Zhang Lu's wife, Mei Ying, works as a chef in Yuelai Inn in Luoyang, while Zhang Lu runs a Tongfu Inn next door, dealing in hob meat and other dishes. The two inns are adjacent, but there is no business, because they both do their own things and don't communicate with each other, but Zhang Lu sometimes goes to the Yuelai Inn in Meiying to eat a bowl of stewed vegetables and drink some wine.