Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 224: Extorting the Little River Clam

Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Extorting the Little River Clam

"Why would I need you for hard, tedious work? Silly girl!"

Nanzhi looked at the little girl, her smile growing more sincere.

"Don’t worry yet. Before starting a business, we have to pave the way first."

Shen Miaomiao felt a bit puzzled at her words. Pave the way?

She knew that setting up a stall required a registration at the administrative office, and a monthly rent, but what did ’pave the way’ mean?

"We have too many spices on hand, we need to sell half of them first to set the precedent of people using these spices for cooking in Yan City."

Nanzhi lightly tapped the table a few times. Once the barbecue business is launched, Su Tao will inevitably suspect something. Even if Su Tao’s intentions can’t be discerned at the moment, the plot of this novel is too strong. Even if Su Tao doesn’t care about her, she can’t guarantee that the plot will spare her. She can’t take that risk.

As long as the use of cumin in dishes is introduced in Yan City first, it will make more sense when it comes to her stall.

She’s been back for almost half a month now and nothing strange has happened yet, which means the story hasn’t picked up on her yet. As long as she’s careful, there should be no major issues.

"Sister Nanzhi, do you have a plan then?" Miaomiao asked, noticing Nanzhi’s thoughtful expression.

"I’m not sure yet. But Miaomiao, do you know which restaurants in Yan City are relatively wealthy?"

"Wealthy?"

The girl frowned and thought hard. "The most famous is probably Zuitingxuan, but I heard they had some dealings with the former city lord. The new city lord is Shen brother, it’s best we don’t get involved with them."

"You’re right."

"There are also Hongfu Building and Baiweizhai, they are quite renowned. However, I heard that the owner of Baiweizhai is planning to return to the Capital City and is looking to sell his restaurant."

Miaomiao blinked at this point, meeting Nanzhi’s gaze.

Reading each other’s minds, the two of them shared a knowing smile. Soon, the little girl found herself in a predicament.

Even so, Baiweizhai is one of the largest restaurants in Yan City. They’ll require hundreds or thousands of taels of silver to purchase it outright.

"Sister Nanzhi..."

"Don’t worry about this now." Nanzhi comforted her by patting her hand. If they really want to take over Baiweizhai, they will probably need to keep all their cumin.

But she couldn’t just fixate on setting up a stall...

After all, Wenchen has mentioned before that their matter should be arranged no later than June. By then she could become the city lord’s wife, would she still need to set up a stall every day?

Thinking about it this way, Nanzhi felt a bit torn.

The safest method for now was definitely to sell half of the cumin, and set up a small stall with Miaomiao, earning twenty to thirty taels per month.

But when she thought of the available restaurant, Nanzhi couldn’t help but feel greedy.

Or she could gamble, gamble that the plot of the novel won’t take notice of her.

After all, technically Lin Nanzhi is already dead, she’s just an outsider.

She was confident she could afford to buy the restaurant with the funds she had, however, those were dowry provided by Wenchen. Moving them didn’t sit well with her.

After some thought, Nanzhi finally mustered the courage to say, "Miaomiao, let’s go check out Baiweizhai tomorrow. If it’s really good, we can seriously consider whether to purchase it."

"Sister Nanzhi, is your foot okay?"

The little girl looked worriedly at Nanzhi’s ankle. She shook her hand dismissively, "That’s nothing serious. We’ll head to Baiweizhai first thing tomorrow."

After agreeing on a time with Miaomiao, Nanzhi hobbled towards the backyard.

Four children crouched in the backyard, playing with mud and catching bugs, causing Nanzhi to twitch at the sight.

Lin Zihan was the oldest among the kids, now rolling up his sleeves and squatting at the edge of the vegetable patch catching bugs.

Lin Jian squatting off to the side, directing the others. Shen Zhiyu and Yuanbao, their faces smudged with mud, each guarding a snail and grinning like fools.

The wood bucket harbored a weak River Clam; looking at the children’s antics, the clam twitched its non-existent lips.

At first, when the four children came over, it thought they were here to see him. After all, Shen Zhiyu recognized him, and technically they had some sort of "bond". However, as soon as they arrived, they squatted down and ran off chasing snails.

He was pouring his heart out for these little rascals.

Two hens, Doudou, in the chicken coop kept their eyes on the children, occasionally clucking away. Even Nanzhi thought the sound of their crowing seemed to carry a hint of ridicule.

Thinking about how timid the two chickens were when they were in Lihua Village, Nanzhi couldn’t help but smile.

Were these two chickens holding a grudge?

"Let’s see how many eggs you’ve laid today. If there aren’t five, I’m stewing you for meat."

As she spoke, Nanzhi began to count the eggs in the chicken coop dramatically. The two hens, hearing her words, opened their eyes wide and quickly laid two eggs.

"One, two, three, four..."

With its eyes bulging, one of the hens didn’t hear the number five from Nanzhi’s lips. It had no choice but to force another egg.

She used her claws to roll the egg out, then shrunk back in exhaustion.

"Five, six! Well, you laid six eggs today, not bad at all." Nanzhi picked up the eggs and put them in a basket with a grin, then went over to the wooden basin.

The two hens in the chicken coop had lost the energy to mock the River Clam, and cowered meekly in their nests, resting.

The River Clam felt vindicated. Seeing Nanzhi come over, it moved its shell in a show of good mood.

"I’ve got a matter to discuss with you, Xiaohe." Nanzhi looked at the clam in the wooden basin with a cheerful smile, prodding it with one hand.

Xiaohe silently wondered what matter she could possibly have to discuss with him, when he heard her continue speaking.

"I’m in need of money right now. You’re quite remarkable, can’t you spit out a few dozens or a hundred pearls for me, to help me out?"

Hearing her words, the River Clam felt an urge to touch her forehead, to see if she had fever.

Leaving aside the fact that it is quite weak right now, even if it were in prime condition, spitting out dozens or a hundred pearls would certainly cost it half its life, wouldn’t it?

Was this woman out of her mind from twisting her foot?

Seeing the strings of small bubbles blown by the River Clam, Nanzhi sighed. Indeed, daydreaming suits her best.

Since Xiaohe revealed his true form, then he must have encountered some issues. Her taking advantage of his situation was perhaps not entirely justifiable.

"Then just remember to pay me some lodging fee."

Nanzhi poked the clam again, then got up to call the four children to wash their hands and faces.

The River Clam turned around silently in the wooden basin, pondering.

Could it be that this Lin Nanzhi is also fake?

How come she doesn’t seem the same as the girl from before?

Now she’s even extorting a patient like him. Didn’t she end up bringing back a bandit?

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