Chen Xuanxuan was preoccupied with her cooking that night.

She simply cooked a potato and a cucumber. She also made a winter melon dish.

In addition, she also had corn and eggplant cubes stir-fried with sausage.

Since Chen Xuanxuan's four step-sons have all married, Chen Xuanxuan's family now has 14 people.

It is actually not enough for a family of 14 to eat four large bowls of food together.

Chen Xuanxuan originally wanted to fry another big bowl of eggs, but Gu Yu'an, who always said that he was frugal and knew how to live, kept saying that it was enough.

So many dishes were enough.

Chen Xuanxuan didn't want to be scolded by him, so she nodded and agreed to it.

After the whole family finished their dinner, they started to wash their own dishes.

Chen Xuanxuan had emphasized to them and set a rule several years ago that they should wash their own dishes.

Moreover, they should keep their own dishes.

After a long time, everyone got used to it. Including the four new wives who had been married for less than a year.

After washing everything, Gu Yanzhang started to boil water and prepare to wash their faces, hair and bathe.

After finishing these things, he hurriedly brought his wives into the room.

Sitting on the bed, they began to discuss in a low voice what happened during the day.

"Wife, what do you think our family should do?"

Chen Xuanxuan heard this and immediately spoke to comfort him, "Don't be so anxious, things have to be solved slowly."

"... In fact, there is no big trick to making fish balls. If the other party really wants it, then we can use the relationship of Captain Huang to sell them the recipe of this delicacy at a suitable price."

"Even if the other party gives us a few taels of silver, we will treat it as something we picked up for free."

"After all, if the other party is from a prominent family and he really wants it, we have no way to refuse, otherwise, disaster will come."

Gu Yanzhang is also a person who can adjust himself.

After hearing this, he nodded gently.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Tomorrow morning, I'll contact Huang Pu Tong again to see what he thinks."

In fact, Gu Yanzhang had planned this from the beginning. He just didn't know what his wife thought.

... Early the next morning, Gu Yanzhang took his father, Da Zhu and Er Zhu to the store in the county town.

After arriving at that place, he went to find Captain Huang.

Captain Huang heard this and said with a smile, "The man from the Ma family wants to save face. Although he is a big businessman with a lot of wealth, what he likes most is to talk to people for show."

"He has just opened a new tavern here. I will take you there in person. When you get there, teach the chefs under them how to make your best fish balls. When you are done, the Ma family will definitely reward you. Don't ask me whether you will sell this recipe or not."

After hearing what Captain Huang said, Gu Yanzhang thought about it and nodded gently.

"Uncle Huang, I have learned a lot."

Gu Yanzhang followed Captain Huang to the newly opened tavern. He followed his instructions and really taught the skill of making fish balls to the chefs there.

When the wealthy Ma Dang saw this, he was very satisfied and thought that Huang was a very sensible person.

So, after he politely negotiated with him, he actually asked his shopkeeper to give Gu Yanzhang a "opening" red envelope.

When Gu Yanzhang followed Huang back, he opened the red envelope in front of him.

He saw a piece of loose silver inside, which weighed about eight or ten taels. Gu Yanzhang told Huang happily at that time.

"Shibo, I got this money by relying on your face. Otherwise, I..."

Captain Huang was very smart. When he heard this, he quickly said, "You earned the money yourself, so you should take it yourself. Don't be polite to me."

"I have something else to do. Let's part here."

After saying hello, Captain Huang grabbed the knife on his waist and slowly went back to the yamen.

Seeing the handsome and unrestrained back of Captain Huang, Gu Yanzhang felt an indescribable envy in his heart.

He suddenly felt that this person, with money, power and status, is good.

When he goes out to meet others and say hello, people will give him special face.

Captain Huang, almost every word he says is golden advice.

No one took what a common man like me said seriously.

Gu Yanzhang felt heavy-hearted when he thought that he had only realized these things at such an old age.

He kept reflecting on himself, and then he suddenly felt lucky. He felt that he had really married a good wife in his life.

And his wife suddenly became smart a few years ago. As a result, life at home was getting better and better.

Gu Yanzhang took the money and returned to his shop happily. Then he told them all the previous things.

After talking for a long time, Gu Yu'an was the first to be very happy.

Gu Yu'an kept patting his chest and said, "Fortunately, our family has some connections with the government, otherwise, how can we make ends meet?"

The people around him were all businessmen.

Of course, those businessmen were not doing big business, they were all doing small trades.

It was barely enough to support their families.

They heard what Gu Yu'an said with their own ears, that his family had connections with the government. They asked openly and secretly what the connection was.

Gu Yu'an has always been a big mouth.

Even when he saw his son constantly winking at him, he was still a little too proud of himself.

He was very happy in his heart. In front of his son and grandchildren, he told the neighbors about the situation at home.

After hearing this, the neighbors kept it in mind. They turned around and told their relatives and friends.

Therefore, within less than two days, people in this neighborhood basically knew that Gu Yanzhang's family had connections with the government.

Moreover, they were relatives of the powerful Captain Huang.

People have the instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm.

After those people learned that their family had such a strong connection, they actually didn't dare to offend him.

However, some people still liked to run to their house shamelessly and ask them for help.

They hoped that Gu Yanzhang and his friends could come forward in person, run to Captain Huang, and help them get things done.

When Gu Yanzhang saw how shameless they were, he refused them directly at the time.

How could he really agree to those things?

Gu Yanzhang made it very clear that he had no relationship with Captain Huang.