The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

Shen Chen smiled, opened the lid of the jar, and handed it to Grand Tutor Zhou.

Grand Tutor Zhou held the jar to his nose, took a sniff, and his eyes lit up.

"Is this crab roe sauce?"

"correct."

"And this meat sauce."

"My younger sister was worried that you wouldn't eat well on the road, so she prepared more than twenty jars of sauce and several packets of pork jerky for you in advance."

"I was so busy talking to you on the way that I forgot I had these snacks in my suitcase."

"I only remembered this because I noticed you couldn't eat the food at this inn."

Grand Tutor Zhou's originally gloomy face broke into a smile.

He knew that the girl from the Shen family was sensible; knowing that he hadn't been eating well along the way, she had secretly prepared so many good things for him.

Unlike this student, who had delicious food but didn't bring it out earlier, causing himself to go hungry the whole way.

He regretted his hasty arrival and the lack of a proper gift for Shen Cao, vowing to make it up to her when the Shen family visited the capital.

"What can I say about you? You've made me go hungry at my age."

"Look at your sister, she feels sorry for an old man like me who has to travel such a long distance, and she prepared so many good things for me in advance."

"I didn't give them anything, which makes this old man feel a little embarrassed."

Shen Chen quickly apologized, admitting that he had indeed made a mistake this time. He had originally intended to personally hand his elder sister over to Grand Tutor Zhou, but he had been too busy to remember.

He packed all the jars and food into a box beforehand.

"No wonder you ordered a bowl of noodles in advance, you've been wanting to eat it with this sauce for a while now."

Shen Chen protested his innocence, saying that he only thought that there might not be enough rice, so he wanted to ask for a bowl of noodles to eat with the vegetables.

Well, this bowl of noodles is perfect to eat with this meat sauce and crab roe sauce.

"Boss, do you have aged vinegar?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Waiter, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and get it for our customer."

The waiter immediately went to the kitchen and took a small jar of aged vinegar.

"Sir, your aged vinegar." He said, glancing at the jar as he spoke.

He had just smelled a fragrance, though it wasn't very strong, but now that he was closer, the scent was much stronger.

No wonder this customer didn't like their food; it smells delicious.

He saw the elder scoop out two spoonfuls of yellow crab roe sauce and two spoonfuls of brown meat sauce.

Especially the meat sauce, you can see the meat chunks.

He simply couldn't tell what the yellow sauce was.

The noodles were freshly cooked and still steaming. Grand Tutor Zhou picked up his chopsticks and stirred the sauce evenly, causing the meat sauce, which had cooled and solidified somewhat, to melt away.

The heat fully brings out the aroma of the meat sauce and crab roe sauce, making everyone who smells it have a great appetite.

Grand Tutor Zhou added a few drops of aged vinegar, picked up a mouthful of noodles coated in sauce, and put it in his mouth.

He rarely ate noodles in the past, but he had heard Shen Cao say that noodles with crab roe sauce were also delicious.

So he didn't use sauce to mix with rice, but chose noodles instead.

Sure enough, the noodles were chewy and the sauce was delicious; I was very satisfied.

The shopkeeper and the waiter both looked at the table. They had witnessed the elder's discerning palate, but they never expected that a simple bowl of noodles would make him eat so heartily.

They were very curious about the taste of the sauce.

The shopkeeper walked awkwardly to the dining table.

He had just smelled the aroma of the noodles, an aroma he had never smelled before. "Excuse me, sir, what kind of sauce is this? It smells so good."

Grand Tutor Zhou was busy eating and didn't have time to pay attention to him. Shen Chen put down his chopsticks and explained to the shopkeeper, "This is a sauce that my sister made herself."

"To be honest, my family also owns a shop. We run a restaurant, and this sauce comes from my family."

The shopkeeper was surprised to run into a fellow vendor. He scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and asked, "May I try this sauce?"

Shen Chen was surprised that the shopkeeper wanted to try the sauce. He found a clean empty bowl, scooped a spoonful of crab roe sauce and meat sauce into it, and handed it over.

"Shopkeeper, you're too kind. Please have a taste."

"These are all my younger sister's cooking skills. Try them and see if you like them."

The shopkeeper asked the waiter to scoop a bowl of rice for him from the kitchen.

Looking at the two bowls of rice in front of him, he knew that the waiter also wanted to try some.

He put a little bit of meat sauce and crab roe sauce on the waiter's bowl of rice, and under the waiter's mournful gaze, he picked up his own bowl of rice and poured all the sauce over it.

He mixed the sauce, and the bowl of rice was quickly emptied.

This meat sauce is incredibly salty and savory, and goes perfectly with rice. The yellow sauce, which I don't know what it is, is very sweet and has a unique flavor.

It was indeed delicious; no wonder the elder had scoffed at their food.

After eating the sauce, he realized that his own family's food was indeed just average.

After he finished eating, he walked over to Shen Chen and the others.

Grand Tutor Zhou had already finished eating and was sitting there waiting for Shen Chen and Ye Shu to have their meal.

Shen Chen thought the shopkeeper wanted more sauce, so he prepared to scoop some for him.

Grand Tutor Zhou interrupted, "Shopkeeper, we've traveled a long way and we don't have enough sauce. We don't have any more for you."

The shopkeeper clasped his hands in apology, "Sir, you've misunderstood."

"I just wanted to ask if this sauce is sold at your family's house, young man?"

"I'm willing to pay a high price."

The shopkeeper was indeed a businessman; he quickly discovered the business opportunity.

He bought the sauce, processed it himself, and made money by selling noodles or bibimbap.

Moreover, he felt that stewing meat with this meat sauce would definitely taste good, so he decided to buy the sauce.

Shen Chen frowned. This meat sauce was specially made by his younger sister for them to get on their way.

It seems the store doesn't sell sauce.

"Well, shopkeeper, to be honest, this sauce was specially made by my younger sister for our journey. As for whether it's for sale or not, I don't know."

When the shopkeeper heard that the sauce was made specifically for those on the road, a bold idea came to his mind.

Their inn used to have very few customers who ate there; most of them were travelers staying at the inn.

The fact that so many guests stay at the hotel is why their establishment has been able to maintain its current state.

These travelers usually eat dry food on the road, and this sauce is specially prepared for them.

If he could get the sauce wholesale from this guy's house, he could resell it to passersby in his shop.

He just provides vegetarian dishes, dried noodles, and white rice. Can't he make money that way?

He walked up to Shen Chen, took his hand, and said, "Brother, I haven't asked you where you live yet?"

"I have a business opportunity I'd like to discuss with you. I wonder if you'd be interested?"