Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "Although his emotional intelligence was a little low this time, Tingxuan, you have to admit that my second brother is talented in business. Just look at the Anle Restaurant and Anle Inn. If nothing else, the fact that he has so many talented people who can be sent to various places as shopkeepers is enough to show that he is flexible and has a good eye for business management."
Duan Tingxuan remained silent for a while, then angrily said, "When did this brat win over so many people? I didn't know this Li Qiushan before, but I didn't expect that he could be so capable."
Su Nuannuan laughed and shook her head, "Ever since my second brother focused on his business, I feel like he has found his way. You can no longer take in everything he does as easily as before, right? This is his ability..."
Before he could finish, the young marquis said angrily, "What ability? They are just some small fry."
"Hey! You are wrong. Why are his subordinates so insignificant? They say that everything is inferior except for reading, but is it really so? You and I know it well. Without farmers to grow crops, craftsmen to build houses, and merchants to make money to develop the economy, can you scholars stand on the top of the mountain and point fingers at the vast mountains and rivers?"
"Nuan Nuan..." The young marquis looked at his lover with resentment: "I understand the truth, but... I think you should stand on my side. My husband, I also like to hear good words and praises, okay?"
"Hmm!" Su Nuannuan coughed and said awkwardly, "Well... I always support the right side instead of my relatives. I'm used to it."
"Can you do something to help your relatives sometimes?" Duan Tingxuan pulled his wife's sleeve. "For example, now, you can join me in scolding Tingye for not being restrained. Anyway, he can't hear it, and it won't affect your image as a fair sister-in-law."
Facing her husband who was justified in playing rogue, Su Nuannuan was a little confused. After a while, she rolled her eyes and said, "What you said makes sense. I have no words to say."
"That's right..." The young marquis was so happy that he forgot himself. Before he could finish his words, his wife slapped him on the back: "Go get me some pen, ink, and paper. I need to think about the recipe and write down all the ingredients so that I can give it to Li Qiushan to prepare."
"Yes, yes, I will prepare it right away." The young marquis liked to hear this. Upon hearing this, he hurried to the desk and spread out the paper and grind the ink himself. All of this fell into the eyes of Long Pingzhang and Chu Xiu who were bored in the room and came to visit. Seeing the shocked eyes of his friends, Duan Tingxuan curled his lips and sneered: "Are you surprised? Haha! Wait until you get married. I'm afraid you will be worse than me."
Chu Xiu blushed at this sentence, and hurriedly said, "Sir, don't talk nonsense. I...how could I..." But she stopped talking here, because no matter what she said, it seemed to be in a bad way compared to Su Nuannuan, so she could only lower her head and keep silent.
But Duan Tingxuan smiled and said, "What's impossible? The roar of a lion? Haha! Miss Chu. Believe me, you actually have the potential to be a lion. The more you interact with Nuannuan in the future, the easier it is to be a lion than to eat..."
Without waiting for the end of his words. Feeling a chill behind him, the young marquis quickly straightened his face and said seriously: "I said the wrong thing again. Following Nuan Nuan, only the company of vermilion will make you red. How can the company of ink make you black?" After saying that, he turned around and smiled at his wife flatteringly: "What do you think? Nuan Nuan, do you think I understand you well enough now? As an official of the imperial court, I actually openly encourage women to fight for their own destiny..."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Lord Long and Xiu'er still think I'm a shrew." Su Nuannuan snorted coldly. Duan Tingxuan rolled his eyes when he heard this. He thought to himself, aren't you a shrew? But... Alas! Who made me like your cute and innocent side? There's no cure for it.
While complaining, he couldn't help but be curious and leaned over to see what Su Nuannuan wrote. He saw that the first thing on the paper was something he couldn't understand. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "A hundred-year-old Shaoxing wine jar? Nuannuan, what do you mean? Wine jars can be used in cooking? How come I have never heard of it?"
"There are so many things you haven't heard of." Su Nuannuan ignored him and continued writing: "Two catties of premium water-soaked shark fins, two catties of water-soaked fish lips, two catties of fresh small abalone, a fat chicken, a fat duck, three catties of premium pork belly, one catty of pork stomach, three catties of mutton, twenty pigeon eggs..."
After writing down more than twenty kinds of ingredients in one breath, Su Nuannuan paused and read them again before nodding and saying, "Okay, we have enough ingredients for the main dish."
"What do you mean? Don't tell me this is just one dish." The young marquis was shocked. Long Pingzhang and Chu Xiu beside him looked at the complicated list of ingredients. They were also confused when they heard that it was just the ingredients for one dish. But Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "You can't create ten new dishes, right? That would certainly make me a big hit, but what about the future? I can't come up with new ideas every day, so we have to take it slow. For the competition with Fu Shengxiang, this main dish and two new dishes are enough. For the rest, we can use our restaurant's signature dishes to make up the number."
"What do you mean by making up the numbers? This is our restaurant's signature dish. Although it can't stand alone, it can fight three people alone." At the critical moment, the young marquis showed his face to protect his family, and then asked expectantly: "This dish is so complicated, what is its name? Why didn't I see you cook it when I was in the mansion?"
"Is there not enough food for you in the mansion? You want to tire me to death by making all of it." Su Nuannuan rolled her eyes at Duan Tingxuan: "You really think of me as a cook, don't you?"
"Don't dare, don't dare. Whoever dares to treat my grandmother as a cook, I will cut out his eyes with a knife to make him blind." Duan Tingxuan smiled, which made Long Pingzhang more worried. He shook his head and whispered, "Look, what has become of the husband's authority? No, is there still a husband's authority?" After saying that, he turned around, held Chu Xiu's hand, and asked earnestly, "Xiu'er, you won't treat me like this after we get married, right?"
"If I tell you that I will treat you like this, you won't marry me, right?" Chu Xiu blinked her watery eyes. This girl was too smart. She could draw inferences from one example and felt that she was not suitable to be Su Nuannuan's fierce woman style, so she began to practice the way of overcoming hardness with softness.
Sure enough, it was just a small test, and Lord Long was convinced. He sighed and said, "Forget it, it's easy to get on a pirate ship, but it's hard to get off. From the moment you rescued me, I was destined to get on your pirate ship."
Su Nuannuan was wondering whether to make boiled fish or shredded pork with fish flavor. Both of these are Sichuan dishes. Before the emergence of chili peppers, no matter how skilled you are, you would not dare to make them. Without the authentic spicy flavor, these two dishes cannot be made into dishes.
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