Chapter 77 No New Maid
Even if she couldn't, then it wouldn't be a bad idea to look at those maids as a comfort. With this thought in mind, Liu took firm steps and came to a magnificent mansion.
She didn't recognize the words written on the plaque of the mansion, and didn't dare to go to the main gate. She could only hide aside and watch secretly.
I saw three or two people coming out of the side door of the mansion in front of me. They had double buns on their hair and wore lotus pink dresses. They looked respectable.
Liu looked at the coarse linen clothes on her body and felt a little relieved. It was good that Daya didn't have to live a hard life with her. At least she had enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.
Seeing that the maids were about to leave, Liu rushed to them. The maids were frightened by the sudden appearance of the strange woman and were about to scream.
The woman in front of them smiled apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bother you. I just wanted to ask if there's a maid named Liu Daya in this mansion, about ten years old? She came in a few months ago."
The three men looked Liu over, still somewhat wary.
One of them asked, "Who are you? What do you want from this man?"
"I am Liu Daya's mother, and I just want to know whether my Daya is in this mansion." Liu also knew that her previous actions had scared people, so she spoke carefully and politely.
The man looked at Liu's body for a while, and after confirming that her expression was not deceiving him, he spoke, "Madam, we haven't had a new maid in our house for a long time, nor the one you mentioned."
"Okay... Thank you, sorry to bother you." After hearing the negative answer, Liu left a little disappointed. She went to several nearby houses in succession, but no one came out for a long time, and some of them had no results.
Seeing that it was getting late, Liu didn't dare to delay and hurried home. She still had a lot of work to do!
As she was rushing home, she heard the conversation between the two people in front of her.
"Hey, did you hear that a new restaurant opened yesterday?"
"Baiwei Restaurant, right?"
"Yes, yes, I heard there are a lot of novel dishes there, and they taste very good!"
"Yes! This restaurant can make fish delicious! And the Dongpo pork is fatty but not greasy..."
Liu, who was following behind, also felt a little curious. No matter how she cooked the fish, it always had an earthy smell. How did this restaurant do that?
"We're here, this is Baiwei Restaurant. Let's go in and try it to see if it's really that magical."
Liu took a curious look inside and saw Pei Yian and Pei Ersao busying around...
She was stunned for a moment, even thinking she was dazzled. She rubbed her eyes and found that it was indeed these two people. Her heart beat faster. She didn't expect to run into the Pei family by accident.
Is it because this family went out early in the morning that they opened a restaurant?
She didn't dare stay for long, fearing that Pei Yian would discover her, so she left in a hurry.
With this discovery, she can also report to her mother-in-law, and she also hopes to get some information about Daya's whereabouts from her mother-in-law today.
As soon as Liu returned home, she was met with a barrage of scolding. "You idiot! I told you to go out and follow someone, so why did you take so long? There's still a lot of work to do at home. Are you planning to leave it all to an old woman like me? I think you've really grown cocky!"
"Mom, I... I was wrong. I will go to work right away." When Liu saw Erya twisting the clothes with her small body, she felt very distressed. She hurried forward to take the clothes from Erya's head and let her rest aside.
Just leave these tasks to yourself, Erya is still a child!
But Erya was a sensible girl and couldn't sit still. When she had nothing to do, she ran to the side with her little body, picked up the broom and started sweeping the floor. She wanted to help her mother reduce the burden, so that her grandmother might not scold her mother.
Mrs. Liu wanted to say something, but finally gave up. She worked nimbly with her hands while hearing the endless insults from Old Lady Liu in her ears.
After Old Lady Liu finished cursing with her hands on her hips, she remembered something important and asked, "You must have gained something by coming back so late, right? What shameful things did that family do so early in the morning?"
"Mom, they didn't do anything. They just opened a restaurant on the street."
"What! Opening a restaurant?" Old Mrs. Liu looked serious and incredulous.
"Yes, they opened a Baiwei restaurant on South Street." Mrs. Liu told Old Lady Liu everything she knew.
This news was like thunder to Old Lady Liu. Not only did their family run a restaurant, but they also opened it on South Street!
The land on South Street is much more valuable than North Street, so the rent for the store must be quite high. How could this be? That family rents here, so how could they afford to open a restaurant on a back street?
Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could anyone afford to open a restaurant on South Street?
Old Mrs. Liu was absolutely unwilling to believe this news!
The Pei family must have used some dishonorable means and stolen money to be able to open a restaurant on South Street. The more Old Lady Liu thought about it, the more she felt that this was the truth. Otherwise, how could they have so much money!
Thinking of this, a gleam of light flashed in Old Lady Liu's eyes. Since the other party was at fault first, she had to get rid of the evil for the people.
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"Lao Zhou, my sister-in-law hasn't been away from home recently. There's a new restaurant opened on this street. Let's go check it out!"
"A new restaurant has opened?" Zhou Yayi was instantly interested when he heard it. One of his hobbies was eating. After finishing his work, he and his companions came to Baiwei Restaurant.
The people who ate at Baiwei Restaurant yesterday praised the dishes highly and told their friends about this great restaurant, saying how delicious the food was. Many people also became interested in it.
It was dinner time, and there were quite a few customers in the restaurant.
When Zhou Yayi and others arrived at Baiwei Restaurant, they found that there was only one table available. He looked at the menu of this restaurant and found that the dishes on it were indeed very rare, and there was even fish.
Before he could say anything, he heard people at the table around him praising him, "This fish is so fresh! It's a hundred times better than pork or chicken!"
"I never dreamed that fish could be cooked so deliciously!"
The discussions of the people around him also dispelled his original doubts. He wanted to see what the fish tasted like and how delicious it was.
I ordered a fish fillet tofu soup with my colleagues and some food I had never heard of. Soon, the dishes were served one after another.
The nose is filled with the aroma of dishes: glistening Dongpo pork, tempting white-cut chicken, and rich, milky fish soup...
Just from the appearance and aroma of these ingredients, there is nothing wrong with them, and they are very appetizing.
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