Just then, I saw a piece of Lu Congrong's face fall to the ground.
He glanced at the bolted door, then his gaze fell on Su Jiaoniang. His mother handled the situation with ease, and only after seeing several members of the Lu family knocked to the ground did he open the door.
The village chief outside was panting heavily, leaning against the wall.
Lu Futu dragged him here at a brisk pace, and at his age, his body couldn't take it anymore.
"What's going on? What happened?" The village chief disliked the Lu family extremely.
If it were any other family, they wouldn't have so many problems every day. It's just that the Lu family has so many troubles, and none of them are easy to deal with.
Especially now that the Lu family's able-bodied members are all gone, leaving only the elderly, weak, women, and children, no matter how they are dealt with or what methods are used, it will be like bullying them.
"Village Chief, these people want me to be buried with Lu Dashan!" Su Jiaoniang said, and Fu Tu's expression changed instantly.
Their gazes fell on Lu Congrong.
He felt that neither the young Zhu nor the old Zhu could have come up with such a vicious idea.
Even if Xiao Zhu were foolish, she wouldn't let an outsider be buried in a man's grave.
That position will be hers in the future.
As for Old Madam Zhu, the sudden loss of her son was too much of a shock. It would take her at least six months to a year to recover, let alone be able to make arrangements for such a matter.
They can be easily misled into doing such unethical things.
"Do you not want to stay in the village anymore? If you don't want to be here, then leave. My Sweetwater Village can't keep people like you who have ruined the reputation. If you want to find someone to be buried with Lu Dashan, go find his wife."
As soon as the village chief finished speaking, Little Zhu trembled; she had no intention of being buried alive with him.
His gaze fell on Lu Congrong, and resentment rose in his heart. This daughter of hers was simply heartless.
At this moment, Lu Congrong, who was covering her face and crying out in pain, had no energy to face Xiao Zhu Shi.
Lu Defu held an old pipe in his hand, took two deep drags, and the small clump of ash stuck in the pipe slowly turned red. He spoke in a hoarse voice: "Why should we leave? This is a family matter, why should the village chief interfere?"
"What nonsense about family matters! You're no longer a family. Get out of here! Sweetwater Village can't tolerate you." Hearing Lu Defu's words, the village chief made up his mind to kick this family out.
None of them were sober.
Still a family?
Have they forgotten the letter of severance they wrote before?
They took the money and pressed their fingerprints—that's evidence, that's a big deal—and this guy just treated it like a fart?
"Village Chief!" Lu Defu wanted to say something more.
The village chief interrupted them: "You have three days to leave. If you don't leave, I will organize people to drive you out."
Leaving on your own will at least earn you a good reputation. But being expelled will certainly leave you with a bad name. Anyone would know which choice to make.
The village chief glanced at Su Jiaoniang: "Su girl is gone."
Su Jiaoniang patted her clothes to remove the mud, and followed the village chief out of Old Lu's house.
Fu Tu turned around, his sinister gaze landing on Lu Congrong.
Lu Congrong looked up casually and suddenly shivered, as if she had been targeted by a venomous snake, a chilling sensation spreading through her limbs.
"Grandpa Village Chief is awesome!" Lu Futu praised the village chief.
The village chief chuckled and floated up. If it were an ordinary family having some trivial troubles, he wouldn't bother offending people like this. But Su Jiaoniang was different. Although she was a woman, she was able to lead the village towards prosperity.
The village chief left the Lu family's house, parted ways with Su Jiaoniang, and headed towards his own home.
Su Jiaoniang glanced back at Futu, reached out and rubbed the child's head, and the two walked back to their home.
Upon seeing Su Jiaoniang return, Madam Feng smiled.
"It's good that you're alright," Madam Feng said.
Su Jiaoniang waved her hand: "What could possibly happen to me?"
A few days later, Su Jiaoniang put the persimmons in the yard into a wooden bucket to start frosting, while Madam Feng helped decorate the shop in the county town.
In winter, hot pot is best enjoyed piping hot.
The tables in the shop were made of stone slabs, and the tables and chairs were lit to prevent the charcoal fire from tilting.
The tables are spaced far apart, making it easy for the waiter to move through the crowd.
As for seasonings and sauces, following the practice of later generations, they were directly adopted from the proprietary recipes.
The hot pot restaurant opened for business that day.
Su Jiaoniang and Madam Feng headed to the county town early in the morning. Xiao Ya handed over the business of her small shop to Gouhua to manage, while she went to the hot pot shop.
The opening of a small shop wouldn't normally cause much of a stir.
When Wu, who sells jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes) at a street stall, saw this, she pursed her lips, muttered a few words, but didn't dare to say anything.
Those few people in the village who were causing trouble and trying to get their money back all have numbness in their right hands and can't move them.
It is said that he has already consulted Dr. Liu, but the doctor said that he needs to take medicine and have acupuncture, and it will take a long time to recover.
The key issue is that those medicines are quite expensive. Putting aside whether they can cure the disease, even if they do, they'll drain the family's savings.
Anyone with a bit of sense can figure out where the problem lies.
On cold winter days, Wu would warm her hands on the stove, and sell a pancake to anyone who came by.
The pancakes weren't expensive either, only five coins each.
She reached out and touched herself; she had quite a bit of money on her. Looking at the hot pot restaurant across the street, she wanted to try it out and see what delicious food Su Jiaoniang had come up with that made her choose to open her own shop instead of teaching people in the village.
He handed over the work at the stall to the man taking over and walked towards the crowd.
Seeing Doctor Liu standing inside, Wu became even more determined in her decision.
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