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"She knew I was coming to the shop today, and she wanted to come along too!"

Zhou Yuzhi looked helpless.

"Then we can just call each other by our first names. Don't call me Miss Song. That's too formal."

After a pause, he said, "You are right, Ahe!"

When Song Wanru heard Su Zhiyan calling Su He like this, she opened her mouth tentatively. While looking at the expression on Su He's face, she found that she didn't look unhappy and had a faint smile on her face. Only then did she feel relieved.

"Yes, then I will call you Wanru."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Only then did Song Wanru notice Su Zhiyan and Su Mu behind Su He, and looked at Su He with a questioning look on her face.

Su He smiled and said softly, "This is my eldest brother. My uncle is going back to the academy. From now on, it will be just me and my eldest brother. I brought him here today to help him get familiar with the road."

"Brother Su is going back to the academy. That's great. Let's have lunch here today. I'll treat you and celebrate for you!"

Zhou Yuzhi was very happy to hear that Su Zhiyan was going back to the academy to study. He could tell from their several encounters before that Su Zhiyan was well-educated and it was a pity that he couldn't continue his studies.

Now that I see him back to the academy, I am very happy for him.

Su Zhiyan nodded slightly, with the corners of his mouth rising.

Zhou Yuzhi was a nice person and took good care of them. If there were no Qianweilou, the Su family would not be able to sell mushroom jam, and would not be able to make money, let alone he would not be able to return to the academy so quickly.

Song Wanru was quite surprised when she heard that Su Zhiyan was going back to the academy, but she quickly came to her senses.

Su Zhiyan is so knowledgeable, it would be a pity if he didn't return to the academy.

"Then congratulations, Master Su!"

"Please take a seat. I'll ask Shopkeeper Zhao to serve us some new dishes from Qianweilou."

"Miss Su, please give me some advice later."

After saying this, he gave a few instructions to Shopkeeper Zhao who was standing at the door of the private room.

Su He curled the corners of his mouth slightly, new dish?

It turned out that Zhou Yuzhi invited them to dinner because he wanted them to try Qianweilou’s new dishes.

She had previously sold several new recipes to Qianweilou, and Manager Zhao said that they had attracted many old customers back. Unexpectedly, there were new dishes now. Zhou Yuzhi was quite quick in her actions.

But Su He could also understand that for a restaurant, the most important things are new dishes and flavors. If the dishes are always the same old ones, diners will soon get tired of them.

However, Zhou Yuzhi's words did remind her that she could think of some new dishes after returning. It would be even better if she could cooperate with Qianweilou at that time.

Originally, she was thinking about opening a snack stand in the town to provide some stable income for her family.

Later, she calmed down and thought about it carefully, and finally rejected this idea.

It takes a lot of time to go from Yunli Village to the town and back. If you come to set up the stall in the morning and go back in the evening, there will not be enough time.

If she rented a small shop in the town, she had asked Manager Zhao about the rent before, but he said it was too expensive and not suitable for the Su family at the moment.

Moreover, they didn't have an ox cart. If they needed to rent Old Man Wei's ox cart every day, plus other expenses, it would be too high.

So Su He put the idea aside for the time being, until this moment when this thought slowly emerged in his mind.

Not long after, Shopkeeper Zhao and his waiters brought up seven or eight dishes. Su He looked around and found that they were all dishes she had never seen before, but the styles looked good.

"Everyone, please don't be polite. You must be hungry after traveling for the whole morning."

Zhou Yuzhi smiled and gestured to the others.

"Miss Su............"

Then he made a gesture of invitation to Su He.

Su He was not polite. Since Zhou Yuzhi wanted to hear her opinion, she decided to give it a try. She would go to the academy with Su Zhiyan later and would have to eat something before going there, so it would save her some trouble.

Su He picked up her chopsticks and started eating slowly. Zhou Yuzhi was neither impatient nor anxious. He introduced the dishes to Su He while she was eating.

A quarter of an hour later, Su He put down his chopsticks after finishing his meal, picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip slowly.

He heaved a sigh of relief, put down the cup and said, "How should I put it? It's pretty standard, I guess. Ordinary people wouldn't think it's a big deal, but if you have higher standards, you might think it's not tasty enough."

Su He's words were very pertinent. She tried every dish and could tell that the cooking skills of Qianweilou's kitchen were quite good, but each dish was a bit mediocre and similar to the dishes at Qianweilou before.

Zhou Yuzhi chuckled, "Miss Su is right. Your previous recipes were indeed very popular in Qianweilou and brought back many old customers to our restaurant. However... there are fewer dishes."

Zhou Yuzhi was a little embarrassed to say this. He coughed lightly and said, "I wonder if Miss Su has any other recipes. I'll buy them all. The price is negotiable."

Zhou Yuzhi also realized that most of the previous regular customers came for the two dishes that Su He had prepared last time. However, it would be difficult for Qianweilou to survive by relying on these dishes.

That's why he came to Qianweilou today when Su He came to town, just to tell her about this.

As for the price, it is negotiable. Su He's craftsmanship is indeed worth far more than five taels of silver, so as long as Su He says so and does not ask for an exorbitant price, it can be negotiated.

Moreover, he knew that if he had Su He's cooking skills, Qianweilou's business would surely be able to reach new heights.

He had never tasted such food, not only in other towns, but also in the state capital and even in places farther away that he had been.

Su Mu, who was standing by, was shocked by Zhou Yuzhi's words. He also knew that Su He had sold the recipe to Qianweilou before.

But I didn't expect to hear the owner of Qianweilou personally mention the matter of this recipe to Su He again today, and said that Su He could name the price, which means that it might be sold at a higher price than before.

Su Mu widened his eyes and saw that Su He and Zhou Yuzhi were talking so easily. Only then did he truly realize that Su He was indeed different from before.

On normal days, he would not dare to come in when passing by Qianweilou, but Su He could calmly discuss business with the owner of Qianweilou.

Su He thought about it, looked up at Zhou Yuzhi again, and said softly: "It's not impossible, but I don't want to make a deal this time."

Zhou Yuzhi was slightly startled and didn't quite understand what Su He said.

"How about we work together?"

"cooperate?"

Not only Zhou Yuzhi, everyone sitting in the private room was slightly stunned, some of them did not understand what Su He meant.

"Cooperation? This is the first time I've heard of this. Ah He, can you tell me what kind of cooperation it is?"

Song Wanru seemed somewhat happy. Although she was a woman, there were not too many restrictions on her in the Song Mansion. She often heard Zhou Yuzhi talk about business matters on weekdays.

So I do know a thing or two about business matters.