ebookland Chapter 303 Going to the Grocery Store
Chapter 303 Going to the Grocery Store
"Grandma, Jixiang Restaurant is Brother Xingyun's business, so the meal delivery this time must have been done by someone sent by Brother Xingyun." Xiao Cao'er hurriedly explained patiently to Grandma Yang.
"Oh! Look at my memory. Yes, yes, yes, how could I have forgotten it so completely? It seemed that they had indeed prepared the meals and sent them over at noon." Old Mrs. Yang slapped her forehead as if she had suddenly realized something, with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Yes, that's right. My master's name is Xingyun. At noon, my master specially arranged these matters." The shopkeeper responded with a smile. But in his heart, he muttered to himself: Old lady, I just came here at noon, and I forgot so quickly? This is too forgetful.
In fact, you can't really blame Old Lady Yang for having a bad memory. After all, at noon, there were so many people coming like a tide. She had to take care of this side and worry about that side. She was busy like a spinning top. At that time, she only wanted to serve the food as soon as it was delivered. How could she have the leisure time to carefully see who the person was, let alone remember what the other person looked like.
"Okay, okay, thank you so much. If it weren't for your help today, we wouldn't be able to handle this situation at all. We would be dizzy and overwhelmed." Old Mrs. Yang thanked the shopkeeper repeatedly with gratitude.
"Oh, ma'am, you are too kind. This is absolutely not allowed. It is my honor to serve you, but I don't deserve your gratitude." The shopkeeper waved his hand and said. The shopkeeper's surname was Shen. He was honest and reliable, and he was trusted and respected by Xingyun.
"Manager Shen, you must not have had dinner yet. You brought so much food. Why don't you just have a bite here before going back?" Old Lady Yang wanted to invite Manager Shen and his companions to have dinner together, but they didn't dare to do so. They just said thank you and left.
Old Lady Yang and her group were really tired today, so after eating, they washed up and rested. Old Lady Yang took two days to recover.
Qi Xingyun had been busy these past two days, so he sent Yun Er to deliver a letter, and then stayed at Yang's house to listen to instructions. Old Lady Yang and Xiao Cao'er were at home studying food.
Xiao Cao was thinking about baking some cookies or something like that for afternoon tea. Whether she was drinking milk tea or ordinary Gongfu tea, cookies would be the best accompaniment.
So he drew a picture similar to a modern oven, and a baking tray, and then gave both to Yun Er to make. Then he walked around the yard twice, thinking about where to build the oven.
Alas, this yard is really small, and putting an oven in it will make it even smaller.
"Grandma, I wonder how third brother's search for a house is going. I want to put an oven in the yard, but it seems like there isn't enough space." Xiao Cao'er said.
"Is the oven you're talking about very big? Isn't this big a yard big enough for you to build one?" Old Lady Yang said. If it was in the village, such a yard would be big enough. If there was a wedding, it would be OK to build a stove in the yard. Could it be that the oven is bigger than the stove?
"It's not very big. I'll wait until the oven is built and then we'll have a look. This yard is about the same size as our previous yard, but it feels a little small in the morning when my brothers have to practice martial arts." Xiao Cao'er said.
"Okay, see if you can move your oven to the corner where it won't be in the way." Old Mrs. Yang suggested.
"That's the only way." Xiao Cao'er said. "Grandma, let's go to the street to buy some ingredients. When the oven is ready, we can cook it right away."
"Do you know where to buy it?" Old Lady Yang asked. They had been in Beijing for so long, and every time they went out, they were always taken by Qi Xing or San Mao. They went to places like clothing and jewelry or restaurants and teahouses. For example, the ingredients for making biscuits were mainly bought at grocery stores, which they had never been to.
"It's okay. We can ask people as we walk and we will eventually find the place." Xiao Cao'er said.
"Okay, then let's pack up and set off. No, should we take a carriage or walk?" asked Old Lady Yang.
Xiao Cao'er thought that she had been here for so long but still didn't know the surrounding environment. She wanted to learn about the surrounding area while walking, so she said, "Let's walk for a while and take a look. When we get tired, we can call a carriage. The driver will definitely know where the groceries are. What do you think?"
Old Lady Yang also felt that Xiao Cao was right. She didn't know who her next-door neighbor was yet, and thought that she might run into him if she went out, so she said, "That's fine too. We don't even know who lives next door yet."
The grandmother and granddaughter told the cook that they were going out and would not be back for lunch. They then told the doorman that they were going to the grocery store and asked for the approximate location of the store. Then they went out slowly to the street.