Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 337 Sir, please order food at my house quickly

Yang Tao's salute frightened Li greatly.

She stood up suddenly, her face flushed, and quickly hid aside, shouting, "Mr. Yang, this is not allowed, not allowed."

Yucheng and Dundun were just watching stupidly, but when they saw their master bowing, they quickly stood up and bowed to Li, shouting "thank you".

Li was so embarrassed that she pushed Yu Cheng towards Yang Tao and said, "Silly boy, why don't you let your master sit down? If you keep doing this, you will shorten your mother's life."

Yang Tao said seriously: Madam, you don’t know that now that we have a meal, it is a great help to me.”

"I have been so worried about this matter these past few days that I have been unable to eat or sleep at night."

"If you can deliver meals every day, Uncle Qiu can rest assured to recover from his injuries, and I can also rest assured to quickly settle the matter of moving the academy."

When this was mentioned, Li asked with concern, "Mr. Yang, have you found a house? I wonder where you are going to move to? Is it far from our restaurant?"

She smiled sheepishly as she spoke, and looked at Yucheng and Dundun distressedly: "Mr. Yang, don't blame me for spoiling the children."

"It's getting cold. It gets dark early and light late. I feel a little worried when you two go out every day. There are far fewer people on the street than in the summer."

Yang Tao said seriously: "Madam is right. At the beginning, I only cared about the quietness and beautiful scenery in the suburbs, but ignored the fact that the road was remote and difficult to travel. I was not thoughtful enough."

'The new house is near the county government office, and it only takes half an incense stick of time to walk from here.'

"From now on, no matter where students live, they will be able to go to school much closer."

"It's just that the kitchen and the side rooms of that house are very small, not as spacious as the current house of the academy, and the rent is much more expensive, so I am a little hesitant."

Yang Tao was afraid to go home and complain, and was forced by his parents to take the imperial examination, so he had to keep all these worries to himself.

When Li asked him today, he probably thought that Li was a righteous person, so he couldn't help but pour out the worries that he had been holding back for many days.

Li thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Sir, are you worried that it will be difficult to cook and live there?"

Yang Tao said worriedly: "Although the wing room is small, it is still convenient for living, but cooking is really difficult."

"Madam, you don't know that when students go to class, it's not easy to let them go home for lunch even if they live close to home."

"Not only is the round trip a waste of time, but after going home and coming back, I can't concentrate on my studies."

"So asking students to come in the morning to study and leave in the evening is also meant to constrain them to study with peace of mind."

"But in that case, we will have to eat lunch in the academy."

"The kitchen in the house we're looking for is small, and the food for seven or eight students is not small."

"Although I'm not good at cooking, I've seen Uncle Qiu cooking in the past, and he's been busy since he got up in the morning."

Li thought for a moment and said, "If you don't mind, our restaurant is willing to deliver meals to the academy. There are seven or eight students plus you and Uncle Qiu, so there are only about ten people."

"When we set up stalls in the past, we delivered buns, porridge and soup to the shops in the market every day. There were many more people eating there than in your academy."

"After we opened the restaurant, they were willing to come to the restaurant to eat the dishes in rotation, so we stopped delivering them."

"We are used to delivering meals. It is not troublesome at all. We guarantee a fair price and the children will not be delayed from eating."

Yang Tao said in surprise: "Madam, you are serious about what you said. You are really willing to keep delivering meals to us."

Li said seriously, "Of course it's true. It will be delivered to you before noon every day. All you need to do is prepare a steamer and basket in the kitchen, and someone can heat up the food every day."

"This way, even if the kitchen is a little small, students can still have packed meals."

Yang Tao was so happy that he didn't know what to do and just grinned.

Yucheng and Dundun understood, and there was excitement in their eyes.

Yucheng took Li's arm and asked expectantly, "Mom, is it true that I can eat our family's meals at noon in the future?"

Li smiled and said, "Of course it's true. If you move the academy to the vicinity of the county government office, it will be much closer to our restaurant."

"If it's summer, it will be hot when it's delivered to us. We don't even need to heat it up in a steamer. We can eat it right away when it's delivered to us."

Yucheng and Dundun had both followed Li and her family to deliver lunch at noon, and knew that what Li said was indeed true.

Yu Cheng turned around and said to Yang Tao, "Sir, please order food from my house quickly. Our food is delicious."

"I can't eat many dishes because I go to school every day. If I can order food, I can eat delicious food every day."

Li said angrily, "You only think about eating. You are studying in the academy now. You must not be like this in the future. If other classmates knew that you are always thinking about food, they would laugh at you for being greedy."

Yang Tao smiled and said, "At Yucheng's age, he needs to eat well to grow taller."

"When I was his age, I also thought about going home for dinner all day long."

"Besides, the food at the Madam's Restaurant is really delicious. Let's not talk about anything else, just the pork belly skewers, once you eat them, you will never forget them."

When Yang Tao thought of the crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and fragrant pork belly skewers, his face was filled with longing for a moment.

He was shaking his head and praising loudly. He was clearly a greedy young man and did not look like a teacher at all.

All of a sudden, several people present couldn't help but laugh.

Li and Yang Tao discussed the number and quantity of people who would eat every day.

When it comes to the price, Li originally only wanted to charge for the ingredients and had no intention of making any money from the academy's meal orders.

As long as she doesn't lose money and the children can have hot meals every day and study well, she will be satisfied.

This time, Yang Tao refused.

He insisted, "The lady's restaurant is doing so well, yet she still takes the trouble to deliver meals to us every day."

"It's such a long way, let alone charging the same as other restaurants, it's reasonable to charge more, there's no reason to charge less."

"If they only charge me for the cost of the ingredients, I won't order food from the restaurant anymore."

Li refused and said, "Then let's calculate it based on 80% of the list price."

"When my family's restaurant used to have a bun stall, we gave away free buns if you bought a lot."

"The academy orders about ten meals a day, so it would be reasonable for me to charge a lower price. Do you think this is okay?"

Yang Tao thought about it and agreed, but he still felt bad. He asked, "How do you send the food there every day? Do you need to hire a mule cart every day?"

Li nodded and said, "The academy is far away now, so we can hire a mule cart to deliver it every day."