Chapter 307 New Idea

As soon as Qiao returned to the house, she closed the door and started to curse: "Do you have a pig brain? You offended your mother for the sake of that 10,000 yuan. You threw away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds. You are really calculating. You are not ashamed, but I am ashamed."

Chunli was furious: "You're still blaming me? Can't you do the math? Eight thousand a year, how much does it add up over time? Eight thousand is enough for me to buy several pieces of fine jade."

Mrs. Qiao laughed angrily: "You really are a pig-brained person. Do you think our family's biggest income comes from the farm? It's the silk shop and the business in Hangzhou. Do you know how much money mother has on hand now? I'll scare you to death if I tell you. The real property hasn't been divided yet. You're fighting so hard now. I wonder if mother will give you a penny in the future."

A stupid idiot.

Chunli was stunned. After a while, he slapped his forehead fiercely and said in annoyance: "Why didn't you remind me earlier?"

"If I don't remind you, how could I remind you in front of my mother-in-law? Didn't I pull you back and tell you to stop talking? But you're getting more and more excited the more you talk. You're just courting death." Mrs. Qiao glared at him fiercely, feeling very disappointed in him.

"Also, tell me the truth about how you make money from collecting rare stones. Don't lie to me. My second brother never lies." Thinking of how he always complained to her about being poor, Qiao gritted her teeth in hatred.

It turns out that the one who really cheated her was her husband, and she can no longer tolerate it.

She had always gone along with him, but ended up being betrayed by him. She was no longer willing to swallow her anger and wanted to be as strong as her second brother's wife.

Chunli hesitated and said, "I really didn't make much money. It was just a few hundred taels of small change. I invested it all back as soon as I changed hands."

Qiao stared at him coldly: "You are kidding me, do you dare to swear? Do you dare to swear that if you lie to me, you will lose everything and die poor in this life."

Ugh, this bitch is so vicious. Whatever she asks him to do will result in losses. Isn't that the same as asking him to die?
"Qiao Mingxiu, don't go too far..." Chunli showed his manliness. He was not like Chunyu and Chunfeng, two useless guys who were controlled by their wives and were completely obedient. If you want to climb on his head and pee and shit, no way.

Mrs. Qiao's belly puffed out and her neck stiffened. "I'm being too much? I didn't get any benefit from you after I married into your family. Instead, I subsidized you. Every penny earned from the embroidery workshop was used by me in this family. But you secretly hid the money you earned. What do you want to do? Do you want to raise a child outside? Or do you want to divorce me and marry someone else? Xia Chunli, who is being too much? Explain it to me today, or I will never give up on you."

Chunli was a little scared. Why was this woman so powerful today? She actually guessed it right. Uh, was it a guess? Or did she hear something? Recently, this woman has been close to the second son's wife. Did the second son's wife tell her something?

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I raise a child? How could I possibly marry someone else? Even if I wanted to, my parents wouldn't agree, right? Besides, I don't have that intention. It's hard to find another wife as good as you, even with a lantern." Chunli softened and coaxed.

"Since you mind so much, I will give you whatever I earn in the future, and I will ask you for money when I need it. Hey, I originally wanted to trouble you less, but look at you, you are already very tired with a big belly, and you still have to take care of Niuniu and manage the embroidery workshop. It makes me feel distressed..." Chunli pushed her to sit on the chair and massaged her shoulders.

Chunli had never tried to please her like this before, and Qiao's anger gradually subsided, but she still threatened and warned him: "You must keep your word. If I find out that you are hiding something from me again, I will make you suffer. Don't think that I don't know anything and I am just too lazy to argue with you. Now, I am pregnant again. Even if I don't fight for myself, I will fight for the baby in my belly and Niuniu. If you dare to let me down, we will both die together."

"Yes, yes, yes, you don't have to tell me. I won't let you and the child down. Am I that kind of person?" Chunli said perfunctorily, thinking whether he should let Cui Yan live in another place tomorrow.

The matter of dividing the family was settled. Liuli didn't want to stay there for even a day longer, so she packed up the palace and moved in immediately.

Youshi wanted to choose an auspicious day, but Liuli said it would be better to choose an auspicious day than to wait for another day.

On the day of moving, the brothers Chunyu and Chunli went to help. After coming back, Chunyu said that Chunfeng and Liuli still lived separately, one in the inner courtyard and the other in the outer courtyard.

Ye Jiayao was not surprised. Liuli thought that they could start over by moving to a new place? It was not that easy. Once one's heart was cold, how could one change his mind? Chunfeng insisted on moving out because he didn't want his family to be upset.

There have been a lot of things going on at home recently, and Ye Jiayao has no time to take care of the inn transferred from Brother Deng. It has been idle for a while. Ye Jiayao decided to renovate it and move the pastry shop here. By the way, she also developed a few more drinks, hot drinks in winter and cold drinks in summer, specifically for entertaining female guests.

Haha, don't underestimate women's spending power, it is definitely not worse than men's. What's more, there are countless wealthy ladies in Jinling City. In ancient times, women seldom went to restaurants because restaurants were men's territory and it was inconvenient for women to enter and exit. She set up a dessert house specifically for receiving female guests, which definitely has a way.

