Chapter 138
Wang Xiaoya's forearms were covered in bruises, with old and new scars intertwined, which shocked everyone present.
Second aunt hugged her and cried, "Ya! What kind of life are you living? Come on! I'll take you to the police! Arrest the people who bullied you!"
"Sister! I won't go! I won't go!"
"Why? He beat you like this, and you still want to protect him? Are you going to go back and work like a slave for him? You... you gave birth to his child?"
Speaking of children, Wang Xiaoya was even more heartbroken: "I got pregnant in the first year after we got married, but he aborted it after drinking. I've never been able to get pregnant since then."
"Then what are you worried about? Call the police! Divorce him! Don't be afraid! I'm here!"
"I once ran out and called the police. There were several young men from Liujiatun who were working as police officers in the town. They said it was a family conflict and the main approach was criticism and education! They sent me back. My husband was scolded a few times, and once the police left, they beat me even harder! Sister, please don't worry about me. This is how my life is. I've accepted my fate. But Sister Hui, you can't. You all have to be well!"
Second aunt and Wang Xiaoya hugged each other and cried for a while. Wang Xiaoya was really scared of being beaten. She tried her best to stop others from helping her call the police and was about to leave immediately.
Second aunt hurried to the kitchen, packed several chicken legs, and stuffed a few eggs into her mouth.
"Sister Xiu! I don't want it!"
"Take it! Eat it on the way! Bud! Think about it carefully! Come to me when you've made up your mind! I will definitely help you. Your brother-in-law has many relatives, so he won't be afraid of Liujiatun!"
Second aunt accompanied her all the way to the village entrance, and only stopped accompanying her after Wang Xiaoya's repeated requests.
After such a commotion, everyone was in a heavy mood, so Su Yuanzheng took Su Miao back to the county town early.
Second uncle stuffed local products onto the tricycle, and second aunt hugged Su Miao and called her "good girl", saying that she was the lucky star of their family.
Sister Hui also came over and gave her a very difficult hairstyle, saying that it was thanks to her this time, otherwise she might really have fallen into the fire pit.
Today is the fifth day of the New Year, and the father and daughter had a good rest for the day after returning home.
On the sixth day of the New Year, Su Miao and his father each made an appointment with their friends to play for a day, and on the seventh day they had to pack up and return to Nancheng.
Because they are opening on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, they have to go back early to prepare things.
But when they returned to Yongcheng and even before entering the courtyard, they discovered something unusual.
Su Yu pointed to a newly opened restaurant across the street and said, "Uncle! Miaomiao! There's a new restaurant across the street, Huang's Food Shop?"
There are flower baskets outside the Huang Ji Food Shop. It must have just opened not long ago. It opened before the Chinese New Year, which is rare.
Seeing them coming back, the old lady from the opposite store came running over and said, "You're back! A new food store opened over there the day before yesterday!
They also sell braised pork rice, but other than not having fried pork offal, the other dishes are pretty much the same as yours, like they're made just according to your menu, and everything costs a dime or two less!
It seems like a fight is about to begin. As soon as their product category expanded, the other side copied them. Su Yuanzheng frowned with some worry.
Su Miao asked, "Grandma, have you tried the food there? How was it?"
The old lady shook her head. "I haven't eaten there yet. There aren't many people at home, and we couldn't even finish the chicken we killed during the New Year. But it seems their business is pretty good, and many people buy more dishes. They must have timed it right to open before you, otherwise there wouldn't be many people eating there."
"It's okay, grandma. Life is getting better and better now, so naturally more people are opening shops. As long as everyone still likes the food I eat, I won't worry!"
"Okay, that's fine if you think so. Don't worry, I'm used to eating at your restaurant. It suits my taste the best. I'll eat there whenever you're open."
Su Miao and the others started cleaning up as soon as they got home, sweeping the floor, wiping the table, opening the windows for ventilation, and taking out the quilts to dry in the sun.
After cleaning the yard, I went to clean the shop. It had only been eight days, so it wasn't dirty and was finished quickly.
Su Miao said, "Don't cook at noon. I'll go across the street and buy some food."
"Huh? Right...across the street? Can we just walk in and buy it?"
Su Yu scratched his head. The place across from them was now their competitor. Wouldn't it be a bit awkward to just go over and order food?
However, this was not the first time he had encountered this situation, and the experienced Su Miao remained calm.
"Brother Yu, why don't you just walk in and buy it? Do you have to climb over the wall to get in? We are customers now, so we have to be aboveboard. I just want to try the difference between their food and ours."
After saying that, he ran out.
The shop across the street was half the size of theirs, with six tables and a similar layout. Currently, only a middle-aged man and woman were in the shop, seemingly a husband-and-wife team.
The boss, wearing an apron and looking quite amiable, asked when he saw Su Miao coming in, "Little sister, do you want to eat?"
"Well, boss, can you take it away? There are people at home."
"Sure, take a look at what you can order."
Su Miao looked at the menu carefully. Their restaurant mainly makes braised food, so there is no pork offal or porridge. Maybe they are just trying it out now.
The varieties of braised food are exactly the same as those made at her home, without even adding any new ingredients, and each one is indeed a little cheaper.
Su Miao ordered three servings of braised rice and another serving of braised food, ordering some of each part of the food, and then went back with two full hands.
After Su Miao left, the boss's wife, who had been winking at the boss but was ignored, angrily punched her husband: "Are you blind? I gave you so many glances, didn't you see?"
"I saw it. I thought you had sand in your eyes because you kept blinking. Is there anything you can't just say it directly?"
"That little girl is the daughter of the owner of Su Ji. Didn't you see how she ordered the dishes? She ordered everything. She wanted to try our dishes!"
The boss was stunned for a moment, and said with a somewhat unnatural look: "Just try it, it's not as good as hers anyway, they can feel relieved after trying it."
The proprietress gets angry when she sees her husband's cowardly look, and becomes hesitant to do anything. "It's not as good as hers, but it's not bad either! Do we have to be super delicious to open a shop? The customers who came these past two days all say it's good. We're not as good as the best, but better than the worst, and even better than the worst!"
"Oh! I told you a long time ago, don't open a business across from someone else. If you learn their recipe and then open a business across from them, you...are you just asking for war?"
"What's the point of fighting? It all depends on your own ability. Do you think I opened this place on purpose? It's the perfect place! There are a lot of people here, and I just happened to find a cheap shop. If my brother didn't happen to know the owner, this street-facing shop wouldn't be available for grabbing!"
The boss ignored his wife's chatter and kept muttering, "If you knew they were from the same family, you should have given them more. What the hell is going on?"
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