Chapter 111 Pickled Vegetable Recipe
Lu Xiaohui hummed a little tune as she entered the house.
Seeing her daughter so happy, Li Xuemei grinned as well: "How's it going? Did you find evidence of that brat's speculation?"
Lu Xiaohui shook her head: "No!"
Li Xuemei's face fell, and she pinched her arm hard: "You brat! What are you bragging about without any evidence! Go wash your grandma's pants right now! She pooped in her pocket again, it stinks!"
Lu Xiaohui covered her nose in disgust: "Why is she having diarrhea again? What happened to my grandma? She was perfectly fine when I left?"
"Who knows! This old woman is probably getting her comeuppance for all the bad things she's done! Stop talking nonsense and go!"
Lu Xiaohui didn't move, but instead mysteriously waved the note in her hand: "Mom, look what this is?"
Li Xuemei snatched it away and stared at it for a long time: "What is this thing? It's just a bunch of random scribbles?"
Lu Xiaohui lowered her voice, beaming with pride: "This is Liu Zhixia's pickled vegetable recipe!"
Li Xuemei was startled and widened her eyes to examine it carefully: "Oh? It really does have the names of the dishes written on it!"
"Mom, I heard her pickled vegetables are ridiculously expensive in the city! If we make them like that and sell them cheaper, we can steal her business and make a fortune!"
Li Xuemei's eyes lit up instantly, and her mouth stretched to her ears: "That makes sense! We have no status at home right now because we don't have money! Once we have money, won't your father and brother treat us like royalty? Making pickled vegetables is something every country person knows how to do!"
Lu Xiaohui snatched the formula back and clutched it tightly to her chest: "Mom, let's make this clear first, you have to get my divorce sorted out as soon as possible. I got this formula through my own abilities, if you don't help me, I'll do it myself!"
"Hey, you brat, still arguing with your own mother?" Li Xuemei chuckled twice, then quickly assured her, "Alright, alright! Mother will go talk to them for you right away! Once the business is up and running, Mother will find you a good family!"
Lu Xiaohui scoffed, her eyes gleaming with ambition: "Once the business takes off, I'll be rich. Why would I need to serve any more men?"
The mother and daughter smiled at each other and immediately began to dream of getting rich.
Meanwhile, Shen Hongmei, clutching the "fake formula," excitedly ran home.
"Sis, did you succeed?"
Old Shen's eyes lit up, as if he had seen the God of Wealth.
Shen Lao Er rubbed his hands together and flattered her, "As expected of the eldest sister! After so many years in the Liu family, this is nothing to her."
Shen Hongmei proudly raised her chin: "That's right! Don't you even know who's in charge?"
She shoved the note into Boss Shen's hand: "Here, take this and study it!"
Of the whole family, only the eldest son, Shen, had attended school for a few days and could read.
Boss Shen squinted, staring at the light for a long time, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper: "Sister, are you sure this is the recipe?"
"Nonsense!" Shen Hongmei pointed to her swollen face. "Da Bao stole this from Zhang Xiuying! To protect this thing, I got slapped several times by that bastard Liu Xiangyang!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Lao Er rolled up his sleeves, ready to explode: "You bastard! How dare you hit you? Didn't you ask him for medical expenses?"
Shen Hongmei shrank back: "Forget it... That bastard actually kept accounts! If I dare to ask for the money, he'll make me pay back all the money and grain the Shen family has taken from us over the years. Can we afford to pay that back?"
Mother Shen spat on the ground in anger: "Bah! A bunch of treacherous villains! Keeping a record of the gifts they gave away? They deserve to divorce! Otherwise, if we sell our whole family, we still won't be able to pay it back!"
The father, who had been silent all along, impatiently tapped the table and stared at the eldest son, Shen: "Did you see that clearly? Hurry up and tell your wife to do it the same way, so we can take it to the city to sell for money!"
Shen Laoda looked completely bewildered: "Dad, it's not that I don't want to look, it's just that this thing... I can't understand it!"
Shen Hongmei laughed: "That brat Liu Zhixia has only just learned to read, so it's normal for her to write crookedly. You can take the time to read her."
“It’s not that the words are hard to recognize…” Old Shen’s expression was strange, “I recognize all the words, but the meaning… this is clearly a sour love poem!”
"What?!"
Mother Shen was so shocked she almost jumped up, then burst into laughter: "That old lecher Zhang Xiuying, she even writes love poems for people?"
Shen Hongmei's heart skipped a beat, and she snatched the note away.
She was dumbfounded.
Even if she couldn't read, she could tell that this was definitely not the one she had gotten from Da Bao.
"Lu Xiaohui! You heartless bastard!"
Enraged, Shen Hongmei tore the note to shreds, her face turning ashen: "She actually switched the items!"
"What?!"
Enraged, Shen's mother rushed forward and grabbed Shen Hongmei's arm tightly: "You brat! Are you a pig? How could you show such an important thing to someone else? Now look what's happened, the formula has been stolen!"
Ignoring the pain, Shen Hongmei stomped her feet in anger.
He was beaten, humiliated, and in the end, he ended up benefiting Lu Xiaohui!
"No way! I have to settle the score with her!"
Shen Hongmei charged out like a mad bull.
"What a useless piece of trash!" Old Master Shen cursed angrily, then turned to his wife Zhang and ordered, "What are you standing there for? You go too! Lu Xiaohui definitely won't give it to me, but you have to snatch it back if you have to!"
Zhang dared not disobey and quickly chased after them.
Zhang and Chen were forced into this situation and had no choice but to follow Shen Hongmei back to Lujia Village.
Upon arriving at the Lu family's door, they banged on it repeatedly.
Gu Mansheng slowly opened the door, looking surprised: "Oh, isn't this Sister-in-law Liu? What a rare guest!"
Shen Hongmei's face darkened: "Enough nonsense! Where's Lu Xiaohui? Tell her to get out here!"
Gu Mansheng slapped her forehead as if suddenly realizing something: "Look at my memory, I forgot you've already divorced Brother Liu and aren't even from our village anymore. What, are you coming back to cause trouble again?"
Shen Hongmei gritted her teeth: "I left something with Lu Xiaohui, I need to get it back! Call someone right now!"
"Things?" Gu Mansheng raised an eyebrow, a half-smile on her face. "What treasure is worth all this fuss?"
"None of your business! Go and call someone!"
Gu Mansheng wasn't annoyed at all; instead, she smiled even more brightly: "Okay, don't rush, I'll go and call it for you right away."
After saying that, he slammed the door shut.
Shen Hongmei and the other two squatted at the door like idiots for a long time, but there was no movement.
Chen asked cautiously, "Eldest sister... she's not playing a trick on us, is she? She hasn't come out yet after all this time?"
Shen Hongmei's anger flared up, and she was about to bang on the door again when it opened, revealing Lu Xiaohui's belated arrival.
"Hongmei, what are you doing? This is the Lu family home, not the Liu family home. Can you afford to pay for the damage to the door?"
Shen Hongmei pounced on Lu Xiaohui like a mad dog: "Lu Xiaohui! You liar! Give me back the formula!"
Lu Xiaohui looked completely innocent: "Hongmei, what's wrong with you? Didn't I return the things to you already?"
"Bullshit! That's fake! It's not the recipe at all!"
Lu Xiaohui's eyes widened in disbelief: "I returned it to you in person back then, and you even checked the goods yourself! Hongmei, isn't that unfair of you? You can't be a scoundrel like that!"
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