"Thank you, Miss Xu." Dong Shi smiled.

She took the bowl of Tremella, Red Dates and Lotus Seed Soup, and took a sip slowly. The sugar water was thick and sweet but not greasy. The red dates had been peeled and cored, and they tasted sweet and soft. She couldn't hold back and drank half a bowl. Just shut up, the originally irritable mood has calmed down a lot.

In the past ten days, not only did she not rest well, she didn't even eat much. She and Yue Weimin left, and there were still many things to be done. In the past, Yue Weimin was the chef of Donglaiju, and he was responsible for the purchase of Donglaiju. , he must have lost a lot of money in this regard, and now he has to find someone to be responsible for the purchase, and he has to check all the previous accounts. In addition, the recipes of Donglaiju have to be remade. As Yue Weimin said, some dishes It was made by him, and Donglaiju doesn't need it. He has to make it again and use the dishes from the previous Dong's cookbook.

Fortunately, Donglaiju has two chefs and a few helpers.

After this happened, Xu Qinyu asked Dongqian to go back to Donglaiju to help first, and then come to her side when Donglaiju stabilized.

But Dongqian could see that Xu Ji was also short of manpower. Donglaiju lacked him, as well as Xi Geer and other chefs. He was no less than one person, so he did not return to Donglaiju, but stayed in Xuji. The Dong family didn't let him go back. He felt that he had learned everything about Xu Ji's food, so what would happen to Donglaiju if something happened to him and went back to help Donglaiju.

Fortunately, there is still brother Xi in Donglaiju. Since Yue Xi beat his parents and left, he has not spoken for several days, but he has been working as a helper in Donglaiju these few days, and even the shopping these days is also He was in charge. Looking at the difference between the previous account and the account he was responsible for buying now, he couldn't lie to himself. His father really didn't love them and wanted to leave.

After these ten days, Donglaiju gradually calmed down.

Even though the passenger flow is less, the Dong Clan also knows that this has to be done slowly.

The Dong clan came here today to ask him something about Xun Dongqian.

At the moment, Dongqian is still helping out in the back kitchen, and he has to wait until he is done before coming to the front.

Xu Qinyu could see the gauntness of the Dong family, so she gave her a bowl of today's boiled red jujube, white fungus and lotus seed soup.

No matter what season, this red jujube and white fungus lotus seed soup is very good and moisturizing.

Even Xu Qinyu did not expect that the child outside Yue Weimin was not his, but Liu Niang and other men.

Of course, she didn't know exactly what happened, she heard rumors from outside.

The Dong family had nothing to do at the moment, so she told Xu Qinyu what happened that day.

After she left that day, she didn't plan to take care of what happened next, but she still left a mother-in-law. She was also worried that other things would involve her later, so she would stay and see what would happen in the future.

The old woman quietly squeezed into the crowd.

Seeing Yue Weimin questioning Liu Niang, "Is Brother Ji really my child?"

Liu Niang cried so hard, "Why doesn't the master believe me? They are talking nonsense. Of course Brother Ji is the master's child."

In fact, even Liu Niang herself doesn't know whose child Ji Ge'er is, or whether the child in her belly is Master Yue's or Chen Daqun's.

But she can only say that she belongs to the master, and she can't admit that she is arrogant in front of so many people.

Yue Weimin originally planned to give up on this, and he couldn't really force Liu Niang to admit that the child was not his in front of everyone, although he had already decided in his heart that Ji Ge'er was really not his child, because there was nothing similar to him, no matter what. Whether it's Brother Qian or Brother Xi or the youngest daughter, Sister Yu, at least there are some similarities with him in facial features.

But Ji Ge'er has nothing in common with him.

It doesn't even have the slightest resemblance to Liu Niang, and her appearance will not deceive people.

But even if Yue Weimin and Liu Niang didn't plan to continue fighting in the crowd, Yue Weimin wanted to question Liu Niang after everyone left.

Someone in the crowd muttered: "I remember that Liu Niang didn't live in Shijing Lane before, right? She lived in Shitai Lane in front of her. By the way, she seems to live next door to Chen's house? Do you have any impressions?"

"When you say this, it seems that you have a certain impression. When she just moved in, she said that she moved from Shitai Lane. Let us all take care of it."

Everyone looked at each other.

Yue Weimin glared at Liu Niang fiercely.

When Yue Weimin started chasing people, someone suddenly saw a tall man walking by the entrance of the alley, and immediately exclaimed, "Isn't that Chen Daqun? He came to Shijing Alley."

