Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 272 Return Gift from Uncle Yang's Family

Yang Tao then agreed and handed over the food box containing the skewers. Yu Cheng took the food box cleverly as he was standing close to Mr. Yang.

Dun Dun took a look, rolled his eyes, and quickly reached out to hold the handle of the food box containing the soup pot and said, "I'm tall and strong, so I'll help you carry the food box containing the soup."

Li felt that this was safer, so Yang Tao and Dun Dun each held the handle of the food box and lifted it steadily, with Yu Cheng following behind. The three of them left the store and went straight to Uncle Yang's house.

It was already lunchtime and there were not many customers in the shop, so they had to greet them one by one. When there were fewer customers and everyone was getting ready to have lunch, they noticed that Yucheng and the others had not returned.

Considering the distance to Mr. Yang's home, even if he walked slowly because he was carrying the lunch box filled with hot soup, he could make the round trip in two cups of tea at most.

Unexpectedly, after more than half an hour, Yu Cheng and the other person did not come back.

Although it was daytime and they didn't have far to walk, Li still became anxious. She took off her apron and wanted to go to Mr. Yang's house to take a look.

Shen Yu said: "Mom, I'll go with you. I've been to Uncle Yang's house before."

As they were talking, Zhou Dalang, who was not supposed to come today, came to the shop. Seeing that Li and Shen Yu were about to go out, he hurriedly asked, "Madam and Miss, are you in such a hurry to go look for Yucheng and Dundun?"

Li stopped and asked curiously, "Hey, how did you know? Did these two guys come to your house to play after delivering the meal?"

Zhou Dalang waved his hands and said, "No, it was Aunt Yang who came over and said that Uncle Yang had asked the two children to stay for lunch together, and after lunch, he asked Mr. Yang to take them back."

"Auntie Yang has a bad leg. She asked me to come over and tell Madam Li not to worry."

After hearing this, although Li was a little confused, she felt relieved.

Seeing Zhou Dalang coming, they asked him to take some food back. Zhou Dalang said that he had already eaten, and instead asked everyone to go and eat while he came to look after the store.

Knowing the whereabouts of Yucheng and Dundun, everyone was not polite. Since there were few guests, they let Zhou Dalang take care of the guests and went to the kitchen in the backyard to have lunch.

After dinner, Mr. Yang, Yucheng and Dundun came back with two lunch boxes until the market closed and the shops started cleaning and tidying up before closing.

Mr. Yang had swept away the gloomy look of the morning and looked very energetic. He bowed deeply to Li when he saw her, which scared Li. She was so embarrassed that her face turned red and she quickly stepped aside.

Yang Tao said, "Madam Li, Yucheng is really my lucky star. I am so lucky today because of him."

Li was confused and could only respond vaguely.

However, Yang Tao was immersed in his own joyful mood and didn't notice the surprised looks of the crowd at all. He just put the food box away, said hello to everyone, and left.

Li stood at the door of the shop, looking at the figure walking briskly, and said to herself: "What's wrong with Mr. Yang? He seems like a different person."

Back at the store, Jiang was about to put the food box away, but when she picked it up she said, "Wow, why is it so heavy?"

Everyone rushed to open it and take a look. In addition to their own copper soup pot that had been cleaned after use, there was actually an even larger copper soup pot on the lower level.

I took out the copper soup pot and opened it. I saw that the pot was full of hawthorn fruits, each one was big and red.

Li asked Yucheng hurriedly, "What's going on? How did you bring back the copper pot from the master's house, and there are so many hawthorn fruits?"

Yu Cheng answered honestly, "The hawthorns were given to me by Old Man Yang. He said they were picked from his own tree and there were too many to eat."

"The copper pot was given to me by Aunt Yang. She said it was too big and there were not enough people in the family to use it for meals. It would be a pity to leave it there. Since she thought our restaurant could use it, she gave it to us for family use."

"This is called, this is called..."

Yucheng tried hard to recall what Aunt Yang had said, but for a moment, he couldn't remember.

Dun Dun added, "Auntie Yang said that this is called making the best use of things."

Although this copper pot showed signs of use, it was well preserved. It was much larger than the one Shen Yu bought. There were carved patterns on the lid. The whole set looked very luxurious when placed on the table.

Li felt a little uneasy, thinking that this was too expensive. Two children went to deliver a meal, but ended up eating and taking it. How could she repay this favor?

Li frowned and said to Yucheng and Dundun, "You two are too brave. A copper pot like this is very expensive."

"The one we have is so much smaller than this one, and it cost an extra 150 taels of silver. You two dared to accept such a valuable item without even telling the adults at home?"

"I think this is the way to go. We'll take the hawthorn berries, but we'll just send the copper pot back."

Yucheng and Dundun felt a little aggrieved, and Yucheng pouted and said nothing.

Dun Dun glanced at Jiang, who was looking a little uneasy, and explained to Li, "We know the price of the pot that Sister Yuzhi bought."

"So when we saw Auntie Yang take out this big copper pot, we said we didn't want it at first, saying that if we took it back we would be scolded by our family, so we had to give it back."

"Mr. Yang said that when the time comes, you should tell your family that it was Mr. Yang who asked you to accept it, and you should just accept it with peace of mind."

"If we send it back, the master will be unhappy, so we accepted it and took it back."

Shen Yu hurriedly pulled the two children aside and said to Li and Jiang, "Don't be angry. They are not ignorant children."

"Mother, think about it, if the teacher tells the student to do something, can the student not do it? Should the student disobey the teacher's order?"

At this time, we should respect our teachers and their words carry a lot of weight.

After Shen Yu said this, Li had no choice but to say, "What should we do now? We can't just accept other people's expensive utensils like this."

"I've only heard of students giving gifts to teachers, but I've never heard of teachers giving gifts to students."

Shen Yu thought of Mr. Yang's happy look when he came over just now, and said, "Mr. Yang's family must have a reason for giving this as a gift."

"Let's collect these things first, finish the business in the store, and then ask them what happened at Uncle Yang's house."

As they were talking, the guy who delivered the food came over. Li had no choice but to give up. She and Jiang packed up the things and started working on the store with everyone else.

In the evening, after dinner, Li did not let Yucheng and Dundun go back to their rooms to write or read as usual. Instead, after cleaning the kitchen, she kept them and asked them about what happened at Uncle Yang's house during the day.

Yucheng and Dundun were scolded by Li today. They felt aggrieved and had long wanted to talk about what happened at Uncle Yang's house.

Hearing Li finally asking, the two brothers started talking to each other about what happened after they delivered the meal to Uncle Yang's house today.