The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

The ladies skillfully cleaned the large basin and turned it upside down on the basin used for making smoked fish to drain the water.

After the fish pieces in the pot are fried, they carefully pick them up one by one and put them aside to cool.

Cheng Yu directed everyone to place the marinated fish on a rack that had been set up nearby.

The next day after she arrived, she was pleasantly surprised to find lemongrass here! Grilled fish with lemongrass was really delicious. She would definitely bring some back to plant when she returned to Bai Ze County!

So she quickly spread the lemongrass that everyone had cut on the rack, and only when the rack was covered with lemongrass did she let others place the fish neatly on the rack.

When the fish filled the rack, she covered it with a layer of lemongrass, and finally she directed everyone to move the rack to the lit charcoal next to it.

Soon, the whole place was filled with the rich aroma of smoked fish, which made the people fishing in the river more motivated!

At this time, Cheng Yiyu was holding a pen and paper, asking around if anyone could write. He needed someone who could keep accounts to help him remember names.

Finally, a gray-haired old man volunteered and raised his hand, indicating that he was capable of doing the task.

"Come here, Grandpa, help me do something. Remember all the people who caught and killed fish here today!

Which village are you from? Tell me your name, without missing a word, including the children!" Cheng Yiyu pointed at the children who were busy helping the adults with work.

"Okay, I got it, sir!" The old man happily took the paper and pen, and then wrote down all the people one river at a time.

"What...what is this for?" asked General Zhang Meng of Pingxi.

"Huh? Who are you?" Cheng Yiyu saw that he was wearing armor and knew that he was from the military camp, so he saluted him respectfully and then asked.

"Hello, Lord Cheng, I am General Zhang Meng of Pingxi. The emperor asked me to come here to help you with post-disaster reconstruction!" Zhang Meng also returned a salute and then replied.

"Oh, hello, have you had lunch? If not, we have porridge and fish soup here!" Cheng Yiyu asked Zhang Meng, who looked exhausted.

Cheng Yiyu looked at the big pot of porridge that had hardly been touched, and then looked at the people Zhang Meng brought with him. Although it was not enough to fill them up, it was enough to fill their stomachs.

"Sorry for the trouble. You guys go back and eat by yourselves. I'll eat with Lord Cheng and the others!" Zhang Meng knew that food was in short supply.

Lord Cheng must be reluctant to put so much rice in the porridge, and he must have put sand in it like in the previous states! He should let his men go back and eat. He should try the porridge in Jianshui State!

"Auntie, give me one, no, two big bowls. I'll make a bowl of porridge and a big bowl of fish head and tofu soup for the general!" Cheng Yiyu said to his mother who was helping nearby.

People in the military must have a big appetite!

The old lady handed the big bowl to Cheng Yiyu, and Cheng Yiyu filled the big bowl with porridge, two fish heads, and several pieces of tofu.

"Oh, this is delicious! There is no sand in this porridge!" Zhang Meng took a big sip of the fish soup, then a small sip of the porridge, and then exclaimed.

"We have never lacked food, so there is no need to add sand. The purpose of adding sand is to prevent the victims from drinking too quickly. I understand that!" Cheng Zhiwen replied to Zhang Meng with a smile.

"My sister wants to make smoked fish. The smoked fish will be taken to our restaurant as a special supply, so remember the people and divide the money later!" Cheng Yiyu replied to the first question just asked by General Zhang Meng of Pingxi.

God never treats any diligent person unfairly, and the same goes for the Cheng family!

"Ah?...Oh, so that's how it is!" Zhang Meng was eating and didn't react to Cheng Yiyu's words at first. Later he remembered that it was the question he had just asked.

"Oh? You mean the smoked fish is ready, and you want to collect it yourself?" Zhang Meng thought the Cheng family was really weird. Others who were helping with disaster relief did not take advantage of the chaos to make money, which was considered conscientious, but the Cheng family was buying things for themselves during the disaster relief!

"Yes, my sister wants to transport it back to her own restaurant!" Cheng Liyao also said with a smile.

"You Cheng family members are really weird!" Zhang Meng was eating the fish head. He must say that the fish soup was really delicious.

"Cheng Yu, are we still sisters?" Murong Xueer glared at Cheng Yu angrily, with her hands on her hips and dissatisfaction on her face.

"Of course, my good sister, what's wrong?" Cheng Yu was amused by her and looked at her curiously, wondering what this little girl was trying to do.

"Good sister, good sister, you don't even take me with you when you make money!" Murong Xueer pouted and said aggrievedly.

"Ah? What do you mean by making money?" Cheng Yu looked confused. She had no idea what she was talking about. Why couldn't she follow this child's thinking?

"You opened a restaurant without even telling me! Humph!" Murong Xueer stomped her feet in anger. She had just learned from Cheng Xiaoba that the Cheng family's privately-made restaurant business was Cheng Yu's idea.

When I think of all the beautiful clothes Cheng Yu has that she can't wear anymore, all of them are from her own restaurant, and then think of those unique styles and colors, if I could bring these clothes to Saibei...

Ah! Murong Xueer seemed to see countless money waving at her, and she was so excited that she almost jumped up! She decided to bring the Cheng family's private customization back to Saibei!

In addition, there are delicious tofu pudding and fried dough sticks, preserved egg and lean meat porridge, braised pig head and big pork elbow...

Murong Xueer couldn't help swallowing her saliva. She had made up her mind that she would also pull Cheng Yu to open a restaurant like this!

