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

Chapter 29 Catching the Unscrupulous Merchant

Everyone was immediately unhappy upon hearing this. Why should that man with the mole get to eat authentic konjac tofu?

They're no worse than him, isn't this discrimination?

"Give me a bowl."

"I also want!"

As the crowd shouted, Chen Jintong and Chen Jingang immediately went to get the bowls.

They went to bed very early last night and have no idea what konjac tofu tastes like.

Wang Shuixia and Chen Dagang hurriedly tried to stop them, but the two brothers only found their parents annoying.

Chen Jingang raised his hand and pushed the two men to the ground. "Are you two crazy? You're idiots who wouldn't make money if you could?"

Several people successfully obtained a bowl of authentic konjac tofu. Someone was stirring their chopsticks when they suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"How come this authentic konjac tofu crumbles at the slightest touch?"

Then someone else spoke up: "Ah, this tastes...rotten!"

Why are there vegetable leaves in here?

The crowd noticed something amiss, stopped eating, and angrily surrounded the two Chen brothers.

"Hey bro, is this your family's authentic konjac tofu?"

"Take a good look, this is all broken. Are you trying to eat a dead person?"

Chen Jingang, puzzled, looked at the man with the mole and said, "How could that be? He just ate three bowls."

He didn't know that the man with the mole was hired by his parents to sabotage Li Ruru's business. He hadn't eaten a single bite and was just talking nonsense.

Everyone stared at the man with the mole, "Tell me honestly, did you eat or not?"

Li Ruru touched her nose, pulled out a knife from the table, and threatened, "If you dare to lie, we'll cut open your stomach and see if there's any konjac tofu inside."

The man with the mole was horrified. He cut open the man's stomach. Would the man still be able to save his life?
He automatically conjured up a bloody scene in his mind, and trembled with fear.

"I..." He tried to be stubborn, but Li Ruru brandished the knife in front of him.

The man with the mole turned pale with fright, while Li Ruru casually wiped the blade.

Wang Shuixia glared fiercely at the man with the mole; if he dared to say anything out of line, she would go up and fight him to the death.

That man took 10 coins from their family. It's the rule to take money and solve problems for others.

The man with the mole had no time to worry about rules. He had only taken two steps when he was grabbed by the onlookers.

"You little rascal, you've definitely got something going on."

"You're a shill for them, aren't you?"

The man with the mole was pinned to the ground and his hands and feet were tied.

The group of people who had just eaten Chen's konjac tofu felt uncomfortable all over.

"Reporting to the authorities, I feel like I'm going to faint. This konjac tofu is poisonous."

"I also feel stomach pain, and my whole body aches."

Seeing that several people were feeling unwell, everyone realized the seriousness of the situation.

The man with the mole was completely bound hand and foot and thrown to the ground, unable to move, only able to make sounds with his mouth.

"I'll talk, I'll talk, gentlemen, please let me go."

"The Chen family paid me to say these things."

As soon as she said those words, Wang Shuixia's dark face instantly turned several shades lighter.

Chen Dagang forced himself to remain calm and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. He's just a hoodlum, and he never tells the truth."

"What about us?" a man clutching his stomach shouted. "You're treating human life like dirt, you unscrupulous merchants!"

"That unscrupulous merchant! Report this to the authorities and have him arrested!"

"Catch the unscrupulous merchants!"

The shouts from the crowd grew louder and louder; those who had eaten Chen's konjac tofu were almost in tears.

Why did they eat that stuff? It was such a terrible thing.

"Please, everyone, please find us a doctor quickly, we're going to die."

“Yes, this konjac tofu is deadly.” Li Ruru, who had been nonchalantly playing with her hair, immediately retorted upon hearing this.

"Brother, it's not that konjac tofu killed people, it's that there's something wrong with the Chen family's konjac tofu. Don't generalize."

If this gets out, I'm afraid no one will come to eat her konjac tofu tomorrow.

Rumors are terrible. She remembers eating MSG all the time when she was a child, but then a rumor spread that MSG causes cancer, so she stopped eating it.

Later, it was discovered that it was purely a rumor, a high-end business war between chicken essence and MSG.

Li Ruru wouldn't allow this to happen. She said, "Everyone, calm down. We need to figure out what exactly the Chen family put in their konjac tofu."

She then said to Daya, "Go and find Dr. Chen, the legendary doctor of our county."

Daya ran out.

Li Ruru approached her two nephews and asked, "You two, tell me, what exactly do you put in your konjac tofu?"

Chen Jingang sneered, "Third Aunt, don't even think about finding out our family's secret recipe."

"Your family's secret recipe killed people. Do you want to take it to your grave?"

Li Ruru said irritably. Chen Jintong was a little scared. He was still young and hadn't had enough meat buns yet. How could he go into a coffin?

Wang Shuixia and Chen Dagang both kept their mouths shut, looking as if they would rather die than say a word.

Li Ruru spread her hands, "I've done my best. They won't listen to reason and will only suffer the consequences. They like going to the county government office, they like getting into trouble and getting beaten. There's nothing I can do about it."

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately surrounded Chen Dagang and Wang Shuixia.

Chen Dagang puffed out his chest and angrily shouted, "Anyone who dares to touch me, I'll punch them to death!"

Someone grabbed Wang Shuixia's hair, and she screamed in fright, her face turning pale with fright.

She could act arrogantly and domineeringly in front of Li Ruru, but in front of these unfamiliar men, she was as timid as a little mouse.

The scene became somewhat chaotic for a moment. Taking advantage of the chaos, Er Ya walked up to Chen Jintong and whispered, "Third cousin, if you know the secret recipe, you'd better tell us quickly. If you don't, your parents will go to jail. If you don't tell us now, Doctor Chen will find out when he arrives."

Chen Jintong thought it made sense, and then shouted, "I know the secret recipe, don't touch my parents!"

Upon hearing this, the excited crowd calmed down.

Wang Shuixia and Chen Dagang instinctively tried to stop them, but it was too late.

Chen Jintong said loudly, "Our family's secret recipe is just swill. Just pour it into a pot and cook it with konjac."

Seeing everyone's stunned expressions, he chuckled to himself.

So what if you know the secret recipe? You don't know how much swill to add or how long to boil it.

They cooked it for several hours yesterday, the pot was smoking, before the konjac could barely solidify into a block.

He thought the konjac had solidified because of the swill, but little did he know that it had naturally solidified over time.

Moreover, only the surface of that thing had solidified; the inside was still a jumbled mess.

Li Ruru lowered her head and chuckled to herself. She hadn't expected that her act of collecting swill last night would lead them to believe that the secret recipe for konjac tofu was swill.

This is... hilarious!
Li Ruru couldn't help but smile, but the crowd erupted in cheers.

"What? You're forcing us to eat swill?"

"No wonder it smelled weird, it must have been the smell of swill."

"Report to the authorities and have them arrested! This is outrageous!"

The crowd shouted and pushed, completely surrounding Wang Shuixia and her family.

It's unclear who started it, but the agitated crowd and the Chen family got into a brawl.

Someone reported it to the authorities, and officials rushed over to separate the crowd.

After learning what had happened, the Chen family members were immediately detained in court.

The chubby magistrate glanced at the group and said to his clerk, "Beat up the Chen family and kick them out."

Those who had just eaten konjac tofu made from swill felt that this was not satisfying at all.

Feeding them swill is no different from making them eat excrement; it's utterly insulting.

Beating up the Chen family won't kill them; it's too lenient on them.

Someone spoke up: "Your Honor, the Chen family has to compensate us. What if we develop health problems as a result?"

(End of this chapter)