The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 114: Today Is a Good Day

The eldest brother of the Feng family went back to the village happily with five hundred taels of silver notes.

Feng Chuan, holding the land deed and seal of Crispy Food Garden, found Gu Dashi.

Gu Dashi’s mouth twitched. Tong Huaqiong asked him to set up Feng Chuan, not mainly for the thousand taels of silver, but to block Manager Feng and make him roll out of Crispy Food Garden and Yan Guan Town.

As long as Taohua Dessert successfully opens, they never intended to take that thousand taels of silver at all.

Unexpectedly, Feng Chuan managed to steal the entire Crispy Food Garden and pawned it to him.

Gu Jingzhe was not present, and Gu Dashi didn’t dare to make a decision on his own. In other words, the whole matter had already exceeded his ability to handle.

This matter must be decided by his mother.

So, Tong Huaqiong, who was preparing for the store’s opening, was startled when Gu Dashi brought Feng Chuan crashing in.

Gu Dashi, with his excellent eloquence, made it clear within a few sentences why he brought Feng Chuan.

Oh my, Tong Huaqiong couldn’t help but clap her hands; Feng Chuan had practically given her the entire Crispy Food Garden on a silver platter.

Feng Chuan, brought to Rouge Alley and seeing Tong Huaqiong, was equally stunned. Isn’t this the Widow Tong, who was selling pastries opposite Crispy Food Garden and whom his second uncle wanted to drive out of Yan Guan Town?

Hearing Gu Dashi call Tong Huaqiong mother, he realized he really fell into a trap.

It was all laid out by this mother and son, no, this mother and her two sons.

Feng Chuan tried to run but was held down by Gu Dashi. A person in despair can draw immense strength. Gu Dashi couldn’t hold him, seeing him almost out the shop door when suddenly his arms were tightly held and the whole person dragged back inside by a large, plump girl.

"Trying to run," Tong Huaqiong sneered.

Feng Chuan begged for mercy bitterly.

"I am not as vile as your second uncle. I won’t kill you," Tong Huaqiong said with a radiant smile.

"You just want to pawn the land deed of Crispy Food Garden for silver, right? I’ll help you with that."

Under the watchful eyes of Tong Huaqiong, Gu Dashi, and Gu Taohua, a trembling Feng Chuan handed over the land deed and seal to Tong Huaqiong.

"What about the IOU?" Feng Chuan asked.

Tong Huaqiong laughed loudly. This gambling fool was naïve; your life is in my hands, and you still ask for an IOU? What’s your logic?

Too lazy for nonsense, Tong Huaqiong ordered Gu Dashi with a wave to tie Feng Chuan up and lock him in the woodshed in the courtyard.

Until the shop opens successfully, there’s no way she’d let Feng Chuan go.

Now holding both the land deed of Crispy Food Garden and Feng Chuan’s life, she eagerly anticipated how Manager Feng would react.

Her aim wasn’t to swallow Crispy Food Garden nor the thousand taels of silver but to make Manager Feng roll out of Yan Guan Town.

After all, she didn’t yet have the absolute strength to contend with the owner of Crispy Food Garden. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Taohua Dessert would open in three days.

As a competitor, she thought she should personally notify the owner of Crispy Food Garden of this good news.

Perhaps the owner of Crispy Food Garden might want to add flair to the grand opening of Taohua Dessert.

Tong Huaqiong slapped her thigh, summoning Gu Dashi and Gu Jingzhe, instructing them to take the seal and land deed of Crispy Food Garden and head to Pingchuan County immediately.

Over these days, Tong Huaqiong was reassured seeing how Gu Jingzhe handled affairs, confident he would meet Ma Ming, the owner of Crispy Food Garden, and before Taohua Dessert opened, use Ma Ming to deal with Manager Feng, making sure he’s thoroughly finished.

"Today is a good day, everything will go as one wishes..." Tong Huaqiong’s steps were light as she couldn’t help but hum.

Feng Chuan, tied up in the woodshed, listened to the commotion outside, his mouth gagged, unable to speak.

He didn’t regret stealing the land deed of Crispy Food Garden.

All was his cheap father’s fault, his second uncle’s attempt to deal with Taohua Dessert and drive Widow Tong away from Yan Guan Town that led Widow Tong’s son to set him up.

