Chapter 394 Fangfei Pavilion (1)_1
Early in the morning, Mu Zhongqing woke up early. He loaded the dim sum made by his wife and daughters the day before into the horse carriage and traveled alone to the restaurant.
When he left, Cai Wei was still asleep. Mu Zhongqing specially instructed everyone in the house to be quiet, allowing his daughter to get a good rest.
These days, for the sake of opening the store, his daughter had been running around tirelessly. He saw other families bringing up their daughters delicately, whereas his daughter, like a man, was laboring for the family’s livelihood. Especially when he saw the utterly exhausted look on her face, how could he, as a father, not feel pain?
Although Wei’er always claimed she was not tired, a person’s stamina is limited. She had long been carrying a burden that exceeded her capacity, how could she not be exhausted? If she wasn’t tired, she would not still be asleep during the Hours of Mao.
Now, he pretty much understood the operation and management of the restaurant, even if Wei’er didn’t go, he could handle it alone. Therefore, he made up his mind to let his daughter go to the restaurant as little as possible in the future. His presence alone in the restaurant was enough!
Upon reaching the restaurant, he unloaded boxes of dim sum and put them on the counter. Then, he locked the door and went to the market to buy vegetables.
Today he would take care of all these things himself. He must do well. Only by doing well could his daughter stay peacefully at home and be a well-cared-for maiden.
When buying vegetables, he selected very carefully. He picked the tenderest cabbages, the seafood had to be alive, and he’d only buy meat that was still hot, as only hot meat could prove that the animal had just been slaughtered...
When he paid, he gave up his elegance as a scholar, and haggled over prices with the tone his daughter used when she bargained. He bought those vegetables at what he considered a reasonable price.
It can be said that he treated this vegetable purchase just as seriously as when he took the scholar examination. Not until he thought there was nothing wrong with the vegetables he bought, did he feel relieved and drove the horse carriage back to the restaurant.