Chapter 294 The Abandoned Child
At this time every day, Tianshangju is always packed with guests and everyone is busy.

When Xiao Yang first arrived, Zhong Xiang asked him to serve dishes for a few days, and then let him do something else after he got familiar with him.

Xiao Yang was a little careless at first, thinking that it was just serving dishes, an old job, and it was too easy.

When I started doing the work, I realized that this was completely different from serving dishes at Lai Fu Inn.

When business is good at Lai Fu Inn, there are only six or seven tables and dozens of guests, which can be easily handled. But here, there are thirty-eight tables in the lobby on the first floor, twenty tables in the private seats on the second floor, and nine large private rooms on the third floor. When there are really many guests, they even have to add seats and even turn over tables. Wow, that would mean six or seven hundred guests.

There were only six people carrying plates, including him. Everyone had to be very fast and have a good memory. They had to remember every dish the guests ordered, not miss any or make mistakes. When serving the dishes, they could not bring the wrong dishes or report the wrong names.

Xiao Yang was completely at a loss on the first day, but fortunately Xiao Lu and A Xing were very considerate of him and only let him take charge of the ten tables in the lobby. Even so, after a meal, his hands and feet were weak. He sighed: No wonder the wages of Tianshangju are the highest among all the restaurants in Jinling City. The people here, from the chef to the doorman, are all ordinary people.

A table of guests just ordered dishes. Xiao Yang memorized them all the way and reported them to the accountant, who would write down the menu with simple numbers and hand it over to the kitchen. I heard that the second young lady invented the idea of ​​using numbers instead of dish names. This is simple and time-saving. Once you are familiar with it, it will definitely work.

Xiao Yang scratched his head, not quite sure whether the customer just ordered four-happiness dumplings or four-happiness meatballs. Just as he was thinking about going back to verify it, he almost bumped into someone when he turned around.

Xiao Yang quickly nodded and bowed to apologize. When he looked up, he unexpectedly found that the person he almost bumped into was a woman, a very beautiful young woman, holding a child in her arms.

Women bringing their babies to Tianshangju for dinner? This is extremely rare.

But everyone who came was a guest, so Xiao Yang greeted them with a smile: "Madam, our restaurant is full. If you are not in a hurry, you can wait. There is a table of guests over there that will be ready soon."

The woman looked unhappy and hesitant.

Xiao Yang said, "Why don't you sit over there first?"

There are two square tables on one side of the lobby, for waiting guests to drink tea and pass the time, but they are empty at the moment.

The woman gritted her teeth and suddenly pushed the child in her arms into Xiao Yang's hands: "The child is sick, you should quickly give the child to your Second Young Madam."

After saying that, he ran away without looking back.

Xiao Yang was completely dumbfounded. He had been working as a waiter for so many years, but this was the first time he had ever encountered someone pushing a child into his mouth.

"Hey, ma'am, who are you?" Xiao Yang hurriedly chased after her.

But the woman ran fast and disappeared in a moment.

Xiao Yang looked at the child in his arms, whose lips had started to purse and whose face had turned red, and who looked like he was about to burst into tears. He quickly rocked the child in his arms and went to find Zhong Xiang.

In the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion, Ye Jiayao had already finished dinner and was discussing the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow with Youshi.

It is basically following the tradition of previous years, preparing a table full of good wine and delicious food, waiting for the moon to hang high in the sky, worshiping the moon, and then the whole family sits in the yard, enjoying the moon while eating moon cakes and drinking osmanthus wine.

Yu also invited the wife of Marquis Yongning to come and play mahjong for some entertainment.

The question is, will Liuli come back tomorrow?

At the dinner table today, Chunfeng wanted to say something several times but hesitated. Everyone knew what he wanted to say, but no one responded. In the end, Chunfeng was too embarrassed to say it.

Youshi was very determined this time. If the Queen Mother hadn't made such a fuss, she would not have wanted to pursue the matter any further. They were still a family, but the Queen Mother's words were so harsh and she was picking on them without asking any questions. She was really angry that the princess's mother-in-law had to be so cowardly. So she just held on to it this time and didn't go to bring Liuli back or ask about it. If you want to come back, come back. If you don't want to come back, forget it. Everyone would be more comfortable without Liuli.

Since Youshi had this attitude, Ye Jiayao naturally supported it and didn't mention it or ask any questions. Anyway, she would just leave tomorrow's family dinner to her.

Xiangtao came in, looking a little flustered, but she didn't want to say it in front of the lady.

Youshi said, "If you have something else to do, go back first! I'm sure you'll have to work hard tomorrow."

Ye Jiayao stood up, bowed and left.

After they left the house, Ye Jiayao asked, "What's the matter?"

Xiang Tao said, "A baby was sent to Tianshangju, and it kept crying. No one can do anything about it. The prince hasn't come back yet."

Xia Chun then went to the government office and heard that the Wei family was raided by the government this morning, and the maids and other people were taken away by the government, and they would be auctioned at that time. Ye Jiayao promised to give A Lian freedom, so she asked Xia Chunyu to bring A Lian back.

Ye Jiayao frowned: "Baby?"

"Yes, it's a very small baby. People in Tianshangju said that a woman left the baby there and ran away, saying that the baby was sick and asked to send the baby to the Second Young Madam."

