Ye Jingning stared blankly at his empty little hands for a long time before realizing that his elder brother had taken his Luban lock.
He didn't say anything, but just stretched out his chubby little hand and looked at Ye Jingchen with a wronged expression.
"No way, now it's time to shop! Remember the task your big brother gave you? Now go pick out some pastries you like and buy them!" Ye Jingchen said to him with a smile.
Ye Jingning turned her head and looked around the pastry shop for a while. When she looked at Ye Jingchen again, her hand was still persistently outstretched, but her eyes looked even more aggrieved.
Although he is slow to react and move, and doesn't like to talk, he knows how to manipulate people!
Ye Jingchen almost couldn't resist his aggrieved little eyes.
Fortunately, Ye Jinghe was used to feigning grievance when he was young, so he has developed a great resistance to that look now.
Ye Jingchen smiled and waved at him.
"Look, your fifth and sixth brothers are already choosing. You should go and pick one you like too."
Ye Jingning persisted for a while longer, but seeing that his elder brother was unmoved, he puffed out his cheeks and walked to the pastries that were laid out.
His expression showed that he was already somewhat angry.
Ye Jingchen was itching to pinch the little guy's cheeks, but if he actually did, it would be like being dominated by the little guy, so he could only restrain himself.
Ye Jingning wasn't interested in the pastries; all he could think about was the Luban lock he'd just had, but his elder brother had taken it and demanded that he buy the pastries.
There's no need to buy anything in the palace. In Changchun Palace, he can eat or take whatever he likes.
However, the emperor said that things outside the palace do not belong to them, but to others, so they need to be bought with money.
"I want this, this, this, and this!" Ye Jingning casually picked out the four pastries closest to him.
"How much would you like, little guest?" the pastry shop assistant asked cautiously, not daring to fool Ye Jingning just because he was young, especially since he was followed closely by two guards who looked like they were not to be trifled with.
Although he was somewhat angry with his elder brother, Ye Jingning still subconsciously looked to him for help, because his brother had only asked him to buy pastries, without specifying how many.
Seeing Ye Jingning's perfunctory behavior, Ye Jingchen laughed rather unkindly, because none of the four kinds of pastries Ye Jingning pointed out tasted very good.
"Buy as much as you want to eat, since you'll be eating it all yourself anyway," he said with a smile.
He had already kindly warned this brat that if he insisted on buying those items, Ye Jingchen would teach him a lesson later, a lesson titled, "Spending money can be about buying enjoyment, or it can be buying suffering!"
Ye Jingning didn't understand his elder brother's implied meaning. His heart was still with the Luban lock that his elder brother had taken away. He had no time to care about the taste of the four kinds of pastries that his elder brother had casually ordered.
“One piece for each type,” Ye Jingning said.
He's small and has a small appetite, so he can't eat that much.
"Alright, I'll pack it up for you right away!" The waiter quickly packed the pastries and handed them to him. "That'll be twenty coins in total."
Ye Jingning opened his purse, counted out twenty copper coins, and handed them to the shopkeeper.
As for the pastries, they were carried by the palace guards behind him.
Ye Jingning finally completed the task and breathed a sigh of relief. After paying the money, he immediately walked towards Ye Jingchen and reached out his hand, saying, "Luban lock."
“Little Jingning, you haven’t even checked the prices of these pastries yet. For example, the four pastries you just bought cost twenty coins in total, but you haven’t asked how much each one costs. How can you be sure the shopkeeper isn’t cheating you if you don’t even ask about the prices?” Ye Jingchen said to him with a smile.
"The customer is joking. Lin's Pastry Shop is a century-old brand that treats everyone honestly and fairly. How could we possibly cheat our customers?" another employee quickly explained.
"You don't need to be nervous. I'm just teaching my younger brother some basic life skills," Ye Jingchen said gently to the waiter.
His attitude immediately won over his colleagues.
Moreover, this entourage clearly indicates that the children of a wealthy family are going out to broaden their horizons. If they are served well, they will surely receive a generous reward!
"If you don't mind, I can introduce the taste and price of each pastry to your brother," the waiter said enthusiastically to Ye Jingchen.
Ye Jingchen thought for a moment and nodded, "That's fine, but my younger brother is a bit slow to react, so I'll have to trouble you to say 'slow' when you introduce him."
As he spoke, he took out a handful of copper coins from his purse and handed them to the shop assistant, saying, "This is a tip for your trouble."
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!" The waiter gratefully accepted the copper coins; these were more than his daily wage!
"Sir, would you like to be introduced to your two younger brothers?" A waiter nearby asked, having witnessed the scene.
Since there are no other customers in this shop, why not take advantage of any unexpected windfall?
"They—" Ye Jingchen looked at the two little heads huddled together whispering to each other, and shook his head, "Thank you, they don't need it."
He hadn't expected that Jinghe and Jing'an could get along so harmoniously.
The waiter retreated, somewhat disappointed.
As for the shop assistant who received the tip, he happily led Ye Jingning, who had a look of utter dismay, to dutifully introduce the price, taste, and simple preparation method of each pastry.
Ye Jingchen thought the two brothers were harmonious, but at this moment they were at loggerheads.
After entering the pastry shop, Ye Jingchen told them to buy their own pastries. Ye Jing'an looked around for a while and then moved closer to Ye Jinghe.
Seeing how Ye Jinghe skillfully instructed the waiter to pack the pastries, he realized that this wasn't the first time his fifth brother had come here.
However, as far as he knew, his fifth brother had only left the palace a handful of times, so he shouldn't be so familiar with the shops in the capital.
He was spotted by Ye Jinghe as soon as he got close.
"Don't follow me!" he whispered to Ye Jing'an, his tone harsh.
"I just wanted to ask Fifth Brother which pastries are the best," Ye Jing'an asked, feigning grievance.
Ye Jinghe, impatient with his response, simply said, "I don't know."
"But I think Fifth Brother seems quite familiar with this shop. Have you been here before?" Ye Jing'an continued to ask.
That's a question—
Ye Jinghe felt a little wary.
“I’ve never been here before,” he said without hesitation.
"But my brother knows I like pastries, so he often brings me all sorts of pastries," Ye Jinghe boasted slightly.
“Only I have it, none of you do,” he added cheerfully.
Ye Jing'an: ......
Isn't that childish?
They're not three-year-old babies, who would care about a few bites of food?
"Since Fifth Brother eats so much, he must know which foods are delicious?" Ye Jing'an's expression twisted for a moment before he continued to ask in his sweet, childlike voice.
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