Of course, Ye Jiayao also had a selfish motive. Women love to gossip. If she opened a dessert shop like this, she might be able to find out some things that are not easy to find out. There was no way. As the second young lady of the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion, she didn't want to participate in political affairs, but she couldn't avoid it, especially in this ancient time where everyone prospers and everyone suffers together and everyone is punished together.

They started working right away, but there weren't enough people. Manager Zhao had to take care of the farm affairs, and Chunyu couldn't be without Song Qi. Ye Jiayao gritted her teeth and asked Cui Dongpeng to graduate early and come to help.

Cui Dongpeng was making rapid progress and had a good chance of becoming the outstanding student of the first term. He worked extra hard just to get on the list and complained a few words unhappily.

Ye Jiayao had no choice but to agree to let him participate in the next issue.

Cui Dongpeng immediately packed his bedding and came over.

However, we need to do a major renovation here and we don't have enough money because the emperor is refusing to pay his debts. He said that Liuli has moved out and he will not be responsible for renovating the old Nangong house. It's already a bargain to give you a house for free.

Chunyu was too embarrassed to insist, so the matter was left unresolved. It was too much of a burden to repair three places, so he had to put the old Nangong house aside for now, since he was not in a hurry to live there anyway. Ye Jiayao would stay at the dessert house whenever she had time, and Chunyu would come over to take a look after his shift.

"Yaoyao, will this dessert house of yours be successful?" Chunyu looked around. A lot of thought went into the decoration of this place. Even every brick, tile and railing was very exquisite. Don't underestimate it as it is just a small inn. The money spent is enough to buy two more inns. He couldn't help but feel a little worried. Yaoyao's idea was good, but traditional etiquette was difficult to change.

Ye Jiayao was full of confidence: "No problem, when the dessert shop opens, I will invite Madam Yongning Marquis and the Zhu family to come. I will let everyone taste it for free first, and then launch a series of activities. I won't worry about no one coming."

She wanted to make this place a place that would be flocked to by the ladies and rich girls of Jinling City, and ordinary people would not be allowed to enter. Therefore, the decoration here had to be gorgeous and elegant, and everything had to be the best.

"Okay, you have a lot of ideas anyway, but it doesn't matter even if they fail." Chunyu first relieved her of the pressure, it wasn't like she was only going to make money from here.

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "Have confidence in your wife. I won't do anything I'm not sure of."

Xia Chunyu pinched her nose lovingly: "I'll give you the ability."

Just then, two workers came over and Ye Jiayao quickly slapped their hands away. This guy always didn't consider the occasion.

It was almost time for dinner, so the two of them took a carriage home together.

The days are relaxing and enjoyable now that I don’t have to worry about Liuli playing tricks on me.

When he returned home, he was told that Princess Yi De had arrived.

Ye Jiayao was so delighted that she went straight to the main room without even changing her clothes.

Yi De and You Shi were talking about something. When they heard the servant report that the Second Young Lady and the Crown Prince had arrived, they both shut up tacitly.

"Mother, Princess." Ye Jiayao bowed properly as she entered the room.

"Jinxuan, you came back late today." Yu complained with a smile.

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "My wife didn't know that the princess was here, otherwise she would have to deal with you first even if it was an important matter."

Yi De said with a smile: "It's a nice thing to say. If I hadn't come, you wouldn't have come to the palace to see us."

Ye Jiayao felt ashamed. She was indeed very busy recently and wanted to wait until the dessert shop was ready before inviting the princess.

Chunyu was eager to protect his wife, so he helped explain, "Jinxuan has been working on a dessert shop these days. I've said long ago that once it's done, I'll first invite mother and the princess to take a look. This is the first dessert shop in Jinling City, and it only caters to female guests."

"Really?" Yide asked curiously, "Does a dessert shop only make cakes?"

"It's not just cakes, there are also various drinks, snacks and so on. Some of them are similar to teahouses, but they mainly serve desserts." Ye Jiayao explained.

"It's really a rare place. When you're ready, I'll ask the wife of Marquis Yongning to go with us. She loves these sweets the most." Yi De said with a smile.

Yu Shi smiled and said, "Look at you two, you are so dirty and yet you come to meet people. You don't even think it's shabby. Go change your clothes quickly so you can have dinner later. Yide, you should stay and have dinner today!"

Yide said: "If I stay, the old ancestor will be alone, I'd better go back first."

She stood up and said goodbye. Ye Jiayao saw her out. Yide wanted to say something several times but stopped herself. However, Ye Jiayao couldn't help but asked, "Princess, please tell me what you want to say."

Yi De then said, "When you have time, go see Xiao Jing. I think he seems to be a little bit abnormal recently."

Ye Jiayao's heart trembled: "What's wrong?"

Yide looked embarrassed: "He seems to be obsessed with a prostitute. He goes out every night and comes back drunk. Sometimes he doesn't even come back. The old ancestor doesn't know about it yet and doesn't dare to tell her. You have to persuade Xiaojing not to fall into depravity when you have time."

(End of this chapter)