Chapter 159:
“Tch, Master Ye, the things I gave you are invaluable. Otherwise, shall I find another partner?”
Dark eyes hiding mischief
“What? You dare!”
“I, Luo Zhi’er, dare! I even dare to be a hands-off shopkeeper!”
“Fine, just you wait!”
Raised his hand to give her a few chestnuts!
“Whoa! Master Ye, are you going to eat someone? Wasn’t this what Master Ye said?”
Luo Zhi’er saw this and hugged her head, slipping away nimbly. The two had just seemed to be talking business, but now they were suddenly chasing and fooling around like children.
Song Wu was stunned. His master was always stern and unsmiling, so why did he always show his true face when seeing this Luo Niangzi?
She revealed her ideas roughly as if joking.
Li Xi’er felt there was no need to hide things in doing business, so she said whatever came to mind.
She boldly put forward her own demands.
Ye Beiyao actually had some mental preparation. Although Yumian Tower was his mother’s relic, it was about to close down.
He had the responsibility to make it prosper, but it was indeed a bit difficult relying on him alone.
He needed to find a partner. If this person had good character, loved delicious food, and could make the restaurant prosper, why not?
Luo Zhi’er’s appearance was just right.
They agreed to formally sign the contract next time during delivery.
Luo Zhi’er had not brought the mule cart when entering town today; Master Yao had picked her up in the morning.
Master Yao also sent her back in the evening.
This stunned Zhao Xiaomei from next door at Li Zheng Sen’s house. Master Yao had gone early in the morning, so she hadn’t seen clearly, and she had asked San Mao’s wife at the village entrance. But in the evening, hadn’t she seen it?
On the way, Luo Zhi’er stopped by Old Lady Zhao’s house to pick up Miaomiao and brought her some leftover dishes from today’s birthday banquet.
Rich families just throw away leftover food. Anyway, the cooks they hired all came from rural areas or poor families, so bringing it back to eat was still a rare delicacy.
What Luo Zhi’er gave Old Lady Zhao was longevity peaches, so pleasing. “This girl, how come you’re bringing food for Auntie? These longevity peaches are the pastries you made, right?”
Old Lady Zhao was beaming with joy. It seemed today’s birthday banquet at Jiang Mansion had gone well, and they even sent her back by horse carriage.
Luo Zhi’er hadn’t hidden from Old Lady Zhao that she was cooking at Jiang Mansion, but she only said she was selling bread in town. The old madam was celebrating her birthday, the procurers saw her bread was good, and the steward instructed to specially invite her to make pastries.
“Auntie, don’t mind that it’s leftovers. These longevity peaches weren’t touched by anyone except the old madam, and some big dishes would be wasted if thrown away. If you don’t mind, keep some.”
“What are you saying? Our families can’t even fill our stomachs, and we rarely see meat all year. These dishes are all big dishes, looking delicious. This old woman has to taste them.”
Holding the longevity peach and stroking it
“Oh my, this longevity peach is so pleasing. Auntie can’t bear to eat it; I want to put it away and see!”
“Hehe, Old Lady Zhao, if you like it, I’ll make more next time and bring them for you. These things can’t be kept; with the hot weather, they’ll mold in a day!”
“Hehe, good! Good!”
Saying this, she went into the house to fetch a bowl and divided some out.
Luo Zhi’er arrived home and got off the horse carriage. Miaomiao also hopped off the horse carriage.
“Master Yao, thank you. Come to the yard to rest, have some tea, and then go!”
Master Yao wiped his sweat. “Hehe, no need. I need to hurry home too. If your aunt sees me back late, she’ll worry again!”
“Alright then, I won’t keep you. It’s late; be careful on the road.”
“Goodbye, Uncle Yao!”
“Hey! Good girl, Miaomiao.”
Zhao Xiaomei watched from the yard until her eyes ached. Seeing the man driving the horse carriage whizz by, she finally saw clearly. Wasn’t this the middle-aged man who sent her back last time?
