Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 108 Too anxious to eat hot tofu

Chu Yu's parents had recently divorced. His father was Chu Yingtian, the headmaster of Yingtian Academy in the county town, and his mother, Xue, had married Bai Yuanwai less than half a year ago.

His parents felt guilty towards their son and always tried to be good to him.

Chu Yingtian arranged for his son to study at his own academy and assigned people to take care of his daily life.

Seeing that her son was becoming increasingly estranged from her, Madam Xue told him that the Bai family would belong to him from now on.

And so, Chu Yu came knocking on my door today.

Since he's saying he'll give the Bai family to him, then Mother should naturally get rid of Bai Lu, this thorn in her side, first.

Seeing the smile practically overflowing in her son's eyes, Madam Xue said gently, "Haste makes waste. I have my own plans, so you don't need to worry about these things."

Chu Yu snorted coldly, "Is Mother planning to wait until Master Bai dies before she takes action? Do you want me to wait until I'm seventy or eighty years old?"

Compared to the Bai family's magnificent academy, his father's academy was practically a slum.

No wonder my mother wanted a divorce; it turns out she wanted to live a good life on her own.

She didn't care about him as her son at all.

"What are you saying? How could that be?" Madam Bai chuckled awkwardly. "We can't alert them."

She naturally had no intention of letting Bai Lu go, but she hadn't come up with a good way yet.

Chu Yu could see her hesitation and said directly, "Mother, if you can't do it, then let me do it."

Mother said that everything in the Bai family belonged to him, so how come he can't even handle a little girl?

Fine, if Mother can't handle it, he will.

Seeing her son's confident demeanor, Madam Bai tentatively asked, "You've got it all figured out? Do you even know what Bai Lu does all day?"

She only knew that Bai Lu was at Hongfu Restaurant, but she didn't know exactly what she was doing, and mainly she didn't care.

Chu Yu shook his fan and said, "I know, she's selling konjac tofu."

He also knew the person she was working with; it was Granny Li from the market.

"Konjac? Tofu?" Madam Bai didn't understand how these two things were combined.

She'd heard that konjac shouldn't be eaten, and she didn't like the bland taste of tofu either.

"Haha, will this sell?"

"Yes, business is pretty good."

Madam Bai was taken aback. This poor man's taste was really peculiar. He could even eat such disgusting and poisonous things. He was truly worthless.

Seeing that her mother was still in a daze, Chu Yu added, "The business of Hongfu Restaurant has started to pick up, all thanks to that konjac tofu."

Although Chu Yu was very reluctant to admit it, he still admired Bai Lu to some extent.

It's quite impressive that a young woman could run a restaurant so well.

"Improvement? What improvement could there be? It's just a matter of holding on." Madam Bai didn't believe it, thinking her son was talking nonsense.

Chu Yu didn't offer much explanation. He figured a woman with a lot of knowledge and experience, and Xue was his mother, so he didn't bother arguing.

He sat down next to Madam Bai, picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, saying, "But Mother, don't worry, I have my own way of making her business fail."

Madam Bai looked at her son with satisfaction, "My son is really amazing."

She's much more capable than that blond girl.

Chu Yu choked on the pastry and coughed twice. Madam Bai hurriedly patted his back and handed him a glass of warm water.

Chu Yu took several large gulps to catch his breath and noticed that the jade cup in his hand was inlaid with gold.

I was once again amazed at how wealthy the Bai family was!

After thinking for a moment, he asked quietly, "Mother, have you found Master Bai's deputy seal?"

Master Bai had two seals, one he carried with him and the other he left at his residence.

Madam Bai is now in charge of the Bai family's household affairs, but she hasn't seen that seal.

With the master absent and no deputy seal in place, she couldn't make decisions regarding large expenditures.

Chu Yu tried to pry some money from the Bai family, but naturally failed. Madam Bai searched the house thoroughly, but still couldn't find the little one.

She said helplessly, "I don't know where the master put that thing, I just can't find it."

"Did you give it to someone else?" Chu Yu glanced at her sideways.

Thinking to himself, "Master Bai dotes on you, so why didn't he hand you over before he left?"
Her son's words jolted Madam Bai awake, and she murmured, "Could it have been given to that wretched girl?"

It was common knowledge that Master Bai doted on Bai Lu. He would have given her anything, not just a deputy seal, but even the moon in the sky.

Chu Yu asked, "Mother, did you search her room?"

Madam Bai shook her head. She hadn't really taken this eldest daughter of the Bai family seriously at first, so she naturally didn't go into her room.

She did send people to secretly search the old lady's room several times.

Chu Yu clicked his tongue twice and teased, "Mother, you didn't run off to the Bai family to become a virtuous wife and loving mother, did you? Do you really treat that girl like your own daughter? Are you going to forget about your son?"

Otherwise, why not search her room?

His mother clearly didn't take his matter to heart.

Madam Bai patted his hand, "You just love to talk nonsense."

How could she possibly neglect her own son and dote on someone else's young girl?

Girls are considered money-losing goods that will eventually be married off, while sons are the apple of one's eye, the ones who can take care of one in old age and even break pots for one.

"Mother, I'm leaving. I'm going back to Father's. You... take care of yourself."

Chu Yu stood up and left with a cold face.

As soon as he left, Madam Bai sighed deeply.

Late at night, several servants of the Bai family lingered outside Bai Lu's courtyard for a long time, but could not get in.

This was because there were guards every few meters around the courtyard, and five burly men stood at the gate.

Unable to enter the courtyard, they could only slink back to report.

Early the next morning.

The first thing Li Ruru did after getting up was to look up at the sky.

The eastern sky was a bright, clear white, indicating no sign of rain.

She breathed a sigh of relief and quickly told everyone to pack their things.

Today there are 22 buckets of konjac tofu, with 10 buckets each for Manager Qian and Bailu, and 2 buckets for Aunt Pang.

The oxcart carried 15 large barrels, and the horse-drawn cart carried 7 more.

Xiao Yishan and Li Ruru rode in an oxcart, while Xiao Wu drove a horse-drawn carriage with the others following behind.

Li Ruru was happier than ever to earn 21 taels of silver on this trip.

If it doesn't rain, you can earn 600 taels a month, which is a huge sum of money.

A huge sum of money that can support himself and his children in their old age.

The thought of money filled her with energy.

The oxcart moved smoothly along the path, and Li Ruru hummed a little tune excitedly.

Influenced by her, Xiao Yishan also had a rare smile on his face.

Suddenly, several masked men rushed out of the wheat field next to them.

"stop!"

With a loud shout, the cow was startled and suddenly stopped, raising its two front hooves.

The oxcart nearly tipped over, and Xiao Yishan barely managed to get the situation under control.

Seeing that things were going badly, he turned around to get the knife he had hidden in the oxcart, but then he heard a voice coming from the other side.

"I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass this way, leave me money for the passage."

Li Ruru's eyelids twitched. Those familiar lines...could they have encountered...bandits?!
(End of this chapter)