Chapter 2225: Young Master Meng, Truly Deserving of the Top Scholar Title

Chapter 2225: Young Master Meng, Truly Deserving of the Top Scholar Title

Shu Yu returned to her shop, and shortly after, Madam Jing also arrived. Madam Jing came late and missed meeting Madam Qi and the others.

However, her visit was brief. She brought a congratulatory gift, had half a cup of tea, and then left.

Madam Jing's husband held the position of Minister of Justice and was likely overwhelmed with work, especially after the recent "prison raid" incident during the Qionglin Banquet. As his wife, Madam Jing was probably equally busy.

In the afternoon, Xiang Weinan also paid a visit. He brought a congratulatory gift, greeted Meng Yunzheng upstairs, and left in a hurry.

Before leaving, he ordered 300 taels of silver worth of goods in front of all the first-floor customers, wanting to support Shu Yu's business. Shu Yu tried to dissuade him, suggesting he could come back when he needed food, but Xiang Weinan insisted on placing the order in support.

With no other choice, Shu Yu prepared the goods for him.

Later, the Wan family also sent a gift, and Shu Yu knew it was arranged by Hou Shi. She was concerned that her aunt's status might be inappropriate, although Shu Yu didn't mind. Nevertheless, it was sent in the name of the Wan family.

After all the gift-bearing visitors had departed, Shu Yu returned to the second floor.

To her surprise, what was initially a group of around ten scholars had grown significantly, now totaling over twenty people.

Not only did the scholars stay, but the few young ladies were also joined by others.

They were sitting separately in private rooms, chatting, drinking tea, and... reading books? Shu Yu had indeed placed some books on the second floor and provided notebooks for customers to write in. It seemed the young ladies were holding those notebooks.

Looking at the clear division between male and female customers, Shu Yu couldn't help but ponder.

Originally, she thought it was the scholars who appreciated Master Shanju's paintings, but now it seemed that people of all ages and genders were interested.

The second floor was quite spacious. Otherwise, were these private rooms specially reserved for women?

While Shu Yu was lost in thought, Chen Kangtai arrived with a tray carrying several bowls of instant noodles.

She blinked in surprise. "Who are these for?"

Chen Kangtai chuckled. "Don't you know, Young Master is truly deserving of the title of top scholar. He's so eloquent. It's lunchtime now, and he let everyone discuss on their own. He claimed to be hungry and asked me to bring him a bowl of instant noodles. Others saw him enjoying it so much and didn't want to leave. They asked if they could buy some too, knowing it's not expensive. Each of them ordered a bowl. Not only them, the young ladies in the private rooms smelled the aroma and also ordered a bowl each."

Shu Yu raised an eyebrow and looked in Meng Yunzheng's direction. She quickly had Chen Kangtai take the food upstairs.

Afterward, Xia Yan also brought takeaway meals and distributed them to everyone.

Shu Yu quietly left the second floor and, after a short while, Chen Kangtai came over. He said to shopkeeper Yun, in front of all the customers on the first floor, "The customers upstairs want to buy instant noodles. I've noted down their orders. Shopkeeper, please prepare them in a moment, and I'll come to pick them up."

The shopkeeper looked at the orders upstairs, smiled broadly, and patted Chen Kangtai on the shoulder. "You're quite something, young man."

Chen Kangtai chuckled sheepishly. "It's all thanks to Young Master. Well, I'll be busy upstairs."

"Go ahead."

Once he left, Shu Yu approached to check the orders. Goodness, even the smallest order was for twenty packs of instant noodles, and the largest order was for fifty packs. Could they finish them all?

Shu Yu shook her head, and then she continued to serve customers. The orders from the second floor were substantial, and the first-floor customers were no less enthusiastic.