Chapter 242 Rejection
At the family gathering at night, Li Taohua told everyone the purpose of Mrs. Xia's visit.
When Tang Luwu heard this, she hugged Qin Huiyin's arm and refused to let go: "No. Yinyin is ours. If she wants to adopt Yinyin as her adopted daughter, isn't that stealing our person?"
Tang Yixiao has not returned to work yet and has been helping out in the store these days.
He agreed with Tang Luwu's statement and said sarcastically, "Second sister is busy enough. In addition to us, there are also Brother Ruize, Brother Qibin, Brother Chen Yong, Brother Weifeng... There are so many brothers that she can't recognize them all. Now there is Madam Xia who wants to adopt her as her adopted daughter. We don't know where to find her in the future. Besides, the affairs of the Xia family are so troublesome. If she has the time to snatch other people's daughters, she might as well clean up her own mess."
Tang Dafu never had his own opinion. Seeing that the children were all against it, he said, "Wife, the two children are right."
"Who is wrong?" Li Taohua poked his forehead, "Can you have some ideas of your own?"
"Hehe..." Tang Dafu smiled foolishly as he touched the place where Li Taohua poked him.
Li Taohua rolled her eyes.
"This time when the Xia family got into trouble, Yinyin was busy running around. It's normal for Madam Xia to like her. If it were us, we would also like such a warm-hearted girl." Tang Yichen said, "Yinyin is good friends with Miss Xia and cooperates with her in business. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are like sisters. In fact, this title is unnecessary. If they get along well, there will be no problem for them to be sisters for the rest of their lives. If there are any changes in the future, they can also separate openly. Those rules and regulations are just constraints for them."
Li Taohua nodded: "Brother Chen still has clear ideas and makes sense. Okay, next time she comes, I will reply her like this. Yinyin, if she asks you, don't agree. You are already friends, just get along well, there is no need to create those false names to restrain everyone. Those false names can only restrain gentlemen, not villains."
Master Tang San yawned and said, "Now that everyone has discussed it, I'm going to sleep."
After the New Year, Tang Sanye followed Li Taohua and others into the city. Before, he was driving for Xiang Chuntao, but now that Xiang Chuntao's business has been put on track and they are busy, he can follow Qin Huiyin and others.
Tang Sanye liked Qin Huiyin the most, so of course he was willing to follow her. However, there were enough staff in the store, and he was too old to be a waiter. He usually helped Tang Luwu to guard the counter. Sometimes the door was blocked and someone was needed to sort out the parking spaces. Tang Sanye went out to direct the traffic and quickly sorted it out.
The next day, Mrs. Xia came to visit again.
Li Taohua smiled and rejected Mrs. Xia's proposal.
Mrs. Xia asked why. Li Taohua saw that she was sincere and didn't say anything empty, so she told her about her concerns.
"Even brothers don't start a business together, let alone sisters. The two children get along well now, so it doesn't matter whether they have that status or not. If one day they have different ideas and different business plans, it will be easier to talk about it with the sisterhood. It will be easier to settle accounts without any constraints. Besides, the two girls are so good, they call each other sisters anyway, why bother with this?"
Mrs. Xia was a little disappointed, but she also respected the other party's decision. Besides, it was she who had been dreaming about someone else's girl, so it was normal for the other party to disagree.
Although the Tang family did not agree to Mrs. Xia's proposal, Mrs. Xia felt a sense of familiarity with Li Taohua. She said that the Xia family had been busy recently and had no free time, so when she had dealt with the family affairs, she would invite everyone in the Tang family to visit their Xia family.
The Xia family did have a lot of things to do. Xia Ruwan had to compete with the managers every day. She sold more than a dozen loss-making shops and replaced the managers of the remaining shops.
Xia Manor was burned down, and a large amount of money was needed to repair it. The Xia family's current financial situation could not support such a large project, so they had to leave it there for the time being. Madam Xia took Xia Ruwan to move into another courtyard, which was not as large as Xia Manor. It was originally bought by Madam Xia to store goods, so it was very simple.
No matter how simple it is, the Xia family mother and daughter can't be picky recently. Xia Manor is almost burned out, and all their food and daily necessities need to be replenished. And those servants who are disabled because of this incident, Mrs. Xia also has to spend money to support them in their old age. Now the Xia family has a few small shops in addition to Qingyue Restaurant and Chuanchuanxiang.
But those small shops didn't have cash, not even the funds for the next purchase. Xia Ruwan had to discuss with Qin Huiyin to calculate the dividends for this quarter in advance.
The Xia family has been having a very difficult time recently and is barely able to keep their business going.
Unlike the Xia family, the businesses Qin Huiyin invested in all made money. After the New Year, Zhang Mujiang and his son gave her the dividends from the carpentry shop, followed by Xiang Chuntao and Wang Juying's restaurant. The snack shop she opened with Song Ruize was also booming, not to mention the skewers, which were always crowded with customers every day.
Qin Huiyin deposited all her assets in the bank, and asked Zhang the carpenter to make the box to store the bills. As for the money Song Ruize gave her, she opened a separate account.
"Something happened, something happened." Li Taohua came in from outside.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Tang Luwu asked.
"I thought Yinyin liked Luo's cakes, so I wanted to buy some for her to try since there were no customers. I just passed by the county government office and saw the old woman from the Deng family and the shrew from the first wife of the Deng family."
"Are they looking for trouble with my aunt again?" Tang Luwu guessed.
"No." Li Taohua waved her hand. "They went to file a complaint with the authorities."
"Ah?" Several people nearby were surprised.
The shop assistants had all heard about the dirty deeds of the Deng family, so they understood what Li Taohua said.
"I squeezed into the crowd and listened. Guess what happened?"
"Mother, please tell me quickly." Tang Luwu asked anxiously, "They dared to go to the county government to file a complaint. It's impossible that they wanted to take my aunt and cousin back with them, right? Have they become so bold?"
"If they wanted to take them back, they certainly wouldn't have the guts to do that. But they wanted to find Deng Gui."
"I remember Shaoyao said last time that Deng Gui is now working as a handyman at Qingyue Restaurant, and they would release him only when he pays off the meal debt to Qingyue Restaurant. But given his current situation, it will take him three to five years to pay it off. If they want to find Deng Gui, they should go to Qingyue Restaurant, why go to the county government office?"
"Of course it's because Deng Gui escaped from Qingyue Restaurant and sneaked back to the countryside, taking their eldest daughter away. Now they have lost their eldest daughter and can't find Deng Gui, so they have no choice but to come to the county government office to make trouble." Li Taohua said, "Shaoyao and her mother have also been sent to the county magistrate."
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