After finalizing the mooncake plans with Old Song and the others, Cheng Su called Song Xiaojang and asked him to contact a printing factory to design and order some mooncake boxes for the Joy Soon Loy Restaurant.
Additionally, they needed to find suppliers for lotus seed paste and red bean paste, which were urgent matters to handle.
Once all the details were settled, Cheng Su called Cheng Yaozu and asked him to send over some boxes of Cantonese mooncakes as samples.
Why couldnât she ask for something other than mooncakes? Cheng Yaozu found it quite amusing. After asking, he realized that her restaurant wanted to make Cantonese mooncakes, so he mentioned it jokingly to Old Master Cheng.
"In that case, you better send them over quickly so her business doesnât get delayed. Itâs nearly the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and just over a month until the Mid-Autumn Festival! If youâre late, everyone will have already exchanged gifts for the holiday." Old Master Cheng responded.
Cheng Yaozu, however, rolled his eyes and said, "Dad, since Iâm going to Qing City Military Region in late August anyway, why donât I go check it out first? Iâll deliver the mooncakes to Cheng Su myself!"
Old Master Cheng gave him a knowing, amused look.
"Youâre getting lazy again, arenât you?" Cheng Yaozong looked up from a pile of documents and glared at him.
Cheng Yaozu replied, "Come on, Iâm just paving the way for my nephew, and I want to see how Cheng Suâs business is going. Honestly, her couple of small businesses arenât much to look at, but since weâre practically family, as an older brother, I should help out a bit."
"Youâre like the old man who loves the mountains but not the wine," Old Master Cheng pointed at him.
"No, no!" Cheng Yaozuâs eyes flickered as he said, "Dad, you want to adopt her as a daughter and regard her as family, but you havenât discussed it with Cheng Su yet, have you? Iâll test the waters for you, so we donât end up scaring her unexpectedly!"
Old Master Cheng, considering this, felt it was a good point but was a bit nervous: "She wonât refuse, will she?"
He only had sons, and his sons had more sons, so apart from daughters-in-law, there were no girls in the family. He wasnât very familiar with dealing with young women.
If Cheng Su didnât want to, then... well, she probably would!
A daughter like Cheng Su would be so considerate, obedient, and smart.
Thinking about this, Old Master Cheng felt a bit wistful, only regretting that his wife passed away early, after having their fourth son. Otherwise, having a daughter would have been nice too.
Seeing Old Master Chengâs anxious and conflicted expression, Cheng Yaozong and the others couldnât help but laugh. He was trying to make someone his goddaughter like he was begging them, as if he was afraid they wouldnât want to. So many people would wish for such a thing!
If the old man just mentioned his desire for a goddaughter to care for him, there would surely be many people eager to oblige!
Cheng Yaozong thought he had two sons. They were still young, and his wife was only in her forties, so shouldnât they have a daughter too?
Cheng Yaozu held back laughter and said, "Thatâs why I need to test the waters!"
"Then go, and go today!" Old Master Cheng immediately said.
"What about the company..."
"Isnât your older brother here for that?" Old Master Cheng glanced at his second son, and Cheng Yaozong suddenly felt like he was fated to carry a burden.
"By the way, if you see Ning Ge, make sure to mention what Huzi reported." Cheng Yaozong looked at Cheng Yaozu.
After the last incident, Old Master Cheng had asked them to keep an eye on that Shenglong Transportation. Recently, there had been some news that Shenglong seemed to not be simple at all!
Cheng Yaozu agreed and jumped up from the couch, "Iâll get things ready then!"