When Yue Weimin heard this, he pushed aside the crowd and saw a tall man walking towards him.

He did have an impression of this man. The yard he rented for Liu Niang was in the alley in front of him. He was next door to this man. He bumped into him once. At that time, he was not surprised at all, obviously he knew that Liu Niang was the outer room of his own.

What is unclear now.

Chen Daqun did indeed come here to find Liu Niang.

When he entered the alley, he didn't notice that there were many people at Liu Niang's door. When he looked up, he saw that something was wrong, and found that Liu Niang's master was standing in the crowd, staring at him fiercely. Chen Daqun was startled, he subconsciously turned around and ran. He didn't expect Yue Weimin to come to Liu Niang at this time. He remembered that Liu Niang said that after Yue Weimin left on the fifteenth day of the first month, Huiyuanbao Town would be very busy, and sometimes he would not come to her for more than a month, so he Come and find Liu Niang with peace of mind.

As soon as he ran, Yue Weimin lost his mind and immediately chased after him.

After chasing to Shitai Lane and the door of Chen's house, he knocked on the door like crazy. Chen Daqun didn't let his wife open the door, but his wife couldn't be indifferent when she heard the sound outside. know, and asked him what happened.

Yue Weimin didn't say a word, he went up and punched Chen Daqun, and the two scuffled.

Chen Daqun's wife was still pulling Yue for the people, and asked him why he hit people as soon as he came in.

After a lot of neighbors from Shijing Lane rushed over, Chen Daqun's wife asked what was going on.

These neighbors were very enthusiastic and told Chen Daqun's wife, and also told her Yue Weimin's identity and relationship with Liu Niang, and they found that Liu Niang's child was not Yue Weimin's seed, but Chen Daqun's. kind.

When the woman heard this, her face turned pale, and she thought about it carefully.

Liu Niang has been a neighbor with her for several years and has a son. She said that the son's appearance is a little familiar, but isn't he a bit like her husband? Especially the eyes and nose.

The woman never imagined that she was always helping Liu Niang on weekdays, but she even seduced her man behind her back and gave birth to a child.

The woman cried out and went up to scratch at Chen Daqun.

The three of them fought for a while, and everyone couldn't stand it anymore, so they went up to persuade them to leave.

Chen Daqun is a escort, and he has a bit of skill in his body. Even if two people beat him, he can easily subdue him, but he has a guilty conscience and doesn't dare to fight back, so he is the most serious at this moment, and his face is covered by his wife. Caught flowers.

The woman was still crying, "Chen Daqun, why are you so disgusting, I gave birth to you children, and you even hooked up with the fox next door, you, why don't you die, what am I sorry for? You don't give me and my children any money all these years, I work to raise the children myself, you say, did you use the money to raise this fox and that wild seed!"

Chen Daqun became angry, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Yue Weimin asked, "Did you take the money I put with Liu Niang?"

He already knew that Liu Niang was not chaste and that Ji Ge'er was not his child. No matter who the child in Liu Niang's womb was, he had no intention of caring about it.

Going back to Dong's house will definitely not be possible, his affairs will be known to the whole southwest, even if he regrets it and wants to ask Dong's forgiveness, but he can't stay in Yuanbao Town, he wants to go somewhere else, Dong's It is impossible to sell the property of the Dong family and go to other prefecture cities with him. Even if he stays in Yuanbao Town, it is impossible for the Dong family to reconcile with him. He knows that the Dong family has a temperament that cannot rub the sand in his eyes, so he plans to To get back the money that Liu Niang took away, otherwise he would have no money on him, and it would be very difficult for him to make a comeback.

Liu Niang was not short of money and money on weekdays, so it was impossible to spend the fifty thousand taels of silver.

So it could only be that Liu Niang gave it to someone else.

Needless to say, this person must be Chen Daqun.

For the more than 20,000 taels of silver, he had to come back.

Chen Daqun's face changed, "What silver, what Liu Niang, I have no idea what you are talking about."

Yue Weimin blushed and had a thick neck, "Return the money to me, this matter is over, I will not pursue anything, or I will go to the government to sue you and Liu Niang."

Before he could report to the official, there were already yamen officers in the distance. It turned out that the neighbors saw that they were fighting badly, so they went to report to the official, and the yamen came naturally.

When Yue Weimin saw the yamen, he panted and said, "Master, I want to sue Chen Daqun and Liu Niang from Shijing Lane for swallowing my twenty-three thousand taels of silver."

