The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

At noon, Manager Chen, brothers Xue Jin and Ma Lin, Doctor Qian, sisters Chen Xiuwan and Chen Xiuwei came with their children and Chen Mingyuan and his wife.

When Shopkeeper Chen saw Zhou Dajiang, he burst into laughter. "Brother Zhou, you are truly my dear brother. It is my greatest blessing this year to be able to meet you."

"Congratulations, bro. Have you decided where to go?" Zhou Dajiang understood what was meant and knew that Shopkeeper Chen's promotion was a foregone conclusion.

"Go to the provincial capital, but the appointment will not be made until you report on your work. This time, my brother came not only to congratulate you on your new home, but also to deliver an order for 500 meat grinders."

"That's great. Come on, come on, please come in. We can eat and talk at the same time." Zhou Dajiang said as he invited people into the living room.

Village head Zhang, Uncle Chen Jiu, the two brothers Tian Youcai, and Wu Chunsheng and a group of workers also came.

There were also other families whose members worked in the factory and they all sent gifts. Zhou Dajiang had not planned to make a big event from the beginning and only told those close to him. As a result, he did not expect so many people to come.

Zhou's mother was well aware of the situation and had Chen Xiuying prepare more food. The people working in the factory were definitely coming, and everything that needed to be prepared was already ready.

Only the tables, chairs, bowls and plates were not prepared enough, so the two brothers Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe helped to arrange them, and Lou Ji and a few others assisted, and everything was ready in less than half an hour.

Besides the four of them, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Chen's mother, Tian's second wife, and Pangdong's wife also joined in the cooking. With the four people working together, and the two stoves in the rented house, cooking was quick. By the time Wang and Chen Xiuwan arrived, Chen Xiuying had already finished cooking.

Chen Xiuying prepared a total of sixteen dishes, including candied peanuts, braised pork offal, sea jelly, spinach with wood ear mushrooms, cucumber with pig ears, mouth-watering chicken, pickled fish, chicken stewed with mushrooms, cabbage stewed with tofu, crispy fried mushrooms, fried shrimps, liver tips, braised pork, braised eggplant strips with sauce, vegetable cores with garlic sauce, and baked pumpkin with egg yolk. There were eight vegetarian dishes and eight meat dishes.

Children and adults, men and women, young and old, all stopped talking once the dishes were served. Eating was the most important thing; what couldn't wait until after dinner? Even Shopkeeper Chen, who owned his own restaurant, raved about several dishes he hadn't tried before.

After dinner, Zhou Sisi saw that there were too many people at home and the children were noisy, so she persuaded her grandfather to go to the mountains to collect folk songs, just like before. When Chen Mingyuan saw that his father and son had gone, he had to follow them.

Doctor Qian was also a naughty old man. When he saw that Old Chen had gone, he followed him up the mountain and took the opportunity to pick some medicinal herbs.

This was Liu Dongxue's second visit. She was very familiar with her cousin Zhou Sisi. She brought her aunt's two children, Yujie'er and Qige'er, up the mountain with her.

Seeing this, Lou Ji hurriedly followed Zhong Yinyewei.

On Zhou Dajiang's side, after everyone finished their meal, the Xue Ren brothers planned to confirm with Manager Chen about the signing of the meat grinder contract and the supply of the goods, but Manager Chen dismissed them with just two words.

"Come to the restaurant tomorrow morning and we'll sign the contract. We'll deliver the goods in batches within two months. Is that okay?"

Xue Ren and Xue Jin looked at each other, and Xue Jin gritted his teeth and nodded, "No problem." Even if they squeezed in, they had to be kicked out.

When Manager Chen saw that it could be done, he knew there was no problem. He stopped talking to them and turned around to grab Zhou Dajiang and refused to let go.

"Brother, my dear brother, how many prescriptions do you still have in your hands?

Why don't you talk to me, your brother? Have I ever let you suffer a loss? If so, tell me and I'll give you some more money! You said you always keep it secret, what's the reason?"

