Before the two could finish speaking, a shout came from the doorway: Er Gou's family had arrived with vegetables.

The two hurriedly got up to greet him, only to see Er Gou beaming as he drove a carriage they had never seen before. The tall horse was much more impressive than their old, short-legged horse. Lan Ya Mei asked in surprise, "Where did this carriage come from? Did you buy it?"

Sitting at the front of the carriage, Er Gou's wife spoke quickly and directly, "Manager Lan, you don't know, everyone in the village is eager for us to go back and buy their vegetables. That's why they lent us their carriage."

Er Gou's mother got off the cart carrying Gou Dan and pointed to the cart full of vegetables, saying, "We were able to come so early today because the villagers picked the vegetables in advance and delivered them to our doorsteps. We can just load them up and leave. This horse-drawn cart is really fast. I'll have Er Gou get one too, so he can get to work faster every day."

Looking at the plump eggplants, verdant peppers, bright red tomatoes, a bundle of tender scallions, a sack of fresh garlic, two cleaned carp, and even two lively roosters, Er Gou's mother said, "These fish and chickens were given to us by the villagers. They insisted that we bring them to you, and I couldn't refuse, so I brought them over."

"You're too kind, everyone. It's alright, we'll take it. In the future, we'll buy more things from the village that the shop needs, so we can all benefit. Oh, by the way, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Aunt Guan just made it. Come inside and eat. Er Gou, drive the cart to the backyard." Looking at the plump chickens and fish, Lan Ya Mei had another idea.

Er Gou went to catch the cart to unload the goods, while the rest of the people went inside first.

This was something Lan Yamei hadn't anticipated. Back in the old house outside the city, when business was slow, the original owner was so hungry she was dizzy, but no one was willing to give her even half a cornbread.

Now that they've just become a little wealthier, they're rushing to curry favor. I smiled helplessly and said, "Auntie, please be sure to thank everyone for me later. Also, please rest assured that as long as my barbecue restaurant is still open, I will definitely buy vegetables from our village first. Everyone should plant as much as they can. Raising some chickens, ducks, fish, and shrimp would be even better, I'll buy those too. After all, we can't just sell vegetables, we'll sell meat too."

"Okay, okay, I'll tell everyone later," Er Gou's mother readily agreed.

Aunt Guan first served Gou Dan some warm scrambled eggs from the pot, patted the little guy's round head, and said affectionately, "This is specially for Gou Dan to eat, so the child can grow up."

"Thank you, Aunt Guan, you really love Little Dog Egg! Little Dog Egg, give Grandma Guan a smile, okay?" Ever since being scolded by her mother, Er Gou's wife had thought about it all night and felt much more at ease.

Little Egg the puppy isn't very fluent yet. He's a little over a year old. When he smiles at Grandma Guan Guan, he shows his two little front teeth and drools.

After setting out the food, Aunt Guan teased Gou Dan, and Er Gou also returned to the dining table from the backyard.

Before the meal began, Lan Yamei said briefly, "Okay, everyone's here. Let me say a few words. First of all, welcome to the barbecue restaurant. Do a good job. Once Er Gou has fully mastered the barbecue skills, Aunt Guan and I will hand over the management of this barbecue restaurant to him."

This was beyond Er Gou's expectations. Last night, his wife had been urging him to take the job, and today Manager Lan had said this. Er Gou excitedly asked, "Manager Lan, are you serious?"

"How could it be fake? Study hard and work hard, and we'll be handing it over to you in the future. Qiu Zeyu will come to check the accounts every month, and the store will also allocate a certain percentage of the total revenue as a reward for your hard work based on your profits."

As for the future, Lan Ya Mei wants to learn martial arts and travel the world, so she definitely needs to find a reliable person to manage the barbecue restaurant in the long term.

Aunt Guan has worked hard all her life and deserves a rest. Besides, she hasn't fully resolved things with Uncle Ouyang yet, so the honest and kind Er Gou is the best candidate. Even though he was just a rough farmer before, with a little effort, training him wouldn't be a problem.

