The two apprentices were both girls from the village, Lu Qianqian and her friend Lu Yao.
Now that Lu Qianqian is the village chief's daughter, her status and position have naturally risen accordingly.
For her daughter's future, and considering that she didn't like studying and had no hope of going to university if she repeated a year, Niu Ahong wanted her to learn a trade.
Just then, Yunping was looking for apprentices, and Lu Qianqian also liked making pastries, even though she was a terrible cook and a kitchen disaster.
However, making pastries is a relatively simple and convenient craft with a very low risk factor.
Most pastries are steamed, while a few are fried or baked.
The pastries at Wanwan Pastry Shop are indeed very delicious. Even the ordinary pastries, which cost three yuan per kilogram, are still ten times tastier than pastries from other places, even without the "mountain spring water" from Shenxian Mountain.
So, that's why Niu Ahong sent Lu Qianqian to Yunping's place to learn how to make pastries.
With six more workers in the shop, the Lu family's workload was reduced by more than half.
Yunping only makes premium pastries herself.
Because it required adding "mountain spring water," only she could do it.
Anwan is still young and needs a lot of sleep, so it's impossible for her to get up at five or six o'clock every morning to help make pastries.
After that day, Lu Jingxing and his brothers stopped working in the kitchen and instead spent most of their time studying and playing outside.
After all, there's only one month left of summer vacation.
With nothing to do the next day, Lu Sen decided to go back to Lujia Village to check on the construction of the new house.
Although Lu Guochang and Niu Ahong were taking care of him, he was still very worried.
Just then, Lu Sen noticed that apart from a few skincare products, there wasn't a single piece of gold or silver jewelry on his wife's dressing table.
He opened the cabinet and found it completely empty.
He then remembered that his wife's dowry jewelry had been pawned three years ago, just to provide food for the children.
He was in great pain at the time.
Those dowry jewelry pieces were all prepared by the father-in-law for his wife, and most of them were left by the mother-in-law, which have very important sentimental value.
Moreover, the law stipulates that the husband's family cannot illegally use the wife's dowry.
Once the dowry has been spent, if the wife reports it, all members of the husband's family involved will be sentenced according to the amount of the dowry.
Besides, only a husband's family that lacks ability would use the wife's dowry.
In other words, the husband's family is facing decline and will soon become poor.
Because any family with dignity and ability would not covet their wife's dowry.
Unless it's a matter of life and death, not a single penny of the dowry should be used, no matter what.
Otherwise, if outsiders find out, her husband's family will be criticized for life for being a freeloader and incompetent.
"What's wrong? Why are you staring at the drawer like that?" Yunping came out of the bathroom and saw Lu Sen deep in thought in front of the dressing table in the mirror.
"Wife, how much money is left on the card?" Startled by her voice, Lu Sen turned around sharply to look at Yun Ping.
He wanted to use the money to redeem all of her dowry and jewelry, and there was only one year left until the five-year agreement was fulfilled.
They sold their jewelry cheaply back then, but now they want to buy it back at a high price.
But he wouldn't feel bad about spending that money.
He only feels sorry for his wife.
Because he knew she often cried in her dreams, saying sorry to her mother and father, that she hadn't kept a single piece of her dowry jewelry.
Yunping paused for a moment, then quickly recovered and took out a bankbook from another drawer. "The housewarming party the day before yesterday cost about 10,000 yuan, but I also received about 10,000 yuan in gifts, so I didn't spend much money this time."
"There is about 370,000 yuan left in the savings account. Originally, there was more than 400,000 yuan, but 30,000 yuan was spent on buying the old house and 10,000 yuan on renovations. The new house in the village cost about 30,000 yuan."
"Three hundred and seventy thousand? That's enough! Come with me to that pawn shop." Lu Sen laughed loudly, and in his excitement, he slapped his thigh, wincing in pain.
She pawned her dowry jewelry several times, but always sold it at a low price, only receiving half the value of the jewelry, because it was a five-year redemption pawn, not a fixed-term pawn.
Redemption: refers to the act of a pawner repaying the principal and interest of the pawn loan to the pawnshop within a certain pawn period in exchange for the original pawned item.
Because it's a redemption arrangement, it's like having the pawnshop hold the jewelry for several years, leaving it as collateral in order to borrow money from the pawnshop.
However, once the item is sold as collateral, it can be sold for a relatively normal and reasonable price. But once the item is in the hands of the pawnshop, it becomes entirely the pawnshop's property.
The person will sell the item in the next second, and no matter how much money you have later, you won't be able to redeem it.
At the time, he firmly believed that he had the ability to make a comeback and redeem his wife's jewelry within five years.
Because of this correct decision, he was able to take his wife to a pawn shop today and bring home dozens of pieces of her dowry jewelry.
"Pawnshop?" Upon hearing these three words, Yunping was stunned, as if something had struck her heart, producing a deep and resonant bell sound.
The next second, she covered her face and sobbed sadly.
This frightened Lu Sen so much that he didn't know what to do.
The crying quickly alerted An Wan and Lu Jingxing and his brothers.
"Dad, did you bully Mom? I won't allow it! Mom, don't cry, I'll protect you." An Wan hugged Yun Ping while turning back to glare angrily at Lu Sen.
Lu Jingxing's expression was cold: "Dad, we've only had a few days of good times, and you can't wait to act like a king?"
He strongly disliked families where the husband disrespected and abused his wife.
Men are like the sky; they must stand tall and upright.
Whether it's protecting the country, protecting the people, or protecting one's wife and children.
Those hands are only good for conquering the world, not for hurting one's wife and children.
Lu Chunhe said angrily, "I won't allow you to bully my mother. Dad, if you continue like this, please leave this house."
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