Opening a Tavern in the Tang Dynasty

Xiaoyu gently wiped away the tears from Yuyu's face with a handkerchief, but Yuyu's tears still couldn't stop flowing.

Cheng Chumo squatted in front of Yuyu, with a guilty look on his face: "It's all my fault. I didn't take good care of your food box. Don't worry, Yuyu, I will definitely help you find it."

He reached out and gently touched Yu Yu's head, trying to calm her down.

Qin Huaidao paced back and forth, brows furrowed, thinking about where the food box might have gone.

"We came back from the street and didn't notice anything unusual along the way. How come this lunch box suddenly disappeared?" he muttered to himself.

Li Hao was also trying to comfort Yuyu. He found a toy and handed it to Yuyu: "Don't cry, sister Yuyu. This is for you to play with. We will definitely find the lunch box back."

Yu Yu looked at the toy with tearful eyes, but still shook her head and continued crying.

At this time, Chef Mi came over, looked at the sad Yu Yu, and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying so sadly?"

Xiaoyu told the story of losing the lunch box.

Chef Mi frowned and said, "Maybe he was accidentally kicked into a corner during the fight? I'll have someone go look for him on the street."

Ah Cai looked at Yu Yu's red and swollen eyes and said distressedly: "I'll go look for it, maybe I can find it."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of Zuixianlou, and his figure quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Acai searched carefully along the way everyone came back, not missing any corner, and his eyes kept searching for traces of the food box on the street.

She asked the street vendors and checked every possible place where something might be hidden, but after searching for a long time, she found nothing.

When Acai returned to Zuixianlou dejectedly, Yuyu's eyes suddenly lit up, but when she saw Acai's empty hands, the light dimmed again.

Yuyu asked in a tearful voice, "Sister Cai, didn't you find it?"

Ah Cai shook his head with a guilty look on his face: "Yuyu, I'm sorry, I looked everywhere but couldn't find the lunch box."

Tears welled up in Yuyu's eyes again. "Where did my lunch box go? There are delicious foods prepared for everyone in it."

Her voice was full of grievance and sadness, and her look made everyone present feel as if a stone was pressing on their hearts.

Yuyu wiped her tears and sobbed, "I clearly had the lunch box with me. I was holding it tightly when I left. How come it disappeared?"

Her little nose was red from crying, and her big eyes were full of confusion and grievance. Tears fell down, wetting her clothes on her chest.

"I was thinking that when we get back to Zuixianlou, we can happily enjoy the snacks there with everyone. I packed some of Mom's, Big Brother Cheng's, Big Brother Qin's, and Li Hao's favorites."

Yuyu became more and more sad as she spoke, and she kept rubbing her eyes with her little hands: "Who took it away? Why didn't you tell me? Wuuwuwu..."

That sad look made people around him feel even more distressed, but they didn't know what to do for a moment.

In the side room of the Qu family, Qu locked himself in every day, holding Yu Yu's food box, with a stubborn look on his face.

Qu Tugai stood outside the door and advised, "Tiantian, return the food box and apologize to the owner, and we'll let this matter go."

Qu Tiantian yelled, "If you don't want to go, then don't go! Who told them to meddle in other people's business? I took it, so I won't give it to them!"

He held the food box tightly, as if it were a precious treasure, with a stubborn light flashing in his eyes.

The exquisite patterns on the food box were faintly visible in the dim room, as if it was sighing helplessly.

Qu Tiantian stared at the food box, but the scene of Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaidao stopping him from fighting emerged in his mind. The anger in his heart ignited again: "Humph, they made me embarrassed in front of so many people, I will not return the food box easily."

He muttered, completely ignoring his father's advice outside the door, immersed in his own emotions.

Qu Tugai was so angry that his face turned blue, and he shouted loudly: "Are you going or not?"

Qu Tiantian stiffened his neck in the room and replied in the same loud voice: "No!"

Qu Tugai's anger suddenly rose, and he raised his voice again and asked, "You're not going, right?"

Qu Tiantian refused to show any weakness and shouted firmly, "I won't go!"

Qu Tugai was completely enraged. He snorted coldly, "Hmph, you have to go even if you don't want to!"

As he said that, he raised his leg and kicked the door hard. With a "clang", the door was kicked open and wood chips flew everywhere.

Qu Tiantian was startled and wanted to hide backwards with the food box in his arms, but it was too late.

Qu Tugai took a few steps forward, grabbed Qu Tiantian by the collar, and lifted him up like a chicken.

He snatched the food box from his arms with his other hand and glared at Qu Tiantian with his eyes wide open: "You bastard, you did something wrong and you still don't repent. Today I must take you to apologize to them, otherwise, with your temper, I don't know how much trouble you will cause in the future!"

Qu Tiantian was carried by his father, kicking his feet in the air, mumbling: "I won't, I won't..."

But no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free from his father's strong hand and could only be forcibly dragged out the door. His embarrassed and reluctant appearance really made people angry and helpless.

When Qu Tugai carried Qu Tiantian out to the door of Qu's house, Qu Tiantian's face flushed red, and he shouted in shame and anger: "Put me down, how can you carry me like this!"

He kept twisting his body, trying to break free from his father's grip.

Qu Tugai frowned, and increased the strength in his hands. "Humph, now you know how to save face? Why didn't you think about the consequences when you did those things?"

Qu Tiantian felt a little uncomfortable from being strangled, but he still said stubbornly: "I don't care, put me down, you can't do this to me, I'm not a child anymore."

When the people passing by saw this scene, they all looked at it with curiosity.

Qu Tiantian felt that those gazes were like needles piercing him. He lowered his head, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

But Qu Tugai had no intention of letting him go and continued to carry him towards Zuixian Tower.

He wanted Qu Tiantian to pay the price for his wrong behavior and apologize to others.

"Hey, look! Isn't that Qu Tiantian, the son of the county magistrate? Why is he being carried by the county magistrate?"

An old woman carrying a vegetable basket said in surprise. She stopped and her eyes widened with curiosity.

"Who knows? Look at that kid still struggling. He must have gotten into trouble again." The uncle who was carrying a load on his shoulder shook his head with a meaningful smile on his lips.

"That's right, Qu Tiantian is always naughty and has caused trouble for the county magistrate. This time he must have made a big mistake. Look at the county magistrate's face, it's as black as the bottom of a pot."