In the end, Lin Jiang was allowed to sleep with his uncle, while Zhong and Li Yu stayed in the eldest son's room, squeezed in with Cui and her children for the night.
Li Yu also agreed. After all, she didn't want to suffer by sleeping on a cold kang.
Early the next morning, Li Yu and Old Man Lin took Uncle Lin and Lin Jiang to see the land they bought.
Li Yu planned to first surround the area with a wall, raise the wall a bit, and then start building the house. The remaining space could be expanded slowly later.
After everything was settled, Li Yu left two hundred taels of silver for Old Man Lin and returned to the town.
Business was still going strong. When Li Yu arrived, Yang Liu was cooking and Lin Fei was helping out, and they worked well together.
Lin Hai, the shopkeeper and waiter, was so busy that he was sweating profusely. Sometimes Wang Xiaowei would come out to help clear the tables.
Seeing Li Yu come in, the diners greeted him warmly.
Shi Yuqi used to be a regular at the Roujiamo stall, and now he has become a regular at Lin’s private kitchen.
I basically eat out every day, ordering different dishes and eating them in rotation.
Whenever Li Yu saw him, he often sighed that people with money could do whatever they wanted.
He had spotted Li Yu from a distance and stood up to greet her: "Auntie, I haven't seen you for a long time. It's really a good idea for you to open this shop. I hardly eat at home anymore.
It is indeed a private dish, and the name really lives up to the restaurant. You won’t find it anywhere else.”
Li Yu was also happy to hear such a high evaluation from him.
"Thank you for the compliment. We will create new recipes in the future."
Seeing that Yang Liu and Lin Fei can already handle things on their own, Li Yu no longer goes to the kitchen every day. She will only go there when the dishes ordered by the guests are complicated.
During this time, she was thinking about her future path.
Her children all have career paths, and she can't write storybooks all her life.
What should I do?
That day, Li Yu still hadn't figured out what was going on when Lin Hai rushed in.
"Mom, there's a distinguished guest in the store, please come out and take a look."
A distinguished guest? Li Yu was curious about what kind of distinguished guest their humble family could possibly have.
Although she thought so, she also knew that since Lin Hai said he was a distinguished guest, he must be of an extraordinary status.
When Li Yu arrived at the store, he found a young man in gorgeous clothes and with outstanding demeanor standing in the lobby.
Looking at the man again, he saw the servant that Li Yu's family had met in the library last time.
The moment he saw the servant, Li Yu knew why Lin Hai was panicking. He had also seen this servant before.
Lin Hai must have known that this young man was Lu Siwei, the only legitimate son of the Qingyan County Magistrate's family.
"What would you like to eat, sir?" Li Yu asked him with a smile.
"Are you the owner of this shop?" he asked.
Li Yu said in a steady tone, "That's right, but my son usually takes care of everything. I spend most of my time cooking in the kitchen. Don't worry, you'll laugh at me, they all say I'm a good cook."
Lu Siwei raised his eyebrows. He obviously didn't expect that someone would praise himself.
But he opened his mouth and said: "My elders at home have not had much appetite recently. I accidentally heard that your shop's signature roujiamo is very good. I happened to pass by here and came in to take a look. Can I bring something back for my elders to try?"
There's definitely no problem with that.
"Of course I can. Please wait a moment. I'll go prepare it. Just one more question. The elders in your family might like spicy food. Do you want some green peppers?"
"Prepare five, three with green peppers and two without. Let him choose for himself when we get back." Lu Siwei said.
Seeing him buy five at once, even the servant turned his head to look at his own master.
Li Yu went into the kitchen to prepare it himself.
She thought Lu Siwei was quite interesting. Everyone in Qingyan Town knew that County Magistrate Lu lost both his parents at a very early age.
So the elders that Mr. Lu mentioned were his parents, but the county magistrate was currently in the government office and was not at home, so there was only his mother and sister at home.
He obviously bought so much for himself.
Also arrange for an elder to come out.
Li Yu knew him well: he loved reading storybooks and eating delicious food.
Moreover, with his looks and knowledge, the county magistrate's illegitimate daughter actually looked down on him.
You really don't know how lucky you are.
Such an outstanding young man is not in the eyes of this lady. How high must her standards be?
Li Yu used modern thinking and of course couldn't understand Miss Yang's train of thought.
People want to enter a noble family. No matter how knowledgeable or good-looking you are, what’s the use if you don’t have a good status?
This was the only chance for women in the ancient harem, especially concubines, to make a name for themselves.
Although my young and talented husband may be successful in the future, who knows how many years he will have to endure.
If Li Yu knew what Miss Yang was thinking, he would probably just sigh.
This is the perception of most women in this era, and you can't blame her.
Li Yu packed up the food and handed it to the servant. As they left, Li Yu politely said, "Take care, sir. If you like it, come back next time."
This is a very normal polite phrase in a restaurant.
She didn't expect that Lu Siwei turned around and looked at her with sparkling eyes: "Really, Auntie? Will you cook for me next time? I heard that you have a lot of delicious food in your restaurant."
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