Chapter 1399: 218, Dim Sum (15)
After a bustling day in Liu Family Village, the family finally returned to their own ho, almost too exhausted to move. They ate sothing quickly and went to bed early.
With matters at the Lin family’s hollow mostly settled, Lin Yuan thought it was ti to visit town to check on the Rice Flower Fragrance and the tofu shop’s business.
Lin Jiaxin wanted to catch up with Old Iron Head in town, so he took Lady Liu and Xiao Yongyan with him in a horse-drawn carriage right into the city.
This ti in the city, Lin Yuan thought of eting those old friends on the side, so she asked Lin Wei to see if Xiao He wanted to co along too, after all she was also a student of ng Liangdong, and she rembered Xiao He had also prepared gifts for ng Liangdong and classmates from the South City School. It wouldn’t be right not to bring her.
Before entering the city, Lin Yuan and the others first went to the tofu shop to deliver the gifts Xiao Linzi had prepared for everyone, and to let them know about Xiao Linzi’s recent situation.
Having not seen them for half a year, all those kids had grown quite a bit taller. As soon as they heard the gifts were from Xiao Linzi, they excitedly gathered around Lin Yuan and Lin Wei to ask about Xiao Linzi’s whereabouts.
Xiao Linzi didn’t want them to know that he was actually the concubine’s son from the Chen family of Jiangnan, so as to not worry the children.
They might look like little street urchins, but having road outside for so long, they had heard plenty of rumors and naturally knew about the dirty secrets of the big families. Lin Yuan and Lin Wei understood Xiao Linzi’s intentions.
“Your Boss, oh, he’s beco quite impressive!”
Lin Yuan and Lin Wei hadn’t figured out how to speak to the children, but Xia Zheng couldn’t help blurting it out, imdiately attracting everyone’s attention.
“Your Boss, he’s changed his na, he’s not Xiao Linzi anymore, he’s Xiao Chenzi. He’s working in a Cloth Shop in the Capital City now. The Boss over there noticed how clever and capable he was and entrusted him with all the big and small matters of the Cloth Shop. I heard he’s even considering betrothing his daughter to him! Aiya!”
Xia Zheng chuckled dryly after being attacked at the waist by soone. Glancing at the warning look in Lin Yuan’s eyes and Lin Wei’s pouty, resentful gaze, he quickly changed the subject.
“But, you know, your Boss isn’t the kind of man to give up his dreams and ambitions for a woman. He firmly rejected the Boss’s marriage proposal and only wants to make the Cloth Shop’s business bigger and better. The Boss admired his ambition and valued him even more.”
“So what about the Boss’s daughter?” asked a little boy suddenly.
Xia Zheng pursed his lips and tapped the little boy on the head, grunting, “Sha on you. I’m telling you about your Boss not to make you worry about that woman, but to tell you to learn from your Boss, to work hard and make a lot of money! Got it?”
The kids nodded and obediently said, “We got it.”
However, just as Xia Zheng was about to nod in satisfaction, another little boy suddenly asked, “But, what actually happened to the Boss’s daughter? After being rejected by our Boss, is she heartbroken and seeking death? Oh my, do you think that young lady is particularly ugly? Otherwise, why would the Boss reject her?”
“Right, right, I bet she must be especially ugly! Think about it; the Boss isn’t that young anymore. He really should be of marrying age!”
“Oh, this Boss, why can’t he just let people rest easy! Even if he doesn’t like that young lady, he shouldn’t reject her like that. What if the Boss gets furious and drives him away?”
“Exactly, exactly, I think Boss is still too young, we should really educate him properly!”
Saying so, these people really did run back into their little houses and took out paper and pens to write letters to Xiao Linzi. Although they didn’t want to go to school, after Xiao Linzi left, they thought they still needed to learn to write in order to communicate with him, so they asked Lan Hua to teach them how to recognize characters when she had ti.
Even though they didn’t know many characters at the mont, they could still write a letter that looked quite decent with a mix of words and drawings.
Watching the seriousness of the group, Xia Zheng couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from twitching.
Lin Yuan also disdainfully pursed her lips at him, happily pulling Lin Wei to one side, thinking that the ss she had stirred up should be sorted out by herself.
Xia Zheng felt indescribably frustrated, watching these children write and simultaneously recite the content they had written in a lecturing tone made him even more speechless.
They were clearly a few years younger than Xiao Linzi, yet they were thinking of educating soone else!
While the children were busy writing letters, Lin Yuan was also not idle, going to check on the tofu shop’s accounts and the people working in the storeroom.
Not bad, the tofu shop was running normally even in her absence, which reassured her greatly.
It was only after the children had finally finished their letters that Lin Yuan and the others got back into the carriage and headed to town. Xia Zheng needed to go to Fuman Building to check on the business, so Lin Yuan took Lin Wei, Xiao Linshuang, and Xiao He to Rice Flower Fragrance.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of Rice Flower Fragrance, they were enthusiastically welcod inside.
Seeing the unfamiliar but very enthusiastic young waiter, Lin Yuan and her companions smiled without saying anything.
Once inside Rice Flower Fragrance, there were a lot of custors, and although they had not seen the waiters before, each of them was brimming with enthusiasm and very attentive.
Lin Yuan recalled what Loudmouth said when he had sent the accounts to her before, that he had hired a few good-looking and sweet-talking young waiters for the shop. The reason, Lin Yuan now thought, was quite amusing; most custors who ca to buy pastries at Rice Flower Fragrance were won, and everyone has a love for beauty, so with so many handso young waiters, people would naturally want to linger a little longer.
“Miss, what kind of pastries would you like to try? Our shop’s best are the twelve zodiac pastries, as well as various kinds of pastries specifically for making wedding treats. Miss, would you like to look at those wedding treats?”
The young waiter was very enthusiastic, introducing items at their side before Lin Yuan even had a chance to see who was presiding over the counter.
Smiling, Lin Yuan looked at the young waiter sowhat puzzled: “Doesn’t your shop have many different series? Why are you only introducing the wedding treats to and not the others? Does my face have ‘about to hold a celebration’ written on it?”
The waiter was sweet-tongued, but he was a sowhat shy kid. With a smile and scratching his head, he said a bit bashfully, “Of course not, I just saw that you, Miss, seem in high spirits and have a glowing complexion, so I guessed you must have so happy event and might need wedding treats. If I’m wrong, please don’t bla , Miss!”
Seeing Lin Yuan shake her head, knowing she didn’t bla him, the young waiter suddenly blinked and said, “Miss, how do you know that our shop has various series of pastries? You seem a bit unfamiliar; you don’t look like you’ve been here before.”
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