"..." Shopkeeper Yan was surprised.
"Speaking of which, what delicious food did you make last night? The whole Dongsheng Tavern smelled so good, if it hadn’t been for the many guests, I would’ve visited."
"It was just ordinary braised meat, oh right, I still owe you the thank-you gift I promised."
Shopkeeper Yan was suddenly at a loss when she received Bai Junjun’s ’feeding’; she was just delivering clothes, not there for gifts.
Nevertheless, Bai Junjun politely offered her some meat sauce, and at that moment, Fool carried out a giant jar of watermelon jam for her from the kitchen.
At that time, Shopkeeper Yan was stunned for a moment, specifically when she saw the jam in Fool’s arms.
The jar of jam was at least as big as a wine barrel, and there Fool was, looking at her with a smile, "Here, take it."
Shopkeeper Yan was close to breaking down; could she possibly not accept it?
Bai Junjun scratched her head helplessly: "Fool, why don’t you help Shopkeeper Yan carry it over?"
"Okay." Fool nodded generously.
"Ah? His name is Fool?" Shopkeeper Yan looked at Fool, who seemed smart and refined, having thought he was just a simple child, but he was actually foolish?
"Yes, I’m called Fool, but I’m not foolish at all," Fool emphasized that he was not foolish.
Shopkeeper Yan’s heart softened at his foolish talk: "Alright, if you help me bring it to Dongsheng Tavern, I’ll give you something tasty."
At that moment, Xiao Shan and Xiao Yu looked on enviously, regretting why they hadn’t gotten the task.
"You two come on over as well," Shopkeeper Yan said, smiling and beckoning them over.
And just like that, the three rambunctious kids didn’t care about their new clothes and happily followed Shopkeeper Yan.
Bai Junjun didn’t forget to remind them, "Go early and come back early, we still need to go out later."
"Okay!" The children were very happy to hear they were going out again.
The Seven-Person Team who had been flopping around the house suddenly found themselves being sized up by a tailor for new clothes, while poor Xiao Chan, who was commissioned to visit the Black Spider’s den, found it absent.
Fortunately, since he and Smiling Face Old Monk were about the same height, they stood in for the measurements.
Meanwhile, after Fool helped deliver the watermelon jam to Shopkeeper Yan, she specially had the Waiter bring some candied fruit preserves for them.
"You guys can have these," she said.
"Thank you," Fool said shyly as he accepted them.
The Shop Assistant looked at the handsome Fool in surprise: "Shopkeeper, where do you meet such fine young masters?"
"Go on, go on, don’t talk nonsense about this or that; this is a friend of our young warrior from the back rooms," she rebuked the Shop Assistant.
"Oh, so he’s also a knight-errant, my apologies for the offense, I misspoke," the Shop Assistant immediately covered his mouth, preparing to run off, but then turned back, "Don’t you think this young master looks somewhat familiar?"
Shopkeeper Yan took a careful look and then stared back at the Shop Assistant with an inscrutable face: "I don’t care if he looks familiar or not, if you don’t behave, you’ll be familiar very soon."
"Right, right, I’m off this instant," the Shop Assistant zipped his mouth wisely and hurried away.
Shopkeeper Yan looked at the three kids quietly eating their candied fruit and asked Fool with a smile.
"Fool, do you remember where your home is?"
Fool looked at her innocently and shook his head.
"Then, besides these friends, do you have any uncles or elders around?"
Fool paused, his expression turning sad as he remembered Uncle Ah Fei, who had been very kind to him.