The Food Guide of a Little Lucky Girl (Part 2)

254 The Final Competition Begins

After the New Year.

　　Song Yue has become somewhat famous in Beijing, and her shop is currently the most popular one.

　　It also doubled several times as expected.

　　He returned 100,000 taels of silver to Xie Zhijie, intending to give him some dividends, but he refused.

　　Song Yue put the remaining silver and money in her pocket.

　　The newly opened amusement park is also doing very hot business, and people are willing to spend money to play there.

　　She had so many banknotes that they filled an entire box, not including some other gold, silver, jewelry, and some cash. Except for the money she needed for circulation, she kept all of it in the space of the jade pendant.

　　After the New Year, the capital was in an uproar for a while because of the purge of officials. It lasted for nearly a month, but fortunately it did not delay the cooking competition.

　　Now the twelve cities have sent out twelve cooks, and this time the twelve are selected into six.

　　The first match will be on March 2nd.

　　The location is in the largest restaurant in the capital, called Huipin Restaurant. The curfew there is later than other places. Simply put, the safer the place, the later the curfew. Like the western area of ​​Beijing where Song Yue stays, because there are many people in the caravan and it is messy, they are not allowed to go out after dark.

　　The restaurant where the competition is held is located in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital. There is music and dancing there every night and it is the most lively place, which makes people look forward to it.

　　Xie Zhijie had a house nearby, which was given to him by someone else. It just so happened that Song Yue didn't need to live in an inn, nor did she need to rent a new yard to live in.

　　In order to protect Song Yue's safety, the whole family went out, including the guards at home, and moved to Xie Zhijie's private residence. An Jin also followed.

　　It just so happened that the business in western Beijing had stabilized, so An Jin didn't need to follow it every day.

　　The most important thing now is Song Yue's competition. I am afraid that something else might go wrong. Although the capital city is good, there is no sense of belonging after all.

　　They all wanted to leave after the competition.

　　These days, it is more comfortable to live far away from the emperor, while it is quite uncomfortable to live under the emperor's feet.

　　Especially the purge of officials after the New Year, when several houses were searched and the beheadings were full of blood, but Song Yue did not join in the fun.

　　Dingxiang felt uneasy and scared just by hearing about these things.

　　We also have to thank Madam Lu for reminding us that Song Yue and the others didn't go out much for a month after the New Year, which helped them avoid bumping into people. That period was indeed chaotic.

　　It was for this reason that Song Yue finally decided to go home after the competition. An Jin had already trained the people for the business, and she could then consider whether to sell the shop for money or come over regularly in the future.

　　I plan to go to Wucheng first when I get back, and then come back to the town to visit my parents.

　　Once things are finalized.