Then Shi Yurou came in. Seeing Su Nuannuan, she put on a very warm smile and came up to greet her first. Su Nuannuan hurriedly pulled her back. The two sisters-in-law greeted each other. Shi Yurou said anxiously, "My second master and I have been waiting for you so long. But you are so good. You don't want to come back after being delayed outside. You don't understand our difficulties here. You make us feel like ants on the hot pot."
"What are you talking about? I don't understand. It's fine if the old lady said that about me, but why are you blaming me too? When did I become an indispensable person in this family?" Su Nuannuan was really confused. After just a few months away, Shi Yurou suddenly felt that she was fine? This smile and enthusiasm really showed a sense of intimacy. Was she dazzled?
"Sister-in-law is naturally the most indispensable person in this mansion. No need to say more, just tell me about Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, boiled fish, and chili peppers. You know I have been holding it in for so many days, I am almost turning into a rat. I just sent someone to tell the second master that he will probably be back soon, and then sister-in-law will have to go to the restaurant to demonstrate in person. Li Qiushan, this bastard, obviously only has eyes for Anle Tower in Linqing. He asked him to send someone to teach, but he sent a random cook over. No matter how he cooks, it doesn't taste good. That bastard also said that this depends on talent. Bah! If it comes to talent, aren't the old chefs in Anle Tower in our capital more talented than those over there? Humph! I don't know what kind of drug our second master took. Tell me, someone who doesn't see the overall situation should be fired. What kind of shopkeeper is he? He's more like an ungrateful wolf."
Shi Yurou spoke quickly and hastily, even a little incoherently, but Su Nuannuan still understood, so she hurriedly said with a smile: "You can't say that, second brother is right. We should cultivate this kind of competitive consciousness among our subordinates, so that everyone can strive to be the best..."
Before she could finish, she heard Old Lady Fang slamming the table and saying, "Come on, how come I didn't know that you two sisters-in-law were so close? Have you forgotten that Zhaocai was almost beaten to death that day?"
Everyone was stunned, and then they all burst into laughter. Shi Yurou also hurriedly came to the old lady Fang with a smile, pinched her shoulders and said: "Old lady, I just need to ask my sister-in-law for something right now. That's why I smiled and said a few words. Don't you see how much I envy and hate her? Why do you need to personally go to the trouble of provoking her? Don't worry, the person closest to my sister-in-law in this mansion is naturally you. I, her sister-in-law, was stepped on by her, I know this. What's the point of making money? Think about the thousands of taels of silver I lost last winter, that was really a waste of my heart."
Everyone laughed again, secretly thinking that the Second Mistress had been reborn. Look how beautifully she said these half-truths, which made her seem so honest. This method was many times more clever than her previous smiling but dagger-hiding method. No wonder the old lady liked her now.
Old Lady Fang smiled for a while, and felt that all the anxiety and irritability of the past few months had been swept away, leaving only full of joy and fun. The old lady was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, but what she cared about most was not the change in the relationship between Su Nuannuan and Shi Yurou, but she took Shi Yurou's hand and asked: "What are you talking about? Who cooked the fish again? Why are you so anxious? What's going on? Could it be that your sister-in-law secretly made something delicious again? She refused to give it to us and wanted to eat it all by herself? If this is true, tell me that her place is a rat hole, and I will send a few old cats to raid her house."
Everyone laughed again, and Shi Yurou couldn't stop laughing. After she managed to hold it back, she told the news that she had received from Anlelou in Linqing that day. Then she continued, "Second Master came back and told me that the people sent by Anlelou always said that our Buddha Jumps Over the Wall tasted wrong, not authentic or genuine. In fact, that bastard was just an assistant from Anlelou in Linqing. Li Qiushan didn't want his skills to be easily learned by Anlelou in Beijing, so he tried his best to delay it. In the past few months alone, I heard that many people rushed from Beijing to Linqing specifically to taste the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. After returning, they all said that the dish was the best in the world and complained that our Anlelou in Beijing didn't have it."
"No wonder, that Li kid probably did it for this effect, he knows how to teach his apprentice to starve his master to death. What Nuan Nuan said is right, he also wanted to stand out among the servants, everyone has selfish motives, if you think about it carefully, this is actually his advantage."
Old Lady Fang gave Manager Li a fair evaluation, but then Shi Yurou said, "The ancestor is kind, but why don't you think about it? Li Qiushan refused to send a chef who really knows how to cook Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and our people can't learn it either. Second Master also didn't want to ruin his reputation by making it authentic. So, from the time my sister-in-law left Linqing until now, it's been two or three months, and the ancestor didn't even get to taste the soup of this world-famous delicacy. I didn't dare to tell you, for fear of whetting your appetite but not letting it go..."
Before she could finish, Old Lady Fang slammed the table and said angrily, "That's right. That shopkeeper surnamed Li is such a jerk. How could he not send the skills to the capital city right away after learning them? He kept them for his own benefit. What a jerk."
Everyone: ...
Su Nuannuan: ... Old lady, you can't change your attitude so quickly, right? This is a slap in the face. You can't throw away your lifelong reputation for a dish of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. This... This is not dignified.
Just when everyone was speechless, a loud laugh was heard from outside the door: "What are you talking about? Why are you so happy? Let me listen too."
Everyone: ...
Su Nuannuan: ...Which ear of yours heard our lively and happy conversation? Didn't you hear the old lady scolding Shopkeeper Li?
Duan Tingxuan said something and came out from behind the screen. Seeing that everyone in the hall was looking at him in silence, he was stunned. He looked at himself first and thought to himself, "No problem. I just took a quick shower and changed into home clothes. Isn't this quite elegant?" Could it be that... I said something wrong? But it was just a polite remark. What could be wrong? This is not the way to find fault with something, right?
Just when I was puzzled, I heard Old Lady Fang say, "You little brat, you still remember to come back? I've been thinking that if you don't come back in a few days, you might as well not come back. I don't care. Since you are back, go and do something for me immediately. Call the shopkeeper of Linqing Anle Tower back to the capital and assign him some random job. He is a rebel..."
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