Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1384: Chase people away

Seeing everyone’s business getting better and better, Lin Yuan sincerely exclaimed.

Sister Gui Zhi covered her mouth with a smile, glanced at Aunt Wang with her eyes, and said, "Yuanyuan, don’t just ask us, ask Aunt Wang and Uncle Lin too!"

Aunt Wang and Lin Fugui immediately burst into laughter.

Lin Yuan was stunned. Could it be that Aunt Wang and Lin Fugui had also made a fortune in these months?

The old couple were too embarrassed to say, and in the end it was Lan Hua who revealed the secret to Lin Yuan.

Previously, hadn’t Lin Fugui always been driving the ox cart back and forth to transport guests? Later, when Lin Changqing made some money, he bought Lin Fugui a new horse-drawn carriage. Although the carriage was nice, who in the countryside would be willing to ride in it?

Lin Fugui thought it over and decided not to let his son buy a horse-drawn carriage. Instead, he used the same amount of silver to buy two more ox carts. Now, including the old one, he had three in total. Besides Lin Fugui, he also hired two villagers around his age to drive the carts with him.

As for where the other two carts were, Lan Hua playfully teased Lin Yuan to guess.

Lin Yuan’s thoughts spun, and she smiled, "Could it be at South City School?"

Lan Hua’s eyes widened, and she turned back to ask Aunt Wang, "Mom, did you tell her in advance?" freewebnøvel.com

Ha-ha, everyone burst into hearty laughter, it seemed Lin Yuan had guessed right.

It wasn’t that she knew beforehand, but she had heard about it from Mo Sanniang’s letters. Now, the students at South City School were not just from the South City area. Many ordinary families from the city were sending their children there too.

That being said, ox carts would definitely be needed to transport the children back and forth.

As for the other one, it was even easier to guess. There were many small villages around Zhuma Town. Lin Fugui was in charge of the area from the town to Lin family’s homestead, and the other carriage covered the neighboring villages.

Thus, Lin Fugui was now earning three times as much silver every month. Even after paying wages to the two men, he still had quite a bit left.

It turned out the old man had such a clever mind, just like the taxi services that came later! Lin Yuan praised Lin Fugui with a few words, making the old man somewhat embarrassed.

As for Aunt Wang, she was even more impressive. Hadn’t she always been making pickles by herself? The town loved her pickles, but the demand had become so great that she couldn’t keep up. So, mimicking Lin Yuan’s tofu shop, she built a small side room in her courtyard at home. She then selected two or three honest and hard-working women in the village to help make pickles with her.

The secret recipe for the pickles was given to her by Lin Yuan. To prevent her secret recipe from leaking, Aunt Wang only let these women do preparatory work like chopping and washing vegetables, while she herself handled the salting and sugaring. Thus, Aunt Wang’s home became a small workshop.

Lin Yuan really admired Aunt Wang’s pickle workshop, amazed that at her age, Aunt Wang could still turn pickling into something noteworthy. Seeing Aunt Wang so dedicated, how could she as a young person not be motivated to strive?

After hearing about everyone’s development, they all asked about Lin Jiaxin’s family in the Capital city. When Lin Yuan mentioned that he had opened a Dong Tian and even held a banquet for Young Master Ma, First Scholar, everyone discussed it with amazement.

"Young Master Ma really passed the imperial examination as the First Scholar? Oh my, that’s wonderful! What an honor for our Zhuma Town!"

"I heard that the town school celebrated for three days because of this, how could it be false? But if Young Master Ma passed the imperial exam as the First Scholar, why doesn’t he come home to visit? Isn’t there a saying, ’returning home in silken robes’? Why doesn’t he come back to visit? Could it be that..."

"Could it be what, stop guessing wildly! Although I’ve never met Young Master Ma, I’ve heard from the students in South City that he’s a good man, kind to others, and does not look down on us in Zhuma Town!"

"If he doesn’t look down on us, why doesn’t he come back? Look at Lin Yuan’s family, they all remember to come back and visit. Young Master Ma just got the title of First Scholar and forgot his hometown. Do you know how many people in town curse him?"

Listening to everyone’s conversations, Lin Yuan furrowed her brow. Recently, she hadn’t heard that Ma Junying was very busy with a lot of things! Oh, right, a few days ago, Ma Xiaonan went to Dong Tian to visit her, and it seemed she mentioned that Ma Junying had been attending banquets and networking lately. Could he be busy with that?

On hearing that Ma Junying was being cursed by the people of Zhuma Town for forgetting his roots, Xia Zheng couldn’t help but gloat with schadenfreude. He disliked Ma Junying, although partly because of Lin Yuan, but also because he felt this man was too pretentious.

Yes, pretentious. The first time he met Ma Junying, he gave off an unreal vibe, as if he was too perfect, so perfect that it seemed unreal. Such people were either genuinely flawless or too deep and complex for ordinary people to handle.

Now, it appeared he was the latter.

While everyone in the house was chatting, Xiao He had already finished preparing the meal. Lin Changqing had bought vegetables and meat, Lan Hua brought white flour and tofu, Lin Ershuan’s wife also brought many ready-made buns and meat, and Lin Fugui even brought a jar of good wine from home, insisting on having a serious drink with Lin Jiaxin and others today.

The meal was served, earning unanimous praise from everyone. It had to be said, Xiao He’s culinary skills had genuinely improved over the months, achieving the essence of Lin Yuan’s cooking, even Xia Zheng couldn’t find much to fault.

Although it wasn’t the maiden’s first time cooking, it was the first time she cooked for her own family, and she was thrilled to receive everyone’s unanimous approval.

She personally served a bowl of meat and vegetables to Aunt Wang and sweetly called her "Grandma."

Looking at her grown granddaughter, Aunt Wang felt both relieved and pained, pondering how much Xiao He must have struggled to master such good cooking skills, but as long as the child was promising, it didn’t disgrace the spirit of Lin Dashuan in heaven.

"My Xiao He is promising now. She must marry into a good family in the future, never marry a man like your father..." Perhaps it’s because she’s getting older, Aunt Wang’s words have been increasing lately, always saying all kinds of nonsensical things.

"Mom, let’s eat, let’s not talk about unhappy matters." Seeing her bringing up painful memories again, Lin Ershuan’s wife quickly stopped her.

Aunt Wang nodded repeatedly, taking the bun from her daughter-in-law and bowed her head to eat.

Lin Yuan exchanged a glance with Lin Ershuan’s wife, who shook her head bitterly.

Lin Yuan understood, seeing Aunt Wang’s hair had grown mostly gray over the past six months, the wrinkles on her face deepening, and her tremulous walk, she really looked older. Despite Aunt Wang’s clear speech, her mind had started to blur, and she probably wouldn’t live many more years.

Indeed, after dinner chatting with Lin Ershuan’s wife, her words confirmed Lin Yuan’s speculation.

It turns out that since Lin Dashuan died in prison, Aunt Wang often dreamt of her deceased husband and son. Her husband told her not to worry as he was in good company with their son, but the elder son always condemned her, accusing her of favoritism, not loving him as much as the younger.

Lin Ershuan didn’t understand what was wrong, and after much questioning, he learned about the dream.

But even knowing the content of the dream, Lin Ershuan didn’t know how to alleviate her distress. Since then, Aunt Wang’s mental health worsened, often mumbling to herself and frequently waking up from nightmares, saying things about her husband and elder son mentioning that it was lonely there and hinting at her to join them.