Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 319 The County Magistrate and the Governor are coming to the restaurant for dinner

I thought someone would be sent to pick her up early in the morning just like yesterday, but I didn't expect that no one from the county government would come until almost lunchtime.

Shen Yu thought that the county magistrate was going to host a formal banquet for the prefect today, so there was no need for him to go there himself.

During the busy lunch hour, an ordinary-looking mule cart slowly drove in outside the store.

The car cover is made of blue cloth and has no logo. It is a common style when renting a car in a car dealership.

The driver stopped the carriage, got out and put the sedan chair in place, and three men got off.

Two of them were already middle-aged, one was tall and strong with a dark complexion, and the other was fair-skinned with a long beard, and was gentle and elegant.

There was also a young man who looked to be about twenty years old. He had an ordinary appearance but his eyes were bright and lively. Although he was dressed in plain clothes, he still had the air of a scholar.

The young man was holding a small bag that was obviously used by girls. It turned out that the person was Lu Lang and the two adults who came incognito.

The three of them were all wearing cloth gowns and standing at the door of the restaurant, looking at the almost full restaurant with a look of surprise on their faces.

This was the time when shop owners and their employees came to eat, and the place was crowded and lively.

Lu Lang looked into the restaurant and said, "Father, Uncle Yang, there are too many customers inside right now. Do you want to wait a while before eating? Let's go to the market first."

Lu Zheng had no objection. He was just accompanying Yang Chi to walk around the county town today, so anything was fine.

Yang Chi shook his head and took the opportunity to teach Lu Lang: "It's better to be lively like this."

"Don't think that you are different from them just because you are a scholar."

"In fact, there is knowledge everywhere in the city and in the countryside. Do you have to go to a restaurant and listen to the officials' monotonous official documents praising the merits of the officials to know whether the people are living a good life?"

"You still have to go to the villages, the markets and the shops in person, listen, see and chat with them."

“Only then can we know how the people under our rule are actually living, and have a clear understanding and insight.”

Lu Zheng hurriedly said, "Xiao Si, your uncle Yang has been an official for many years. These are all true insights that you can't learn from books."

"You should learn from them carefully. There are many benefits."

Lu Lang understood something and nodded, saying, "Then my nephew will go in and see if there is any space."

Seeing that the two elders had no objection, Lu Lang entered the restaurant.

Li and the others were busy in the small kitchen and didn't notice Lu Lang coming in for a while.

Zheng Sanniang served the guests the food and when she turned around she saw him first. She came forward and knelt down to greet him.

Lu Lang waved his hand to signal Zheng Sanniang to follow him.

When the two of them walked to the door, he whispered, "Don't make a sound. I'm here with my father and Uncle Yang to have dinner today."

"Madam Zheng, please arrange three seats for them. They can be treated as ordinary diners."

Lu Lang said it lightly, but Zheng Sanniang knew that the so-called Uncle Yang was the governor Yang mentioned by Shen Yu yesterday.

The county magistrate and the prefect came to the restaurant to eat together!!!

When Zheng Sanniang thought of this, she became extremely nervous and her voice trembled: "Master... Master, wait a moment. I will go and call our daughter over."

Having said that, he turned around and left without caring whether Lu Langtong disagreed.

Lu Lang originally thought that he could just find a place to sit down, but he didn't expect to scare Zheng Sanniang instead.

I had to retreat to the door of the shop and wait for Shen Yu to come out.

But after a moment, Shen Yu, who was making pancakes in the backyard, walked over quickly.

She already knew who Lu Lang brought with him, but because she had met the two adults yesterday, she was not panicked at the moment.

Just before entering the small door of the shop, he held the trembling Zheng Sanniang and said calmly: "Sister Zheng, don't panic. The two adults are just here for dinner. Nothing will happen."

"You go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of them."

Zheng Sanniang said worriedly, "That girl, be careful. I'll go talk to the madam and the others."

Shen Yu thought for a moment and said, "Since Master Lu said that he wants to treat us as ordinary diners, then you can just go and talk to mother and let them know."

"Don't go over to greet the two adults yet. Just pretend you don't know them."

Although Shen Yu said it very easily, Zheng Sanniang was still a little worried that this might anger the two adults.

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Zheng, the two adults are easy-going people, it's not what you think, it's okay, go talk to mother and the others."

Zheng Sanniang then went to the small kitchen in the shop.

Shen Yu straightened his rolled-up sleeves and went to the door of the store. He immediately saw Lu Lang standing at the door and looking inside.

She walked over and before she could say anything, she saw that what Lu Lang was holding was her own small bag.

Knowing that he had brought the kitchen knife back for her, she couldn't help but smile.

When Lu Lang saw her smile as bright and beautiful as a spring flower, his heart skipped a beat for no reason, even though he was usually calm and composed.

He coughed lightly to cover it up and handed over the bag in his hand: "You didn't have time to take it yesterday, and then when Qixi led people to clean up the small kitchen, they put the bag and kitchen knife away and gave them to me."

"Uncle Yang said today that he would come to your restaurant for lunch, so I brought it here. Don't throw it away anywhere in the future."

Shen Yu happily took it and said, "Yesterday, the county magistrate told me to leave, so I hurried out and forgot about the kitchen knife."

"I only remembered it after I got home, and I wanted to go back and find it right away."

"Mother said that I couldn't lose my things in the county government office. It was dark now and they wouldn't let me in. So she told me to bring them back when I go to the county government office again today."

"I've been thinking about it all night. Thank you, Mr. Lu."

Shen Yu said, pointing to the square table in the corner: "Because it's a square table, most of the guys don't sit there when they come to eat. Why don't you three sit there? It's convenient and there are fewer people."

Lu Lang looked into the corner and saw that it was indeed the case.

Two elderly shopkeepers were sitting at one square table, eating and talking. The other square table was still empty.

The long table here was much more lively. The young guys and individual customers were laughing and chatting while eating, huddled together and enjoying their meal.

Lu Lang nodded and said, "When father and his friends come over later, just call them Sir."

Shen Yu smiled and nodded: "I understand."

As he said this, he handed the small bag to Zheng Sanniang and asked her to help put it away, while he went to the square table in the corner and set the dishes.

Lu Lang and the other two entered the restaurant and sat down at the square table.

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Sir, are you okay? Would you like to lower the curtain so that we can have a quiet meal?"

Yang Chi smiled cheerfully and waved his hands: "What's there to be shy about as a man? It's better to have some fun like this."

"Tell us what your signature dishes are. We came here just to try them."