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"Two aunts, go to the kitchen and wash the vegetables first. Six waiters, carry some dishes and chopsticks upstairs. Take a bucket of each sauce and put it in the cabinet in the corridor. Put a brazier in the corner of each private room upstairs, and open the window a little to let in some air."

Lin Qingxue gave everyone a brief speech, arranged things, and everyone got busy.

The Lin family opened three shops in total, two food restaurants and one neighboring restaurant. The three shops hired three accountants to keep the books.

Therefore, Lin Qingxue asked Li Jiangyang, who originally taught children to read, to be the general manager and be responsible for the account books of the three shops.

Anyway, the children all went to college to study, so he didn't need to teach them every day. With plenty of free time, how could Lin Qingxue waste his talent? Naturally, he made good use of it.

The marinated chickens and ducks were hung in the oven with iron hooks and started to be roasted. The same went for the hares. Three ovens were just enough.

As time passed, the fragrant aroma spread. When everyone smelled it, they instantly became confident about today's business.

"Brother, it's almost time. Go out and light the firecrackers. Sisters-in-law, help second brother in the kitchen. Third brother, go write the menu."

Lin Qingxue calmly instructed her brothers and sisters-in-law to work, because she could see the anxiety and restlessness in everyone's hearts, and wanted to find something for them to do so that they wouldn't be too idle and think about all sorts of things.

With the arrival of noon, the restaurant welcomed its first batch of customers, who were several nearby neighbors. They smelled the rich aroma from afar and were so greedy that they couldn't help but come over to eat.

Lin Qingming warmly invited them to sit down and said, "Our restaurant is opening today. Our recommended dishes are roast chicken, roast duck, roast rabbit, and other barbecued meats. Take a look and see what you would like to eat."

"Give me half a roast chicken and half a roast duck, and a roast rabbit. I'll also pair it with some side dishes and staple foods!" The people who came were a family of four, parents with a pair of children. It was the father who spoke first, and the others didn't say anything, but just sniffed the fragrance in the air.

It wasn't just Lin Qingming's table; similar scenes were happening at several other tables. Basically, everyone who came to eat ordered roast chicken, roast duck, or roast rabbit. If there were a lot of people, they would order a whole one, and if there were a few, they would order half a rabbit.

More and more people came into the restaurant and everyone was very busy, but they always had smiles on their faces. The three Lin Qingming brothers shuttled back and forth between the food delivery area and the front hall, helping to serve the dishes.

Li Yanniang and her three sisters-in-law were busy in the kitchen preparing side dishes and staple foods. Only Lin Qingxue was sitting at the counter, looking relatively leisurely.

"Miss Lin Si, long time no see," Lin Qingxue was in a daze when she heard someone calling her. She looked up and saw it was Gu Jinxuan.

"Mr. Gu, are you here for dinner?" Lin Qingxue said as she looked behind him, only to see two little children, a boy and a girl, following Gu Jinxuan.

"Yes, I heard from a friend that a new restaurant opened in Dongcheng and they serve some new food. I went out to help with disaster relief a while ago and had a few days off when I came back, so I took my two kids out for a meal."

Gu Jinxuan said with a smile on his face, putting Lin Qingxue on an equal footing with himself. His tone was very gentle, completely devoid of his previous arrogance and rebelliousness.

As the current emperor's nephew and the empress dowager's grandson, Gu Jinxuan has been loved since childhood. Both of his parents are in high positions, and he has never lacked followers.

Behind Gu Jinxuan, his two children looked at him in disbelief. From childhood to adulthood, they had never seen their father being so kind to anyone. This was the first time they had seen it.

"There are private rooms upstairs. You are of noble status, so please sit in the rooms! The hall is full," Lin Qingxue said calmly. To her, no matter how noble Gu Jinxuan's status was, it had nothing to do with her.

"Okay, do you have any food recommendations?" Gu Jinxuan nodded indifferently. He originally wanted to bring the children out for a meal to build up their relationship, but he didn't expect to meet Lin Qingxue here. This was really a big surprise.

After returning to the imperial city, Gu Jinxuan became busy. He originally thought that he could forget Lin Qingxue by being busy, after all, the gap in their status was too big.

However, after seeing each other for such a long time, he found that his feelings for Lin Qingxue had only increased.

Since they can meet again in such a huge imperial city, it means that they are destined to be together, so he will not give up. Lin Qingxue is destined to be his.

Lin Qingxue naturally didn't know what Gu Jinxuan was thinking. She said something to Lin Qingming and took Gu Jinxuan and his group to the private room upstairs.

Gu Jinxuan and his two children, plus a few servants, totaled seven or eight people. Lin Qingxue took them directly to an eight-person box upstairs.

"There aren't many of you. How about half a roast chicken and half a roast duck? Or a roast rabbit? And for the main course, a few steamed buns will be enough. What do you think?"

After bringing them to the private room upstairs, Lin Qingxue thought that they must want to eat the recommended dishes, so she took the initiative to order dishes for them.

"Okay, bring us a pot of hot tea," Gu Jinxuan nodded calmly, and then said, "After dinner, I want to talk to you. Do you have time?"

Since Gu Jinxuan has made up his mind to marry Lin Qingxue and take her home, he plans to put it into practice. Otherwise, what if someone else gets there first?

"Okay, you guys eat first! After you're done, ask someone to call me, I'll be downstairs," Lin Qingxue thought about it and agreed, although she didn't think there was anything to talk about between her and Gu Jinxuan.

Seeing that Lin Qingxue agreed, Gu Jinxuan's expression softened, and he knew that he had a chance.

Seeing that he had nothing else to do, Lin Qingxue went downstairs to order the menu. After the kitchen was ready, she asked the waiter to deliver the dishes to the private room upstairs, and she went back to sit at the counter.

Lin Qingxue was busy counting the accounts at the counter, but she couldn't help but think of Gu Jinxuan. She really couldn't understand what this noble young man wanted to talk to her about.

She was not familiar with him, and they had only had a brief contact when they were fleeing from famine. Although she knew that he might have some feelings for her, their family backgrounds were so different that they were not a good match for each other.

Even though Lin Qingxue was a person from later generations, she knew the importance of being well-matched. She was just a divorced rural woman with two children. Even if the other party was a widower, he was a high-ranking official and had many people trying to curry favor with him.

So, she never thought that the two of them could be together until the end.

If she were in the future, she could try to have a relationship with the other party, but this is in ancient times, and she doesn't want to ruin her reputation and affect her two well-behaved daughters.

Since you know the ending won't be good, there's no need to start. Thinking of this, Lin Qingxue's thoughts became more and more confused.