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"Are you awake, madam?" Jin Yu sat outside the carriage and chatted with the coachman. Hearing Shen Jingli's muffled groans, she lifted the curtain and looked inside.
Through the gap that Jin Yu had opened, Shen Jingli could feel the sunset's slightly red glow. The sky looked like it was afternoon, so he couldn't have slept from last night until now, right?
He frowned and pressed his temples. "Did I sleep for a long time?" His head was dizzy, probably the result of him sleeping too much.
After hearing Shen Jingli's question, he raised his head to look at him. The latter was sitting near the window, rubbing his head as he opened the curtain to look outside. His eyes were slightly narrowed, as if he was still sleeping.
"Madam has slept for nearly sixteen hours."
Sixteen hours? Wasn't that equivalent to sixteen hours? Was he really that good at sleeping?
Shen Jingli was shocked, he continued to rub his head, and after a while, when his head became clearer, he realised that Xun Er was not in the carriage, "Where's Xun Er? "Why isn't it in the carriage?"
"Young Master Xun Er was brought out by the old master. He said not to disturb the young lady's rest." The old master was truly considerate. Not only did he not blame the madam, he even took the young master out to prevent him from disturbing her rest. If it was any other lord, he would have already been angered and blamed the mistress for being lazy.
"…" Wasn't Mu Chen worried that there was something wrong with his body? Had he never slept so long before?
After Jin Yu folded her bedding, she brewed a cup of honey fruit tea for Shen Jingli, "Madam, you just woke up, drink some honey tea first. After a while, the group will stop to rest.
Shen Jingli nodded his head, agreeing with her actions. He accepted the tea that she handed to him, and according to Shen Jingli's taste, the tea that Jin Yu brewed had less honey, and the tea had a sweet taste, but it was not too sweet.
After a while, the carriage stopped to rest just as Jin Yu had said, and when the carriage stopped to rest, Jin Yu got off from the carriage to the place where the young man was waiting for him.
When Jin Yu was going to grab the food, Mu Chen turned back on her horse and arrived at the side of the horse carriage where Shen Jingli was. Shen Jingli opened the curtains of the horse carriage to look at the scenery and suddenly, a black shadow blocked his view.
"Wake up, are you very tired?" Oversleep is sometimes more tiring than lack of sleep.
"Yeah, a little." Shen Jingli reached out his hand to tease Xun Er, "Is riding a horse tiring? Would you like to take a seat in the carriage? "
"Not tired." Xun Er shook his head and turned around to hug Mu Chen, "I want to ride a horse with Father."
Seeing that he was sticking close to Mu Chen, Shen Jingli only laughed, then turned to Mu Chen and said: "Did you already know, that I would sleep for that long?"
He slightly narrowed his eyes and looked at Mu Chen with a face full of smiles. It was a clear expression that was as warm as the spring wind, but it made Mu Chen feel a chill.
Receiving his acknowledgement, Shen Jingli only held his forehead and sighed, "Next time, it won't be so troublesome, I will automatically block the things you don't want me to know, sleeping too much is really tiring."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Yu and Nian Hua returned with food.
"Do you want some?"
"Yes." Xun Er quickly replied as he drooled.
Shen Jingli could not help but laugh, he extended his hand and touched his nose, "You little glutton."
"No." Xun Er refused to admit it.
"..."
The family of three ate lunch together. Xun Er pestered Shen Jingli to play around in the carriage for a while, and when the carriage started to move again, he rode back to the front of the carriage with Mu Chen.
Once the father and son pair left, Shen Jingli made Jin Yu brew a pot of tea.
"The young master's trip out is getting more and more lively." She even made a friend like Young County Prince, which made a lot of the madams' eyes red. Since last night, she had heard people secretly talk about the mistress and the Young Master, saying that the mistress was shameless, that she was clearly just a country bumpkin that could not get into the limelight, and using the title and military merits that the Master had requested for him, she actually hooked up with the Crown Princess Jing. She had even unknowingly made her son friends with the Young County Prince, and even made the Young County Prince call her son big brother. In short, he said a lot of nasty things.
It was clearly the Crown Princess Jing who took the initiative to get close to her, but in the end, they said that he was the Madam who was trying to get close to her. She clearly knew in his heart that those people did not dare to speak ill of the Crown Princess Jing, so they kept on saying that the Princess was bad.
"It's better to be lively." His son couldn't live in the backyard forever and become a mummy who grew up in the hands of a woman.
Right at this moment, Nian Hua said something inappropriate. "I'm just afraid that I'll be too lively and cause trouble."
What kind of place was Beijing? Where the powerful and powerful gathered, there were many powerful officials and nobles. If one were to accidentally offend these people, it would bring about a fatal disaster.
