Chapter 69: Flying on Your Own
When Tofu Xishi saw the leading man, she was also frightened out of her wits. She asked with trembling lips:
"Dad, you...didn't you go out?"
The tofu beauty's surname is Jiang, and her real name is Jiang Meiniang. Her husband Liu Sanshui was away from home doing business all year round. He used the money he earned from doing business to open a tofu workshop for his wife. He hired hired workers to do the heavy work, so her life was originally very easy.
Although Zhang Guangzong had a bad character, he had a good-looking face. In the past, he always used the excuse of studying to sneak into the town to drink and have fun with his friends.
Zhang Guangzong's son Jinbao likes to eat tofu. Every time Zhang Guangzong comes to the town, Mrs. Cai, who loves her grandson, always reminds him to remember to cut some tofu and take it back. Because she often takes care of business, Zhang Guangzong and Tofu Xishi become involved with each other. If you calculate carefully, you will find that this relationship has been going on secretly for several years.
After Zhang Guangzong failed the imperial examination, he and Mrs. Cai had a quarrel and divorced. He came back from the capital earlier than the Gu family. After returning home, Mrs. Cai was either scolding Zhang Yunniang or Mrs. Cai all day long at home, and Jinbao was very noisy. Zhang Guangzong was bored of staying at home, so he ran to the town to get drunk.
When Zhang Guangzong was caught cheating in bed with Jiang Meiniang's husband Liu Sanshui, his brain almost exploded.
"Adulterer and whore!"
Liu Sanshui originally didn't believe that his wife had betrayed him. Coincidentally, he went to the county yesterday to meet up with other people and prepare to go out to do business together.
Business is hard work, and the reason why people go out before the New Year is to make a fortune during the holidays.
Just as he was about to leave yesterday, someone told him in person that his wife and Zhang Guangzong were having an affair. He didn't believe it at first, but the man made it sound so convincing that he rushed back overnight and hurriedly gathered a group of brothers from the clan to catch the adulterer.
Zhang Guangzong barely hesitated: "It was your wife who seduced me!"
Jiang Mei Niang's moral standards were similar to his: "Husband, he forced me to do it. You have to believe me. I had no choice!"
A husband and wife should be bound by love for a hundred days, but when faced with many strong men holding big sticks, these two people chose to flee separately when disaster struck.
But Liu Sanshui was obviously angry. He picked up the stick and hit the two naked bodies. The adulterer and the adulteress ran away in panic.
The people nearby enjoyed the fun.
In the chaos, Zhang Guangzong felt as if several of his bones were broken. Jiang Meiniang's condition was not much better than his. It seemed that someone was about to die. The Liu family members seemed to have just remembered and grabbed Liu Sanshui.
"Sanshui, she's just a woman. You're not broke. You can still find a better one if you divorce her. If someone dies, you'll have to go to jail. It's not worth it."
After Liu Sanshui beat up the two men, he finally vented some of his anger.
Although he had been clamoring fiercely before, he would not gain much benefit if he really resorted to lynching and put the two men in a pig cage and drowned them in a pond.
He is a businessman, and money is the most important thing.
When the head of the Zhang family came on crutches to redeem the person, the Liu family naturally offered a sky-high price.
Gu Mingda didn't know that the person he found was so quick. Within just one day, he had trapped Zhang Guangzong in his mistress's bed.
Zhang Yunniang added water to a large pot she had just bought, and put various seasonings and medicinal herbs into the pot with cold water. Liu Xiaoru wanted to avoid it directly, but was stopped by Zhang Yunniang.
"The Gu family has a lot of things to do, and I can't come here every day. If you don't even know the recipe, can you still do business in the future?" Zhang Yuniang said with a smile.
Liu Xiaoru carefully glanced at Mrs. Feng who was chopping wood in the yard and said, "Sister, the secret recipe is the foundation of our store. If it is stolen, our store will not be able to continue."
"If you can't trust yourself, how can I trust others? Besides, you love Niuniu the most, would you be willing to steal Niuniu's secret recipe?" Zhang Yunniang asked.
When Liu Xiaoru heard this, she was moved and felt that her sister was so sincere. For her trust, she must keep this secret recipe well.
The three children are not very old, but when they learned that this was a store that their family was going to open, they were very eager to help.
Gu Yan took a broom and swept the small shop back and forth countless times to make sure that the shop was spotless. Niu Niu and Gu Zhao held rags and wiped the tables and chairs until they were shiny.
"Since my own shop sells braised food, doesn't that mean I can eat as much as I want in the future?" When Gu Zhao said this, he wiped away the saliva that was about to flow from the corner of his mouth, his eyes full of excitement.
Niuniu shook her head and said, "It's hard to run a business. My parents need to make money. If we eat carelessly, will the store lose its profit?"
The older Gu Yan didn't expect his five-year-old sister to have such insight. He patted her head gently and said to Gu Zhao, "Sister is right. Even if it is our own store, we can't eat casually. Besides, this store is opened with Aunt Liu."
"Aunt Liu loves us so much, much better than my aunt, how could she be reluctant to let us eat it?" Gu Zhao said righteously.
Gu Zhao's aunt Zhang Huiniang is Zhang Guangzong's biological sister from the same father and mother. She married in the village next door to Qingshui. Although Gu Zhao only saw her once or twice a year, he had a very bad impression of her.
Gu Yan's face darkened slightly and he said, "Ah Zhao, don't gossip behind my back. Aunt is an elder, don't say such things anymore."
When Gu Zhao heard this, his eyelids drooped and he said, "She was very bad to us in the first place, and you didn't let me say it. Don't let me lie. I can't lie and say that I think she is very nice."
When Gu Yan heard this sophistry, his forehead couldn't help but twitch. He was not yet old enough to have children, but he had already experienced the difficulty of raising children in advance.
After listening to the whole thing, Niuniu asked timidly, "Third brother, can we not mention my aunt? I... I'm a little scared of her..."
Compared to correcting his brother's mistakes in the details, Gu Yan was more concerned about his sister's obvious fear.
The young boy turned around, frowned and asked, "Did my aunt bully you?"
When Niu Niu heard this, tears immediately welled up in her eyes.
As nephews, Gu Yan and Gu Zhao seldom saw Zhang Hui Niang, but when Niu Niu was still in the Zhang family, as a niece, they saw this aunt quite often.
"I don't like my aunt... my aunt, and I don't like my uncle-in-law. I also don't like my cousin..."
As Niuniu was talking, she suddenly looked at Gu Yan with a guilty look on her face and asked, "Brother, am I saying bad things about people? Am I a bad kid?"
Before Gu Yan could say anything, Gu Zhao said excitedly as if he had found an ally: "My aunt is annoying to begin with, and you won't let me say anything about her! Look how scared she is of Niuniu!"
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