The noodle stall not only offers noodle soup, but also steamed buns and mantou (steamed bread).
Except for Gu Xin, who only ate a bowl of noodles, the other three members of the family each had an extra steamed bun.
Gu Xin thought the noodles were quite delicious, especially since they were made with white flour; she had only eaten them once before at her grandparents' house.
The other three found the noodles unpalatable; they seemed to have no oil at all, only salt, and suggested they might as well eat a steamed bun.
Gu Shouxin was supposed to go to the docks with Gu Shouli, the eldest son of the Gu family, today, but Gu Shouli introduced him to the foreman of the porters and went back. So, he was alone just now.
After Gu Xin finished eating her noodles, Gu Shouxin went to pay the bill.
Just then, a horse-drawn carriage stopped at the stall, and the driver came over and bought a few steamed buns and a few mantou.
The people at the noodle stall were all surprised. They all recognized that it was the Zhou family's carriage in town. But did the Zhou family's servants need to come here to buy steamed buns and noodle soup?
Just then, the curtain of the carriage window opened, revealing the appearance of a young man inside.
The three members of the Gu family, mother and daughters, also looked over curiously.
Cai Xiaolian: Young men in ancient times were quite handsome too!
Gu Nian: Hmm, assessment complete, a handsome young man!
Gu Xin: Huh? I feel like I've seen this handsome young master somewhere before! Yes, I must have seen him before. Oh, right, this morning. No, no, the one with the beard this morning was an older man, not a young master.
Lu Zheng lifted the carriage curtain for only a moment before letting it fall back down.
He was very puzzled. It seemed that the three people were his Xin'er's parents and sister. How could they be different from what he knew?
After returning to his maternal grandfather's house in the morning, he washed up and tidied himself up. He was planning to go to the outskirts of the city to find his grandfather. He happened to pass by here and saw Gu Xin. He asked the driver to slow down, but he was still unsure. So he asked the driver to get out of the carriage to buy some steamed buns. He lifted the carriage curtain to confirm if it was Gu Xin.
After all, Gu Xin is only ten years old and hasn't fully grown up yet. Apart from her eyes, he was really afraid that he was seeing things wrong.
Now that it's confirmed, I'm even more confused.
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Gu Xin didn't think the handsome young man in the carriage was the same uncle from the morning, so she didn't mention it. She just told the other three that a strange uncle had knocked on the door that morning, and then left without saying anything else.
She thought she had gone to the wrong door.
Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian had no doubts. They thought it must be someone from another place who was hunting in the back mountains who had gone to the wrong place. They remembered that something similar had happened before.
So they didn't take it to heart and talked about their family's vegetable garden along the way.
Gu Shouxin believed that during his years as the Ninth Prince, he had seen many rare treasures and heard many strange stories, but he had never heard of anyone's vegetable garden being able to ripen all the vegetables overnight.
He repeatedly asked Cai Xiaolian and Gu Xin if they had remembered the planting time wrong. The mother and daughter were sure they hadn't made a mistake, because most people in the village planted their seeds at that time.
"Dad, I'm thinking of making cabbage and radish into a side dish to go with rice and selling it. Do you think that's feasible?" Gu Nian asked.
"You make it first, then we'll try it and talk about it later," Gu Shouxin said after thinking for a moment.
“Her father, we don’t plan to tell the old family home about this, and Xin Xin thinks so too. What do you think?” Cai Xiaolian asked again.
“That’s how it should be. We’ve already separated from the old family home. If it were just our parents and brothers, it wouldn’t matter. Unfortunately, my sister-in-law at the old family home can’t keep her mouth shut,” Gu Shouxin nodded.
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