Whether it was troublesome or labor-intensive, since the dish had been ordered, it needed to be properly prepared. Hua Xiaomai had to shake off her laziness, pick out the necessary ingredients, and, followed by Qing You carrying them, headed to the small kitchen in the bamboo forest.
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The weather was not quite cool yet, slightly breezy, which was rather pleasant. The guests dining at Daoxiang Garden generally preferred to sit by the fishpond. Compared to that, the bamboo area was much quieter.
While Wang Zhanrui was busy in the restaurant at the front, Hua Xiaomai entered the kitchen and immediately got to work, preparing the ingredients for the other dishes first before focusing all her energy on the "Mutton Square Hidden Fish."