Qiao Xi was puzzled: "Who is this? How can she be so stupid? If her own child is sick, can't she take him to the hospital? She should give him to the Second Young Madam, but the Second Young Madam is not her nanny."

Ye Jiayao guessed who it was. Who else could do this except Ye Jinrong? The government raided Wei's house, and Ye Jinrong must be desperate! She couldn't even support her children.

She was cheap, but they just threw the child to her and left it alone. Did they want her to help raise the child? A vicious woman and a scumbag's child, she was going to raise it? It was depressing just thinking about it.

However, the child was innocent anyway, and it was bad luck for him to be born with such parents. "Xiang Tao, go get a doctor right away." Ye Jiayao said seriously, and took Qiao Xi to the courtyard quickly.

She couldn't let anything happen to the child while she was with her, because then Ye Jinrong would probably blame her and say that she killed her child.

Damn, what a mess.

Before Ye Jiayao entered the yard, she heard the crying of a child inside. The cry was so shrill, and the sound was stuck in the throat for a long time and couldn't come out. It made people worry, fearing that the child would faint.

Cherry almost cried when she saw the Second Young Madam coming back.

"Second Young Madam, I really can't coax the child..." Cherry pursed her lips and looked sad.

Ye Jiayao quickly picked up the child, and rocked him as she walked. She touched the child's forehead with her hand and found that he really had a fever.

If she remembered correctly, the child's nickname should be Baoer, as Jin Yao mentioned.

This is the first time she has seen her niece since she was born!

Less than two months old, he closed his eyes, waved his little hands and cried hard. His skin was so tender that it was almost transparent, and on his flushed face, you could see the tiny blood vessels.

Ye Jiayao tried to coax the child for a while but it didn't work. She was really afraid that the child would cry himself out, so she had to ask Qiao Xi to call Zhou Xing's family.

There were no elderly people in her courtyard who had given birth to children, so Aunt Jiang and Uncle Jiang went to the village.

Zhou Xingjia came over soon, asked about the situation, and touched Baoer's mouth with his finger. Baoer immediately stopped crying and tilted his mouth to suck his finger. Zhou Xingjia breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The child is hungry."

"Second Young Madam, please give her some honey water to drink first. Don't make it too sweet, just a little bit of sweetness will do. I'll go get her a bowl of rice porridge."

Qiao Xi hurriedly made some honey water.

Ye Jiayao held Baoer in her arms and fed him little by little with a small spoon.

Baoer was obviously very hungry. He blinked his little mouth and drank very attentively, making a smacking sound from time to time.

There were still tears on her face, and her pair of dark eyes like black grapes were filled with grievance as she looked at Ye Jiayao so sadly.

Ye Jiayao felt so distressed when she was looked at by her. Her heart was incredibly soft and her maternal love was overflowing. "Poor child, how long has it been since your mother gave you food?"

Qiao Xi watched from the side, her eyes were also very gentle, and she said softly: "Second Young Madam, this child is so beautiful, with thin and light eyebrows, big and round eyes, and this little mouth, and it smacks so vigorously! It's really beautiful and well-behaved."

Ye Jiayao's lips curled up, what a beautiful child indeed!
Ye Jiayao stopped feeding him after feeding him a few spoonfuls. The honey water didn't make him full. Zhou Xingjia had already gone to make rice porridge. He might not fill his stomach with water and not be able to eat the rice porridge, and then he would be hungry again after peeing.

Baoer thought that she was not going to be fed and she was still hungry. Her little mouth began to pout again and the tears in her big eyes rolled down one by one.

Ye Jiayao coaxed him in a soft voice, "Be good, baby. It's not that I won't give you food. Just bear with it for a while. I'll give you something delicious later..."

Qiao Xi was stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, she understood that this was Second Miss Ye's child. No wonder Ye Jinrong abandoned the child in Tianshangju.

After knowing Bao'er's life experience, Qiao Xi felt more and more sorry for Bao'er. How could he have such parents?

"Here it comes, the rice porridge is here." Zhou Xingjia ran and shouted before entering the door.

After all, she had taken care of a child before, so Zhou Xingjia's way of holding the child was much more pleasing to the eye. Baoer was very well behaved in her arms, eating rice porridge with big mouthfuls.

"This child is really well-behaved. Fortunately, she has a good appetite. It would be worrying if she couldn't eat." Zhou Xingjia said.

Ye Jiayao was worried about the doctor. She looked at the door and murmured, "Why did it take so long for Xiangtao to get a doctor?"

Qiao Xi knew that the Second Young Lady was worried about Bao Er, so she consoled her, "It would take an incense stick of time to walk to the nearest pharmacy! She should be back soon!"

Xia Chunyu brought A Lian back and met Xiang Tao with the doctor at the door.

"Xiang Tao, what's going on? Who's sick?"

Xiang Tao didn't know Bao Er's background yet, and said depressedly: "My Lord, today a woman left her child in Tian Ju and didn't care about it anymore. The child is still sick. The Second Young Lady asked me to ask a doctor to take a look."

A-Lian was moved and asked, "How old is the child? Boy or girl?"

Xiang Tao gestured to measure the size, but couldn't tell clearly: "It's about this size. I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, I haven't seen it."

Xia Chunyu frowned. The world is so big that there are all kinds of things. He had heard of people who could not afford to raise their children abandoning them. Usually they would leave them at other people's doorsteps or in restaurants. This was the first time he heard of this.

(End of this chapter)