She now regrets coming out with her daughter. Thinking about her daughter's behavior, how she always talks back and belittles people just because her father is a high-ranking official, she knows it, but what can she do? After all, she is her daughter.
Seeing that she didn't say anything more, Xia Hua led An Shuyi out. Seeing that it was already noon, they didn't go to eat and went straight to the teahouse.
As soon as they arrived at the teahouse, they saw Xiao Yubai sitting in the lobby, waving at them. The two of them went over and sat down.
"Why are you two ladies arriving so late? Did something happen? I thought you wouldn't come," he said, bringing up the food box. "You two ladies haven't eaten yet, have you? Here's the food I brought. Please have some with us."
"The other food box contains lotus flower pastries for Madam An. She can take them with her later." Then she put the food into the food box.
An Shuyi looked at Hua Hua's pale face and wanted to refuse, but before she could say anything, Xiao Yubai had already placed the dishes on the table, and none of them were dishes she had ever seen before.
"Young Master Xiao, please don't be so polite. Please eat as you please. We have other matters to attend to this afternoon, so we'll take our leave now."
Xiao Yubai wasn't oblivious to such things. He nodded in agreement, stood up, and handed the food box to An Shuyi, saying, "Then, ladies, please take care."
Taking the food box, An Shuyi said, "Thank you, Young Master Xiao. Please have your meal. We'll be going now."
"Alright, ladies, please take care. I apologize for not being able to see you off further." Xiao Yubai watched them leave, then looked at the dishes on the table, feeling somewhat helpless. It seemed that Madam An was very wary; after spending so many days together, she didn't even dare to eat the food he had brought.
Yesterday, I noticed that Mrs. An liked lotus flower pastries, and thinking that she might like the dishes made by the cook at home, I thought I would bring some over, but I didn't expect her to refuse to eat them.
After leaving, An Shuyi followed Xia Hua outside, saying, "Hua Hua, look, I didn't eat anything today, and I even refused Xiao Yubai."
She didn't even listen to the opera in order to find an excuse to leave.
Xia Hua nodded, "I see. From now on, do it this way. If someone gives you some food, you'll think they're a good person. But if they want to poison you, you won't be able to avoid it."
"I know, I will never eat anything given to me by others, so don't worry." She dared not eat anything casually now.
The two carried the food box to the restaurant for a meal. After ordering, they waited for the waiter to leave before An Shuyi placed the food box on the table and opened it.
"Xiao Yubai took so many lotus flower pastries. If we could eat two every day, it would last us a long time." The pastries were all placed inside, not on a plate, probably because they wanted to hold as many as possible.
Xia Hua took out a plate and a silver needle. "Use chopsticks to take one out. I'll test it to make sure it's not poisoned before you eat it."
Since the food has already been brought over, as long as it hasn't been poisoned, it's safe to eat.
“Okay,” An Shuyi nodded, picked one out with her chopsticks and placed it on a plate. Then she watched Xia Hua test the poison by inserting a silver needle into the lotus flower pastry and pulling it out. The silver needle was exactly the same as before, unchanged.
“Huahua, look, it hasn’t turned black. I told you Xiao Yubai wouldn’t poison us. We’ve only met a few times, and there’s nothing unpleasant about it, so why would he poison us?”
Xia Hua sighed helplessly, "You can't be too careful, you know? Just be more vigilant in the future." This silly woman, doesn't she realize that you can't bring food to someone you've only met a few times?
Yesterday's snacks might have been a coincidence, but today's meal was clearly prepared. Luckily, she went with us today, otherwise, given Shushu's personality, she would definitely have stayed for dinner.
"I know I must prevent others from harming me. Can I eat the lotus flower pastry now?"
"Okay, eat it!" We've already tested it and it's not poisonous, so how could she say no?
With permission, An Shuyi placed another lotus-shaped pastry on the plate. "Huahua, you should try this. This lotus-shaped pastry is really delicious." As she spoke, she picked up a lotus-shaped pastry and ate it herself.
"Mmm, it's delicious, just like yesterday's."
Xia Hua also picked up a lotus-shaped pastry. It was green on the outside, white on the inside, and red in the middle, but it tasted especially sweet.
"Shushu, were the pastries you ate yesterday this sweet too?" Xiao Yubai, a grown man, ate pastries that sweet? Even she, a woman, thought they were too sweet. Of course, Shushu wouldn't, because she especially liked sweets.
After swallowing the pastry in her mouth, An Shuyi said, "Now that you mention it, I also think it's sweeter than yesterday's, but I think it tastes even better than yesterday's."
Hearing her say that, Xia Hua was certain that these pastries were different from yesterday's. They were obviously made by Xiao Yubai according to Shu Shu's taste. It seems that this person is amazing. He only needed some pastries to discover that Shu Shu likes to eat sweets.
"If it's delicious, you can keep it and eat it slowly. I'll get you two trays so you can pack it up and put it in the warehouse." Saying this, he bought two trays from the store.
An Shuyi took the tray from her, took out the pastries one by one, and put them back on the tray. She counted them: ninety-eight. It seemed that she had made one hundred.
The lotus-shaped pastries on the food box are blooming like flowers, with layers of pastry. The lotus-shaped pastries on the bottom are different; they are wrapped up like flower buds, with the top cut open to reveal the filling inside.
Hearing the voices of the waiters outside, she hurriedly put the tray into the storeroom before the two of them began to eat. After finishing, they went to the pastry shop, and Xia Hua instructed the maids to close the shop for the day tomorrow.
Although they don't know when they will go back, they will only stay for a month at most before returning to the village.
After giving instructions to the maids, the two went shopping. There was nothing to do when they got back, so they figured they might as well stay out and have some fun.
They didn't go back to the mansion for dinner that night, but went to a hot pot restaurant instead. They had only eaten at Zihaiguo a few times in all the time they had been in this world, and had never eaten hot pot before. When they arrived at the hot pot restaurant, it was extremely busy. It was time for dinner.
The tables in the lobby were all full of people, and there were even people standing outside. It seemed that the upstairs was just as full. The two of them didn't go in because it was so crowded inside, and they could tell from the outside that it was very hot inside.
Looking at the line of people outside the hot pot restaurant, An Shuyi asked, "Huahua, how much profit does the hot pot restaurant make in a day?"
It's only mid-August now. Although the weather in the north is a bit colder than in the south, it's still hot. Hot pot restaurants sell best in winter, but with so many people now, won't there be even more people in winter?
When Xia Hua heard her question, she replied, "If it's just one person eating at a hot pot restaurant, a few dozen taels might be enough. But if there are many people, it will cost several hundred taels. The vegetables are cheap, but the meat is expensive."
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