Having said that, Lin Yuan added another sentence, "Also notify Shopkeeper Jeng and Shopkeeper Wang to have the chefs master these menus within ten days. After ten days, I will conduct an assessment. Once they pass, the menus can be supplemented."
Shopkeeper Liu took the menu and glanced at it. The first six dishes on the list all related to alcohol, such as wine-infused rice balls and liquor-grilled wings—dishes he had never even seen, let alone tasted.
The second set of six menus related to tea, featuring dishes like tea eggs, Longjing tea-flavored shrimp, and red tea braised pork.
Just looking at the menus, Shopkeeper Liu couldn’t help but start drooling, "Boss, can these dishes be featured in other stores as well?"
As soon as Lin Yuan heard this, she knew what he was thinking and smiled as she shook her head, "Not for the time being. I plan to create a unique menu for each of our branches. Our restaurant’s dishes have been too common in the past."
Seeing Shopkeeper Liu’s disappointment, Lin Yuan reassured him, "Don’t worry. I already have plans for the new menu of Fuman Building. I’ll give it to you when it’s ready."
Upon hearing Lin Yuan’s words, Shopkeeper Liu’s eyes shone with excitement, and he promptly gave an affirmative ’Alright,’ then headed out the door with the ledger in his arms.
Just as Lin Yuan was about to start writing the new dishes for Fuman Building, she was interrupted by an urgent knock on the door.
"Come in." Lin Yuan wondered, what could be so urgent?
The door opened, and in came a panic-stricken Sister Gui Zhi.
"Yuanyuan, you must save Brother Ershuan, Yuanyuan, ohh."
Sister Gui Zhi was crying so hard she could barely speak clear. Seeing how the ordinarily composed sister-in-law was now in such a state suggested something serious must have happened to Lin Ershuan. The more she heard Sister Gui Zhi cry, the more anxious Lin Yuan became as she turned to look at Liuzi, who had accompanied her.
Liuzi was also anxious and spread his hands helplessly. With a pained expression, he said, "She came in crying for you, and when I asked her what was wrong, she didn’t talk, just kept crying. I had no choice but to come to you."
Lin Yuan sighed, stamped her foot, and said loudly, "Sister-in-law, stop crying for a moment. What exactly happened? Tell me first."
Sister Gui Zhi wiped her tears, but they wouldn’t stop flowing. Sobbing, she said, "Just now, some people came into the shop, insisting that Brother Ershuan had ill intentions, that he deliberately harmed someone, causing their family’s old lady to fall. Then without another word, they just took him away. Ohh, Yuanyuan, how could your brother do something like that? It must be someone framing him!"
"Who were those people? Were they officers from the County Government Office?" Lin Yuan pressed.
Sister Gui Zhi shook her head, "No, they weren’t wearing the uniform of government officials, but I did see their carriage. It had a ’Jin’ character on it."
Lin Yuan was startled. Could it be the Jin Mansion?
And now that their old lady had been injured, Lin Yuan was even more certain. Could it be that there was an issue with the wheelchair that Jin Yuyu had purchased from Lin Ershuan that caused their old lady to fall and get injured?
After thinking it over, Lin Yuan concluded that this was the only possibility. She told Sister Gui Zhi to wait at Fuman Building for news and then set out for Jin Mansion with Lin Yi and Liuzi. Just in case, she also called Shopkeeper Liu, as his face was quite influential in Zhuma Town.
Shopkeeper Liu was shrewd indeed. After learning what had happened, he first sent Liuzi to the storeroom to prepare a gift. Lin Yuan couldn’t help but appreciate how efficiently and thoughtfully he handled the situation.
Returning to Jin Mansion once again, Lin Yuan felt nostalgic. Last time, she was just a village girl selling mooncakes at a stall, but now, she had become the owner of Rice Flower Fragrance and the boss of Fuman Building.