As the waiter spoke, he glanced back and saw that there was no one in the corridor outside. He felt relieved to speak, but still lowered his voice.
"Master Bai strongly objected and even sued the boss. However, our boss is a gourmet. After eating the food cooked by Master Tao, he praised the shopkeeper for hiring him well and also gave Master Tao a raise in wages."
Zhu Yan, Geng Xingshuang and others shed tears of sympathy for Master Bai. This was really a waste of money.
But this Ruyi Building is quite interesting.
"What kind of owner there is, there is what kind of shopkeeper."
After the waiter left, Zhu Yan commented.
Geng Xingshuang was convinced. Thinking of herself and the maids around her, she couldn't help but feel happy in her heart. She asked Xu Lianyang, "Sister Xu, have you seen that Master Tao?"
Xu Lianyang nodded, "Not long ago, someone said that he had a bad stomach in this Ruyi Building and went to ask for his grandfather. My grandfather was not in the hospital. I came here and happened to see Master Tao."
"Ah?" Geng Xingchen was surprised, "I'm really upset because of the food..."
"No." Xu Lianyang said immediately: "That man has gallbladder disease and cannot eat greasy food. He ordered braised pork elbow, braised pork and other heavy oil dishes. He ate most of it by himself. Who doesn't have abdominal pain? stomach ache."
In the end, Xu Lianyang gave the guest a few injections to relieve the pain. Only then did he find out that the guest had gone to the restaurant to enjoy his meal because he was being taken care of by his wife at home and had to eat light dishes every day. It works so quickly.
Because most of the dishes ordered by the customer at that time were cooked by Master Tao, she was pushed out by the kitchen manager as soon as the customer suffered from abdominal pain.
Fortunately, it was later confirmed that the problem was not with the food, but with the guest's health.
After Xu Lianyang finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and then laughed.
"We don't know Master Tao, so we are all worried about her?"
Geng Xingchen didn't understand everyone's thoughts, let alone his own thoughts.
"It doesn't matter whether we know her or not. Anyway, her cooking is delicious and she is a young lady about the same age as us. Just now the waiter said that her family is poor. We hope she gets better and better. What's the problem?"
"no problem!"
Geng Xingshuang asked, and everyone answered neatly, as if they were doing something important.
After talking together, we were happy again.
And with this smile, Geng Xingshuang found that the depression that was immersed in her chest disappeared for no reason, and she felt refreshed and happy again.
The group had a cheerful lunch. When they went downstairs, there were only two tables of individual customers downstairs. The waiters were much idle, and even the cashier behind the counter was dozing off.
Xiaofeng finished paying the bill and the group was about to leave when they saw a girl coming out of the back kitchen. The girl was in a Jingchai sarong. She wore a scarf on her head and her hair was tightly wrapped. She had a slim figure and slight skin. Black, with delicate facial features and bright and energetic eyes, which makes people feel full of energy when they see them.
"Are you...Master Tao? The female chef of Ruyi Building?"
Geng Xingshuang was just thinking about whether the girl in front of her was the lady in charge of the waiter's mouth just now, when she heard Zhu Yan ask.
The girl didn't seem to expect that girls in this line of work who seemed to come from either rich or noble backgrounds would actually ask her out loud and even know her last name. She was stunned for a moment and then cautiously replied: "I am the cook of Ruyi Building. I don't know. Miss Is something wrong?"
"It's okay, I just had lunch upstairs and ate several dishes you cooked. They tasted very good, so... No... this is a reward for you."
Zhu Yan said, without giving instructions to Xiaofeng and Yingshui, he took out a five-tael silver ingot from his purse and stuffed it into the girl's slightly rough hands. The girl was stunned. She was just worried that these people were looking for her. Trouble, I didn't expect that such a big silver ingot would be thrust into her hand the next moment.
It's heavy and seems to be slightly warm.
She wanted to refuse. She shouldn't accept it. After all, she had already received her wages.
But when she thought of her mother's illness at home, her smart brother who wanted to give up studying, and her father's stooped figure carrying a big bag on his back, it was difficult for her to move forward.
Zhu Yan saw the girl's confusion, and said: "The money is yours as a reward. Don't refuse it. I won't take it if you refuse. I haven't returned the things I gave you. Okay, you... It’s time to leave for business, and you’re ready to go home, right? Let’s go, we have to go back too.”
Zhu Yan said, stepped aside, and ordered Xiaofeng to ask the coachman to drive the carriage to the door of the restaurant.
The girl had nothing to say after Zhu Yan gave in like this. Finally, she knelt down to Zhu Yan, and then knelt down to Geng Xingshuang and others.
"Thank you girl!"
Seeing Zhu Yan nodding, he withdrew.
Several waiters in Ruyi Building stared at this scene with envy in their eyes. The accountant who had dozed off had also woken up early. He was also greedy for the five taels of silver, but Zhu Yan made it clear that it was for Master Tao himself, and he He knew Zhu Yan's identity, so he didn't dare to say too much, but he was gloating in his heart, thinking, hey, if Master Bai knew, he would be so angry that he couldn't sleep at night.
It’s quite refreshing!
"what is her name?"
The accountant was thinking happily when he suddenly heard Zhu Yan ask.
"My surname is Tao, my maiden name... my maiden name... everyone calls her Master Tao, so I don't..."
"Uncle Zhao, Master Tao's name is Tao Yuyu. I heard her say that there are fish every year, and there are more than two fish every year. It was named after Master Tao's grandmother who passed away. I hope their family's life will be better and better every year. There are plenty of fish too.”
A waiter came forward and said.
"Yu Yu? Tao Yuyu, that's a pretty name."
Zhu Yan nodded and said to Geng Xingshuang and the other four: "Let's go!"
Watching the group of people walk out of the store, the cashier murmured: "It's lucky that Miss Zhu is a girl. If she were a young master, I thought she would have fallen in love with Master Tao!"
"Uncle Zhao, what did you say?"
"Oh, nothing!"
Geng Xingshuang didn't ask Zhu Yan until he got into the carriage.
"Why are you so generous today?"
Even though Zhu Yan was born in the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, where she grew up in fine clothing and fine food, she was not a wealthy lady who regarded money as dirt and didn't know the sufferings of the world.
It was really rare for Zhu Yan to reward someone with five taels of silver in such a short time.
"When I saw that little girl, she was so pretty. She had to make a living outside at such a young age. Her life must have been difficult. The food was so delicious. I couldn't bear it, so... I gave it to her!"
Zhu Yan said that she didn't believe her own explanation. There were many poor people, and there were countless people who were more miserable than Master Tao. Why didn't she have such sympathy for others? So generous?
generator Women, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Zhu Yan asked warily.
"Otherwise I would have thought you were attracted to someone else! Haha!"
Geng Xingshuang laughed loudly, thinking that Zhu Yan was going to hit her. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yan thought for a moment and said regretfully: "Although that little fish girl is a little darker, she is quite good-looking. If I were a man , maybe I can’t marry her and go home!”
Geng Xingshuang was stunned.
After lunch, everyone went back except Geng Xingshuang and Zhu Yan, who were going to visit the place where the embroiderers lived and confirm various matters in the shop.
Zhu Yan: What happened to me today? Could it be that he really fell in love with that little fish girl?
(End of chapter)
