Chapter 36
Chapter 36
Everyone turned around and saw that it was a young man who came out of Jufu Restaurant across the street, followed by the manager of Jufu Restaurant!
The young man glanced at Lin Yan, nodded and smiled at her, "If she runs away, you can all come to Jufulou and demand compensation from me!"
Lin Yan raised an eyebrow upon seeing him. Wasn't this Fu Bo? However, compared to their last meeting, he was wearing a blue silk robe today, looking like a refined young gentleman.
Lin's father also saw him and instantly remembered that he was the one who had caused trouble at the Lin family's house that day. His eyes widened, and he pointed at him: "That, that person isn't..."
"And who are you?" The customers were wondering who was talking big when they found out it was just a young man.
"This is the young master of our Jufulou Restaurant. Since he has said he would act as guarantor, then Jufulou Restaurant will act as guarantor. You all know me, so please rest assured," the manager of Jufulou Restaurant said, seeing that people were still skeptical.
"With Jufulou as our guarantor, there's definitely no problem!"
"Yes, Jufulou has been here for so many years!"
"Then it's ordered. Hey! Young lady, order me two folding chairs!"
"Hey, hey, I want a rocking chair, here's a deposit!"
"I'll go first! I'll pay first!"
Seeing this, everyone stopped hesitating and rushed forward to place their orders. Lin's father, who couldn't write, directed everyone to line up. Lin Yan took out paper and pen and began to take notes.
After everyone had left, Lin Yan finally had a moment to talk to Fu Bo, who was standing at the entrance of Jufulou Restaurant. "I really have to thank you, Young Master Fu, this time!"
"Yes! Yes! But you're actually the owner of Jufulou, how come you were..." Lin's father quickly thanked him, then wondered about what had happened last time.
"Uncle Lin, no need to thank me. Lin Yan and I are friends. I trust her, which is why I'm vouching for her." Fu Bo nodded to Lin's father, bowing respectfully. In reality, however, he was inwardly sighing. He couldn't very well say that he'd only agreed to help after being beaten up!
"You've really changed a lot lately!" Lin Yan smiled with delight when she saw that he could still bow to her father.
"Of course! Didn't I promise you to behave yourself? I've been diligently helping my dad with chores lately!" Fu Bo said, trying to impress him.
"That's great, it saves you from doing nothing all day and making your family worry." Lin Yan suddenly remembered that when Fu Bo caused trouble at the Lin family's house last time, he said the county magistrate was his relative. She had initially thought he was just making it up on the spot, but if his family owned Jufulou, then perhaps...
"Sigh! I never thought about my father before. I just thought he controlled me in every way and that I was useless! But when I actually helped him with some work, I realized how hard it was for him." Having never studied properly before, Fu Bo had been looking at the accounts in the shop for the past few days, which made him dizzy and lightheaded. Fortunately, he wasn't too stupid, and with the shopkeeper's help, he was able to get the hang of it.
"But weren't you selling dried fruit? Why are you selling this now?" Fu Bo walked over to the rocking chair and examined it with some curiosity. He had been watching people try it for a while and was eager to try it himself.
"My father is a carpenter!"
"Uncle Lin is amazing! He's invented such comfortable chairs!" Fu Bo has already started trying them out one by one and thinks they're all quite comfortable. The rocking chair is the most fun. If you put one on the counter, you can lie down and drink tea. Just thinking about it makes you feel comfortable. It saves you from sitting on that wooden stool all day, and your butt gets so tired that it goes numb.
"Hahaha, I didn't design this chair, I just made it!" Lin's father laughed, quickly declining Fu Bo's praise.
"Who came up with that idea?!"
"It's Yan'er! She has so many ingenious ideas and always comes up with something new! It's because she drew these design drafts that my furniture sales have been increasing. In this month, I've sold more than in the past year..." Mr. Lin now praises his daughter to everyone he meets, and he starts talking non-stop whenever he gets the chance.
Upon hearing that Lin Yan was the designer of the rocking chair, Fu Bo was utterly shocked. He sat up straight in the chair, staring wide-eyed at Lin Yan, completely ignoring what Lin's father was saying afterward. "This is your idea! It seems you're not just good at martial arts!"
"What martial arts?!" Lin's father felt like he had heard something strange!
Lin Yan hugged her father's arm. "It's nothing! He was just praising me!"
“Uh, yes, yes…” Fu Bo quickly agreed.
"We should be going now. You can have these chairs moved away; they're a gift for you!"
"A thank-you gift! How can that be? I only said a few words, and you're still selling it? I can't accept it." Fu Bo quickly stood up from his chair to refuse. "Or, how about I buy it? I really want it!"
"If I said it was a gift for you, then it is. It just so happens that you like it. Otherwise, we would have taken it back!" Lin Yan waved her hand and pulled her father away.
Mr. Lin quickly chimed in, "Yes, please keep it. This is all I can take. Please don't find it offensive; consider it a token of our gratitude for getting you out of this predicament today."
"No problem, no problem! How could I not like it? This chair is really nice!"
To avoid pushing and shoving with Fu Bo, Lin Yan and her father didn't say much, got on the mule cart and left, leaving the chair behind.
Fu Bo didn't even have time to stop him; he just stood there for a while, touching the smooth wood of the rocking chair!
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The days that followed were the same. Every day, Lin Yu's father would prepare lunch for him, and after sending him to school, he and his mother would make furniture. Lin Yan, Li Xiaocao, and Aunt Zhang would make dried fruit. However, when Lin Yan and Li Xiaocao went to the county to sell their produce this time, they found that there were more people than usual.
Moreover, there were many servants or maids from wealthy families who would buy a dozen or twenty packs at a time!
They packed 300 packs, but it wasn't enough; they sold out very quickly.
"This business is amazing!" Li Xiaocao was shocked, but she was busy and only had time to express her surprise after she finished selling everything.
"Indeed, it seems a bit too good!" Lin Yan also felt a little strange, but thought that it might be because the dried fruit's reputation had spread, so more people came.
At this moment, at Jufulou.
"Well? Did you manage to buy it?" Fu Bo got up from the rocking chair.
“I got it, young master! But this girl didn’t need your help at all. There were so many people surrounding her, I almost couldn’t squeeze in!” A servant boy said, holding up several packets of dried fruit.
"I know, it's secondary that I want you to take care of the business, the main thing is that I want to eat!" Fu Bo took a bag of dried fruit from his hand, opened the package, and started eating!
"Oh right, Siyao was a great help this time, so take the other rocking chair to her!" Fu Bo lay on the rocking chair and rocked back and forth, thinking to himself, "Girls really have purchasing power. I'll also have my niece promote the rocking chair, hehe!"
As they were eating, two girls entered Jufulou. The one in the back was dark-skinned and plump, which made the one in front look even thinner and more delicate. It wasn't unusual for female customers to come to Jufulou, but this one looked somewhat familiar. Fu Bo stared at her for a while, then remembered who she was and couldn't help but twitch his eye.
"What is she doing here!"
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