Chapter 83 - She Was Also a “Miss” (1/2)

Back when they were selling cold jelly and douhua, Li Hongmei and Ye Xiaoxian had promoted and publicized “The Xiaos’ Cuisine” already. Some were greedy for their free cold jelly, so they would come and order one or two stir-fry dishes and gained a free bowl of cold jelly.

On that day, Scholar Wong also dropped by. When Scholar Wong arrived, Liu Qianqian happened to be there too.

Liu Qianqian had been coming to visit for more than a week and every time she came she would ride in her luxurious carriage and had four or five of her servants stand guard outside. Being so ostentatious she meant to let the whole town know that she was dining here. Frankly speaking, it was a very good move, as a restaurant which was loved by Liu Qianqian could not be bad, could it?

When Scholar Wong stepped in he saw the servants on guard outside and he could not help smiling. As he went in he saw Liu Qianqian sitting beside the window in the booth on second floor, so he was on his way to find her.

Li Hongmei was serving the customers inside and seeing Scholar Wong come in she went to greet him right away. “Ah, it’s Mr. Wong! Are you here to have a meal? Shall I give you a nice table?”

Scholar Wong pointed at Liu Qianqian sitting in the booth. “It’s alright. I’m going sit with her ladys.h.i.+p.”

“You are…” Li Hongmei seemed to have stumbled upon some big gossip.

Scholar Wong then added, “Miss Liu is my cousin and we’ve known each other since we were children.”

“Oh…” Li Hongmei was very surprised.

It was indeed a small world as the two who looked like they were not related at all turned out to in fact be cousins.

Li Hongmei hurriedly followed him upstairs and, as expected, Scholar Wong and Liu Qianqian were laughing and chatting vibrantly. Liu Qianqian also asked Li Hongmei to get two more dishes.

Li Hongmei then went to the kitchen, seeing that Ye Xiaoxian and Xiao Baozhu were rus.h.i.+ng around busily, and she said to Ye Xiaoxian in a hurry, “Little Ye, Scholar Wong, that teacher of Baofeng, turned out to be Miss Qianqian’s cousin. They’re now sitting at the same table and Qianqian asked for two more dishes, one sweet and sour ribs and one chicken feet with pickled peppers.”

Ye Xiaoxian had not expected this either but, thinking about it, Scholar Wong had no ordinary bearing and looked like he could be from a wealthy family, so it was not too strange for him to know Liu Qianqian.

Ye Xiaoxian asked Li Hongmei to first bring a bowl of rose plum soup to Scholar Wong, then asked Xiao Baozhu to make a fire and she began cooking. While she was cooking, Ye Xiaoxian glanced at Xiao Baozhu who was somewhat in a daze.

Ever since Xiao Baozhu began reading novels she sometimes looked like this. Ye Xiaoxian did not think too much of it but only reminded her, “Baozhu, pay attention to the fire. Don’t let the fire stir up too much.”

Xiao Baozhu replied shortly. “Yes.”

Once Scholar Wong’s dishes were ready, Xiao Baozhu put down the fire poker and stood up immediately. “Sister-in-law, let me take the food to Scholar Wong.”

“Sure, be quick,” said Ye Xiaoxian.

Xiao Baozhu took the dishes with her and went out as swiftly as a gust of wind.

Ye Xiaoxian felt a bit strange but the moment Li Hongmei came in delivering the orders, saying that there was a group of new customers who wanted to try fish fillets in hot chili oil, Ye Xiaoxian did not dwell on her thoughts and went to cook at once.

She expected Xiao Baozhu to return quickly but Ye Xiaoxian’s food was already in the pan and Baozhu still hadn’t come back.

Ye Xiaoxian had no option but to cook dishes while tending the fire, having her work cut out for her.

As for Xiao Baozhu, she was chatting with Scholar Wong and Liu Qianqian.

As soon as she served the food Xiao Baozhu appeared to be surprised. “Scholar Wong, how come you’re here?”

Liu Qianqian happened to know Xiao Baozhu as well so she said to Scholar Wong. “This is Xiao Baozhu, my friend’s sister.”

The “friend” she mentioned was of course referring to Ye Xiaoxian.

Scholar Wong already knew Xiao Baozhu but still could not remember her name, though out of politeness he still said to Liu Qianqian, “I know. I’ve already met them, including the friend of yours.”