Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 438: I’m just an old customer of yours?

Lu Lang didn't bother to be polite with her and immediately nodded in agreement.

Shen Yu asked him with a smile: "Mr. Lu, what would you like to eat tomorrow?"

"There are many customers eating hotpot in the restaurant these days, and it's not very busy."

"If you want to eat anything, just order it. I'll prepare it and wait for you to come over."

She thought for a moment and asked again, "Will Qixi and Liushun come with you? Is there anything they want to eat?"

Lu Lang felt a little jealous when he heard this, and thought to himself, "So Miss Shen doesn't cook just for me."

"In her heart, Liushun, Qixi, and I are all the same, right?"

Although he felt jealous, Lu Lang remained calm on the surface: "They are not going. I am just going to the bookstore to pick out some books. There is no need for them to follow me."

Shen Yu said "Oh", not realizing that there was anything wrong with Lu Lang, and asked with a smile, "What would Mr. Lu like to eat?"

Lu Lang pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked without thinking, "That day you asked Zhou Dalang to send oily noodles and fruit, but why didn't you send Laba porridge?"

Shen Yu didn't expect Lu Lang to ask this suddenly, and was stunned.

She was puzzled and asked, "The fried dough sticks are given to regular customers of the restaurant, and isn't Laba porridge given to neighbors and relatives?"

"Are the customs in the capital different from those in Anping County?"

Lu Lang couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, so he had to ask again: "I'm just an old customer of yours?"

Shen Yu looked at Lu Lang, who was inexplicably angry, as if he were a fool, and asked as a matter of course, "Isn't it?"

"Look, what kind of food in my house have you not eaten?"

"Not only are you a regular customer, the county magistrate should also be considered a regular customer of my family!"

"Well, there is also Mr. Yang. If this time is counted, he should be considered a regular customer!"

Shen Yu said with a little pride: "The diners who often come here all know that the county magistrate loves to eat my boiled pork slices, and they also know that the name of the amber meat was given by the county magistrate."

Lu Lang looked at Shen Yu, who looked a little proud, and sighed helplessly: "Then I want to eat your Laba porridge tomorrow."

Shen Yu nodded and said "OK", then asked in confusion: "Mr. Lu, don't you have Laba porridge to drink on the Laba Festival?"

"Oh, that's right, you and the county magistrate are on duty, not at home."

"But you can also ask Chef Jiang or Chef Xu to cook it. Even if your family is not around, you still have to celebrate the festival."

Lu Lang glanced at Shen Yu meaningfully and said, "Chef Jiang and the others are not my family, I don't want to drink."

Shen Yu felt that the official son was too particular, so he could only comfort him: "When you return to Beijing in a few days, you will be able to eat the New Year's Eve dinner prepared by your family. It doesn't matter if you can't have Laba porridge."

"Since Master Lu wants to drink it, I'll go back and ask my mother to cook some more. The porridge she cooks tastes pretty good."

"If you had told me a few days ago that you wanted to drink Laba porridge, I would have plenty at home."

"You don't know, the neighbors gave us many bowls of Laba porridge as gifts, and our whole family drank it for several days."

When Shen Yu thought about the sweet porridge he had for every meal during those days, he couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his stomach.

Lu Lang couldn't help but laugh as he listened to Shen Yu complaining.

It was rare for Shen Yu to see Lu Lang looking so happy, and he couldn't help but say, "Mr. Lu, you see, people should smile more."

"When you smile, you look much more approachable."

Lu Lang smiled and said, "You are right, but I am busy studying and helping my father every day in the county government office. How can I have time to joke?"

Shen Yu didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say, "Studying also requires a balance between work and rest. I once heard a gentleman say that people who don't know how to rest can't work, so don't overwork yourself."

Lu Lang had never heard these words before. He pondered over them several times and finally understood them. He hurriedly thanked Shen Yu.

Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Yu stood up and said goodbye, "I'm going back first. Remember to come to the restaurant for lunch tomorrow."

Only then did Lu Lang call Liu Shun over and asked him to drive Shen Yu back.

Shen Yu smiled and waved his hand: "No, the road in front of the restaurant has not been repaired yet, and the carriage can't pass through. I'd better go to the county government office and hire a car to go back."

Lu Lang knew that what Shen Yu said was the truth, so he had to agree, but he still asked Liu Shun to send Shen Yu to the gate of the county government office. Only after Shen Yu got on the mule cart did Liu Shun return to the back government office.

After returning home, Shen Yu told Lord Yang at dinner that the county magistrate wanted him to stay in Anping County during the New Year and cook for him.

He also said that the county magistrate would send a horse-drawn carriage to take the whole family back to pay homage to their ancestors and visit their two uncles.

When Li first heard that Shen Yu could not go home for the New Year, she was a little disappointed, but when she heard that the county magistrate would send a carriage to take her family back, she suddenly felt honored.

The initial unhappiness was instantly swept away, and he said happily that the county magistrate's affairs were more important.

After dinner, the family discussed it and decided that since Lord Yang would not come to Anping County until after the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, when he would resign, they would set off for home on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.

It is faster to take a horse carriage and you can get home on the same day.

We visited the graves of our ancestors in the morning of the 21st and went to my two uncles’ homes in the afternoon.

Then the whole family will come back together on the 22nd to celebrate the New Year in Anping County, which will not prevent Shen Yu from going to the county government to cook when Lord Yang comes.

Shen Yu often heard Li talking about his two uncles. Although the two sides had exchanged messages several times since coming to Anping County, they had not seen each other for half a year.

Li had originally planned to spend the New Year's holiday with her brothers while the restaurant was closed, but now she planned to visit both houses and return quickly.

Shen Yu said: "Mom, haven't you always wanted to spend a few days with your two uncles?"

"I will come back by myself then. Besides, Aunt Jiang and the others are here, so you don't have to worry."

Li shook her head and said, "How can that be possible? How can I feel comfortable leaving you alone in Anping County? Of course, our family must spend the New Year together."

"Besides, there is nothing in our old house, and it is inconvenient to go to my uncle's house, so we have to go back to the county town to celebrate the New Year."

"As for your uncle, the house will be ready once the inn opens."

"Then invite both families to Anping County to spend a few days, and then we can get together again."

Shen Yu thought this was not a bad idea.

Although she had never been to her two uncles' homes, no matter how good her relatives' homes were, they were not as comfortable as her own home.

As for Dongxi Village, she no longer had any feelings for it when she thought of the villagers who had chased after her, pointing fingers at her and calling her a disaster.

Going back to the village to pay respects to the ancestors is just because I don’t want to appear out of the ordinary.

So the decision to return to Dongxi Village was made.

Shen Yu then talked about the expenses of building the inn, and how Lu Lang would come over for dinner tomorrow, and then go to the money house together.