“His father, this Luo Zhi’er is out all day and night. That dead girl Miaomiao was eating, drinking, and playing at Old Woman Zhao’s today, and now she’s sent back by this horse carriage in the evening. Where on earth did they go?”
Li Zheng Sen smoked, frowning. “With her looks, she wouldn’t go out whoring. Could she have found some livelihood in town?”
“What livelihood requires someone to send her back by horse carriage?”
Even beaten to death, she wouldn’t believe Luo Zhi’er could find a livelihood in town that came with a horse carriage ride home. How could she surpass their family’s Li Wei?
Absolutely impossible!
Li Wei still rode Zhao Maogen’s ox cart from the village every time he came back.
“That’s true!”
“Hmph! You old thing, talking to you is pointless. Your brain is really a block of elm wood, wasted on such a big head!”
“You woman, can’t you speak properly? Speaking of which, she hasn’t gone out for the past couple days, who knows what she’s doing behind closed doors. Today she’s been out all day.”
“Something’s off. She must be plotting something. With the oldest brother’s family in jail, she still has the mood to buy a mule, buy sheep, and come back from town by someone’s horse carriage. Just thinking about it makes me angry!”
After speaking, Zhao Xiaomei dragged Li Zheng Sen to Luo Zhi’er’s doorway to demand an explanation.
This couldn’t go on; she had to do something to stop her.
“Luo Zhi’er, you seductive, unchaste stinking woman. Old Li Family doesn’t welcome a daughter-in-law like you. Get out of Old Li Family!”
Zhao Xiaomei suddenly appeared, entered the yard, and started cursing at the doorway.
“San Mao’s wife, where did you go today and see what man? Come out and explain!!!” Li Zheng Sen chimed in!
Luo Zhi’er got home, tossed Bill a piece of meat from today’s banquet, changed some water, and watered the orchid a bit.
She was scooping water from the water jar in the backyard, not yet having a moment to rest, sweaty from a busy day.
She was preparing to boil water for herself and Miaomiao to bathe, and later go to the river to water the mule, when she heard someone cursing outside the gate.
Zhao Xiaomei was arrogant, as if afraid others with bad ears wouldn’t hear.
“Exactly, my man is right. With San Mao in jail, you must be happy. Today you go find this wild man, tomorrow you go mess around there.”
“You don’t even care for your own daughter Miaomiao, leaving her hungry all day, crying everywhere begging for food, dirty all over. Old Li Family has no wife like you.”
Miaomiao’s face changed with anger. “Mother, it’s Second Uncle and Second Uncle’s wife. How can they say that?”
“It’s not like that. Miaomiao fell on the road while waiting for mother. Miaomiao wants to go tell them!”
“You girl, it’s no big deal. Don’t cry at every little thing. If you go say it, you’ll fall into their trap. They’ll say a junior like you quarreling with them has no manners. Hmph! Watch mother!”
Luo Zhi’er lifted her hands still washing in the wooden basin, shook them, and scraped her little nose.
Her eyes flashed as she went around from the backyard, ran to Bill, untied the rope, patted its head. “Bill, my good boy, it’s up to you now!”
Bill, who had just been eating meat with head down, suddenly had murderous eyes, roared twice, and charged out madly from the darkness.
With a “Roar!”, Bill leaped and knocked Zhao Xiaomei rolling to the ground. Her wide-open mouth didn’t close in time.
Bill’s three hundred jin weight with just one leg on her chest made her unable to move.
“You damn, damn beast?”
Bill’s eyes were cold, as if saying, “You tell me?” Those eyes made her tremble. It bared sharp big teeth at her face, drool flowing into Zhao Xiaomei’s screaming mouth.
“Get… get off!”
Without hesitation, Bill opened its mouth and bit off a chunk of her right ear, tearing flesh and skin down with it. “No!”
Zhao Xiaomei was in such pain she nearly fainted.
Her miserable screams were useless. Seeing half her ear chewed up by Bill as a delicacy and swallowed, she wet her pants and fainted!
Li Zheng Sen was dumbfounded. Wei Wa’s mother’s ear was eaten by the dog?
