Yue Weimin was imprisoned for ten days, and he compromised with the Dong Clan, admitting that the accounts he had given to the Dong Clan over the years were fake, and that he stole nearly half of Donglaiju's money.

During this period, he didn't think about forcing his way out, but whether it was day or night, there were several people guarding outside, and these people were servants of the Dong family. He also listened to his words. After never thinking of this, the servants ignored him at all, and even he asked the servants to deliver a letter to Xi Geer, but they did not agree.

It was Brother Xi who came to meet him and asked him if he had raised a child outside the outer room.

He told Xi Geer about his difficulties, and said that when he came home in Zaidong, everyone disrespected him, and now even these servants dared to ignore him and lock him up. The grievances at Dong's house all these years, it is said that in the first few years of the family, his mother is in charge of the accounts, and he even asks her to spend some money.

After hearing this, Brother Xi hesitated for a moment and asked him, "But doesn't your mother respect you very much? She never refutes you outside, and at home, she greets your father, and even your clothes are sewn by your mother. , Our clothes are still made by the embroidered mother, even if the mother is in charge of the account, she never cares about your expenses."

In fact, even if the Dong family is in charge of the account, every time Yue Weimin wants to spend money, he will go to the account room to get the money by himself, and sometimes he can get hundreds of thousands of taels a month, which is expensive. As for the spices and ingredients, the Dong clan also followed him, and he did not limit his spending at all.

The family members all have monthly money, like Dong Shi and Yue Weimin, the monthly money is 22 taels per month, they are children, 10 taels per month, and the family’s food and clothing expenses are on the public account. , these 20 taels and 10 taels are his private expenses on weekdays, that is, Brother Xi, he eats and drinks in the restaurant every month, and his mother prepares all the clothes for him. When buying some small gifts, ten taels of silver are not enough, and I will take some more from the public account, and my mother will not control it.

He got engaged two years ago, but the father on the girl's side passed away suddenly, and the girl had to keep filial piety to her father for three years, so she was delayed and did not get married. She planned to get married next year after the filial period.

He has a good relationship with the girl. Although they haven't married yet, the two occasionally meet for a meal or something, and he often sends gadgets and jewelry to his fiancée.

So the family never worried about money, and so did my father.

Even Brother Xi has no doubts about this. My mother is very kind to the family, and never looked down on father just because he was married.

Yue Weimin was speechless, but a little embarrassed, he said, "Brother Xi, don't worry about this, go and persuade your mother to let her out."

Brother Xi nodded, "Wait, father, I'll persuade mother, mother must be angry for a while, father, as long as you are willing to break the relationship with there, give some money to send the outer room and the child, let them Go somewhere else, I believe my mother will forgive you and will never leave you again."

Brother Xi went to find Dongshi.

Dong Shi just asked him back, "Brother Xi, do you think your father would be willing to give up his outer room and child? Or do you think that your father likes you more? Will he give up the outer room and child for you? Xi? Brother, if your mother doesn't make a bet with you, don't be pleading for your father these days, see if he is willing to compromise, whether he is willing to break the relationship there, or he would rather take the things he took all these years. Give us the money to live here, and we will go to the outer room with me and Li Zai to live there."

Brother Xi didn't believe it at all, but he hesitated and agreed to bet with his mother.

In the next few days, Xi Geer did not go to see Yue Weimin again.

Yue Weimin also thought that the Dong family would not let Xi Ge'er come over, and he was worried that the Dong family would bring people to embarrass Liu Niang and Ji Ge'er. Liu Niang was still pregnant and was about to give birth. He was really worried, so he completely compromised. , let the servants call Dongshi and tell Dongshi, "In these years, I have taken about fifty thousand taels of silver in Donglaiju, I am willing to return all of them to you, but you can't embarrass Liu Niang and Ji Ge'er, I Give you the money, how will you and I get along?"

Dongshi said: "Of course, as long as you return the money, you can write the book with Heli immediately, but after Heli, you are no longer in the Dong family, and you can't continue to use the Dong family's recipes to open a restaurant for a living, otherwise I will Go to the yamen to sue you, even if you go to the capital, I will not let you go."

