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When Liu's father left the kitchen, he was still complaining about Liu Caixia, "Your menu is too much. Do you think everyone likes to eat lotus roots as much as you do? Why do you make so many lotus root dishes?"

"Dad, you know there's nothing to eat! Luckily you went to buy lotus roots, otherwise what new dishes can we add? I guarantee that after they eat the lotus roots we cook, they will definitely fall in love with them. Maybe we can even increase the sales of lotus roots! Hehehe!"

Liu Caixia particularly likes to eat lotus root, so when she was cooking today, she stewed the lotus root, stir-fried the lotus root, fried the lotus root, and stuffed the lotus root with osmanthus and honey.

Six cold dishes, nine hot dishes, two soups, and two desserts. According to modern banquet standards, it is above average. However, there are not so many varieties of main dishes. The variety of raw materials at that time was not rich, which was also unavoidable.

"But it is true. I will learn about the dishes later. I don't know when the Manchu-Han Banquet was introduced. Aren't there a lot of dishes listed there? Why is it that when we are here, the dishes in the restaurants we go to are really hard to describe. None of them have any dishes that I can remember. The most memorable one is the beggar's chicken we ate that time. But it was just average, and it can't really be called delicious. It can only be the tallest among the short ones."

"Yeah, yeah! I think so too! I said before that if we opened a restaurant, the business would definitely be good. What a pity..."

"Okay, just be content. You want to do everything. You have a few hands. Can you leave a way for others to survive?"

"Hey hey hey!"

Shen Wanshan naturally came here early in the morning. After the first three days of opening, the store's revenue had slightly declined, which was similar to what Liu's father had predicted. He was extremely satisfied.

I have been discussing the subsequent store opening with Lin Weizhong these days, and I admire this family from the bottom of my heart. Of course, we must maintain this relationship. Maybe what Liu's father said about opening stores all over Dayuan Country will really come true.

Shen Wanshan came with his wife and children, including his legitimate son and daughter. As a master with such a big business, he only had one concubine, which was considered good in this dynasty. The relationship between the legitimate son and daughter and the illegitimate son and daughter was not very harmonious, but at least there was no intrigue and harm to others' lives.

"Brother Yi, this is my wife Yin and my eldest son Shen Lang. He is nineteen this year and just passed the examination for a scholar. But he is not going to take the next exam because his ranking is too low. The teacher at the academy also suggested that he wait for three years. Otherwise, I would have let him go to the prefecture with Brother Luo."

"Congratulations, Wanshan. Your son is so handsome and has passed the imperial examination at such a young age. He is outstanding. His future is limitless."

"This is my eldest daughter, Shen Qing, who has just come of age. Alas!" Shen Wanshan sighed, obviously a little disappointed. His eldest daughter is a famous talented woman, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her embroidery skills have also been praised by some professional embroiderers. It's just that he has suffered setbacks in his business in recent years, which has affected her marriage.

"Wanshan, come inside and sit down and talk."

Father Liu took the man into the house, and Shen Wanshan told him that his eldest daughter's marriage was not successful because of the setbacks in the family business. The marriage that had been discussed well before was about to be finalized.

As a result, the family's business was affected one after another, and the man broke the contract at the last minute. After dating for half a year, everything was going well, but when it was time to make the final decision, he changed his mind.

He was so angry that he fell ill and stayed in bed for several days.

It was his wife who comforted him and told him to cheer up. He said that if he lost his business, he would have another chance. If he got sick from anger, it would be hard to get his health back. He was the pillar of the family and he couldn't let him fall like this.

It was also during this misfortune that he realized that his wife and aunt were good people. His aunt also tried to make medicine and food for him every day.

He was able to cheer up so quickly and get to know Liu's family, thanks to his family's support and encouragement.

If he continues to be depressed, he might never meet Liu's father and his family.

"Hahaha, Brother Yi, I've understood it a long time ago, and you don't need to comfort me anymore. I'm just nagging you. Speaking of which, if there's a suitable man in your family, can we become in-laws? A woman is also fine. Look, my eldest son hasn't been engaged yet. Before, when I told him to be engaged, he refused, and always said that he would talk about marriage after he passed the imperial examination. Look, he's already this age, and other families would already have grandchildren."

"Nineteen is the perfect age. Now that you have passed the imperial examination with your own efforts, you have the confidence to be successful. You will definitely be able to find a good marriage. As for the matter of being in-laws, I will let Caixia take a look at them for you. Introduce the children in the family to each other. If there is someone you like, we can talk about it later. Don't force people to be a couple."

"I've never seen a family as open-minded as yours!"

Liu Caixia took Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen to the room arranged for the female family members. There were two large round tables in the room, and they were taken to one table and seated. Aunt Liao was asked to prepare tea.

Mrs. Shen was also a talkative person. She pulled Liu Xiaolu over and started to praise her. Although Liu Xiaolu was young, she had been well-nourished since she was a child. She was about the same height as Shen Qing, and the baby fat on their faces had not faded. After the two met, they chatted carefully.

"My daughter is a chatterbox. She is not as dignified and generous as Qingqing. Tell Qingqing to come to our house more often in the future. Take care of her and let her study. Don't jump around like this all day. It gives me a headache."

"The child is still young, he will be fine in two years."

The four of them talked in the room for a while, and Aunt Liao came in and called out, "Young Madam, there are people outside again. The old master asked you to go and receive the female relatives."

As soon as Liu Caixia went out, she saw a row of horse-drawn carriages lined up side by side. Fortunately, there was a large open space in front of the manor, otherwise these carriages would not be able to stop.

The six chief clerks, the chancellors, the governors, the assistant governors, and the magistrates were all here. Except for the highest-ranking prefect, almost all the officials under the prefect were here. There were also a few clerks who came with their respective chief clerks and leaders.

Liu Caixia quickly invited their female relatives to come in and sit down. She not only served them tea, but also some homemade snacks.

Except for the prime minister's family, which only brought his wife but no children, the other families only brought their wife, a son and a daughter.

Yes, most of the time they attend such gatherings to make connections and bring their sons and daughters with them. Those who are of marriageable age can be shown to others who are similarly suited to them.

Of course, there are some people who want to climb higher, so they are not in this line of work.

To put it bluntly, Liu's father and Shen Wanshan are just merchants. The others all have official positions in the government office to some extent. Their ranks are not high, such as eighth or ninth rank, but they are good enough to match each other.

It was also Liu's father who told Shen Wanshan that he had two new kinds of grains, one was pepper and the other was potato.

Only in this way can these people be attracted to come. If these are all true, then in the future it will be the credit of their government. Not only the prefect will benefit from it, but also the people under them.