Li Li stood tall, her face glowing with pride. She held up a recipe in her hand, speaking slowly and deliberately, "Yes, this is the recipe I've worked so hard to get. I've given my all for this family. Brother Chang Sheng, Auntie, you must treat me well from now on..."
Her words hung in the air as the mother and son duo greedily followed the recipe in her hand with their eyes. Before she could even wave it a few times, the future mother-in-law snatched the recipe away. As she read the list of spices written on it, her heart pounded with excitement, "This is the lucrative spice recipe! Son, where is our nearest spice shop? We must hurry and buy the spices."
She didn't fully understand the recipe, only recognizing each character. She couldn't discern much from it, but it didn't matter. If the meat stewed with this recipe tasted good and could make money, that was all that mattered.
