Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 389: Four People Discussing

Chapter 389: Chapter 389: Four People Discussing

The Sanwei Residence was forced to close for another two days, but ever since Shen Wenchen revealed Nanzhi’s identity, the Lin family’s new shop had never been empty.

"Brother Lin, why didn’t you tell us earlier that the city lord is your son-in-law?" The one speaking was Master Zheng, who was also a carpenter.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Father Lin, seeing Master Zheng wanting to start working with his tools, hurriedly stopped him.

"We’re all carpenters here. I see you’ve been busy for a few days, so I brought my apprentices to help out. We’ll finish it quickly so your daughter can open her shop, right?" Master Zheng, who couldn’t move because he was stopped, had no choice but to explain and asked his apprentices to be more agile.

This Brother Lin was truly a master of hiding his grandeur and accomplishing great things silently.

He, in a happy-go-lucky manner, allowed his daughter to captivate the city lord?

Thinking that the little girl who had asked him to work was going to be the city lord’s wife, Master Zheng wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.

Fortunately, thankfully, he hadn’t said anything foolish at that time.

"Brother Zheng, there’s no need, you might delay your business." Father Lin knew he was worried about saying something to his son-in-law, but looking at him sweating profusely, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

This Master Zheng was amusing. He was already an elderly man, how could he be as petty as he thought?

"What business at this time? It’s just helping out." Master Zheng waved his hand, seeing that Father Lin still refused to let him help, he turned around and started working on the door.

"Husband, what should we do now?" Mother Lin, seeing Master Zheng and his young followers cleaning and decorating their shop, felt a bit helpless.

They were just running a food shop, making it so fancy, would people still dare to come and eat?

Would they think their shop was shady?

"Never mind, you can go and tell the eldest daughter-in-law to go home and rest. She doesn’t need to come here for the next few days."

Mother Lin paused for a moment, understanding that he wanted Master Zheng to help in the shop. She nodded and went to find her eldest daughter-in-law.

"Mother." Chen Qiulan was drinking tea and stood up immediately when she saw her mother-in-law.

"Qiulan, you can go home and take a good rest. Here is a tael of silver, go buy some chickens to make soup and share with your sister-in-law."

Mother Lin took out a tael of silver and handed it over.

Chen Qiulan looked at the silver with a baffled expression and shaking her head.

"Mother, I don’t need it, I have my own money." In the past two years, she had saved up a good few taels of silver.

"This is from your mother. Your sister-in-law is now pregnant, and we are all busy, so it’s hard on you to take care of her." Mother Lin shoved the silver into her hands and wouldn’t let her return it.

The second son’s family’s child was a little unstable, stirring her up all day with vomiting and diarrhea. She couldn’t even sleep well.

Looking at her, Mother Lin felt her heart aching.

They had been sending a few children home with money these past days to buy food outside.

But how could the chicken soup bought from outside compare to homemade soup?

She knew that some shops even watered down the chicken soup and used half a pot of water!

"Ah." Chen Qiulan didn’t refuse anymore and took the silver to go to the market.

Although the restaurant wasn’t open, the wait staff still needed to eat. The restaurant would deliver meals to the shop on time.

When Lin Xiaoquan entered with the lunchbox, he saw several robust men working bare-chested, who all turned their heads when they heard him coming in.

"Xiaoquan, are you here?" Lin Yicheng stopped what he was doing when he saw Lin Xiaoquan, and quickly came over to take the food box.

"Brother Lin, what is..." Seeing the scene before him, Lin Xiaoquan was astounded and was only able to stutter out this sentence after a while.

"The apprentices of Master Carpenter Zheng are here to help. By the way, Xiaoquan, could you please run back to the restaurant and ask Chef Xu to stir-fry more dishes? We won’t need any more rice. I’ll go buy some from next door later."

After saying this, Lin Yicheng gave him three copper plates.

"Okay, okay," Lin Xiaoquan swallowed nervously, not taking the copper plates, and ran off right away.

"Big brother Lin, who’s that kid?" The apprentice of Master Carpenter Zheng asked curiously, watching Lin Xiaoquan hurry off.

"He’s from the San Wei Residence, here to deliver food. But I don’t think we’ll have enough dishes, so I asked him to bring some more."

"I see." The man nodded, understanding, and continued working.

The shop didn’t need much else. Mother Lin found it all troublesome and decided to buy the necessary tables, chairs, and benches. She didn’t want to bother the men of her household, so she didn’t have them make anything.

Master Carpenter Zheng came over with his apprentice and saw that there was nothing much for them to do. So, they went back, brought some wood over, and directly started making the tables, chairs, and benches.

In the City Lord’s residence, four people were sitting around a stone table in silence.

"Miaomiao."

"Sister Nanzhi."

Both of them suddenly spoke at the same time. They gave each other a puzzled look before breaking into laughter.

"Sister Nanzhi, I’ve decided to go back to Kyoto with Wenchen." Shen Miaomiao felt somewhat embarrassed, and a hint of guilt stirred inside her.

Initially, Sister Nanzhi could have run the restaurant on her own, but she had given Miaomiao a hand. Now, just three months later, she was leaving. It seemed irresponsible.

"That’s good news." Nanzhi didn’t see anything wrong with Shen Miaomiao’s decision. She had asked her to help run the San Wei Residence to give her a source of income so she wouldn’t feel inferior to Wenchen.

Now the lovers were finally together, what could she possibly argue?

Moreover, Miaomiao has already been a manager. She certainly knows the importance of a career for a woman.

"I feel like I’ve let you down after the training you’ve given me." Shen Miaomiao’s eyes reddened. If Sister Nanzhi hadn’t included her in the first place, maybe she would still be a girl who only knew how to embroider handkerchiefs at home.

Last night, she had discussed this with her parents, and they were willing to go to Kyoto with her.

Maybe it was her brother’s incident that made them want to leave this place of sorrow.

Her mother said that women in Kyoto must learn housekeeping. After getting married, they could manage the house and everyone in it properly.

No one would mock them then.

If she remained a girl who only knew how to embroider sachets and handkerchiefs at home and she went to Kyoto to marry Wenchen, she would only embarrass herself.

Now, having managed a restaurant, she has learned a few things.

At least her future path wouldn’t be too difficult now.

"What training? Once you get to Kyoto, make sure you plan carefully. If you want to start a business, rent a shop and hire a reliable person to manage it. In Kyoto, an official’s wife shouldn’t be out in public too much."

Nanzhi hated the phrase ’being out in public’, but the world was just like that.

"Okay." Shen Miaomiao’s eyes were shining with tears. She only nodded slightly.

"I don’t have many things to give you. This is the recipe for the iced-drinks. Take this with you. If you open an iced-drinks shop in Kyoto, it can help you get close to other officials’ wives."

Nanzhi handed a sheet of Xuan paper to Shen Miaomiao. The two girls stared at each other, their eyes full of tears.

"Nannan, Wenchen and his group are not leaving right now. Don’t get too emotional." Shen Wenchen was somewhat helpless, seeing Nanzhi about to cry, he passed her a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes.

Seeing his older brother’s action, Wenchen imitated him, making Shen Miaomiao blush.

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