843, the mother of the unjust death of her son thirteen
Mr. Chen narrowed his eyes: "Wanhua bought it, right?"
Chu Yunli smiled: "It's her name."
Mr. Chen snorted coldly and said nothing more.
But Li Xiangyu regretted it more and more. She lived in the Chen family for a year and only had one tael of silver a month. After buying some makeup and applying it to the servants, how could she have more? When the Zhou family came to propose marriage, Chen Wanhua hadn't arrived yet.
In the village, it doesn't seem unusual for the Zhou family to be able to take out fifteen taels of silver and then use the money to buy a shop.
By this time, both father and daughter had given up the idea of asking Chu Yunli to be the cook. He had his own shop here, and there were so many customers, how could he become a cook?
It was almost dinner time, and at this time, another guest came in. Chu Yunli was too lazy to pay attention to them, and ran to greet other guests.
After that day, the mother-in-law who came to order food to take away every day did not come.
When the autumn harvest came, Chu Yunli asked people in the village to help harvest the grain in the fields. Zhou Xinghua only went back for seven or eight days before drying all the grain and putting it into the warehouse.
Another period of time passed, and Chu Yunli knew that Li Xiangyu now lived in the alley off the street outside their shop. The yard was not big, but there were people taking care of her. It was close to the place where she bought food, and she had to buy food every day.
Passing by that alley.
In the afternoon that day, because business was so good, the food prepared in the morning was not enough, so Chu Yunli asked Xiaocao to buy some.
The business of the Zhou family restaurant is good, and sometimes no matter how much food is prepared, it is not enough to sell. Things like going to replenish food often happen. But today was different, Xiaocao took the food into the kitchen and came over mysteriously: "Auntie,
Mrs. Chen is here and is making a fuss in the alley over there."
Li Xiangyu lives in that courtyard, what's the fuss about?
Shouldn't things like foreign concubines be discussed behind closed doors?
Chu Yunli was surprised: "What is she making a fuss about?"
Xiaocao whispered: "I'm not sure. It seems that Mrs. Chen came here at noon, but the yard wasn't open. She asked people to smash it, and said that inside was... inside was... Mr. Chen's coat.
room."
Chu Yunli: "..."
It should be that Mr. Chen often came over to look for his daughter and let Mrs. Chen know his whereabouts, thinking that there was a ghost outside him.
She was a little dumbfounded: "What happened next?"
Xiaocao shook his head: "There's a lot of commotion right now. I was busy delivering food, so I didn't go see it."
Chu Yunli handed the dishes she brought back to the two chefs, and took Xiaocao's hand: "Let's go and watch the excitement."
You don’t have to watch the excitement of other people’s families, but you must watch the Li Xiangyu and Chen family’s.
When the two arrived, the courtyard door was already open and many people gathered around the door. After Mrs. Chen had someone break open the door, she found that there was indeed a beautiful woman inside, but she was not what she thought. When she saw Li Xiangyu, she was extremely angry.
When her daughter outside wanted to be picked up, she admitted it. After finding a reason to drive her out, if Mr. Chen wanted to pick her up again, he should discuss it with her. Instead of silently supporting outside like this.
Before Li Xiangyu was found, many people knew that Mrs. Chen's family had driven her away. Coupled with the Chang family's marriage, the matter of Li Xiangyu's return to the countryside also made a fuss.
Now that people who should be in the country have arrived at the small courtyard in the city, when outsiders look at it, they must think that Mrs. Chen is intolerant. Mr. Chen is afraid that she will be angry, so he arranged his daughter here.
There were so many people outside, and Mrs. Chen couldn't keep her mouth shut even if she wanted to. So, full of anger, she turned towards Li Xiangyu, who was frightened and trembling: "You can do it now. Now that you live here... If I hadn't discovered something was wrong, you, father and daughter,
You two still want to hide it from me forever?"
Li Xiangyu was still an unmarried girl, and her aunt scolded her like this. If the quarrel escalated, her marriage would be more difficult in the future. After returning to the village for a while, she knew in her heart that she could not fall out with the Chen family. She immediately "poofed"
Kneeling down: "Mom, it's none of dad's business. It's my adoptive parents in the country who treated me harshly. Dad didn't want me to be wronged, and he didn't want to make you angry. That's why he arranged for me to come here. I plan to find him in a few days.
Are you asking for forgiveness? I didn’t expect you to come..."
Mrs. Chen was so angry that she scolded: "Hey, you still blame me for coming early, right?"
"My daughter doesn't dare." Li Xiangyu hurriedly kowtowed: "Mother, I was wrong. Please forgive me this time."
She kowtowed quickly and hard, but within a few breaths, her forehead became red and swollen. Seeing this, Mrs. Chen became even more angry.
In front of so many people, she kowtowed and begged for mercy. Unknown to her, she thought she was treating the concubine badly. She endured her anger, walked forward slowly, and reached out to pull her.
His original intention was to pull her up, but when Li Xiangyu saw her reaching out, she shrank back.
Mrs. Chen's outstretched hand froze in the air: "..."
The conscience of heaven and earth, she really wanted to pull her up. Things have become like this. No matter what, no one can see the Chen family's jokes, and they must pretend to be a loving mother and a filial daughter to outsiders.
But Li Xiangyu hid as if she was going to hit someone.
When outsiders saw her, they would probably think that her aunt had beaten her before. Her heart was filled with rage, and her face was filled with ferociousness behind her back. Li Xiangyu became even more frightened when she saw her, and kept shrinking back.
Mrs. Chen: "..." So angry.
She gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and gave a stiff smile: "Xiangyu, get up. You clearly want to go home, so why live here? I'm just annoying you for being impulsive. I'm not driving you out of the house. Since we
Mother and daughter have met, please come home with me now."
Li Xiangyu's body was stiff and her fingertips were cold.
She has lived here for a month or two. If she was allowed to choose, of course she would like to live by herself. She does not need to set rules or ask for greetings. She can let her mother-in-law cook whatever she wants. Although the taste is not very good, it is still better than living here.
It's better to eat whatever the Chen family has without showing any displeasure.
Especially when she saw the coldness in Mrs. Chen's eyes, she knew that she had completely offended her today. If she really returned to the Chen family to make a living under her hands, she didn't know how she would be abused?
She was absolutely unwilling to follow Mrs. Chen. When she was hesitating, she saw Mrs. Chen's eyes getting colder and crueler. Without hesitation, she immediately took her hand tremblingly and stood up slowly: "Thank you, mother."
.”
Mrs. Chen looked gentle: "It's getting late, let's go back home first."
The mother and daughter got on the carriage hand in hand. When passing by the crowd, Mrs. Chen saw Chu Yunli out of the corner of her eye and was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"
Chu Yunli smiled slightly: "I'm here to see the excitement."
Mrs. Chen: "..." Is it so straightforward?
He just said politely: "Come and talk to me when you have time."
Chu Yunli waved her hand: "Mrs. Chen, don't worry about me. I'm very busy and don't have time to come to the door."
Mrs. Chen's face turned cold for a moment.
After thinking about it for a moment, Chu Yunli knew where she had offended her. For a person like her, no matter what she said, the people below her had to agree. What she said just now was tantamount to defeating her good intentions.
Just brush it off, what can she do?
Mrs. Chen smiled gently: "I heard that Wanhua is pregnant, and I have something to tell her. Please let her come back once she has time."
There really is a way!
Chu Yunli waved her hand: "Mrs. Chen is busy, so don't worry about her. Don't worry, I will take good care of her."
Li Xiangyu stood aside and suddenly said: "Mom, they are really busy. The Zhou family restaurant over there is opened by their family. The business is very good."
"Oh?" Mrs. Chen was a little surprised: "Whenever I have free time, I will come and try it."
Chu Yunli only thought she was being polite and didn't take her seriously at all.
As the mother and daughter left, the crowd watching the fun also dispersed. Chu Yunli took Xiaocao back to the restaurant. There were already customers inside, and they had already eaten.
This is her apprentice, a woman named Lin, who is a widow and has two children at home. Chu Yunli thinks she is pitiful. After all, if she takes her in, the life of mother and daughter will be much easier, at least, not
Will be hungry.
Mr. Lin was in full swing when he saw Chu Yunli entering the door and hurriedly got out of the way: "Come here."
Many chefs in restaurants will not teach each other everything they have, and they can't bear to have their apprentices cook. But Chu Yunli is different. She is eager for someone to take over her job. She waved her hand and said: "You are very good at cooking. I will look for you again."
I will be working as a cook for you from now on, don’t worry, I will increase your salary to two cents, so I won’t treat you badly.”
Lin was surprised: "Really?"
She wiped her hands and wanted to kneel down: "Thank you for your kindness. The three of us, mother and daughter, will never forget your kindness in our lives."
As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.
Chu Yunli helped the person up: "Do it well."
Two days later, Mrs. Chen actually took Li Xiangyu to the restaurant, but it was overcrowded. Where did she need to take care of the business?
Only then did Mrs. Chen realize that Li Xiangyu's statement that the restaurant business was very good was not an exaggeration. The Chen family had many businesses, including restaurants. She could know the approximate profit for a day with a quick scan.
According to this attitude, Chen Wanhua is not considered low-married at all. In two years, she will be almost as good as her two sisters. If the business is still so good in a big restaurant, in the future, she will be considered a famous family in the city.
This is not good!
She sent Chen Wanhua to the countryside before. Perhaps the girl had already resented her and did not do anything to her because she was not capable enough.
But in the future, when she gets better, there's no guarantee that she won't cause trouble for herself.
A flash of coldness flashed across Mrs. Chen's eyes.
Although Li Xiangyu didn't know what Mrs. Chen was thinking, but seeing the cold look in her eyes, he knew that she was in a bad mood at the moment. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
When he went back, Li Xiangyu thought about it. He couldn't let her just stare at him. He had to divert her attention and let her go somewhere else to get angry. In this way, he would have a chance to breathe and seize the time to find a marriage.
After getting married, she can no longer take care of herself.
"Mom, why don't you go in?"
Mrs. Chen came to her senses: "There are so many people inside, so we won't go in to avoid being bumped into. You're not married yet, so it's not appropriate to go to such a noisy place. Let's go to Xiangmanlou for tea."
A few days later, when Mrs. Lin came this morning, she went to Chu Yunli and said in a low voice: "Madam, someone came yesterday and invited me to work as a chef somewhere else. They gave me three coins a month."
Chu Yunli: "..." Poaching?
How could someone poach the successor she had worked so hard to come up with?
"who is it!"
Mrs. Lin shook her head: "I didn't say anything. I just said that I wouldn't be treated badly. It's a big restaurant. I didn't think it was reliable, so I refused."
Chu Yunli raised his eyebrows.
When Mrs. Lin saw this, she suddenly thought of something and said hurriedly: "Even if you can trust me, I won't go! The Zhou family has been kind to me. From now on, I will stay here until I die, and I won't leave even if I am asked to leave!"