Now it's no longer a simple housework. When it comes to stealing money, you have to go to the yamen.

The yamen led a few people to the yamen, and another yamen went to Shijing Lane to find Liu Niang.

This way, the people of Raozhou City are very curious.

Those neighbors who followed to join in the fun naturally told the people about this bizarre and tortuous thing.

When the people of Raozhou City heard this, they all felt that this was really outrageous. How could they not want their own children? Retribution?

"If you want me to say, this chef from Donglaiju still deserves it."

"What is the chef of Donglaiju? He has left with the owner of Donglaiju, and has nothing to do with Donglaiju. The lady of Fangcai's family has come here and took away more than 20,000 silver notes. It's just that there are more than 20,000 taels who can't be chased back."

"My God, did he get so much money from the Dong family?"

"The shopkeeper of Donglaiju is really miserable."

"The shopkeeper doesn't want to participate in this matter at all."

"So where did the missing 20,000 taels go? Was it really Liu Niang's defeat? Or did she use it for Chen Daqun?"

"I don't know. I'm going to the yamen now for this. Let's go and have a look."

An old lady in the crowd asked the people around her in surprise, "What are you talking about, that woman's name is Liu Niang? What's the surname?"

"I don't know, they all say that she lives in Shijing Lane, and some people who knew her a few years ago said that she seemed to be sold to Xiangmanlou by her aunt, but was bumped into by Master Yue on the way and bought her. Everyone is quite sympathetic to her, thinking that her aunt is too vicious... Oh, it seems that someone is coming, look behind? The woman under the yamen is Liu Niang, and she looks really pretty."

The old lady looked behind her, dumbfounded, "This, isn't this Liu Niang? Isn't this my niece?"

The crowd around asked, "What, is that old lady your niece?"

The old lady spit on the ground and said, "Yes, I am the vicious aunt in your mouth, and God has a good eye. When this old master Yue bought my niece, I told him, This niece is not a good thing. After my parents passed away, they lived in my house, and they hooked up with my son-in-law, which made me so angry that I wanted to sell her to Xiangmanlou. Just to scare her, but I didn't plan to let her stay in my house."

"When I saw that Master Yue wanted to buy her, I told him truthfully what my niece had done. He didn't believe it. He even scolded me and gave me money to buy my niece. Later, I scolded him, saying that he Get on my niece, be careful that your family is ruined, this, this is really fulfilled..."

The surrounding people looked at each other in dismay.

"It's not that the family is ruined, and I don't want to leave my happy and happy home, tsk tsk, retribution."

Everyone followed to the yamen, and the yamen’s official behind him investigated and found that Chen Daqun was paid only ten or two silvers each time he ran a business. , and often loses in gambling, at least 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver in the casino.

Only then did Chen Daqun admit that when Liu Niang first moved to Shitai Lane, he was with Liu Niang's servant, and also knew that Liu Niang was Yue Weimin's outer room.

Liu Niang said that she didn't like Yue Weimin, and she was with him just for money and a stable life.

Later, Liu Niang often used silver coins to subsidize Chen Daqun. In the past few years, Yue Weimin put more and more silver coins in Liu Niang's place. By this year, Chen Daqun has been subsidized one after another with about 30,000 taels of silver coins.

There should also be the monthly money that Yue Weimin gave to Liu Niang on weekdays, as well as the silk satin and jewelry that she bought, which she also used to subsidize Chen Daqun.

The truth of the matter has become clear, and the official sentenced Chen Daqun to return the money to Yue Weimin.

Chen Daqun knelt in front of Yue Weimin and wept bitterly, saying that he could not afford so much money at all.

Yue Weimin kicked people away directly and wanted to pursue Chen Daqun's responsibility.

If you don't pay back the money you owe, you will be put in jail.

Chen Daqun was beaten and locked in a prison.

Yue Weimin also went to the market lane to pack up his things. He already had nothing left. He knew very well that Liu Niang spent thirty thousand taels of silver on Chen Daqun, and he couldn't get it back. , enough for him to repay for a lifetime, but he can't stay in Yuanbao Town for the rest of his life and let Chen Daqun pay back three or fifty taels of silver every month.

Yue Weimin returned to Shijing Lane, Ji Geer had already returned from school, and when he returned home, there were only the mother-in-law and the maid, he asked Mother where she was going.

