Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 234: Yearning

Chapter 234: Chapter 234: Yearning

After returning from home, Nanzhi only took out the items Aunt Guihua had stuffed her with.

In the purse were several Silver Horns and some assorted copper coins, totaling about one tael and eight hundred wen of silver.

It was roughly equivalent to today’s meal expenses.

Weighing the load in her hand, Nanzhi carefully tucked away her things with a pursed mouth.

She was determined to set up this restaurant with Miaomiao.

Having made up her mind, Nanzhi began to calculate what silver she had left on paper.

With the 1,350 taels that Shen Wenchen gave and the 8 taels she herself had, plus the 10 taels that Miaomiao had given earlier, and the 10 taels given when signing the lease this morning, minus the 1,000 taels for the lease of the restaurant, she could save 378 taels.

If you subtract the 350 taels from Shen Wenchen, she would have only 28 taels left.

To start again, 28 taels might be a bit less.

The more she thought about it, the more worried Nanzhi became. She realized that she and Miaomiao taking over Baiweizhai was rather impatient.

But after all, the silver had been given, and there was no turning back.

She could only think carefully about the business.

Chen Qiulan and Sun Cui were busy cooking in the kitchen. The sisters-in-law were also talking about Nanzhi’s restaurant.

"Sister-in-law, do you think that the silver for Fat Girl’s shop will be enough?" Sun Cui sat by the stove, worry showing in her eyebrows.

"Should be enough." Chen Qiulan was cutting meat, and her hand paused for a moment.

A big place like Baiweizhai, where would her little sister-in-law have the silver?

"Could it be the silver given by the brother-in-law?" Sun Cui mentioned as she adjusted the firewood.

Hearing her sister-in-law say this, Chen Qiulan thought about it and nodded: "It should be, otherwise Fat Girl wouldn’t have been able to take out 1,000 taels."

Not to mention her little sister-in-law, even their big family probably didn’t save up 200 taels over these past few years.

Especially with the silver earned from the food stall, which the mother-in-law distributed to each house every month without confiscation, relying solely on the income of the carpentry shop, the family could only save up to 100 taels at most.

"Will Mother-in-law take the public silver and give it to the little sister-in-law?" Sun Cui spoke, her face somewhat embarrassed.

She knew that the father-in-law and mother-in-law, together with her own husband, favored the little sister-in-law, but now her own son Maomao was seven years old and they needed to make plans for his marriage and having children.

Although she had been saving up silver, if her mother-in-law took the family’s public silver and gave it to her little sister-in-law, how much could Maomao get in the future?

Thinking about it, there was some discontent on Sun Cui’s face.

"How could you not know what kind of person mother-in-law is?" Chen Qiulan found her sister-in-law’s appearance somewhat amusing, and continued to chop the vegetables: "If mother-in-law were to touch the public silver, she would definitely tell us. Why are you worrying here?"

"Right."

Sun Cui nodded and her face turned somewhat sheepish.

"It seems like I’m too narrow-minded."

"How can this be considered narrow-minded?" Chen Qiulan said with a smile.

"People are all biased, always leaning towards themselves, but you are overthinking it. Think about the few years we’ve been married here, has mother-in-law done anything truly biased? Besides, Little Sister-in-law is a good person. Without her, we probably would have turned into a pile of bones in the field by now."

Having said her piece, and finished chopping the vegetables, Chen Qiulan just washed the vegetable knife and got a spatula.

"Make a fire, it’s time to start cooking."

"Right, okay." Sun Cui lit the firewood in her hand, and then scratched her head somewhat awkwardly.

"I was thinking too much."

"Alright, as long as you’ve figured it out, it’s fine. For now, we should focus on living a good life. If Fat Girl’s business takes off, our family will have one more capable person."

While the sisters-in-law chatted in the kitchen, the mother and father were also pondering in the room.

"Old woman, do we really not need to give our daughter some silver?" The father ate a piece of Osmanthus Cake, feeling somewhat distressed.

This is a thousand taels of silver. It’s gone just like that, even though they’ve left such a big restaurant, but he knew what abilities his own daughter had.

She has lived in the village her entire life, how could she possibly manage such a large restaurant?

"No need to give." The mother sewed the clothes in her hand, not even giving her husband a glance.

"Really no need? She and the Shen family girl, neither of them know how to run a restaurant. If you ask me, it’s just messing around." The more he thought, the more worried he became. The father didn’t find the Osmanthus Cake in his hand sweet anymore.

"What are you saying!" The mother rolled her eyes at him when she heard his words.

"Our daughter is an opportunist, how is this messing around? Even if the shop can’t continue, isn’t there still the lease? Worst comes to worst, we’ll sell it."

The mother rolled her eyes and didn’t feel like sewing the clothes. Instead, she started worrying about her daughter and son-in-law.

"What do you think Wenchen is doing these days? He doesn’t care about the idle talks outside, our daughter is also cheerful all day, I hope they won’t get into a mess."

"You know what kind of person Wenchen is, don’t you?" The father had just thought his wife was a smart woman, but now listening to her, he was a little speechless.

"If he really had changed his mind about our daughter, he would have left a long time ago. Going to the Capital City is better than staying here. You just accused me of wild thoughts, and now you’re overthinking things."

"Alright alright, I can’t beat you."

"So we’re really not going to give Fat Girl some silver?"

"I’ve said there’s no need. Let Miaomiao and Fat Girl do their own thing with the restaurant. If they succeed, it will be their own merit. What’s the point of us giving silver? Is it for Fat Girl to give us some silver later, or to stuff our people into it?"

"That’s a point." The father smacked his lips, not saying anything else.

The old woman was always the thoughtful one in the end.

In the worst case, if the daughter lost the restaurant, she could just come back.

The house can still afford to keep her.

"By the way, old man, the matter I asked you to check, did you find out?"

The mother glanced at him sideways, her eyes full of suspicion.

"I checked, I checked. There are two shops selling on the street to the north of the city. But what are you up to?"

"Doing business. Our daughter is going to open a restaurant, why can’t I open a shop with my daughter-in-law?" The mother held up her waist.

Although she favored her little daughter, no matter how you put it, her two daughters-in-law were also half her own daughters. Even though the stall made some silver every month, it was not as good as having a shop.

Anyway, the public funds have saved up more than a hundred taels over the past two years, it’s better to open up a shop first than to get up early and work late every day.

When they make more silver in the future, they can open up a few more. By then, they should also leave a few shops in the hands of the eldest and second child’s families.

"Alright, alright, you have an idea, you have an idea." The father nodded at his wife repeatedly.

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