Chapter 91 - The Last Move (1/2)

…Everybody who had their meals paid for were overjoyed and were as flattered by this Young Master Zhang as it is possible to be, so Young Master Zhang become complacent again, even feeling it worth a good kicking up the a.s.s by his old man back home.

Ye Xiaoxian quickly added, “Young Master Zhang, according to the old rule you have to pay first when the bill is over two taels of silver. I roughly calculated that all the bills of our diners here are thirty taels, plus your own bill, let’s make it thirty-three taels in total. Do you prefer to pay it with silver or this gold ingot of yours?”

One gold ingot equals to fifty taels of silver.

Like bearing the pain of his flesh being cut off, Young Master Zhang pa.s.sed the gold ingot to Ye Xiaoxian.

Ye took it with a big smile and said, “I’ll give you the change later.”

After Ye Xiaoxian went inside the kitchen she never again came out and even the change was given to Young Master Zhang by Li Hongmei.

Young Master Zhang saw that a big gold ingot had now become some pale silvers and that kind of pain hurt him even more than being dismembered to death.

Fatty knew that Young Master Zhang’s heart hurt badly, as Young Master Zhang had flirted with so many girls and never spent so much money. He normally could get to hook up with a missy with ten or so taels of silver.

Fatty then said, “Sir, have we…suffered a loss? We’ve already spent silver and gold now but that missy hasn’t responded at all.”

Skinny said immediately, “She appeared to give no response but perhaps she already secretly had a big crush on Young Master Zhang. When that missy turned around just now I noticed that she couldn’t even hold back the smile on her lips.”

As for Young Master Zhang, he did not feel he had suffered any loss at all as so many people had complimented him just now and Ye Xiaoxian also compared him with that out-of-town merchant, so he felt that he had already planted the seed of love in Ye Xiaoxian’s heart and now would simply wait for it to bloom and bear fruit.

Some diners were already done eating and all the them would come over and thank Young Master Zhang. “Young Master Zhang, thank you so much for paying for the food. I’m so grateful!”

Young Master Zhang would wave his hands generously. “No problem, no problem.”

However, once those diners went out of the restaurant they changed into another face.

“Is that Young Master Zhang a fool? Even if he is from a rich family he shouldn’t spend money like this.”

“Perhaps he’s showing off in front of that chef lady. If I were that Young Master Zhang’s pa, I’d break his d.a.m.n legs.”

“Why should we mind him? It’s good as long as we ate for free. I should’ve ordered more food just now.”

The following morning, Ye Xiaoxian got up early as usual. When she got up she saw Baofeng who was also ready to leave.

Ever since they moved to town Ye Xiaoxian and others had slept late at night, so Xiao Baofeng had no one to cook breakfast for him. Li Hongmei just always gave him several coins and asked him to buy some buns outside to make do.

“Sister-in-law, good morning!” Xiao Baofeng greeted Ye Xiaoxian and saluted her with the demeanor of a little scholar.

Ye Xiaoxian also smiled. “Good morning, Baofeng, why did you get up so early?”

“It’s far away from here to school so I have to get up early to recite my textbooks when I arrive there.” Xiao Baofeng explained.

Ye Xiaoxian then said, “Then off you go. Be safe on the way to school and don’t forget to eat breakfast. You need to eat breakfast regularly to become tall.”

“I see. Good-bye, Sister-in-law,” said Xiao Baofeng.

After Xiao Baofeng left, Ye Xiaoxian didn’t move but stood there and watched the back view of him.

Although they have moved to town, Baofeng was still studying in Windward Hall which was a long way to go and he was on his own. Ye Xiaoxian was really worried about Xiao Baofeng encountering some dangers on the way. Even if there was no danger it was a waste of time walking all that way everyday.

Ye Xiaoxian then considered that she would ask Scholar Wong the next time she saw him to see if he knew of any private schools in town where Baofeng could be transferred.