Zhao Xiaolan tried her best to suppress her fear and took the initiative to greet Liu Chuyu.
In Liu Chuyu's eyes, Zhao Xiaolan was just a little girl, even though she was two years older than him.
So what? He's the son of the county magistrate! Wherever he goes, he's the most important person besides his father!
"I won't eat this. Is this disgusting stuff meant for pigs?" Liu Chuyu scoffed disdainfully.
However, as soon as the words left his mouth, he realized that he had said the wrong thing.
I just ate it, isn't this calling me a pig?
"Oh..." Zhao Xiaolan nodded. She went into the kitchen to take the finished tofu out and put it on the stove to keep it warm.
She carried three or four wooden buckets and took a ladle, repeatedly scooping tofu into the buckets.
He was busy serving tofu, watching the fire in the stove, and adding firewood from time to time.
Zhao Xiaolan was so busy that she was panting heavily and sweating profusely.
Seeing Zhao Xiaolan so busy, Liu Chuyu felt a little guilty.
He's a grown man, yet he made a girl do such physical labor.
No, that would make him seem so tasteless.
Liu Chuyu stepped forward and said in a stern voice, "Give me the ladle, and go watch the fire in the stove."
Zhao Xiaolan wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at him with some confusion.
"What are you standing there for..." Liu Chuyu stepped forward and took the ladle from Zhao Xiaolan's hand, and started working like she had just done.
At this moment, Zhao Denglong also started making breakfast.
When she first entered the kitchen, she was quite surprised to see Liu Chuyu working.
However, Zhao Denglong recovered in an instant.
She yawned. "Xiao Lan, why didn't you call me when you got up?"
When Zhao Denglong arrived, Zhao Xiaolan felt less awkward, as if she had found a place to belong.
"I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't feel comfortable waking you. Besides, you were reading later than me last night, so you should sleep a little longer."
Liu Chuyu carried a wooden bucket of tofu and placed it on the stove.
He was somewhat surprised to hear this.
"Do you still read at night?"
In Liu Chuyu's view, very few women received any education. Even his mother had never been to school.
The main reason is that in his mother's time, even girls from families with better conditions only learned things like embroidery.
He also has a few close friends, and his older and younger sisters have only received a little education.
But how could children from an ordinary family like Aunt He's be attending school? This surprised Liu Chuyu quite a bit.
Zhao Xiaolan continued adding firewood without saying a word, but Zhao Denglong did respond to him.
"I can read some, but I'm busy running the shop during the day and don't have time to read."
Liu Chuyu nodded and continued working without saying a word.
A short while later, Madam Chen and Zhao Yanniang also came down to help.
After a few minutes of work, the front hall was ready to open to guests.
He Tiantian's shop made a name for itself on the first day, so there were many customers on the second day as well.
Before the doors even opened, people outside started banging on them and shouting that they were open for business.
After finishing her work, Liu Chuyu sat on the wooden tub in the yard, letting her mind wander.
He Tiantian found him in the backyard. "Liu Chuyu, you're in charge of serving food to the people in the front hall today. Here's a tray, take it!"
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