Overbearing Immortal Doctor
Chapter 137 - 137 137 Heart-to-Heart Connection

137: Chapter 137: Heart-to-Heart Connection 137: Chapter 137: Heart-to-Heart Connection After asking Bai Yun about the supermarket, Wu Xiaoyu’s idea of developing shiitake mushroom sauce became even more determined.

According to Bai Yun, Wan Family Supermarket, the largest supermarket in the county, not only holds shares of her family but is also a chain supermarket with many branches throughout the city.

Considering his relationship with Bai Yun, and her urgent need for his native chickens to expand her hotel’s business, asking her to help get his shiitake mushroom sauce into Wan Family’s sales network shouldn’t be too difficult.

But the problem lay in the formula for the shiitake mushroom sauce.

Although many people can make shiitake mushroom sauce, making one that is mouthwateringly delicious is not an easy task.

Shiitake mushrooms nourished by Spiritual Spring Water are indeed more delicious than ordinary mushrooms, but shiitake mushroom sauce does not just use shiitake mushrooms.

The main ingredient is usually soy paste, and after considering various factors, the processing technique becomes a crucial part.

While eating lunch, Wu Xiaoyu couldn’t help but ask, “Mom, do you know anyone in our village who makes good soy paste?”

When Wang Aifeng heard the question, she knew he hadn’t given up on the shiitake mushroom sauce idea.

She rolled her eyes and said, “I don’t know!”

Seeing his mother’s attitude, Wu Xiaoyu immediately lowered his head and continued eating without mentioning it again.

Wang Aifeng saw his spirits suddenly drop and began to comfort him:

“Son, it’s not that I don’t support you.

You’re doing quite well raising chickens, so why bother with shiitake mushroom sauce?

You’ve never run a factory, you don’t have any experience, what if you lose money?”

Wu Xiaoyu countered with his head down, “I had never raised chickens before either, and I didn’t lose money!”

“Hey!

You little rascal, are you talking back to me now?” Wang Aifeng laughed and scolded.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to support her son, but she was worried that he would jump from one thing to another, just having managed the chickens well and then switching to making shiitake mushroom sauce.

Wu Youliang watched his son for a while and then said, “Aunt Xiangqin is probably the best at making sauces in our village.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Xiaoyu immediately lifted his head, his eyes shining as he looked at his father, blurting out, “You mean Li Yujia’s Fourth Grandma?”

As soon as he asked, his gaze dimmed again.

The matter between him and Li Yujia was still unresolved, and these days she had been deliberately avoiding him, making him feel even more like a jerk.

Actually, he didn’t quite realize or was unwilling to admit a fact—that he had already fallen in love with, or at least started to like, Li Yujia.

Otherwise, he would have instinctively mentioned Li Yuqi’s name instead.

Seeing his eyes shift from joy to sorrow, Wu Youliang thought it was because he himself and his wife didn’t support him, so he added, “It’s not that you can’t do the shiitake mushroom sauce business…”

Before he finished, Wang Aifeng interrupted, “Making shiitake mushroom sauce involves buying equipment and hiring people, it’s so troublesome!

It’s better to just sell the mushrooms directly!”

“What do you know!

You have long hair but short knowledge…” Father frowned and said.

Afraid that they would start arguing, Wu Xiaoyu quickly tried to mediate, “Don’t start arguing now!

I was just suggesting it, I’m not sure if I can really do it yet.”

Father replied enthusiastically, “What do you mean by ‘not sure’?

If you’ve set your mind on something, go ahead and do it boldly.

Don’t let your old man down!”

Wu Xiaoyu was curious; earlier his father was against it, why did he suddenly change his attitude after resting?

Mother Wang Aifeng also found her husband’s sudden change confusing and questioned, “Why are you swinging back and forth?

You just said no, and now you’re encouraging him?”

Wu Youliang smiled without speaking.

Initially, when he heard his son wanted to make shiitake mushroom sauce, he was against it, as it was a leap into an unfamiliar field, and making a business succeed would be difficult.

But on second thought, over the past few months, his son had first dug up wild ginseng and sold it for a lot of money, then opened a chicken farm which was now profitable, and occasionally discovered the shiitake mushroom business was also making money.

These consecutive events made him feel that his son was on a lucky streak, just as the Taoist had said, someone would assist him.

The idea of making shiitake mushroom sauce also seemed likely to succeed, and even if it failed, with the chicken farm and the restaurant business in town, they wouldn’t go back to the hard days of the past.

Why should he hinder his son?

With his father’s support, Wu Xiaoyu felt much more at ease about making the shiitake mushroom sauce.

Although his mother still had doubts and didn’t support him, with his father around, he was confident they could convince her.

After lunch and a short rest, Wu Xiaoyu went out to visit Granny Xiang Qin.

According to the villagers, Qin Xiangqin had fled the Yu State seeking refuge.

Her ancestors had cooked for the notorious old witch Cixi, and she was an extraordinary cook, which was why she married Li Yujia’s Fourth Young Master, who worked in the mines.

Sadly, the Fourth Young Master was short-lived, dying in a mining accident just two years after getting married, without leaving a son.

After the Fourth Young Master died, Qin Xiangqin received compensation but didn’t leave with the money.

Instead, she stayed and maintained the household, treating the Fourth Young Master’s nephews as her own for forty-some years.

Such high moral standing naturally earned her the respect and reverence of the villagers and the Li family.

Despite her age, she was not a lonely widow.

Wu Xiaoyu arrived at Granny Xiang Qin’s door, called out to her, and pushed the gate open, only to see Li Yujia in the courtyard.

The two looked at each other, feeling a bit awkward.

Qin Xiangqin came out of the kitchen and, seeing it was Wu Xiaoyu, looked surprised for a moment, then smiled and said, “Xiaoyu, come in!

Try the shiitake mushroom sauce I just made!”

Shiitake mushroom sauce?

Could it be such a coincidence?

Wu Xiaoyu wondered in surprise, hurrying to the kitchen.

The first thing that triggered was his sense of taste—a tantalizing umami aroma wafted into his nose, making him instantly hungry.

Following the irresistible aroma, Wu Xiaoyu found the freshly made shiitake mushroom sauce on the table, and couldn’t help but pick up the chopsticks and have a taste.

The moment he tasted the sauce, the umami of the shiitake mushrooms awakened his taste buds, followed by the subtle saltiness of the soy paste, as if the shiitake mushrooms and soybeans were blossoming on his tongue.

This sensation was marvelous!

While Wu Xiaoyu was immersed in the taste, Qin Xiangqin asked with a smile, “How is it?

Does it taste good?

This is the skill my father passed down to me.”

Hearing her mention her father piqued Wu Xiaoyu’s interest even more, and he eagerly awaited her to continue.

Then she suddenly mentioned Li Yujia, “No wonder people say you’re lucky!

Today, it was Jiajia who insisted on learning how to make the sauce, otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to taste it!”

Li Yujia insisted?

Was it a coincidence or…

did they have a special bond?