Chapter Sixty: The Wine Shop Opens

  Two days later, Su Bing rushed over early in the morning to pick up Su Xiaofan and Xiao Yimeng.

  Su Xiaofan looked at the cart parked outside her house in surprise, as well as the horse in front of it that was lazily swishing its tail: "Where did this come from?"

  Yu Xiaoxi walked up to her side, hooked her arm: "The village head's family borrowed it, used for daily shopping, and picking you up in the morning and evening."

  "Shipping is fine, after all, wine and whatnot are quite heavy, relying on manual labor doesn't make sense, let's just forget about delivery, why waste manpower and resources?" Su Xiaofan was delighted in her heart, but felt that it wasn't quite right, if she had to have him deliver every day, how troublesome would that be.

  "It's not just to pick you up, I also help out at the wine shop, and after closing time in the evening, we ride this together back, leaving Meng Ping and the others to guard the store." Yu Xiaoxi smiled shyly, thinking that from now on she could be with Su Bing every day, and was so excited that she couldn't sleep for several nights.

  "Is that so? Well, it's okay if that's the case, but why did you go to the village chief's house to borrow it?" Su Xiaofan walked around the horse a few times. The horse looked very sturdy and its coat was shiny, apparently well taken care of by the servants at the village chief's house. I wonder if it has ever done any hard work?

  "Hey, I heard that Young Master is going to commute with you to the city and back every day. The village chief suggested lending us his idle horse for now, and later when we earn some silver, you can buy your own and return this one to him, right?" Yu Xiaoxi's eyes flickered uncertainly, it was all her fault for boasting in front of her neighbor, or else the village chief wouldn't have known about it. And now that he had personally delivered the horse to their home, she couldn't refuse even if she wanted to.

  Su Xiaofan didn't say much, turned around and entered the kitchen to take out several braised chickens that had been cooked, along with a chicken that had been killed early in the morning and was ready to be roasted. She put them on the board cart, then picked up Xiao Yimeng and got on as well.

  "Grandma, mom, we're leaving first."

  "Alright, be careful on the road." After seeing off a group of people in the distance, Ye returned to the courtyard, planning to take advantage of the still relatively cool weather to go gather some grass.

  Fragrant Wine House

  Su Xiaofan got off the cart and gazed at the brand new signboard for a long time before lifting her feet to walk in.

  Although the name is not much different from before, the two words "floating fragrance" are also good. What I want is the effect that even if you don't enter the store, you can smell the fragrance just by passing by.

  Meng Ping stood at the entrance of the shop, dressed as a young servant, with a clean towel draped over his shoulder and a teapot in hand.

  It's just...

  That faintly flushed face and that somewhat unnatural smile don't look like a professional shop assistant at all.

  "Are you ready?" Su Xiao Fan smiled as she walked past him and turned into the kitchen.

  "It's almost done, the ducks have been bought and cleaned up, you can just come over to roast them." Meng Jie wiped the sweat from his forehead, having been busy for a whole morning, even though the sun hadn't fully risen yet, he was already drenched in sweat.

  Xiao Yi Mo did not enter the kitchen, and instead sat down with Yu Xiao Xi in the store, watching the people walking on the street in twos and threes, guessing whether this new wine shop would have any customers or not.

  "Isn't it customary for new openings to set off firecrackers? Did you guys do that?" Su Xiaofan asked the two people beside her while handling those ducks.

  "Yesterday, I put it up as you said at the entrance of the store and posted a notice that today, all customers who come to the store will get free drinks, but they have to pay for their meals." Su Bing brought in the things on the board cart with Su Xiaofan and placed them aside.

  "Uh-huh."

  Su Xiaofan responded lightly and didn't speak again.

  As it approached noon, the fragrance wafted out of the kitchen and into the surrounding areas, causing passersby to stop in their tracks. After catching sight of the notice board set up by Su Bing and the others at the entrance, they walked into the store in twos and threes.

  Meng Ping's usual awkward expression was gone, and he picked up the teapot with a smile to greet him.

  Yu Xiaoxi saw more and more guests arriving, so she also got up and went into the kitchen to help out.

  "Xiao Fan, what if they only drink and don't order any dishes?" Yu Xiaoxi saw that as soon as those people sat down, Meng Ping took away the wine and water for several tables.

  "Do you think what I've done isn't attractive enough?" Su Xiaofan took off her apron, carried a few dishes, and walked out.

  "Has someone ordered?" Yu Xiaoxi curiously followed behind her, the dishes she was carrying had that roasted little chicken that made her dream of having another bite, and just smelling the aroma made her drool.

  Su Xiaofan smiled and said, "It's almost noon, you and the little treasure must be hungry too. Let's go eat something first, and then we'll call them three to come and eat later."

  Yu Xiaoxi happily walked over and took them from her hand: "Are these for us to eat?"

  "Yes, take advantage of this moment when there aren't many guests yet, hurry up and eat, later on it's possible that there won't be seats for you all. " Su Xiaofan took a glance around, seemingly all were men who drank heavily, drinking and eating meat are usually mentioned together, so people like this would generally not be able to resist the temptation of meat fragrance."

  Indeed.

  No sooner had the three of them sat down than a voice asking questions came over.

  "Waiter, is the roasted duck they're eating from your restaurant?"

  Meng Ping heard this and smiled as he walked over: "That's right, our small shop's secret formula, there won't be a second one in Mo City."

  "It's too small, is there a bigger one? Give us a bigger one."

  "Alright, just wait a bit, but the small ones are more delicious, they're made with tender chicken that's less than two months old, not greasy or fatty, and have a unique flavor." Meng Ping introduced this with great enthusiasm, if he wasn't busy attending to his guests, he almost had the urge to go over and indulge in a feast.

  "Well, in that case, let's have one of each, big and small." said the thin man standing next to the robust man who spoke earlier.

  Meng Ping put down the teapot in his hand: "Good, this roasted duck is divided into several prices, sir, take a look at which one you want..."

  In the end, some people at the next table also seemed to be itching to act, but they had yet to make a move.

  Yu Xiaoxi lowered her voice and leaned in close to Su Xiaofan, saying: "It's not obvious, but this Meng Ping is really good at treating guests. Normally, he's clearly very shy when speaking."

  "Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, he's quite suitable for this job." Su Xiaofan smiled as she ate her meal.

  "It tastes pretty good."

  "Yes, it's better than what I've had before."

  The people at the table who ordered roasted duck and chicken couldn't help but exclaim in admiration after tasting the flavors.

  Having heard their words, the rest of the people couldn't help but call out for Meng Ping to order dishes.

  Watching Meng Ping who seemed a bit overwhelmed with work, Yu Xiaoxi hastily swallowed the small piece of meat in her hand and got up to help.

  Digression

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