The suffering he endured now was all thanks to his second uncle.

In his heart, he was full of resentment towards his second uncle.

When dusk fell, Gu Jingzhe and Gu Dashi returned from Pingchuan County. From Gu Jingzhe’s face alone, Tong Huaqiong could tell that Manager Feng would never recover.

Tong Huaqiong ordered Gu Dashi to go into the woodshed to feed Feng Chuan some water and buns, then continue tying him up with his mouth blocked after feeding.

"Mother, how do we handle this person?" Gu Dashi asked.

"Keep him confined until the shop opens," Tong Huaqiong said, "You stay here these two days to watch him."

Gu Dashi agreed.

The morning before Taohua Dessert’s opening, Manager Feng arrived at Crispy Food Garden.

He had two tasks today: firstly to obstruct Taohua Dessert Shop’s opening, and secondly, to temporarily pawn the land deed of Crispy Food Garden to raise a thousand taels of silver to fill Feng Chuan’s hole.

With the opening imminent, Tong Huaqiong bid farewell to her stall days completely.

When Manager Feng arrived at Crispy Food Garden, he deliberately passed through Rouge Alley, seeing the old tavern now hung with the sign for Taohua Dessert, a sign that stabbed his eyes painfully.

The figures working inside the shop moved around.

Manager Feng held a smirk at the corner of his mouth, thinking let them be proud for another day, tomorrow when it opens, Taohua Dessert’s reputation will completely collapse.

Widow Tong, along with her litter of cubs, must get out of Yan Guan Town.

Crossing the street to Crispy Food Garden, Manager Feng felt his heart beating a bit fast for some reason.

Crispy Food Garden’s pastries were freshly baked, their fragrance permeating half the street.

The queue didn’t seem small.

"Am I foolish to queue for pastries? I’ll wait a day, tomorrow is Taohua Dessert’s opening, where there’s talk of buy one, get one," suddenly, a pretty young wife spoke up from the crowd.

"Really? Taohua Dessert is really offering buy one, get one?" a girl asked.

"Of course, why would I lie? Aunt Tong is very generous, there was free sampling while she was at the stall, now there’s a shop, it’ll be even more," the pretty young wife replied.

Instantly, half the queue at Crispy Food Garden dissipated.

Manager Feng was furious with rage; if he didn’t kick Tong Huaqiong out of Yan Guan Town, he’d change his surname to Tong with her.

Liu Qiaoyun pulled Gu Xiaocao away from the crowd.

The two patted their wildly beating chests, a bit nervous being first-time decoys.

With the shop opening, Tong Huaqiong thought she’d definitely need staff, so she hired Liu Qiaoyun as a server.

Liu Qiaoyun didn’t expect that her first day would be not selling pastries but being a decoy with Gu Xiaocao.

Manager Feng, with a livid face, went upstairs to the second floor of Crispy Food Garden and entered his office.

He pulled open the drawer storing the land deed and silver notes.

As he pulled it open, he was stunned; the land deed and silver notes were gone.

He thought he might have placed them wrong, pulling open all drawers, but there was nothing inside.

His first reaction was that there was an internal thief at Crispy Food Garden.

Manager Feng summoned a reliable clerk, asking if anyone had been in his office. The clerk, not knowing what was going on, said Feng Chuan and his big brother and sister-in-law had been here, claiming to fetch something for Manager Feng, so he let them in.

Manager Feng’s scalp tingled sharply, his whole body collapsing into the chair.

"Little bastard, scoundrel, depraved seed..." Manager Feng cursed out loud.

The clerk was terrified, not daring to move, thinking the curses were directed at him.

Manager Feng gritted his teeth holding his head. Did Feng Chuan and big brother and sister-in-law think just because he was the manager, Crispy Food Garden was his personal property? It belonged to the owner, Ma Ming!

The five hundred taels of silver notes, he could think of ways to cover, but without the land deed, how would he explain to the owner?

Manager Feng told himself to stay calm, he had to find Feng Chuan, anything could be saved as long as the owner wasn’t aware.

Standing up, Manager Feng decided to call his trusted clerks to split up and find Feng Chuan.

At this moment, someone hurriedly rushed upstairs, shouting, "Manager, the owner is here."