The maid and mother-in-law faltered and hesitated, not daring to tell him the truth. When Ji Geer saw his father coming back at night, he was pleasantly surprised: "Daddy, didn't you leave to join the caravan on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month? Why did you return today. "

Yue Weimin looked at Ji Ge'er coldly, even though he had loved Ji Ge'er sincerely for thirteen years, but now that he knew that he was not his son and had no blood relationship with him, his feelings would not be left at all. Said in a low voice, "I'm not your father. As for who your father is, you can ask your mother yourself when she comes back."

Regardless of Ji Ge'er being stunned, he stepped into the room to pack his things.

Although the maids and women belonged to Liu Niang, they didn't dare to stop Yue Weimin. They watched Yue Weimin take away all Liu Niang's silks, satins, gold, silver and jewels, and even took away the house deed.

Yue Weimin first lived in an inn in Raozhou City.

Liu Niang didn't even have the face to look for him, Qi Qiran just sat at home, and Ji Geer kept crying and asking him who his father was.

The next day, Yue Weimin sold the silk, satin, gold and silver jewellery, which he had stolen from Liu Niang. He also planned to sell the second-entry house in Shijing Lane, but the house was not easy to sell, so he lowered the price. Four or five days later, the dental office bought the house, and the total amount of money was only two or three thousand taels.

With the silver bill of two or three thousand taels, Yue Weimin went back to Yuanbao Town...

...

Hearing this, Xu Qinyu couldn't help frowning, "Why does he still have the face to return to Yuanbao Town?" Suddenly thinking of something, he stared at Cheliang and asked, "He, he wouldn't be returning to Yuanbao Town Do you want to reconcile with Madam, or take the second young master away?"

According to Yue Weimin's temperament, he even felt ashamed to be the son-in-law of Dong's family. If such a scandal happened, he could not stay in the southwest and would definitely leave. Shi reconciled, and persuaded Dong Shi to sell his family business and leave the Southwest with him, but this idea was obviously wishful thinking even Yue Weimin himself knew, so he should not give up hope in his heart.

And Liu Niang's brother Ji is not his child. This person is so concerned about his blood, it is more likely that he took the second young master of the Dong family with him. After all, it is his blood, and he still has his surname.

Dong sighed, "He did apologize to me when he came back, he said he knew he was wrong, he hoped to get back together with me, and he said that he would listen to me in the future, but he hoped that he could sell the Dong family business and go to the capital wandering."

When Dongshi heard this, she wasn't angry, instead she was very calm. She already knew what kind of temperament he was.

She coldly refused, Yue Weimin's face changed, but he didn't dare to fall out, he came back this time knowing that Dongshi would not agree, he came back just for Brother Xi.

Xi Geer's blood is his blood, since Ji Geer is not his child, it doesn't matter whether Liu Niang's blood is in Liu Niang's stomach or not, Liu Niang's infidelity is worse than Dong's, even if Liu Niang's infidelity The child is his, and he also feels ashamed and won't admit it, so the only thing he has left is Si Geer.

Yue Weimin wanted to take Yue Xi away.

Dong Shi hesitated for a while, and it was still Brother Xi who saw Yue Weimin, because even if Brother Xi really wanted to go with his father, she couldn't stop him, and she was afraid that Brother Xi would blame her in the future, so she acted Brother Xi chooses by himself.

After Brother Xi saw Yue Weimin, Yue Weimin smiled, called out Brother Xi, and said that he had made a mistake a few days ago, and he was still the one he loved the most in his heart, and now he wanted to leave Yuanbao Town and go to the capital. I want Xi Geer to be with him.

Brother Xi said coldly, "No, I don't want to leave Yuanbao Town with you. It's not because I dislike the poor and love the rich. I don't want to go with you because I know you don't have much money, but because you never Never really loved me, never loved my brother, sister and mother, you never treated us as relatives, even though I took your surname, but I still love my mother, brother and sister in my heart."

Brother Xi is already twenty, even though he took Yue Weimin's surname, since he was a child, he was controlled by the Dong family, who taught him how to behave, he is the second son, and Yue Weimin dotes on him, he is not as temperamental as a big brother Calm, but not really right and wrong, Dongshi has taught him loyalty, sincerity, perseverance and bravery over the years.

He still has a fiancée here. If he leaves, what will happen to his fiancée? Wouldn't it make his fiancée unable to be a human being? He won't do such a bastard thing.

Seeing that Brother Xi was unwilling to go with him, Yue Weimin finally couldn't help but yell at him, and left with a blushing face after the scolding.

Only then did Xu Qinyu realize the twists and turns, and she was dumbfounded when she heard it. She just felt very refreshed, and also felt that the second young master of Dong's family was not bad, and Dong's family was still very good at teaching children.

