Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 339 Xiaobai is so well behaved, madam, please accept him

Yang Songtao said: "Will that delay your bun sales? If so, I can wait for a while."

Shen Yu waved his hand: "No, Aunt Jiang is also there, it's okay to leave for a while."

As he said this, he walked behind the guests who were eating and went to the table to call Li.

Li had seen the little boy a long time ago and was wondering why he was talking to Zhou Dalang one moment and then called Shen Yu over. She wondered what was going on.

But there were many guests at this moment, and while she was greeting them, she was also keeping an eye on the little boy at the door.

Seeing Shen Yu coming to call her, she hurriedly whispered something to Jiang, then waved to Zheng Sanniang to come over, and then went to the store door with Shen Yu.

Li knew that Yang Songtao was sent by Mr. Yang from the academy. When he came over, he smiled and said, "Young man Yang, I heard you were looking for me. What do you want from me?"

Yang Songtao bowed again and said, "Madam, how are you? The master asked me to bring Xiaobai here."

"noob?"

Li and Shen Yu were both confused and had no idea what Yang Songtao was talking about.

Yang Songtao pointed to the door of the store and said, "That's Xiaobai."

The little donkey that had been led by Aunt Qiu in front of the shop seemed to hear Yang Songtao calling it. It raised its head and kicked twice.

Li and Shen Yu were dumbfounded. This little donkey had black hair all over its body, so where was the "white" part?

Why did Yang Tao send a little donkey over?

Shen Yu suppressed his smile, knowing that Yang Songtao was a little boy, but he had a pedantic bookish air, so he patiently asked, "Why did Mr. Yang send you to bring Little Donkey, um, Xiaobai here?"

"Did he tell you anything to bring to us?"

Yang Songtao nodded hurriedly after being reminded by Shen Yu: "Yes, yes, I waited for you for a long time and almost forgot."

He paused, and said word by word: "The master said that thanks to the lady's willingness to lend a hand and send meals to the academy, he solved his urgent need."

"But it's inconvenient to hire a carriage every day. It's better to have your own carriage and horse."

"This little donkey is what Qiu Bo uses when he goes to the market to buy food."

"Now that Uncle Qiu has injured his leg, and with the restaurant delivering meals, the academy no longer needs to buy ingredients and cook its own meals, so the Little Donkey Academy is no longer needed."

"Send Aunt Qiu and Yang Songtao over now. Madam, keep it for delivering meals."

Yang Songtao said, "Although Xiaobai is small, it is very strong. It can pull a small cart with two or three people sitting on it without any effort. It runs fast and steadily."

After Li understood, she waved her hands and said, "A small donkey is not cheap. How can we afford it? We can't take it. It's very convenient to hire a car at the market. You should take it back."

Yang Songtao frowned and said with a flat mouth: "Master said that if the lady doesn't want it, we can't take it back, so we can only sell it."

"It doesn't work in the academy, but it has to eat grass every day and needs people to take care of it. It's too troublesome."

After Yang Songtao finished speaking, his eyes turned red and he looked like he was about to cry.

He sniffed and said, "Madam, just accept Xiaobai."

"When Xiaobai was still very young, I followed Uncle Qiu to raise him. I was the one who gave him the name. We have raised him for two or three years now."

"I brush its fur and feed it grass every day. It is very well behaved. It doesn't eat much and doesn't bark at night."

"But Uncle Qiu said that if you don't want Xiaobai, she will be sold to a mill in the countryside to grind the millstones. She will have no food to eat every day and will be blindfolded. It's too pitiful."

"It's better to follow you guys. I can still see it when I deliver food every day."

"Miss Shen, Madam, would you please accept it?"

"I have brought its saddle, bridle, and harness. If that doesn't work, try putting it on a cart. If it pulls fast, don't sell it to the mill."

Shen Yu watched Yang Songtao winking and trying to cry, and couldn't help laughing in his heart: "The teacher really doesn't follow the ordinary path."

"He was afraid that we would not accept him, so he deliberately sent Yang Songtao to torture us."

As expected, when Yang Songtao was about to cry, Li softened her heart and said hurriedly, "Good boy, stop crying. We will take him in and take good care of him in the restaurant. We won't let him suffer in the mill."

When Yang Songtao heard this, he immediately burst into laughter and said happily, "Really? Madam, you are such a nice person."

"No wonder Mr. Yang said that if I were to give Xiaobai to you, you would definitely accept it."

Li was stunned and was about to ask why.

Yang Songtao was smart, but he immediately realized that he had said something wrong, and quickly pretended to be innocent and asked: "Madam, when will the meal you want to deliver today be ready? Qiu Bo is still waiting at home."

"Can Aunt Qiu and I ride in your donkey cart back to the academy together? It would be a good opportunity for Xiaobai to get to know you guys so that he can listen to you in the future."

He spoke in a clear voice and had an innocent look on his face, as if he was really looking forward to the meal being ready so that he could return quickly by donkey cart.

Li immediately put aside her previous doubts, nodded and smiled, "When there are fewer customers buying breakfast in a while, I will start making your meals."

"The ingredients were prepared yesterday, so it'll be quick to cook. That person over there must be Aunt Qiu."

"Of course you can go to the academy with us. Since we have a donkey cart, why bother to spend the money to hire one?"

As Li said this, she and Yang Songtao went down the stairs to talk to Aunt Qiu.

Shen Yu was watching with great amusement, thinking that one should not judge a person by his appearance. Yang Songtao seemed a little pedantic at first glance, but unexpectedly he turned out to be very smart and eloquent.

Seeing that there was nothing left for her to do, she turned around and went back to the shop, went through the small door and continued to steam the amber meat.

Just as they put the steamers away and covered them, they heard the backyard door open, followed by voices. Mrs. Li led Yang Songtao, Aunt Qiu and the little donkey to the backyard.

Aunt Qiu was probably just worried about Yang Songtao coming alone, so she came with him. She didn't say much and was a very taciturn person.

Yang Songtao became familiar with Li after just a few words.

In the small courtyard, one could hear the two of them discussing how to saddle the donkey, how to take it out for a stroll, how to try out the harness and whether it fit.

Shen Yu knew that Yang Tao had good intentions and thought it would be convenient for everyone, so he sent the little donkey over.

Shen Yu knew the price of a small donkey at the market at that time, which usually ranged from a dozen taels of silver to forty or fifty taels of silver.

Look at the little donkey that Yang Songtao brought. It is young, with good fur color. Although it is a little short, if it is really sold, it will probably cost at least twenty or thirty taels of silver.

There is no doubt that Yang Tao felt that the meal fees charged by Li were not high, so he used the donkey to supplement it.

Unexpectedly, by chance, the restaurant got its first real means of transportation in this way.