Yunling wasn't in a hurry. She figured she could just wait it out. No matter how much they did behind the scenes or how well Tang Ling and the others walked the runway, it would all be for naught until the matter was resolved on stage. Yunling had the time to wait it out.
Yunling then asked Yun Chulai, "Sister, what would you like to eat?"
Yun Chu was too embarrassed to make a decision. Today, she had invited Shen Changliu as a guest, so she naturally had to see what he wanted to eat. After all, his taste was different from hers. If the dishes she ordered did not suit his palate, wouldn't it be a waste of her efforts?
Yun Chu looked at Shen Changliu and asked, "Brother Shen, what would you like to eat?"
Shen Changliu was too embarrassed to make a decision. Although Yun Chu had invited him to dinner today, firstly, Elder Zhong hadn't formally accepted her as a disciple yet, so he wasn't comfortable eating there; secondly, although the Yun family did have business and some money,
The waitress just said that business was terrible, and Yun Chu had no connection with the business, so she was no match for the waitress. Therefore, she was probably short of money. After eating at Shengfu Restaurant, she might have to go back and eat steamed buns.
Shen Changliu couldn't bring himself to order this dish. He looked at Pei Lin, who seemed to have a "vicious heart," and asked, "I'm fine with anything, Brother Lin. What would you like to eat?"
Pei Lin was still preoccupied with figuring out exactly how dismal the business was, as Yun Ling had described. If it was truly unsustainable, then perhaps she should just quit and become a female doctor at their Ren'an Hall instead.
If one has excellent medical skills and can help some high-ranking officials and nobles with some difficult and complicated diseases, one can get hundreds or thousands of coins as a reward at one time, and also gain a good reputation. Isn't this much better than doing business and running around?
He didn't understand; he really didn't understand what this person was thinking.
So when Shen Changliu asked him, he immediately blurted out, "I don't understand."
Manager Zhou, who was waiting on the side, was delighted. It was best if he didn't understand, because then it would be his turn to take the stage.
"On such a hot day, let's have some appetizers: chilled chicken salad, sweet and sour stuffed tofu, bok choy in broth, lychee shaved ice with glutinous rice balls, and crispy roast goose. What do you think?"
Yunling looked at Yun Chu, Yun Chu looked at Shen Changliu, Shen Changliu looked at Pei Lin, and Pei Lin was speechless. The shopkeeper had already given out the menu, so why was he still being looked at?
Oh, so they're the ones eating the food, but he's the one taking the blame, huh? What a terrible thing to do in his past life.
Pei Lin nodded and said to Manager Zhou, "That's all for now. If you're still hungry, just let the manager know."
Manager Zhou laughed and said, "Alright, alright." He then looked at Yun Ling and teased her in a tone that sounded like he was coaxing a child, "Young lady, we have some freshly prepared oden in the restaurant. Would you like to have a bowl to try?"
"Shopkeeper, there's no need to be so polite. But if you have any, you can let us all have some to try."
"Okay, I'll go and make the arrangements right away."
After Manager Zhou left, Yun Chu secretly tugged at Yun Ling's sleeve. The word "oden" didn't sound like something they would come up with; it sounded like something only someone as clever and quirky as Yun Ling would come up with. Besides, the manager had only asked Yun Ling, so Yun Chu was even more certain of her thoughts.
"Lingniang, did you come up with this oden idea?"
"My sister is really smart. At the time, I was just thinking of using this method to get a meal. How could I avoid having to cover after-sales service?"
Yunling looked at Shen Changliu as she spoke, nodded her chin at him, and continued:
“Brother Shen, since you’ve eaten my sister’s meal, you must teach her to become a female doctor as soon as possible.”
Yun Chu couldn't stand such teasing. Her cheeks felt a little hot, and she hurriedly grabbed Yun Ling's sleeve.
Yunling knew her older sister was shy, so she didn't intend to continue teasing her. However, Pei Lin, who was sitting opposite her, said, "No manners."
Her hair stood on end immediately, and without saying a word, she retorted.
"You're the one with no manners, your whole family has no manners."
"you,"
"Brother Lin".
Shen Changliu's shout stopped Pei Lin's retort, but at the same time, he glanced at Yun Ling again and felt that what Pei Lin had just said was correct.
This person really lacks manners. Perhaps it's because she's been thinking about earning copper coins since childhood, but Shen Changliu always felt that Yunling was too relaxed, like a tomboy, saying whatever came to mind without thinking.
This way of getting along with them is fine, but what if...
"Here it comes, the food is here."
With Manager Zhou serving the dishes so quickly, Yunling almost suspected that Manager Zhou himself was personally handling the woks and tossing the food.
"Lychee glutinous rice balls in shaved ice, eat them while they're cold; crispy roast goose, eat them while they're hot; sweet and sour stuffed tofu, eat it while it's sour; bok choy in broth, drink the soup quickly; and chilled chicken salad, eat it while it's cold."
Next, a small pot of oden was served, with four pieces of white radish, four eggs, four cabbage leaves, and four fish balls. Not too many, not too few, not a single one missing, all neatly arranged. The four fours also symbolize good fortune.
"Come on, try this oden."
Under Manager Zhou's expectant gaze, the four of them simultaneously reached into the small pot for food: Yunling picked up radish, Yunchu picked up cabbage, Shen Changliu picked up fish balls, and Pei Lin picked up an egg, so that each person could try one of the different kinds.
"How is it? Does it taste good?"
Yunling looked at Yunchu and asked, "What do you think, elder sister?"
"Not bad, it's something new that I've never tasted before."
Yunling nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right."
Seeing that the other two had responded, Shen Changliu felt it wouldn't be right to remain silent, so he chimed in, "That's right."
Pei Lin ignored him. After finishing his egg, he picked up the radish. He wanted to see what kind of radish it was that made it the first choice for that little bug. He took a bite and it seemed to taste better than the radishes he had eaten before, so he nodded.
But Manager Zhou was in a state of unease. Everyone was just saying "good," without offering any practical suggestions, and he didn't know the real situation. So he reluctantly asked Yunling again.
"Young lady, how was the radish? It's better than last time, isn't it?"
"It's good, delicious."
Shopkeeper Zhou deliberately waited a while, hoping Yunling would continue, but to his surprise, she only stopped at "delicious food" and that was it, nothing more, even though she had been talking a lot before.
"So that means it can be launched as a new dish in the restaurant and officially sold?"
"Sure, of course you can sell it whenever you want, shopkeeper. It's all up to you."
Yunling was speaking from the heart, but Manager Zhou remained hesitant and didn't believe her.
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