Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 19 Ancient World (End)

General's Mansion

The general's wife took a sip of tea, and her trusted servant stood beside her, holding a list of dowry items prepared for the eldest daughter. She read the list to her one by one to see if everything was ready.

She couldn't stop smiling when she thought about her daughter's wonderful marriage.

After listening, the general's wife said, "Mama Wu, bring me that set of pure gold and ruby ​​jewelry again and add it to the dowry list. Yan'er liked it when she first saw it, so let her take it with her this time."

Madam Wu smiled and flattered, "That was the dowry that the old lady prepared for Madam before she got married. There are few sets of jewelry in the entire capital that are more presentable. Madam really dotes on the eldest daughter."

The general's wife smiled and said, "A daughter is a mother's flesh and blood. I only wish that she will have a smooth and successful life in her husband's family."

With a smile, Madam Wu said, "With Madam's doting care, the young lady is naturally well off." After saying that, she went to the storeroom to fetch some jewelry.

Not long after, Wu's mother returned, her face pale: "Madam, Madam, the young master took the jewelry this morning and gave it away!"

The general's wife was so shocked that she dropped her teacup: "What did you say? You gave it away? To whom?"

Mrs. Wu quickly explained the situation: "The young master said he wanted to give it to a restaurant owner, but he changed it. He gave her five bowls of noodles with soybean paste instead."

"Five bowls of noodles with soybean paste were changed?" the general's wife shrieked.

Then, he roared angrily, "Tie that unfilial son up and bring him here!"

The young master was brought over, bound hand and foot. As soon as he arrived, he knelt in front of the general's wife and said, "Mother, that's not ordinary fried noodles. It's fried noodles made by the descendant of the God of Cookery. Ordinary people can't get to eat it. It's really worth it to exchange a set of ordinary noodles for five bowls of fried noodles made by the descendant of the God of Cookery!"

The general's wife felt dizzy. She closed her eyes, rubbed her temples, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Mama Wu, please administer the family punishment!"

Upon seeing that Madam Wu was about to request family punishment, the young master hurriedly jumped up: "Mother, I'm not lying to you, I brought the noodles with soybean paste too, you can try them if you don't believe me."

After saying this, he signaled to his attendant to quickly open the food box.

As soon as the food box was opened, a rich aroma of soy sauce wafted out, the fragrance like a hook, making everyone's mouths water.

The general's wife glanced at the noodles with soybean paste in the food box, secretly swallowed, and said seriously, "You can't exchange such expensive headdresses for noodles with soybean paste. That was my dowry for your sister."

The young master innocently said, "How was I supposed to know that it was for my sister? I just grabbed one from the storeroom. It looks pretty good. You can always get my sister another set."

Seeing his stubborn and unyielding nature, the general's wife didn't know what to say to him.

Seeing that his mother seemed less angry, the young master quickly went over and pointed to the noodles with soybean paste with his chin: "Mom, try it. I brought it back this morning. It might be a little cold now, but I just ate a bowl. The taste is almost the same as when it was freshly cooked. Please try it. I specially saved it for you."

Unable to resist her son's coaxing, and besides, the aroma of the fried sauce kept lingering in front of her nose, she really wanted to try a bite of this fried sauce noodle dish made by the so-called descendant of a culinary master.

The general's wife reluctantly took a bite, and her eyes lit up instantly. Although the noodles were cold, they weren't clumpy and still had a chewy texture. The sauce hadn't clumped either, and it was very fragrant with a hint of sweetness.

This noodle dish is really delicious!

The general's wife took a small bite, then put down her chopsticks with feigned modesty.

The young master asked expectantly, "How is it, Mother? Is it delicious?"

The general's wife nodded slightly: "It's acceptable."

Then she changed the subject: "However, that set of jewelry is your sister's favorite. She's been wanting it since she was little. So, let's pick another one from the stock and get that set back."

The young master was somewhat displeased: "If I ask for something back after giving it away, I'll lose face."

