Deng Qiyue and Gao Shouyue set off for Yuzhou without a moment's delay, carrying the carefully prepared clothing from Su Yu and Deng Xian, along with various delicacies that Su Shi'an favored.
Meanwhile, at Haitang Pavilion, two ladies had been waiting for nearly an hour. Finally, the delicious peach-filled molten cakes came fresh out of the oven! Su Shining carefully packed them into exquisite food boxes and handed them to the two ladies. One box, intended for Lady Yingying, contained fifteen cakes, consisting mostly of Xiang Peach cakes with a few Xiabai Peach cakes included. The other box contained an equal number, but was prepared entirely to the other lady's taste: all Xiabai Peach cakes.
Sold individually, both Xiabai Peach and Xiang Peach cakes cost five wen each, while a pre-packaged box cost eighty wen, a price that naturally included the cost of the packaging. The two ladies did not mind the price; upon leaving, they also purchased some rouge and powder, paying Su Shining a total of three guan.
Chapter 158