Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

"Big sister! Big sister is finally back!"

The little sister Su Yue rushed over first like a little cannonball. She was wearing a pink silk dress with two pigtails dangling on her shoulders. Her pink little face was flushed from running, and her big eyes were full of uncontrollable joy and excitement.

When he threw himself into Su An's arms, he almost knocked her down.

"Sister, you're finally back. We missed you so much!"

Su Ting followed closely behind and hugged Su An's waist tightly. After the joy, his voice became tearful.

Su An rubbed their heads with satisfaction and said, "I haven't seen you for half a year. You've both grown a lot taller. Not bad, not bad."

When she looked up again, she saw the second son Su Ting walking out of the house with Li Guihua, both of them staring at her with red eyes.

Su An couldn't help but get startled and hurried over, "Mom, what happened to you? Are you hurt?"

"Sister, Mom was so excited to hear that you were back that she accidentally bumped her knee when she stood up. Everything else is fine." Su Jiang said with a helpless smile.

His voice was much hoarser and deeper than it was half a year ago. Just after turning ten, he was almost as tall as Su An. His face also had some of the youthful firmness, and he looked more and more stable.

Li Guihua gave him a scolding look, wiped her tears, and pulled Su An to the yard. "Mom, it's okay. I'm glad you're back. I'm glad you're back. Tell me what happened while you were away."

"Yes, big sister, what you said in the letter is very fresh, Yueyue still wants to hear it!"

"I want to hear it too!"

Su An allowed himself to be surrounded and taken away by the family. His eyes gradually became moist and he smiled through his tears, saying, "Well, my personal experience is definitely more exciting than any storyteller!"

Of course, Su An did not tell anyone about the dangerous things, but only talked about what he saw and heard along the way to Jizhou and Jinzhou, as well as the construction of water conservancy projects.

The whole family gasped and sighed as they heard this. The excitement didn't end until night fell and Su An cooked a reunion dinner for everyone to happily have.

But Su An hid his thoughts. After coaxing little Su Yue to sleep, he quietly left the shop and slipped to the clinic next door.

She knocked tentatively on the door of the clinic, but there was no movement from inside, so she simply went in through the dog hole she had discovered earlier.

"Miracle doctor? Brother Jian? There's no one left?!"

The clinic hadn't been cleaned for more than half a year, and there was dust everywhere. There was no sign that anyone had been back.

Su An stood in the middle of the yard with his hands on his hips, feeling depressed and annoyed.

"You all ran away without me!"

The most infuriating thing was Xie Qingfeng, who disappeared from the beginning to the end after drugging her!

"Okay, I'll wait! Let's see what you're planning!"

Su An stomped his feet in anger, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to go back through the dog hole cursing.

However, this wait lasted for half a month.

Not only was there no trace of him, but even Fu Zhun seemed to have completely disappeared from her life. No matter how hard she tried to inquire, there was no news about Fu Zhun!

Only the diners in the shop would occasionally talk about the King of Zhenbei who once ruled Fuyou County when they saw her.

Other than that...it's just a ghost!

That day, when Lin Yong stepped into the shop, he saw Su An sitting in front of the counter, but staring blankly at something.

The sunlight shone on her through the window, only reflecting the sorrow and longing in her eyes.

"Miss...Miss Su?"

It wasn't until Lin Yong's voice was close to his ears that Su An suddenly came back to his senses, "Ah, eh? What happened to Master Lin?"

"Miss Su, I, Lin, have come uninvited. Sorry to bother you." Lin Yong was wearing official uniform. His face was much thinner, his eyes were bright under his thick eyebrows, and he had a short beard on his chin. His upright and capable aura did not diminish but increased.

He politely and respectfully bowed to Su An and said straight to the point: "I came here this time because Lin has something to discuss with you."

"Miss Su, you're aware that the road conditions in the countryside of Fuyou County are truly deplorable. During the rainy season, the roads become muddy and difficult to navigate, making travel extremely inconvenient for the people. Transporting goods is even more difficult, which severely hinders rural development."

"Although the previous road construction was effective, it only took into account the city and official roads, and the rural roads have not been properly repaired. Therefore, I want to organize manpower and material resources to build roads in the countryside to achieve the effect of poverty alleviation."

"It's just..." At this point, Lin Yong looked embarrassed and sighed softly.

Although Su An was upset by Fu Zhun's matter, he also heard Lin Yong's embarrassment and smiled and asked, "Lin County Magistrate, we are all old acquaintances. Just tell us directly if you have anything to say."

Lin Yong raised his head and looked at Su An sincerely: "It's just that the funding gap for this road construction project is quite large. Although I have tried my best to raise funds, it is still insufficient."

"Miss Su has always cared about the people and loved charity. I just wanted to ask if she would be willing to support this road construction project?"

There was a hint of uneasiness and anticipation in his eyes, and his hands unconsciously clenched slightly.

Su An nodded. Now that his family was wealthy enough, he would help in any way he could with road construction and poverty alleviation.

"This will benefit the people. I will certainly support it and am willing to donate 20,000 taels of silver to help Lord Lin with this good deed."

Having said that, he turned around and asked someone to tell Li Guihua to prepare the money.

When Lin Yong heard this, his face suddenly lit up. He excitedly took a step forward and bowed again.

This time, the bow was even deeper, almost bending at a ninety-degree angle. "Miss Su, you are so righteous! On behalf of the people, I, Lin, am deeply grateful!"

Su An was startled and helped the man up. "No need, no need. It's just a small favor."

"But Magistrate Lin, have you heard anything about Fu Zhun?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yong's face immediately revealed a helpless and apologetic look. "This... I hold a lowly position and have no connections in the capital, so I really can't find out the prince's whereabouts."

He secretly blamed himself in his heart. It was rare for Miss Su to ask him for a small task, and he was unable to help. Today, he came to him with such a shameless attitude. It was really shameful.

"Alas." Su An's eyes dimmed in an instant, and a sense of loss surged in his heart like a tide.

Just then, Su Yue came skipping over, her playful little face brimming with youthful vitality.

Hearing this, she blinked curiously: "Sister, are you thinking about the God of Wealth? If you miss him, why don't you go find him?"

"Looking for him?"

Su An was stunned as if he had been acupunctured. The fog in his mind was cleared away and a flash of inspiration came to him.

"Yeah! If there's no news, I can go find out myself!"

She is also confused because of one thing blinding her!

But at this moment, Li Guihua came out from the inner room, and upon hearing this, she pulled Su Yue's little ear in anger.

"You are such a careless girl, you always give bad advice to your elder sister. The capital is far away, with mountains high and rivers everywhere. And now there is a drought, the roads are extremely unsafe. How can you let your elder sister go out without worrying about this?"

Then he glared at Su An and said, "You, just wait here. If that person has you in his heart, he will come back!"