The Rebirth of Space: the Lucky Girl From a Farm Family

 Chapter 132 Cooperation

Lu Ziqin looked at the energetic Gu Huayu, and was even more curious about the potato starch, and asked, "Does Doctor Gu have some with him?"

Gu Huayu spread her hands and said, "I just went out for shopping and didn't bring any potato starch. If Mr. Lu Liu is willing to try it, I will go back to the inn to get some."

Lu Ziqin smiled and shook his head, "No need."

When Gu Huayu saw Lu Ziqin's rejection, she thought she didn't say it well enough, so she felt a little disappointed and said, "Oh!"

 Lv Ziqin raised his voice and said, "Here comes someone."

 Ru'an came in and said, "Sir, what are your orders?"

Lu Ziqin ordered: "Go to the inn to get some potato starch. By the way, which inn are you staying at?"

Lu Ziqin turned to look at Gu Huayu.

Gu Huayu smiled and shook her head and said, "Third brother and Uncle Huang have gone out. There is no one in the inn, so I can't get it if I go there. Jinyi Inn is not far from here, I will come back as soon as I go."

Lu Ziqin smiled and said: "It seems that this is the only way. Let Ru'an go with you."

Gu Huayu waved her hands hurriedly and said: "No, no, why use two people when one person can do the job? It's a waste of manpower."

 “A waste of manpower?” Lu Ziqin looked at Gu Huayu and repeated.

 “Isn’t it?” Gu Huayu asked with a smile.

Lu Ziqin smiled and said, "Okay, just listen to Dr. Gu."

Gu Huayu said goodbye to Lu Ziqin Fushen, turned around and left the house, happily running towards Jinyi Inn.

I was thinking that if I could get Lu Ziqin through, the potato starch business could be brought to the capital.

 Even do it all over Daxing.

Lu Ziqin stood by the window, watching the jumping Gu Huayu walk away, the corners of his mouth turned up involuntarily.

Ru'an stood on the edge, followed Lu Ziqin's gaze, and said, "You can feel Doctor Gu's happiness from a distance."

Lu Ziqin turned around and glanced at Ru'an. Ru'an touched his nose, stepped back and stood by the side.

Gu Huayu returned to the inn and saw that Gu Chenglin and shopkeeper Wang had not returned. She first went to the space to take out the prepared vermicelli, potato flour dumplings, potato flour cakes and hot and sour noodles. Then she turned around and went out, walked to the door, then turned back and left Note before going out again.

Gu Huayu returned to the teahouse and said to Lu Ziqin, "I want to borrow the kitchen."

Lu Ziqin looked at Ru'an, who said to Gu Hua, "Doctor Gu, please come down with me."

Gu Huayu followed Ru An to the kitchen.

After getting the news, the shopkeeper hurried over, hunched over his waist and said with a smile: "Sir, apart from the stove, we only have simple oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. The other small ones have to be prepared by others."

 Gu Huayu said with a smile: "Thank you, shopkeeper, I only want to borrow the pot and stove. I have brought everything else."

The shopkeeper leaned forward and said, "That's good. I was thinking of asking the adults to make a list while I went to prepare it. Since the girl has brought everything, I can rest assured."

After the shopkeeper left, Ru'an said: "Girl, I'm here to help you. Is there anything I need to do?"

Gu Huayu looked up at Ru'an and asked, "Can you cook?"

 Ru'an looked around the kitchen, shook his head and said, "No."

Gu Huayu then asked: "Then you know how to cook?"

 Ru'an touched his head in embarrassment, then shook his head in embarrassment.

“Well, how do we start?” Gu Huayu asked.

 Ru'an pointed to the stove and said, "I'll make a fire down here!"

Gu Huayu smiled and nodded, "Okay, then you can help light the fire. By the way, do Mr. Lu Liu have any taboos?"

 Ru'an thought for a moment and shook his head, "Master's diet is very simple and there are no taboos."