He had heard that there was a young master from a merchant's family who, because of his family's wealth, had been pampered to be lawless and thought that he was invincible. He had once come to the capital and offended a Prince who did not know about the prince.
The more powerful one was, the less likely they were to take human life seriously.
Hearing that, Jin Yu turned and stared at him, and berated: "What nonsense are you spouting?"
Jin Yu reached out and slapped the back of his head. This idiot, how could she say such words in front of her wife?
After getting beaten up by Jin Yu, Mu Hua realized that she said the wrong thing. God has eyes, he really didn't mean that.
"Madam, no, I, I …" He was so nervous that he couldn't even speak properly.
"What are you so nervous about? Your consideration is not without reason. We really need to pay attention to this." Shen Jingli held onto his teacup, and savored the tea in it, and from time to time he would take out a dessert from his plate.
"..."
After entering the city, all the carriages left the carriages and returned back to the residence one by one. When Shen Jingli and the others returned to their residence, they coincidentally happened to pass by Shen Yue'er's grilled duck shop. Shen Jingli remembered that he hadn't seen the grilled duck shop for a long time, and also wanted to know about the latest business of the grilled duck shop.
In the afternoon, there were not many people at the duck shop, only a few scattered people, all working in the city. In the afternoon, at the duck shop, there were not many at the lunch, only a few scattered people, all working in the city.
"Come often, I want a big bowl of roast duck noodles for table number 6." Shen Yue'er turned around and shouted at Chang Chang Zai, and then told Hu Yuan Yuan to go in and get some more noodles.
Shen Jingli had the carriage driver bring the carriage to the side, so that they wouldn't obstruct the path of other pedestrians. Then, he led Jin Yu and Nian Hua in.
"When will it close?" He found an empty table and sat down. When Shen Yue'er heard the voice, he turned his head and saw Shen Jingli, he revealed a happy expression and passed the noodles to Hu Yuan Yuan, while he brought a teapot for Shen Jingli to drink.
"Fourth Brother, why are you here? Are we going to buy roast duck? For such a small matter, let Da Lee notify me. I will bring one of them back at night, there is no need for you to personally come. "
"It's just that I was passing by and wanted to come in to see you …" The business here. " Shen Jingli swept his eyes across the guests around, there were only three tables full of guests, a total of five of them, and in front of them was a big bowl of roast duck noodles, which was spread out on the table. Just because the roast duck noodles were heavy and tasty, there were a lot of customers coming back.
"Business seems to be good." Although there weren't many guests, one could tell that they ate happily.
To be able to produce food that would make the customers eat happily, the business of this kind of restaurant wouldn't be too bad.
"Not bad." Even though she said that, the corners of her mouth raised in happiness. This was a store that she personally managed, and with so many customers liking it, she was really very happy and felt a sense of accomplishment.
"When will it close?" he asked again.
"When these guests leave, close up."
She used a cloth to wipe the table. Hu Yuan went to the backyard and quietly told Shen Yue'er that there were still five roast duck that had yet to be sold.
"Five more?" Normally, there wouldn't be a single one left, but they were sold out early on. Why would there be five left today?
Shen Yue'er frowned, had her roast duck technique become worse?
"For a roast duck that hasn't been sold out, why not sell it at half price?" The roast duck would not be fresh until tomorrow. In this ancient era where there was no refrigerator, it might even turn sour. "If others don't want to buy one, I can sell it for half a day."
When the customers eating noodles beside them heard Shen Jingli say that they could sell half of it, they immediately spoke out, "Boss Shen, if they could sell half of it, I would like to buy half of it."
A roast duck was too expensive, and these laborers who worked so hard to earn only a few taels of silver a month couldn't afford to buy it at all. Later on, when the roast duck noodles came out, he was willing to buy a bowl to try it, to eat until his stomach was full and then to taste the deliciousness of the roast duck.
The others heard his words and also followed. They were all workers from the same team and had similar family conditions. They wanted to buy delicious roast duck for their taste but didn't have the money.
Seeing that they really wanted to buy it, Shen Yue'er followed Shen Jingli's instructions and sold it to them at a low price.
They all bought half of a roast duck, and Shen Yue'er gave the rest to them each. A few men bought delicious roast duck at a low price, and when they thought of how they could give their family more food in the evening, they left with the roast duck in their hands in great delight.
After closing the shop, Hu Yuan went to buy something and left first. He often said that he had matters to attend to and also left first, leaving Shen Yue'er to follow him home.
On the way back, Shen Jingli accidentally saw someone frequently buying at the jewelry store. After that, he saw Yang Ningxin nearby, alone, as if she was waiting for someone.