Chapter 193: Goodbye An Guo Guo

The wise and martial Regent Prince, his inner turmoil, no one knows.

The soft and sticky little rice ball, having just opened its two eyes, clung to her, "Mother, Happy New Year."

Yue Yue's tender childish voice instantly melted everything.

"Dear daughter, Happy New Year!"

Jiang Yunchu had already washed up, after training she lay on the bed reading, and was utterly charmed by her daughter all morning.

"Mother's good, Yue Yue's good." The little girl blinked her big eyes, looking as if she were telling the truth.

Unable to hold back laughter, she pinched the little girl's nose, "Get up, big brother has already finished his morning training."

"Oh!"

The little girl puffed her cheeks, she missed morning training again.

Before, she had gotten used to morning training with her brother and mother; later she went to kindergarten, and her mother never called her for it again.

Jiang Yunchu smiled, "You're still little; you need plenty of sleep to grow."

"Next year, you'll also leave kindergarten; then if you want to sleep in, Mother will never agree!"

"Okay!" The little girl answered readily.

The mother and son three ate breakfast; they had eaten dumplings yesterday, and today they casually ate some for breakfast.

Today the streets outside were bustling, people coming and going.

There were children's laughter, adults' greetings, and even more street vendors hawking goods; in the days before the New Year, Ning Hanmo brought his little companions to the slums, delivering some steamed buns and cloth, deliberately caring for several children lacking survival ability.

"Come, let's go take a walk around the shop." Jiang Yunchu smiled; the shop is run by Su Xin, and aside from checking on Fragrance-Filling Sleeves, she just looks at the newly opened hot pot restaurant.

This year's preparations were insufficient; the fresh vegetables in the hot pot shop weren't that abundant, but there were some fish balls, shrimp balls, dried vegetables, tofu……

These ingredients were still quite sufficient.

"Huh? Mother, this shop is really strange; on such a cold day, they still have the windows open." Yue Yue pointed at a shop.

In other shops, the windows are all closed; in Da Ning's capital Jingdu, winter is still quite cold.

But this shop had its windows open; from afar one could smell the aroma, wafting over.

"Mmm, so fragrant~" Yue Yue the little girl wrinkled her nose, then swallowed saliva, looking utterly greedy.

Jiang Yunchu tapped her forehead, "Little glutton."

"Son, shall we have hot pot today?" At our own shop, though eating inside the shop adds more atmosphere.

When she tested the broth, she always did so in the shop; mainly because the hot pot flavor is truly overpowering, back then the kids weren't on vacation yet, and she worried it would affect their studies.

"Please come in, sir, how many?" The shop boy hurried over, smiling.

A glance showed the hall already had little space; although the windows were wide open, the hall was full of people and pots, steaming hot air constantly bubbling up from the pots.

Plate after plate of thin mutton slices, paired with the broth's flavor, left everyone with hardly any time to talk.

"Three, any private rooms available?" Jiang Yunchu asked.

Suddenly she realized she hadn't reserved a private room for herself……

The shop boy felt embarrassed; seeing the three's attire, they were clearly not ordinary folk, but the shop was truly packed, all private rooms booked half a month ahead.

"Currently there are no private rooms; ours are booked until half a month later. However, sir, you can wait—I'll check to see if any private rooms become available today or if anyone leaves early, and if there's time, I'll arrange it for you."

The shop boy's words made Jiang Yunchu look at him with new respect.

"Thank you for the trouble!"

She lightly nodded, watching the shop boy go to the other side to say something; those people weren't impatient either, but carefully checked, and in the end still shook their heads.

"Sir, the manager just checked; there really is no private room available. Would dining in the hall work for you?"

The shop boy's face was full of apology; although it wasn't their shop's fault, the host had said that regardless of whose fault it was, as long as the customer wasn't being unreasonable, they would try to accommodate, and even if they couldn't, they'd still try to show an accommodating attitude.

Their employee manual states this clearly.

One could say……

As of now, Jiang Yunchu is quite satisfied.

For a food shop, it's nothing but reputation.

One is genuine quality and fair price, clean and hygienic; the other is service attitude. With both under control, there's no worry about lack of customers.

"Older sister?"

Just as Jiang Yunchu hesitated—whether to go home first or tell Su Xin to free up a private room later—a delighted voice rang out from a private room on the second floor.

An Guo Guo came down from upstairs, running all the way, her eyes bright and shining, with a hint of delight.

Then she saw the two children, and her eyes widened even more.

What kind of feng shui does the Regent Prince's Manor have? The Princess Consort is beautiful, so how come the Young Master and the miss are also so good‑looking?

Ning Hanmo, after half a year of morning training, had previously been a bit chubby, but now he's slimmed down, wearing a black robe, giving off a somewhat gentlemanly, jade‑like bearing; who knows how many capital ladies he'll attract in the future.

As for Yue Yue, needless to say—big eyes, chubby little face, pink puckered lips, her whole person exudes one word: cute!

Any maiden's heart cannot resist this cuteness.

"Princess An!" Jiang Yunchu gave a light smile and a greeting.

Needless to say, this Princess An is truly a foodie; wherever there's new delicious food, she'll go there.

"Princess An."

The two children beside her obediently bowed.

"Hello." An Guo Guo greeted the two children, then turned to Jiang Yunchu: "This shop is now crowded; I booked a private room and waited over a month to get a slot."

"Older sister, if you don't mind, please eat with me."

"Just me and Yun Hui—she's upstairs!"

The hot pot is truly delicious; having come once, she must recoup her cost, not eat until she's slumped on the way back, or she wouldn't be An Guo Guo!

But……

She had just been eating for a long while; her stomach was really too full, so she needed to go out for a stroll to digest, getting ready to fight again later.

Jiang Yunchu gave an aloof smile, "I..."

The words of refusal were about to come out, but then she saw Ning Yue Xue's expectant gaze, a pair of big eyes, not crying nor fussing, blinking, as if her own heart felt a little itchy.

"Then I'll trouble Princess An."

As soon as she finished speaking, she helplessly smiled and shook her head; these one or two would all act cute toward her.

"No trouble, no trouble, last time we parted, I really missed you, sis!" An Guo Guo acted familiar, not minding Jiang Yunchu's attitude; she would bend over for any delicacy.

However, speaking from the heart, she still really likes this older sister Jiang.

Other people, upon seeing her, are like a dog seeing... no, that's not right!