"We'll see," Su Jiaoniang replied with a smile.
It wasn't confidence she had, but rather trust in those foodies from her past life.
Hot pot is all about enjoying spicy food.
If the Cai family wanted to be on par with her, they could only have found the source of the chili peppers. She was certain that where there was a source of chili peppers, there must be other rare things.
She doesn't expect anyone else to.
"It's good that you know what's going on. I'm planning to have someone go to the provincial capital to open a branch of the cake shop!"
"Keep it up!" Su Jiaoniang patted Madam Feng on the shoulder.
She admired and liked people like Madam Feng who could let go and take things in stride.
Staring at the scars on Madam Feng's face, one might think, "If we had the cosmetic surgery techniques of later generations, what would these scars be? We could have any kind of face we wanted."
"By the way, I went to the county town today and found some unfamiliar faces, all speaking with Beijing accents," Madam Feng said.
Su Jiaoniang nodded.
With nothing else to do and unable to find that damned Lu Laosan, she headed towards the county town.
Immigrants? Unfamiliar faces! These were what she was most interested in.
Upon arriving in the county town, we indeed saw the Cai family repairing the shop opposite the hot pot restaurant.
As for unfamiliar faces, Su Jiaoniang spotted them the moment she entered the cake shop. Those people were holding a piece of paper and wearing clothes that looked like big green frogs. It was rare to see people dressed like that in Lucheng. They went from shop to shop asking questions.
Su Jiaoniang approached.
The object hidden on the paper came into view: a gold lock used for a baby's birthday.
It looks very familiar!
Sure enough... unfamiliar faces that come knocking on your door can't be ignored; these are all clues.
The gold lock that Lu Dashan had left in the pawnshop was what these people were looking for.
What exactly is the Lu family hiding?
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