Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 285 The old lady asked us to come here

"Chef Liu, Madam Feng, come and try it and see if it tastes like this and how it compares to what Miss Shen made."

Chef Liu came in with a few bowls of noodles and said with a smile, "Oh, I'm here just in time. Fish balls with warm noodles. I say, Big Head Xin, you can't just focus on learning for your own pleasure."

"Look, what time is it now? Aren't you hungry? Aren't Miss Shen and Mama Feng hungry too?"

"Come here, this is the freshly cooked warm mushroom noodles, everyone, have some to fill your stomach."

Mother Feng and Mrs. Li might be hungry, but Shen Yu himself was not very hungry.

Chef Xin had failed to make fish balls twice before, so Shen Yu just tasted them to find out the reason and ate quite a few of them.

After hearing what Chef Liu said, Chef Xin thought of Madam Feng and Madam Li who had been accompanying him all along, and hurriedly said with a smile, "Oh, it's all my fault. I made Madam and Madam suffer as a result."

Li didn't dare to say anything, she just waved her hands and said, "It's okay, it's my duty."

Mother Feng said seriously, "It's okay. You guys are working hard. It doesn't matter if we go hungry. We all want to do a good job and satisfy the old lady."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the kitchen was relaxed and united, which alleviated most of Shen Yu's worries.

The fish balls made by Chef Xin this time taste good. Although the squeezed fish balls are still not round, this only requires a few more practices and will not affect the taste.

Each of them had a bowl of noodles and a few fish balls and ate them hurriedly.

After eating, Mother Feng felt that the taste was similar to what Shen Yu made, so she asked Chef Xin how his cooking went.

This time, Chef Xin nodded and said, "Don't worry, Madam Feng. I have learned it. I can go and report to the old lady now."

Then he bowed to Miss Shen and said, "Thank you, Miss Shen."

Shen Yu hurriedly returned the greeting: "I don't deserve it, this is what I should do."

Mother Feng smiled and said, "It's rare that Chef Xin is so impressed by someone. Miss Shen, just accept his gift with peace of mind."

After a few words of laughter, Mother Feng and Shen Yu left the small kitchen and walked towards Old Madam Song's Zizhu Garden.

When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the maid standing at the gate waved her hand and said, "The old lady is in the small Buddhist hall."

Mother Feng groaned, "The old lady started her homework early today. We can only wait."

The maid nodded: "Yes, the old lady woke up earlier from her nap today, so we started earlier."

After hearing this, Li hurriedly said, "Mother Feng, since the old lady is doing her homework in the Buddhist hall, we will not disturb her. The chefs have also learned the two dishes. If there is nothing else, we will go back first."

Mother Feng thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Well, I guess the old lady doesn't have anything else to tell you. I'll have the carriage take you back first."

"It takes the old lady at least an hour to finish her daily homework."

"I know you guys are busy in the restaurant, so I won't let you wait here."

Shen Yu and Li were eager to leave quickly to avoid running into the Second Young Lady and causing trouble again. After hearing what Mother Feng said, they hurriedly thanked her.

By the time Shen Yu and the other person returned to the restaurant in the carriage, it was almost time for the market to close.

Only after returning to the store did Li feel relieved.

At this time, there were only occasional customers coming to the store to pack up some food. Li asked about the store's business today and saw that it was about the same as usual. Jiang and the others were doing very well, so she felt relieved.

She patted her waist and said, "I am really tired today. I didn't expect that teaching people to cook is much more tiring than working in my own restaurant."

Shen Yu smiled and said, "If you are tired, go back to your room and rest. You have been standing here all day today, and you must be tired."

Li shook her head and said, "It's okay, but I feel a little uncomfortable in someone else's house."

She said she wanted to stay in the shop to help, but Jiang saw that she kept pounding her waist and urged her to go and have a rest. Then Li went back to her room.

After teaching Shen Yu how to cook today, the two chefs became much nicer towards him.

Shen Yu tried his best to teach how to make fish balls and candied date cakes. He guessed that he wouldn't have to deal with the Song family anymore in the future.

Shen Yu simply put aside his worries about the second young lady and stopped thinking about it.

Two days passed like this, and Shen Yu was completely relieved when she saw that the Song family no longer asked her to cook.

The weather has been gloomy these past few days. Although it hasn't rained, the wind feels even colder when it blows on my body.

As the weather is getting colder, Shen Yu plans to add some soups to the dishes sold in the store every day.

After lunch that day, seeing that there were not many customers in the store, Li, Jiang and Yutao went to the cloth shop together.

Winter is coming soon, and Li and her family have started preparing winter clothes for the whole family.

Shen Yu went to the backyard, where Zheng Sanniang and Zhou Dalang were packing cakes for the guests at the table.

There was the sound of horse hooves at the door of the restaurant and a carriage stopped.

The coachman brought the sedan chair and waited until the four people in the carriage got off. Then he put away the sedan chair and drove the carriage to the side to wait.

The four people who came down were all women, two of them wore long veils, and the other two were dressed like maids.

The two people wearing veiled hats stood in front of the Fengnian Restaurant. One of them looked around the restaurant and said to a middle-aged maid next to her, "Madame Qiu, bring the cloth over later, and then go to the carriage with Cui'er and wait."

"The restaurant is small, Yuzhi and I can just go in, sit for a while, and then go back."

It turned out that the two people wearing veil hats were the second wife Gao and the fourth daughter Song Yuzhi of the Song family.

Aunt Qiu hesitated: "Second Madam, this is against the rules. If the old lady knew..."

Gao smiled and said, "What's against the rules? It was the old lady who asked us to come here. Can't I have a few words with Miss Shen?"

Song Yuzhi said, "Mother, look, there is a curtain at the very edge of the restaurant. We can sit there and put down the curtain."

"Madame Qiu, isn't this against the rules?"

Song Yuzhi looked at Nanny Qiu with some dissatisfaction.

Aunt Qiu looked into the restaurant and found that it was indeed different from the last time she came.

The long table on the side was replaced with a square table, and a curtain was installed above it. When it was lowered, it looked like a private room and you couldn't see inside from the outside.

She nodded and said, "Then Madam, let me go in first and ask them to put up the curtains, and then you can go over."

Having said that, without caring whether the Second Madam agreed or not, he took the lead and stepped onto the stairs and entered the shop.

When these four people were standing in front of the store and talking, Zheng Sanniang had already seen them inside, but she didn't know whether they were going to come into the store to eat or were just passing by.

When she saw one of them walked up the stairs, Zheng Sanniang went up to her and took a closer look. She found that this person was the picky nanny who had come on the rainy day.

Zheng Sanniang felt nervous. She knew that this maid was from the Song residence. She smiled and knelt down to make a greeting: "Madam, how are you?"