The Ace Bigshot Becomes A Farmgirl

Shu Yu propped her chin with her right hand, turned her head, and asked with a smile, ”Do you remember what she looks like now?”

”You’ve been observing her quite closely.”

Shu Yu sighed, ”Of course, I need to see if I’m prettier than her; otherwise, I’d feel inferior.”

You feel inferior???

Everyone else at the table lowered their heads; there’s no one here more confident than you.

Meng Yunzheng held her left hand, which was on the table, and smiled, ”No one is more beautiful than you.”

Beside them, Little Huohuo raised a wooden spoon with his chubby hand, jumped on his dad’s leg, and said loudly, ”Beautiful!”

”Tsk...” Zhao Xi’s thigh hurt terribly, that little rascal was becoming more and more of a troublemaker.

Shu Yu finally couldn’t help but laugh. She looked at Meng Yunzheng, ”You said it, if you ever say someone else is more beautiful than me, then I’ll make you pay.”

Zhao Xi rubbed his thigh and pouted, really, aren’t they just disregarding us? Flirting in broad daylight, shameless.

Shu Yu stopped teasing him and said honestly to Meng Yunzheng, ”Actually, I made a trade with her. Don’t worry, I didn’t lose out. We both... consider it a win-win.”

”That’s good, is the shop available now?”

”Young Madam Zhou asked me to give her three days to sell off the makeup products in the shop at a discount. After three days, she will vacate the shop for me to refurbish.” Shu Yu said, ”I need to find a suitable craftsman now; I wonder which family has skilled craftsmen.”

Meng Yunzheng raised an eyebrow, ”Why don’t you ask Lord Yao?”

”Hmm?” Shu Yu was stunned for a moment and slapped her forehead, ”Oh right, how could I forget Uncle Yao.”

Yao Tianqin is the Minister of Public Works. Although he can’t work himself, he’s definitely the most knowledgeable about people in this industry. In the capital, any capable craftsmen, the Ministry of Industry would absolutely know first.

Having Uncle Yao introduce one, it doesn’t require much technical skill, just someone diligent and reliable.

”I’ll go to the Yao Family to ask Uncle Yao tomorrow.”

”Okay.”

Meng Yunzheng chatted with everyone for a while, and didn’t stay long, as Shu Yu and the others urged him to go back and rest early.

He rarely got the chance to lie comfortably in his big bed at home and still needed to recharge for tomorrow’s second exam.

Taking this opportunity, Shu Yu continued to add to his exam basket. Remembering Xun Sheng’s appearance when coming out of the exam hall, she asked Zhao Xi to put in several other medicines, just in case.

Zhao Xi said helplessly, ”Everything necessary has already been prepared, I got him medicine for the common cold and cough, nothing else is needed.”

”Who says so, wasn’t there talk before about lots of weeds at the exam site, what if a venomous snake comes out and bites him? You should put in a detoxification medicine.”

Zhao Xi looked at her incredulously, ”Yu, has your smart brain run away from home? Look at what month it is now, feel the weather. The snakes are hibernating, they wouldn’t come out to bite people.”

Shu Yu, ”...” Oh right, I forgot it’s not the Imperial Examination season now.

She had heard that during the Imperial Examination, there was a candidate who was bitten by a venomous snake and died of poisoning.

Though that’s what she thought, she still insisted, ”Even if there are no venomous snakes, there can be poisonous insects or ants, just be prepared.”

Alright, alright, whatever you say.

Even though Yun already had a detoxification medicine on him, Zhao Xi still gave another one at Shu Yu’s request.

Therefore, the next day, when Meng Yunzheng entered the exam hall for the second attempt, he clearly felt that the exam basket was heavier.