"That's good." Li Zhiyin said as he stood up and prepared to go to the desk.

Li Mumu quickly pulled her back and said, "Try the food first, otherwise it won't taste so good if it gets cold."

"Look at me." Li Zhiyin slapped his forehead, "I was too anxious."

So Li Zhiyin sat down again.

"This is Three Cup Chicken," Li Mumu introduced.

"Why is it called Three Cups Chicken? There are no cups." Mrs. Shang asked curiously.

"Three Cup Chicken is called Three Cup Chicken because of the way it is prepared. When cooking, one cup of rice wine, one cup of soy sauce, and one cup of dark sesame oil are added."

"However, this reminds me that we can also use three cups to serve it. It will be delicious and eye-catching." Li Mumu said.

"Delicious!" Min Huilan's lips were covered with oil from eating so much. "It's salty with a hint of sweetness, and the sweet and salty tastes fresh."

Li Zhiyin and the monk's wife also nodded and applauded.

Li Mumu took out the menu and ticked the Three Cups Chicken. "Then keep this dish."

The four of them tasted the rest of the dishes and drank some plum wine.

"We are very comfortable just eating, drinking and chatting here. If we go to the restaurant and sit in a private room, no one will disturb us. I am happy just thinking about it." Min Huilan's face turned slightly red from drinking.

Li Mumu took out the snacks at the bottom of the food box.

"This is the snack I've been thinking about these days, and I made it today." Li Mumu said, "Let's try it and see which ones to bring into the store."

"It's definitely not all I have. I'll keep thinking and doing. Even after the store opens, I can continue to come up with new ideas."

"This is lotus cake, this is Euryale cake, this is almond tofu, mung bean ice cream, shaqi ma."

"Shachima? This is quite fresh." Li Zhiyin took a piece of shachima before trying it yet.

Since it was for the female guests, Li Mumu cut the shachima into small pieces so that they could eat one at a time.

"It's fluffy, fragrant and soft, slightly sweet but not greasy." Li Zhiyin took another bite and said, "It's delicious."

"We do see mung bean cakes very often," said Madam Shang. "But afternoon tea is mainly for drinking tea and chatting. As long as the snacks are delicious, we don't care whether they are common or not. After all, snacks are always inseparable.

Not all of those things can be innovative."

As Mrs. Shang spoke, she picked up a piece of mung bean ice cream, took a bite, and suddenly uttered "hmm".

"This texture is so dense and melts in your mouth." Madam Shang said, "The mung bean cakes I usually eat always have some residue, and the texture is not as delicate as this."

"Why did it feel a little cool when I first took a sip?" Min Huilan asked in surprise.

"I added mint in it." said Li Mumu.

"What is mint?" Mrs. Shang had never heard of it.

"It was brought by a Hu merchant. It's cool and refreshing when you drink it, and it can also refresh your breath." Li Mumu explained, "Because of the mint, it feels a little cool when you drink it."

"Wouldn't it be wonderful to eat this mung bean cake in the summer?" Li Zhiyin could already imagine how comfortable it would be to eat a bite of this cool mung bean cake on a hot summer day when she had no appetite.

"Then let's save this for summer?" Li Mumu asked.

"Not really. Customers who come to our store to relax are usually overwhelmed with trivial matters and are bound to encounter many things that make them irritable. Even in winter, eating something of this is very good for reducing heat." Mrs. Shang said.

"That's right." Min Huilan and Mrs. Shang are both the head of the household, and they understand the head of the household's daily irritability best.

Li Mumu doesn't take charge of much of the household affairs, and Li Zhiyin is not married yet, so there is no need for her to be in charge of the household.

The two of them really couldn't understand these troubles.

"This almond tofu is really delicious." Min Huilan couldn't stop eating it. "It's even more tender than tofu, and has a full aroma of almonds."

"All of these can be put on the menu," said Madam Shang. "I think there's nothing bad about them."

"Then let's keep them all." Li Zhiyin thought for a moment and said, "We don't have to write them all into the menu at once. If there are too many varieties, the chef might be too busy to handle them all."

"You can serve a portion first and change the menu regularly, which can also keep the experience fresh for customers."

"Yes, I thought so too." Li Mumu nodded, "Also, the dim sum chefs and cooks should be separated."

"One is that if you put all the work on one person, he will definitely be too busy to handle it, and the other is to avoid putting all the recipes on one person," said Li Mumu.

The four of them discussed some details before leaving.

Li Mumu returned home and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Wang Cuizhen and Zhang Caiping walking towards her with smiles on their faces.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what good news is this?" Seeing that the two were in a good mood, Li Mumu's mood also improved.

"But there's great news!" Wang Cuizhen pulled Li Mumu into the hall, "Didn't you buy all the remaining peppers from the pepper shop? Guess what? There's no pepper for sale in those three stores that imitated ours."

"There's no way. They can't supply all the dishes that require chili peppers, including the chili beef and spicy hot pot in shabu-shabu," Wang Cuizhen said happily.

"Their spicy hotpot was not authentic to begin with, and the use of chili peppers in cooking has only become popular recently," said Zhang Caiping. "Because of the popularity, they added chili peppers to many dishes, even those that should or shouldn't be added. Now, they can't use any of it at all."

"But if we do this, will other restaurants be left without chili peppers?" Wang Cuizhen was a little worried.

Others don't provoke them, and they don't want to cause trouble for others.

"Don't worry, I've been walking around the streets with restaurants in Chong'an City these days when I had nothing to do." Zhang Caiping said, "There are two big restaurants in Chong'an City, Huizhenlou and Baiweixuan. Both of them have their own supply channels and don't buy spices from the pepper shop."

"It's a restaurant that has everything similar to ours. Isn't it a coincidence that it's a good place to come back. The food at Duoweiju is the most important thing." Zhang Caiping said, "The others are all small restaurants, some specializing in pancakes, some noodle shops, some mutton soup restaurants and so on."

"The food we sell is simple and doesn't require chili peppers," Zhang Caiping said. "So we bought up all the chili peppers. In fact, the only ones affected are Hao Zai Lai, Duowei Ju and Shiwei Tian."

"That's good." Wang Cuizhen breathed a sigh of relief. "If the competition between us affects other restaurants, I'll feel a little guilty."

"I didn't think of this before, but it suddenly occurred to me today."

"Don't worry, the three of us are together." Zhang Caiping said, "If we don't think of everything, we can remind each other and think about each other."

Li Mumu exhaled, "I didn't think it through this time."