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... the table.


There were glutinous rice cakes, yam and jujube cakes, four joys dumplings, and cloud cakes…


There was also a cup of fragrant jasmine flower tea next to the confections.


Chu Lian leaned against the railing of the pavilion and listened to Manager Qin and Zhou Wen’s reports on the northern market, as well as Dejufeng Restaurant.


All that Chu Lian did for her business was to check the account books once a month. Everything else was left to ...

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