Joe's Farming

Surprisingly, after playing once, Xu Ning was the first to learn. Xu Yuan was only good at theoretical knowledge but not so good at practical operation. He could play a good hand badly. Xu Ning sat on the upper hand of Xu Yuan, and every time it was his turn to play first, he would silently feed cards to Xu Yuan.

After a few rounds, Qiao Yu refused to do it anymore. Every penny counts!

"There is no love on the poker table. Xu Ning, you are not allowed to help Xu Yuan play cards anymore! Fortunately, the amount we bet is small, otherwise I would have scolded you!"

Xu Ning blushed but did not refute. He just lowered his head and pretended to concentrate on his cards.

Gu Feng touched Qiao Yu's head and smoothed his hair. He didn't expect that his husband could get so angry.

Xu Yuan was in high spirits and quickly said with a smile, "Brother Qiao, don't be angry. I will switch places with Aning next time."

Xu Yuan had never played cards before. The first time he played this game, he just thought it was very interesting. How addictive would it be if he added gambling to it? Hearing that there were many other ways to play this card game, he immediately smelled a business opportunity.

With the help of Xu Ning, Xu Yuan finally played the last card and looked at Qiao Yu with a smile: "Brother Qiao, this card is fun. Write down the other ways to play it for me. I will buy a paper mill tomorrow and make this card to sell."

Qiao Yu was also excited when he heard this, but he thought that this thing could easily become a gambling tool, so he worriedly said: "It's okay, but we play this card for fun. What if it is used for gambling? Will we be in trouble?"

Xu Yuan thought about it for a moment and nodded, "Indeed. How about this, we send one to the county magistrate first? If he thinks it's okay, we'll sell it. If he doesn't think it's okay, we'll play with it ourselves."

Qiao Yu nodded approvingly. Sure enough, his younger brother had a solution. He would never think of giving the county magistrate such a task first.

The four of them played a few more rounds and it was almost time for dinner.

"Brother Qiao, can you give me these cards? I want to play a few games with my parents tomorrow." Xu Yuan looked at Qiao Yu with a smile.

"It's no big deal? Take it. By the way, if you really plan to do it, you can design these patterns more carefully. The way to play is the same anyway." Qiao Yu suggested.

Xu Yuan immediately thought of it: "It should be feasible to change it to plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum?"

Qiao Yu gave a thumbs up: "Great! It feels elegant all of a sudden."

Qiao Yu pointed to the Arabic characters he had written under the numbers and said, "These symbols correspond to the numbers. If possible, replace all my account books with these in the future."

Qiao Yu had never thought about promoting Arabic numerals before, but recently he was getting more and more troubled by Wen Ge'er's accounting, so he raised this request to Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan was originally interested in these simple symbols, and he immediately agreed: "Okay! I'll ask them to redo the account book tomorrow. It's time to settle the account, and I'll send it over with the silver then."

Qiao Yu nodded with satisfaction. It was good to hold on to the thigh. He didn't have to worry about anything and the money would be delivered to him.

Qiao Yu asked Gu Feng and Xu Yuan to go back into the house and wait for them, while she and Xu Ning went to the small kitchen to make pickled fish.

Qiao Yu first checked the sauerkraut and pickles Xu Ning had pickled. They tasted good. It seemed that Xu Ning was also a person with a talent for cooking.

Xu Ning looked at Qiao Yu nervously as she tried some pickled vegetables and asked, "How is it?"

Qiao Yu nodded approvingly: "Not bad, you are worthy of the skills I taught you personally. The pickled fish tonight will definitely be delicious."

Xu Ning smiled happily after hearing this: "That's good, that's good. My husband has been wanting to eat pickled fish since the last time you mentioned it."

Qiao Yu was only giving instructions this time, so she just sat there and taught Xu Ning how to make a big pot of delicious pickled fish from start to finish.

When Xu Ning smelled the food, he knew it wouldn't be bad and he breathed a sigh of relief. He was planning to add this dish to Yipinxuan's menu.

There is also braised pork with pickled vegetables, which he will make himself tomorrow for his parents-in-law to taste.

Xu Ning filled a bowl of soup for the servant and asked him to take it to Master Xu and his wife.

Normally he and Xu Yuan often had dinner with the old couple, but today they had guests, so the old people let them eat by themselves.

Qiao Yu saw this and thought it was great that Xu Ning and Xu Yuan were together. Xu Yuan was in better health and looked more cheerful and youthful, while Xu Ning was becoming more and more like a househusband.

Except for the pickled fish, all other dishes were made by the kitchen in Xu's mansion.

There are fried chicken, three-fresh bone soup, stir-fried shrimps and pickled cabbage.

The snacks included Poria cocos cake and walnut cake, and two cups of rice wine were also served.

Seeing this, Qiao Yu's appetite was aroused.

Xu Ning added more rice for everyone because he was not used to being served by servants. After he got married, Xu Yuan abolished the rule of having servants serve at meals.

After Xu Ning scooped up rice for everyone, he immediately added a piece of fish belly meat for Xu Yuan, which was tender and boneless.

Xu Yuan smiled sweetly at her husband: "Thank you, Aning. You should eat quickly too."

Qiao Yu looked at the two of them with amusement and took a bite of the shrimp that Gu Feng picked for him.

Mmm...delicious!

Xu Yuan tasted the legendary pickled fish and felt that it lived up to its reputation, so he immediately decided to serve this dish at Yipinxuan.

"Brother Qiao, you have to teach Aning the recipes for pickled fish and braised pork with pickled vegetables. When Yipinxuan launches new products, we will split the profits 50-50 as before."

Qiao Yu immediately waved her hand: "I won't talk about the soap. I wanted to teach Xu Ning how to make these two dishes. Just give me one-tenth of the profit. How can I take advantage of you every time?"

He and Gu Feng have enough money now, so they can't always take advantage of their younger brother.

Xu Yuan had no choice but to say, "Alright! I'll pay for the recipes for the pickles and sauerkraut separately. We should be clear about the bills, brothers."

Qiao Yu choked, what a guy, he is learning and applying it at the same time.

"Okay. Just give it to me if you want." Qiao Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

After dinner, it was getting late.

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng went back home.

Before leaving, Xu Yuan gave Qiao Yu a red envelope containing two hundred taels of silver. Local families also have recipes for pickled vegetables, but the taste is different. The price Xu Yuan gave was already very high.

Qiao Yu took the red envelope awkwardly and made an appointment with the young couple to visit her home another day.

"When you get a letter from the famous doctor, come over to our house and tell us you're coming to play. I'm going to make some spicy cabbage and leave it there. If you like it, I'll teach you, and don't pay me anymore."

Xu Yuan quickly said yes.

Xu Ning also said expectantly: "I will study hard then."

Qiao Yu said with certainty: "You will definitely be able to learn it well."

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng said goodbye to the two of them and drove the carriage back home.

When they got home, Gu Gang and the children were waiting for them.

When Bai Lan saw her boss coming back, she went to the kitchen to boil hot water for them.

Qiao Yu looked at the lively family and felt very happy.

After washing up and lying on the bed, Qiao Yu took out the red envelope given by Xu Yuan and handed it to Gu Feng.

"Well, I don't know what gift to give you, so this is my gift to you."

Gu Feng raised the corner of his mouth: "Just giving silver is not enough."

Seeing his burning gaze, Qiao Yu felt that she was getting hot: "What else do you want?"

"I want you." Gu Feng said softly.

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