"Ah? You want to open a restaurant?" Cheng Yu looked at her in surprise. This kid really has a lot of ideas.

However, since someone helped her, Cheng Yu, to expand her business to all parts of Mu Country, she would be more than happy to do so! After all, she was determined to help the Cheng family get rich!

"Yes, I'll drive it with you. I'm going to take it to Saibei. You provide the technology and I provide the manpower. How about a 50-50 split?" Murong Xueer said seriously.

After taking all the labor costs and the restaurant fees into account, she still makes money.

When Cheng Yu heard this, she quickly put down what she was doing, turned around impatiently and held Murong Xueer's hand. This boy is the one who brings wealth!

"How about this, we split it 40% and 60%!" Cheng Yu took the initiative to propose adjusting the profit sharing ratio. She didn't want Murong Xueer to suffer any loss, so she decided to take only 4 shares.

After hearing this, Murong Xueer thought about it for a moment and felt that she was not at a disadvantage, so she readily agreed: "Not impossible, deal, I'll take 40% and you take 60%!"

However, Cheng Yu smiled and shook his head, gently tapped Murong Xueer's head, and corrected her: "No, it's me four and you six, silly Xueer!"

Murong Xueer was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and smiled happily, expressing her agreement. The cooperation between the two was thus happily finalized.

"This...are they playing house?" Zhang Meng's eyes widened as he watched the two little kids talking about business seriously. He marveled in his heart, are kids nowadays so smart?

He really couldn't believe that these two children could discuss opening a restaurant so seriously.

Cheng Liyao smiled slightly and shook his head: "No, based on my little sister's personality, she must be serious, no need to think about it!"

He knew his sister too well. Once she decided to do something, she would definitely do it. Now that she was planning so seriously, she must really intend to do it.

"What? Where does she get so much money?" Zhang Meng couldn't help asking. It takes a lot of money to open a restaurant. How could a little girl have such a huge sum of money?

Cheng Zhiwen answered confidently: "She has. She is richer than all of us. My little sister is good at business!"

He thought of the seeds that Cheng Yu had sold, the various drawings he had given to his mother, and the private customization for the now thriving Cheng family!

All these made him firmly believe in his sister's ability to make money.

"Oh, sirs, I'm sorry. I'm not good at talking. When I tried to grab the first wave of disaster relief grain from the imperial court, I couldn't grab it as well as the civil officials!" Zhang Meng was just a rough man. He couldn't beat those literati at all. He believed in the saying "If you don't agree, fight!"

Moreover, the three brothers of the Cheng family were young, newly appointed officials and were reluctant to give money to their superiors as tributes. Therefore, Jianshui Prefecture received the smallest share of the disaster relief grain.

"Don't be afraid, we have enough food!" Cheng Yiyu said proudly.

"Enough?" Zhang Meng was afraid that the three brothers of the Cheng family would try to show off, so he asked doubtfully.

"Let's go, General. I'll take you to store food!" Cheng Liyao saw that Zhang Meng had finished eating and looked at them with distrust, so he wanted to show off.

"Ah? Why is there so much grain here!" Zhang Meng looked at the grain he brought, which was not even one-tenth of what was in the granary!

"Is this reserve grain?" Zhang Meng looked at the door of the granary again and found that this was a reserve granary. It seemed that the county magistrate here was not greedy. The three brothers of the Cheng family were quite lucky.

"No! The spare granary was full of sand, which we threw out. The grain here now was collected and sent by my Xiaojiu and the young master of the Yuwen family!" Cheng Liyao shook his head and immediately cleared the name of his sister and others.

"Huh? Are you talking about those little kids at the door?" Zhang Meng remembered what Cheng Yu and Murong Xueer were discussing there, and suddenly felt that this matter was true.

"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can ask Chief He!" Cheng Liyao said. Chief He and General Pingxi knew each other.

"I believe it, everyone. Come in quickly and let's go fishing together!" Zhang Meng found it funny when he thought of the people fishing outside and Cheng Liyao who was eager to go home.

Mr. Cheng, who appears mature and steady in front of outsiders, turns out to be a sister-con!

But the little girl was really pretty, and even in a coarse linen dress she looked very delicate.

"This...is this medicinal herb!?" Zhang Meng accidentally walked to another place where sacks were piled. He originally thought they were food, but found out they were medicinal herbs!

This...this, medicinal materials are so scarce now, but there are so many here?

Cheng Yu originally thought that if his brothers had not come here, he would donate all the money to the court, but now that his brothers are here, he will give the political achievements to them.

In other disaster relief areas, there was only one position for each person, but my brother and his group were assigned three people to one position. This must have been because they were still young and were new officials with no background.

Cheng Yu had wronged the emperor. He actually wanted to train the three brothers of the Cheng family! After all, the three of them were talented and knowledgeable people, and he wanted to make use of them in the future!

"This..." Zhang Meng grabbed a handful of medicinal herbs and asked immediately.

"Yes, it was also brought by my sister!" Cheng Liyao raised his head high, his sister is so amazing!

Zhang Meng sat under a big tree, feeling the breeze. Are kids nowadays so amazing?

Looking at Cheng Yu who was commanding many doll heads and civilians not far away, he began to doubt his life for the first time!

Of course, what shocked him even more was yet to come!

(Author’s note: I originally wanted to add pictures, but then I realized I’m only 2, so I can’t add pictures!

When I upgrade to 4, I will definitely add all the pictures.

With the support of all of you, I wish you all good things in the near future and that all your wishes come true.)