Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 18 The Ancient World 10

After the powerful and wealthy had eaten and drunk their fill, they left behind a pile of wooden boxes, claiming it was payment for the meal, and then took the food boxes with them and left.

Prince Cheng was the last to leave. He told Lin Xiaoqian that Gao Guanyu had sent a letter to his residence that morning, saying that he would be coming over with his wife later that evening, and asked Boss Lin to make sure to save a portion for the two of them.

Lin Xiaoqian readily agreed.

She took out four small jars from the kitchen: "This is some fried sauce for you. Thank you for taking care of my little shop these past two days. It can be stored in a cool place for ten days to half a month. When you want to eat fried sauce noodles, just pour two spoonfuls on it, and it will taste almost the same as the ones in the shop."

Prince Cheng personally accepted the small jar, and considering his own plans, he said, "Mr. Lin, I..."

"Boss Lin, my wife and I have brought you some snacks!" Gao Guanyu's cheerful voice came from the doorway.

Lin Xiaoqian saw Gao Guanyu and Fu Xiaoyao enter the shop with smiles on their faces, followed by four or five servants, each carrying several stacks of neatly bundled pastries.

Upon seeing Prince Cheng in the shop, the two bowed to him.

"Uncle, you haven't left yet?" Gao Guanyu asked.

Prince Cheng didn't say what he wanted to say. He glared at his dumbfounded nephew and said irritably, "I'm leaving now."

However, Boss Lin can't leave today anyway, so I'll come back to talk to her about visiting her home tomorrow.

After Prince Cheng left, Gao Guanyu instructed the servants to place the pastries on the table.

Looking at the pile of paper packets that was as high as a small mountain, Lin Xiaoqian asked in surprise, "Are these all snacks?"

Fu Xiaoyao smiled and pointed at Gao Guanyu, who looked proud: "My husband said you should bring some Beijing pastries home to give to your elders, so he got up early this morning and bought out all the pastries at Qianbaiwei."

Lin Xiaoqian was both surprised and grateful: "Thank you. How much is it? I'll go get the money for you."

Fu Xiaoyao quickly pulled her back: "Look at you, don't be so formal. The friendship between us can't be measured in money. Consider it a gift from my husband and me to our elders. We should thank you, Boss Lin, for giving us this opportunity."

Gao Guanyu also chimed in, "Yes, Mr. Lin, don't be so polite with me. My wife and I haven't had breakfast yet. Could you make us a bowl of noodles with soybean paste first?"

The two of them chatted back and forth, coaxing Lin Xiaoqian into going to the kitchen to make noodles with soybean paste, and there was no chance to mention the money.

After serving the two of them noodles, he busied himself making the fried noodles with soybean paste to take away.

After taking away eight bowls, Lin Xiaoqian said worriedly, "If you can't finish them, you don't need to buy so many."

Unexpectedly, Fu Xiaoyao reassured her, "Boss Lin, you can rest assured and do it. We have a lot of family members. My parents-in-law, my elder brother and sister-in-law, and two nephews and nieces. I also need to send some to my parents. If you think about it, eight bowls won't be enough."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoqian realized there were indeed quite a few people, so she felt reassured and started making the noodles with soybean paste.

Gao Guanyu and Fu Xiaoyao said goodbye after finishing their noodles, saying they needed to hurry and take the noodles back before they got cold.

Lin Xiaoqian quickly took out the fried sauce she had made and gave it to them, and the two of them were overjoyed.

Gao Guanyu still felt a little regretful. If he had known that these small jars were for fried sauce, he should have given Boss Lin more yesterday. Now, these four small jars would probably be gone in just a few meals.

Gao Guanyu and Fu Xiaoyao boarded the carriage with a food box containing noodles with soybean paste.

"Let me tell you, you can give your portion to whoever you want, but I'm not giving mine to anyone. I'm keeping it for myself." As soon as he came up, Gao Guanyu hugged a food box tightly and wouldn't let go.

Fu Xiaoyao rolled her eyes at him: "How pathetic. If I hadn't said that, would Boss Lin have been able to make so many noodles with soybean paste for us with peace of mind?"

Gao Guanyu was taken aback, then his expression softened: "You said that on purpose?"

"Of course." Fu Xiaoyao patted another food box. "I'll put it in the ice cellar when we get back. I'll keep it for myself too. Oh, and you have to give me two jars of that fried sauce."

Gao Guanyu gripped the rope on the jar tightly, shaking his head like a rattle drum: "No, that's too much, half a jar."

Fu Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow: "I went to Qianbaiwei with you this morning. Without my money, how could you have bought so many pastries? Two jars!"

Gao Guanyu knew she was telling the truth, but he still stubbornly insisted, "The jar was given to Boss Lin by me. Without my jar, there's no way to put the soybean paste in it. One jar is the most I can have."

Fu Xiaoyao retorted, "Three jars! If you don't give them to me, I'll tell my mother-in-law that you haven't touched a book in days."

Gao Guanyu pointed a trembling finger at Fu Xiaoyao: "You! How could you do this to me!"

After saying this, she looked sorrowful and said, "No wonder the ancients said that women and petty men are the most difficult to deal with. Fu Xiaoyao, all these years of affection have been wasted!"

Fu Xiaoyao wasn't buying it and said coldly, "Say one more word and I'll give you all four jars."

Gao Guanyu immediately shut up, biting his lip and looking at Fu Xiaoyao like a submissive wife, his face full of anger but unable to speak.

Lin Xiaoqian sold more than a dozen bowls to the surrounding residents, and the bucket containing the fried sauce was empty.

After everyone left, Lin Xiaoqian locked the door and looked at the various boxes on the cashier's counter. These were the money left behind by the powerful and wealthy.

Lin Xiaoqian carried all the wooden crates upstairs, one trip at a time, and then opened them one by one after they were all moved.

Lin Xiaoqian was completely stunned.

One box contains a set of pure gold jewelry, inlaid with sparkling rubies.

One box contains a jade cabbage, its white color so tender, its green so vibrant, it looks just like the real thing.

One box contained a jade ruyi scepter, held on a rosewood stand, which looked very luxurious.

There were also gold and silver jewelry, agate ornaments, which almost blinded Lin Xiaoqian.

Goodness, selling noodles with soybean paste was so profitable in ancient times?

If she hadn't missed her grandmother, she wouldn't have wanted to go back.

Lin Xiaoqian, who had suddenly become rich, patted his chest and calmed his turbulent emotions.

Then he called out to the system: "System, I've completed my mission, right? When can I go back?"

"Ancient World Mission Completed. Reward: 3 Cubic Meter Storage Warehouse *1"

Current level: Novice Apprentice 340/1000

Countdown to the next time you travel through time: 48:00:00

Having completed this mission ahead of schedule, the host may choose to return to their original world at any time.

"go back!"

A flash of white light, and when I opened my eyes again, the scene outside the restaurant had changed.

Lin Xiaoqian ran to the window and looked out. The familiar street scene reminded her that she was back.

Lin Xiaoqian clearly remembered that she was waiting at the cashier downstairs to time travel at first, but now she was back in a different place.

Luckily, her restaurant was closed, so people outside couldn't see inside. Otherwise, if outsiders saw her downstairs one second and then instantly change clothes and teleport upstairs the next, wouldn't that scare them to death?

Lin Xiaoqian, who had already returned to her original world, was unaware that her departure had caused a huge uproar in the ancient world.