Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 338 I don’t want to eat, I want to find Shen Yucheng’s elder sister

"When you move closer, I have a small cart that I used to buy groceries and deliver meals. I can just use it to push the cart and deliver the food to you."

Yang Tao thought about it and said nothing more.

He took out a fifty-liang silver note and handed it over: "Then it's settled. This is the fifty-liang silver note. When you have used up the fifty liang, I will send it back to you."

Li smiled and said, "There's no need for so much. Besides, we eat first and pay later. Even if we book a table, we only need to pay a small deposit."

Yang Tao smiled and said, "You have to pay first or later. If you keep it with me, you can't keep it. I couldn't resist and used it to buy books. Madam, you should keep it."

Only then did Li accept the banknote, and Yang Tao was about to stand up and say goodbye.

Li smiled and said, "It's getting late, sir, please have dinner here before leaving."

This time, Yang Tao said, "I have other things to do. I have disturbed the lady for half a day, so I will go back first."

Li had no choice but to give up, and sent Yang Tao out with Yucheng and Dundun.

During dinner, everyone heard that the new location of the academy was near the county government office, much closer to home, and they were all happy for Yucheng and his friends.

They all said that they wouldn't have to get up so early every day in the future, as the distance was shorter and much easier to walk.

Li discussed with Shen Yu that starting from tomorrow, they would prepare the meals ordered by the academy separately and then ask Zhou Dalang to hire a mule cart to deliver them.

Because the academy was located on the outskirts of the city, it would take an hour to go back and forth by car. Shen Yu took over the lasagna that Zhou Dalang had originally been making.

Fortunately, the problem of students' meals after the move has been solved. Mr. Yang said that they will move in a few days, and then there will be no need to go through so much trouble to deliver meals.

Jiang was very emotional: "You two are really good people. You are willing to take the initiative to order food, which is time-consuming, laborious and unprofitable."

"Unlike those restaurants, when they see that the business is coming to them, they set a high price and just want to make a lot of money."

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Everyone has different ideas. The purpose of opening a restaurant is to make money to support the family, but you can't just focus on the little profit in front of you."

"Everyone has difficulties, not to mention that Yucheng and Dundun are still studying in the academy."

"If the restaurant owners also have children studying there, they might not do this."

Zheng Sanniang said, "That's because the young lady and the eldest lady are kind-hearted. If it were someone else, at most they would secretly bring some cakes and pastries to their own children, or just send meals to their own children."

Shen Yu smiled and said nothing more, then changed the subject to talk about something else.

Although delivering meals to the academy earns less money and is troublesome, it is still worth it when I think that it not only solves Mr. Yang's difficulties but also allows Yucheng and others to have enough food to eat.

Li was influenced by Mr. Shen and felt that children's education was the top priority in the family. As long as it was beneficial to their studies, whether they made money or not was not that important.

Early the next morning, before the customers who came to the store for breakfast had left, they saw a mule cart driving over.

There was nothing special about the car, it was just a common car in the car dealership. The difference was that there was a sleek black donkey following behind the mule cart.

It was tied to the back of a mule cart, with a complete set of saddles and bridles on its back, and a small cloth bag tied on top. It followed the mule cart with light steps, running along the way.

The carriage had just stopped and the driver hadn't put the sedan chair in place yet when a little boy of about eight or nine years old in a short shirt and long trousers jumped out of the carriage.

I only heard an old female voice inside: "Xiao Tao, slow down."

Then an old woman in her fifties stepped down on a sedan chair and stood in front of the carriage, looking around in a daze.

The boy pointed to the Fengnian Restaurant in front and said, "Aunt Qiu, that's it. That's the Fengnian Restaurant that the gentleman mentioned."

It turned out that the visitors were Yang Songtao, Yang Tao's servant from Baihe Academy, and Aunt Qiu, the family servant.

Yang Songtao went over and untied the rope of the little black donkey and handed the fare to the driver.

The driver thanked him, put away the sedan chair, jumped onto the shaft, waved the whip, and turned away with the sound of hooves.

Yang Songtao supported Aunt Qiu, holding the small black stove in his hand, and walked a few steps to the steps of the restaurant, looking at the bustling guests inside.

Yang Songtao blinked his big eyes: "Aunt Qiu, there are so many guests, what should I do?"

Aunt Qiu was a gentle old lady who seemed to seldom go out, and at this moment she looked undecided.

Aunt Qiu said, "The master said that if there are many guests, we should wait outside for a while, and then go in and tell their mistress when there are fewer guests."

Yang Qiutao said, "But Uncle Qiu said that we should go in and tell them when we get there, so that they don't have to hire a car."

He scratched his head with his hands, as if he had made a great decision, and handed the rope in his hand to Aunt Qiu: "Aunt Qiu, wait here, I'll go in and find Shen Yucheng's eldest sister, I know her."

As he spoke, he walked up the stairs in two or three steps, stood at the door of the restaurant and looked inside.

Zhou Dalang happened to be nearby. Seeing the boy standing at the door and looking at him without coming in, he smiled and said, "Little brother, do you want to eat in the store or take the food home?"

Yang Songtao grinned: "I don't want to eat, I want to find someone, I want to find Shen Yucheng's eldest sister."

"Shen Yucheng? Big sister?" Perhaps no one had ever called Yucheng's full name so seriously. Zhou Dalang repeated it once before he realized who the visitor was looking for.

He suddenly realized and said, "Oh, you are looking for Miss Shen. Excuse me, who are you, young man? What do you want to see our girl for?"

Yang Songtao straightened his chest in a serious tone and said, "I am Yang Songtao from Baihe Academy."

"My husband asked me to look for the lady from Fengnian Restaurant, but I don't know her and she doesn't know me either."

"Shen Yucheng's eldest sister is your Miss Shen. She has seen me and I know her, so I have to find her first."

Zhou Dalang was amused by his roundabout words. He nodded and said, "Then wait a moment, little brother. I'll go get our girl to come out."

Yang Songtao cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, my dear."

Zhou Dalang looked at his little adult appearance, held back his laughter, waved his hand, and quickly went to the backyard.

Shen Yu was preparing to steam amber meat in the large kitchen in the backyard. When she heard Zhou Dalang say that Yang Songtao from Baihe Academy came to see her, she couldn't remember who he was for a moment.

When Zhou Dalang said that he was about the same age as Yucheng, he became particularly serious. Then he remembered the little servant boy who had told him his name in a serious manner, whom he had only met once.

She smiled and hurried to the shop in front, and sure enough, she saw Yang Songtao standing upright at the door of the shop waiting.

As soon as she passed by, Yang Songtao bowed and said, "Miss Shen, how are you? Mr. Yang asked me to come and find the eldest lady, but I don't know her, so I can only come to you first."

Shen Yu smiled: "See? The one selling buns behind the winnowing basket on the table is my mother. What do you want to see her for? I'll go get her over here."