Chapter 190 - Inquire (2/2)

Back to the present. The news of Yu Xiaocao’s arrival at Rongxuan Academy had swiftly entered Yuan Sinian’s ears. He knew that the little girl would go to the primary class to look for her younger brother first. He was impatient and couldn’t wait any longer, so he pretended to patrol the academy without even bringing his manservant and went to the primary class’s courtyard by himself.

The primary class was currently taking a break. When Little Shitou’s roommates saw Xiaocao, they were even more excited than her younger brother, Little Shitou. With the speed of a 100-meter sprint, they rushed towards Xiaocao and surrounded her, chattering incessantly.

“Older Sister! What tasty food did you bring for Shitou today?” There were four people in Little Shitou’s dorm. The person who spoke was a dumpy child around the age of eight or nine, whose real name was Sun Runze. He was from the prefectural city and was the youngest son of the prefectural magistrate’s secretary.

Little Shitou tried his best to push him aside, rolled his eyes at him, and said, “Little Fatty Sun, you’re two months older than my second sister ah! Aren’t you ashamed to call her ‘older sister’?”

Sun Runze was obviously a good-tempered person; he didn’t get angry even after being called little fatty. He wrapped his strong arm around Little Shitou’s neck, as if they were very close brothers, and grinned, “We’re as close as real brothers, so your second sister is naturally also my second sister! Second Sister, what delicious food did you make this time? I’m about to drool just from smelling it!”

Liu Jinye, who was the oldest in the dorm, was the only son of the boss of the largest silk and satin store in the prefectural city. He had a rather gentle personality, and just stood on the side with a gentle smile. Situ Qing, who was not that much older than Little Shitou, jumped over like a monkey, blinked his eyes, and stared at the food box in Xiaocao’s hands with a salivating expression on his face. The little fellow’s grandfather was a third-rank official in court ah!

Thanks to Xiaocao’s delicacy attack, her younger brother, who was born from a poor fishing family, never experienced the agony of being discriminated. Though Rongxuan Academy didn’t care about one’s identity and just cared about talent, there was still a darker side in private.

It was said that a student of poor origin had left the academy regrettably because of being ostracized by his roommates, which caused his grades to plummet sharply. Fortunately, Little Shitou’s roommates were mostly simple and kind children. Even their slight arrogance had been thrown beyond the clouds by the delicacies that Xiaocao brought over from time to time.

Xiaocao touched Situ Qing’s hair, which was very neatly combed, and said with a gentle smile, “The shop is busy today, so I didn’t have time to personally cook…”

When the three of them heard that it wasn’t food personally made by Xiaocao, their instantly dimmed. However, their eyes swiftly brightened up again——

“…So I packed roasted chicken and osmanthus duck from Zhenxiu Restaurant. I don’t know if you guys will like them.” Seeing the constant change in their expressions, Yu Xiaocao snickered incessantly within her heart.

Situ Qing instantly jumped up, turned around excitedly, and shouted, “Like! Of course, we like them!! Last time, when my mother and older brother came to visit me, they took me to Zhenxiu Restaurant for a meal. Roasted chicken was among the dishes, and it was very, very, very delicious!! But I didn’t get to eat osmanthus duck!”

“Wow! Second Sister is so amazing!! You’ll have to make a reservation three days in advance in order to eat the roasted chicken and osmanthus duck of Zhenxiu Restaurant!! You actually got both of them at the same time! I have so much admiration for you ah!!” The little fatty’s eyes were glowing, and there was an unknown liquid on the corner of his mouth.

Even the oldest Liu Jinye couldn’t stay calm and had an even wider smile on his face as he said, “Today, thanks to Little Shitou, we can taste the two most famous dishes of Zhenxiu Restaurant! Thank you very much, Miss Yu.”

“You guys—why are you huddling around here?” Headmaster Yuan’s voice sounded from outside the door of the courtyard. The kids, like a mouse seeing a cat, had to disregard the delicacy in front of them and dejectedly ran back to the classroom.

As he ran, Little Fatty Sun turned his head and said, “Second Sister, remember to bring the food back to our dorm ah! We’ll get some rice and go back after class…”

With a smile on his face, Yuan Sinian looked at the energetic appearance of the children of the primary class and said with a chuckle, “These boys, they may look like a group of monkeys right not, but in a decade or so later, they might become one of the three most important officials in court! In his childhood, my son, who is the current prime minister, did a lot of those things like climbing trees to get eggs and catching fish and shrimp in the river.”

Lord Headmaster, was it really alright for you to expose the prime minister like this?

Yu Xiaocao took out two oil-paper bags from inside the basket. Headmaster Yuan gently sniffled and laughed, “Only you, this little lass, can get Zhenxiu Restaurant’s roasted chicken and osmanthus duck whenever you want. That little brat of the Zhou Family is seriously too stingy. I have talked to him several times already, but he still didn’t give me this privilege!”