0p0 Chapter 230 Another loan
Chapter 230 Another loan
After waiting for a long time, the master and servant finally finished their dinner.
Shen Yu looked at the tray of empty meat skewers and the empty dish of Mu Shu pork, and secretly took note of Lu Lang's taste and preferences.
Shen Yu took the purse containing thirty taels of silver and handed it to Lu Lang, saying, "Fifteen taels of this are what you asked Qi Xi to lend me, and the other fifteen taels are what I prepared in advance."
"I was originally planning to lend Sister Liu five taels, but since Sister Zheng doesn't want to go back to her parents' home, there's no need to lend her money. I'll pay for it all. That means I've lent you another ten taels."
Shen Yu got a headache when he thought about borrowing another sum of money.
All the money collected in the store these days was exchanged for fifteen taels of silver. In a few days, it will be time to pay for the ingredients, so I must not spend any extra money.
Lu Lang took the purse, opened the bag, and took out five small silver coins worth one tael each.
He put it on the table and said, "I will hold a banquet in your store in a few days, and I need to buy some ingredients. You can use these five taels."
Shen Yu thought about it, and did not refuse, and said with a smile: "Then you have to put it on the account, and borrow another fifteen taels."
Lu Lang smiled slightly: "Don't keep track of these fifteen taels. Just consider it as a deposit for the banquet."
Shen Yu was adamant and refused, saying, "These are two different things. Borrowing is borrowing. I will reimburse you for the money spent on the banquet when the time comes."
Lu Lang could only smile and nod, saying, "Just do as the young lady wishes. We have been out for most of the day and we are going back soon. I will sign the contract tomorrow and ask Qi Xi to deliver it to the young lady."
After seeing Lu Lang and Qi Xi off, Shen Yu checked the candles and stoves in the shop and returned to the backyard.
Mrs. Li and Mrs. Jiang had already prepared the ingredients for tomorrow and were sitting with Zheng Sanniang chatting about family matters.
Li saw Shen Yu coming in and asked, "Master Lu and Qixi are gone?"
Shen Yu nodded, sat down on the chair, and couldn't help pounding his arm and said, "It's been a very tiring day today. Fortunately, it's not like this every day."
Zheng Sanniang was a little panicked and blamed herself, "I am a burden to the young lady. Let me give her a beating."
Shen Yu waved her hands and said with a smile: "Sister Zheng, we don't talk about this in our family."
"Although you voluntarily signed a contract to marry into my family in order not to return to your parents' home, you must not act like this in the future."
"We are from the countryside too. We all have similar backgrounds, so there is no distinction between master and servant."
Li also said, "Yes, Sanniang, you can just be a helper in my house."
"If you want to get married in the future, we will give you a deed of marriage. From here on, your parents won't be able to control you."
Jiang Shi, because of her different status, also said: "Sister Li and Miss Yuzhi are good people. They treat me, Dun Dun, and Zhou Dalang's family like one family."
"I won't say anything else. Although we are just helpers, we should treat the store's business as our own and do it with all our heart, so as to repay the kindness shown to us by others."
Zheng Sanniang said hurriedly: "Madam Jiang is right. I will never marry again in this life. I just hope I can take good care of the big and small pillars."
"If Miss Yuzhi hadn't been willing to help me, I don't know who would have caught Xiao Zhuzi and I by now."
After that, he said to Shen Yu and Li: "I won't say anything nice. From now on, you can tell me what to do in the shop."
"No, I will try my best to learn, and I will do my best."
Li patted Zheng Sanniang's hand and consoled her: "I know you are a good person, otherwise our family would not be able to help you like this."
"Don't think about these things anymore. Let's discuss how to live in the future."
Shen Yu then realized, yes, there are two more people, and a three-year-old child, how can they accommodate them?
Zheng Sanniang said, "I can just sleep on the floor with a small pillar. When my mother-in-law was sick before, I always slept on the floor next to her bed. It's the same in winter."
Shen Yu and the others couldn't help but sigh.
Li waved her hand and said, "That won't work. There's no reason to sleep on the floor."
"The weather is getting colder. I'll squeeze in with Yutao today. I'll go buy a bed tomorrow. The three of us and Xiaozhuzi can sleep in the same room. It'll be warmer if we squeeze together when it's cold."
Zheng Sanniang said gratefully: "You treat me so well. I always thought I was unlucky to meet such a cruel and heartless husband."
"I never thought I would have a blessed future. Until now, I feel like I'm dreaming, and I'm afraid that when I wake up, I'll end up back in that home."
Shen Yu felt sad as he heard this.
Unexpectedly, Li patted Zheng Sanniang's hand and asked with a smile, "Does it hurt? You are not dreaming, it is real. If you say such stupid things again, I will really beat you."
Everyone burst into laughter, and the sadness in the room disappeared.
Li waved her hand and said, "Go to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow."
As he said that, he picked up the candlestick and pulled Shen Yu out of the house.
On the morning of the second day, after breakfast time, when there were fewer customers, Li went out to purchase.
Around noon, the shop brought in a plank bed on a cart, and another shop brought in a cart full of bamboo baskets on a cart.
Li was busy carrying all the things she had bought into the yard.
After paying the money and sending the delivery man away, he asked Zheng Sanniang and Yutao to make the bed together, then picked up a bamboo basket and went to the store.
Li was not at home today, so after Shen Yu finished cooking the dishes, he sat in front of the wok frying meat skewers, thinking about how to arrange Zheng Sanniang's work.
Xiao Zhuzi is only three years old. He is lively and active and needs someone to take care of him. Xiaobao from Zhou Dalang's family is about the same age as Xiao Zhuzi, and it is Cui who takes care of him at home.
But Zheng Sanniang was busy working in the shop and couldn't take care of the child. There were frying pans and stoves in the shop, so Shen Yu was worried about leaving him alone.
Just as she was thinking about this, Li came over with a bamboo basket to show her.
Shen Yu took the bamboo basket, held it in his hand and measured it. The bamboo basket was not too big, but it was a little smaller than the one given to the guests.
If you put meat patties in it, you can fill it up with about ten. There is no lid and the pattern is simpler.
Li smiled and said, "This bamboo basket is crudely made, smaller, and has no lid. It only costs six coins."
"If a customer buys ten cakes, which can fill a basket, we can just give him this bamboo basket."
Shen Yu nodded: "The size chosen by mother is suitable. Ten cakes are enough for one person to eat on the road for two days."
“When the weather gets cold, you can take the prepared meat patties with you on the road and they won’t go bad even if you eat them within two days.
Li said, "There are about a hundred of these bamboo baskets in the shop. I'll have fifty delivered today."
"If they are useful, I will talk to the shopkeeper and ask him to buy more of these bamboo baskets."
Now that he has the packaging equipment, Shen Yu plans to start selling lasagna in the store starting tomorrow.