Opening a Tavern in the Tang Dynasty

Xiaoyu bowed respectfully and said, "As long as your majesty likes it, it is my humble family's honor to be able to relieve your majesty's worries."

Yuyu tugged at Xiaoyu's clothes and whispered, "Mom, it's getting late. We should go back."

Xiaoyu turned her head and whispered, "I know."

Then he turned back to Li Shimin and said, "Then I will go back."

The next day came, sunlight came through the window, and Yu Yu and his family woke up.

Xiaoyu stretched and said, "Let's close the shop today."

Yuyu asked as she sorted out her clothes, "Close the door, where are you going?"

Xiaoyu was very happy: "Let's go to the river. I haven't been there since I traveled through time to the Tang Dynasty."

Li Hao echoed, "That's right, it's time to take a break. I've been so busy lately."

Yuyu's eyes lit up: "Yes, there are rivers on all sides of Chang'an, let's go and take a look."

Xiaoyu slapped her head and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. I thought about going to the river yesterday to catch lobsters and fish."

Yuyu opened the door to the tavern. "Wow, great! In ancient times, no one discovered that lobsters and fish were edible, right?"

Li Hao immediately went to the kitchen to get a net and scoop them up: "All those lobsters we've raised for so long are ours. We can catch a lot."

Xiaoyu took out a few buckets and said, "Bring some cakes and let's eat them while we go. Otherwise, we won't have the energy to fish when we're hungry."

Yuyu nodded: "I'll get it right away, and bring some water with me so I can drink when I get thirsty while playing by the river."

Yuyu's family packed up. Outside Zuixianlou, Xiaoyu looked at the notice on the door of the tavern: "Zuixianlou is closed today."

Yuyu started to chew breakfast while walking to the river, and walked...

She had almost finished chewing the cake in her mouth: "Mom, I saw the river!"

Xiaoyu looked up, a look of surprise on her face: "I didn't expect it was so close. This is convenient. Let's go."

Yuyu quickened his pace, muttering to himself, "Yes, yes, yes, that's great."

Arriving at the Chang'an River, Yuyu looked around curiously: "What river are we at?"

Xiaoyu thought for a moment and said, "We are on the east side of Chang'an Avenue, so we should be walking to the Chan River."

Li Hao also nodded in agreement: "Yes, that's right, this river is really clear."

"That's right, the rivers in ancient times were different," Xiaoyu continued with a smile.

"Alright, alright, let's start fishing for lobsters. I can't wait."

As Yu Yu spoke happily, he picked up the prepared net bag and couldn't wait to dive into the river.

Yuyu excitedly pointed at the river and shouted, "Mom, I see it! There are so many lobsters swimming around, and so many fish!"

Xiaoyu smiled widely and quickly picked up the net bag. "Hurry, hurry, don't let them get away! We have to catch as many as possible today so we can make a delicious dinner tonight!"

Li Hao carefully observed the movement of lobsters and fish and directed: "Here, here, there is a big fish."

Xiaoyu walked over and said, "Yuyu, cast the net over there, yes, yes, yes."

The scene goes back to Zuixianlou. After Yuyu and his family walked to the river, not long after, the emperor came to the tavern with several guards.

Li Shimin got off the sedan chair and looked up to see the closed shop door. He couldn't help but frown, wondering, "Why is it closed? Where did Yuyu and her family go?"

"We should go out and have some fun. It's also good to take a break. The Yuyu family should take a break too."

He said to one of the guards, "Stay in the tavern and tell me when Yuyu and his family come back."

The guard clasped his fists and saluted respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Afterwards, the emperor returned to the palace with his attendants.

At this time, many diners came to the front of the tavern one after another.

A customer saw the closed door and muttered in surprise, "Why is it closed today?"

Someone nearby responded, "I don't know. Usually, they're open by this time of year."

Someone else said, "Then you have to come early tomorrow. I miss the delicious food and wine at his house."

"Yeah."

"? Why are there guards guarding it?" said a sharp-eyed diner.

Another diner thought for a moment, nodded and said: "It should be the emperor, you don't know yet, probably he just came to Chang'an"

"What's going on? Tell me."

"The emperor often comes to Zuixianlou for meals and gives us rewards..."

The scene returns to the Yuyu family

Yu Yu fished for lobsters for a while and was so tired that he was gasping for breath, so he stopped to rest and Xiao Yu took over.

Yuyu was sitting nearby when she suddenly remembered something. She looked at Xiaoyu, who was fishing, with a worried look on her face and said, "Mom, what if the emperor comes to the tavern today and finds that our tavern is closed?"

Xiaoyu stared intently at the river and smiled, "It's okay, don't worry. The emperor is a good emperor. It's rare for us to come out and relax. He will definitely understand."

At this moment, Li Hao just picked up a large lobster with its claws bared and said with a grin, "Yes, yes, the emperor is so reasonable, there's no way he would blame us for this. Let's just focus on catching lobsters."

After hearing this, Yu Yu finally felt relieved and started watching the movements in the river with great interest again.

She saw a big fish swimming in the river and suddenly became excited. She shouted, "Mom, big fish, big fish, I want to help too!"

Xiaoyu smiled and replied, "Okay, come on, come on, we must catch this big fish today."

Yu Yu ran over excitedly and worked together with Xiao Yu and Li Hao to cast the net in the direction of the big fish.

"Get up!" With a loud shout, several people worked together and the net was slowly pulled up.

Looking at the big fish jumping around in the net, Yuyu couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Wow! I really caught it! What a big fish!"

Li Hao glanced at the bucket filled with fish and lobsters and said with a smile, "Look at the bucket, so many fish and lobsters. Let's go back."

Xiaoyu was about to get up when Yuyu quickly pulled her back: "Wait, Mom, don't you like canned foods like melon seeds and shells?"

Yuyu pointed at the shells on the beach and said, "It's just right. We can take these shells back home and make canned food."

Xiaoyu's eyes lit up: "Yes, I almost forgot again, it's true, I can bring it back and try it."

Yuyu looked at the beautiful shells she had picked up and said, "These beautiful shells can also be used as decorations."

Xiaoyu smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, then you must take them all. We have a lot of harvest today, both edible and decorative. I am so happy."

Then, the Yuyu family continued to happily pick up those shells that looked like melon seeds. After a while, they picked up a lot of shells of various kinds.

Xiaoyu straightened up, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, Yuyu, put the fish in the space first, and then quietly put it in the bucket when we are almost at Zuixianlou. Otherwise, it will be too tiring to walk back with a bucket of fish and lobsters."

Yuyu's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that way I won't be tired anymore."