Chapter 2516 Successor
Manbao was also reluctant to leave, so she found an excuse to stay. As soon as her brothers and sisters-in-law left, she found a chair in the lobby and sat down.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang sat on her left and right, looking over at her with sharp eyes from time to time. As soon as the young lady left, Manbao wandered over to look at Zhou Lixue and the others.
The three of them subconsciously lowered their heads to avoid her gaze.
Manbao was about the same age as them, a few months younger than Zhou Lixue, but he raised his chin with great authority and asked, "Tell me, whose young lady is that?"
Bai Shan said, "I just heard you call me Sister Jing."
Manbao: "Is she older than you? She looks about the same size as me, or even a little younger."
Zhou Lixue: "All regular customers, women are sisters and men are brothers, regardless of age."
Manbao and the other two were stunned for a moment, then all gave him a thumbs up, saying, "Awesome!"
Zhou Lixue (the third one) glanced upstairs quietly, then whispered to Manbao, "She is the eldest lady of Mr. Jing's family at the other end of the street."
Manbao suddenly remembered, "I remember, I think Lijun told me about it."
Zhou Lixue thought, as expected, their Zhou family has no secrets.
Of course Zhou Lixue and the others would know that it was not Zhou Lijun who told them, but Zhou Liwei confessed to them after they saw it themselves.
After all, I often come to the restaurant, and I see it so many times that I notice it.
Since the aunt also knew about it, there was no psychological barrier for them to talk about it, and they told Zhou Liwei (Ertou) his secrets behind his back.
There are many people who come to Zhouji Restaurant to buy food, and there are also many young unmarried ladies. Since they are all young and admire Ai, they naturally pay more attention to good-looking people.
Zhou Lixue whispered, "Second brother used to like the young lady from the Jing family. Every time the young lady from the Jing family came to buy steamed pork with rice flour, second brother would always add an extra piece of meat to each bowl for her."
Manbao was stunned and asked, "How do I add more?"
The meat in their restaurant is placed very densely, one bowl is full of meat, and it is absolutely impossible to squeeze in another piece of meat.
Zhou Lixue paused and said, "Just put the meat on it. That's not the key point. The key point is that Mr. Jing found out later."
Zhou Lixue thought for a moment and said, "Not long after you and your aunt left for the Western Regions, the young lady from the Jing family stopped coming to our restaurant to buy steamed meat. After a while, my second brother let it go."
The only communication between the two people was about buying and selling steamed meat. They liked each other based on appearance and temperament. Even if they had a good impression of each other, their feelings would gradually fade after they stopped seeing each other.
Later, Zhou Liwei and Miss Lan got engaged, and this love was gone with the wind.
Zhou Lixue was still mumbling, "When my second brother found out that the eldest lady from Mr. Lan's family liked him, he was so proud. Humph, what's the big deal? In the future, when my fourth brother and I have achieved academic success, there will be more girls who like us."
Manbao asked: "How do you know if you have achieved academic success?"
Zhou Lixue said confidently, "I'm sure I'll pass the Mingjing exam, right?"
Manbao nodded and said, "If you can pass the Mingjing exam, it will be a great achievement. Then you must work hard. The Mingjing exam is not easy."
"We know that you've been studying very hard recently."
Seeing that the topic was about to go off track, Bai Shan pulled it back and asked, "Then why is she here again now?"
Zhou Lixue said: "Maybe it's because our steamed meat is delicious."
He said, "I'm not bragging, but the steamed meat my mother makes is unique in the whole capital."
Everyone looked at him silently, and he paused before saying, "Of course, it's not entirely because of this. My second brother has some reasons as well."
He lowered his voice and said, "Don't you think the way she looks at Second Brother is different from before?"
Zhou Ligu (Four Heads) and Bai Shuping nodded together, which was different.
Zhou Lixue was about to speak when he caught sight of the store entrance and immediately stood up and shouted, "Second sister-in-law!"
Everyone looked back and saw a young lady in a light green skirt standing at the door with a basket. She was still out of breath, probably because she walked too fast.
It was the young lady from the Lan family whom Manbao had met several times. She had a very nice name, Lan Xin.
Lan Xin glanced around the store, but instead of seeing the person she expected to see, she saw Zhou Man. She was startled, and her face flushed red. She glared at the shouting Zhou Lixue with a bit of annoyance, and then she walked forward with a blushing face to greet Zhou Man. However, after the greeting, she found that the most appropriate address for her was to follow Zhou Liwei's lead and call him "Auntie..."
Seeing her blushing, Manbao raised his hand and said with a smile, "No need to be polite, no need to be polite. Are you here to see Li Wei? He is greeting guests upstairs."
Lan Xin wanted to say no, but before she could open her mouth, Man Bao had already shouted upstairs: "Li Wei, your future wife is here, come down quickly——"
Lan Xin's ears turned red and she stood aside with her head lowered.
Zhou Liwei ran down and saw that only his family and Lan Xin were in the hall, with two tables of guests still sitting there. He breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, took the basket from her hand, and said, "Why are you here so late? Your family won't have dinner until now, will they?"
Lan Xin blushed and said, "We ate a while ago. My dad had some friends over unexpectedly, and they wanted to drink. The stove at home was cold, and it was inconvenient to light it up in winter, so I thought of going out to buy some."
When Zhou Liwei heard this, he went to the kitchen to ask his sixth uncle to fry two dishes to go with the wine in addition to the steamed meat, and served them to her. Lan Xin quickly waved her hand and said, "No, no..."
"It's okay. The fire in our stove is still on and the food is ready. It's very convenient."
Zhou Liulang was very experienced. Not only did he cook the dishes, he also said to Zhou Liwei, "Go get a bowl of beans. Beans are the best food to go with wine. The beans in our restaurant are made by your aunt, and they go best with wine."
Zhou Liwei went and filled the basket with two layers of things, then carried it to give it to her.
Although it was night, the capital was very safe. However, Zhou Liwei was still worried about her going back alone. Thinking that the customers in the restaurant would probably need to eat for a while, he carried the basket and sent her back.
Lan Xin whispered, "I can go back by myself. My aunt and the others are still here."
"Well, it's precisely because my aunt and the others are in the store that I can safely take you home. Let's go. It's cold at night now, and there are fewer people on the street than before, and there are fewer lights. It's better for me to take you home."
Zhou Liwei said hello to Manbao and the others before sending Lan Xin out. Manbao and the others happily watched them leave. After they left, they immediately sat down around Zhou Lixue and whispered, "And then, what then?"
Zhou Lixue also withdrew his gaze and whispered in the same voice: "Then Second Brother just avoided her. Every time she came, he would leave if he could. If he couldn't, he would sell her meat as usual, but he didn't give her an extra piece of meat like before."
If you can't tell which one it is, I'll put a bracket around it in each chapter. Okay, see you at nine in the evening.
(End of this chapter)
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