The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 96 Only by Relying on Yourself

“Otherwise what? If they don’t give it to us, we won’t just die here in the woods,” Tong Huaqiong said.

"What will happen to our peach blossom dessert business if we give out the recipe?" Gu Dashu asked worriedly after experiencing such a harrowing ordeal.

Everyone knows that these days, a secret recipe is the most important asset of a food shop!

Now that the recipe has been taken away by Su Shi Yuan, I guess the peach blossom dessert will disappear as a result.

Thinking of this, Gu Dashu once again hated his past recklessness.

As a man, I couldn't even keep my mother's pastry recipes.

"We'll do whatever we have to do, and keep our pastry shop open," Tong Huaqiong said, seemingly unconcerned about giving away the pastry recipes.

Those pastry recipes were unimportant to Tong Huaqiong.

In other words, information was limited in ancient times. In modern times, which family doesn't have taro paste pastries, pork floss cakes, or their own signature products?

Even though they are the same type of pastry, the flavors can vary.

Moreover, this was in ancient times, a time before condensed milk and butter existed.

Her recipe clearly stated the ingredients for condensed milk and cream; whether Manager Feng could find and extract them depended on his skills.

While stopping Gu Dashu's bleeding, Gu Taohua said angrily, "Our selling pastries doesn't bother Su Shi Yuan at all. Even if we don't sell them, someone else will. That guy surnamed Feng is too bullying."

Tong Huaqiong sneered and said, "Before us, what other pastry shops were there in the entire Yanguan Town besides Su Shi Yuan?"

Gu Taohua was an innocent young girl who hadn't realized this problem before.

Following Tong Huaqiong's words, I realized that there really hadn't been any other pastry shops in Yanguan Town for many years, except for Su Shi Yuan.

Compared to Gu Dashu's heartache at losing the prescription, Gu Taohua didn't seem to feel much pain.

After all, she held the golden finger of controlling one-third of the raw materials for peach blossom desserts.

As long as there is space, she believes that Tong Huaqiong can create even more varieties of pastries.

Just take the cake for Mrs. Huang's birthday celebration, even if everyone at Su Shi Yuan worked together, they couldn't make it.

What worries Gu Taohua is that Taohua Desserts will no longer be able to be sold. Manager Feng clearly stated that he hopes Taohua Desserts will disappear from Yanguan Town.

After this incident, Gu Taohua quickly realized that the reason why Su Shi Yuan was a monopoly in Yan Guan Town was because Manager Feng used tough methods to suppress other shops.

"Mother, does this mean we can't operate our Peach Blossom Dessert Shop in Yanguan Town anymore?" Gu Taohua asked sadly.

Peach Blossom Desserts has already found a shop! What a pity.

These days she finally reformed and settled down with her mother, and even gained a sense of accomplishment in doing business, but now her life is about to be cut short.

She felt that having space was useless, and resources were useless if they couldn't be exchanged for money.

Although Manager Feng did not explicitly state his threat, given the way he threatened with a knife today, who knows what he might do next?

Is it feasible to leave Yanguan Town and develop elsewhere?
That probably won't work either. Yanguan Town has its own food stalls, and other towns have their own local bullies.

"Of course we'll run it. I'll take over Ma Huateng's shop in three days. We've seen through Manager Feng's tricks this time, and that'll help us guard against them next time. But just guarding against them isn't enough; we also need to find Manager Feng's weaknesses and take the initiative so he'll never dare to touch Peach Blossom Desserts again." A ruthless glint flashed in Tong Huaqiong's eyes.

“Finding weaknesses isn’t that easy,” Gu Dashu said.

“Everyone has weaknesses, and I don’t believe I can’t find them,” Tong Huaqiong said.

"During the Great Heat, you'll be keeping an eye on things in town for the next couple of days."

Manager Feng has taken her prescription, and he must be feeling great these days. But when people are feeling great, they are more prone to having flaws.

Gu Dashu is eloquent and has some drinking buddies in town from his carefree days. He might actually be able to discover some of Manager Feng's weaknesses.

