With Li Chu nodding in response, Wang Jiadong recounted what had happened.
"Uncle, I have no doubts about you whatsoever. I just came here to find out if your friend was the one who did this?"
"Don't worry, Jiadong, it definitely wasn't my friend who did it. He's not that kind of person. Just focus on your investigation and don't do anything foolish."
"Xiao Chu, who was it that hired someone to beat up this already dead person?"
"Sister, it was Chen He. He was just standing up for me, but I told him about it after I came back from buying rice and flour with you that day, so it definitely wasn't him who did it this time," Li Chu said without looking up as she rolled out the dough.
"Qiu Nan, come in and mix the filling."
"Oh well."
“Jiadong, just like I said, investigate your case as you see fit, don’t worry about anything else. I have confidence in Chen He; he’s not the kind of person who would do something like this so easily.”
“Okay,” Wang Jiadong nodded. “Uncle, I understand.”
"You should just tell me directly from now on, instead of beating around the bush."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Qin raised her hand and slapped her son on the back of the head: "You brat, you don't even trust your own family anymore. Are you planning to interrogate your father and me one day?"
"Mom, I didn't."
"not yet?"
"Slap!" Another slap.
Wang Jiadong stood there, not daring to dodge, and could only cover his head with his hands.
"Mom, I was wrong. Uncle and Aunt, I was wrong. I will never do it again."
"Sister, you should rest. Jiadong is just worried about me."
"What's wrong?" Wang Ziwen also walked in through the small door and saw her boss hit her son as soon as she arrived.
“Ask your son. Now that he’s all grown up, he even doubts his own uncle.”
After a flurry of chickens and dogs, a few people sat in the courtyard, slurping down their freshly cooked wontons.
Wang Jiadong's wife, Xiaojuan, and Haohao were also called over.
"Brother-in-law, how's the teahouse doing lately?"
"Not bad, I can earn about 1.8 yuan a day."
Wang Ziwen had nothing better to do, so he spent his days playing chess and chatting with a group of old friends at the teahouse. He felt a bit cheated, as a perfectly good teahouse was being ruined like this.
After the storyteller he had hired finally settled down in April of this year, he simply opened the teahouse for business.
Anyone who wants to come in pays one cent, and is provided with a pot of tea and a dish of melon seeds and peanuts.
Surprisingly, business is pretty good. A dozen or twenty people come every day. Although it has always been losing money, the teahouse has been getting hotter these past two days, and with the ceiling fans installed, even more people are coming. This has given Wang Ziwen a renewed energy, as if he has been given a second spring. If Li Qin hadn't stopped him, he would have even wanted to keep the teahouse open until the evening.
"Xiao Chu, Master Chang said he has two friends who are crosstalk performers. He's asking if they can come to our teahouse. They don't expect to stay here like him, but they're just hoping to perform every now and then to earn some money for food."
"Sure, come on over if you want. Brother-in-law, do you think we should hire a helper? We originally wanted to set up a place for relaxation and entertainment, but it's making you busier and busier."
"You really don't know the cost of living when you're not in charge of the household. Hiring helpers? You actually came up with that idea? The tea money we collect doesn't even cover the water and electricity bills."
"If we can't cover it up, we can't cover it up. We're not making money from it anyway."
"We weren't thinking about making money, but we can't just keep throwing money into it. Your surname is Li, mine is Wang, and nobody in our family has the surname Lei."
Wang Ziwen glanced at her brother-in-law with some disdain.
"Xiao Chu, don't worry about it. Let your brother-in-law handle it himself. When he gets tired, he'll find someone himself."
Actually, Li Qin thinks it's pretty good that the door is only open during the day. It gives her old man something to do, so he doesn't have to be bored and bray like a donkey all day.
"Alright, then I won't interfere. Brother-in-law, you can do whatever you want."
"It's none of your business. Master Chang usually helps me keep the teahouse in order. Just remember to let us know in advance if the old gentlemen are coming over. Don't catch us off guard like we did the last few times."
"I know, I've already told them. The old men are just too playful, they definitely won't do it again. Is one bowl of wontons enough for you? Would you like me to get you something else?"
"Stop it, we've all had dinner."
"Hao Hao, is there anything else you want to eat?"
"Uncle, I want to eat lamb skewers."
"What are you eating, lamb skewers? You look more like a lamb skewer!" Xiao Juan put down her bowl and slapped her son's bottom.
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"Hey~ Why hit the child? Hao Hao, it's definitely not okay today. How about we have lamb skewers tomorrow night?"
"Okay, thank you, Uncle."
"Hey, this kid is quite polite to his uncle."
“Uncle, please stop spoiling him. This brat is always bragging to his classmates about what delicious food he ate today and what delicious food he ate tomorrow. Several of his classmates’ mothers have come to me and said that it’s fine for your family to provide good food for your child, but could you please stop talking about it at school? It’s making their children ask them for food when they get home, and they don’t know how to explain it to their children.”
Cao Xiaojuan glared at her son, then turned around and said with a wry smile.
Li Chu had never really paid attention to these things before. Wen Hui and Wen Xuan weren't the kind of people who liked to show off, so even if they ate well when they were young, they never said anything in front of their classmates when they went out, so he never thought about it in that way.
The others were also hearing this for the first time, because their family had never skimped on food and they were used to it. Now, after hearing what Xiaojuan said, they realized that if things continued like this, it might not be a good thing for the child.
But he's still just a kid, so Li Chu's approach was very simple and direct. He raised his chin and gestured to Hao Hao: "Will you still be so cocky when you go out in the future?"
"No, Uncle, I promise I won't say it again. Actually, it wasn't on my own initiative to say it; they asked me, and that's when I told them."
"Do you know how to answer your classmates if they ask you again?"
"I know, if anyone asks me I'll just say I ate noodles."
"Smart!" Li Chu smiled and gave Hao Hao a thumbs up.
"Xiaojuan, don't worry too much. It's not wrong for us to eat better, especially since the child is growing. We can't force him to eat cabbage leaves when we can afford meat. Haohao is a smart child. You can just talk to him about things in the future. He understands everything, right, Haohao?"
"Yes, Uncle."
Cao Xiaojuan could only roll her eyes inwardly. This child was very well-behaved in front of his uncle, but he was incredibly naughty when he got home. It made her so angry that she just wanted to discipline him with a broom, but her mother-in-law often stopped her, which gave her a headache.
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