What breakfast? Why are you being so secretive? She hasn't had breakfast yet!
She turned around and chased after Shen Ziyu: "Brother Shen, what delicious food did you buy? Let me try some!"
"No, this is for Ruan Ruan."
Cheng Qingyan followed Shen Ziyu relentlessly: "Hey, just let me try a little bit. If it's good, I'll buy some for my wife too."
Shen Ziyu remained unmoved: "They're sold out. You have to go buy them early to get them."
Heaven knows how long she queued to buy breakfast from Qianweiju.
But who was Cheng Qingyan? Even if he didn't give her food, she wouldn't be discouraged. She chased him all the way to Ruan Banxia's room, and Cheng Qingyan didn't give up.
Finally, Ruan Banxia opened the breakfast bag, revealing nothing more than pan-fried dumplings. It was the same pan-fried dumpling recipe she had given Liu Baisheng and the others before she fainted, except this time she used fresh shrimp meat. Since she could use fresh shrimp from the fishpond, the flavor was incredibly delicious.
So during her coma, Luo Ji and Liu Baisheng didn't neglect their business. They not only launched pan-fried buns with various fillings at Qianweiju, but also fish porridge and other dishes.
However, pan-fried buns taste best when they are made and eaten fresh.
Glancing at the pan-fried buns that Ruan Banxia had already covered up, Cheng Qingyan said without any mercy, "I thought it was something special, but it's just pan-fried buns and fish porridge. Why are you protecting it like this?"
Ruan Banxia lowered her head and smelled the breakfast Shen Ziyu had brought her, then rolled her eyes at Cheng Qingyan: "You're just a sour grapes."
Cheng Qingyan scoffed, "Just you wait, I'll have the chef from Qianweiju come over and cook something fresh for us. Don't be too envious~"
Watching Cheng Qingyan's dashing departing figure, Ruan Banxia fell into deep thought. These pan-fried buns in front of her... she seemed to have eaten something similar at Cheng Qingyan's house before? Only the shape seemed different; these buns looked better.
I took a bite, and it tasted alright. The filling was plentiful and fresh. But the texture... how should I put it? It was quite similar to the steamed buns Ye Lingyu had made for them before.
At Qianweiju, Cheng Qingyan also invited the chefs from Qianweiju to come and make steamed buns.
"Wood, do you think Qianweiju was the shop Cheng Qingyan used to run in the county town?"
Shen Ziyu blinked: "Didn't she say she would send the chef from Qianweiju to the manor? We'll find out when we go over there later."
"That seems to be true, but have you eaten?"
"...I forgot." She really had forgotten; she came straight back after buying the food. She was thinking of giving it to Ruan Banxia as soon as possible, and forgot that she hadn't eaten breakfast herself.
Ruan Banxia pulled Shen Ziyu's arm: "Sit down and eat together. There's so much, I can't finish it all."
While they were eating breakfast, Cheng Qingyan had already sent someone to Qianweiju to invite a chef.
She wouldn't have suddenly thought of eating them before she saw them; but now that she saw them, she suddenly wanted to try some. Anyway, her wife, father, and mother hadn't eaten yet, so they could all try them together.
When Ruan Banxia and Shen Ziyu arrived, the chef at Qianweiju had almost finished making the pan-fried buns.
Yun Yue and Xiao Yining were already eating and waiting for the steamed buns.
Ruan Banxia leaned closer to Cheng Qingyan and asked, "Is this Qianweiju yours?"
Cheng Qingyan was taken aback: "Didn't I tell you?"
Ruan Banxia spat at her: "Brother Cheng, you're really dishonest, eating all the food yourself!"
Cheng Qingyan hurriedly explained, "Huh? I thought you all knew. Qianweiju was the first restaurant I opened in the county town."
Ruan Banxia's eyes darted around: "Oh? Looks like you have other shops?"
Cheng Qingyan didn't want to hide the fact that she was opening shops, so after thinking about it, she briefly told them about the shops.
Even Shen Ziyu was impressed by her, indicating that this matter was not simple.
Ye Lingyu knew that she owned quite a few shops, but she hadn't paid attention to the exact number. Even she was surprised when she heard it now.
In Yuanning County alone, Cheng Qingyan's shops occupy almost two streets. She doesn't just focus on one industry; she has dabbled in almost everything.
Ruan Banxia grasped the key point: "You mean, all your shops have the character 'Cheng' in the lower left corner of their signboards?"
"Uh-huh."
"Does that mean all the shops with the character 'Cheng' under their signs are yours? Did you buy all the shops?"
"Previously, most of them were rented, but now, they've probably all been bought."
"Oh, right?" Ruan Banxia suddenly remembered that the character "Cheng" was also engraved below the Pujitang shop. She quickly asked, "Don't tell me Pujitang is yours too!" The reason she noticed Pujitang was mainly because she thought its medicinal herbs were good and very complete. Although the shop wasn't very big, it had quite a few thousand-year-old medicinal herbs, comparable to some of the large pharmacies in the prefecture.
Speaking of Pujitang, isn't that the pharmacy owned by Yan Nanxing and his wife? She herself didn't even know when it became her business.
"That pharmacy? I only provided them with some medicinal herbs. That's because I have some connections with Doctor Yan, but the pharmacy is definitely not mine."
Ruan Banxia didn't believe it: "But there was also a Cheng character engraved under the signboard of Pujitang. I remember it very clearly. At the time, I was wondering why there was an extra character on the signboard of the pharmacy."
Cheng Qingyan blinked innocently and looked at Ye Lingyu. Ye Lingyu shook her head, indicating that they hadn't paid much attention to this issue when they went there that time.
Yan Nanxing and the others hadn't told her about it, and Cheng Qingyan herself hadn't seen it with her own eyes, so it was hard to say. But she clearly remembered that she hadn't signed a contract with Yan Nanxing to purchase the pharmacy.
The steamed buns were ready, and Cheng Qingyan busied herself eating them: "Then next time I see Doctor Yan, I'll ask him what happened. By the way, Doctor Ruan, did you go to Puji Hall to buy medicinal herbs?"
"Well, I guess so."
Shen Ziyu added, "Ruan Ruan went to Pujitang for a free clinic."
I see. But Cheng Qingyan still said, "If you need any medicinal herbs, go to Pujitang and get them. Put it on my tab."
Ruan Banxia didn't bother with formalities: "Then thank you very much, Brother Cheng."
"No problem at all~ Eat your buns!"
Although Ruan Banxia and Shen Ziyu had already eaten, the freshly baked buns were so tempting that they couldn't resist having some more.
Before we knew it, almost everyone had eaten their fill.
Cheng Qingyan wanted to get some exercise; she hadn't had a proper chance to explore Yuanning County with Ye Lingyu yet, and now was the perfect time.
Since we're going shopping, how can we leave Ruan Banxia and the others behind?
Ye Lingyu went to retrieve the identity token that Luo Ji and Liu Baisheng had given her earlier. Simply put, as long as she had the token given to her by Luo Ji and the others, she could make free purchases at all the shops under Cheng Qingyan's name.
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