them to Sister Ying.

As for how to decorate? Wang Ying thought Wang Yan's decorations looked pretty good, so she let Wang Yan decorate for her.

Because the house was already built, it had been renovated the year before Aweiber left.

So if it's just soft furnishings, it's pretty quick. The key is that we have money, so we can buy everything in a flash, and hire ten or so housewives to clean and renovate every day.

Two weeks later, Wang Ying stood in front of her house, extremely excited.

The entire house was carpeted, the kang (heated brick bed) was made of blue bricks, and there was a small desk that resembled a modern study room.

Most importantly, this room is too big.

But to be honest, the room here is similar to the one Wang Yan and her friend are living in now. However, Wang Ying is excited because this is the first time in her life that she has a complete room.

So she was very happy, touching this and looking at that. Wang Yan didn't offer any modern suggestions for the dressing table, because many dressing tables nowadays are imitations of ancient ones, and are far less refined than those.

Yingjie's dressing table was made with guidance from a famous makeup artist from Huaqianlou and a carpenter, costing 20 taels of silver.

Looking at the house her daughter had renovated, Aunt Wang was a little envious. She came with Wang Yan to cause trouble.

"Why didn't you think of replacing mine and your dad's clothes when you were installing them?"

If she said that, Wang Yan would deny it, and put her hands on her hips, saying, "Didn't I tell you when I was pretending? You even scolded me for meddling."

She said she was living perfectly well at her place, and asked why I would mess around with her things. She wouldn't let me touch or change anything at all.

Oh dear! Aunt Wang was filled with regret; the worst part was that she never expected the other person to be able to pretend so well.

But it's too late to regret it now. "Hmph!"

When Wang Yan saw her huff at her, she also tilted her head back and huffed!

As for the house, the room she and Wang Ying used to live in was completely renovated and given to Wang Xing to live in.

Wang Xing, fine!

Good things have been happening one after another in our family lately. First, we opened up new avenues for business by hosting a banquet, and then we finally found a house.

Last but not least, Wang Xing passed the exam!

He has already passed the county and prefectural examinations, and is now a solid and reliable candidate for the lowest level of the imperial examinations.

The family didn't seem to pay much attention to it, and they didn't remember it at all. The person took care of themselves and passed all the exams.

Although the results are only average and not outstanding, it's still a good thing, a great thing!

To celebrate this grand event and to celebrate their recent good luck, the family decided to go to Fanlou Restaurant.

Today we're not just going there for a meal, we're also going to stay for two days. We ordered two jugs of Meishou wine from Baifanlou.

Fatty Wang and Aunt Wang love to drink, and Wang Yan loves to eat the pufferfish sashimi from their restaurant.

Today, we ordered two large plates first, and then all the other dishes were served one by one.

Recently, Bai Fan Lou has introduced a new dish – liver paste soup.

Select fresh pork liver and mince it into a paste using the back of a knife.

Add plenty of ginger water, pepper powder, and rice wine, stir well, and then filter out the excess water with fine gauze. This step is to remove the fishy smell.

Add eggs, salt, and old-fashioned chicken broth to the pork liver paste again and stir until it becomes sticky. Take a deep, round bowl, spread a layer of lard evenly inside, pour all the pork liver paste into the bowl, and steam it for 25 minutes.

Remove the steamed minced meat and the liver paste. Use a small knife to cut the liver paste into pieces, pour it into clear broth and simmer over low heat until it boils, then it's ready to serve.

The liver paste in a well-made liver soup should be oil-free, and its surface should be smooth and fine, without any air pockets.

So this dish looks plain, but it has a light and mellow flavor, and is soft and delicious.

Aunt Wang really liked this soup, and Wang Ying was originally going to get another bowl, but seeing how much Aunt Wang liked it, she turned her chopsticks and placed them on the rose-flavored fried cake.

Rose-flavored fried cakes are sweet, crispy, and delicious. One plate of rose-flavored fried cakes requires five eggs. Beat the eggs in a bowl, add flour, starch, and enough water to make a batter.

Then take some rose petals, soak them until soft, chop them up, and set them aside.

Turn on the stove and heat the pot. Pour the batter into the pot and stir constantly until it forms a dough.

Find a large porcelain plate, pour the stirred dough onto it, smooth it out, and let it cool.

After cooling, cut the dough into strips. Then heat oil in a pan and fry the dough strips in two batches until golden brown. Remove and set aside.

Heat the pot again, add an appropriate amount of spring water and white sugar, and boil it into a syrup. When the syrup starts to bubble, add the chopped rose petals and stir-fry.

Then quickly pour the fried dough into it, turn it a few times to coat each strip evenly with honey roses, then immediately remove it from the heat and pour it into a plate. Arrange it in a decorative shape while the sugar is still solidified.

This dish is sweet and fragrant, crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Sister Ying picked one up for Wang Yan, and Wang Yan fell in love with it at first bite.

Furthermore, this dish reminded her of modern fried milk. How so?

This has a richer texture than fried milk, and it's made with honey, so the sweetness is just right.

Wang Yan admired him in her heart, thinking, "You have to admit, the various delicacies made by our ancestors are no worse than those invented in modern times."

