Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 513: The wedding date has been set, and Li is busy all the time

"Yes, Miss Shen, I never thought that a county magistrate's wife would come from a humble family like ours. Don't forget us after you get married."

"Miss Shen, you are going to marry the county magistrate. How is the preparation of your dowry going? If there is anything I can help you with, just let me know."

Shen Yu was not shy when being teased, and said generously: "Thank you ladies, I will definitely treat you to a wedding banquet."

"If I have anything to help you with, I will definitely not hesitate to help you. Ladies, please don't refuse."

The ladies all smiled kindly.

After teasing Shen Yu a few times, he found that Shen Yu was still the same as before, calm and unhurried, and did not put on airs because of his status change.

He also learned from Li that the wedding date had not been set yet, so he gradually stopped talking about it, and Shen Yu's ears were finally at peace.

During August, Fengnian Restaurant continued to make and sell small reunion cakes as it did last year.

The difference is that last year, Shen Yu's whole family was in charge, but they were short of manpower. Although there were more orders later, they were unable to do so and had to refuse them.

This year is completely different.

First, there are sufficient manpower.

After several months of learning and running-in, the waiters and cooks called from the restaurant finally acquired some cooking skills and could help in making the reunion cakes.

Second, the venue is much larger.

Shen Yu specially cleared out a large room in the last row of the inn to make small reunion cakes. After two large dough tables were set up, more than ten people worked together, making it quite an impressive sight.

In addition to last year's styles of reunion cakes, Shen Yu also ordered some wooden molds with new patterns and colors. Even the boxes for the cakes are divided into three grades: large, medium and small, giving people more choices.

In this way, the small reunion cakes with reasonable prices, various varieties, sweetness and appearance became a hot seller in the city as soon as they were launched in August this year.

Every day, there are always people lining up at Fengnian Restaurant to buy small reunion cake gift boxes, making Shen Yu happily earn some money for the Mid-Autumn Festival in August.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li asked Yucheng to invite Lu Lang to her home to celebrate the festival.

This was a formal banquet to entertain the future son-in-law. Because Mr. Shen was no longer around, Li also specially invited Doctor Sun to accompany Lu Lang for the banquet.

When Lu Lang came, he not only brought gifts, but also several auspicious dates for marriage that were set by Mr. Lu after someone had compared the horoscopes.

After the banquet, Lu Lang sent everyone away and had a private conversation with Li.

After Lu Lang left, Li told Shen Yu that she had chosen the nearest auspicious day for marriage, the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

By then it would be near the Spring Festival and all officials would be retiring. Lu Lang could take this opportunity to take a vacation and petition the Emperor to allow him to return to Beijing to get married.

At that time, Shen Yu's family will also go along and see Shen Yu off to get married in the capital.

Counting the days, Shen Yu will get married in four months.

Shen Yu was a little surprised when she found out, as she thought the earliest would be next year.

Li smiled and said, "Mr. Lu said that he will serve as the county magistrate for at least three years. Before the wedding, it is not convenient for him to come to the restaurant all the time. After the wedding, he can come to eat often."

"The food cooked by the county government's chef is not good. After you two get married, Mr. Lu can come to our house for dinner. Even if we send a waiter to deliver food to him every day, it will be more prestigious."

Shen Yu was shocked by Lu Lang's non-reason.

Li seemed to be afraid that Shen Yu would raise objections, so she quickly waved her hand and said, "Oh, don't ask. Get married soon, and I will be relieved of my worries."

"As long as you two don't get married, I'll always be worried."

After saying this, Li turned around and went back to work. Shen Yu knew that the date had been set, and although he felt it was a bit fast, he had no choice but to accept it.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li sent a message to Li Lao Da, telling him that Shen Yu was going to the capital to get married in winter.

Boss Li replied quickly, saying that he would come over and escort Shen Yu to Beijing to get married as her uncle.

Along with Boss Li's reply, there was also a small bag of fresh chili peppers. There were not many, only about twenty or thirty of them. They were very small, all bright red, and very thick and plump.

Boss Li said that this was his first year of planting and he had no experience, so he only produced less than fifty small peppers. He kept half of them as seeds and brought the rest to Shen Yu to have a look.

The chili peppers were too small, and Shen Yu was reluctant to eat them, so he had to put them in a small bamboo basket and dry them. When the weather was cooler, he would add two of them to the hot pot to taste.

Originally, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, restaurants no longer sold reunion cakes, customer flow returned to normal, everyone was not so busy, and work returned to the usual pace.

However, Shen Yu discovered that Li had become even busier these days. He was often not in the restaurant and was nowhere to be seen for most of the day.

After coming back, he often pulled Jiang and Zheng Sanniang into his room to discuss something, but when he saw Shen Yu appear, he became silent again.

After the Lu family made the decision that day, Shen Yu specifically instructed Li that now everyone knew that the Shen family and the Lu County Magistrate's family were relatives, so they should be cautious and low-key in the future and must not publicize it.

Li nodded and smiled, "You don't need to tell me. Your Aunt Jiang and Doctor Sun have already told me about it privately, so I don't need to know what to do."

"As a county magistrate's mother-in-law, you must not abuse your power to bully others, and you must not bring shame to your son-in-law. Do you think I am right?"

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Mother is right. I am just worrying too much."

Although the Li family is a bit impatient, they think simply.

But she was a timid, kind and honest woman by nature.

Shen Yu watched closely for a few days and found that Li was just like usual and did not get carried away by success.

Apart from laughing more and talking louder than usual, there were no other changes, so I felt relieved.

But Li was never in the restaurant these days, and she was hesitant and evasive when asked about her, which made Shen Yu worried again. She wondered what Li was busy with and what caused the trouble.

On this morning, Shen Yu saw Li not going out after breakfast, which was rare.

Just when he was about to ask her what she had been busy with these days, he heard the waiter come over and call Li: "Madam, the things you ordered have arrived. They are now in the lobby of the inn, waiting for you to come over and inspect them."

When Li heard this, it seemed as if she had finally waited for something. She responded happily, got up and left.

Shen Yu was puzzled because the inn had not ordered any new furniture or utensils recently.

Although the restaurant will deliver the pre-ordered ingredients to your door every day, the deliveries will only be made to each store after the market closes in the afternoon.

For a moment, Shen Yu couldn't guess what was going on, so he had to get up and follow to see what was going on.

I saw several large trucks parked in front of the inn's gate, blocking the not-so-narrow intersection.