Jing Chen hesitated for a moment, and he could wait here to see if the white wolf could find ginseng, so he said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Xu."
Old Master Xu said, "Don't call me old master anymore. If you don't mind, just call me Grandpa Xu." Jing Chen nodded.
The secret guards around him looked at their master in surprise. The master had been aloof since childhood. Apart from being kind to his grandmother, he was also very cold towards his own father. So Jing Chen and his secret guards stayed there.
The next morning, Wang specially stewed a chicken for Jingchen to nourish his body and asked him about his well-being. Qibao, who was standing next to him, was a little jealous and looked depressed. Jingchen noticed Qibao's expression and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Su Chenyu had just gotten up at this time, and Wang had already left breakfast for him in the pot. After everyone had finished breakfast, Su Chenyu said, "Qibao, I wonder what you think about the barbecue restaurant business we discussed yesterday?"
Qibao said, "Of course, I can, but the shop area cannot be too small, and I want to open a self-service barbecue restaurant."
Su Chenyu asked in confusion, "What does Qibao Self-help mean?"
Qibao said, "What do you think of this? The customers order the dishes and we grill them ourselves!"
Su Chenyu said, "This is a good idea. You can grill the food however you want, and invite two or three friends to grill and chat at the same time. It's really fun and relaxing!"
Qibao said, "But we still need to make an iron plate, light a charcoal stove underneath, and make some iron tongs for picking up food, but we have to find a shop first."
Su Chenyu said, "Okay, then the three of us will open a shop together. How about a 30:30:40 split? My cousin and I will take 30%, and you take 40%?"
Qibao readily agreed, "No problem!" Su Chenyu immediately sent a secret guard behind him to ask someone to go to the town to look for any larger shops, and report immediately if they found any.
At this time, in the study of Yipinxian in the town, a shopkeeper with a sullen face was pacing back and forth. He felt that Yipinxian must have been attacked by someone. Not only was his silver stolen, but the stack of secret letters was also missing. He was now sweating coldly on his back. Once the letter got out, his life would be over.
"Agui, come in!" the shopkeeper called out in a deep voice.
A large man came in from outside and saluted. The shopkeeper said, "Have you found out what happened? Who drugged the restaurant? And have you found any clues about the money I lost?"
The big man named Agui said, "Boss, no, this guy must be very skilled, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to secretly drug us and steal our money! We must have offended someone."
The shopkeeper's face turned red with anger and he said, "Nonsense, otherwise who would go against me, Yipinxian, for no reason! But if I were to say who I've offended recently, it would probably be Zuixianlou."
Agui asked, "Boss, are you talking about the last incident? But I didn't reveal my true identity when I was looking for the person. They shouldn't have known it was us who did it, right?"
The shopkeeper said, "Fool, sometimes you don't need evidence. If others think it's you, then it's you. Think about the people in Huamen Town who could oppose Zuixianlou. They probably guessed it was me, Yipinxian, a long time ago. It's just that they have no evidence, so they can only resort to such shady tactics."
Agui asked, "What should we do now?"
The shopkeeper said, "Go down and continue investigating this matter."
After Agui left, the shopkeeper thought more and more that it was not good. If it was Zuixianlou who did it, then the letter would have fallen into Zuixianlou's hands! If Zuixianlou sent the letter to the government, then it would be the end of me. He even thought about running away, but he was unwilling to abandon the Yipinxian that had made him rich for more than ten years.
Suddenly, the shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said, "Since Zuixianlou is doing this, then I will follow suit. I will find someone to sneak into Zuixianlou... I will drag you down with me even if I die..."
Qibao didn't know that Yipinxian had come up with a new plan. She was instructing Xiaoling in her mind to plant more cumin and dried chilies in the space.
Qibao suddenly wanted to eat pickled fish. Thinking that he hadn't eaten fish for a long time, he immediately became interested. He made a fishing rod by himself, made an embroidery needle into the shape of a fishhook, dug some earthworms, and went to the river with a bamboo house on his back.
Su Chenyu, who was talking to her cousin in the room, saw Qibao preparing to go out with his things and asked, "Qibao, where are you going?"
Qibao said, "I want to go catch some fish to eat. If you are interested, you can come with me, Mr. Su."
Su Chenyu readily agreed and was about to go back to fetch her cousin when she saw Jingchen standing up and approaching Qibao. It was clear he wanted to go too! So Qibao made two more identical fishing rods, and together they headed to the river.
Several people chose a location and Qibao also brought some rice and sprinkled it in the river to make a nest. The rice she brought was all magical rice, which was very tempting to animals.
Several people were fishing and chatting when suddenly Jingchen's fishing rod sank. Qibao said, "A fish is on the hook, hurry up and reel it in!" Jingchen lifted the fishing rod up. With the movement, the fish finally appeared. It was a crucian carp, not a small one. Jingchen lifted the fish ashore, took it off the hook and put it in the backpack.
Su Chenyu said, "Sure, cousin! I thought I would be the first one to catch a fish! But it doesn't matter, I will definitely be the next one." As soon as he finished speaking, Qibao's fishing rod was also hooked with a fish. Su Chenyu's face froze and he said, "Okay, just forget what I said."
Qibao laughed as he hung up the phone, "Mr. Su, don't be too confident when you're not sure!" Seeing Qibao's happy smile, Su Chenyu also laughed and said, "This slap in the face came too quickly, it's better to hit yourself in the face."
After hearing this, they laughed even more happily, and even Jing Chen smiled faintly with the corners of his mouth curved.
Qibao caught a grass carp weighing nearly two kilograms. Thinking that there were many people in the family, it was not enough, and grass carp was the most suitable for making sauerkraut fish.
The group continued fishing until almost lunchtime, and their catch was quite good, enough for the whole family to have a delicious meal.
After returning home, Qibao pestered Wang to cook fish for lunch. Wang had no choice but to agree and asked Zhang to kill the fish. Qibao also asked her grandmother to take out the pickled vegetables, and she wanted to cook by herself.
Qibao added shredded ginger and chili to the kimchi and stir-fried it until fragrant. Then he added water and brought it to a boil. After boiling, he took the fish out of the pot and poured the cut fish fillets into the sauerkraut soup and blanched it for two minutes. He put the soup and fish into the sauerkraut pot, then poured oil into the pot, took out chili peppers, red oil, Sichuan peppercorns, etc. from the space and stir-fried them all. Then he poured it on the fish fillets with a sizzling sound. The job was done.
Wang and the other four mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law watched Qibao's operation and silently took note of it. Smelling the smell, Li said, "This pickled fish smells spicy and pungent, and it's spicy enough. I like it."
Lin said, "I like this one too. It makes me feel warm after eating it."
Wang said, "Since you like it, eat more when you are served. Let's take all the bowls and chopsticks over."
At the dining table, Su Chenyu asked, "Qibao, this is the fish we caught this morning, right? I didn't know you could cook fish like this. I really want to try it." Everyone picked up a piece of fish fillet and put it in their mouths. The first feeling was that it was tender, and then they felt that it tasted numb and spicy. However, the taste was really amazing.
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