Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 440 What new dishes are available in the restaurant? Let me try them

After finishing all these, Shen Yu and Yu Tao went to the shop in front to help.

When Li saw the two sisters coming over, she took off her apron and stuffed it into Shen Yu's hands, saying, "We're leaving and will be back soon."

Then he hurried out with Jiang, who had just taken off her apron and was still tidying up her clothes.

Shen Yu held the two people's aprons and looked at the still swaying thick cotton door curtain in confusion, wondering what Li was going to do.

Zheng Sanniang pulled Shen Yu and the other person into the kitchen and told them the whole story in a whisper.

It turned out that when Shen Yu went to the county government office yesterday, Li also took some time to visit Mrs. Liu's house.

Li talked to several ladies on good terms about helping to make bed sheets and quilts, and they agreed without any hesitation.

When Li said that helping with these chores was not for free, he would be paid according to the market price.

The ladies who had originally planned to help were surprised and delighted when they heard this, and asked Li if anyone who was good at needlework could come and help.

Because the date for Li's return home to pay respects to her ancestors was brought forward, she had originally thought that she should take advantage of this period of time to quickly finish making the sheets and quilts needed for the inn. Of course, the more manpower the better.

After hearing what the ladies said, she immediately said that if the ladies had any wives or girls among their relatives who were willing to do it, she would be more than happy to do it.

Seeing that they could earn some money to supplement the family income by helping Li, the ladies immediately promised her to ask about it when they got home and would come back with an answer the next day.

Early this morning, Mrs. Liu came over and said that about ten ladies wanted to come and help make sheets and quilts.

So when Li saw Shen Yu and the others coming to the shop, she hurried to buy cloth and cotton, preparing to start sewing the next day.

Shen Yu was also very happy to hear this. He didn't expect that Li was so popular. The ladies were so awesome.

With so many people, with seventy or eighty quilts and sheets, it should be done quickly.

Then she became a little worried and couldn't help muttering, "But there are so many people and there's no place big enough for us to sew together."

Zheng Sanniang couldn't help but laughed, "Look at what the girl said, it's as if you have never sewed a quilt before."

"Of course not, ladies sew together in the food store."

"After the madam brings back the cloth and cotton, we'll cut the cloth according to size and weigh the cotton and divide it into portions."

"Ladies, each of you can take a few pieces home and sew them. When you are done, just send them to us."

After Zheng Sanniang said this, Shen Yu finally understood how to do this job.

She smiled sheepishly: "Sister Zheng, please don't laugh at me. I have never seen so many quilts sewn at once before."

"I thought we could all work together to sew a bed, just like we do embroidery."

"I thought that we would have to stand in a circle around the quilt, each sewing a piece, but I forgot that this is a quilt, and it doesn't need to be so delicate."

Zheng Sanniang was amused by the description imagined by Shen Yu, a layman. Just as she was about to say something else, she heard the guests outside asking for the bill.

The two of them stopped chatting and laughing and went about their business.

Li and Jiang also moved quickly and returned in more than half an hour.

It was agreed that the cloth shop would deliver the cloth and cotton to the restaurant in the afternoon.

Moreover, Li had also prepared all the needles and threads needed, and they could start cutting in the evening after the fabric was delivered.

Li said to Shen Yu happily, "There are about ten ladies willing to help with sewing this time. Together with a few of us, we can prepare all the sheets and quilts in about seven or eight days."

"When everything is done, we can feel at ease when we return to Dongxi Village."

Shen Yu agreed with a smile, and planned to tell Lu Lang about the scheduled itinerary when he came over today.

Ask him to help tell the county magistrate so that he can borrow the carriage and coachman from the county government.

By noon, more and more customers came into the shop.

Shen Yu thought that Lu Lang should be here soon, so after greeting a customer, he wanted to go to the entrance of the restaurant to take a look.

Unexpectedly, as I quickly walked to the door, I bumped into Lu Lang who was just lifting the curtain and walking in.

Shen Yu was not expecting someone to come in and was startled.

She staggered backwards and nearly fell on her butt, but Lu Lang was quick to catch her and she was able to stand steady.

She covered her painful forehead and saw who was coming before she started to speak.

Unexpectedly, Lu Lang lifted the curtain but did not come in. Instead, a person walked in from outside behind him. It was the county magistrate with a smile on his face.

Lu Lang followed behind his father and, in the dim light of the restaurant, looked at the slightly red mark on Shen Yu's forehead caused by the collision.

I couldn't help but gently rub my sore nose, and couldn't help laughing in my heart: "Miss Shen is really impetuous, this collision hurts me so much."

Shen Yu had already reacted by now. Seeing that the county magistrate was dressed in casual clothes, he quickly knelt down and saluted, saying, "How are you, sir?"

The county magistrate went to the restaurant and sat at the square table by the wall, and then smiled and said, "Miss, you are fine too. Xiao Si said he was going to the bookstore in the east of the city to find some books today."

"I haven't been to a bookstore for a long time, so I went along."

"It happens to be not far from where you are, so let's go to the restaurant together to have lunch."

"Miss Shen, what new dishes are available in the restaurant? I'll try them for Yang Laoliu first."

While Shen Yu was listening to Lu Zheng's words, he stole a glance at Lu Lang who was standing beside Lu Zheng and rubbing his nose quietly, and said generously: "Sir, you came at the right time today. I just made two fresh dishes, one is pork with preserved vegetables, the other is chicken with pickled cabbage, and there is also Laba sweet porridge."

Lu Zheng couldn't help but joked: "Oh, it seems that the girl has a good relationship with her family, otherwise why would she still not finish eating Laba porridge today."

When Lu Lang heard his father asking about Laba porridge, his face became slightly hot, and he was worried that Shen Yu would directly say that he asked for it to be cooked.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yu still looked disingenuous and said, "Sir, you are right. My mother is on good terms with the ladies around her, and they did give each other a lot of Laba porridge."

"But today's sweet porridge is not from the Laba Festival. The ingredients were soaked last night and boiled this morning. It is fresh and sweet when eaten now."

Lu Zheng just asked casually, and didn't ask why they cooked Laba porridge today. He just smiled and said, "Then I came at the right time today."

"Xiao Si and I live here. No one in the family cooked porridge for us on Laba Day, so today I asked the girl for a bowl of sweet porridge."

Shen Yu responded with a smile, and then asked, "Sir, is there anything else you want to eat?"

"In addition to the assorted casserole and hot pot, all other dishes in the restaurant today are made of pickled vegetables."

"In addition to the two dishes I just mentioned, there are two more dishes that Mr. ate last time: stir-fried pork with mustard greens and scrambled eggs with dried radish."