Yang Anchen bowed, then let Zhao Fangchu into the house and said, "Miss, this is my friend. He got separated from his family and ran into some trouble on the street. We were worried about gossip if we were in the same room, so I wanted to borrow your room to hide."
"Ms. Zhang."
After all, he was borrowing someone else's house to stay in temporarily, so Zhao Fangchu didn't want to wait for the other person to speak first, so he took the initiative to call someone.
"Banqin, go get a chair."
After hearing this, Zhang Baoyu didn't say no, but nodded slightly towards Zhao Fangchu.
Yang Anchen has been teaching her for more than several years. Apart from Mr. Zhang in the Zhang Mansion, she listens to Yang Anchen the most.
Banqin bowed his head and agreed, then added another chair and asked the two of them to sit down.
The mulberry sweet tea on the table was still steaming. Zhang Baoyu poured two more cups and placed them in front of Yang Anchen and Zhao Fangchu. "Try it. Sir, you left in a hurry just now and left without even taking a sip of this. This is the shopkeeper's new tea fruit and honey tea. It's different from the usual ones, and I think it tastes delicious."
These things were sent by Zhao Fangchu and Yang Donghu together. Whenever Yang Donghu made something new at home, Zhao Fangchu would always be the first to try it.
The same goes for mulberry sweet tea. Zhao Fangchu and Yang Donghu picked the mulberries together from the dwarf mulberry trees at the foot of the mountain. They added honey to it and it tasted nourishing. Yang Donghu took it out and made a pot of it for his family every day.
The pastries on the table had beautiful colors, shapes, and flavors. Before Yang Anchen even took a bite, he thought of the peach blossom cakes made by Yang Donghu. He turned around and said to Zhao Fangchu half-jokingly, "This looks like it was made by Donghu. You two are in town again today. Could it be that you two brought this new one?"
Yang Anchen knew about Yang Donghu selling cakes, but what he said just now was just a guess and a casual mention.
Zhao Fangchu swallowed the cake in his mouth. He had taken a big bite and now he felt a little choked. He drank some water and nodded seriously, saying, "Yes, Brother Dong just made it. Today is the first time he has sent it to the town."
"Oh? I guessed it right." Yang Anchen stared at Zhao Fangchu for a moment, then suddenly smiled and pointed at the corner of his mouth and said, "Something is stuck on it."
Zhao Fangchu hummed in confusion for a moment. Now the young girl behind Yang Anchen was facing him. She looked at the pastry crumbs on the corner of his mouth and chuckled. Zhao Fangchu realized that she was laughing at him, and embarrassedly lowered his head to wipe away the crumbs from the corner of his mouth.
Zhang Baoyu's eyes moved between the two of them. When Yang Anchen was with her and her siblings, he always restrained himself and followed the rules. He was usually serious and never overstepped the boundaries as a teacher. This had been the case for several years.
Now he was acting so gently towards the young man next to him. Zhang Baoyu was a little surprised and his eyes couldn't help but linger on Zhao Fangchu for a moment.
Yang Anchen was completely unaware of Zhang Baoyu's gaze, as his attention was completely drawn to Zhao Fangchu.
"Hey, who were you talking about just now? Do you know the person who made this snack?"
Yang Anchen's thoughts were brought back to him. He pointed at Zhao Fangchu and said, "Not only do I know him, he's his cousin's wife, Yang Donghu. He and An Jin are both good friends."
Zhang Baoyu loves to eat dim sum as snacks. She has tried all the dim sum available in the town. Sometimes, when Mr. Zhang hears that dim sum in the south is exquisite, he will ask people to bring some back for her.
However, the journey to the south of the Yangtze River is long, and it is not easy to bring some back. Zhang Baoyu can only taste the fresh and delicious ones occasionally.
Peach Blossom Cake is like the dim sum from Jiangnan. Ever since the restaurant started selling cakes, she has become a regular customer of Peach Blossom Cake. She didn't expect that today she could not only eat new dim sum, but also know who made these dim sum.
Zhang Baoyu was overjoyed and didn't care if Yang Anchen was wrong. He asked excitedly, "Really?"
"certainly."
She was delighted to receive a positive answer and asked Zhao Fangchu, "Is he the one who came with you today? Where is he now?"
After saying this, he remembered that Yang Anchen said he was separated from his family, and continued: "I forgot, you are lost, it's okay, just sit here, Banqin, go tell the waiter, if anyone comes to look for you..."
Zhang Baoyu was halfway through his sentence when he finally remembered to ask for someone's name: "What's your name?"
"Zhao Fangchu."
Zhao Fangchu was also a foodie, and when he saw that Zhang Baoyu liked the snacks, his reservedness faded a lot.
Zhang Baoyu smiled and said to Banqin, "If anyone comes looking for Fang Chu, just have the waiter bring them up here."
"yes."
Zhang Baoyu was not very old, one year younger than Zhao Fangchu. Due to her job as a housekeeper, she was somewhat mature beyond her years. She loved sweets, and only when she had some new tea or fruit did she show some of the playfulness of Zhao Fangchu, who was her age.
"Have tea, have tea. Is this tea also made by Dong Hu himself?"
She had many questions, and Zhao Fangchu answered them one by one. He didn't say much about other things, but when it came to where to find delicious snacks in town, Zhao Fangchu could still tell Zhang Baoyu a thing or two.
The two people who were still looking for Zhao Fangchu outside were almost scared, especially Yang Donghu. Today was the first time they came to the town together, and they got lost. He was so anxious that he didn't stop running. He ran back and forth on the street several times, and his voice was choked with sobs when he called Zhao Fangchu.
The two of them passed by the restaurant several times but didn't see any extra cakes in the basket on the cart.
There were too many people in the restaurant and the waiter couldn't take care of them all, so he always missed the two people who were looking for someone outside.
The sun was at its highest point, and it was almost time for dinner. Most of the people in the restaurant had left. The waiter had some time to sit at the door to rest, and then he saw Yang Donghu and Zhao Luochuan walking hurriedly.
"Brother Dachuan." The waiter quickly caught up and stopped the two of them: "Brother Dachuan, are you looking for someone?"
"Yes." Before Zhao Luochuan could say anything, Yang Donghu replied, "It's the guy who came with me to deliver the cakes this morning. He's about the same height as me. Did you see him return to the cart, little brother?"
"Don't worry, I came to see you about this. The young man is waiting for you two in our store right now. He was almost kidnapped, but fortunately, Mr. Yang saved him. He is sitting with Miss Zhang drinking tea right now. Miss Zhang asked me to invite you two upstairs for a meeting."
The person next to Yang Donghu didn't hear it, but when he heard the words "almost kidnapped", the tears that had just stopped fell again and he couldn't speak.
Hearing the waiter mention Mr. Yang and the Zhang Mansion, Zhao Luochuan probably knew who it was. He first comforted the frightened man next to him: "Don't cry, don't cry. The waiter said Fang Chu is fine. Let's go with him to check it out, okay?"
Yang Donghu nodded, wiped the tears from her face, and the two of them followed the waiter upstairs.
There was a lot of chatter in the room, no longer as quiet as before. The waiter brought the person in and handed him over to the maid at the door. He had something else to do downstairs and couldn't leave someone watching.
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