The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

The small courtyard rented by the Gu family at the entrance of Juhua Lane is both inexpensive and has beautiful scenery.

There is a century-old ginkgo tree in the courtyard with a huge canopy. Now it is late autumn, and the leaves on the branches are golden yellow. A large pile of golden ginkgo leaves has also fallen on the ground, making the scenery particularly beautiful.

Su Qianqian lay on the rocking chair under the tree, lost in thought.

The shop on Fuxing Street that she rented with her uncle's family consisted of only three rooms, much smaller than expected.

Gu Huai was mainly afraid that if he expanded too much at once, his sister's family would lose all their money, so he started with a small, ordinary restaurant.

The restaurant retains the name from the one the Gu family owned before it went bankrupt: Gu's Restaurant. The sign has already been put up, and renovations are in full swing.

The waiter's clothes have already been ordered from the tailor shop and should be ready soon, but the menu hasn't been finalized yet.

These past few days, Su Qianqian has often taken her cousin Gu Ying out to eat, trying all the signature dishes from the well-known restaurants in the county.

She discovered something: the dishes in the Great Qi Dynasty had overly simple seasonings and lacked flavor, because this was ancient times and there was no MSG or chicken essence.

So Su Qianqian decided to take out the five-spice powder she had prepared and use it.

Smoke billowed from the kitchen chimney as Gu Huai prepared dinner inside.

Su Qianqian stood up and stretched, then went into the kitchen and placed her own stir-fry spices on the stove. These spices were similar to Thirteen Spices or Nande Five Spices Powder.

Adding this five-spice powder has an effect similar to MSG and chicken essence, enhancing the flavor and aroma, and will definitely give diners a refreshing experience.

"Uncle, this is a seasoning I made for stir-frying, called five-spice powder. Try it and see how it works."

"Okay, I'll do whatever Qian says."

This uncle is a doting father to his nephews; he's especially good to Qianqian and Xiaobao.

He would listen to Su Qianqian's words without question.

Gu Huai stir-fried, pan-fried, baked, and deep-fried with incredible speed and skill, and soon the fragrant dishes were ready.

At the dinner table, Qin was quite surprised after tasting the garlic-flavored vegetables.

"Honey, the vegetables you stir-fried tonight smell especially delicious."

Gu Huai also felt that the dishes tasted particularly delicious today, all thanks to the five-spice powder.

He placed the brown paper package that Qianqian had given him in front of Qin Shi. "Smell this. It's called five-spice powder. It smells very good. Qianqian gave it to me. This five-spice powder can enhance the flavor of dishes."

Qin leaned close to the five-spice powder and smelled it, marveling inwardly at how talented Qian was at such a young age, able to concoct such a fragrant seasoning for stir-fries.

Gu Yun took a bite of the braised pork and his eyes lit up.

"Dad, Mom, this five-spice powder makes vegetables and meat taste really good. With this, our restaurant will definitely be a hit when it opens."

It is foreseeable that Gujia will be able to regain its former glory.

Su Qianqian casually mentioned the recipes for a few spices, "The recipes are all made with mild Chinese medicinal herbs, harmless to health. This five-spice powder contains dried tangerine peel, star anise, cloves..."

Gu Huai quickly stopped them, instructing, "Qian girl, this five-spice powder is a good thing; the recipe must be kept secret."

"Uncle, don't worry. This five-spice powder has 'five' in its name, but it has more than a dozen ingredients. I specially bought all these spices from three different pharmacies. Moreover, the spice ratio is complicated and is not a 1:1 ratio. Even if someone knows all the ingredients, it would take a long time to figure out the correct ratio."

Unlike Su Bing and Gu Shi, Gu Huai wasn't brainless. He asked curiously, "Qian girl, how do you know so much? You know the recipe for five-spice powder, you can make flower tea, and your sponge cake is also very special."

Su Qianqian coughed several times guiltily.

If I admit that I'm from another time, I wonder if I'll be mistaken for a monster.

After drinking a large cup of tea, she explained, "Oh, back then, Fang Cheng sold me to human traffickers, didn't he? When I was unconscious from the Chinese medicine, an old man with a white beard appeared in my mind. He took pity on me and taught me a lot of things."

The people of the Great Qi Dynasty were still very superstitious. They revered ghosts and gods, so when the whole family heard Su Qianqian's words, they all believed that Su Qianqian had received guidance from an immortal.

Gu Ying was very happy for her cousin. "My cousin is a lucky person; she actually received guidance from a deity."

