CH 60

Only then did Fourth Wang remember the matter of apologizing to Zhou Shuren’s family. His face flushed instantly, and he stammered, “Auntie, the house has been busy lately.”

Zhulan looked at the two big jars, which contained freshly pickled spicy cabbage. Now, looking at the appearance of the two fathers and daughters, Fourth Wang did it himself. Zhulan felt puzzled, as it didn’t seem logical for Wang Zhang shi not to explode with anger.

Wang Ru felt uneasy. She didn’t want to borrow a car from the Zhou family, but because she was short on money. The money for buying ingredients this time was scraped together from her mother’s last pair of dowry silver earrings. She admitted that she was taking advantage of the situation. “Madam Zhou, my grandmother won’t allow us to eat at the table, but my mother needs nutrition for her unborn baby and we need to eat and drink. We’ve been relying on my mother’s dowry these past few days and we’re really struggling. My father also wants to come and apologize, but he can’t come empty-handed. He’s been thinking about it all this time.”

Fourth Wang found that the little girl was quick-witted, and nodded repeatedly, “Our family really has no choice, the whole family is waiting for rations.”

Zhulan really didn’t want to take them; Wang Ru said it nicely, but she didn’t believe that Wang Zhang shi won’t dare to make trouble. She hates being used by others.

Just as she was about to say no, Zhou Shuren said, “We’re all from the same village, let’s just forget about apologizing and hurry up and go!”

He patted Zhulan’s hand, and Zhulan didn’t say a word. Anyway, after getting to know Zhou Shuren’s black sesame stuffing, he was the only one who tricked people.

Fourth Wang breathed a sigh of relief, quickly loaded the jar into the car, and hugged his daughter up, “Thank you, uncle and aunt.”

Zhou Shuren motioned for the boss to drive the cart, and the ox cart slowly swayed out of the village. There was no one on the road, so he asked, “Fourth, didn’t your mother stop you?”

Fourth Wang’s face turned serious as he couldn’t hold back his words any longer. He exclaimed in frustration, “Uncle, my mother never treated me like her son, and my wife is pregnant but not given any food. She wants to starve our entire family to death. We managed to hold on, and all our hopes are in those two jars. But my mother and her gang are threatening to smash the jars and force us to reveal the recipe. She’s got us pinned down with no money, and if we don’t give her the recipe, we won’t be able to leave the house. How could she be so heartless?”

Zhulan pricked up her ears, surprised, Wang Zhang shi’s IQ has soared, and she was forcing people into a desperate situation, this was a great move!

Zhou Shuren stared at Wang Ru who bowed her head from the corner of her eye, “Have you given the formula?”

Fourth Wang’s mouth was not so strict, “Anyway…”

He was interrupted by Wang Ru as soon as he said it, with red eyes, “My father has no choice either. Our family is waiting for food. My father said that in the future, we will each do our own business.”

When she has a firm grip on things, she will definitely split the family, damn old abuser woman!

Zhulan sneered in her heart, Fourth Wang wanted to say that the Li shi already knew the formula anyway. One person was a secret, but two people were not a secret, and if more people know about it, the formula will become popular sooner or later and it will be worthless.

Wang Ru made a good plan, it was revenge against Li shi for discovering the formula, and also gave Wang Zhang shi some sweetness. She no longer stared at Fourth Wang’s family, but also, Zhulan squinted, Wang Ru planned to sell the formula first to get a sum of money. Anyway, sooner or later it will be popularized, and it was better to get the most benefits for yourself.

This girl hates people, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren looked at each other, thinking about it, and at the same time became more vigilant in their hearts.

Seeing that no one was talking, Wang Ru lowered her head and raised the corners of her mouth. She heard that Li shi’s natal family made a lot of spicy cabbage. She wanted to use her recipe to make a lot of money. But only she could be the one who made a lot of money.

Zhulan guarded against Wang Ru and leaned on Zhou Shuren to think about things. She remembered a novel where at the beginning, Wang Ru did not know that Xue Han was the female lead because there were too many novels, and the plot and characters were all similar. Many of the plotlines and characters became blurred, and memories faded over time. Xue Han’s name was not unusual. Wang Ru didn’t think that she had time-traveled into a novel, she thought she had just time-traveled into an alternate history.

Zhulan recalled the details and remembered that the turning point when Wang Ru realized that Xuehan was the female protagonist and that she was in a novel world was after the first big snow of the year.