I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Originally, to celebrate Longzhen's children's return to the Yang family, the two brothers, Mulong and Muwang, wanted to hold a grand banquet for them. However, after asking Longzhen's opinion, they decided to keep things simple.

Yuqin prepared a dozen or so delicious snacks and invited all the villagers living around the Yang residence to come and drink Lei Cha at the Yang residence. Yuqin also wanted to reappear in front of everyone in a very approachable manner.

On this day, Yuqin gave all the servants in the Yang family a day off, hoping that the villagers who came to the Yang family to drink Lei Cha would feel uncomfortable. However, the Yang family's pets were taken to the Black Hall by the brothers Mu Long and Mu Wang. Mu Long couldn't bear to part with his two kittens, so he kept them in his room.

"Have some Lei Cha! Have some Lei Cha! This auntie is going to the Yang residence for Lei Cha later!" Master Fu said to an auntie who was washing clothes with her head down.

"Okay, okay! I'll go after I finish washing these clothes!" the auntie who was washing clothes said with a smile.

At this moment, a middle-aged man carrying a bamboo basket passed by Grandpa Fu, who patted the man on the shoulder with a smile.

Brother, I see you're carrying a bamboo basket. Did you just come down from the mountain to pick red mushrooms?

The middle-aged man sized up Master Fu. Master Fu was wearing a Zhongshan suit, a black hat, and black cloth shoes.

The middle-aged man was about to yell, "Are you sick? Wearing a hat in this heat!" when he saw the large "Yang" embroidered on Fu Ye's shirt and swallowed his words.

The middle-aged man was startled and frantically racked his brains, trying to recall if he had recently offended the Yang family. Only after confirming he hadn't did he sheepishly ask Master Fu.

Excuse me, Master Fu, is there something you need from me? I don't recall doing anything to offend the Yang family recently!

Haha! What do you mean by that, sir? Master Fu just wants to invite you to the Yang residence for some Lei Cha (a type of tea)!

"Oh! Let's see if I have the time! As you can see, I have a basket of red mushrooms that I need to get home to process as soon as possible." The middle-aged man gently patted the bamboo basket hanging beside him.

Grandpa Fu glanced at the bamboo basket slung over the middle-aged man's shoulder and said with a smile, "You've picked quite a few red mushrooms! I heard the price of red mushrooms has dropped a bit this year."

The middle-aged man originally intended to exchange a few pleasantries with Master Fu before leaving, but when he heard Master Fu mention the red mushrooms, he stopped in his tracks.

Master Fu, what do you mean by that? Does the Yang family need a large quantity of red mushrooms recently? If so, I can give you a discount!

After glancing at the middle-aged man, Master Fu pretended to think for a moment before speaking, "I remember that the eldest young master mentioned to this old servant these past few days that, for some reason, our eldest young master and second young master need a large amount of red mushrooms."

Upon hearing what Master Fu said, the middle-aged man thought to himself, "Since it's the season for red mushrooms to grow on the mountain, I can pick more and sell them to the Yang family. I'm sure I'll make a fortune!"

But then I heard that the owner of Longsheng Street is offering very high prices to buy large quantities of red mushrooms from us ordinary folks. Not only that! On the day of the mushroom purchase, the owner will also hold a culinary competition on the street. The winner will become the head chef at the newly opened Shenglong Hotel, earning tens of thousands of yuan a year! And when I'm no longer working at the Shenglong Hotel, I can open my own snack shop. That snack shop is sure to be a huge success! These offers are incredibly tempting for us common folk!

When Master Fu saw the middle-aged man's hesitant expression, he immediately understood what he meant, shook his head, and turned to leave.

When Master Fu returned to the Yang residence, the once quiet mansion suddenly became lively, with two old women gathered around Lei Bo Lei Cha (a type of tea).

Yuqin walked up to an old woman and asked kindly, "May I learn how to make Lei Cha (擂茶) with you? I only know how to drink Lei Cha, a Hakka cultural tradition from my hometown, but I don't know how to make it!"

After hearing what Yuqin said, Jianmei playfully stuck out her tongue at her grandmother and said, "Grandma, even I know how to make Lei Cha (擂茶), you must know how too, right?"

Yuqin shook her head at Jianmei and said that whenever Grandma wanted to drink Lei Cha (pounded tea), she would ask the servants in the mansion to pound it. After it was pounded, she would ask the servants to bring the Lei Cha to her.

An old woman smiled and said to Yuqin, "It's such a blessing that someone makes you Lei Cha (pounded tea)! You can't help but envy that."

At this moment, Longzhen walked to Yuqin's side carrying a bucket of boiling water, stopped, put the bucket aside, and took a tea-pounding stick from an old woman's hand.

Longzhen put one end of the Lei Cha stick into the mortar and pestle and said while pounding the Lei Cha, "The Lei Cha should be pounded in a circular motion."

Upon hearing this, Hua Ying's mother covered her mouth and stood aside, secretly chuckling.

After hearing this, Yuqin muttered under her breath, "Spinning around and beating?"

Yuqin thought about it for a long time but still couldn't understand what was going on. Suddenly, she looked at a little kitten circling around the corner of the table and suddenly it all became clear.

Yuqin spun around, struck the pestle into the mortar once, then spun around again, and struck it once more. This made everyone burst into laughter.

Yuqin heard everyone laughing at her, but instead of getting angry, she thought her method of pounding the tea was a little off. So she changed her method.

Seeing everyone laughing so much, Yuqin imitated a donkey pulling a millstone, lifting the pestle and circling it around the mortar.

Zhu Zhu saw her grandmother deliberately making funny gestures and intentionally taking a pestle from her mother's hand. Zhu Zhu then began to move in a circle around the pestle.

Longzhen covered her mouth with her hand and laughed, "You all followed my instructions to grind it? But you all did it wrong. You should grind it with the pestle in a circular motion along the inside of the mortar."

How dare you mock your mother like this? "Why didn't you explain things clearly from the beginning?" Yuqin said, hands on her hips.

"If you make things too clear from the beginning, will you find learning Lei Lei Cha (擂茶) interesting? Will you find it so funny?"

After everyone finished laughing, they realized that they were all guests at the Yang residence! And the person who deliberately made some strange movements to make people laugh was actually the noblewoman who liked to sit at the village entrance holding a wolf cub.

Thinking of this, everyone looked up and around, but there were no wolf cubs at all! There was only a group of cute little kittens playing and frolicking in the hall.

Zhuzhu was placing delicious food one by one on the large round table. Beside Zhuzhu was an adorable and playful little kitten.