Upon thinking of Fang Cheng, Gu Yun slammed his fist on the table and stood up angrily, saying, "That despicable Fang Cheng dared to bully my cousin! I'll definitely give him a good beating next time I see him and avenge my cousin!"

"No need, no need, Cousin Yun, you don't need to send yourself to jail for that kind of scum. I have my own ways of dealing with him."

After all, the Great Qi Dynasty still valued scholars. Fang Cheng had the title of a student in the imperial examinations, and if an ordinary person beat him, they would be imprisoned.

My cousin Yun is almost thirty years old and still hasn't gotten married. If he spends a few more years in prison, he'll really be a bachelor for the rest of his life.

She had already handed over the portrait of the human trafficker Zhu Laosan to Gou Dan, who was a constable.

If we can find the escaped human trafficker Zhu Laosan, we should be able to identify Fang Cheng for colluding with him, and Fang Cheng will definitely go to jail.

Those with blemishes would be stripped of their academic titles and would be barred from participating in the imperial examinations.

For Fang Cheng, who wanted to rise in rank through the imperial examinations, this would be more painful than killing him.

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Gu's Restaurant opened amidst the great anticipation of the Su and Gu families.

As soon as the firecrackers went off, people came over to give gifts.

The landlady's gift was a large landscape painting, which was perfect for decorating the living room.

The gift Gong Yu sent was a silver God of Wealth figurine, about the same height as a teapot.

Su Bing felt the weight in his hand. "Young hunter, you've gone to so much trouble. This silver God of Wealth feels very heavy; it's definitely solid. You must have emptied your coffers, haven't you?"

It seems this hunter is quite fond of his daughter, having brought all his family's wealth. He mentally gave this future son-in-law a perfect score.

Mo Xiaobei internally complained: "Master Su, you don't seem very bright. That statue of the God of Wealth isn't pure silver; it's silver-plated gold."

The young master was worried that displaying pure gold in the shop would be too eye-catching, so he specially asked the silversmith to make a gold-plated statue of the God of Wealth, with a thin layer of silver covering the pure gold.

Su Bing politely invited Gong Yu to come in and take his seat. "Young hunter, come in and sit down. Have some flower tea first. The meal is ready and will begin soon."

Gu Huai didn't dare to get close to Gong Yu at all.

Four tables of food were prepared today, but he decided not to sit at the same table as Gong Yu, because sitting at the same table as the Inspector would be too intimidating, and he wouldn't dare to move an inch.

So I really admire Su Bing, his brother-in-law; he's a fool with a lot of guts.

The jade hairpin in Lord Gong's hair looks incredibly valuable. I thought he was some kind of hunter. What kind of brain do they have? How could they have married their own sister to such a fool?

How could such a fool have given birth to such a smart and good daughter? It's true that fools are blessed.

However, to be fair, this inspector was truly devoted to Qian Yatou and treated her parents with great respect.

However, the two are from vastly different backgrounds, and it's uncertain whether they will ever be able to stay together.

Constable Gou Dan also arrived, bringing a landscape painting as a gift, smaller than the one the landlady had given him. Gou Dan had bought it for one hundred coins.

"Sister Qian, congratulations! May you prosper and have wealth come from all directions."

Gou Dan had long known that Qian Meimei was no ordinary person; she was a person with great abilities.

Now, thanks to the efforts of Su's second son's wife, the fact that Qianmei managed to get Erya a job in the county town has caused a great sensation in the surrounding villages.

The elderly couple in the Su family must be regretting it to the core.

Yesterday, when he returned to the village after his day off, he saw many people from other villages coming to Lotus Village to inquire about the third branch of the Su family, scrambling to get work for the Su family to cultivate wasteland.

When Uncle Su Bing returns to the village, he'll probably be surrounded by a huge crowd. Uncle Su Bing, who's easily frightened, shouldn't be scared.

Many girls from other villages also come to Lotus Village with matchmakers to find partners.

In the past, the slogan of girls from other villages was "I would never marry a man from Lotus Village." I heard that now the slogan of girls from other villages has changed to "I prefer to marry a man from Aiyun Village, and I would marry a man from Lotus Village."

The villagers were unaware that Qianqian had opened a large restaurant with three storefronts; otherwise, they would have been even more surprised.

If business gets better here in the future, we might hire a lot of villagers as helpers... Dog Egg thought about it and felt that Lotus Village was like a boiling pot of oil, about to explode.

He used to have special feelings for Qian, but now he dares not think about it anymore.

From the moment Qianmei introduced him to the county town to work as a constable, he knew that Qianmei was no ordinary person and that he was not good enough for her.

Qianmei is a phoenix, destined to fly high and far.