"Father, Mother, Eldest Brother and Sister-in-law, you should continue running your shops and earn money. Second Brother, you should continue your studies."
"Third brother, fourth brother, do you still want to continue your studies? If not, I can think of other ways for you."
Liu Sisi had already foreseen that her third and fourth brothers were simply not cut out for studying, but she couldn't say it outright. She could only ask for their opinions first.
"Fifth brother will continue to be his doctor, and you, younger brother, will continue your studies with your second brother."
"However, from now on, everyone in our family must set aside time to practice martial arts. We don't expect to master any unparalleled martial arts, but at least we should be able to face enemies."
"We need to buy another batch of servants and train them in martial arts so that they can protect you if war comes one day."
"Within three years, the economy, weapons, and military strength of the Tianlong Kingdom must be upgraded to the highest level."
"Father, Mother, brothers, you should continue with your work. I'm telling you this so that everyone in our family can be mentally prepared, so that we won't be caught off guard when war comes."
“Okay, daughter, we’ll listen to you,” Liu Dashi and Wu Shi had already regarded Liu Sisi as their pillar of support, and they would do whatever their daughter said.
“Okay, little sister, just tell us what you need to do, and we’ll do as you say,” Liu Siqiang and Liu Sifu said.
"Sister, we're really bad at studying. We get sleepy just looking at the teacher and books. We really don't want to study anymore."
“I feel like continuing to study would be a waste of my family’s money,” Liu Siping said.
“Yes, yes,” Liu Si’an echoed.
“Okay, fine, I won’t study then,” Liu Sisi replied. “I have something important to tell you all about dropping out of school!”
"Sister, I'm scared," Liu Sile said. After all, she was still young and was afraid when she heard about such cruel things.
"Don't be afraid, I will do my best to protect you," Liu Sisi comforted Liu Sile, holding her hand.
After everything was explained, Liu Sisi told everyone to go to sleep, since the new shop would be opening tomorrow and there would be a lot of work to do.
However, once everyone returned to their rooms, they found it difficult to fall asleep. After all, the destruction of a nation was something that was hard for every citizen of the Tianlong Kingdom to accept.
The next day, the new shop opened, and Liu Dashi bought a lot of firecrackers and put many flowers at the entrance of the shop to make it look more festive.
Because Chen Si Food Workshop is quite famous in Wutong Town, some people in the county have also eaten rice noodles and pickled vegetables there.
"Is this the same as Chen Si Food Shop in Wutong Town? Has their shop opened in the county town?" a regular customer who had eaten there asked the man next to him.
"What? You've tried it? Was it good?"
"It's delicious, the flavor is really good. Although it's a bit pricey, it tastes absolutely amazing."
"Really? Then I'll give it a try."
"I'll go too."
People love to join in the fun, and seeing that everyone else had gone in, some of the hesitant people followed suit.
"After they went inside, they saw a wooden sign at the entrance."
Our shop offers the following food items: Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles (20 coins a bowl), Pickled Vegetables (10 coins a jar, 12 coins extra if you want to take them away), Grilled Cold Noodles (10 coins a serving), Instant Noodles (10 coins a serving), Fried Chicken Legs (20 coins a serving), Milk Tea (10 coins a bowl), and Grilled Sausages (5 coins a piece).
Today is our grand opening day. Buy two kinds of food and get a free bowl of lemonade.
The words on the sign were written by Liu Siqiang, and the food on it was something Liu Siqiang had come up with in the past few days. She taught the recipes directly to Wu Shi and Li Caiping, and only taught them these few things before adding them all in.
It just so happened that someone who could read read it aloud.
"Good heavens! So expensive! What are all these things? I've never heard of them before. Can they even taste good?"
Is lemonade tasty?
"What would you like to order, sir?" Liu Sheng asked as the two were still hesitating.
"Let's order a bowl of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles!" They had just heard from others that the rice noodles were very fragrant and delicious.
Alright, Liu Sheng handed them a bamboo token and told them to return the token to the shopkeeper after they got the rice noodles, so that they wouldn't get confused about whose token was whose when there were so many people.
Once everyone had eaten what they had ordered, no one spoke; they were all focused on eating what they had—it was so delicious!
The new shop was open for business for the first time and business was pretty good. Both upstairs and downstairs were full of customers. Upstairs was a tea room, so if you didn't want to eat but wanted to drink tea, you could go up to the second floor.
At this time, Luo Ling'er also returned home.
Just as Luo Kuanlong was worrying so much that several strands of his hair had turned white, he heard a servant report that his young mistress had returned.
He immediately beamed with joy and strode to greet his daughter.
But when he saw Luo Ling'er, he couldn't help but scold her.
He deliberately put on a cold face and said, "Where did you go? Do you know that your mother was so worried when she found out you were missing that her headache flared up?"
As Luo Kuanlong scolded his daughter, he looked at her and saw that she was dressed perfectly and had no injuries on her hands or body. His heart, which had been clenched with worry, finally relaxed a lot.
"Father, I know I was wrong. I will never run around outside again," Luo Ling'er said, bowing her head in apology.
She was overprotected at home and rarely allowed to go out. She had no siblings and couldn't learn any of the traditional arts like music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She found it all too boring, so she sent her personal maid away and wanted to go out and have some fun on her own.
She even went to a tailor shop to have a men's outfit made, worried that her female identity would be inconvenient when she was out in public.
Unexpectedly, I had such bad luck; I was immediately recognized as a woman.
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