A family with three widows, after severing ties with relatives, she became wealthy and married into

Chapter 127 Breaking Up with Liu San Niang

"Lu Tao, come out here!" Lu Jiangshi shouted loudly.

The customers in the teahouse were talking about it.

"What's going on here?"

"Madam Lu's mother? The shop has been open for so long, and I've never seen this mother appear before."

"I guess it's the same as the Tian and Cheng families before. They saw that Madam Lu made money, so they came to make trouble."

"Did you understand what Madam Liu meant? The New Year was just a few days ago, and we didn't see them. Doesn't that mean... Madam Lu went back to her parents' home and didn't even see her own parents?"

"They probably don't know Madam Lu has made money, which is why they won't let her in."

"Definitely."

Lady Lu Jiang did not feel embarrassed after hearing these words.

Instead, he pointed at these people and said, "What are you all babbling about? Be careful, or I'll have my daughter kick you out."

“This old lady!” someone in the customers stood up. “Baishi Teahouse is always open to business and always welcomes its patrons. Madam Lu won’t kick us out.”

The old woman immediately became furious, "Lu Tao is my daughter! Whatever I tell her to do, she has to do it!"

The scene in front was bustling with activity, which Lu Tao, who was making shrimp dumplings in the back, noticed.

"Why does it sound like they're arguing up ahead?" she muttered, stopping what she was doing and going to the front yard.

As soon as they arrived, they heard Lu Jiangshi's bold and ambitious words!

"Lu Tao is my daughter. She has to do whatever I tell her to do!!"

In the past, she wouldn't have argued with her mother.

After all, she is her own mother who gave birth to her and raised her.

However... after what happened before, Lu Tao has also been completely transformed.

"Xiao Si, take them to the backyard."

Liu San Niang turned around, "Sister Lu?"

Lu Tao shook her head at her, then repeated to Xiao Si, "Take them to the backyard."

Xiao Si had no choice but to lead Lu Hai and Lu Jiangshi to the backyard, saying, "Please come in, gentlemen."

Lu Hai and Lu Jiangshi followed Xiao Si with their heads held high and humming.

After they went to the backyard, Lu Tao looked at everyone apologetically, "Dear guests, I'm sorry to have disturbed your enjoyment because of my family matters."

"In that case... we'll send a basket of shumai to each table, and it'll be on my tab. Please forgive us."

"Madam Lu is so magnanimous!"

"Madam Lu is so magnanimous!"

Amidst the compliments, Lu Tao and Liu San Niang arrived at the backyard.

"Sister Lu?" Liu San Niang worriedly hugged Lu Tao's arm.

Lu Tao gently patted the back of her hand, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Liu San Niang stopped in her tracks and watched Lu Tao walk toward Lu Hai and Lu Jiang Shi.

She thought for a moment, then whispered to Xiao Si, "Go to the brokerage and call the Second Miss back."

"Peach!" Madam Lu looked at Lu Tao with a loving expression and reached out her aged hand to take Lu Tao's hand.

"Peach, why are you so temperamental?"

"Your parents were preparing the meal that day and they came out late. Why did you leave?"

"You know your older brother is bad at talking, so why are you still arguing with him?"

"In the end, it's that old woman from the Luo family who's the problem. She just takes advantage of the fact that your sister-in-law gave birth to three sons for our Lu family, and she looks down on everyone else."

"Your older brother is a scoundrel; he actually beat up his own sister because of this old woman."

"Let your mother see, does it hurt?"

Lu Jiangshi's hand trembled slightly as she stroked Lu Tao's cheek.

Lu Tao smiled gently, "Mother heard everything clearly from inside the house, is there any need to ask again?"

Lu Li's slap was very powerful and made a loud noise.

Lady Lu Jiang heard everything clearly from inside the house.

Upon hearing Lu Tao's words, Lu Jiangshi's hands trembled even more violently...

Lu Tao gave a mocking laugh.

She didn't even come out to check after hearing such a loud slap, but now she's making up so many excuses...

"Mother, what brings you here?" Lu Tao asked, her voice indifferent, revealing neither joy nor anger, just as she had spoken to Lu Li yesterday.

But Madam Lu Jiang didn't care at all and said to herself, "Taozi, your shop is so big, and it's tiring for just a few women in your family to run it. You're also easily cheated."

"That Madam Liu took half of the shop's silver without any compensation."

"That's too easy on her!"

"Peach, listen to your mother, and ask your older brother to come and help."

“With a man around, your family can take a break, you won’t be so tired, and you won’t be easily deceived.”

"You should break up with that Mrs. Liu."

"From now on, our family will help you."

Lu Tao's face turned ashen upon hearing this, but Lu Jiangshi didn't even notice.

“Your eldest nephew, A-Wang, is already twenty years old and hasn’t found a suitable job yet, so we brought him here to work as the cashier in the shop.”

“My second nephew, A-Neng, is fourteen now. He can run errands for you and keep an eye on the waiters. That waiter just now was so unruly; he actually dared to stop me!”

"And your sister-in-law, she's efficient and can help you manage the kitchen staff."

"Your own people won't hurt you, Peach, trust your mother."

Lu Tao's lips curled up, and she looked at Lu Jiangshi with a strange expression. "Mother, do you really want me to break up with Sister Liu?"

Lady Lu nodded, "Of course."

"This Madam Liu, with her seductive eyes and brows, is clearly not a good person."

"If you partner with her, you'll be swindled out of everything sooner or later."

"It would be better if your family members looked after you."

Lu Tao smiled and said, "But if I want to break up with Sister Liu, I have to compensate her ten times the amount of money she invested."

Lady Lu asked, "How much is that?"

Lu Tao said, "Sister Liu invested the same amount of silver as me, we each invested eight hundred taels."

She made up a number on the spot: "If I want to break up with Sister Liu, I'll have to compensate her with eight thousand taels of silver."

Lady Lu Jiang's eyes widened in surprise. "So many?!"

Lu Hai then walked over and made a decision, "Then compensate her. Peach, give her the money and let her go!"

He had already calculated that even if the shop could earn two or three hundred taels a day, losing eight thousand taels to Liu San Niang would only amount to a month's income.

A month later, all the money earned in the shop belonged to the Lu family.

Lu Tao took a deep breath. She had intended to scare them away with eight thousand taels of silver, but she hadn't succeeded.

"I don't have that much silver." The shop had been open for three months, and her total dividends were only a little over five thousand taels, not eight thousand taels.

Lu Hai told her his idea, "Taozi, just tell Liu Sanniang that we will give her the money within a month!"

“In a month, the shop can earn eight thousand taels, which is just enough for her.”

Lu Tao looked up in surprise. It turned out that... her father had already done the math.

Liu San Niang hid in the shadows between the front hall and the backyard...

Tian Tian came to her side.

"Sweetie, go help your mother," Liu San Niang said softly.

She believed that Sister Lu wouldn't break up with her easily, but she was also worried that the Lu family would make things difficult for her.

Tian Tian quietly watched the lutao tree in the backyard and did not go out.