Hearing this, Yue Weimin looked at the Dong family viciously, "Don't need it, don't need it, Dong Yonglan, you are really cruel, if it wasn't for me to support Donglaiju all these years, do you really think that Donglaiju can still open for so many years? Many of Laiju’s recipes are created by myself, and these recipes cannot be used in Donglaiju anymore.”

Dongshi nodded, "Naturally." She also didn't care about the new dishes he created.

Yue Weimin said again, "I put all those silver notes in the bank. If you let me go, I'll go to the bank to get them."

He didn't even put the silver note on Liu Niang's side, which shows that he didn't really trust Liu Niang wholeheartedly.

This kind of person is selfish, he only loves himself.

Dong Shi can also see him completely.

After releasing Yue Weimin, he went to the bank to get a silver note.

The Dong family naturally accompanied him on this trip, and other servants followed. Yue Weimin really couldn't resist. He took the sign and went to the bank to get a silver note. It happened to be 50,000 taels of silver, and he gave the silver to the Dong family.

A lot of people gathered outside the Qianzhuang, and they were all talking excitedly.

After getting the silver note, the Dong family went back and wrote a book of reconciliation with Yue Weimin.

The two are completely separated.

After Yue Xi found out, he came to the main courtyard. At this moment, Yue Weimin had already packed up his things and was about to leave. Apart from money, he didn't have anything he wanted to take away from Dong's house.

Brother Xi's eyes were red, "Father, did you reconcile with mother? Do you really want to leave?"

Yue Weimin sneered, "It's your Dong family who are unkind and unrighteous first. I have been in the Dong family for so many years, and I have worked hard without credit. Your mother forced me to take out all the silver notes on me. Your mother is so unreasonable." , do you still expect me to continue to live with her and continue to work for your Dong family?"

"What about me?" Brother Xi asked in a trembling voice, "Father, you are gone, what should I do? I also share your surname. In Daddy's heart, I am not as important as your outer room and children?"

Yue Weimin said: "You are also your mother's seed, you can change your surname back."

With Ji Geer, he only thinks that Ji Geer is his real child, and Liu Niang still has one in his stomach, he really wants to bring Xi Geer, he is afraid that Liu Niang will be angry.

Yue Xi suddenly stopped talking, but his face turned pale.

There is nothing I don't understand at this moment, it turns out that what mother said is right, father has never loved them at all, including him, father thinks that the children coming out of mother's belly are humiliating him, and will make him remember I am a married couple.

Seeing that Brother Xi didn't speak anymore, Yue Weimin walked over in front of him carrying the burden, not paying any attention to Brother Xi's frightening white appearance.

Dong's face was very cold, she thought that Yue Weimin still had some kind of father-son affection for Xi Ge'er, so it seemed that he didn't have the slightest affection for Xi Ge'er.

Without further ado, the Dong family asked the family to prepare a carriage, and went to Raozhou City to find Liu Niang. Yue Weimin's money for raising Liu Niang and the child was also Dong's money, and she wanted to take it all back.

With his servants, Dong Shi set off for Raozhou City.

Yue Weimin rode a horse and took a step ahead of Dong Shi. When he arrived at Shijing Lane in Raozhou City, he went to knock on the door, and Liu Niang opened the door happily. Seeing him, she was stunned, "Master, why is it you? Why are you here?" ?”

Yue Weimin didn't notice the abnormality in Liu Niang's words, and asked, "Who else could it be if it wasn't me?"

Liu Niang said hurriedly, "No, no, it's just that the master usually comes here on New Years and festivals, and he only comes here on the fifteenth day of every month. It's not yet the fifteenth day, why is the master here?"

Yue Weimin said: "I made peace with that shrew, Liu Niang, I can take you and the children to the capital now, that shrew is really vicious, all these years I have worked for the Dong family, but she actually locked me up, Let me take out all the profits from living in Donglai, fortunately, I have saved some money with you, Liu Niang, and this money is enough for us to live in the capital and open a restaurant."

Liu Niang was stunned, "Master, are you in such a hurry? Why did you leave suddenly? Didn't you say that you have to wait for some recipe from Xuji Restaurant? Also, master, is the capital city too far away? No, if we don’t go to the capital, if we leave our hometown, we will stay in Raozhou City, isn’t it the same to open a restaurant in Raozhou City?”

