"I'll come right away." Mrs. Zhou finally came to her senses and ran towards Gu Xiaoyou.

Gu Xiaoyou and Mrs. Zhou walked into the store together and introduced: "The layout of the stores is similar, and there are shelves. There is a yard behind this side that can be directly used as a workshop."

Zhou looked around and said seriously: "We can open the store in front of a store with a workshop, so it is convenient for delivery and loading."

"I came to the same place as me." Gu Xiaoyou said with a smile: "Sister Zhou is really getting more and more business-minded."

Mrs. Zhou smiled in surprise: "Let's pick a shop and clean it up."

"Okay, let's clean up one room as a model, and then let the boys clean it up as a reference." Anyway, there are many people in the house, so they can be used.

Zhou agreed and said, "Okay, let's do it like this."

Gu Xiaoyou and Mrs. Zhou chose the middle shop that was connected to the large courtyard, and started to pack it up based on the layout of Youlian Paper Shop in Qingcheng County.

After two hours of busy work, I finally packed up and came out.

Gu Xiaoyou wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the decent shop, and said with a sense of accomplishment: "It's really good, it looks a bit like Youlian Paper Shop."

Holding a rag in her hand, Zhou said with emotion: "Yes, it looks the same, but it's much bigger."

"In the capital city, of course we need to open a big store. When the workshop starts, I will order a plaque and call it Youlian Paper Shop, plus a few words." Gu Xiaoyou said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhou was a little curious, but Gu Xiaoyou had always made the decision at home, so she didn't ask any more questions.

Gu Xiaoyou looked around and saw that there was no heavy work, so he said to Ms. Zhou: "Sister Zhou, I'm going to do something and I'll come back to pick you up later."

"Go and do your work." Mrs. Zhou replied without raising her head while working on her hands.

Gu Xiaoyou gave Zhou a share of the keys, then left the shop, walked to the street and stepped onto the carriage.

"Please, send me to the escort agency in the capital." Gu Xiaoyou ordered.

"Okay, sit tight." The groom said respectfully, and immediately started the carriage and drove towards the escort office in the capital.

Gu Xiaoyou lifted the car curtain and looked at the street carefully. Yesterday it was to enjoy the scenery, and today it was to know the way.

The roads in the capital are very wide, and it was smooth all the way to the escort office.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Gu Xiaoyou couldn't wait to get out of the carriage and walked towards the escort office.

As soon as he entered the escort agency, he saw an old acquaintance. Gu Xiaoyou called happily: "Boss Liu, you haven't left yet?"

"Oh, why is Boss Gu here? Is there something wrong?" Boss Liu asked unexpectedly.

"It's something. I have a letter for you to take back to Zhu Cheng." Gu Xiaoyou smiled and took out a letter from his sleeve pocket.

Boss Liu didn't ask any more questions and put the letter close to his body: "Don't worry, I will set off today and return as quickly as possible. I will personally deliver the letter to Lao Zhu."

"Thank you then, Lao Liu." Gu Xiaoyou smiled and said in a brisk tone: "By the way, this is the courier fee, here it is for you."

Gu Xiaoyou took out a piece of broken silver from his wallet and handed it to Boss Liu.

"No, I'm just sending a letter." Boss Liu declined, refusing to accept Gu Xiaoyou's money.

Gu Xiaoyou grabbed Boss Liu's arm and forced the broken silver into Boss Liu's hand: "This is the rule, no exceptions can be made."

"Then I'll give you the change." Seeing that Gu Xiaoyou insisted on doing this, Boss Liu had no choice but to accept the broken silver.

"No, just pay for the food. I'll go back first. Please be careful on the way." Gu Xiaoyou waved to Boss Liu and left the escort agency briskly.

After walking out of the escort agency, Gu Xiaoyou saw a long queue at the shop next to him. Feeling curious, he walked over to take a look.

"Hello, what are you waiting in line to buy?" Gu Xiaoyou asked an old lady at the end of the queue.

The old lady glanced at Gu Xiaoyou: "It turns out you are from out of town. We are queuing up to buy nine-layer cakes, which only happens once every half month."

"Oh, thank you." Gu Xiaoyou thanked her: "Nine-layer cake... the name is quite interesting. I will buy some for Sister Zhou and Liang'er to try too."

Gu Xiaoyou simply stood in line behind the old lady.

The team moved very fast, and soon Gu Xiaoyou approached the direction of the counter. Only then did she see the store's plaque, Yunyue Pavilion.

"Yunyue Pavilion... looks like Yunxiao Pavilion." Gu Xiaoyou said to himself.

The old lady in front of him gave Gu Xiaoyou a disdainful look, and said with disgust: "Yunyue Pavilion and Yunxiao Pavilion are from the same family. They are both made by the Zhong family. Outsiders just don't understand them."

Gu Xiaoyou blinked innocently, feeling speechless in his heart.

Depressedly, Gu Xiaoyou closed her mouth tightly, lining up obediently, not daring to speak easily.

Fortunately, it was Gu Xiaoyou's turn soon: "I want a nine-layer cake. Do you have any other pastries here?"

"In addition to nine-layer cakes, the store also has cloud cakes, hundred flower cakes, mung bean cakes, and wick cakes... That's all for now. What do you want?" The waiter said a series of pastry names and asked politely.

"Bring me more cloud cakes and water chestnut cakes, thank you." Gu Xiaoyou ordered two items and planned to buy them both back to try.

"Wait a moment." The waiter quickly wrapped the pastry in oil paper and handed it over with both hands: "Take it."

"Thank you." Gu Xiaoyou handed over the money with one hand and received the cake with the other.

Because the waiter's attitude was very good, Gu Xiaoyou's depression at being despised by his aunt immediately dissipated a lot.

She carried the cakes and returned to the carriage. After two cups of tea, she returned to Anyang Street in Lutan.

"Sister Zhou, I brought back pastries." Gu Xiaoyou happily walked into the store and shook the pastries in his hand.

With that said, Gu Xiaoyou put the cakes on the counter and took the broom out of Zhou's hand.

"Stop working now and eat some pastries."

"Okay." Mrs. Zhou wiped her hands with a handkerchief and opened the oil paper bag.

A crispy smell came, and Gu Xiaoyou sniffed: "I heard that it is a nine-layer cake that is only made once every half month. Let's try it."

Mrs. Zhou nodded, looking forward to the pastry on the counter. She picked up a piece, took a bite carefully, chewed it a few times, and praised: "This pastry is really delicious."

"Then let me try it too." Gu Xiaoyou picked up a piece and took a big bite.

She chewed it a few times and said a little disappointedly: "It tastes good, but it's too dry."

Modern cakes are still delicious, dense and sweet, and most importantly, not cloying.

"It's delicious." Mrs. Zhou ate with relish.

"Then you eat more. There are also cloud cakes and water chestnut cakes." Gu Xiaoyou opened the remaining oil paper packets and tasted them one by one.
Chapter completed!