Er Gou's mother hurriedly declined, "No, no, Er Gou can't do this. He hasn't been to school much and can't even read a few characters. Don't ruin the shop."

After being scolded last night, Er Gou's wife calmed down. Although she didn't want to miss the opportunity, Er Gou really couldn't handle such a big business. "Mom, you're right. Er Gou is uneducated and can't even keep track of accounts. Manager Lan, Aunt Guan, you can't just leave it to him to manage."

"No one is born knowing how to do business! You'll learn by practicing. Nothing is difficult if you put your mind to it. If you can't read, learn; if you don't know how to do business, ask more questions, observe more, and summarize more," said Lan Yamei.

"I saw Er Gou and his wife learn it in the kitchen yesterday, and they did it very well. I think it's no problem, it's not that difficult, so don't worry." Aunt Guan also praised them, saying that these two kids were afraid of being poor, and once they had a chance to earn money, they learned faster than anyone else. It wouldn't be a problem to hand over the barbecue restaurant to them to manage in the future.

"Thank you, Manager Lan and Aunt Guan. From today onwards, I will learn to read every day and become a more useful person as soon as possible." Er Gou stood up excitedly and said that if he could really become the head manager in the future, it would bring honor to his ancestors. Er Gou was determined to study and learn to read.

"Okay, that's all for now. The second thing is that we're going to add another new dish to our menu today. We'll try to have something new every day for the next two months, so that both new and old customers will want to come back to our restaurant every day. I've already thought about the new dish. I'll go buy the meat in a bit. The other dishes will be the same as yesterday. After breakfast, everyone get started preparing."

Everyone was in high spirits, and after the meal, Er Gou's mother cleaned up the kitchen. Er Gou and his wife immediately began preparing dishes for the lunch customers, while Gou Dan played by himself in the shop.

The two went to the counter to pay. Lan Yamei said to Aunt Guan, "I want you to continue practicing medicine. I know you don't want to, but we have to get up from where we fall. In this society, as long as we are alive, there will always be comparisons, jealousy, and misunderstandings. Let's just be ourselves. Whether it's江湖恩怨 (jianghu grievances) or 人情常 (human relationships), we'll deal with whatever comes our way. Besides, we have Qiu Zeyu with us; he won't abandon us. After the barbecue stall makes money, I want to open a clinic for you, to practice medicine, save lives, and help the world."

Aunt Guan's medical skills were self-taught. Her family was a traditional Chinese medicine family, and she had been exposed to it since childhood, though she hadn't received any deliberate training. Later, she brought two boxes of medical books to the brothel, and would take them out to read when she missed her family. Over time, she became self-taught.

Many difficult and complicated diseases can be cured immediately after drinking a few doses of Aunt Guan's herbal soup, and from then on, Aunt Guan's name became widely known.

A year later, due to an incident, he stopped practicing medicine and distanced himself from the medical profession.

Lan Yatou's repeated encouragement rekindled Aunt Guan's original aspirations: to carry forward the family's medical skills and to understand what had led to the destruction of her family. Lan Yatou was right; one must rise from where one falls, and living tenaciously is the meaning of life. Moreover, Ouyang Xun had spent his entire life proving what love was; only by presenting a better version of herself could she be worthy of such deep affection.

So he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll practice medicine. I really can't let go of my family's medical skills. I not only want to open a clinic to help people, but I also want to find out the cause of my parents' death and who really wanted to kill them."

“Okay! We’ll stay with you. Once we have some money in the account, I’ll start preparing to open a clinic for you.” Lan Ya Mei was willing to do anything to help Aunt Guan finally live a more relaxed life, because Aunt Guan was a truly good person.

After the two finished speaking, Aunt Guan took some silver from the account and gave it to Lan Ya Mei to buy meat. Before they even stepped out the door, Tie Tou came in with seven of his brothers. As soon as he entered, he said with a smile, "Manager Lan, Manager Guan, I, Tie Tou, have brought my brothers to help."