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Even the people of Zhuma Town can’t compete with him; yet he’s delusively thinking about defeating the people of the Capital city. He’s truly too arrogant.

"Alright, stop thinking about him," Xia Zheng said as he saw Lin Yuan appearing thoughtful. A large hand landed on the top of her head and started to rub her just-combed hair back and forth, "From now on, your little brain can only think of one man—me!"

Xia Zheng authoritatively asserted his dominance, and Lin Yuan frowned, pushing his hand away, huffing, "Just you as a man? What about my dad then?"

Absolutely not! Xia Zheng almost blurted out those three words, but seeing Lin Yuan’s dangerous gaze, he promptly changed his tone, saying cheerily, "Your dad is my dad, of course, that’s allowed. But it’s just the two of us; no one else is allowed."

"What about Yong Yan then?" Lin Yuan tilted her head, squinting her eyes, and looked at him amusingly.

Xia Zheng clenched his teeth; that was definitely not okay.

"Yong Yan has his mom to think about, and in the future, he’ll have his wife. How would it be your turn?"

Lin Yuan was defeated by Xia Zheng’s disdainful gaze, realizing that the little brother she had been looking forward to apparently didn’t include her at all.

Seeing that it was already the winter month, and not far from the twelfth lunar month, the matter of the hot pot also had to be put on the agenda. The pots and stoves, as they needed so many, even though Old Iron Head had put off a lot of other work, could still not be made in a short time.

Therefore, Lin Yuan, taking advantage of this time, hurriedly started pondering over the side dishes for the hot pot.

There was no hope for greens this year; she had thought of using a greenhouse method to grow vegetables and had mentioned this idea to her uncle, who really went back and pondered over it.

Although so far, only one greenhouse had been built, thankfully the vegetables inside did grow, albeit smaller than those grown in season.

Hence, the construction of greenhouses needed further consideration and was unlikely to be achieved this year.

Although there were no out-of-season vegetables, there was still no shortage of seasonal vegetables: cabbage, carrots, winter melon, bean sprouts—all could be used in the hot pot.

As for other items, besides fish balls and beef balls, which had already begun production, Lin Yuan started with tofu, making bean curd skin and dried bean curd.

Bean curd skin and dried bean curd are by-products of tofu, simple to make, so Lin Yuan quickly produced these two items.

Bean curd skin and dried bean curd were delicious for hot pots, and being soy products, were nutritious.

Lin Yuan’s creations added nothing extra, so everyone liked them very much.

Not only that, but bean curd skin could also be used in cold dishes, and dried bean curd could be stir-fried.

Lin Yuan thought once she had more free time, she could also create dry pots and surely cause another sensation.

Speaking of hot pots, Xia Zheng also came up like he wanted credit, whispering something in her ear.

Lin Yuan was startled, her eyebrows arching high, "Are you saying that the little potato isn’t poisonous?"

Xia Zheng smiled proudly with a hooked lip, "Of course not, look at Lao Fan; isn’t he jumping around lively?"

Lin Yuan laughed, thinking of how Lao Fan had been running around for the past two days for the hot pot, voluntarily tasting dishes and taking on both big and small tasks, indeed very active.

However, Lin Yuan had expected the little potatoes to be non-toxic.

After all, there are many varieties of potatoes, and it seemed that Xia Zheng had fortuitously come across the miniature ones.

Although these potatoes were small, their taste was quite similar to regular ones and very suitable for making steamed and fried snacks.

With the big problem of the Potato Garden resolved, Xia Zheng was in high spirits these past few days, following Lin Yuan around until she felt almost dizzy.

So, Lin Yuan decided to tell him about making potato flour and asked him to hurry up and find people for it. As soon as they heard about a new product hitting the market, not just Xia Zheng, even Lao Fan got excited, volunteering to be the first person to taste test!