Because the kitchen can never cook the same food as outside.
"I really envy you for being able to enjoy the same flavors as those in the shops at home." Liu Zizheng said.
"Not only that, Third Aunt will also cook for us food that is not sold in the store. Because the ingredients are relatively scarce, if they are taken out, the supply will exceed the demand, so she just cooks for us at home." Gu Baiyuan said.
"I know the barbecue at Gu's Snacks." Liu Zizheng said, "I've eaten it before."
"What we're eating tonight is not that." Gu Baijin said, "It's another way of eating that Third Aunt has just researched, but I can't tell you now. My shop will also be on it in a few days, and you'll know when you go to our shop and try it."
"You two are really stupid. You won't tell me anything." Liu Zizheng said, "Would I go out and tell everyone about this?"
"It's not that I don't believe you, but there are so many people in your house. Even if you don't say it, there's no guarantee that others won't say it secretly." Gu Baiyuan said sincerely, "As the saying goes, many mouths mean many mouths. What if someone leaks it to other stores and my competitors know about it and launch it first? Even if the taste is not as good as mine, it will make us lose the advantage."
Gu Baiyuan bowed to Liu Zizheng like a little adult and said, "I really trust Zizheng's character. I hope Zizheng can understand."
Liu Zizheng nodded, "Okay, then when will your shop start selling these? Fruit tea and barbecue?"
"It will be done in five days." Gu Baiyuan said, "Then we will go back first."
Gu Baiyuan and Gu Baijin said goodbye to Liu Zizheng, then took their fruit tea and left, sipping it in small sips.
Looking at their backs as they left, after he could no longer see them, Liu Zizheng was still thinking about the aroma of the fruit tea. Just now, Gu Baiyuan and Gu Baijin were standing in front of him, and he seemed to still be able to smell the aroma of the fruit tea in the cup.
"No." Liu Zizheng stopped and asked the attendant who was following him, "What are they doing here?"
The attendant was also a little puzzled, and blinked and said, "Aren't you here to play with the young master?"
"But they didn't say much to me." Liu Zizheng was surprised. "They just talked about the fruit tea they drank, told me what they were going to eat in the evening, and then left."
Come on, isn't it?
Achievement to say this?
The attendant thought to himself, this sounds a bit like showing off.
"Maybe it's just to say this?" asked the attendant.
"You came all the way here just for this?" Liu Zizheng shook his head. Sometimes he really didn't understand these two brothers. "It looks like they came here to show off to me."
"But I'm really curious about what the barbecue they're having tonight will look like." Liu Zizheng said enviously, "Their Third Aunt is so nice, she can cook so many things."
The attendant thought of what Gu Baiyuan and Gu Baijin had just said about Li Mumu, and said, "It is said outside that the Gu family depends entirely on Madam Gu San to make money, so everyone in the family has to look at her face. Even Master Gu and Madam Gu have no say in the family."
"Has it been spread throughout our house?" Liu Zizheng asked.
The attendant nodded, "The servants in the mansion also talked about this matter during their conversations."
"Okay!" Liu Zizheng finally understood. The attendant thought that Liu Zizheng was angry about the gossip about Gu's father in the mansion, but he heard Liu Zizheng say, "They just came here to tell me how good Madam Gu was to them, to dispel the rumors."
"By the way, come and show off to me what Madam Gu San has just developed, something that no one else can eat or drink yet." Liu Zizheng figured it out and felt a little depressed. He went to find Madam Liu without saying a word.
"Mother." Liu Zizheng walked in hurriedly with big strides.
Madam Liu was listening to the report from the steward. Although Madam Liu had opinions about her all the time, she was still the one in charge of the family.
It would be of no use even if Old Lady Liu had any objections.
The housekeeper's power was in her own hands, and Old Madam Liu was just furious with incompetence, and Madam Liu was too lazy to pay any more attention.
The most important thing is to have power in your own hands.
"What's the matter?" Mrs. Liu saw Liu Zizheng in a hurry, "Why are you so anxious?"
"Have you finished your talk, Butler Liu?" Liu Zizheng asked.
"Yes, I just finished speaking." said Butler Liu.
"That's great. I also have something to say to my mother and Butler Liu." Although Liu Zizheng is young, he has already shown some momentum.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Liu asked curiously.
"Mother, do you know that there are rumors about the third wife of the Gu family?" Liu Zizheng asked.
Madam Liu's face turned pale. "How did it get to your ears? Who is the one who said that?"
"We don't need to talk too much about other people's affairs." Madam Liu said, "Don't be a gossiper."
"Mother, that's exactly what I want to say. Those vulgar people outside can spread it, but we must not let them spread gossip in our house. What's more, grandma has a lot of contacts with the old lady of the Gu family, and I am good friends with Bai Yuan and Bai Jin of the Gu family. How can the servants in our house spread such words?"
"Someone in the mansion is spreading these things?" Madam Liu was surprised. "Butler Liu, is this true?"
Manager Liu said hurriedly, "A few days ago, a servant mentioned it, and I reprimanded and punished him. I also investigated it carefully. That was the first time a servant in the mansion mentioned it, and I caught him. So I stopped it in time, and it should not have spread out of our mansion."
"If it hadn't been spread out, Gu Baiyuan and Gu Baijin would have come to tell me just now how good Third Madam Gu was to them. They clearly knew that there were rumors about Third Madam Gu in our house, so they said that." Liu Zizheng said with a stern face, "Gu Baiyuan and Gu Baijin and I are good friends, and because of our friendship, they didn't directly say that our family was rude. Instead, they praised Third Madam Gu in front of me, which not only saved our family's face, but also supported Third Madam Gu, letting us know that they like Third Madam Gu very much, and those rumors outside are nonsense."
"Butler Liu, do you still think that the gossips about the Gu Mansion by the people in our house were stopped in time and not spread out?" Liu Zizheng said.
Madam Liu said angrily: "Butler Liu, why didn't you tell me about this?"
Liu Zizheng continued, "Father is a Hanlin scholar, and he has a great chance of entering the cabinet, so he values his reputation the most. If people knew that someone in our house was gossiping about General Gu's house, it would be bad for father's reputation, and I'm afraid he would be known as a lax manager of the family."
"I have indeed disciplined him strictly, and the servants only mentioned that one time." Butler Liu said, "After hearing that incident, I also paid close attention and never heard the servants in the mansion talk about the Gu family again. It's just that..."
"What is this?" Mrs. Liu asked urgently.