Upon hearing this, Jiang Yaoyao's face flushed red and then turned pale with anger. She pointed at Jiang Yuwei and cursed:
"You dare to dine at Lianxianglou? Don't you even know what kind of place this is? How could a village woman like you be allowed to come here?"
Jiang Yuwei spoke in a languid voice:
"Oh? I'm just a country woman and I can't come, but you, a prostitute, can?"
As Jiang Yuwei spoke, she looked him up and down, then smiled and said to the heavily pregnant Mr. Ge standing next to Jiang Yaoyao:
"Master Ge is practically half-buried, and you still can't handle him. It's such a waste of your reputation as a courtesan. After Master Ge dies, people can't call you Miss Jiang anymore. When they mention you, they'll all say, 'Oh, you're that girl who served the old man to death and still doesn't have a title!'"
Jiang Yaoyao stared intently at Jiang Yuwei, her eyes wide. She really wanted to tear Jiang Yuwei's mouth apart, but Ning Huaizhi was protecting her from behind, so Jiang Yaoyao didn't dare. She had witnessed Ning Huaizhi's methods before.
So all she could do was stomp her foot in anger, look at Master Ge, grab his arm, and start shaking it:
"Mr. Ge! Look at what Jiang Yuwei is saying about you!"
At this moment, Master Ge's expression was also very bad. His face was ashen as he looked at Jiang Yuwei and said in a deep voice:
"Forget about that shop on North Street. Anyone who goes against the Ge family will suffer. I want that shop."
Upon hearing what Master Ge said, Jiang Yuwei suddenly clutched her stomach and burst into laughter:
"You're going to take it? You're going to take it? Hahaha, I'm so happy I'm going to make a fortune!"
Jiang Yuwei smiled and turned back to Ning Huaizhi, saying:
"Huaizhi, that's the best joke I've heard all year!"
Ning Huaizhi smiled and nodded at Jiang Yuwei.
Jiang Yaoyao frowned upon seeing Jiang Yuwei's current state and said:
"Are you perhaps driven to madness by the shock of not getting that shop?"
Jiang Yuwei laughed so hard she almost cried when she heard this.
Seeing this, Master Ge, who was standing to the side, also said coldly:
"You country bumpkin, you think you can fight me? You're just stupid! I'll make it clear to you today so you can give up on that idea!"
As the group was talking at the door, Manager Xu came out from inside. He was about to greet Jiang Yuwei when Jiang Yaoyao called out to him:
"Oh, Manager Xu, what brings you out here? Did you see the beggars who came to your restaurant today? Are you in a hurry to get rid of them?"
As she spoke, Jiang Yaoyao glanced sideways at Jiang Yuwei and Ning Huaizhi and continued:
"If you ask me, now that your restaurant is famous, all sorts of nobodies want to come in and freeload. Manager Xu, you'd better keep a close eye on things and make sure no one else tries to steal your skills."
Upon hearing Jiang Yaoyao's words, Jiang Yuwei's eyes widened with curiosity, and she pointed to her own nose, asking:
"Jiang Yaoyao, if I heard correctly, you mean I came to Lianxiang Pavilion to secretly learn martial arts?"
Jiang Yaoyao glanced at Jiang Yuwei and snorted coldly:
"Hmph, who doesn't know you sell food at the market? Maybe you deliberately came here to eat because Lianxianglou is famous, hoping to steal their cooking skills."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuwei burst into laughter again, and looked at Manager Xu with a smile:
"Manager Xu, she... haha, she said I came to Lianxiang Restaurant to secretly learn their skills!"
Upon hearing this, Manager Xu scratched his head awkwardly and looked at Jiang Yaoyao to explain:
“Miss Jiang, you are mistaken. In fact, the recipes for our Lianxiang Restaurant’s signature dishes were all sold to me by Jiang Yuwei. The spicy boiled fish and cold bean sprouts that you and Master Ge ate today were also recipes that she sold to our restaurant.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yaoyao and Master Ge exchanged wide-eyed glances. Jiang Yaoyao pointed at Jiang Yuwei incredulously and spoke:
"Manager Xu, are you sure you haven't mistaken her for someone else? Jiang Yuwei? Her? Selling gifts for your restaurant?"
Shopkeeper Xu smiled and nodded repeatedly:
“Miss Jiang, you’re too kind. This is our restaurant’s savior. How could I mistake her for someone else? If it weren’t for Jiang Yuwei’s help, how could our restaurant have the reputation we have today? We owe it all to Jiang Yuwei.”
Upon hearing Manager Xu's words, Jiang Yaoyao felt as if she had swallowed a thousand flies, and she was too disgusted to speak. She never expected that Jiang Yuwei, whom she usually looked down upon, would have such culinary skills. Why had she never seen Jiang Yuwei cook so well at home before?
Ever since Jiang Yuwei married into Ningjia Village, she has been like a completely different person. Not only has her cooking improved, but her personality has also changed drastically. The more Jiang Yaoyao thought about it, the more frustrated she felt. She felt that she could never compare to Jiang Yuwei.
After all, the two had fundamentally different ways of making a living: one relied on selling her body to depend on men, while the other relied on her skills to support herself.
As Jiang Yaoyao thought this, she began to hate her mother again for not killing Jiang Yuwei that day. That way, she could have married into Ningjia Village in Jiang Yuwei's place, and perhaps she would be the one who is self-reliant now.
Jiang Yuwei, tired of laughing, saw that Jiang Yaoyao and Master Ge remained silent and spoke softly:
"Oh, right, Mr. Ge, I forgot to tell you, I've already taken over that shop on North Street. Old Cao transferred the property to me before he left Ping'an Town. We'll be opening in the next few days, and then we'll be neighbors across the street. Are you happy?"
Seeing that Master Ge's face was ashen, as if he had been dead for three days, Jiang Yuwei immediately laughed:
"Remember this: from now on, my family's Yuwei Paper will become the most sought-after paper in Ping'an Town."
It took Master Ge a while to recover before he pointed at Jiang Yuwei and spoke:
"You, you, you're saying Old Cao is gone? Damn it, that Old Cao has gotten really bold! I actually got tricked by him. Even if you take over that shop, it won't last long. We'll see!"
Jiang Yuwei glanced at him indifferently and said:
"We'll see!"
After saying that, he ignored the two people standing at the door and went straight into Lianxiang Restaurant. Manager Xu followed him in.
Jiang Yaoyao turned her head to look at the back of Manager Xu as he respectfully spoke to Jiang Yuwei, and silently clenched her fists.
Jiang Yuwei came this time thinking that now that summer is here, Lianxianglou should offer something different. Always serving the same fresh, spicy, and numbing dishes will definitely lead to a drop in sales in the summer, so this time she brought several herbal tea recipes.
Jiang Yuwei bought all the ingredients directly from Doctor Lin. Doctor Lin was surprised that Jiang Yuwei wanted to buy these herbs, and when he heard that she was going to make herbal tea, he was shocked and asked Jiang Yuwei to confirm with her several times. So Jiang Yuwei promised Doctor Lin that she would bring Ning Huaizhi some herbal tea to try next time she took him to see a doctor about his leg.
Jiang Yuwei took out the package she had brought and placed it on the table, then smiled at Manager Xu:
"Today I brought you a recipe for herbal tea. This will be especially popular in the summer. I'll make a few varieties for you to try later."
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