Gu Huayu nodded, and then asked: "Can Mr. Lu Liu eat spicy food?"

Ru'an added a handful of firewood to the fire hall, raised his head and replied: "Yes, the Ye family's ancestral home is Hongcheng, and the taste is heavy, so the master's taste is also heavy. The Ye family is the master's maternal family."

 After finishing speaking, please explain.

Gu Huayu was stunned. She knew that Ye Shangshu was Lu Ziqin’s maternal family, but she didn’t know that the Ye family’s ancestral home was in Hongcheng.

 “Oh, thank you Ruan, I understand.”

 Gu Huayu first uses hot water to make the vermicelli, then steams the potato starch dumplings and potato starch cakes. After the vermicelli is well cooked, she starts making hot and sour noodles.

Since the ingredients are all ready-made, Gu Huayu made two small bowls of hot and sour noodles, a plate of potato starch dumplings, and a plate of potato starch rice cakes in less than two quarters of an hour.

Ru'an carried it on a tray and followed Gu Huayu back to the private room.

When Lu Ziqin saw Gu Huayu coming back, he stood up and said, "So soon?"

Gu Huayu put the bowls and plates on the tray on the table and said, "All the ingredients have been prepared in advance, so it's quick. Master Lu Liu, try it."

Gu Huayu picked up a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Lu Ziqin.

Lu Ziqin took the chopsticks and looked at the dishes on the table, wondering which one to move first.

Gu Huayu pointed at the potato starch dumpling and said, "Try this first, the crab roe dumpling. How does it taste?"

 Gu Huayu handed a pair of chopsticks to Ru'an and said, "Ru'an, you can try it too."

Ru'an glanced at Lu Ziqin, waved his hand and said, "No need."

"Try it and let me know how it tastes. Is there anything that needs improvement? You can also give me some advice." Gu Huayu insisted.

"This..." Ru'an looked at Lu Ziqin and said in embarrassment.

Lu Ziqin looked at Ruan and said, "Let's eat together!"

Ru'an took the chopsticks from Gu Huayu's hand, bowed and thanked: "Thank you, Doctor Gu, thank you Master!"

Lu Ziqin picked up a potato dumpling and took a bite, his eyes suddenly lit up. The soft and waxy skin accompanied by the mellow filling had a great taste.

Gu Huayu saw Lu Ziqin's eyes and asked, "How is it? Is this taste acceptable?"

Ru'an just took a bite, holding the dumpling in his mouth and said wholeheartedly: "Okay, it's delicious. Doctor Gu, it's so delicious."

 Lv Ziqin nodded and said, "Well, it tastes very good."

When Lu Ziqin finished eating one and went to pick up the second one, only two of the six dumplings were left on the plate.

 Lv Ziqin raised his head and looked at Ru'an.

Ru'an was about to pick up dumplings when he saw Lu Ziqin looking at him and quickly retracted his hand. Hehe smiled and said: "Master, you eat!"

Gu Huayu pushed the potato cake forward and said, "Sixth Master, try this potato cake, with assorted fillings."

Lu Ziqin nodded, picked one up and ate it.

Gu Huayu said to Ru'an: "Ru'an, you should try it too."

 Ru'an nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay!"

 Speaking, Ru'an put one into his mouth politely, and then praised without hesitation: "Well, it's very fragrant!"

 If An eats very quickly, he will swallow something after entering his mouth three or two times, and then pick up the second one.

Lu Ziqin has never felt that this person was so annoying, he simply couldn't see him.

 Gu Huayu looked at Ru An happily, "Is it really delicious? Is the taste acceptable? Is there anything that needs to be improved?"

Ru'an nodded repeatedly and said while eating: "Doctor Gu, it's really delicious! The taste is so acceptable. I've been to countless restaurants and have never eaten anything so delicious."

Gu Huayu was in a good mood and pushed the hot and sour noodles in front of Lu Ziqin, "Sixth Master, try this again."