"How can that happen!" Yue Weimin frowned, "Yuanbao Town already knows about me, and it will spread to Raozhou City within half a month. By then, are you willing to be the laughing stock of these neighborhood residents in Raozhou City? ?” He didn't want to, and when he thought about how these people would laugh at him, he wished he could leave Raozhou City immediately and go to the capital.

But without a guide, he can't go yet, he needs to go to the Yamen to get a guide.

It will take two or three days to set up the road guide, and it is just enough to pack up. Liu Niang is pregnant, and it is better and faster to travel by water. He can buy a house when he arrives in the capital. He opened a restaurant in the shop and learned to be a cook for so many years. Even if he didn't have Dong's recipes, he could still make a name for himself with the cuisine he created.

Liu Niang looked a little panicked.

She thought it would take two or three years for Yue Weimin to reconcile with there.

And she didn't really want to leave Raozhou City to go to the capital. In such a far place, leaving home is one aspect, and the reason for the other aspect is even more difficult to explain.

Yue Weimin didn't notice Liu Niang's abnormality, "Liu Niang, tell the maidservant to pack up. I'm so tired these ten days, I'll go into the room to rest for a while."

In order to take care of Liu Niang, he originally planned to buy two maids, but Liu Niang said that she had to choose the one she wanted, so these two maids were also chosen by Liu Niang.

He didn't think there was anything to clean up at Dong's house, but he wanted to bring all the furniture with him at home here.

When Yue Weimin went in to rest, Liu Niang sat in the main room bewildered.

The mother-in-law came over and asked in a low voice, "Madam, do you want to pack your things?"

Liu Niang sighed, "Let's clean up first."

Ji Geer is still in the school and hasn't come back. We will talk about it when Ji Geer comes back in the evening, and let Ji Geer persuade the master.

After tidying up for a while, suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the yard, Liu Niang was absent-minded, and asked the old woman to open the door, just as the old woman went out, Liu Niang heard her panicked voice in the room, "Who are you? Why did you break into our lady’s house? Ah, what are you doing, you are so brave, you still dare to break in, be careful old lady, I will report to the police.”

Hearing this voice, Liu Niang hurriedly came out with her belly outstretched, and saw a few women with thick waists and broad arms coming in from the yard, and a woman in silk clothes with a simple and fair face.

The woman looked a little older, but her skin was fair and wrinkled. There was a simple gold hairpin in her hair, and a jade bracelet on her wrist. Her demeanor was gentle and polite.

Seeing Liu Niang coming out, the woman waved her hands at the rough women, "Don't scare the pregnant woman."

After finishing speaking, the woman said lightly to Liu Niang: "My name is Dong Yonglan."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Niang turned pale all of a sudden.

Of course she knew who Dong Yonglan was, she was the master's wife, but now that the two had reconciled, she stammered, "You, what are you doing here? The master has already reconciled with you, and you have nothing to do with her." , Did you come here to harm me?"

Mrs. Dong shook her head, "We are indeed reconciled, but it still has something to do with it. You have everything you need to eat and dress, including this house, which was bought with the money Xi Weimin gave you, and all his money came from Dong. He was just the son-in-law of the Dong family, and the money for these things was bought with the money of the Dong family, so I came to get them back."

Liu Niang was dumbfounded.

She didn't expect the words spoken by this gentle woman in front of her to make her feel so cold.

After Dongshi finished speaking, she waved at the rough envoys, "You go in and search, even if they report to the government, it doesn't matter, this is just a housework."

Just because Yue Weimin is the son-in-law of Dong's family, the government can't control him.

Liu Niang panicked all of a sudden, "Don't you dare, this is my home, everything is my own family property, everything is mine."

Dong said, "Since you say that, you can report to the officials, and then you can produce evidence to prove that these were all bought with your own money. I remember you were bought by Yue Weimin, right?" ? It was your aunt who wanted to sell you to Xiangmanlou, and Yue Weimin passed by to buy you, and you have never gone out to work in these years, where did you get the money to buy your own family business?"

During the ten days when Yue Weimin was locked up, she went to check on Liu Niang and learned about her past.

Liu Niang was speechless, looking at Dong Shi with tears in her eyes, hoping that she would soften her heart.

She didn't dare to step forward to stop her, for fear of hurting the child in her womb.

Dong asked the women to go in and search.

