RPAGF Chapter 126 is already too lenient with you.
Chapter 126 is already too lenient with you.
Lu Tao has figured it out, but clearly, the Lu family hasn't.
"Really?" Lu Hai picked at his ear in disbelief.
“It’s true.” Lu Li nodded affirmatively. “I saw peaches and Tian Tian.”
"The guests inside call Taozi Madam Lu, and Tian Tian the Second Miss..."
"After I came out, I inquired around the area and found out that this Baishi Teahouse opened last autumn. It was originally the Chuxing Restaurant."
"Chu Xing Restaurant?" Lu Hai felt the name sounded familiar.
Lu Li told him, "It's the family that Tian Xiang married into."
Lu Hai frowned and thought for a moment, "That's really true."
When Tian Xiang got married, Lu Tao wrote back, but Luo Tongyun reminded them that they should give Tian Xiang a dowry when they went to the wedding banquet.
So none of them went.
"The eldest son of Chuxing Restaurant contracted a disease from Hua Jie'er and died last summer."
"Later I heard that it was the second young master of the Chu family who instigated that Hua Jie'er to harm the eldest son, and he was sentenced to exile."
"The Chu family parents were devastated, so they sold the shop..."
"This shop was bought by Peach and her sister, and they opened a teahouse."
"The food in the teahouse is all novel and delicious, but it's expensive. Steamed buns cost five coins, and shrimp dumplings cost forty coins a basket, with only four dumplings in each basket."
"besides..."
Lu Li chattered on and on about the information he had gathered to his family.
The unfamiliar names of the dishes made everyone swallow hard.
"Is it really that delicious?" Lady Lu Jiang swallowed hard, almost choking on her own saliva.
She awkwardly wiped her mouth. "Da Li, have you eaten?"
Lu Li shook his head.
"When you went to find peaches, didn't she invite you in to try some?" Madam Lu Jiang stared wide-eyed in surprise.
Thinking about this, Lu Li nodded resentfully, "This time, Taozi seems determined. She... she had someone kick me out."
Madam Lu clicked her tongue. "That's really strange. How does Taozi have the money to open a shop?"
Lu Li also found out about this.
"I heard that Tian Tian invented a food called 'douyoupi' and sold it to the Fulai Restaurant in the county. She could earn more than 100 taels a month. After splitting it with Madam Liu, she would still have 50 or 60 taels left."
"Later, when I bought the shop, I borrowed more than four hundred taels from the young master of Fulai Restaurant."
"The young owner of this Fulai Restaurant is also Tian Tian's sworn brother."
Madam Lu slammed her hand on the table. "That Taozi! So much has happened, and she hasn't even sent a message home!"
She seemed to have forgotten that the letter Lu Tao had sent earlier had been dismissed with disdain and thrown into the ashes after they had read it.
"Now that he's making so much money, he doesn't think about his family at all, and he actually gives some... Madam Liu to some woman. He's really gone mad."
Lu Jiangshi looked at Lu Hai and said, "Old man, I'll go to the county with you tomorrow."
"I want to see if she doesn't even recognize her parents!"
Lu Li frowned. "Mother, I've also found out some other things."
He told his family about the lawsuits filed by the Tian family and the Cheng family against the Lu family.
"So many people are interested..." Lu Jiangshi muttered, "Then we should hurry to the county."
"Peach has no personality and is easily fooled."
"If we go too late, someone else might benefit."
*
Early in the morning, Tian Tian took Tian Xiang and Qin Youyou to the brokerage firm.
"In a little while, eldest sister and younger sister, you should also take a look and see which people are more reliable," Tian Tian said.
Tian Xiang and Qin Youyou nodded.
After the New Year, Tian Xiang turned nineteen, Qin Youyou turned thirteen, and Tian Tian turned sixteen.
The good days of the past six months have made their cheeks round and their complexion look very radiant.
The three sisters walking down the street were a sight to behold.
They had just left Baishi Teahouse when Lu Hai and Lu Jiangshi arrived at Baishi Teahouse.
"So big?!" Lady Lu Jiang stood at the doorway, looking up in amazement.
"Wow, so many people!" Lu Hai exclaimed in surprise.
The teahouse was packed with people; those sitting were customers, and those walking around calling out to customers were waiters.
There are other people waiting outside.
"With so many people, how much silver must they earn in a day?" Lady Lu exclaimed.
She could no longer contain herself. "Old man, stop looking and go inside."
If you're even a step behind, you'll have to share the money with others.
She needs to hurry!
Lu Jiangshi grabbed Lu Hai's hand and rushed into the restaurant.
Xiao Si was too busy to see them. By the time he did, Lu Hai and Lu Jiangshi had already rushed into the teahouse.
"Hey, hey, you guys..." Xiao Si caught up and grabbed Lu Hai, "You can't just barge in, there are no seats inside, you have to wait outside."
Lady Lu slapped Xiao Si's hand away, saying, "We're not here to eat."
Xiao Si was taken aback. "Not eating? Then you can't come in if you're not eating."
Madam Lu snorted coldly, "I am your manager's mother, I can come in whenever I want!"
Xiao Si looked puzzled. The shopkeeper's mother?
"We have a head manager, Madam Lu, and Madam Liu... Whose mother are you?"
Lady Lu raised her chin, looking very proud, and said, "I am Lady Lu's mother."
Liu San Niang came out of the kitchen, thinking of seeing what was going on ahead, but as soon as she arrived, she heard Lu Jiang Shi's voice.
That day, when Liu San Niang accompanied Lu Tao to her parents' home, Lu Tao's parents did not appear, so Liu San Niang did not recognize them.
But Lu Tao is right there in the shop, so no one would impersonate her.
Therefore, this woman must be Lu Tao's mother.
The man next to her... is Lu Tao's father.
They came today...
Liu San Niang glanced back; Lu Tao was in the kitchen making shrimp dumplings, taking advantage of Lu Tao's unawareness...
"What do you mean, Madam Lu's mother? I just accompanied Madam Lu to her parents' home a few days ago, and I haven't seen you at all." Liu San Niang looked at Xiao Si, "Have someone kick them out."
"I don't know where this freeloader came from, actually pretending to be someone else's mother."
Xiao Si called the servants, but they dared not make a move, after all, Lu Hai and Lu Jiangshi looked very old.
They could only slowly approach Lu Hai and Lu Jiang Shi, forcing them to retreat on their own.
"You should leave now, we still have business to do."
"If they cause any more trouble, we'll report them to the authorities."
Madam Lu glared at Liu San Niang with hatred, "So you're Madam Liu?"
"You're kicking us out just to trick my daughter into sharing the money with you, aren't you?"
"Let me tell you, my daughter has no opinions of her own, and she's already been very lenient with you by sharing the money with you for so long."
"I advise you to be smart and pack your things and get out of here!"
"It would be best to keep the silver we received before."
“That money was earned by my daughter and granddaughter.”
“We, as parents and grandparents, haven’t received a single penny, but you, an outsider, have gotten all the benefits first.”
Lu Jiangshi snorted coldly and stepped onto the nearest stool, startling the guest sitting on the stool, who was unsure whether to stand or sit.
"Lu Tao, come out here!" Lu Jiangshi shouted loudly.