 “Okay.” Lu Ziqin lowered his head to take a bite, nodded repeatedly and said, “This is very flavorful and delicious.”

 Gu Huayu only made two small bowls. Lu Ziqin finished the noodles in a few times. He looked up and saw Ru An eating another bowl. He turned to look at Gu Huayu and asked, "Is this one gone?"

Gu Huayu nodded and said: "No, I'm afraid you won't be used to it, so I didn't make much. How does it taste? Is there anything that needs to be improved?"

Lu Ziqin thought for a while and said seriously: "Very good, but the amount is a bit small. It would be better if it were more. How much did you bring to Hongcheng?"

Gu Huayu replied: "The vermicelli and vermicelli each brought ten shi, and we sold them to market towns along the way. When we arrived at Hongcheng, we only had three shi left for the vermicelli, and less than two shi for the vermicelli."

Lu Ziqin blurted out: "Give me all the rest."

Gu Huayu smiled and said: "Sixth Master likes it. I can just have some sent to my house. There is no need to help me like this."

Lu Ziqin said hurriedly: "Instead of helping you, I want to sell these in Chang'an Restaurant. However, Doctor Gu has to leave the cooking recipe with him.

Of course, Doctor Gu set a price for the recipe, and I bought it with my money. I have a condition that it can only be sold to my family. "

"Master Liu, are you sure? Can your family eat all the potato noodles? The output of Guangshuilan Villa this year is only around 500 shi. Next year, I plan to buy two more villages and double the output." Hua Yu asked directly.

Lu Ziqin thought for a while and said, "Sell it all to me this year. Next year I will still need five hundred shi, but the cooking recipe can only be sold to my family."

Gu Huayu responded readily: "Okay! Then let's draw up a contract, okay?"

Lu Ziqin didn’t expect Gu Huayu to be so rigorous in her work, so he couldn’t help but take a deep look at her.

 He nodded in agreement, "Okay. Go and prepare some pen and ink." Lu Ziqin turned around and said.

Ru'an bowed and stepped back, then came in with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Lu Ziqin looked at Gu Huayu and asked, "Should Dr. Gu draw up the contract or should I do it?"

Gu Huayu thought for a while and said, "I'll do it."

Lu Ziqin also wanted to see the enigmatic Gu Huayu, so he politely said: "Doctor Gu, please come this way."

Gu Huayu walked to the table, thought for a while, lowered her head and wrote on the rice paper.

Lu Ziqin stood on the side, watching the small regular script with hairpins jumping out on the paper. His eyes were a little deeper, and the beautiful small regular script in this hand was very pleasing to the eye.

Gu Huayu divides the contract into parties A and B according to the modern contract method.

Gu Huayu kept writing, listing out their respective responsibilities and obligations as well as compensation after breach of contract.

After spending more than half an hour, Gu Huayu wrote down all the thoughts, turned to Lu Ziqin and said, "Master Lu Liu, see if this works? If there is anything that is not well thought out, let's change it."

 Lv Ziqin looked at it one by one, nodded and said: "It's very detailed, I think it's okay."

Gu Huayu said: "Since Mr. Lu Liu thinks it is feasible, then I will make another copy, and then we will sign the contract and each will keep one copy. Okay?"

 “Okay!” Lu Ziqin nodded in agreement.

Gu Huayu copied a copy and the two of them signed the contract.

 Lv Ziqin handed the contract to Ru'an and said, "Keep it!"

Gu Huayu put away the contract. Seeing that it was getting late, he said goodbye: "Thank you Master Liu for today. It's getting late, I should go back."

Lu Ziqin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll see Doctor Gu off."

Gu Huayu said hurriedly, "No, no."

Lu Ziqin smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll send you to the door."

 Seeing Lu Ziqin’s insistence, Gu Huayu had no choice but to let him go.

Gu Huayu walked forward, while Lu Ziqin took a step behind and left the private room one after the other.

