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Qiao Ke had invited his uncle to do the cooking. If this recipe were given to others, she wouldn't be at ease. Her uncle and her father had come from the same sect, and their cooking skills were similar.

This uncle of hers was called Qiao Dali. After she had graduated, she had specially walked between the villages to prepare red and white wedding banquets for others. She had been given a spoon of the nickname Qiao and watched people cook. Now that he was old and tired from walking all over the street, he had come to see Joco a few days ago and tasted pottery. He slapped his thigh. This was the only taste he had and he even really liked eating pork. Unfortunately, the taste of the pork was not good and it was always difficult to make delicious dishes.

From that day on, for the sake of these two bites, he sold himself to his niece to make pottery.

When Joko saw her, she quickly came over to greet her. "Sister, if you're not coming out, I'll send someone to the village to find you! There's more people here, let's go to the backyard to talk! "

Pulling the little girl to the backyard, Qiao Ke hurriedly told her how much silver he had sold in the past few days. "We have sold a total of 15 taels of silver these days!" Many farmers' pork in the vicinity has already been emptied by me, and after a few days, it won't be enough. I've seen it for a while, and there will be more people raising pigs in the vicinity.

"Sister, don't worry, I think some people have already figured out what's going on with the pork. Although the price of the pork will increase, it's impossible for us to find another way out like we did in the past few days. What do you think I brought with me?" The lady stopped her with a mysterious smile and lifted the cloth from the bamboo basket.

"This is?" The white and tender tofu was imprinted into his eyes. Qiao Ke twisted a little and placed it into his mouth. It was tender, smooth, fragrant, and also had the taste of soybeans. "Made of soybeans?"

"Smart, as expected of someone from an aristocratic family." The cute girl laughed.

He grabbed his basket and ran into the kitchen. "Uncle, come and try this!"

Joe tasted it with a spoonful. He cooked for a much longer time than Choco, and in an instant his mind was filled with new dishes. "What is this?" he asked excitedly.

"This thing is called tofu. It can be used for cooking, as well as making soup. It is tasty and nutritious."

"Then this price …" Joe looked at her hesitantly.

"It's cheaper than meat."

The Qiao siblings looked at each other, breathing heavily. Others might not know the value of tofu, but if they cooked for generations, they would understand it better. If they developed more dishes before others, would the Qiao family restaurant be able to revive?

Qiao Ke was once again convinced that his little sister would definitely lead his Qiao family's restaurant to a revival!

This time around, the delicate lady did not intend to tell them what to do with the tofu. In the end, there was no bottom line to doing business. If she did not have any chips in her hand, she would be eaten alive.

In addition, she also had another idea. Although it was far away, she still had the method to make tofu. Step by step, there would be a day when she would be able to do it.

Taking ten taels of silver from the Qiao family, the lady charmer made an agreement with them that they were not allowed to sell tofu in other restaurants for half a year. In addition, the lady charmer also gave them five dishes and two other dishes, the price of tofu they bought from the girl charmer was one percent lower than the price the villagers bought from her.

It was Qiao Ke who had given her the opportunity to develop. As long as Qiao Ke didn't cross her bottom line, she would be willing to do business with her even if it meant losing money.

Holding ten taels of Snowflake Silver, the lady instantly felt emboldened. She planned to set up a mill outside the small yard with these ten taels of silver, then make the ground in the yard into slabs of limestone and build a pond. When the time came, it would be very convenient to wash and brush the house, but as for the house, ten taels of silver would probably not be enough.

Aunt Lin thought for a moment, "I don't know anything about digging a well, but if you want to make a millstone, why don't you go find Ye Xuan? When his father was alive, the craftsmanship of making millstones was extremely great. That millstone in the village was made by his grandfather, and it has been used for decades, but it's still fine. "

"Ye Xuan?" The little girl was surprised. Her grandfather would do it, as well as her father, but she'd never seen Ye Xuan do it for anyone else!

"Don't look at how that kid is silent. He's an honest man, but his life is a bit tough. His dad also inherited the crafting skills of a millstone. Why don't you ask him? If he doesn't want to do it, I'll go to another village and ask you about it."

"Then I'll ask Ye Xuan first."

Ever since that day when Ye Xuan fled the mill, she hadn't seen a single trace of him. She didn't know when he returned home, nor did she know when he left.

Returning home to mix the dregs with wild vegetables and feed the chickens, the lady would occasionally glance around. Ye Xuan's family didn't raise any living things, nor did he grow any vegetables. There was only a single Gardenia tree that was very lush.

There were also two peach trees planted in the lady's house, but it was a pity that there was too much rain this spring and the flowers had all been washed away, so there was not a single fruit left.

The seven chickens were brought back and they ate quite well. These days, the cute girl saw that two of them had grown a few strands of hair. It seemed that she would soon be able to eat the domesticated eggs.

The little girl wandered around the courtyard for a long time, but didn't see Ye Xuan. In the afternoon, Aunt Lin brought the construction team to the house and chose a place to dig the well.

To dig a well in ancient times was not as sound as it was in modern times, it was extremely difficult to dig a well. For example, to choose a location, one had to choose a well without any obstacles underneath it, which was relatively hard to collapse, and then to use a roller to support the well. When a well was dug to a certain depth, one had to use wood to reinforce it, and the soil that was dug out also needed manpower to be transported here.

In ancient times, digging deeper than ten meters wouldn't have been enough. People digging deeper would have been life-threatening, so when choosing a location, they would dig a meter or so deeper to check the moisture in the soil.

The well was located at the outer perimeter of the courtyard, less than a hundred meters away from a great banyan tree. When the lady had first arrived in this world, she had been shocked by the forest cover of this era.

In the modern world, none of these could even be considered a dream.

After digging the well for a day and a half, he spent two and a half silver coins. When the foreman in charge of the well heard that the lady still needed to fix up the yard, he told her that his sister's house was at the foot of the mountain and had a lot of stones. If she was willing to give him the work, he would give her some cheap money.

Knowing that the craftsmen relied on their credibility to survive, the lady was satisfied with the well he had dug, so she handed the matter to him.

On the second day after the well was completed, the little girl finally caught the long-lost Ye Xuan.