newbobooks Chapter 152 Momo saw the painting made by the original owner's biological mother in the restaur
Chapter 152 Momo saw the painting made by the original owner's biological mother in the restaur
After thinking for a few seconds, Jiang Yimo said, "Come on, Qingzhu, let's go back and ask the housekeeper to change the courtyard for us to live in."
Qingzhu said, "Miss, the housekeeper is out on business today, let's go back and change in the evening."
Jiang Yimo nodded, "Okay, let's go shopping before going back."
After that, the two of them strolled happily on the street again.
As they were walking around, they suddenly smelled a strong aroma of roast duck and barbecued meat coming from a restaurant in front of them. At this time, Qingzhu's stomach growled twice. Jiang Yimo looked at Qingzhu, and Qingzhu smiled awkwardly.
"Miss, I'm not hungry, but I'm greedy when I smell the barbecue."
Hearing her words, Jiang Yimo didn't say anything else, and said directly: "Let's go in and try it."
Soon, the two of them walked into Yakeju, and the owner of Yakeju immediately came to greet them when he saw them and their servant.
The shopkeeper is fat, with all his facial features squeezed into one face. However, he has a pair of small eyes that are very cunning. You can tell how smart he is just by looking at his eyes. Also, although he has a pair of elephant legs, he is a fat man with nimble feet.
"Ladies, please come in! There are empty tables on the first and second floors. Do you want to sit in the lobby on the first floor or in the private room on the second floor?"
Jiang Yimo turned her head and glanced at the lobby on the first floor. It was a very large dining room, but perhaps because it was not yet dinner time, there were only a few tables occupied here and there.
Although there were not many people eating at this time, given the location of the restaurant, it would definitely be full in a while. By then, the lobby on the first floor would be filled with all kinds of people and it would definitely be very noisy. After thinking about it, Jiang Yimo decided to choose a private room on the second floor.
"Boss, please arrange a private room on the second floor for us."
"Okay!" The shopkeeper responded and immediately told the waiter to take them to the second floor and find a medium-sized private room.
The private room of this restaurant is luxuriously decorated. Inside, there is a solid wood round table carved with exquisite patterns and four high-backed chairs. The table is covered with a red brocade tablecloth, and on it is a set of exquisite tableware and a pair of candlesticks. There are several landscape paintings hanging on the wall. The whole room looks exceptionally elegant.
Jiang Yimo and the maid looked at each other and saw satisfaction in each other's eyes, then they sat down by the window.
"Ladies, what would you like to eat?" The waiter took their order with a courteous attitude. "We have a variety of home-cooked dishes in our restaurant, as well as some special dishes, such as braised lion's head, steamed fish, roast duck, etc. These are all our signature dishes and they are absolutely delicious."
Jiang Yimo looked at the menu and ordered a roast duck and three home-cooked dishes, a plate of dim sum, and a pot of tea.
"Okay, girl, please wait a moment, the food will be here soon." The waiter smiled and walked out, closing the door.
After a while, the waiter brought up a pot of tea for the two of them and considerately poured them a cup of tea. Only then did the waiter reluctantly go downstairs.
Because the waiter was deeply attracted by Jiang Yimo's beauty, he had never seen a woman as beautiful as Jiang Yimo, so he wanted to stay in Jiang Yimo's private room for a while.
Then, they waited for about ten minutes, and the waiter brought them the food, including roast duck, three side dishes, and a dessert.
The roast duck is chopped up whole before being served, unlike some roast ducks eaten by modern people. The roast duck chef will slice the roasted duck, the duck skin and the duck meat separately, wrap the skin and meat with pancakes, and then serve with some cucumber and scallion shreds and dip it in sauce. It tastes delicate and delicious.
I wonder what roast duck tasted like in ancient times.
The next moment, Jiang Yimo and the maid each picked up a roast duck leg and slowly tasted it. Although the taste was not as strong as modern roast duck, overall the roast duck in this restaurant tasted quite good, and the other three side dishes were large in portion and tasted okay.
"The food in this restaurant is really good!" Qingzhu suddenly praised, "and the price is not expensive."
Jiang Yimo nodded, wondering if she should open a restaurant in the future. With her cooking skills, a restaurant would definitely be more popular than Yakeju.
So, while eating, she observed the decoration of this private room, and suddenly found a landscape painting on the wall very familiar. She felt that she had seen it somewhere, so she walked closer and found that the signature on the painting was actually the original owner's biological mother, Gu Zhiyu.
"Is this painting by Gu Zhiyu?" Jiang Yimo frowned and said in surprise, "How come her painting is here?"
The shopkeeper walked in at some point. When he heard what Jiang Yimo said, he nodded and said, "Yes, young lady, this painting was indeed made by Gu Zhiyu. This Gu Zhiyu was once the most famous talented woman in the imperial city more than a decade ago. Do you know her?"
Jiang Yimo felt a little complicated. She knew Gu Zhiyu because she was her daughter. But she didn't expect that her mother's paintings would end up in a restaurant and be used as collateral to pay for the meal.
"Boss, I want to buy your painting. How much silver do you want?" Jiang Yimo was silent for a while and then spoke.
The fat shopkeeper thought he had misheard at first. He stared at Jiang Yimo with wide eyes, then looked at the painting, and finally scratched his head and said, "This painting was brought back to me as collateral when a certain Mr. Jiang had no money to pay for his meal at our restaurant some time ago. I have carefully appraised this painting and it is indeed the work of the talented woman Gu Zhiyu, so I have always regarded it as a treasure and hung it here for guests to appreciate. If you really want it, I can sell it to you at a lower price."
Jiang Yimo sneered in her heart. This Jiang Qinian was really down and out. He even used her mother's painting as collateral. She took out a silver ingot from her bosom and put it in the shopkeeper's hand. She said, "This is fifty taels of silver. Is it enough to buy this painting?"
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up. He didn't expect Jiang Yimo to be so generous. He nodded repeatedly and said, "That's enough. The painting belongs to the girl."
Jiang Yimo picked up the painting and looked at it carefully. The more she looked at the landscape in the painting, the more familiar it seemed to her. She felt like she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where.
Then, she stopped thinking about it.
After the fat shopkeeper received fifty taels of silver, his face was so smiling that it almost turned into a flower.
"Thank you, young lady. This painting is the treasure of my shop. It is its blessing to be bought by you," said the shopkeeper.
Jiang Yimo didn't say anything, she just looked at the painting, her heart filled with emotion and sadness.
She didn't know why she had such emotions. Could it be that the owner of this body had feelings for her biological mother? This was unlikely. The original owner had never seen her biological mother since she was born. How could she have any feelings for her biological mother?