After some thought, Lin Yuan decided to hire a few skilled martial artists to help her keep an eye on the shop.
"Shopkeeper Liu, you’re more familiar with Zhuma Town than I am, and I see you’ve hired quite a few martial artists to watch over your shop. How about this, help me pick a few in the next couple of days, too? The most important thing is that they’re reliable and trustworthy."
As someone who had been a shopkeeper for so many years, Shopkeeper Liu naturally knew what Lin Yuan was worried about and immediately patted his chest and agreed: "Miss Lin, rest assured, the masters from the martial arts schools in town have some connections with me. I’ll choose a few people who are genuinely sincere and skilled from them, and surely they’ll do. Not to hide it from you, the enforcers here at Fuman Building were also found through them, their skills are absolutely top-notch!"
While saying this, Shopkeeper Liu gave a big thumbs up to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan smiled and nodded her head, she trusted Shopkeeper Liu’s capabilities and believed even more in Xia Zheng’s judgment; since he dared to entrust such a big property like Fuman Building to Shopkeeper Liu to manage, he must trust him greatly.
However, Lin Yuan had underestimated those petty thieves; she thought that there was nothing left in the shop, but the petty thieves didn’t think so.
As Lin Yuan talked with Shopkeeper Liu, everyone in the elegant room had already taken their seats, just waiting for Lin Yuan to come over and order the dishes.
Lin Jiaxin, the head of household, should have been the one to order, but thinking of how his daughter had toiled away all day while he sat comfortably at home, Lin Jiaxin felt a pang of heartache for his daughter and insisted on letting her do the ordering.
Lin Yuan smiled, took everyone’s preferences into account, and ordered a lot of dishes.
Since Lin Yuan often cooked tofu for everyone at home, she didn’t order tofu this time. Instead, she ordered some of Fuman Building’s signature dishes, such as the Four Joys Fortune Bag, Crystal Pork Knuckle, Braised Pigeon, Stir-fried Frogs, Eight Treasures Duck, Secret Sauce Ribs, Steamed Fish, Scallion Exploded Beef, and so on. Considering there were children, she also ordered some desserts like Jade Bean Cake, Sweet and Sour Mutton, and Fresh Mushroom with Vegetable Heart.
Thinking that everyone might still be hungry just eating dishes, Lin Yuan also ordered a serving of Dragon Whisker Noodles for each person, and worried that Lady Liu and her company might not be full, she specially asked the kitchen to cook a few hard-boiled eggs to bring over.
It was the peak time for Fuman Building, and the dishes might take longer to serve, but after all, Lin Yuan was no ordinary customer - the dishes were served one after another without making everyone wait too long.
Liuzi was very attentive, pouring wine and tea for everyone. Lin Yuan, still young in her parents’ eyes, merely got a cup of hot tea. At this moment, she especially wished for Liu Limin’s wine shop to open soon, to brew some suitable liquor for the women as well.
"Liuzi, Lin Yi, you two sit down, too," said Lin Jiaxin smilingly, watching Liuzi hopping around like a little monkey, gesturing for them to quickly take a seat and join them for the meal. In fact, when they were at home, they always sat down to eat together.
But today, in these circumstances? Liuzi took a look at Lin Ershuan’s family and Old Iron Head and his son and really didn’t feel like sitting down today. He quickly waved his hands, "Boss, I’ll just stand, it’s quite..."
Before he could finish saying "all right", he saw Lin Yi brazenly pulling over a chair and sitting down, thanked Lin Jiaxin, and gave Liuzi a playful eyebrow lift. The gesture clearly meant: if you’re told to sit, just sit - no need for so much chatter!
Liuzi was speechless in an instant. Lin Yuan and the others couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
"Alright, Liuzi, sit down quickly, there are no outsiders here."
Lin Yuan also quickly got Liuzi to sit, and after he took his seat, she said something softly to Lin Jiaxin sitting beside her.