Dong said, "He has been away for several days. He should have gone to the capital. Liu Niang seems to be still in Raozhou City and went to the Chen family. She is about to give birth. Yue Weimin sold the house where she lived. I have no money, so I can only ask Chen Daqun's wife, but Chen Daqun's wife hates her so much that she won't let her stay, she has been living in the inn these days."

She also knew that Yue Weimin still had two or three thousand taels of silver on him.

But two or three thousand taels of silver is nothing in the capital. It is not enough to open a restaurant in a better place, but to open a restaurant in a place where ordinary people live. Yue Weimin's innovative dishes on Dong's menu are very expensive. , any dish costs 500 Wen to start. Ordinary restaurants can't afford such expensive dishes, and the common people can't afford them, so she knows that even if Yue Weimin really goes to the capital, it may not be easy to make a living.

Xu Qinyu couldn't help frowning after hearing this.

The most unlucky thing was Chen Daqun's wife, who was really bad luck for eight lifetimes.

Seeing that Dong's brows were still gloomy, she persuaded, "Madam is so sad, she should be happy."

Dongshi couldn't help smiling, "What's so happy about that?"

Xu Qinyu said with a smile: "Over the years, it is true that he has helped Donglaiju to accumulate a lot of diners. Now, madam, you have money and children, and the children are all grown up. They still look to you, understand you, and love you." You, in the future, Donglaiju and Dong's recipes will be taken over by them, and you have grandchildren, so you can just enjoy the family relationship, isn't that great?"

Think about it, you are very happy, no man, rich and cubs, cubs are obedient, and left for future generations, so many people are envious of things.

She is quite envious...

Dong Shi slowly froze.

What Yuniang said seemed quite reasonable. She didn't need anything. Although she was reconciled, her children had money and granddaughters, and the children all turned to her. That's all, if really want to say it's very deep, it's just that.

Dong Shi suddenly laughed, "Thank you, Miss Xu, for your comfort."

In this way, Dongshi was persuaded by Xu Qinyu's few words, and the gloom in his heart dissipated. When Dongqian came out of the back kitchen, he saw his mother smiling. It was not the kind of forced smile, but the joy from the heart. , he couldn't help but smile, "Why are you here, mother?"

The Dong family was looking for Dongqian because of some matters purchased by Donglaiju. Brother Xi also didn't understand, so she came here to ask the eldest son specifically.

The mother and son were talking next to each other, Xu Qinyu smiled and went to the back kitchen.

...

Afterwards, although the story of the Dong family was spread in the Southwest, after a month, the novelty passed, and no one continued to talk about it. Donglaiju also entered the normal stage, with fewer diners, but a lot of profit every month. , the Dong family is not short of money, and does not value Donglaiju's profit very much. She just runs Donglaiju and some other properties of the Dongjia. Brother Xi also married a wife two months later, and invited Xu Qinyu went to the banquet. The bride was a girl with delicate features and peaceful eyes. She had a lovely round face, curved willow eyebrows, and a pair of big almond eyes, very cute.

After Brother Xi got married, it was almost summer, and Xu Qinyu was busy getting some fresh food. After another half a month, the winery would resume work.

As for Liu Niang, Xu Qinyu also heard later that she had given birth to a daughter again, but Chen Daqun's wife refused to accept her, so she sold the maid beside her and disappeared without a trace with her two children.

When Xu Qinyu was making fresh food, Wen Yunling's Xiangrui restaurant was completely closed, and the signboard of the restaurant was removed. She didn't plan to continue to make a living as a food business, she was not suitable for this line of work.

Wen Yunling gave some severance pay to the staff of Xiangrui Restaurant, and also gave one hundred taels of silver to Chef Wang of Xiangrui Restaurant.

Chef Wang is already fifty years old, and it is not an exaggeration to say that half of his foot is in the ground, and he is not short of money, so he refuses to accept the severance pay of one hundred taels of silver, but he is embarrassed to tell Wen Yunling "Actually, the old man wants to go to Xu Ji Restaurant to work as a cooking assistant, and follow Miss Xu's superb cooking skills. The old man admires Miss Xu's cooking skills very much, and I hope that the young lady will not be offended."

He doesn't need anything, he just wants to perfect his cooking skills, and Xu Ji's boss is a very good person, he wants to go to Xu Ji to be a helper cook, and learn cooking skills from Miss Xu by the way.

Wen Yunling was stunned for a moment, pursed her lips and said, "I don't mind."