Transmigrated into the fat wife of the future prime minister

Chapter 212 An unexpected surprise
Gu Yunyi was very grateful. He had just arrived in the city and hadn't even settled his family yet, but Xu Qingmeng had already thought of everything.

Despite her heavy body, she managed the household and even planned and arranged her mother's job.

Gu Yunyi really felt like he had struck gold, and of course, he was also glad that he was good-looking enough.

Xu Qingmeng rolled her eyes at him: "Sweet talk is useless. What we should be thinking about now is how to make some money. I really like that shop. Although I can't do anything with it now, I think it will be gone after the baby is born."

Gu Yunyi thought for a moment and said, "How about we go to the noodle shop tomorrow?"

Xu Qingmeng slapped her forehead: "Oh right, how could I forget about it? But we haven't seen Xiao Er come for a month. Maybe he's already figured out the recipe?"

After all, the shopkeeper sent someone over last time and asked for so much chili oil. He hasn't asked about it since, so I suppose his own chef has already prepared the recipe.

However, Xu Qingmeng was not too disappointed, as she had been mentally prepared.

Gu Yunyi paused for a moment, then said reassuringly, "My wife's skills speak for themselves. Even without this path, the family's current expenses are sufficient, and we still have the pastry shop. Besides, you're due to give birth in less than two months, so there's no need to rush to earn money. Your husband is quite easy to take care of."

"Besides, even if my wife can no longer earn money, I can still make a living by copying and writing calligraphy. I won't let my wife and the baby in her belly sleep on the streets."

Xu Qingmeng was amused. "If we were to rely on you to copy books, my child and I would be eating nothing but chaff and wild vegetables, let alone meat."

"My wife also said that even though I cook so much meat every day, she hasn't eaten much. She's become too thin."

Xu Qingmeng glanced back at Gu Yunyi and said, "Could it be that my husband prefers the old me?"

"Ahem," Gu Yunyi coughed lightly twice, "That's not necessary."

"Hahaha."

The next day, when Xu Qingmeng woke up, Gu Yunyi was already reading. After she finished eating, he accompanied her to the noodle shop.

The noodle shop was a bit far from the Gu family's house, but not too far. It was almost noon when the two arrived, because they walked quite slowly.

Xu Qingmeng and Gu Yunyi remembered that when they first came here, the noodle shop didn't even have a proper signboard. Now, just by looking at the outside, they could tell that it had been renovated.

After all, when I came last time, the waiter told me that the owner had also taken over the house next door and opened it up.

While the two were still observing, the waiter who had seen off the guests inside noticed them.

"Young Master Gu, Madam Gu, is it really you two? Please come in."

"Let's go in and have a look."

The shop has been renovated, the store is much larger, and the tables and chairs are all brand new.

The tables in the lobby used to be randomly placed, but now they look like they've been rearranged. The place is packed with customers, and it's not even lunchtime yet, so the business must be booming.

The waiter was very hospitable and led the two directly to the inner room.

"The shopkeeper sent me to Quan County a couple of days ago, but unfortunately I didn't run into you. It just so happens that the shopkeeper is here today."

"Really? Is there something you need to do in Quan County?"

"The shop's chili oil is almost used up. You guys mentioned coming to Fucheng before, and the shopkeeper calculated that it should be about time, but we haven't seen you come yet, so I went to check on you."

"So this is ah!"

The waiter knocked on the door and spoke a couple of times inside, then heard the shopkeeper's voice.

The door opened, and the shopkeeper greeted them with great enthusiasm: "Young Master Gu, Madam Gu, we've been waiting for you!"

"Shopkeeper." The three of them didn't exchange many pleasantries, just a few simple and polite words, and then sat down.

"Dashan, go pour me a cup of tea."

"Ugh!"

"I heard from Dashan that you sent him to Quan County to find us?"

The shopkeeper immediately said, "Weren't we almost out of chili oil? You mentioned you were coming to the prefectural city, but we haven't heard from you since, so we were thinking of having Dashan go again."

"It did take some time. I heard from Dashan that you had expanded your business, so I should have come to congratulate you. It was the moving that caused the delay, so I came as soon as I finished."

"Even if you hadn't come, I would have come looking for you. I think we'll need to add more chili oil. I wonder if Madam Gu can make it?"

"Our young master has taken over the family business and wants to make something of himself. He plans to open a few more noodle shops and is already working on it, specifically the chili oil."

Xu Qingmeng's eyes lit up when she heard this. She had thought the shopkeeper was going to say that they had developed a formula, but she didn't expect it to be such a pleasant surprise.

"Of course, that's no problem."

"That's good. I was worried about Madam Gu's health, but hearing Madam Gu's confirmation is wonderful."

The owner did try his own recipe, but the result was really not good.
That's why we went to Quan County. The shopkeeper had personally tasted Gu Niangzi's cooking, so naturally he wouldn't do something so thankless.

In that case, even if it's the Gu family's chili oil, Madam Gu will probably consider their noodle shop first in the future.

"Where is Madam Gu staying now? I'll have someone deliver the materials there this afternoon."

Gu Yunyi said, "Baiyang Street, just ask around when you get there."

"Okay, okay."

"Shopkeeper, I wonder if I could make a favor?" Gu Yunyi said after a moment of silence.

"Young Master Gu, please speak frankly."

"We've only just arrived in the prefectural city. I wonder if the shopkeeper could give us some silver in advance?"

"I wondered what it was about. No problem, Young Master Gu, I'll go get it for you right away. Please wait a moment."

After the shopkeeper left, Xu Qingmeng looked at Gu Yunyi and said, "Why do you think the shopkeeper agreed to pay us part of the payment first?"

"Actually, you've already thought of it. This owner also had a master craftsman research this chili oil, but he didn't succeed. Otherwise, he wouldn't have prepared so many ingredients in advance. Now that we've come to this prefectural city, we naturally know that we can do business. We expect that in the future, this chili oil won't just be supplied to their noodle shop. But after all, they are the first. If they can make things convenient for us now, we think that if other noodle shops come to you for cooperation in the future, they will think of them first, right?"

Xu Qingmeng seemed to be deep in thought; it seemed that this employer was not simple.

The shopkeeper returned shortly afterward.

"Young Master Gu, here's one thousand taels. The rest will be settled as soon as the chili oil is ready. Is that alright?"

"No problem, this is really troublesome."

"Not at all, Madam Gu, I hope you'll think of our noodle shop first when you need noodles in the future."

Xu Qingmeng looked at Gu Yunyi and realized he was right. She secretly gave him a thumbs up.

(End of this chapter)