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But at this moment, upon hearing his young master’s words, San Er’s face turned to one of horror as he hastily waved his hands, "Young master, oh young master, I have elders above me and young ones below me, and I dare not eat that thing. Please let me off, your great kindness I’ll never forget!"

Ma Junying’s mouth twitched, really wanting to kick this guy who almost fell to his knees and clung to his thigh crying.

Ma Xiaonan gaped, slapped him on the forehead, and crisply hummed a rebuke, "Elders above and young ones below, huh? Since when did you and Cuicui get married and have kids? How come I didn’t know about it? Could it be that the mother of your child isn’t Cuicui?"

Silenced by her words, San Er really felt like falling to the ground, holding his head, and weeping bitterly. In his fevered mind, he had blurted out without thinking, thankful that Cuicui hadn’t come with Miss Lin today, or else he really would be without his young ones!

Ma Junying, too lazy to bother with the fellow any longer, pursed his lips, shook his sleeves, and was about to go onstage.

Ma Xiaonan grabbed her elder brother, her eyes wide in shock, "Big brother, you can’t, are you going to personally taste that dish?

No way! Although I trust that Miss Lin’s cooking won’t be a problem, but, big brother, that thing, its taste is truly special.

What if it stays in your mouth for a lifetime after eating it?

Then you’ll be the First Scholar in history with bad breath! "

Oh, how pitiful, so embarrassing; afterward, nobody will dare to speak with big brother! And that’s the least of it. How will big brother ever get a wife then? She had planned to help big brother hold his babies, but if there’s no wife, where would the babies come from?

Ma Junying’s face could twitch no more, what in the world was his little sister thinking? Eating this thing and getting bad breath? Then nobody should eat garlic anymore!

"Little sister, don’t you..."

Ma Junying, helplessly holding his sister’s hand and about to explain, heard suddenly a thunderous cheer erupt from the crowd.

Looking towards the sound, they saw a tall, burly man stride confidently onto the stage, yet appeared somewhat awkward and nervous as he looked towards Shopkeeper Liu, struggling to find words.

With excitement, Ma Xiaonan yelled, "Big brother, big brother, someone’s up there! You don’t have to go now!"

Great, no more worries about big brother not getting a wife or having babies, and she didn’t have to worry about not having little babies to play with.

Taken aback, Ma Junying relaxed his concern and his gaze involuntarily drifted to the second floor, but all he could see was a swatch of red sleeve and not the figure he longed for.

Linzi, annoyed, smacked his own head. This was it, he couldn’t make his request to Lin Yuan anymore!

On the second floor, Lin Yuan’s lips curved up, relieved that the person on stage wasn’t the one she had arranged or a friend who had come to help, and she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Shopkeeper Liu was somewhat surprised by the sight of the man before him, not expecting that someone would have the guts to take the stage. He had thought it would be that boy called Linzi whom Lin Yuan had arranged ahead of time!

"Esteemed guest, would you like to try our new dish at Fuman Building?" Shopkeeper Liu’s smile was so wide he was all teeth, wishing he could embrace the man before him and plant two kisses on him, for he was like manna from heaven!

The man, referred to as "esteemed guest" by Shopkeeper Liu, was somewhat embarrassed, and his face, already flushed with nervousness, broke into an honest smile as he scratched his head, "I-I never dined in Fuman Building before, I-I ain’t an esteemed guest."

Ha ha.

The crowd, which had been craning their necks in anticipation, suddenly burst into laughter, amused by the simple man’s remarks.

Lin Yuan couldn’t help but smile too. Initially, apart from worrying that no one would take the stage, she was also concerned that the person who would win the One hundred taels of silver might have ill intentions, which could harm a family.

After all, there was no shortage of people who would get the silver, then abandon their families to marry a young woman or become lazy and indolent.

Shopkeeper Liu also started to laugh, raised his hand to calm the crowd, and said, "Whether you have dined at our Fuman Building or not, everyone here is our esteemed guest. Esteemed guest, if you have the courage to try our new dish, it’s not only One hundred taels of silver we’ll give you but also a full meal.

We at Fuman Building will treat you and your family well. "

The man’s eyes lit up. One hundred taels of silver would already cover his family’s expenses, and now he could dine in Fuman Building as well?

Could such good fortune be true? Fuman Building might not be anything special in the eyes of the rich, but for them, the farmers facing the yellow earth and the sky, it was out of reach for a lifetime!