She knew that Yue Weimin must not only have missed the fifty thousand taels of silver, but also, he had taken a lot from his public accounts over the years, and Liu Niang must have put a lot of silver notes here.

Yue Weimin was also awakened. When he came out and saw Dongshi, he knew that Dongshi was going to kill them all. He looked at Dongshi with red eyes and gritted his teeth: "Dong Yonglan, you must dare to kill them all, right? I have given Donglai all these years You are a cow and a horse, and I am not allowed to take this little money?"

There was a commotion here, neighbors in the surrounding neighborhood heard the noise, and ran out to watch the commotion, but didn't see anything for a while, they were all curious about why there were so many people in this reclusive woman's house suddenly.

Neighbors in the neighborhood knew that this woman was about thirty years old and had a son named Liu Niang. She heard that her master was a member of the caravan and was away from home all the year round.

Although there are occasional people who chew their tongues on weekdays, most of the neighborhood neighbors are quite good. They think it is not easy for her to raise a child in a woman's family, and she will help out.

Now that so many people suddenly appeared in Liu Niang's house, they were naturally very curious, and some people recognized Yue Weimin.

"I recognize this master, he, isn't he the chef of Donglaiju in Yuanbao Town? He is also the shopkeeper of Donglaiju, you all know about Donglaiju, right? A century-old brand, the owner's surname is Dong, and this master Yue belongs to the Dong family. , that's why Master Dong taught him the recipes of the owner's family..."

"I know about Donglaiju, how many years has it been, but why is the master of Donglaiju here? I have never seen this elegantly dressed woman, who is she?"

"Yuanbao Town? I also know that there is a Xuji Restaurant in Yuanbao Town. I heard that the food there is delicious."

"I know this. It's true. The food at Xuji Restaurant is really delicious. My family has relatives who live in Yuanbao Town. When I went to visit relatives at his house, he went to Donglaiju to buy food. His family is a bit poor. , but Xu Ji also sells cheap food, such as fish balls and stewed fish, hey, the taste is really good..."

The people around were chatting, and seeing the elegantly dressed woman let the mother-in-law go in to search the house, the neighbors finally knew what was going on.

"So this woman is Dong Lai's owner, the Dong family? As the son-in-law of Dong's family, Master Yue actually raised a child outside and gave birth to a child?"

"My God, it turns out that this is the case, Liu Niang also said that her master is running a business outside. It seems that she knows that she is a foreigner, and the master can't come often, so she said that her master is running a business outside. "

"It's really shameless."

"The Dong family is also miserable."

"But the two of you have left, and you have to forgive people and forgive them, and come here and want to turn this side upside down, isn't it a bit too much."

"What's too much, it was originally the man's fault. He was married to someone else's house, and he took the money of the head of the house to buy the family business for other houses. If it was you, would you be able to swallow this breath?"

The surrounding neighbors were excited and chatting excitedly.

Liu Niang was blushing at the words.

The Dong family had already asked the old woman to find a money box from the house and locked it.

Seeing that the money box was turned over, Yue Weimin blushed and wanted to go up and grab it, "Dong Yonglan, this is my own money, how dare you rob my money, you return it to me." He only had the 50,000 taels of silver left. vote.

Mr. Dong didn't say much to him, he waved his hand, and the old woman tried to find an axe and split the lock on the top of the money box. Mrs. Dong went over to open it, revealing a thick stack of silver bills.

"So many silver notes?? My God, it's no wonder that the Dong family is looking for them. I'm afraid there are 20,000 to 30,000 silver notes?"

The Dong family counted the number of people. There were more than 20,000 taels of silver notes in total. It was less than 30,000 taels. She raised her head and asked Yue Weimin, "Just these more than 20,000 taels of silver notes? Nothing else?" She actually knew that Yue Weimin must still be here. There was a silver note on the side, and she guessed it right.

"More than 20,000?" Yue Weimin was stunned and looked at Liu Niang, "Didn't I save 50,000 taels of silver notes with you? Why are there only 20,000 taels left?"

Liu Niang hesitated and was speechless, and finally said, "Yes, I spent some of it myself."

