They bought a lot of food along the way. Not counting the food the servants brought home, Tingyu and Hongyu carried a lot of it.
The two people carrying the bags seemed a little flustered, as they were trying to support Yun Yue's shopping budget alone.
Ye Lingyu now understood how Cheng Qingyan had acquired his previous shopping prowess. It turned out that Yun Yue, Cheng Qingyan's dear mother, had an even greater purchasing power than Cheng Qingyan himself.
And then there's Jiang Jiang. This child probably inherited Yun Yue and Cheng Qingyan's purchasing power. Every time she goes shopping, she can buy as much as a whole family.
Just the fact that she got Shen Ziyu to buy her a whole bunch of snacks on her own already makes her different from other children.
They were completely unceremonious and made outrageous demands.
It's fortunate that it's Shen Ziyu and Ruan Banxia; if it were Hongyu or Mu Zhiyue taking her out shopping, they wouldn't be able to afford these expenses.
The servants standing next to Ruan Banxia and Jiang Jiang were not empty-handed; the things they were carrying were things that the girls had bought.
Yun Yue ordered a serving of chilled watermelon balls. By this time, she had almost finished eating, and before leaving, she didn't forget to praise the vendor for how delicious the watermelon was.
The stall owner proudly replied, "Our watermelons are famous far and wide; you can only find them in the vicinity of Yuanning County. Even important figures in Kyoto have a hard time getting them. This is a local specialty."
Yun Yue had never eaten such a delicious watermelon in Kyoto. The one she ate at Cheng Qingyan's house was already considered very good. Although the vendor's watermelon was decent, it was far inferior to the one at Cheng Qingyan's house.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Yunyue wasn't in a hurry to continue her journey and started chatting with the stall owner.
"Your local specialties are really good, this melon is excellent."
The stall owner chuckled and said, "You lot are obviously not from our town. We've been eating these melons for the second year now."
"It is said that it was grown by a young man surnamed Cheng from Mengjia Village. Other towns have not yet supplied it. As you have tasted, our drinks are all made with this kind of melon, so the price is higher than that of ordinary drinks."
"I only managed to buy some at a high price because I had connections. I heard that these melons are transported directly to the county and prefecture, where they are sold for even higher prices."
Yun Yue smiled and turned to look at Cheng Qingyan. This young man surnamed Cheng from Mengjia Village—wasn't that him?
Her daughter is truly a source of constant surprises.
"Shopkeeper, do you have anything to say to that young man surnamed Cheng who grew the watermelons?"
The stall owner smiled sheepishly: "I still hope she can bring such delicious watermelons to the surrounding villages and towns. My kid loves them, but they're a bit expensive. Although we sell these, we can't afford to eat them often."
"Good things are expensive, and there's nothing we can do about it. We can only hope that Mr. Cheng can grow more of these fruits and vegetables so that everyone will be willing to eat them."
Then Yun Yue smiled and asked Cheng Qingyan, "Qingyan, what do you think?"
Cheng Qingyan was extremely embarrassed. Her mother was even talking about her with someone else, and she wished she could just turn around and leave.
But that wouldn't work, so he could only awkwardly laugh and say, "You're right, it's getting late, and we still have a lot of things to buy. Why don't we go buy them first?"
When it came to shopping, Yun Yue stopped talking and got up to say goodbye to the stall owner.
We bought quite a few snacks along the way.
Yunyue only tried one of the tangerine peel duck dumplings before returning it to Tingyu. She just reminded her to keep the pickled lettuce side out, as it tasted very good with rice.
After strolling through this street full of snacks, it's much faster to get to other places.
When buying things, Yunyue and her friends would only glance at them and turn away if they didn't want to look at them a second time.
Jiang Jiang and Meng Chuying were taken away by Ruan Banxia and Shen Ziyu. She came here to eat and play, purely for fun, and had no intention of going with Cheng Qingyan and the others to buy anything unrelated to fun.
With Ruan Banxia and Shen Ziyu by her side this time, Jiang Jiang was able to break free from Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu's control and run wild everywhere.
Although Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu hadn't restrained her before, she was overjoyed to have someone automatically paying for her things while her parents weren't around.
Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu arrived at Ji Ren's furniture shop. Thinking about Cheng Shaowen and Ji Ziyue's affair, since he was called Third Uncle, it seemed a bit inappropriate to just sit idly by.
Besides, Cheng Shaowen is still young, and his family is not a good match for Ji Ren's, but if the two of them are in love, she doesn't want to see a couple who like each other be separated.
Especially under such a feudal system, being able to love freely is a very difficult thing.
It was almost noon, and there were hardly any customers in Ji Ren's furniture shop.
At this moment, Ji Ren was fiddling with an abacus behind the counter, while two shop assistants were wiping the display cabinet standing to the side.
When Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu entered the store, the waiter saw them first and immediately greeted them with a smile and politeness. Of course, the waiter's actions also alerted Ji Ren behind the counter.
The people in the shop today, including Ji Ren and the shop assistant, all had a deep impression of Cheng Qingyan. They had once delivered goods to Cheng Qingyan's home together.
The waiter hurried forward to greet them: "Young Master Cheng, Madam Cheng, please come in, please come in!"
Ji Ren also put down what he was doing and came out from behind the counter: "Young Master Cheng, Madam Cheng, it's been a long time. How are you today?"
"Manager Ji, how have you been? We apologize for bothering you." Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu sat down on the chairs for guests.
"Young Master Cheng, what are you saying? Your presence at our humble shop is an honor!"
There's no need to say too many polite things, or it will be excessive.
Not wanting to waste too much time, Cheng Qingyan said to Yunyue, "Mother, your room is missing a display shelf. Shall we have Manager Ji show you around?"
The display shelf was just right for the rare treasures that Yun Yue had brought.
Yun Yue stood up and pointed to the waiter who had come to greet her at the beginning: "Let them come with me to see, you can rest here."
Ji Ren was surprised that Yun Yue, who looked so young, was actually Cheng Qingyan's mother.
I didn't see this old woman when I delivered the goods before.
Xiao Er accompanied Yun Yue to look at the antique display shelves, and Ting Yu and Hong Yu followed. Now, only Cheng Qingyan, Ye Lingyu, and Ji Ren, who stayed behind to keep them company, were in the front shop.
Cheng Qingyan suddenly asked Ji Ren, "Manager Ji, does your hand still hurt these past two days?"
Ji Ren was puzzled: "What do you mean by this, Young Master Cheng? My hand doesn't feel any pain."
"I heard that a troublesome brat came to Manager Ji's residence a couple of days ago. Did Manager Ji not take any action?"
Ji Ren still vividly remembers beating up a rascal a couple of days ago.
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