I have been farming since I crossed over.

In the afternoon, all the Yang family members gathered at Yang Mingxi's house, including Yang Laosan who had rushed back. Lu Jintang also invited all his family members to come over and taste the dishes at Yang Mingxi's house.

After an entire afternoon of practice, the three chefs had perfected four dishes. Each chef also created two signature dishes, for a total of ten dishes. These were the dishes from the restaurant we were tasting tonight.

There were six tables in the yard of Yang Mingxi's house, with ten dishes on each table. The portions were not large, and there was no staple food.

The Yang family members looked at each other, unsure of where to sit. The Lu family members were the same, standing and greeting each other.

Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "Tonight, we're mainly inviting everyone to taste the food in our restaurant and snack street to see if there's anything that needs improvement. Since we'll have snacks in the back, the portions in the restaurant up front won't be large, so everyone can just take their time."

After hearing this, Old Man Yang walked over and pulled Old Man Lu, saying with a smile: "We two old guys should sit down first, otherwise it will be difficult for them to sit down." Then he pulled Old Man Lu to sit at a table nearby. Then Father Lu and the seven sons of the Yang family sat down here, making it a perfect table for one.

On the other side, Old Lady Yang also pulled Old Lady Lu to sit together. The rest were the seven daughters-in-law of the Yang family and Lu's mother, which just filled one table.

At another table sat Lu Jintang's three brothers at home, and the remaining table was given to Lu Jintang and three chefs.

At the table next to Old Lady Yang's table sat Lu Jintang's ten sisters-in-law, and at the table next to her sat her remaining two sisters-in-law and their children.

Several girls from the Yang family, along with some of their younger brothers, sat together at the table at the back. Together with Yang Mingxi, the table was full.

After everyone was seated, the food tasting began.

Yang Mingxi went to the kitchen again and arranged for the maids to serve snacks one at a time, not too many.

The first snack was the mung bean cake made by Mrs. He, cut into small pieces and placed on a small plate per table with a bamboo fork inside. The second was the Ruyi cake, which was the same as the mung bean cake. The third was the egg cake that Yang Mingxi had baked that morning, also cut into small pieces.

Then came the second snack: cold skewers. Each table received a plate of both meat and vegetables. The two tables with more children had the dishes slightly less spicy.

The third snack is spicy skewers. They are similar to the cold skewers, but each plate comes with a dish of sesame paste and peanut butter.

The fourth snack is barbecue skewers. Each table has one plate, with a combination of meat and vegetables.

After serving these snacks, Yang Mingxi came out and said, "The skewers at the back, the first cold skewers and the last barbecue skewers, can be eaten directly. The spicy hot pot in the middle can also be eaten directly, or put in a bowl and add some sesame paste or peanut butter to eat together. It's all up to you, just adjust according to your taste."

The fifth snack is: fried chicken

Each table gets a whole fried chicken, followed by drumsticks, nuggets, wings and a chicken skeleton, and a side of modified French fries.

The sixth snack: braised dishes.

Each table was served a portion of both meat and vegetables, including braised chicken feet, chicken wings, chicken legs, chicken intestines and duck intestines, chicken gizzards, chicken livers and duck livers, as well as braised potato chips, peanuts, cabbage and other vegetables.

The sixth snack: roast duck, roast chicken, roast fish and roast pork belly.

A small amount of each item was placed on a small plate, enough for each person to have one piece, and it was served together.

The seventh snack: hand-pulled pancake, scallion pancake and egg-filled pancake.

Serve one portion on each table, cut each portion into many small pieces, and serve on a plate.

The eighth snack: cold noodles

Yang Mingxi simply cut the pea flour into very thin slices, put it on a plate, added seasonings and other condiments, and brought it to the table.

Ninth snack: fried potatoes, fried potato chips and potato shreds.

This is simple. Just fry it, mix it with seasoning and serve.

10. Iced watermelon juice

This is made by squeezing watermelon juice directly, then adding some ice cubes and sugar to mix. Each person gets a small cup.

After all the snacks were served, Yang Mingxi looked around and saw that almost every table had finished eating.

Old Man Yang said first: "This thing can be sold. Anyway, I haven't eaten it much, and it tastes very good. There should be no problem with business."

Old Master Lu also said, "It's rare. I've never tasted many of the things there before, and they taste really good. If we open this in a bigger city, we'll probably do even better business!"

Old Lady Yang didn't say anything. She gestured for Old Lady Lu to speak. Old Lady Lu said without hesitation, "Every snack is good and has a suitable crowd. This way, we can satisfy everyone who enters the snack street. This is a good idea."

Father Lu also said: "This can be done, just go for it!"

Lu Jintang looked at Yang Mingxi and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work. The snack street will open the day after tomorrow. There shouldn't be any problems, right?"

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Except for the egg cake, none of the other snacks tonight were made by me."

Lu Jintang was stunned for a moment, then recalled it carefully and said with a smile, "You arranged a good person. It was so real that I didn't even realize it wasn't you who did it."

After the meal, the family sat in the yard and chatted for a while, then went their separate ways.

Lu Jintang and Yang Mingxi found Yang Laosan. Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "Uncle San, how is your cloth shop doing now?"

Yang Lao San said, "I don't know what's going on, but whenever I find a similar store, someone else gets there first. It's happened so many times that I'm starting to suspect my brother-in-law, but I have no evidence."

Yang Mingxi said, "Third Uncle, what do you think about cooperating with Lu Jintang? He will tell you the details."

Lu Jintang said, "Uncle San, the thing is, we're running a grain store now, so we're going to bring some goods from here out. When we come back, we'll bring back some things from other places, including cloth and so on. We want to open a cloth shop, but we don't have anyone who knows about this, so we want to cooperate with Uncle San. With Ah Xi's designs, there shouldn't be any problem with the ready-made clothes."

Yang Laosan glanced at Yang Mingxi and asked, "How do we cooperate?"

Lu Jintang said, "We'll prepare the store and provide the fabrics. You'll be in charge of everything else. Ah Xi will be in charge of the design, and the profits will be split equally among the three of us."

When Yang Laosan heard this, he knew that it was Lu Jintang who was taking care of him. He glanced at Yang Mingxi and said, "No need. I will manage the cloth shop. Just pay me the wages."

Yang Mingxi shook her head and said, "Third Uncle, it's not what you think. We only provide the fabric and design drawings, and you are responsible for everything else. So our relationship is a partnership, not an employment relationship."

Lu Jintang also said: "We don't mean to take care of you. We really think you are suitable for this job, so we found you. From now on, all the matters of the cloth shop may be managed by you alone, including future branches."

Yang Laosan stood up excitedly and said, "Thank you, I will do it well, I will definitely do it."

Lu Jintang smiled and said, "Okay, we believe you. The shop is right next to the restaurant next to the snack street. It will open on the fifth day of May together with the snack street. The shop has been almost cleaned up. You can go and see if there is anything missing and fill it up as soon as possible."

"By the way, the name of the cloth shop is Qianshan Fabric Art. The restaurant is Qianshan Restaurant. The snack street is Qianshan Snack Street. The teahouse is Qianshan Tea Art." Lu Jintang said.

"Qianshan will be our future signboard, and Y is our totem." Yang Mingxi said.

From then on, Qianshan was born.