"For now, I'll share a room with Chunyan. We'll make do for now!"

After Liang Shuyan finished speaking, she went into the courtyard!

Grandma Jin came out wearing a gray hat and holding a form in her hand.

"Look, this is the list of people who have made reservations at the restaurant. I've written down all the menu items. Come and take a look!"

Liang Shuyan then remembered the restaurant incident and followed Old Lady Jin into the house.

Golden sunlight streamed onto the kang (a heated brick bed). A small, reddish-brown kang table sat on it, with a pot of tea and a soft, fluffy floral quilt on it.

Liang Shuyan took off her shoes and put her feet into the warm, cozy floral quilt. A warm current warmed her cold feet!

Grandma Jin also sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed), put her feet under the small floral quilt, and smiled at Liang Shuyan.

Grandma Jin spread out the menu and pointed to the dishes, saying, "These dishes are my specialties. You can see that they may not be suitable for our restaurant's menu. Please make any necessary changes. Once you've decided, I'll have Manager Xiao take them and post them."

Liang Shuyan glanced at the menu, nodded, and pointed to the dishes, saying, "Mom, I want to continue making this jelly, and I also want to improve its color. Our family's dishes not only need to taste good, but also need to look good!"

"The remaining dishes are all similar. Now, Manager Xiao is in charge of staff arrangements and sanitation in the restaurant. The important things will be left to Mother. Chunyan will first learn the skills from the eldest son's wife. During the trial operation, we will see which dishes sell better and then make adjustments later."

After the mother and daughter finished talking about what happened at the restaurant, they started discussing Sanwang's situation.

Grandma Jin angrily scolded, "Tell me about this Aunt Liu. You were so good to her before, and she actually came up with such a terrible idea. Not only did she harm our Sanwang, but she also harmed her own daughter."

"Mother, I think I saw Aunt Liu when I was at the door just now. Judging from her expression, she must have seen our new carriage. Actually, she talked to me nicely about Yinxia and Sanwang, and I thought I might consider the marriage. I didn't expect her to come up with such a scheme. She really thinks I'm a fool."

The room was quiet.

Grandma Jin glanced at Liang Shuyan and whispered, "How about we send a message to Sanwang to come back? Of course, when he goes, try to bring Ruyan along. If they ask, just say that Sanwang and Ruyan are already married, and that Aunt Liu will give up on him completely."

Grandma Jin didn't want her daughter to end up with such a scheming in-law. If he was already plotting against her before the wedding, who knew how he would treat her daughter after the marriage?

"Mother, do you mean to spread the word that Ruyan and Sanwang got married? But Liu's old woman is still with the second son, so I'm afraid no one will believe it for a while."

Grandma Jin shook her head: "It's alright. I'll go to the martial arts school and talk to Granny Liu about this. Think about it, the second son's wife is our family's daughter-in-law after all. Wouldn't this just ruin Ruyan's reputation for nothing? What will the second son's wife think?"

Liang Shuyan thought it made perfect sense and then agreed.

“Mother, you’re right. Actually, that was my idea too. I wanted Sanwang to come back and marry Ruyan. For Beibei’s sake, Ruyan is a good girl.”

A voice came from the courtyard: "Niu Niu, is your mother home?"

You can tell it's Aunt Liu just by hearing her voice.

Liang Shuyan came out of the house and said with a smile, "What wind blew Aunt Liu here? Please come in, I also have something I want to say to you."

Aunt Liu was wearing a gray dress with two patches on her knees.

The wrinkles on her face were gathered together, and she looked at Liang Shuyan somewhat embarrassedly and said, "No, I've been busy grinding grain at home lately, haven't I?"

Aunt Liu is really lying through her teeth. She didn't even come when Liang Shuyan's house was being built a while ago, and now she's making excuses about how busy she is.

Liang Shuyan smiled faintly at her words: "It's good that you're busy. Look at those women at the entrance of our village. When they have free time, they sit in the corner of the wall, basking in the sun and gossiping about others. But when the sun sets, they're all starving. Don't you think so?"

Aunt Liu chuckled and sat down on the bench by the window.

"I came here today to talk to you about my daughter, Yinxia. Do you think it's possible to let her continue working at the teahouse?"

Yang Shuyan spread her hands, saying helplessly, "It's not that I don't want them to work, but the problem is that I already hired five people to work here a while ago. It doesn't seem like I have a legitimate reason to fire them now. Besides, Yinxia is pregnant now, how can she work?"

Aunt Liu was displeased upon hearing this and continued Liang Shuyan's words, "You still remember that our Yinxia was pregnant? Then tell me, what are we going to do with Yinxia now? Will the child she gives birth to be considered yours?"

Liang Shuyan laughed heartily: "How can a child born be considered ours? Besides, Sanwang isn't married yet, so where did this child come from?"

This sentence made Aunt Liu very angry.

"Alright, I'll tell you this today. You think our Yinxia is begging to marry your Sanwang, right? I'll go find a doctor right now and have Yinxia abort this child. I see your family doing housework, building houses, and buying carriages, but we really don't care. It's all my fault for being blind and misjudging people back then."

Liang Shuyan didn't say a word.

At the entrance of the teahouse, several women were discussing Yinxia's situation.

"It's that youngest daughter of Aunt Liu's family. There's no sign of marriage yet, but she's already pregnant with Sanwang's child. Now Aunt Jin doesn't want this marriage, so Aunt Liu is coming to force her into it."

Upon hearing this, Shuyan quickly walked over and said with a stern face, "Who saw it? She's pregnant with Sanwang's child. I'm stepping forward now."

The women were so frightened that they huddled to one side, and none of them dared to step forward.

"If you didn't see it, don't talk nonsense. Our Sanwang isn't married, so where would the child come from? I'll let you off this time, but if I hear anyone talking about this kind of thing again, they'd better get out!"

When the women saw that Liang Shuyan was angry, they immediately hunched over and retreated!

"Mother, should we bring Sanwang back?"

Da Shan whispered something, and Liang Shuyan turned around: "Go to the martial arts school first and pick up Ru Yan. When it gets dark, take Ru Yan to your uncle's place and bring San Wang back. Remember, don't let this get out, especially don't let Aunt Liu find out."

"Yes, Mother! I'll go right away!"