SFS Chapter 242 Rejection
Chapter 242 Rejection
At the family gathering at night, Li Taohua told everyone the purpose of Mrs. Xia's visit.
When Tang Luwu heard this, she hugged Qin Huiyin's arm tightly and said, "No. Yinyin is ours. If she wants to adopt Yinyin as her adopted daughter, isn't that stealing our person?"
Tang Yixiao has not returned to work yet and has been helping out in the store these days.
He agreed with Tang Luwu's statement and said sarcastically, "Second Sister is busy enough. Besides us, there are Brother Ruize, Brother Qibin, Brother Chen Yong, Brother Wei Feng... There are so many brothers to recognize, and now there is Madam Xia who wants to adopt her as her adopted daughter. We don't know where to find her in the future. Besides, the Xia family's affairs are so troublesome. If she has the time to snatch other people's daughters, she might as well clean up her own mess."
Tang Dafu never had his own opinion. Seeing that his children were so opposed, he said, "Wife, the two children are right."
"Who's wrong?" Li Taohua poked his forehead. "Can you have some ideas of your own?"
"Hehe..." Tang Dafu smiled foolishly as he touched the place where Li Taohua poked him.
Li Taohua rolled her eyes.
"This time, when the Xia family was in trouble, Yinyin was busy running around. It's normal for Madam Xia to like her. If it were us, we would also like such a warm-hearted girl." Tang Yichen said, "Yinyin is good friends with the young lady of the Xia family and has cooperated with her in business. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are like sisters. In fact, this title is unnecessary. If they get along well, there is no problem with them being sisters for life. If anything changes in the future, they can also separate openly. Those rules and regulations are just constraints for them."
Li Taohua nodded. "Brother Chen is still very clear-minded and makes sense. Okay, next time she comes, I'll reply like this. Yinyin, if she asks you, don't agree. You two are already friends, just get along well. There's no need to create those false reputations to constrain everyone. Those false reputations can only constrain gentlemen, not villains."
Master Tang San yawned and said, "Now that we've discussed it, I'm going to sleep."
After the New Year, Mr. Tang San followed Li Taohua and others into the city. Before, he was driving for Xiang Chuntao, but now that Xiang Chuntao and her family's business has been put on the right track and they are busy, he can follow Qin Huiyin and others.
Third Master Tang liked Qin Huiyin the most, so of course he was willing to follow her. However, the shop was overstaffed, and at his age, he couldn't be asked to wait tables. He usually helped Tang Luwu to man the counter. Sometimes, when the entrance was blocked and someone was needed to clear the parking space, Third Master Tang would go out to direct the flow of people, and he would quickly sort it out.
The next day, Mrs. Xia came to visit again.
Li Taohua smiled and rejected Mrs. Xia's proposal.
Mrs. Xia asked why. Li Taohua saw that she was sincere and didn't say anything empty. She told her about her concerns.
"Even brothers don't start business together, let alone sworn sisters. The two girls get along well now, so it doesn't matter whether they have a sisterhood or not. If one day they have different ideas and different business plans, having sisterhood will make it easier to talk about it. Without the constraints, it will be easier to settle accounts. Besides, the two girls are so close, they already call each other sister, so why bother with this?"
Mrs. Xia was a little disappointed, but she also respected the other party's decision. Besides, it was she who had been dreaming about someone else's girl, so it was normal for the other party to disagree.
Although the Tang family did not agree to Mrs. Xia's proposal, Mrs. Xia felt a sense of familiarity with Li Taohua. She said that the Xia family had been busy recently and had no free time. Once she had taken care of her family affairs, she would invite everyone in the Tang family to visit them.
The Xia family did have a lot of things to do. Xia Ruwan had to compete with the managers every day. She sold more than a dozen loss-making shops and replaced the managers of the remaining shops.
Xia Manor burned down and needed a large amount of money to repair it. The Xia family's current financial situation could not support such a large project, so they had to leave it there for the time being. Madam Xia and Xia Ruwan moved into another courtyard. The scale of that courtyard was not comparable to Xia Manor. It was originally bought by Madam Xia to store goods, so you can see how simple it was.
No matter how simple it was, the Xia family mother and daughter couldn't find fault with their recent living arrangements. Xia Manor was nearly burned out, and all their food and daily necessities needed to be replaced. And for the servants who had become disabled as a result of this incident, Madam Xia also had to spend money to support them in their old age. Besides the Qingyue Restaurant and Chuanchuanxiang, the Xia family also had several small shops that were profitable.
However, those small shops didn't have any cash, not even enough to buy the next batch of goods. Xia Ruwan had no choice but to discuss with Qin Huiyin and calculate the dividends for this quarter in advance.
The Xia family has been having a very difficult time recently and is barely able to keep their business going.
Unlike the Xia family, Qin Huiyin's several ventures were profitable. After the New Year, Zhang the Carpenter and his son gave her their share of the profits from the carpentry shop. Then there was Xiang Chuntao and Wang Juying's restaurant. The snack shop she opened with Song Ruize was also booming, not to mention the skewers, which were always packed with customers.
Qin Huiyin deposited all her assets in the bank, and she asked Zhang the carpenter to make a box to store the bills. As for the money Song Ruize gave her, she opened a separate account.
"Something happened, something happened." Li Taohua came in from outside.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Tang Luwu asked.
"I thought Yinyin liked Luo's cakes, so since there were no customers, I wanted to buy some for her to try. I just passed by the county government office and saw the old woman from the Deng family and the shrew from the first wife's house."
"Are they looking for trouble with my aunt again?" Tang Luwu guessed.
"No." Li Taohua waved her hand. "They went to file a complaint with the authorities."
"Ah?" Several people nearby were surprised.
The shop assistants had all heard about the dirty deeds of the Deng family, so they understood what Li Taohua said.
"I squeezed into the crowd and listened, and guess what happened?"
"Mother, please tell me quickly," Tang Luwu asked anxiously, "They dared to go to the county government office to file a complaint. They couldn't possibly be trying to take my aunt and cousin back with them, right? Have they become so bold?"
"If they wanted to take them back, they certainly wouldn't have the guts to do that. But they wanted to find Deng Gui."
"I remember Shaoyao said last time that Deng Gui is working as a handyman at the Qingyue Restaurant. They'll only release him when he pays off his meal debt. But given his current situation, it'll take him three to five years to pay it off. If they want to find Deng Gui, they should go to the Qingyue Restaurant. Why are they going to the county government office?"
"Of course, it's because Deng Gui escaped from the Qingyue Restaurant and sneaked back to the countryside, taking their eldest daughter away. Now that they've lost her and can't find Deng Gui, they've come to the county government office to make trouble," Li Taohua said. "Shaoyao and her mother have also been summoned by the county magistrate."