Su Hua looked over at the sound and saw a man who looked to be in his fifties. He was leaning on a cane and standing at the back of the crowd. He was excessively thin, and his coarse cloth clothes were almost patched together, making him look like he was wearing an empty burlap sack. Above him, his pointed face was visibly pale, and only his eyes shone with a glimmer of hope in the sunlight.

She went through the man in her mind and finally remembered that he was Old Liu, who lived on the west side of Shanghe Village.

The original owner rarely went out and had almost no impression of him, having only met him a few times. She knew that his son and daughter-in-law had passed away one after another over the years, and now only his little grandson was left to depend on each other.

A few years ago, the old man would occasionally go out to find work, but one day he came back in the dark and fell and hurt his leg. It never fully healed. In addition, he was getting old and no one wanted to carry bags at the dock. So he could only tend to his small plot of land and plant vegetables all around his house. Occasionally, he would go to Cangwu Town to sell vegetables and earn some money.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but joke, "As long as Uncle doesn't set up a farm like a wealthy family and grow a whole estate of vegetables, I can take them all."

Xiao Jinhan gave her a restaurant, which was no longer a small-scale operation. Taking over the village's food business was no problem at all.

The Su family eats meat, and sharing some of the broth with everyone is not a big deal.

In particular, she would never hesitate to lend a helping hand to someone who is at rock bottom but still holds onto hope.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes! Uncle thanks you very much, Hua girl. I'll go back to clear the land now!" Upon hearing this, Old Liu's eyes crinkled with a smile. He said "yes" three times in a row and bowed to Su Hua before leaving.

Knowing he was in poor health, he didn't dare sign up for the house construction project for the Su family, for fear of causing them trouble.

Now that Su Hua has given up her land to grow vegetables, it's like she's directly given the grandfather and grandson a way to make a living.

Su Hua took two steps back, dodging Old Liu's large bow.

The remaining villagers beamed with joy upon hearing Su Hua's reply. After thanking her, they hurried home. Although they had signed up to build houses, with so many people in their families, clearing land was no problem. In any case, the land in front of and behind the houses could be used as vegetable gardens, and the village chief, Su Chengde, wouldn't interfere. This was a purely profitable job!

Seeing that everyone else had left, Madam Su Bai quickly led Su Hua back to the courtyard. "Hua'er, we've found a place to open this little restaurant, haven't we?"

As soon as Su Hua stood still, she saw Su Baishi, Zhaoshi, Su Erhu, Su Sanhu, and the three siblings Su Dalang all staring intently at her.

In the west room next door, there was a shadowy figure, as if craning its neck to look this way.

She couldn't help but twitch her lips. "Mother, what is Second Sister-in-law doing in the house? Is she feeling unwell?"

Upon hearing this, Su Erhu couldn't help but walk towards the west room.

"Ignore her! She's so short-sighted!" Madam Su immediately glared at the figure in the west room. "When the tiger came, she had just finished washing the cow offal and returned to the yard. When she saw the tiger on the fence, she immediately hid in the house. Several hours have passed, and she hasn't uttered a sound!"

Before she could finish speaking, she heard the sound of the door opening with a bang.

However, it wasn't from Westinghouse.

Instead, it was a storage room on the side.

Everyone turned around at the sound and saw the cedar door of the outhouse open from the inside, and two white balls, one big and one small, strolled out leisurely.

The big white ball of fluff at the head of the group only glanced at Su Erhu before walking straight past him and gracefully heading towards Su Hua.

Although it wasn't an adult tiger, it was still quite strong. Seeing that Su Sanhu next to Su Hua was getting in the way, it lowered its head and squeezed past her. Then, it stretched out its body and took over all the space in front of Su Hua.

Even the big white dog that followed behind didn't put its feet down.

Su Sanhu: "..."

Big White: "..."

The rest of the Su family members: "!!!"

Su Hua silently lowered her head, meeting the amber-yellow pupils of the white tiger and the drool dripping from its mouth.

Goodness, did you finish eating three apples and get hungry again?

She suddenly realized that what she had previously called "just another mouth to feed" was an overstatement.

Raising a Xiao Jinhan is a piece of cake.

But she's afraid she really can't afford to keep this tiger's mouth!

She paused for a moment, then looked away from the white tiger and at the Su family, saying with a slight smile, "Mother is right. The place to open the Su family restaurant has been rented. It's two streets past Baichuan Academy, the first shop in Tongxin Alley. After the restaurant is renovated, our Su Family Restaurant can officially open for business."

The reason it's described as rented is because these two floors of the restaurant carry a lot of weight, especially considering Meng Yongfu's unusual reaction at the time. There's probably something she doesn't know about behind this restaurant.

But now, Old Man Xiao is trying every means to arrange for Xiao Jinhan to marry into his family, which shows that he is unaware of many things that are going on behind Xiao Jinhan's back.

Xiao Jinhan gave her the restaurant because he trusted her, so she naturally couldn't cause him any unnecessary trouble. The Su family was full of gossips, and with Qian Shi being a bit of a handful, she simply discussed it with Su Dahu and decided to say for the time being that the restaurant was rented.

“Ah, no wonder you asked the villagers to clear the land.” Su Bai nodded in understanding, then waved to her three sons, “When you come back in the future, go and dig the land in front of and behind the house whenever you have time. Dig as much as you can and plant as much as you can.”

"Yes." Upon hearing this, Su Dahu and the other two immediately responded in unison.

After Su Erhu agreed, he turned his eyes around and said, "Hua'er, if I remember correctly, Tongxin Alley... isn't Meng Family Noodle Shop located there?"

"Yes, our Su's Restaurant is right across from Meng's Noodle Shop." Su Hua nodded with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the Su family members were all taken aback. Did Hua'er just happen to find this place, or did she do it on purpose?

Before they could even ask a question, a loud cooing sound came from the air.

Su Hua's face subtly flushed slightly.

Su Baishi, who was initially a little puzzled, didn't care about who she was fighting with anymore. She quickly led Su Hua to the kitchen and said, "Hua'er must be hungry after a busy day. Before you left today, you said you wanted to have a whole beef hot pot for lunch, so I made a beef bone broth and simmered it as you said. I also cut up some beef, tripe, intestines, lungs, stomach, heart, and blood. Do you think it's alright?"

There are also some green vegetables and mushrooms prepared, but all that's left is to stir-fry some beef tallow hot pot seasoning. Tell your mother how to stir-fry this seasoning, and I'll do it!

As she spoke, she made sure to close the kitchen door behind her.

Ever since the Meng family came up with the idea of ​​making snail recipes, she has been very protective of every recipe her daughter makes.

Su Hua looked in the direction she was pointing and saw a large iron pot on the stove bubbling away. The aroma of beef bones wafted out from the lid with the steam. Next to the pot were plates of neatly cut beef and offal.