Lu Ziqin asked as he walked: "How long do you plan to stay in Hongcheng, Doctor Gu?"

Gu Huayu thought for a while and said: "It hasn't been decided yet. It may take some time. I want to see if there is a suitable Zhuangzi around Hongcheng."

Lu Ziqin was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Oh? Doctor Gu plans to buy a property here?"

“Well, it’s too troublesome to transport things from Shicheng.” Gu Huayu explained.

Lu Ziqin nodded and said, "Yes, then I'll ask someone to help you find out."

Gu Huayu wanted to say no, but when she met Lu Ziqin's gaze, she seemed unable to say no, so she thanked her, "Then I'll thank you first."

Lu Ziqin smiled and said, "It's just a small effort, so there's no need to thank you. Just give me a lower price later."

Gu Huayu smiled and said, "That's easy to say."

The two of them walked to the door of the teahouse, and Lu Ziqin said: "If Doctor Gu needs me for anything, you can go to the shopkeeper here, or go to the Chang'an Restaurant next door to find the shopkeeper."

Gu Huayu looked up at the plaque on the teahouse, "Qing Keju" and asked with a smile: "Does Mr. Liu like plums and bamboos?"

Lu Ziqin was stunned for a moment, and asked with slightly narrowed eyes: "How does Doctor Gu know?"

Gu Huayu pointed to the plaque and said: "Qingke, isn't it plum blossom? And the house in Shicheng is named Meiyuan. And your clothes, the two times I saw you, are all made of bamboo with dark patterns."

Lu Ziqin burst into laughter and said, "Doctor Gu's observations are very detailed. He is not like a ten-year-old child. Doctor Gu's behavior has long been unlike that of a child."

Gu Huayu smiled and said, "It seems I guessed it right!"

Lu Ziqin nodded, "Well, you guessed it right! I like Mei's arrogance and I like Zhu's humility. Isn't it contradictory?"

Gu Huayu smiled but said nothing.

Lu Ziqin glanced at Gu Huayu and asked, "Why is Doctor Gu laughing?"

Gu Huayu replied: "I don't think the two are contradictory."

Lu Ziqin became interested and asked with a smile: "Tell me what you think."

Gu Huayu took over the words, "The two have different meanings. Mei's proud spirit is to encourage herself not to be afraid of difficulties, to dare to fight, and to be self-disciplined.

  Bamboo’s humility and open-mindedness are the way to deal with people and deal with things. "

Lu Ziqin's face was calm, but his heart was surging. If the girl in front of him was not a head shorter than him, he would not have thought that she was only ten years old. “Doctor Gu’s insights are profound!”

Gu Huayu said happily: "I made Mr. Liu laugh. It's getting late, I'm going back."

Lu Ziqin leaned forward and said, "Let's go, I'll see you off!"

Gu Huayu waved her hands hurriedly and said, "No, no, the Jinyi Inn where I stay is right in front."

As Gu Huayu spoke, she raised her finger and pointed to the inn not far away.

Lu Ziqin did not insist, but cupped his hands and said, "Then let's say goodbye. Doctor Gu, go slowly. If anything happens, Doctor Gu, come here to find me."

 Gu Hua said goodbye to her.

Lu Ziqin watched Gu Huayu walk away, then turned and went upstairs.

When Gu Huayu returned to the inn, Gu Chenglin breathed a sigh of relief, "Xiaoyu, where have you been? Shopkeeper Wang and I went to the street to look for you twice. Uncle Huang went to look for you, but he hasn't come back yet."

Gu Huayu said as she entered the room: "Didn't I leave you a note?"

"A note? What note? I didn't see it." Gu Chenglin said.

Gu Huayu looked around and found a note at the bottom of the cabinet. She bent down to pick it up and handed it to Gu Chenglin, "That's the note. It was blown to the bottom of the cabinet by the wind."

 (End of this chapter)