Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 378 Hiding the Banknotes in a Pot-bellied Pottery Vase

Lu Lang and Shen Yu had been chatting for such a long time, but the three of them had not even finished writing half of the book. Because the room was warm, Yu Cheng's nose was slightly sweaty.

Lu Lang looked at the sky and said with a smile, "I have been writing for quite a while. It is getting late today, so I will stop here for now."

"You have to leave some for tomorrow. Otherwise, how can I ask you to come out tomorrow?"

Yutao and the others couldn't help laughing after hearing this. They happily put down their pens, put away the gift tags with dried ink in the order of the list, placed them on the tray prepared beside them, and then went to wash their hands.

Lu Lang asked Qi Xi to bring some snacks over so that the three of them could take a break.

Shen Yu waved his hand and said, "Don't bother. It's getting late. Master Wen Yuan will send a car to pick us up in the evening to make flower cakes."

"We should go home before we miss making the pastry."

Yu Cheng blinked her big eyes and said, "Sister, can't we just go back to Guang'an Temple from here? It's not far away."

Shen Yu smiled and shook his head, saying patiently: "First, I didn't make an appointment with my mother and the others."

"Let's go straight over. The person that Master Wen Yuan sent to pick us up today didn't know about it. What if he's waiting for us at home?"

"Secondly, the clothes Yutao and I are wearing are not very convenient for making cakes and pastries. We need to go home and change."

"Third, you and Dun Dun don't need to follow me to make the pastries."

"Although I don't have to go to the academy these few days, I still have to finish the homework assigned by the teacher."

"Do I have to wait until the birthday to finish writing?"

"Don't cry if you can't go to the canal to watch the fireworks because you have to stay home to catch up on your schoolwork."

Yucheng and Dundun had a great time at the temple fair today. When they heard Shen Yu mention the homework assigned by Mr. Yang, they suddenly remembered that there were still several large characters that had not been written.

The two hurriedly stood up and were about to leave, shouting, "Oh no, I forgot about this. Let's go back quickly."

Shen Yu looked at the two children who were eager to go home immediately, shook his head helplessly, and said to Lu Lang with a smile: "Mr. Lu, we have been bothering you for most of the day. We have to go back first."

Lu Lang nodded and said, "That's fine. I have some things to arrange for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I won't send you off."

"Let Qixi take you back. I will ask Qixi to wake you up tomorrow so that you won't fall asleep in the Bible Study Hall."

After these words were spoken, several people couldn't help laughing.

Lu Lang paused, then said to Yu Cheng and Dun Dun, "You can bring the homework that the teacher has assigned to you here to do tomorrow."

"My desk is big, so it's more comfortable for me to write. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

Yu Cheng and Dun Dun happily pushed each other and hurriedly thanked Lu Lang: "Thank you, Mr. Lu. See you tomorrow."

Lu Lang smiled and nodded: "Okay, see you tomorrow."

As he said that, he handed over the small bag in his hand: "Miss Shen, don't forget your small bag, take it carefully."

Shen Yu then thought of the many things Lu Lang had sent him, and hurriedly took them and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Lu."

Qi Xi was holding the bamboo basket given by the stall owner with the colored rings and said with a smile: "It's not bad to go out with Miss Shen. I got a big birthday peach and the young master got a big white goose. They are both very beautiful."

Several people bowed to Lu Lang, followed Qi Xi out of the county government office, got on the carriage that was waiting at the door, and headed towards the restaurant.

Yutao and the other two were probably tired from writing gift signs; they had gotten up early in the morning and had a great time at the temple fair. Now, sitting in the wobbly carriage, the three of them felt a little drowsy.

Shen Yu was feeling unsettled at the moment because he had unexpectedly received 1,200 taels of silver.

Finally, the debt can be paid off. Although He never mentioned this matter again after lending the money to Shen Yu, her words even implied that she was giving the four hundred taels of silver to Shen Yu.

But in Shen Yu's heart, he was always thinking about this matter, wishing that the restaurant would make a lot of money so that he could pay back the money he owed quickly.

Now that he had unexpectedly received one thousand two taels of silver, he could pay off the money he owed to He in advance. The joy in Shen Yu's heart was like a spring, gurgling and singing happily.

Yu Tao looked at Shen Yu and asked strangely, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Why are you always laughing?"

Only then did Shen Yu realize that the corners of his mouth had been raised, and he looked happy.

She quickly collected her thoughts and found a topic to talk about, "Nothing. I just couldn't help laughing when I thought about the surprised look on the stall owner's face when Mr. Lu got the ring right today."

When it comes to wearing colored rings, Yutao and the others become excited and start discussing it one after another.

Shen Yu was stroking the small bag in her hand, her mind already drifting away.

When they got back to the restaurant, Li and the others had indeed returned a long time ago. Even Zhou Dalang had sent his wife and children home, changed into the clothes he usually wore when making cakes, and came to the restaurant to wait.

When Li saw Shen Yu and the others coming back, she hurried over to greet them.

Qi Xi knew that they would have to go to Guang'an Temple later, so she didn't go in to sit. She said hello to Li and the others, and told them that she would have to pick up Yu Tao and the others to write gift signs tomorrow, then she hurried back with the coachman.

At this time, Shen Yu had already calmed down, and his face returned to its usual calm expression.

She had already made up her mind on the way that she would not talk to Li and the others about the one thousand taels of silver today.

Otherwise, you might get distracted when making the pastries, which would affect their taste and shape, which would be bad.

Li just thought that Shen Yu and others went to help Lu Lang write the gift sign, and did not ask anything.

Instead, he told them about his experience of listening to the lecture today, and showed Shen Yu and the others the flower-shaped pastries that he had specially brought after the lecture.

Although Huasu cakes and pastries are made by everyone, their meaning becomes different after they are offered in front of the Buddha.

The Li family and their friends were reluctant to eat it, so they took it back and placed it in front of the small Buddha table, saying that they would wait until after the Wanshou Festival before eating it.

While Shen Yu and Yu Tao listened to Li's nagging, they changed their clothes, combed their hair, and wrapped their headscarves.

After Yutao changed her clothes, she took Li to see their trophies of putting on colored rings.

Shen Yu took out the envelope containing the banknotes from the small bag and walked around the room for a few times, not knowing where to put it.

Finally, she set her eyes on a big-bellied ceramic vase that Yutao used to arrange flowers in the summer. There were no flowers to put in it because of the cold weather, so she put a bunch of red velvet plum blossoms wrapped with wool thread in it.

Shen Yu took out the bunch of velvet flowers, stuffed the envelope into it, and then put the velvet flowers back in place.

She took a few steps back and looked around. She felt relieved when she found that it was the same as before and there was nothing she could see.

I thought to myself that after the Wanshou Festival, I would go to He's house to pay off my debts.

Just as I finished these, I heard Li calling from outside: "Yuzhi, are you done? Master Yanxin is coming, hurry up."