Zhou Dajiang was confused by the question, "When did I cover it? No, what did I cover?"

"Has your sister-in-law developed a new dish? Did she tell you that she wanted to discuss the recipe with me?" Shopkeeper Chen accused him with his eyes, as if Zhou Dajiang was a heartless man.

Zhou Dajiang thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. Xiuying had mentioned two recipes to him before, but he had forgotten them when he went to the restaurant.

Is this another round of money? Great! I was just thinking about figuring out how to make money, and now it's knocking on my door.

He nodded, a look of guilt on his face. "Before I went to your place last time, your sister-in-law did tell me about it. But I got so busy that I forgot. If you hadn't asked me today, I wouldn't have remembered it."

"Then call your sister-in-law over quickly so I can talk to her directly. I've noticed that you don't pay enough attention to food." Shopkeeper Chen was very anxious. It was outrageous that he had a wife who was such a good cook, but he didn't pay enough attention to it.

Zhou Dajiang, being accused, was speechless. "I'm such a foodie, and yet you're saying I don't care about food! Is there some misunderstanding here?"

Chen Xiuying is currently sharing her decorating experience with her sisters and sister-in-law.

Chen Xiuwan was very interested in the colorful wallpapers. Pink wallpaper was warm and playful, light blue wallpaper was bright and lively, light yellow wallpaper was elegant and generous, and turquoise wallpaper was pleasing to the eye and comfortable. She liked every color and asked Chen Xiuying where she bought it.

Chen Xiuying smiled proudly, "I mixed the colors of madder, indigo, gardenia, and frost green respectively, and then dyed the white paper with them." There was no wallpaper in ancient times, so she had to find a way to create it herself.

"Where did you see these? Why do these names sound like Chinese medicine to me?"

"Some of them are indeed medicinal herbs. I saw them in medical books. I happened to have wallpaper at home, so I tried them casually. The results were quite good, so later I made the wallpaper colorful."

As they were talking, Zhou Dajiang came in and took her away. The two sisters Chen Xiuwan and Chen Xiuwei continued to study her decorations.

When Chen Xiuying heard Zhou Dajiang say that Manager Chen wanted to buy a house, she knew what was going on. Mouth-watering chicken and pickled fish are not ancient dishes, so it is not surprising that he is interested in them.

Unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Chen was not only interested in these two things, he was also interested in salt-marinated goods, baked pumpkin with egg yolk, and braised pork.

Chen Xiuying was puzzled. Red Braised Pork actually originated from Dongpo Pork. Could it be that it didn't exist in this dynasty? Anyway, whether it existed or not, since he wanted to buy it, she would just write it and sell it to him.

Chen Xiuying said it was no problem and she went to another study to prepare the prescription. As for the price, she could leave it to Zhou Dajiang. Negotiating prices has always been Zhou Dajiang's forte and she would definitely not lose money if she left it to him.

Shopkeeper Chen wanted to buy each prescription for thirty taels of silver, but Zhou Dajiang asked for fifty taels of silver for each prescription.

Shopkeeper Chen was shocked when he heard this. "This is too expensive!"

Zhou Dajiang thought, I was just worried about the high cost of building a house and wanted to earn more money, but you came to my door like a pillow when you were sleepy. Who else should I kill if not you?

He also knew that there were only three truly special dishes here: mouth-watering chicken, pickled fish, and braised pork. So, when Shopkeeper Chen bargained with him, he didn't give a cent on these three, and gave him a total of thirty taels of silver on the remaining two, ultimately settling on five recipes for two hundred and twenty taels.

Shopkeeper Chen took out two hundred and twenty taels of silver notes and left happily with the five prescriptions.

I'll have to come to Zhou Dajiang's house more often to eat, maybe I'll make some new discoveries. Once these recipes come out, especially the three dishes, this is another great achievement!

My good fortune is about to start to come to me, and it can’t be stopped. Clang, clang, clang…