Perhaps that fried milk dish was inspired by the current rose-flavored fried cake.

However, she wasn't sure, but when she saw the fruit sent by Bai Fanlou...

She's absolutely certain that all the wagashi (Japanese sweets) sold by the modern Japanese are 100% copied from ours, and they taste terribly awful!

A bunch of incompetent fools! They can't learn anything by simply copying others!

Not only are they famous for their sweets, but they're also quite famous for eating sashimi there! Damn it, they learned that too, they learned it!

A bunch of damned Japanese devils! Disgusting scum who've drunk too much filth! They deserve to die a horrible death!

Anyway, the whole family is eating here today, and everyone has ordered their favorite dishes.

Wang Xing's favorite dish is perilla-flavored salt-fried chicken, made by taking a four-month-old young chicken and beheading it.

Chop into small pieces, add salt, pepper, soy sauce, sugar, and cornstarch, mix well and marinate for 15 minutes.

Chop the perilla leaves and set aside. Then, heat oil in a pan, add the marinated chicken pieces and fry until golden brown on both sides. Finally, add the perilla leaves.

After adding the perilla leaves to the pan, spread them out and fry them until crispy, just like modern baked seaweed, until they make a crisp sound when broken apart before taking them out of the pan.

After cooking, the chicken is tender and juicy with a golden-brown and delicious appearance. Eating a piece of chicken with a bite of perilla leaves helps to balance the richness of the chicken with the aroma of the perilla leaves.

It's not too greasy, and it's quite a delicious dish.

Wang Yan also tried the chicken nuggets, but her tastes differed from her brother's, and she didn't like the dish as much.

However, I did pick out several crunchy pieces of perilla and chewed them with gusto; they were so crunchy.

Fatty Wang doesn't have any particular favorite dishes, but he likes the alcohol here.

"When we leave, let's pack up a pot of this wine and send it to that old rascal Lu Qi! He likes to drink it too."

Aunt Wang nodded, "Of course it's possible. You and Wang Yan can go together to deliver it. You might even be able to sneak into the main kitchen for a while and let Lu Qi check how well Wang Yan has been learning to cook!"

"I think it's settled then!"

Wang Yan, who overheard their entire conversation, was speechless. It was nothing, but she felt a sense of helplessness sometimes, sitting around eating with a group of people.

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After dinner, the family went shopping. Yingjie's face powder was almost used up, and the powder sold in the shops around here was of good quality, so they went to buy some more.

Then, as usual, go to whichever stalls you like to play at.

Wang Yan, who loved listening to stories, went to the storytelling stall. Wang Da Niang, Wang Xing, and Wang Ying went to the variety show stall. Wang Pangzi also went to the storytelling stall, but the one he went to was where the storyteller was telling history.

He didn't want to listen to these monster stories with Wang Yan, so the family members went their separate ways to play.

In the afternoon, Wang Yan and Wang Ying took their family to see a tea performance.

Tea art is a variety of acrobatic skills that uses ground tea paste as a raw material and water to create various patterns on the tea soup.

Also known as tea ceremony, water painting, painting bamboo, flowers, mountains and water.

No wonder it's called "water painting" (a term referring to a style of painting that blends traditional Chinese painting techniques with modern aesthetics). Wang Yan saw someone paint an orchid on the tea soup they had just ordered in just a few strokes.

"It's so beautiful!" Wang Yan patted Wang Pangzi's arm beside her. "Dad! Look, can you paint on tea like that?"

Fatty Wang: "...I've practiced this too, but I'm not as good as Lu Qi. When you go to see your Uncle Lu tomorrow, ask him to draw a house for you."

Okay! "Now I'd like some tea, the one with the orchid she painted, I'll have it!"

"purchase!"

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The family stayed at Baifanlou for a day, and the next day they packed up and headed home, as they still had business to do at home.

However, Wang Yan and Fatty Wang took a detour to the Marquis's residence, and sure enough, Aunt Wang's prediction came true.

They were able to get in, and Lu Qi smoothly led them inside.

Then Wang Yan painstakingly cooked the dishes! Lu Qi and Fatty Wang moved a stool and sat down to chat.

When Lu Qi heard that Wang Xing had passed the imperial examination, he was overjoyed. "Wow, I never thought our Wang family would actually produce a literary genius! Excellent!"

After he finished speaking, he stood up and went back to his small room to rest—it was right behind the main kitchen. Inside, he found a red envelope containing two taels of silver.

They took it and asked Fatty Wang to take it back to Wang Xing, but Fatty Wang initially declined.

Ke Luqi stamped his foot and immediately accepted it without hesitation.

"When will Xing-ge go to take the imperial examination? Will he go this August, or next year?"

Once the provincial examination is passed, I'll be a true student (xiucai)!

Fatty Wang: "Isn't this taking the exam twice in three years? The child plans to go again next year."

Although I studied with the Third Young Master for so many years, I am still a servant after all. How could I possibly learn such refined skills?

Memorizing some content is fine, but mastering it is far from sufficient.

Lu Qi nodded, "That's true. The child has indeed worked hard these days. As long as he has the will, he can continue to take the exams."

"Exactly, we just need to let the child rest properly first. Pushing them too hard isn't good either."

"Yes, that's right!"