"This is the first time I've heard of medicinal food. Does it really have no medicinal taste?" Jiang Muqin asked.
Su Jinyue nodded, walked back to the sofa, picked up her bag, took out a small box from it, opened it and handed it to Jiang Muqin, "Aunt Jin, try it." She originally wanted to give Aunt Jin a box of snacks, but her bag was not big, and the snack box was not small either. It was obvious that it could not hold two boxes.
"Then I won't be polite." Jiang Muqin took out a piece of dessert, put it in her mouth and took a bite. Soon, a look of surprise appeared on her face. "Delicious! Are there any herbs here too?"
Su Jinyue nodded. "This is Eight Treasures Cake. It contains Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, raw white rice, lentils, lotus seeds, raw coix seeds, raw yam, gorgon fruit, white rice flour, white sugar, glutinous rice flour, etc. It was a prescription written by the imperial physician in the late Qing Dynasty for Empress Dowager Cixi, who had a weak spleen and stomach. The ingredients in this prescription are both food and medicine, and can be made into cakes after being mixed with water, so it was named "Spleen Strengthening Cake". Empress Dowager Cixi was so happy that after eating the Spleen Strengthening Cake, all her symptoms disappeared, her appetite increased greatly, and her whole body became stronger. She changed the name to Eight Treasures Cake out of joy. Eight Treasures Cake is divided into two types: 'Male Eight Treasures' and 'Female Eight Treasures'. 'Male Eight Treasures' are further divided into two types: one can strengthen the spleen and eliminate stagnation; the other can replenish vital energy. As for 'Female Eight Treasures', long-term consumption can eliminate spots and acne, improve skin tone, and make the skin shiny and delicate."
"It actually has such an effect, then I must eat it often in the future." Jiang Muqin decided. Which woman doesn't love beauty? Even when she is old, she still wants to live a refined life.
"When will that shop open? I'll invite a few more military wives to come and show our support," Pan Jing said. She never imagined a box of snacks could have such an effect.
"Probably around the beginning of next month," Su Jinyue said. Uncle Yang's shop was quite large. If he renovated it to resemble Licheng Baiweiju, it would take at least two weeks. He also needed to buy tables and chairs, kitchen supplies, and hire staff, so it should be open by the beginning of next month. She and the medical team would also be traveling to the United States in the middle of next month. Since she had accepted the challenge from the US medical team, she naturally had to go.
"Then you must notify us then, and we will all go to support your second sister-in-law." Jiang Muqin said expectantly.
"Okay." Su Jinyue responded with a smile.
After lunch, Su Jinyue, Zhan Yihan and Jiang Muqin chatted for a while and then said goodbye.
Zhan Yihan returned to the military area for training. Su Jinyue had nothing to do, so she went to Qu Yingli's shop.
Before I even entered the store, I heard the sound of hammering and banging coming from inside the store.
"Second brother! Yingli!" Su Jinyue walked into the store and saw Su Yanxi and Qu Yingli standing aside and chatting.
"Jinyue, how come you have time to come?" Su Yanxi and Qu Yingli were very happy to see Su Jinyue. They had only seen each other briefly in the past few days.
"I'm taking a break today, so I came to see you." Su Jinyue walked forward and looked around. "The decoration is almost done." The progress was much faster than she expected.
"It'll be almost done in the next few days. I've already ordered the tables and chairs. The sooner we open, the sooner we can make money. I just haven't found the right people yet," said Qu Yingli. She stayed in the shop for the past few days, not only to teach the workers how to decorate, but also to find a few suitable employees.
"There are still a few days left. If I really can't find it, I'll transfer two people from the Medical Valley first." Su Yanxi said.
"That's a waste of talent," Qu Yingli said speechlessly. Everyone in the Medical Valley was a skilled doctor, and when they came to the secular world, they were all miracle doctors. Just one of their treatments could make up for several months of her sales.
"Wouldn't it be a waste of my talent if I worked for you?" Su Yanxi said with a joking smile.
"How can it be the same?" Qu Yingli glanced at Su Yanxi coquettishly.
"Are you hiring here?" a voice came from outside the door.
Su Jinyue and the other two turned around and saw a teenager of about eighteen or nineteen years old. However, they soon discovered that something was wrong. The person was not a teenager, but a girl disguised as a man.
The girl walked into the store and looked at Su Jinyue and the other two. "Excuse me, are you hiring?"
"Recruiting, please introduce yourself first." Qu Yingli said.
The girl pondered for a moment, "My name is Han Bing, I'm eighteen years old, and I'm a city patrolman."
Qu Yingli nodded slightly, "What can you do?" She usually would not recruit such a young girl, but she was very curious why Han Bing dressed as a man.
Han Bing thought for a moment and said, "I can wash dishes and serve food." Isn't that what most restaurants only need? Although she rarely works, she still knows how to wash dishes and serve food.
"That won't work, unless..." Qu Yingli paused deliberately.
"Unless what?" Han Bing asked quickly. She had already applied for several jobs, but had been rejected by all of them. She was running out of money, and if she continued like this, she would end up living on the streets.
"Unless you tell us why you are dressing up as a man." Qu Yingli smiled playfully, waiting for Han Bing's answer.
"You can tell I'm a woman?" Han Bing asked in surprise. She looked at Su Jinyue and Su Yanxi again, and seeing that they both looked like they knew it all along, she sighed helplessly. She had thought she had acted very similarly, but it turned out she was just fooling herself.
"If I don't tell you, will you not give me this job?" Han Bing looked at Qu Yingli, hoping that the other party would not be so heartless.
"That's right, we will not accept someone of unknown origin. What if you are a fugitive, won't we be in trouble?" Qu Yingli said.
"I can guarantee that I'm not a bad person." Han Bing promised.
Qu Yingli shook her head. "I don't believe your promise. If you don't want to tell me, please leave."
Seeing Qu Yingli's firm attitude, Han Bing bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I can tell you, but you have to promise me that besides giving me a job, you won't leak any information about me."
"No problem." Qu Yingli nodded in response.
Han Bing looked at Su Jinyue and Su Yanxi, and when they nodded, she said, "I disguised myself as a man to escape marriage. My parents betrothed me to an older man, and I ran away because I didn't want to." Actually, the older man wasn't very old, only five years older than her. But in her mind, her future husband couldn't be more than three years older than her.
Qu Yingli and the other two nodded in understanding, "Aren't you afraid your parents will find you?"
"They wouldn't have guessed I was here," Han Bing said with a confident smile. She'd chosen Beijing because the old man was from there. Her parents would surely think she was avoiding him, so how could they have imagined she'd come here? As the saying goes, the more dangerous a place, the safer it is. And now she was disguised as a boy.
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