Chapter 19: Our Restaurant’s Business Has Improved a Lot

Anyway, she really wanted to go to the town now.

She had heard from others that there were a lot of delicious foods in the town.

She also wanted to try them.

Lu Xiaoyue also wanted to go, “Mother, I’ll go too.”

“Alright, today I’ll take both of you!” Shen Xuezhu scooped the stir-fried chili with cured meat from the pan and served it into a bowl.

“Time to eat!”

Lu Xiaoyue took Lu Xiaoli’s hand and headed to the main room.

As soon as Shen Xuezhu placed the stir-fried chili with cured meat on the table, the fragrance of the dish filled the air.

“It smells so good! I feel like I could eat a whole bowl of stir-fried chili with cured meat in one go.”

Lu Xiaoyue laughed at Lu Xiaoli’s comment.

“You’re something else, little sister!”

Soon, the meal was ready to be served.

Lu Xiaoli was the first to grab a piece of cured meat.

“It’s so delicious!”

“It’s really good!” Lu Xiaoyue said after finishing her piece of cured meat.

Shen Xuezhu chewed on the cured meat. The texture was nice, and the flavor was well absorbed.

It seemed like she was really good at making cured meat.

One could say she had a talent for it.

She couldn’t help but smile.

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Qian’an Town

As soon as Lu Xiaoyue arrived in town, she quickly spotted candied hawthorns.

“Mother, that looks like candied hawthorn! I saw Winter Boy from the village eat some once. I asked him for one, but he wouldn’t give me any.”

“He said his father only bought him one a month.”

Shen Xuezhu knew that Lu Xiaoli had remembered the “sad past,” so she immediately said, “I’ll buy two right now, one for each of you.”

Lu Xiaoli excitedly shouted, “Mother, you’re the best!”

“Mother, bend down. I have a gift for you!”

Shen Xuezhu bent down as instructed.

Lu Xiaoli kissed her on the cheek.

Shen Xuezhu felt pleasantly surprised!

Her heart felt warm.

Lu Xiaoyue felt a little shy about kissing Shen Xuezhu and just smiled at the side.

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“Two skewers of candied hawthorn, please!”

“I want two as well!”

Shen Xuezhu spoke first.

She heard someone speaking behind her, and the voice sounded familiar.

She turned around.

“It’s you! Young Master! What brings you here to buy candied hawthorns? And buying two at once?”

The man, called Young Master, replied, “I’m buying them for my two sons.”

To buy candied hawthorns for his two sons personally, that was a good father.

The man paid for the candied hawthorns but didn’t leave immediately.

He moved a little closer to Shen Xuezhu and whispered, “Don’t call me Young Master in public, I don’t want people to treat me differently. Just call me Xing Chu.”

Shen Xuezhu shifted a little to the side. She wasn’t fond of close contact with men.

Xing Chu noticed Shen Xuezhu’s movement and almost wanted to laugh.

She was so interesting.

When Xing Chu got close to talk to Shen Xuezhu, he noticed that she had a pleasant scent. It was really comforting.

Not only did her scent make him feel at ease, but her appearance was also very pleasing.

He thought of a phrase to describe her beauty: fresh and refined.

Unknowingly, Xing Chu had developed a good impression of Shen Xuezhu.

He looked at Lu Xiaoyue and Lu Xiaoli and asked, “Miss Shen, are they your children?”

Shen Xuezhu nodded, “Yes!”

This surprised Xing Chu a little, and he also felt a bit disappointed.