novelSusiti Chapter 1342 - 1337: Before Looking for Fengzi, Buy a Restaurant
Chapter 1342 - 1337: Before Looking for Fengzi, Buy a Restaurant
The Old Mu Family people left first, with Mu Shuangshuang behind.But she drove the cart fast, and halfway there she ran into the rest of the Old Mu Family, sprawled on a haystack like a bunch of rags.
Old Mrs. Mu immediately stopped Mu Shuangshuang’s cart and even climbed up to check it over.
Only after she saw the neatly stacked bean sprouts and some wild greens on the cart did she let them go!
Mu Shuangshuang drove the cart while watching the Old Mu Family in the distance grow smaller and smaller, feeling a wave of sighs and emotion in her heart.
At long last, she watched the Old Mu Family people leave Er Gui Village!
She just hoped that now they were gone, they wouldn’t come back right away.
After Mu Shuangshuang’s cart went far off, Old Mrs. Mu was still standing there grumbling to herself, saying Mu Shuangshuang had no conscience.
But the ox cart had barely stopped for long when Mu Zhenzhen clutched her belly on the cart and yelled, "Ma, my stomach hurts, feels like I’m gonna shit my pants! What do I do?"
Old Mrs. Mu was stunned.
"What are we gonna do now? There’s no village in front, no shop behind, and you..."
If it were all her own family traveling together, that would be one thing, but there were still two villagers driving the ox cart.
Mu Zhenzhen couldn’t very well solve the problem in front of so many people, could she?
"Ma, let me get off the cart. I’ll go back and deal with it. In a few days, when I’m feeling better, I’ll go to the county to find you, all right?"
Mu Zhenzhen said.
"This..." Old Mrs. Mu hesitated a bit.
"Ma, what are you hesitating for? Isn’t Xiangxiang at home? Worst comes to worst, I’ll stay with Xiangxiang and keep an eye on Fourth Sister-in-law while I’m at it! I’ll make sure Xiangxiang’s safe!"
The last sentence was the real key for Old Mrs. Mu.
Old Mrs. Mu thought of her daughter lying on the kang, unable to move, and reluctantly agreed!
"If you feel it’s not good at home, you come to the county to find us early, you hear!"
...
Mu Shuangshuang idled away a whole day in town.
Lately, she’d already started getting busy with the matter of going to the Northwest to find Lu Yuanfeng.
The restaurant was, as always, left to Yu Dahai to run, but Mu Shuangshuang had made an even bigger decision: before she left, she wanted to buy the restaurant Xue Yi’s mother had originally planned to give her.
For the next few months while she went to find Lu Yuanfeng, the restaurant would be under renovation, and when she came back, she’d move Chengfeng Restaurant over there.
Mu Shuangshuang told Yu Dahai her idea.
Yu Dahai hardly hesitated at all before nodding immediately.
"Shuangshuang, truth is, I’ve been wanting to say this for a long time! Our restaurant’s location is indeed a bit small. Every time customers come in all excited and leave disappointed, I feel bad for them.
That old First-class Pavilion had a good spot, sure, but more importantly it was big enough. If our Chengfeng Restaurant moved over there, business would definitely keep booming!
It’s just, First-class Pavilion has now been turned into a cloth shop. Why would they still sell it to us to run as a restaurant?"
Yu Dahai also knew what kind of influence the Xue Family used to have in town.
Back then, while the Xue Family was around, the Liu Family had no chance to rise at all.
Even now, if the Liu Family wanted to lay hands on the Xue Family’s property, it wouldn’t be easy.
"Don’t worry, I know Old Mrs. Xue. She said before, once I’d earned enough money, I could go buy that First-class Pavilion!"
Yu Dahai was taken aback and immediately understood that Mu Shuangshuang had pretty good relations with the Xue Family.
"Then when are you planning to buy it? Do you need me to go to the money house and withdraw the money?" Yu Dahai asked.
"No rush yet. I haven’t even asked how much silver it is! But once the restaurant’s bought, I might have to take a trip to the Northwest to find Fengzi!
I’ll probably leave when the restaurant renovations are done. After I get back, we’ll hold a grand opening ceremony! We’ll come up with some fresh tricks to draw in customers!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Go to the Northwest? You... you’re a young woman traveling alone. I’m afraid it won’t be safe on the road.
How about you travel with an escort agency? I heard there’s an escort agency in the county that specializes in the Northwest route. They usually only escort goods, but..."
"But I can apply to be an escort master and travel with them, so not only do I not have to pay, I get my safety guaranteed too?" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"..."
Yu Dahai was a bit dumbfounded!
"Escort agencies don’t hire female escort masters, and their requirements are pretty high too!"
"If women won’t do, then I’ll dress as a man! As for the requirements for an escort master, I figure I can at least give it a try!"
From the start, Mu Shuangshuang had already planned on dressing as a man.
And she was going to make herself look like a real man: Adam’s apple, rough skin and all sorts of details, she’d design them all.
She wasn’t going to be like those TV shows where a woman dresses as a man but still looks like a rosy-lipped little girl.
To Da Hai, Mu Shuangshuang’s ideas were a complete challenge.
He’d literally never even heard of such a thing, let alone seen it.
But deep down, a voice told him to believe the person in front of him.
"Forget it then. Shuangshuang, take more money with you and sew it into your clothes. As long as you don’t flaunt your wealth and behave yourself on the road, you should be fine!
When you see Fengzi, give him my regards! Don’t worry about the restaurant. I, Yu Dahai, am someone you can rely on!"
Mu Shuangshuang naturally trusted Yu Dahai.
After everything that had happened, Yu Dahai’s character had always had a solid guarantee in her eyes!
"Brother Yu, once things settle down a bit, I’ll properly thank you! Oh right, I bought some land in the countryside. In a couple of days, I’ll call the lads and we’ll all go to my place for a good meal!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"The lads have been working hard these days; it’s about time they got a couple of days off too!"
Chengfeng Restaurant was packed every day, and the work for the staff there was no light task.
Giving them time off was only right!
"Haha, those brats probably won’t want a holiday! When they’re working, not only is the pay good, they get fed too!" Yu Dahai joked half-seriously.
"We’ll feed them even on holiday; they just have to cook for themselves!" Mu Shuangshuang laughed along.
After chatting with Yu Dahai, Mu Shuangshuang went into town to buy some ingredients.
Today was the day the Old Mu Family left. To others it might not mean much.
But to the third branch, it was a big day worth celebrating.
At least for a while, those weirdos wouldn’t show up in front of them to ruin their mood!
When Mu Shuangshuang got home, school was already out.
The kids were waiting for her in the yard, and so were her parents.
As soon as Mu Shuangshuang stepped into the yard, everyone crowded around her.
Judging by their faces, they were all excited because Old Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu had left.
"Ma, I bought some vegetables. We’re having an extra nice dinner tonight! Yuanbao, Little Zhi, Xiao Han, I got you some snacks too. Oh, and remember to share some with Da Long!" Mu Shuangshuang was in a very good mood.
She practically walked with a breeze under her feet.
Mu Dashan’s face was full of awkwardness. He’d originally wanted to discuss with Shuangshuang what they should do next now that her grandparents had left.
But seeing his daughter like this, he didn’t have the heart to bring it up.
Yu Si Niang was in a good mood too.
She really had that "the serfs have turned over and are singing" kind of feeling that Shuangshuang talked about.
After all, the big mountain pressing down on her head was gone; from now on, there’d be no one pointing fingers at her anymore!
All in all, with the Old Mu Family gone, a thousand different people had a thousand different feelings!