"Is it okay now?" Lu Qian asked.
“Okay!” Zhou Tao agreed.
Lu Qian immediately pulled Zhou Tao over to sit on a bench in the garden, and he first put the women's hair ornament in her hair.
"It's really beautiful!" Lu Qian muttered.
"Sit down too, shall I help you put it on?" Zhou Tao asked Lu Qian.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Tao'er!" Upon hearing this good news, Lu Qian happily sat down to wait.
Zhou Tao picked up the men's one, took the one off his head, and inserted the one in her hand to secure the gold crown he was wearing that day.
"I must say, this hairpin actually looks quite nice with the gold crown," Zhou Tao said after examining it.
Lu Qian smiled, pulled her to sit beside him, and asked if she wanted to go to the shop tomorrow.
Zhou Tao nodded, "Go ahead, someone else will be watching the shop for me today."
"Then let's go back. I'll come to the shop to find you tomorrow, and we'll talk then." Lu Qian thought that only Princess Yun was looking after the children, and he was afraid something might happen to them, so he took Zhou Tao back first.
He asked her to come out because he wanted to give her this hairpin.
"Okay, how about we go to the Xu family's restaurant for roasted lamb skewers tomorrow at noon? I heard my sister-in-law gave Brother Xu two secret recipes, one for roasted lamb skewers and the other for roasted lamb chops. I heard they've been selling like hotcakes these past few days, and Brother Xu is so happy he says he's going to open Tian Shun Zhai restaurants all over the country." Zhou Tao wanted to go, but she didn't want to go alone. With Lu Qian accompanying her, it would be fine.
Lu Qian stared wide-eyed in disbelief, "Brother Xu can cooperate with Sister-in-law?"
When will the Lu family get a turn?
The next day, a large group of people went to Tian Shun Zhai to eat lamb skewers and lamb chops.
At first, it was indeed just Zhou Tao and Lu Qian. However, just as the two of them left the flower shop, they saw Li Mai and Zhou Quan coming out from across the street.
The two people became four, but they ran into Zhou Lin and Xu Yue, who were walking towards them chatting and laughing, at the entrance of Tian Shun Zhai.
Alright, the three families of the siblings are all together.
The six people entered Tian Shun Zhai. When Xu Chong saw them arrive, he arranged for them to stay in the private room he had reserved.
The reason he gained Li Mai's favor and received two secret formulas was that shortly after they invited the Pei family and Yue family father and son, Xu Chong specially brought gifts to visit Zhou Quan and Li Mai.
Li Mai didn't expect that instead of the heads of the Pei and Yue families, Xu Chong would arrive first.
His words were sincere; he said that Li Mai's words that day had instantly cleared up the confusion in his heart over the years.
It also broadened his business perspective, and he realized why the Xu family had never been able to surpass the Lu family all these years.
He said it wasn't that the Lu family was better at business than them, but rather that the most impressive thing about the Lu family was their sincerity.
Customers can always feel at ease in Lu's shops; there will never be any deception of customers.
Although the two families were competitors, the Lu family never used any underhanded means to suppress the Xu family.
However, the two brothers, just like Pei Jing and Yue Xiu before them, actually had a plan to take action against the Lu family.
However, they haven't found the right opportunity yet.
He added that if his sister's marriage to Zhou Lin hadn't gone through, and if they hadn't known that Lu Qian was also pursuing a girl from the Zhou family, and that they might have become relatives with the Lu family, he and his brother might have taken action against the Lu family in the next few years.
Xu Chong said that he still feels a bit scared when he thinks about it now. He said that it was Li Mai and Zhou Quan's words that day that woke him up and taught him how to do business in the future.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan never expected that their efforts would not yield results, while their unintentional actions would lead to unexpected success.
That day, he stayed at the Li residence for a meal. Li Mai and Zhou Quan both enjoyed associating with such sincere and dedicated people.
That afternoon, Li Mai took out two secret recipes and added them to Tian Shun Zhai, saying that he needed to find and adjust the proportions of some of the seasonings himself.
After that, Xu Chong really started to crave those two dishes.
However, Li Mai always complained that the seasoning they prepared didn't taste right, so Zhou Quan somehow managed to get another can of seasoning and gave it to Xu Chong.
Xu Chong followed this recipe and finally prepared the sauce.
On the day of preparation, he took a prepared sheep to the Li residence. Several people studied it for an afternoon and finally succeeded. Li Mai and Zhou Quan ate roasted lamb skewers and roasted lamb chops for the first time.
These two dishes were officially added to the menu of Tian Shun Zhai on the first day of June.
The combination of cumin and lamb, grilled over a fire, creates an irresistible flavor that instantly attracts every customer who enters Tian Shun Zhai wanting to eat lamb. Within two days, these two dishes were ordered countless times.
While they were developing the recipe for roasted lamb skewers, Lu Qian was busy with his family business and preparing betrothal gifts, so he didn't go to the Li residence and missed the opportunity to visit.
Zhou Tao had heard from her second brother and sister-in-law that it was delicious, but she hadn't had time to try it yet. When she saw Lu Qian yesterday, she wanted to invite him to go eat with her.
The six people sat in the private room, discussing how to make Lu Qian and Zhou Tao's wedding two months from now more lively.
When the grilled lamb skewers and lamb chops arrived, the group immediately stopped talking, washed their hands, and began to eat.
"Sister-in-law, this is so delicious! Even I, who don't like lamb, find it incredibly tasty," Zhou Tao exclaimed after finishing a skewer of grilled meat.
Lu Qian didn't say a word. After finishing one skewer, he picked up another lamb chop and buried his head in it.
He ate while feeling sad, lamenting that such a good business opportunity hadn't gone to the Lu family.
Xu Chong also prepared some vegetarian dishes and a soup to clear heat, reduce internal fire, and relieve greasiness for them.
When Lu Qian finished eating and washed his hands, he saw that Li Mai had also finished eating. He quickly fawned over Li Mai and brought her a basin of clean water with some hot water added.
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