The general's wife glanced at him and said, "You're only thinking about your own face. Why don't you think about your sister? She's really spoiled you for nothing! Tell me the shop address, and I'll go there myself."

The young master reluctantly gave the address.

The general's wife dismissed him, saying, "Alright, I understand. Go back to your studies in the front yard. I won't tell your father about this yet. But if it happens again, I'll beat you up."

Upon hearing that he had avoided family punishment, the young master left happily.

The general's wife dismissed the servants, immediately picked up her bowl, and continued eating her noodles with soybean paste.

It tastes so good even when it's cold. I'll definitely go to the store tomorrow and have a bowl fresh from the pot.

The same thing happened in the residences of other powerful and wealthy people. In short, all the powerful and wealthy people in the capital knew that there was a restaurant run by the descendant of a master chef, and that his fried noodles with soybean paste were incredibly delicious!

next day

Prince Cheng got up very early and rushed to Lin Xiaoqian's restaurant without even having breakfast.

As a result, the shop that should have been a restaurant was now empty, without even a door.

Prince Cheng rubbed his eyes and checked the location again.

The empty shop was gone; the clean and tidy floor was gone, the snow-white walls were gone, the cashier was gone, and even the red cabinet where he kept his favorite coconut milk was gone.

It's as if Mr. Lin never existed in this place.

Prince Cheng pulled over a passerby and asked, "Do you know if there used to be a noodle shop selling fried sauce noodles around here?"

The commoner being pulled along was Li Er. When he saw that it was the prince asking him questions, his voice trembled slightly: "Your Highness, there is a boss named Lin who sells noodles with soybean paste here."

Prince Cheng, realizing he wasn't dreaming, quickly asked, "When did Boss Lin leave?"

Li Er shook his head vigorously, "Xiaomin, Xiaomin doesn't know, I came here to eat noodles, I just arrived..."

Prince Cheng released Li Er, regretting it so much that he slapped his thigh. If he had known that Boss Lin could clean the shop so well overnight, he would have said what he wanted yesterday no matter what!

original world

Lin Xiaoqian carefully put away the boxes containing gold and silver jewelry and placed them in the storage warehouse of her newly acquired reward.

This warehouse is like a personal space where time stands still. No matter what you put in, it will come out exactly the same as when it was first put in.

Lin Xiaoqian no longer has to worry about food spoiling.

After changing her clothes, Lin Xiaoqian picked out some snacks to take home, and left the rest in the warehouse.

When I got home, I realized that my grandmother was at work.

Although she hadn't seen the house for two days and nothing had changed, Lin Xiaoqian still couldn't resist looking around.

Around 5 o'clock, Grandma Lin came back and was a little surprised to see Lin Xiaoqian at home: "Sweetie, didn't you go to the store today?"

Lin Xiaoqian mumbled, "I'll go later."

Then she took out some snacks: "Grandma, this is a snack from my hometown that a friend sent me. It's so delicious, you should try it."

Grandma Lin took one look and exclaimed, "Wow, so many! It must have cost a lot of money!"

Lin Xiaoqian waved her hand: "It's nothing, I returned the gift to him."

Grandma Lin nodded: "We should give a proper return gift. With so many, the shipping cost alone will be quite high."

The grandfather and grandson sat together, tasting each kind of snack, and were already full before they had even finished eating.

Grandma Lin said regretfully, "Snacks don't keep well; they'll spoil if we don't finish them. Or, my dear, should I send some to your great-grandmother's house?"

Lin Xiaoqian still had a lot of stuff in her warehouse, so she didn't care about these things. Besides, her great-grandmother's family, except for her second aunt, were all very kind to her.

“Okay, Grandma, I’ll make time to visit my great-aunt’s house again tomorrow and bring her some too.”

Grandma Lin looked at her sensible granddaughter and smiled, "Good, my little darling is getting better and better at handling things."

As she gets older, she misses the older folks she struggled alongside when she was young even more.