Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 180 I will return it to you when I have money

With the help of the flickering candlelight, Shen Yu recognized it at a glance. It was the small cloth bag that Qixi brought in the afternoon.

She didn't take it, but glanced at Qi Xi who was standing beside her.

Qi Xi shrank his head and hid in the shadow behind Lu Lang.

Shen Yu had no choice but to say, "Mr. Lu, I can't accept this money. You'd better redeem the jade pendant as soon as possible."

Lu Lang placed the small cloth bag on the small wooden table next to him and said firmly, "This is the money your family deserves."

"My father is not a greedy person, and my family is not short of that little bit of silver. It's just that he didn't want to do something different from the previous county magistrate, and was ostracized by his colleagues, so he withheld 95% of the silver according to the previous rule."

Lu Lang's words unconsciously conveyed a sense of protection.

Shen Yu understood after hearing this. She was silent for a moment and said, "That's your family's business. I know Mr. Lu means well, but this money was obtained by pawning the jade pendant given by your grandmother. It is different from the compensation money given to me by the county government."

When Lu Lang heard that this was what Shen Yu was concerned about, he smiled nonchalantly, "It's nothing. The jade pendant was said to be given by my grandmother, but it was actually given to my grandfather by the antique shop when he was shopping for calligraphy and paintings. It has a picture of spring swallows in the apricot forest engraved on it."

"My grandmother saw it and thought it was a good omen, so she gave it to me and placed it in my study. It's not a particularly valuable item."

"It's pointless to keep it in the study anyway. It would be more useful if I pawned it and exchanged the silver for it and gave it to you."

"Aren't you going to send Yucheng and the others to school? There are many places where you need money."

Shen Yu still felt something was wrong.

Lu Lang became impatient and said directly: "If it really doesn't work, I'll lend you this money. When you open the restaurant and recover, return the money to me, and I'll redeem the jade pendant then."

Qixi also tried her best to persuade her: "Miss Shen, the young master has good intentions. When Dun Dun and Yu Cheng go to school, they will need to buy clothes and pens. When the other children have them, they won't have them. They will be laughed at by their classmates."

"You are such a good cook. Once the restaurant opens, you will be able to make money quickly. Then you can return it to my master."

"Besides, if you can't pay it back right away, it doesn't matter. At the end of September, the young master will go home to celebrate the old lady's birthday. Then the old lady will give the young master some money, so you will have enough money to redeem the jade pendant."

Lu Lang turned around with an embarrassed look on his face and scolded Qi Xi: "Stop talking too much. Who told you to say that?"

Qi Xi stuck out his tongue and quickly took a step back.

Lu Lang patiently explained, "Your business will definitely be good. Don't listen to Qixi's nonsense. Mother will give me money to buy a birthday gift for my grandmother. I will not deduct this money no matter what."

"I am very good at landscape painting. If I were really short of money, I could paint one and send it to a calligraphy and painting shop for consignment. It would sell quickly, but I just don't want to."

Seeing that Lu Lang had said so much, Shen Yu had no choice but to say, "Then I'll write you an IOU. I'll pay you back when I have the money."

Lu Lang waved his hand and said, "No need. I'm afraid you won't be able to deny your debt, so just send me a few more meals. It's getting late, we have to go back quickly."

After walking out of the courtyard, Lu Lang stopped and said softly, "The lotus leaf chicken is delicious. Thank you very much."

Without waiting for Shen Yu to answer, the master and servant left in a hurry.

Shen Yu closed the gate, picked up the cloth bag on the small table, returned to the house, and recounted what had just happened.

Li had no choice but to say, "Mr. Lu is such a good man. We just borrowed it from him and will return it to him as soon as possible. He even came to us to ask for it. If we don't accept it, it will be embarrassing for him as a son of an official family."

Jiang said with some guilt: "It's all because of letting Dun Dun go to school, the fees have doubled. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to worry about money. Otherwise, Dun Dun wouldn't want to..."

Before she finished speaking, Li interrupted her and said, "Sister Jiang, what are you talking about? You are so busy in my house, don't you deserve to be paid? This is what you deserve."

Dun Dun's face turned red with nervousness, and he lowered his head and dared not speak.

Shen Yu said hurriedly: "It's all because of me doing the repairs. These stoves and iron pots were all custom-made based on the drawings."

"It takes a lot of effort and materials for the craftsmen to make it, so they spend more money. The cost of their schooling has nothing to do with this."

Jiang and Dun Dun both understood that Shen Yu said this on purpose.

Jiang called out gratefully, "Miss Yuzhi..." and couldn't say any more.

Li patted Jiang's hand comfortingly and said with a smile, "Let's not talk about this anymore. We have money now. It's the same whether we borrow once or twice. We just need to open the restaurant and run it well."

Then he changed the subject and said, "Yuzhi, when will the wok be delivered? It's not made of gold. It's half the size of a large iron pot, but it's twice as expensive. Are they trying to rip us off?"

Shen Yu understood and started talking about the things in the store. Jiang and Dun Dun then felt more at ease.

It's easier to get things done with money, even though this money is also borrowed.

The next day, the third day of September, was the day for Dun Dun and Yu Cheng to start school.

In the morning, Shen Yu went to the stall with Zhou Dalang and Yutao. Jiang and Li were going to send Dun Dun and Yucheng to Baihe Academy together.

When setting up his stall in the morning, Zhou Dalang was a little nervous at first.

Shen Yu encouraged him, "Now that the restaurant is open, you can't let anyone see you making pancakes. What are you afraid of? You haven't done anything wrong. Just greet the customers openly."

When Shen Yu was selling buns, he specifically told the customers who came to buy buns that the restaurant would open on the sixth day of September. From then on, if they wanted to buy buns in the morning, they could go to the first restaurant on the street, Shen Jia Fengnian.

Only then did everyone know that Zhou Dalang had sold the bakery to Shen Yu, and they all congratulated Shen Yu and congratulated her on opening a restaurant.

There were also those who were jealous and asked Shen Yu blankly: "How can you come up with so much money to buy a shop all of a sudden? Did you make some windfall?"

As he said this, he glanced at Zhou Dalang meaningfully.

Shen Yu had expected someone to ask this question, so he said calmly, "How can I come up with so much money all at once? I borrowed a lot of money from everywhere and barely bought the shop. I'm worried about how to pay it back. The interest is so high."

As soon as Shen Yu complained, the guest who asked the question felt a lot better.

He comforted her hypocritically, "Having a shop is better than running a stall in winter. I will definitely go to your shop to buy buns from you in the future to show my support and let you pay me back sooner."

Those old customers who were used to eating Shen Yu's buns were truly happy for Shen Yu.

After asking clearly, they found out that the store still sold buns in the morning, and they all said that it would be more convenient to buy buns in the future, and they no longer had to worry about your store not opening when it rains or snows.

Some greedy people have already started asking what other delicious food the store plans to sell besides buns.