Chapter 616 Something Happened

When Ning Feng and Ban Qing followed Zhuang Qingning into the room, they were so shocked by the scene in front of them that their jaws almost dropped.

There were brocade boxes of all sizes and all kinds of things. It was not an exaggeration to describe them as piled up like a mountain. And it was obvious that there were many more things than those sent to Qingzhu Garden...

Ning Feng couldn't help but feel a little sad, but this time it was not for Zhuang Qingning, but for Fan Wenxuan and Chu Jinzhou.

These two people obviously did not understand their own situation. Instead, the hungry man worried too much about the full man.

Ning Feng couldn't bear it. He really didn't want his eyes to be hurt by the things piled up like a mountain in the room. After putting down the things, he said goodbye and left in a hurry.

Zhuang Qingning did not notice anything unusual about Ning Feng. He just sent him to the door and then went back to discuss with Xiangqiao what to eat for dinner.

Sweet potato and candied date rice porridge, served with four exquisite fried side dishes.

Xiangqiao has been cooking for Zhuang Qingning for a long time. She is not stupid by nature. With Zhuang Qingning's guidance, Xiangqiao's cooking skills are quite good. Even Zhuang Qingning couldn't help but nod his head in praise after eating. "Xiangqiao's cooking skills are getting better and better. I'm afraid she can become a chef in the future."

Xiang Qiao blushed immediately after being praised so directly by Zhuang Qingning, "Miss, you are too kind."

Xiang Qiao has been living in Zhuang Qingning's house for some time. She has no worries about food and clothing. She also has a considerate host like Zhuang Qingning. Her life is quite comfortable. Compared to when she first arrived at Zhuang Qingning's house, she has gained weight.

The cheeks that were originally sunken have now become fleshy, and the round face, with the slight redness, looks like a big apple.

Zhuang Qingning thought Xiangqiao looked so adorable that he couldn't help but reach out to pinch her cheek. However, he finally suppressed the impulse in his heart, suppressed the thought, just smiled slightly, and then lowered his head to eat.

After finishing the meal, Xiangqiao cleaned up the dishes and suggested to Zhuang Qingning, "Miss, let's have steamed noodles tomorrow."

"Okay." Zhuang Qingning nodded.

Basket steamed noodles were one of her favorite dishes, especially Xiangqiao, whose cooking skills were really good. Zhuang Qingning naturally agreed without hesitation, and licked her lips involuntarily, "Just use dried noodles to steam them, just like rolled noodles, just steam them normally."

"Okay, then I'll try it tomorrow." Xiangqiao nodded.

Dried noodles are dry, which is completely different from rolled wet noodles. I don’t know if the noodles made in this way will taste good.

Xiang Qiao was thinking about how to steam the noodles to make steamer noodles tomorrow afternoon. Zhuang Qingning poured a cup of wolfberry chrysanthemum tea, put a piece of rock sugar in it, and raised his eyebrows.

Speaking of which, there seemed to be no movement in the noodle workshop recently, and even Shang Chengen had never taken the initiative to come to her.

Although the workshop was operating normally, especially a workshop like the noodle workshop, which did not require any extra attention, compared to Miao Lizheng who always came to her to talk about the situation of the workshop, Shang Chengen had indeed disappeared.

Either everything was going very smoothly and there was nothing to tell her, or the noodle workshop had encountered some difficulties and Shang Chengen was unable to get away.

If it's the former, then everything is fine, but if it's the latter...

Zhuang Qingning clenched the teacup in his hand, and the light in his eyes flickered.

The next day, Zhuang Qingning got up very early, prepared to pack up and go out early to check on the situation of the noodle workshop.

But before she could go out, a figure appeared at the door.

He poked his head in tentatively, but probably felt it was inappropriate, so he quickly retreated and knocked on the door knocker. "Excuse me, is this the home of Shopkeeper Zhuang?"

"That's right, I wonder who you are..." When Zhuang Qingning arrived at the door and saw that the person coming was none other than Su Zhengshi, he smiled and said, "It turns out to be Su Lizheng."

"Hello, Shopkeeper Zhuang." Su Zhengshi bowed and said, "I came here rashly this time, but I have a reason. Shopkeeper Zhuang, please don't blame me."

"Is Su Lizheng saying something?" Seeing Su Zhengshi's serious face, Zhuang Qingning quickly led Su Zhengshi to sit in the yard and told Xiangqiao to pour a cup of tea. "Su Lizheng, please speak slowly."

Su Zhengshi was obviously very nervous. He stammered several times but still could not utter a word. It was not until he drank two sips of hot tea and calmed down that he said, "Manager Zhuang, have you seen Manager Shang recently?"

Suri is looking for Shang Chengen?

Zhuang Qingning was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"Manager Zhuang has never met Manager Shang?" Su Lizheng was also quite surprised.

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"No." Zhuang Qingning answered confidently, then frowned, "But what happened in the noodle workshop?"

"How should I put it..."

Su Lizheng scratched his ear and said, "After the New Year, I opened a noodle workshop in Sujia Village. The business is good and many people in the village are working there. The whole village can be said to have benefited a lot. The pockets of each household are much fatter than before, and life is getting better and better."

"We are all very grateful to this noodle workshop, and we are also very grateful to you, Shopkeeper Shang and Shopkeeper Zhuang. As long as you two shopkeepers don't mind, we are willing to continue working in this workshop."

"But everything was fine. About two or three months ago, Manager Shang came to my house and said that he was too busy with other businesses to take care of the noodle workshop, so he asked me to help take care of it and manage the workshop on weekdays."

"He also said that we don't have to worry about selling noodles. Someone will deliver them regularly. The money for the noodles will be settled according to the order we placed earlier and the amount will be calculated. There is also someone who delivers flour here regularly, and we just need to pay them according to the amount."

"I thought that Manager Shang had brought so much benefit to the village because of the noodle workshop. Now he was busy, so I said I had to help in any way I could. So I quickly agreed to help look after the noodle workshop."

"But two or three months have passed since I took care of it. The workshop has been making more and more money, but Shopkeeper Shang has never shown up. Even the bitter melon beside him has not been seen. He has not even sent me a letter. I felt uneasy, so I went to Qingshi Town specifically, wondering if Shopkeeper Shang was busy in the world's number one noodle shop in the town. But when I got there, the door of the shop was tightly closed. Looking at the dust on the window pane, it seemed that no one had cleaned it for a long time."

"Seeing this situation, I asked around to see if there was anyone who knew where Manager Shang was, but after asking around, no one in the town knew."

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