He is Li Junping’s servant and has seen many fine items with Li Junping, but he has never seen a roast duck that was so complete in color, aroma, and flavor. Gu Jinli saw the glowing roast duck and also felt tempted, saying, "Let’s take one to try out its taste." "Sure, sure, let’s taste it. We can feast tonight, with both cured food and roast duck." Gu Daya laughed and put all five roast ducks onto two large pottery plates. Gu Jinli then took a long iron tray out from the clay oven and poured the duck oil into a big pottery bowl, almost filling half a bowl: "This duck oil from the roast duck is really good, better than anything for mixing with noodles or as a dip." She had tried noodles mixed with roasted duck oil before, and the taste was absolutely amazing, much better than noodles mixed with scallion oil. "Sister Le, bring the lamp to light the path." Gu Daya said, then shouted toward the house on the right: "Brother Ping, just rest at home. We’ll be back in two hours at most and bring back food for you." Qi Kangping’s leg hadn’t healed yet, and since he had been bedridden lately, they didn’t dare let him move about carelessly for fear of misaligning his bones. Qi Kangping: "Alright, I know, Mom." After hearing Qi Kangping’s response, Gu Daya took the roast duck and went to Gu Jinli’s house. As soon as Gu Jinli got home, she said to Mrs. Cui, "Mom, do we still have flour? Make some noodles for me, and I’ll prepare duck oil noodles for you." Mrs. Cui had no objections, but Third Grandma felt sorry: "We already have plenty of dishes tonight, why bother with noodles." However, after complaining, she still told Mrs. Cui: "Go make them for her. If not, she’ll keep nagging for days and we’ll have no peace." Gu Jinli laughed, "Third Grandma still loves me the most." Although Third Grandma was always concerned about food, she would complain a bit whenever Gu Jinli wanted to eat something nice, but after complaining, she would agree and leave Gu Jinli to her own devices. "I’ll go make it now." Mrs. Cui took a pound of flour and went with Gu Jinxiu to the kitchen to knead and roll the dough. In a little over a quarter-hour, they cooked the noodles. Gu Jinli added a bit of salt to the cooked noodles and then poured in the duck oil and mixed it, making the duck oil noodles. Third Grandma tried a bite with curiosity and said in surprise, "This is so delicious. Seems like there’s also a spice flavor." Gu Jinli replied, "The roast duck’s belly was stuffed with spices, and the duck oil dripped down together with the spice juice, that’s why there’s a spice flavor in the duck oil." She then stir-fried a plate of gray vegetables and a plate of fresh bamboo shoots with duck oil, and shouted, "Dinner’s ready!" Third Grandma and the rest had already sliced the cured meats in the kitchen into a plate, which they brought to the dining table. Qi Panzi chopped up a roast duck, and following Gu Jinli’s instruction, emptied the spice stuffing into a bowl from the duck’s belly, added water, made a dip, and also brought it to the table. Tonight, with delicious food at home, Third Grandpa also invited Elder Qin over. Elder Qin, looking at the cured meats and the glowing red roast duck, exclaimed, "Is this the new business Xiao Yu thought up for her aunt? Truly novel, I’ve lived my whole life and never seen such food." Third Grandpa said with a laugh, "Don’t just keep praising her, hurry up and start eating, try the dishes." Elder Qin and Third Grandpa started eating first, lavishing praise on the roasted duck and braised meats after tasting. Everyone else also began to eat, unable to stop themselves. "It’s delicious, the roasted duck is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, not dry at all." "The braised dishes are really flavorful, perfect with alcohol, especially the beef, it’s very chewy, and the braised lamb is not bad either." Elder Qin, sipping on his drink, commented comfortably with squinted eyes: "This business can be a success. Brother Gu, you don’t have to worry about your grand-niece’s family anymore. With this business, their family won’t have to worry about food and clothes." Third Grandpa smiled and nodded, Daya has suffered her whole life, it’s time for her fortune to change, for better days to come. Gu Jinli and the others happily enjoyed their dinner, each eating more than usual. Brother Cheng, the little guy, actually ate a bowl of noodles mixed with duck oil, a duck leg, a bowl of sweet potato and old rice porridge, and quite a few vegetarian and meat braised dishes. Gu Jin’an, watching him eat so much, worried about him overeating, snatched away half of the braised dish from his bowl and ate it himself. "Moderation in eating is essential, being gluttonous is not good." After studying with Scholar Shang, Gu Jin’an had really learned some scholarly etiquette and was quite averse to gluttony and binge eating. Brother Cheng, who always listened to his big brother, although wanting to eat more, could only nod obediently. Qi Panzi, eager to make money, asked after eating, rubbing his hands together: "Third Uncle, Uncle, Xiao Yu, I was thinking, it’s still two to three months until the shop is built, which is too long. During this time, our family shouldn’t be idle. How about we prepare the braised dishes and roasted duck and sell them in town? What do you think?" Gu Jinli responded: "Sure, there are still plenty of braised dishes left. We can try selling them in town tomorrow." "What are you selling?" Mrs. Chen, who had smelled the enticing aroma from Gu Daya’s house long ago, had come over to Gu Jinli’s house early with Gu Dagui after finishing dinner. Looking over the dinner table, she laughed: "This is the new business Xiao Yu thought up for Sister Daya’s family, right? Just the smell is mouthwatering, it must sell well." Gu Dagui pulling her aside, warned softly: "Be more cautious; causing Xiao Yu to get angry again could be the end of us." Mrs. Chen, startled, quickly diverted her gaze from the dinner table of Gu Jinli’s house, afraid to make Gu Jinli angry: "Oh, you haven’t finished yet. We came too early, please continue eating, we’ll sit in the courtyard for a while." Since the incident involving Gu Yumei, Mrs. Chen had been particularly behaved lately, although wanting to learn how to make the braised dishes and roasted duck, she dared not speak out for fear of annoying Gu Jinli. However, in her heart, she repeatedly cursed Gu Yumei, blaming her for not staying out of trouble and causing issues. Now with Gu Jinli preparing new food items, they could only watch enviously, unable to get involved anymore. The next day, when Gu Daya’s family took the braised dishes and roasted duck to the tofu stall to try selling them, Mrs. Chen internally cursed Gu Yumei all the more fiercely. The business for braised dishes and roasted duck was unexpectedly good. Although it was a new food that everyone hadn’t seen before, knowing it was made by Gu Family’s tofu stall, they had no concerns and were attracted by the enticing aroma. "This bright red duck looks so festive, and it smells good too. My grandfather will definitely love this. Please get one for the Shang Family," said Shang Youcang’s servant to Qi Panzi. Shang Youcang was not only the village chief of Shang Family Village and the Clan Leader of the Shang Family, but he was also the village chief for ten nearby villages. He was also Scholar Shang’s paternal uncle, owning much farmland, shops in town and the county, not lacking money and fond of Gu Family’s Fried Five-Spice Tofu. Qi Panzi told Shang Family’s servant, "This is roasted duck, a bit pricey, costing sixty cents per pound." Xiao Yu said, since roasted duck was a fresh cuisine and would be their shop’s specialty dish in the future, it could not be sold too cheaply. Calculating, Shang Family’s servant said: "It’s a bit more expensive than an old hen, but it’s fine. Please give me this one."