Exile after Divorce? Empty the Scumbag Husband First!-Chapter 341 - 333

Lord Lin’s side was progressing rapidly; in less than three days, all the workers had arrived at the chosen site and started construction.

They had to take advantage of the light rain and build as soon as possible. If they waited until the rain stopped, who knows when it would be finished.

If they didn’t finish before the harvest, it would result in a significant loss of grain.

Everyone knew the task was heavy, but even in the light rain, no one was deterred.

During these days, Ruan Mian was busy with matters concerning the granary, entrusting Cui Zhu to handle the coordination of the transport company’s staff.

On the day the weather finally cleared, the granary needed many hands. Ruan Mian, along with Lord Lin, went to the city to hire workers, leading a large group of people.

Upon arriving at the site, they inadvertently saw a familiar figure, Liu Shu, carrying an old lady delivering food across the muddy ground.

After safely placing the old lady on clean ground, she thanked him profusely, and this scene did not go unnoticed by Ruan Mian and the others.

Especially Cui Zhu, who couldn’t help but say, "Miss, this Mr. Liu is so helpful and friendly; everyone here likes him very much."

"Seeing him like this, I could tell he is kind-hearted and a good man."

Lord Lin smiled gently, and just as he finished speaking, Liu Shu looked in their direction and waved, smiling brightly.

Ruan Mian keenly noticed that Liu Shu’s gaze was directed at Cui Zhu.

She followed his gaze, and it seemed Cui Zhu realized her mistress’s intention, opening her mouth slightly, her face shyly blushing and said no more.

Ruan Mian seemed to understand something, smiled meaningfully, and left with Lord Lin, entrusting Cui Zhu.

"Zhu’er, stay here and see if there’s anything needing help. I’ll go with Lord Lin to have a look ahead."

Cui Zhu blushed and wanted to follow Ruan Mian, "Miss..."

Before she could finish, Liu Shu strode over, politely clasped his fist in a salute.

"Miss Ruan, Lord Lin."

Ruan Mian smiled slightly, without saying much.

Apart from constructing the granary, Ruan Mian was busy with other matters these days.

She led people to drain the accumulated water from the wheat field canals, and after Wuheng City was well constructed, her aunt opened a restaurant inside, where she took time to discuss with the chef and developed some unique new dishes.

Now that the weather cleared during the granary construction period, the restaurant held a tasting event for the new dishes to gather business, which had been sluggish for days.

They hoped to enliven the neighborhood with the event.

Everyone hadn’t gone out for a long time, so with the cleared weather, they came out to walk around.

The restaurant’s tasting event was in full swing; after a prolonged rainy spring, such good weather was rare, and there was already a long line outside.

The restaurant staff had come to the village early to inform Ruan Mian that business was booming, and the family wanted to take the opportunity to go out for a walk. So, a large group of people went to the restaurant to help.

After working outside for a while, serving dishes, Shaoxi felt something was amiss. Noticing many familiar faces in the queue, she quietly went to the back kitchen to tell Ruan Mian.

"Miss, I just saw several people in the queue were refugees from outside the city. They are not allowed into the city on a market day."

"Not only did they come in today, but they also queued repeatedly to get a lot of our food."

Just as she finished speaking, the sound of arguing came from outside.

Ruan Mian and Shaoxi exchanged a glance, and as they stepped out, they found those refugees arguing with the staff handling the tasting.

The staff pointed to the refugees at the front.

"Miss Ruan, I’ve seen these people many times already; repeatedly. We are offering tastings, not charity!"

"Moreover, charity allows for just one portion, yet they want to eat everything!"

The staff was indignant, but immediately, the leading refugee raised his neck.

"You opened the shop for tastings, didn’t you?!"

"And what proof do you have that we’ve eaten a lot of your food? I haven’t even gotten my first bowl!"

The people behind chimed in, "Exactly! We’ve been queuing for so long, and when it’s our turn, you say we’ve eaten several times? If you don’t want to feed us for free, just say so, no need to be so nasty!"

"Folks, I think no one should come here to eat, lest we be looked down upon. They promised tastings, only to turn around and reject us. Isn’t this just merchants’ behavior?"

"Exactly, you are doing business after all, merchants are sly, we ordinary people can’t fight this."

Their voices grew louder, and the staff couldn’t argue anymore. Ruan Mian calmly stopped the staff and looked at the refugees.

"No need to argue; it’s just some new dishes we are letting everyone taste for good luck."

"Our staff is also thinking of the restaurant’s interests, so I hope you all won’t argue with them. If we were negligent just now, I sincerely apologize here."

She then turned to the crowd, "To show goodwill, please come with me inside; I’ll offer you a few new dishes to try, how about it?"

The leading refugee’s eyes shifted, glancing at his companions.

Though it wasn’t their ultimate goal, it didn’t hinder their plan.

So, they agreed on the spot, and this group followed Ruan Mian into the restaurant, even being given a nice table.

"Please wait a moment; I’ll have the new dishes brought over shortly."

After saying that, she went into the back kitchen. Shaoxi, who followed, wished she could drive them out, so she didn’t understand Ruan Mian’s actions.

"Miss, even if we have no proof they took several dishes, from their words we know they’re not good people. They surely have other motives coming here!"

"Why still let them stay and enjoy our food? Why not let me teach them a lesson?"

Ruan Mian smiled slightly; by now, she had taken out a basket of small red peppers and pointed to them.

"This would teach them more than you would."

Following Ruan Mian’s gaze, Shaoxi looked puzzled. "They’re just peppers; how would they learn a lesson?" Ruan Mian smiled, dicing the peppers, adding them to the pot.

When the dishes were served, the group still conceitedly stared at the dishes, noticing they indeed looked better even than those at other tables, so their expressions softened.

They devoured the dishes like they were starving ghosts reincarnated, and just like that, the dishes were gone in no time. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The staff standing nearby couldn’t bear to watch, rolling their eyes!