After Su Luo finished speaking, Zhao Ruyun worked even harder on the packaging, wanting to do more and more.

However, Su Luo still told Zhao Ruyun to stop when she had wrapped one hundred packs.

Zhao Ruyun asked in confusion, "Luo Luo, it's still early, why not do more? I have plenty of energy right now."

Zhao Ruyun even moved her body slightly, proving that she had plenty of strength.

Su Luo smiled as she put away the hundred packets of braising spices, saying, "Grandma, even if we have the strength, we can't make more. What we want is for things to be rare and valuable."

Isn't it true that the more you do, the more you earn?

Zhao Ruyun was illiterate, but as long as she trusted Su Luo, she believed that whatever Su Luo said must be right.

The two of them were busy until the sun was almost setting, and Su Luo was unaware that, due to her negligence, Chen Ping'an was suffering from domestic violence.

"You, Chen Ping'an, how could I have married such a scoundrel? Can't you accomplish anything?"

Liu Fangfang was extremely disappointed in him.

Chen Ping'an sat in the room, enduring his wife's beatings and scoldings, because he couldn't bring himself to do what she said.

“Chen Ping’an, it’s just two taels of silver. Su Luo and the others have already returned five taels to Sister-in-law, so how could they be short of our two taels? If they’ve forgotten, just remind them. It’s not like I’m asking you to make them return it right away. How can you be so useless?”

Liu Fangfang was just upset. It was clearly a joint effort between them and Luo Mei to buy Su Luo. If Su Luo hadn't returned the five taels of silver to Luo Mei, she wouldn't have said anything. But Su Luo did return it, and after all these days, she hadn't mentioned returning the other two taels of silver to her family.

The more she thought about it, the more resentful she felt. They were all relatives, yet Su Luo treated them differently. Her own family had taken good care of them, a widow and her orphan, all these years. The more she thought about it, the more upset she became.

“Xiaoxiao’s mother, Su Luo and Second Sister-in-law are not that kind of people. They may be in trouble right now. Why did they return the five taels of silver to Eldest Sister-in-law? It was because Eldest Sister-in-law forced them to. They will pay us back when they have the money.”

Liu Fangfang sat on the threshold, feeling wronged, and said, "They eat meat every day, so it's not that they don't have money. I think they just don't want to pay us back. Do you know how much broken rice two taels of silver can buy? We're not rich either. Why should she pay back my sister-in-law but not us?"

"Chen Ping'an, it's all your fault for being too cowardly. That's why everyone looks down on us. It was bad enough that my sister-in-law bullied us before, but now my second sister-in-law's family doesn't respect us either. It's all your fault."

Chen Ping'an helped Liu Fangfang into the house and said, "Sigh, I trust my second sister-in-law's character. When they remember those two taels of silver, they will definitely return them to us."

Liu Fangfang felt a tightness in her chest, and seeing Chen Ping'an like this, she felt an inexplicable surge of anger.

"Let me go, Chen Ping'an. Let me tell you, if you don't get the money from your second sister-in-law and Su Luo today, don't even think about going home. Get out of here."

Chen Ping'an was inexplicably kicked out of the house. He innocently shouted outside the door, "Xiaoxiao's mother, what's wrong with you today? You want me to go find Su Luo and the others like my sister-in-law did? I can't do that."

Chen Ping'an was an honest man. He never thought of asking Su Luo and the others to repay the two taels of silver he bought from Su Luo. He always felt sorry for his deceased second brother because of that incident.

Chen Huaixu sacrificed his life for the Chen family, and now his body is barely cold. After his sister-in-law made such a scene, Liu Fangfang heard from some gossip that Su Luo had returned five taels of silver to her sister-in-law. She has been acting strangely these past few days, and today she exploded, even hitting her own husband.

"Chen Ping'an, what else can you do besides eat, drink, and relieve yourself? Even your older brother dared to ask Su Luo for money, and all you do is wait and wait. How long are you going to wait? If you don't go today, I'll take Xiaoxiao back to her parents' home, and you can forget about ever seeing us again."

While Liu Fangfang was angry at Su Luo, she was even angrier at Chen Ping'an. She was angry that he was a good-for-nothing and cowardly, never daring to utter a sound no matter what he did.

“I’m not going. I can’t bring myself to ask for money. If you want to go, you go yourself. My sister-in-law went to my brother’s house anyway. I’m too embarrassed to go.”

When Chen Ping'an said this, he lowered his voice and looked around, afraid that the neighbors would hear him and his wife arguing, which would be extremely embarrassing.

Suddenly the door opened from the inside, and Liu Fangfang's face twisted, her expression becoming even more vicious. Holding a broom, she attacked Chen Ping'an without saying a word.

"I'll beat you to death, you worthless piece of trash! You think I'd stand up for your family? You may be shameless, but I am. Get out of here and don't ever come back."

With his right arm protecting his head, Chen Ping'an could only dodge Liu Fangfang's broom attacks if he didn't fight back. He was so badly beaten that he couldn't see where he was going, so Chen Ping'an had no choice but to run away.

He dusted himself off and sighed helplessly.

Thinking that Liu Fangfang is not usually like this, and the two of them have always lived a diligent life, I don't know who added fuel to Liu Fangfang's fire, making her seem like a different person today.

...

When the appointed time to pick up the spice packet arrived, Su Luo thought that Nangong Qing would at most send someone to pick it up, but she didn't expect him to come in person. A Xu followed behind him, looking smug.

Su Luo noticed that A Xu was still holding something in his hand, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, and several different kinds of vegetables.

What do you mean by this?

Su Luo's intuition told her that these two people were definitely not being kind enough to buy groceries for her.

"Madam Su, we've come to collect the spice packets today, and we're also here to mooch a meal. Of course, we'll bring our own ingredients. Thank you for your trouble, Madam Su."

Nangong Qing's statement was perfectly reasonable, as he was certain that Su Luo would not refuse him.

Su Luo sneered: "Gentlemen, you are the ones who run restaurants in Yongle County. Why are you coming to my kiln to freeload? Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"

Nangong Qing, head held high and chest puffed out, opened the fan to fan himself and laughed, "Madam Su, you are mistaken. Fumanlou will also be Madam Su's cash cow in the future. Speaking of opening a restaurant, Madam Su will also have a share."

Rounding up or down seems to make sense.

"How can that be the same? I have to pay for my meal at Fumanlou, but you come here to eat for free. Isn't that a bit unfair?"

Ah Xu placed the dishes he was carrying on the central table and smiled ingratiatingly at Su Luo, saying, "Madam Su, that was all the fault of that manager who was so ignorant. As soon as you left, Fu Man Lou immediately replaced that manager."

After eating Su Luo's cooking, Ah Xu can't even eat the best dishes at Fu Man Lou anymore; he always feels like something is missing.

I ate here alone yesterday, and when I got back I told the young master about it. Today the young master insisted on coming here to eat, and even brought a lot of ingredients so that Su Luo could have free rein.

As soon as Zhao Ruyun came out of the kiln, she saw A Xu. Of the two, she only recognized A Xu.

"Since you two are here, of course you have to stay for dinner. Luo Luo was just joking with you earlier."