At ho, old ng Mu had already gone to sleep early. If one stayed close to her room door, they could still hear her soft snoring.
Hua Xiaomai and ng Yuhuai bolted the courtyard gate, hurriedly washed up, returned to their room, and sat down at the table to chat for a while.
"I think Master Wang finally poured out the words he had been hiding in his heart for a long ti today," ng Yuhuai sipped his tea and spoke leisurely with a smile, "Though by the end, I couldn’t hear clearly at all, I imagine that just speaking these worriso things aloud must have relieved so of the pressure in his heart. Don’t worry, he’s not a fool, he will surely understand."
"I’m not worried," Hua Xiaomai nodded, "Haven’t I told you? I understand him very well, I just worry about the opinions of everyone at the shop. How can they know what it feels like if it’s not happening to them? Anyway, I won’t hold this grudge against him anymore."
As she spoke, she pursed her lips and smiled: "But you, making such an effort to settle this matter for today, how should I thank you?"
ng Yuhuai glanced at her sideways, half serious, half jokingly shook his head and sighed: "In your current situation, how can I even dare to ask you for a thank-you gift? The mont I get a bit closer, you start to scream, what else can I do?"
This conversation really... it was going astray...
Hua Xiaomai glared at him fiercely, clapped her hands, and changed the subject: "However... Is Wang Tonghe really the famous chef who is revered in Master Tan’s stories? Wow, if I had the chance, I would really like to et him and seek so guidance. Such a great chef is hard to et in the culinary world, and we had no idea his son was running the kitchen in our shop. Isn’t that rare?"
"You can discuss that with Master Wang yourself," ng Yuhuai said with a smile, " No need to rush things; we can think about it later. There’s an important matter to handle tomorrow if you are free, let’s go and take care of it together."
"What’s it?" Hua Xiaomai looked up at him, "Still about the matter of building a new house for our family?"
"Hmm," ng nodded, "Before leaving the Escort Agency today, I settled all miscellaneous tasks and said goodbye to Han Hu and the others. I won’t go tomorrow. Let’s go et Zheng Yakuai, tour around Daoxiang Garden, choose a plot of land, and start construction soon. I was thinking, if we could move in by next spring, that would be the best scenario."
"Great!"
Without a second thought, Hua Xiaomai agreed heartily: "But I think, we don’t need to head out too early. You rarely get a day off at ho, why not sleep in a bit more tomorrow? I’ll go to Daoxiang Garden to look around. Co to the shop for lunch, and I’ll cook so of your favorites, then we can go check the land in the afternoon, how does that sound?"
ng Yuhuai didn’t object, and he had no reason not to agree. They sat and talked a while longer, inevitably reminiscing about Wang Zhanrui’s drunken words by the river earlier that day, then they blew out the light and went to bed.
...
Early the next day, Hua Xiaomai went to Daoxiang Garden and indeed found that Wang Zhanrui had not yet arrived.
It’s normal for soone who drank heavily the night before to wake up irritable, weak, and with a headache; a delay was expected. She didn’t take it to heart and just ordered the staff around, checked the vegetables, and urged the kitchen to start preparations.
Chun Xi and La i had seen Wang Zhanrui upset Hua Xiaomai a few days ago, and seeing him late today, they were quite displeased. La i originally wanted to start ranting in front of Master Tan, but Chun Xi, being more thoughtful, pulled Hua Xiaomai aside to start murmuring softly.
"This is really inappropriate," she pouted, quite dissatisfied, "If you ask , you’re too tolerant of him, it makes him more and more unruly. The owner arrived so early, yet he still delays, what does this an?"
The two were considered veterans in Daoxiang Garden, and familiar with Hua Xiaomai, always speaking their minds without much thought. The undertones of their words seed to have held a long grudge against Wang Zhanrui.
Understanding what they ant, mostly they were standing up for her, Hua Xiaomai responded with a cheerful smile: "It’s alright, he has his reasons. Last night he got drunk with Yuhuai. This morning, he must be suffering a bit. Anyway, it’s not yet lunch rush, so there’s no need to worry."
Chun Xi and La i, hearing that Wang Zhanrui had been drinking with ng Yuhuai the previous evening, looked surprised and before they could ask further, Hua Xiaomai quickly gave a few more instructions.
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