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

After buying the vegetable dumplings, the servant immediately headed towards his family's boat.

As she walked, she wondered how happy her young master would be after finally eating the vegetable dumplings he had been longing for.

Without realizing it, my pace quickened.

Wei Siyu ran into Shen Yu'an while eating at a restaurant.

Unexpectedly, the two of them met in such a small place as Xin'an County.

Upon learning that Shen Yu'an had already taken care of things, and coincidentally, he had come on a cargo ship that his family had just bought, he was surprised to find that Shen Yu'an had taken care of the matter.

In order to facilitate future business dealings, he invited Shen Yu'an to visit his cargo ship today.

Wei Siyu was explaining the cargo ship to Shen Yu'an when she saw the servant she had sent out to buy dumplings return with a bag of food.

He thought for a moment, and realized it was the servant who had asked him to buy vegetables and dumplings a couple of days ago.

Shen Yu'an noticed his friend seemed distracted. "What's wrong, Brother Wei? Is something the matter?"

Wei Siyu was a little embarrassed to speak. Could she really say, "My vegetable dumpling is back, you can leave now"?

Wei Siyu coughed to cover it up, "It's nothing. We've already toured the cargo ship enough. As you can see, my old man is going all out to secure your southwest transport route."

“I know there aren’t many shipping companies that can handle the transport of goods from the southwest for my family. I’ll talk to my father about it when I get back.”

Seeing that things were mostly settled, Shen Yu'an said, "Perfect timing. It's time for dinner now. Brother Wei, how about we go to Zuixianlou in the county town for a drink?"

Wei Siyu thought for a moment, then said, "Okay."

"wait for me a while."

After Wei Siyu finished speaking, she walked towards the cabin.

Shen Yu'an waited for a while and then saw Wei Siyu come out with a package of oil paper containing some kind of food.

The two arrived at Zuixianlou, the largest restaurant in the county. After ordering, Shen Yu'an asked, "Brother Wei, I was just about to ask you, what did you take out of this oil paper?"

Wei Siyu didn't answer, but instead opened the oil paper, took out the vegetable dumplings inside, and handed one to Shen Yu'an, "Try it, I just discovered it recently. Don't be fooled by its ordinary appearance, it's very delicious."

Shen Yu'an looked at the vegetable dumplings Wei Siyu handed him and said, "What's so good about these vegetable dumplings?"

"Brother Shen has actually eaten this before." Wei Siyu was somewhat surprised. He thought Shen Yu'an was like him and had never eaten this before.

The Shen family started doing business during Shen Yu'an's grandfather's generation. According to his grandmother, his family used to be so poor that they couldn't afford to eat and could only eat wild vegetables. Now, his family is no longer short of money, but his grandmother heard a method from somewhere that she was worried that the younger generation would not know how to cherish things, so she would make a "bitter meal" every year. For several years in a row, they have been eating these vegetable dumplings.

He always had to drink a lot of water to barely finish the bitter and astringent vegetable dumplings, so he was very familiar with them.

When Wei Siyu saw that Shen Yu'an refused, he didn't force him. Anyway, he only brought four, and if Shen Yu'an didn't eat them, they would all be his.

“Perfect timing, Brother Shen isn’t eating, so they’re all mine.” Wei Siyu happily placed all the vegetable dumplings in front of him.

Shen Yu'an watched Wei Siyu eat with great satisfaction, his own stomach rumbling.

I went to the dock early this morning and only ate one steamed bun. I'm starving now. Why is the food at Zuixianlou taking so long to arrive?

Shen Yu'an looked at the bamboo shoot dumplings that Wei Siyu was eating and found that there were actually diced meat inside, which was completely different from what he was eating.

I couldn't resist snatching a vegetable dumpling from Wei Siyu's arms and tasting it.

Once he tasted it, he couldn't stop. He never expected that the vegetable dumplings from Xin'an County would be so delicious. If his family's "bitter rice" was this good, he could eat until he was stuffed.

"Brother Shen, didn't you say you weren't going to eat it? Why are you trying to take it from me?" Wei Siyu pulled the vegetable dumpling closer to her chest.

“This is different from what I’ve eaten before, it’s delicious.” Shen Yu’an didn’t care about his image anymore, they were all his own people.

After finishing the one he had just snatched, he grabbed another one from Wei Siyu's arms. Although this one was made of wild vegetables and had less meat, it was just as delicious.

"Where did you buy this? It's so delicious, why didn't you tell me sooner?" The reason Shen Yu'an and Wei Siyu got along so well was because they shared a common hobby: food.

Every time they eat something delicious, they share it with each other and then go eat together. Their dream is to eat all the delicious food in the world.

"Oh, don't even mention it. I only bought it today. This stall doesn't set up shop often. I had my servant keep an eye out for several days before I finally found it," Wei Siyu said.

"My servant said that it was a teenage girl who sold it with her younger siblings, and that it was supposedly made by that girl."

"He asked today, and the girl will be coming again in the next few days. If you want to eat, go to the dock. The waiter said that the girl told him that she will be selling at the dock in the next few days."

Upon hearing Wei Siyu's words, Shen Yu'an looked at the half-eaten vegetable dumpling and said, "I never expected that such an unassuming vegetable dumpling would be more delicious than delicacies."

"Right? I also think it tastes good, otherwise I wouldn't have sent a servant to keep an eye on it."

Shen Yu'an continued, "You said that if you can make such unpalatable vegetable dumplings so delicious, then you must be able to make other dishes just as well."

"Such excellent cooking skills at such a young age, she's quite a remarkable person," Wei Siyu praised after hearing Shen Yu'an's words.

Having spent so much time with Shen Yu'an, Wei Siyu knew exactly what her friend was thinking. He wanted to befriend this girl who cooked so well, and if possible, he even wanted to bring her to his restaurant.

Shen Yu'an seemed to be deep in thought. He remembered the girl who had helped him out of a predicament a couple of days ago. "I also met a girl who was about ten years old a couple of days ago. She was quite a wonderful person."

"I never imagined that such a small place as Xin'an County would have so many talented people." Wei Siyu had heard Shen Yu'an mention this before, and he wanted to get to know this clever girl, but Shen Yu'an said he didn't know where she was, so he gave up.

After Shen Cao left that day, Shen Yu'an realized that he had forgotten to ask the girl where she lived. He wanted to thank her but didn't know where to find her.

But he always had a feeling that the two of them would meet again in the future.

After the food was served, the two of them, having already enjoyed the delicious vegetable dumplings, found the signature dishes of Zuixianlou to be rather bland.

After eating a few bites, the two parted ways.

Both of them were thinking that they should go to the dock the next day to see for themselves who this wonderful person who made such delicious food was.

Unbeknownst to them, this remarkable person was at that moment inquiring with his younger siblings about where to rent a house.

Shen Cao and his group didn't know anyone, so they could only go to places they felt were decent and ask door to door.

I walked around and met some nice people, but I still couldn't find a suitable place to live.

Everyone was tired, and it was getting late. With no solution in sight for the house issue, they had no choice but to head back.

Shen Cao was just waiting to come back after selling all the vegetable dumplings tomorrow. Little did she know that a surprise awaited her tomorrow.