"Okay," Gu Dashu agreed. By the time Tong Huaqiong and the others arrived at Qinghe Bay, it was already completely dark.

Liu Yue'e had already prepared the meal and was standing at the door, but she couldn't see her mother-in-law and husband return. Just as she was getting anxious, she saw her husband's figure.

Tong Huaqiong led Gu Dashu into the house. By the light of the oil lamp, Liu Yue'e noticed the wound on her husband's neck and screamed in fright.

"Great Heat, what's wrong with you? What happened to your neck?" Liu Yue'e asked with concern.

Tong Huaqiong went to her room, found iodine and anti-inflammatory ointment, and went to the main hall to disinfect Gu Dashu's wound and apply the ointment.

Liu Yue'e learned everything that had happened in the woods that day from Gu Dashu and Gu Taohua. She was both angry and heartbroken, and she cursed Manager Feng and Su Shiyuan.

Gu Jingzhe, on the other hand, had a serious expression.

This Crispy Food Garden is going too far.

"Mother, there's something I forgot to tell you. The owner of Su Shi Yuan is a relative of the Zheng family. Will Manager Feng target us because of the Zheng family?" Gu Jingzhe said with a guilty expression.

If he hadn't gotten involved with the Zheng family, his mother, second brother, and sister probably wouldn't have encountered such a situation.

Tong Huaqiong shook her head and said, "Regardless of whether the Zheng family is involved or not, as long as we have the idea of ​​opening a pastry shop, Su Shi Yuan will never let us go."

Gu Jingzhe nodded, "Mother is right."

When he was studying in town, there were other pastry shops, but they would only stay open for a few days before closing down.

Looking at their own situation now, those shops that hurriedly closed down must have been forced to do so by Su Shi Yuan.

It's just too much of a lie.

"Mother, what should we do? Su Shi Yuan is a big and powerful company. If they set their sights on our peach blossom desserts, how can we continue to operate?" Liu Yue'e exclaimed in surprise, then changed the subject and said, "Didn't the young master of Magistrate Liu's family ask you to be his wet nurse? Why don't we go and try to get in touch with Magistrate Liu?"

Liu Yue'e is not wrong.

By clinging to Magistrate Liu's coattails, even if a powerful dragon can't suppress the local bully Su Shi Yuan, the local bully will still give Magistrate Liu some face.

Tong Huaqiong shook her head.

The key issue is that so many days have passed since Tong Huaqiong saved Magistrate Liu's son, and Magistrate Liu has not made any statement. Tong Huaqiong always felt that Magistrate Liu's son recognizing her as his godmother was just a show put on by the magistrate's mother to show her approachability.

She wasn't sure whether Magistrate Liu would accept her as a widow from the countryside.

Moreover, the owner of Su Shi Yuan is a distant relative of the Zheng family. The Zheng family is a prominent family in Pingchuan County. In small places, various families are deeply intertwined, and even Magistrate Liu would probably not want to get involved in this matter.

Besides, if she really wanted to use Magistrate Liu's connections, she wouldn't want to use them in Yanguan Town; that would be too wasteful.

"Let's not trouble Magistrate Liu," Tong Huaqiong said.

"Why?" Gu Taohua and Gu Dashu asked in unison.

On the way, they had both forgotten that Tong Huaqiong had saved the son of Magistrate Liu. But now, after Liu Yue'e reminded them, they suddenly understood.

There's a sense of joy, like the peach blossom dessert has finally been saved.

Tong Huaqiong was unwilling to use such a relationship.

The brother and sister couldn't understand Tong Huaqiong's thoughts. Was now the time to maintain high moral character?

Everyone else is trying to kill Peach Blossom Dessert.

“We’ll talk about Magistrate Liu’s relationship with Pingchuan County later,” Tong Huaqiong said. “If I can’t even handle the Su Shi Yuan in Yanguan Town, how will our family’s shop grow and become stronger in the future?”

"Mountains crumble, people run away; only self-reliance matters."

(End of this chapter)