The three members of the Ji family gathered together and discussed for a long time, until the sun set. Seeing that the curfew in the capital was about to begin, they had already preliminarily agreed on the follow-up plan and then returned home together as naturally as possible.
However, Yu Zizhen, who had stirred up trouble in the Ji family, immediately turned back into her previous childish figure and appearance after leaving the Ji family's incense shop and returning to the private room of the teahouse.
After putting the uneaten snacks into the system warehouse, Yu Zizhen picked up the teacup and poured himself two cups of tea. Then he slowly walked to the door of the private room, opened it, and said to the two guards guarding the door: "Let's go out and continue shopping."
The two guards, who were originally wondering why she had stayed in there for so long, immediately and spontaneously figured out the reason why Yu Zizhen had stayed there for so long after their eyes swept over the empty plates of snacks on the table.
The two of them quickly glanced at Yu Zizhen's still flat belly, thinking they were inconspicuous, and the little guy in their hearts couldn't help but exclaim "Good guy".
After following Yu Zizhen to pay the bill and leave the teahouse, the two of them once again acted as human Christmas trees.
As Yu Zizhen continued to purchase, their hands, which had finally been free, were once again filled with all kinds of gadgets.
After walking and buying things along the way, Yu Zizhen finally arrived at her second destination after about half an hour - the Zheng family restaurant at the end of the long street.
The restaurant is very small, and the tables, chairs, dishes and other items inside are very old, but as far as the eye can see, whether it is the walls, floors, tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, they have all been cleaned and maintained very clean.
Yu Zizhen found a table by the window and sat down. He then called out to the two guards who were standing there, looking rather bewildered. "You two can sit down too. When you're out and about, don't bother with unnecessary formalities. Put the food on the empty bench. Order whatever you want."
The two guards looked at each other, then sat down on the bench opposite Yu Zizhen as instructed.
They also carefully placed the miscellaneous little gadgets that Yu Zizhen bought on the two benches facing Yu Zizhen.
Yu Zizhen waved over the restaurant owner who was in charge of serving customers, "Please give me a roast chicken, a serving of pickled cabbage, and a bowl of clear soup noodles."
Neither of the two guards dared to order any food, and only asked for a bowl of sauerkraut and shredded pork noodles each.
Yu Zizhen was not someone who would treat her subordinates harshly. Seeing this, she directly divided the roast chicken she ordered among her subordinates.
She asked the restaurant owner to leave her a whole chicken wing, and asked the restaurant owner to put the rest on a separate plate and place it in front of the two guards.
The chef of the restaurant is the wife of the restaurant owner, the girl who helps his wife is their youngest daughter, and the one who serves as waiter and collects money with the owner is their second son.
The couple originally had an eldest son, but unfortunately, after he was conscripted by the imperial court last year, there has been no news of him since.
It is worth mentioning that their eldest son was actually engaged to the girl from the next-door neighbor when he was five or six years old.
After being selected for military service, the boy knew his chances of returning safely were slim, so he spoke to his parents and asked to break off his engagement with his fiancée. As an apology, the man's family offered to not take back the betrothal gift.
However, the woman's family disagreed.
Their family usually relies on odd jobs to make a living, and their financial situation is far less than that of their next-door neighbor who runs a small business. They have finally managed to get such a good marriage by taking advantage of the geographical advantage. The girl's parents are also hoping that their daughter and son-in-law will be able to help their other children when they take charge of the family in the future. Naturally, they will not agree to cancel the engagement just like that.
The whole family got together and finally came up with a "good idea" to let the man's second son replace his brother to serve in the military.
But the problem was that the restaurant owner's second son was only twelve years old at the time.
His older brother is five years older than him, and between them is his older sister who is three years older than him and is about to get married.
Given the age difference, the restaurant owner's second son couldn't replace his brother even if he wanted to, not to mention that his brother was reluctant to let his younger brother, who was not yet old enough, serve in the military.
The restaurant owner rejected his in-laws' proposal without a second thought. In fact, because the other party had set their sights on his underage son, the restaurant owner became even more determined to cancel the engagement with the family.
Now it’s not a matter of his son not wanting to harm the other girl, but that he doesn’t want to be involved with this family with evil intentions.
One family was determined to break off the engagement, while the other firmly disagreed. After the trick of replacing the person serving in the military was rejected, the girl's parents proposed that the restaurant owner's second son marry their daughter in place of his brother.
The restaurant owner naturally disagreed, and the two companies remained deadlocked.
The girl's parents knew that there was no hope of marrying their daughter off, but they were unwilling to let the restaurant owner and his family go in vain. They secretly asked someone to find a better husband for their daughter, and at the same time, they went to the restaurant every day to harass the owner, just like punching in at work.
People who run businesses naturally cannot allow others to cause trouble in their shops every day. Restaurant owners have no choice but to do as they wish and always use the vegetables, meat and grains in the store to appease them.
Fortunately, that family was afraid of angering the restaurant owner and his family, who would become enraged and completely break off relations with them, so they did not dare to go too far. They just shamelessly treated this place as a place to get free food every day.
Of course the restaurant owner’s family is unhappy. They are not the sheep in the woman’s family’s pen. Why should the other party always take advantage of them?
Feeling resentful, they naturally wouldn't be in a good mood when facing the woman's family who came to "pick up" the food on time every day.
Then, they were hated by the other party because of their "dog eyes looking down on others".
In the original book, the girl's family, who had been trying hard to get their daughter married off to a wealthy family by digging holes in doors and climbing up the social ladder, finally managed to hook up with the cousin of a captain in Jingzhao Prefecture about a year after the eldest son of the restaurant owner left the capital.
This man, who had a family connection with an official, was the only "high-ranking family" the matchmaker was willing to marry. Because of his good family background and wealth, the girl's family didn't even inquire about his family situation, the cause of his wife's death, or the amount of betrothal gifts, and they immediately agreed to the marriage without hesitation.
After that, the girl got married and was treated harshly by her mother-in-law and bullied by her stepson every day. Her family members were also soon listed as relatives that her in-laws refused to have any contact with because of what her mother-in-law called her "short-sighted and not presentable."
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