"Aunt, I heard that your cook who can make Jiangnan dim sum is going back to her hometown?" Ren Yaoqi sat next to Ren Shijia and asked.
Ren Shijia nodded. "She didn't sign a contract to sell herself when she came here. This time, her mother is seriously ill and she needs to go back to take care of her. I originally asked her to come because she was pregnant and needed someone who could make medicinal food. Now that the child is born, she wants to leave because she wants to fulfill her filial duty, and I can't stop her."
Seeing that Ren Yaoqi was silent, Ren Shijia suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "Do you like Jiangnan cakes? I'll ask my aunt to find a cook for me later."
Ren Shijia always thought that Ren Yaoqi was interested in Jiangnan pastries. During the past few months at Ren's house, he would always ask his kitchen to make some pastries and send them to each room and courtyard, and he would always take the initiative to send people to ask Ren Yaoqi what kind of pastries he wanted to eat.
Ren Yaoqi smiled sheepishly: "Her pastries are indeed delicious. Didn't Auntie want to keep her here before? Did she suddenly ask to leave?"
Upon hearing this, Li looked at Ren Yaoqi with a strange look. Ren Yaoqi acted as if she really enjoyed the snacks Ren Shijia sent over, but she knew her own daughter. Ren Yaoqi didn't like overly sweet pastries, and Jiangnan snacks were all on the sweet side.
However, she did not expose Ren Yaoqi on the spot, but just sat aside and drank tea.
"Yes, I originally asked her, and she was willing to stay in Yanbei. But yesterday she came here wanting to leave and go back to Jiangnan." Ren Shijia sighed with some regret.
She was very satisfied with this cook. She made good medicinal dishes and snacks, and she was also very clever. With someone who knew a little about pharmacology around, she wouldn't have to worry about others secretly doing bad things to her and her child when she returned to the Lin family.
Ren Yaoqi was wondering if the reason for Wen's sudden departure was related to what they had seen last time. When she heard Ren Shijia's words, she hadn't originally planned to leave so soon. Was this Aunt Fang's idea, or someone else's?
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What Ren Yaoqi didn't know was that at this time, the sister-in-law Wen whom she had secretly inquired about was meeting Lin Kun.
Lin Kun looked at the woman who came in with a tray and frowned secretly: "What can I do for you?"
Mrs. Wen placed the pastel-colored longevity tea bowl on the tea tray in front of Lin Kun and said with a forced smile, "I am here on Madam's orders to bring you the lotus seed soup. Please enjoy it."
Lin Kun didn't even look at the so-called lotus seed soup, but nodded coldly: "Put it down and get out."
Mrs. Wen's face darkened. "Sixth Master Lin, what did you promise my master back then? And now you're going to destroy the bridge after crossing it?"
Lin Kun said calmly, "I don't remember who I promised or what I did. I don't understand what you are doing. Who is your master? If I remember correctly, you are the cook recommended to us by the Fang family."
Sister Wen smiled and said, "Since Sixth Master Lin doesn't remember, I'll kindly remind you. Back then, when your grandfather and father met with misfortune, the Lin family's first branch coveted your second branch's property. They deliberately broke the news to your mother unexpectedly, causing her to die in childbirth. You, in turn, were adopted by someone from the first branch, and you went from being the eldest master of the second branch to the sixth master of the Lin family's first branch."
"You've been sickly since childhood. The people in the Lin family's first branch thought you wouldn't make it to adulthood, but you turned out to be incredibly strong. Not only did you grow up safely, you even deliberately married the niece of Old Madam Lin's mother's side. Over the years, the people in the first branch have been drugging the Sixth Madam to cause her frequent births. Their intention is to stop you and your wife from thinking about splitting up the family and adopting the descendants of the first branch. Last time, when I first arrived at the Lin family, I told you about this. You scolded me for my nonsense, so I had no choice but to tell the Sixth Madam about it. My master originally thought you were so grateful to the people in the first branch that you had even forgotten your biological parents. Later, I realized that it wasn't that you didn't believe them, you were just waiting for a better opportunity. That opportunity was the intervention of the Ren family."
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