Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Order Whatever You Like, Make Yourself at Home
He wouldn’t have the heart to let his precious daughter massage his legs!
Besides, with her little strength, even if she did, he wouldn’t feel a thing.
Yu Cheng looked at the happy family of three before him, feeling somewhat envious of such familial warmth.
At this moment, he heard Jiang Changhai praising him, “We really owe it to Yu Cheng today. If it weren’t for him, I couldn’t have managed to carry so much cotton for such a long distance, nor could I have returned so early.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mianmian squirmed out of her father’s arms and tugged on Yu Cheng’s hand, saying sweetly, “Brother Yu, you’ve also had a hard day. Please sit down and rest your feet, I’ll go get you some water to drink.”
Having said that, she scurried outside, intending to bring in the kettle from the kitchen to secretly make some honey water to drink inside.
“Uncle Jiang, you’re too kind, it was just a little help,” Yu Cheng responded politely, his eyes, however, remained fixed on the cheerful figure of Jiang Mianmian as she left the room.
“It’s not a small favor at all, it’s a big help to me,” Jiang Changhai said earnestly. If it had been only him today, who knows how exhausting it would have been.
“You’ve had a tough day following Uncle Jiang around. You haven’t done such work at home before, have you? Ha-ha, Uncle Jiang can’t let you work for nothing. Here’s two yuan for your troubles.”
As he spoke, he pulled out two yuan from a wad of money and handed it over.
Yu Cheng didn’t accept it: “Uncle Jiang, I can’t take this money. If you hadn’t risked your life to save me from the frozen river, I wouldn’t even know what would have become of me by now. You also helped me inquire about my uncle’s whereabouts. You are the one who really helped me a lot.”
Seeing him insist, Jiang Changhai felt that the boy was truly grateful and couldn’t help feeling even more satisfied with him.
So, he waved his hand grandiosely, “Alright, since you put it that way, Uncle Jiang won’t insist. Let me treat you all to a nice meal at the state-owned restaurant.”
“That’s great, going to the state-owned restaurant!” Jiang Mianmian, who was bringing in the hot water kettle, excitedly set down her things and joyfully hopped around the room.
Seeing her so happy, Yu Cheng cracked a smile too, “Okay.”
He was getting a bit greedy himself.
Although he had been prepared to rough it on this trip, almost every meal at the Jiang Family had been simple coarse grains and vegetables. The Young Master Yu, who was used to feasting on meat and fish, was really craving some meat now.
Su Wanyu smiled warmly and said softly, “It’s still early, let’s drink some honey water and rest a bit before heading out.”
After resting at home for about an hour, the four of them slowly made their way out.
Sun Lixia, who was working in the fields, spotted the Jiang Family heading towards the village entrance from a distance and immediately started to grumble to herself.
It wasn’t enough that the Eldest was constantly running around; now he was taking his whole family out, leaving their work undone. When they run out of food, they can go eat the wind from the northwest!
Anyway, no matter how much the Eldest fusses and throws tantrums in the future, she won’t spare them even a bit of grain!
The group first went to see Old Niu to exchange some tickets, and then they entered the state-owned restaurant with high spirits.
Jiang Mianmian ordered a braised fish. During this weather, it was particularly difficult to get fish.
Now that they finally had a chance to eat out, she definitely wanted something she couldn’t usually have.
Su Wanyu ordered pork stewed with glass noodles, four-joy meatballs, and seeing that lamb was available, she also ordered a lamb pot.
After mother and daughter had finished ordering, Jiang Changhai and Yu Cheng said, “Buddy Yu, what would you like to eat? Feel free to choose anything, don’t be shy with Uncle.”
Yu Cheng replied, “I’m not picky, whatever you order is fine.”
“Alright, then I’ll order two more dishes,” Jiang Changhai said, and then he ordered stir-fried cabbage and cold mixed radish.