Liu Junlan didn't take those thugs seriously at all.

She still has to busy herself with preparing for her own business.

The three Lin brothers helped out, but they were just extras. Liu Junlan cleaned the entire steamed bun shop inside and out all by herself in a flurry of activity.

Before leaving, he even took down the signboard from the steamed bun shop and carried it home.

Back home, Liu Junlan washed the plaque clean and let it dry, waiting for Lin Zhongyuan to come home from school.

"Grandma, why did you bring such a big wooden plank back?" Lin Zhongyuan asked curiously when he saw the wooden plaque drying in the yard after returning home.

"It's to save some money," Liu Junlan replied while working. "If we were to make a signboard, it would cost money. Now that you're back, go get a pen and write our family's signboard on it. It can be used upside down, and it saves money too."

"Alright!" Lin Zhongyuan was surprised by his grandmother's money-saving trick and happily went to the study to get a pen and ink.

She picked up the pen but waited for a long time before leaning over and asking, "Grandma, what name should I write?"

"..."

This question really stumped Liu Junlan.

“Let me think… This shop was Wanwan’s idea, and the money spent was earned by my Wanwan. It’s going to be left to her as her dowry…” Liu Junlan guessed and said, “Then how about we call it Wanyue Restaurant?”

Lin Wanyue heard her name called and immediately stood up, frantically waving her hands in refusal: "No, no!"

It would be so embarrassing to put your own name on a sign!

Lin Wanyue felt like her feet were already building a house as soon as Liu Junlan had even brought up the idea.

"What does Wanwan want to be called?" Liu Junlan asked.

"..." Lin Wanyue herself hadn't figured out a plan, but after thinking about it, she didn't think that the shop would necessarily belong to her in the future. Her family was working hard to open the shop so that they could have a better life.

“Grandma, this shop is our family’s money, so let’s call it Lin’s Eatery?” Lin Wanyue said.

"Okay, we'll do it your way." Liu Junlan happily agreed. "Zhongyuan, write it down!"

Lin Zhongyuan wrote down: Lin's Restaurant.

…

Lin Weiming returned from the dock in the evening. He was doing manual labor now, and even though he was tall and had martial arts skills, he was still exhausted every day when he came back in order to earn more money.

Xuefu tenderly soaked a handkerchief in cool water and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "There's never enough money to be made, so don't overwork yourself."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Lin Weiming said with a smile, reassuring his wife.

He also noticed the plaque in the courtyard and volunteered, "Since we're free now, why don't I hang this up first?"

"Dad, I'll go with you!" Lin Zheyun helped him lift the signboard onto his shoulder and carried it to the shop entrance.

The two of them helped each other, and they managed to hang the plaque up.

Seeing the plaque properly placed, Lin Zheyun said with some worry, "Dad, will someone knock our plaque down?"

"You jinx!" Upon hearing this, Lin Weiming frowned and slapped Lin Lao Er on the back of the head: "Our family is perfectly fine, we haven't offended anyone, who would want to take down our family's signboard?"

"It will be available at noon..."

Lin Zheyun then told Lin Weiming about the incident at noon when a few thugs came to cause trouble.

"Damn it!" Lin Weiming frowned immediately upon hearing this.

When it was time for dinner that evening, Lin Weiming said, "Mom, I've been working really hard at the docks these past few days. I was thinking that since our family is opening tomorrow, I should go and help out. It'll be a good opportunity for me to rest for a day."

Liu Junlan glanced at him and guessed that he must know about those thugs, but he didn't say it out loud for fear of worrying Xuefu.

"Okay." She nodded. "Then take a few days off. Don't make me sound like a stepmother."

"Hehe, I was just trying to be lazy, wasn't I? My mother is so good to me, who can call her a stepmother!" Lin Weiming said with a grin.

After the family finished eating, they didn't rest. The children were made to recite their lessons.

Liu Junlan and Xuefu were preparing the items to take to the shop to sell the next day.

Lin Weiming worked hard at the dock all day and earned 220 copper coins. Neither his mother nor his wife forced him to continue working and let him rest early.

...

Early the next morning, Lin Zhongyuan took breakfast to class at the academy, while Lin Weiming carried his things to the shop.

The three Lin brothers clung to Liu Junlan's legs, saying, "Grandma, I want to go too! Please take us with you, we can help you serve the food..."

"No, it's our first day of business, we can't take you with us. It'll be noisy and disturb the guests." Liu Junlan refused her three grandsons without thinking, then turned and hugged Lin Wanyue, who was licking candy.

The three brothers had never been jealous of Lin Wanyue before, but this time they said pitifully, "But why can our sister go? She's even younger than us, we definitely won't make a fuss..."

“Your sister is beautiful; she can attract customers just by looking at her. As for you two, forget it. If you’re ugly, you should study more,” Grandma Liu Junlan said bluntly.

The three brothers' hearts were pierced through.

The three Lin brothers, Lin Zheyun, Lin Zheyun, and Lin Zheyun, went back to school in tears, tormented by the lessons taught by Master Cui.

Lin Wanyue didn't say much, after all, their shop had just opened and it was hard to say whether it could attract customers. Too many children did make things a bit noisy, which wasn't good for running a shop.

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