Yue Weimin said in disbelief: "Why did you spend more than 20,000 taels? Your monthly expenses and the silk satin and jewelry on your body are all bought by me. You have nowhere to spend the money. What the hell are you doing? Spend it out?" He didn't expect it, because in addition to these whole bank notes, the monthly expenses were also his money, and he also gave Liu Niang a few dozen taels of silver every month, and she spent it on what she did. More than 20,000 taels of silver?

Liu Niang's eyes dodged, unable to speak, she was so panicked.

The crowd around was still talking, "There are 50,000 taels? No wonder the owner is chasing after him."

"My God, 50,000 taels!"

For ordinary people, 50,000 taels of silver is indeed impossible to see in a lifetime.

"Can this woman spend so much? Did she secretly buy other properties?"

A neighbor suddenly wondered: "How do I remember that Liu Niang's man is not Master Yue? I remember bumping into it once before. I was out drinking that day, and I came back late when I bumped into Liu Niang's house door open, and the door opened by Liu Niang, a The taller man entered, and he looked completely different from Master Yue, and the man looked back. He was not Master Yue at all. He had thick eyebrows, single eyelids, and a hooked nose. Liu Niang saw He was very happy and took the man in intimately. But it was already two years ago."

Everyone was dumbfounded, what does this mean? Could it be that Liu Niang has other men?

Everyone couldn't help but think of Liu Niang's eldest son, Brother Ji.

Brother Ji doesn't look like Liu Niang or Master Yue.

Moreover, both Liu Niang and Master Yue had pleated eyelids, and neither of them had hooked noses.

On the other hand, Brother Ji has only one layer of eyelids, and the nose is not obvious, but it can be seen that it is an aquiline nose...

Liu Niang's face changed greatly.

Yue Weimin also listened to this, panting heavily, he stared at Liu Niang, "Whose child is Brother Ji? And the 20,000 taels of silver, where did you spend it?"

Liu Niang cried: "Sir, what are you talking about, Brother Ji is of course your child, don't listen to the nonsense of these people, they are just nonsense."

The man said loudly: "I'm not talking nonsense, by the way, I think the man seems to be a little familiar, let me think about it..."

The man thought about it carefully, and suddenly said: "I remember! I will say that the man looks familiar to me. It is Chen Daqun, the escort of the three-way escort bureau. Chen Daqun is not a businessman, you don't say your man is a businessman. Is it?"

"I remember that Chen Daqun lived in the alley in front of me, right? He seems to be at home these days, so what's going on? Whose child is Brother Ji?"

Yue Weimin stared at Liu Niang, "Tell me, whose child is Brother Ji!"

Dong Shi was stunned for a while, but he didn't expect that the latter things would happen again.

She also didn't want to know whether Ji Ge'er was Yue Weimin's child. These things had nothing to do with her. As for the house and Liu Niang's gold and silver silk satin and jewelry, she didn't bother to pursue them. It's enough to get the money back.

"Let's go." Mrs. Dong took the money box and called the rough women to leave.

Yue Weimin watched Dong Shi leave, and his heart began to panic. If Liu Niang was really unchaste and hung out with other men, Ji Ge'er was not his child.

Even if Ji Ge'er is his child, it's probably true that Liu Niang is hanging out with other people, so what's the point of what he did? He abandoned his wife and children, and the woman who ended up treating him as a treasure gave him such a green hat.

It is impossible for him to even look back. Everyone knows these things. How can he still have the face to stay in Yuanbao Town and stay in Raozhou City?

He has nothing.

When the Dong Shi left, the surrounding neighbors watched her walk out of the house step by step, and then turned back to continue watching the show with great interest.

...

ten days later.

At the Xu Ji restaurant, Xu Qinyu served Dong's a warm white fungus, lotus seed and red jujube soup, "Mrs. Dong, try it, this is the white fungus, lotus seed and red jujube soup that was boiled at noon, and there is no sugar in it, and it will be added after it's boiled. Some wild honey, moisturizing beauty, but also sleep and stomach."

She Guan Dong's complexion is not very good, there is a blue shadow right now, it is obvious that she has not rested well during this period of time.

Of course she knew why the Dong family looked so bad.

The matter of the Dong family was known not only by the people in Yuanbao Town, but also by the people in Raozhou City. It became a gossip joke after tea and dinner in one town and one town during this time. That Yue Weimin had no face. After the matter was resolved, He left Raozhou City overnight, and no one knows where he went.