"Hmph! Yang Ming, don’t fail to appreciate my kindness!" The man hadn’t expected to be driven out by Yang Ming, and he stord out the door, with his attendant quickly following suit.
"..." Who on earth is this guy, utterly nonsensical!
"Young master, young master, wait a mont! Please wait!" The attendant chased after him all the way and boarded the carriage with his young master.
"Young master, we ca here to ask for help, not to start a fight!" He was nearly frantic on the side, constantly trying to catch his young master’s eye with signals, but to no avail!
They had clearly co to ask for help, yet his young master just couldn’t let go of his superior attitude. As soon as they entered, before they could even discuss the matter at hand, they were chased out.
"Hmph, when have I, Li Fugui, ever begged anyone? What bad idea are you coming up with this ti!"
"..." Am I to bla now? If it weren’t for your needless insistence on opposing Yuelai Restaurant and hoarding all that cabbage at ho, would we even be here asking for help?
Li Fugui had never imagined that the spicy cabbage was made by that Yang Ming’s family. Yang Ming had always seed carefree and untroubled at the academy, and his family was poor too, so Li Fugui had never thought highly of him. Yet, unexpectedly, there ca a day he had to ask for help.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. The old man at ho had laid down the law: if he didn’t handle this well, the family assets would go to his illegitimate brother, "So what do we do now!"
"..." What was he doing just now, and now he’s asking !
"Young master, perhaps we should..." The attendant leaned closer to Li Fugui, whispering into his ear, suggesting a plan of action.
Upon hearing the suggestion, Li Fugui displayed a mischievously sly smile, "Ha ha ha, good, let’s go with that!"
And so, the carriage left Yang Family Village.
Yang Family’s Ho
"Yang Ming, who do you even know, such a clear lunatic that guy! Coming here with all his nonsensical aggressiveness!" As soon as the man left, Xiaoxiao hurriedly inquired.
"..." That Li Fugui was always causing trouble for him at the academy, which he ignored, but it was strange to find him at his house, "He was my schoolmate, the Young Master of Dongfeng Restaurant in the county town."
"Could it be?"
"Could it be?"
The two of them said in unison, obviously thinking along the sa lines.
"Dongfeng Restaurant and Yuelai Restaurant are arch-rivals, and he must be the one who bought all that cabbage. He’s stockpiled too much and can’t sell it, so now he’s co here looking for the spicy cabbage recipe!"
Xiaoxiao blurted out her thoughts, "But why does he act so high and mighty when he clearly needs help? He must be really sick in the head!"
"In any case, the recipes for spicy cabbage and sauerkraut have already been sold; there’s nothing for him here!" Yang Ming said, though he was still very worried, knowing that others aside from their family could make them.
"Xiaoxiao, if I clean the latrines, would you be embarrassed?"
Yang Ming felt that the matter of cleaning latrines would now be known throughout the village and the word would spread today; he no longer feared gossip but worried whether his wife might look down on him.
"..." Xiaoxiao hadn’t taken it seriously at all and was surprised Yang Ming cared so much about her opinion.
"Whatever work one does deserves respect! There’s nothing shaful about earning money with one’s own hands. The fact that you’re not afraid of hardship or filth shows that you are ’this’!" Xiaoxiao said, raising her thumb to Yang Ming, "A real man!"
The words from his wife always ward his heart, allowing him to constantly hear the thumping sound from within his chest.
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