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

Chapter 92 Who is Ai Lian?
Li Ruru pushed her hand away and said, "After we finish delivering the goods tomorrow, we'll give the remaining konjac to the people at the market. They can bring their own bowls and chopsticks."

Peipei said "Oh," and then remembered that her mother had indeed said yesterday that she would treat everyone to konjac tofu for free.

After all, those people helped them beat up Zhang Laizi and Granny Hua yesterday.

She thought her mother had just said it casually, just as a polite remark, but she never expected her mother to actually mean it.

"Are...are they really going to eat for free?" Pepe asked.

"Let's eat it. Two buckets of konjac tofu won't bankrupt us. But people will remember our kindness, and they'll help us next time we need something."

Li Ruru earnestly reasoned with her daughter, hoping that her child could be more generous and not always be so stingy with petty gains.

Money can never be earned enough, and relationships between people also need to be well maintained.

"Mother, I understand." Peipei nodded, pondering her mother's words carefully.

The night in Chenjia Village is beautiful and quiet, and Li Ruru's family has already turned off the lights and gone to sleep.

Chu Xiu slept for a while, then secretly got up, lit a candle, and took out paper and pen to write rapidly.

A letter was quickly written, and he nodded in satisfaction, seemingly admiring his own handwriting.

The next morning, as usual, Xiao Yishan and Li Ruru went to deliver goods, the three maids set up a stall, and Chu Xiu and Xiao Wu returned to the county government office.

Chu Xiu and Xiao Wu were free at Li Ruru's house; Li Ruru never asked them to deliver goods and sell konjac tofu together.

Li Ruru pays Xiao Yishan's wages and also makes him do chores. Xiao Yishan is happy to be made to do chores, since he's the kind of person who can't stay idle anyway.

The three daughters in the family are also very hardworking, and they are happy to work and earn money for their family.

Every time the whole family came to the county town, Chu Xiu and Xiao Wu would always sneak away from the group and go to the county government office.

Li Ruru assumed they were going home to visit her wealthy father (master).

That was indeed the case, except that she didn't know that Chu Xiu's wealthy father was the county magistrate.

"Father, I'm back." Chu Xiu placed a basket of things on the table. The county magistrate was resting and glanced at him lazily.

"You finally decided to come back. I think you've had your fill of happiness and forgotten about home."

"Dad, I brought you something delicious." Chu Xiu opened the basket and took out the meat buns inside.

"Hehe, it's a good thing you still remember your old man." Upon seeing the delicious food, Magistrate Chu's expression visibly improved.

He took a small bite first, squinted his eyes with satisfaction, and then picked up one in each hand and ate them quickly.

A pretty maid in green brought a cup of water. "Master, be careful not to choke."

She paused for a moment and then said, "Master, it's best to test the food outside for poison, otherwise I'm worried... worried that someone might harm you."

Magistrate Chu took a sip of water, waved his hand, and said, "How could my son harm me? You may leave; we don't need you here."

After the woman left, Chu Xiu asked with a straight face, "Father, have you taken a fancy to that little maid?"

Magistrate Chu slammed his cup down, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Chu Xiu irritably fiddled with his fan and said, "She's just a servant girl, why is she so concerned about you?"

He even claimed that his steamed buns were poisoned, attempting to sow discord between the father and son; his intentions are despicable.

"Ailian was just casually reminding me, don't take it to heart," Magistrate Chu said dismissively.

Chu Xiu rolled his eyes. "You eat by yourself. I'm going to take a walk."

Chu Xiu went out, fanning himself with a fan. He whispered to the clerk who had been waiting outside, "What's the background of that Ai Lian?"

Even though she was just a lowly servant girl, her father remembered her name, which shows that she was no ordinary person.

The clerk cupped his hands and said, "Young master, Ailian was sent over by Brother Yu a few days ago. She mainly takes care of the master's daily life."

The Yu-ge'er mentioned by the advisor was none other than Chu Xiu's cousin, Chu Yu.

"Hmph, he's really bored." Chu Xiu's face immediately darkened when he heard his cousin's name.

When did his father need an outsider to take care of his daily life?

Chu Yu is meddling in everything, even his own family affairs—it's outrageous! Frustrated, Chu Xiu didn't linger at the county office and returned to the market with Xiao Wu.

Li Ruru and Xiao Yishan also returned after delivering the goods, and the three Chaochao sisters waited obediently for their mother to come back.

"Mom, a lot of people came by and asked when we're going to sell konjac tofu. They're all regular customers."

Aunt Pang was getting anxious when she saw that they had brought things today but hadn't set up their stall yet.

"Aru, aren't you doing business today?"

Li Ruru said to Aunt Pang, "Auntie, we're not selling today, but we'll be selling normally tomorrow."

Aunt Pang thought Li Ruru would stop selling konjac tofu from now on, and she looked distressed for a long time.

Hearing her say that, he immediately replied, "Okay, okay, I'm relieved."

If Li Ruru stops selling konjac tofu, she might not be able to sell her own fried dough sticks.

Li Ruru took out a sign that read "Konjac tofu is free, but you need to bring your own bowls and chopsticks."

The sign quickly attracted a large crowd.

"Hey girl, is this for real? Free konjac tofu?"

"Really, it's free? Then I'll bring my own bowl and chopsticks."

"Is this some kind of trick?"

"Has your konjac tofu gone bad?"

Faced with various doubts and misunderstandings, Li Ruru spoke up loudly: "Yesterday, everyone helped us out of kindness. Today, I specially made two buckets of konjac tofu to thank you all."

Konjac tofu is free to eat; just bring your own bowls and chopsticks.

As soon as he finished speaking, several regular customers had already walked to the stall with their bowls in hand.

Chaochao deftly started cutting konjac tofu. Peipei didn't have to collect money or clear the dishes today, so she helped her sister.

After Chaochao cut the konjac tofu, Peipei poured the sauce over it and handed it to everyone.

Li Ruru glanced across the street; neither Ren Si Niang nor Granny Liu were there, as they hadn't set up their stall today.

Everyone was delighted to be able to eat free konjac tofu, and they showered each other with compliments as if they were free.

"Young lady, you are beautiful inside and out."

"The three girls in my sister's family are all exceptionally beautiful."

"This young lady is like a living Buddha, Ji Gong! This konjac tofu is so delicious."

Li Ruru smiled shyly and didn't say anything.

The two buckets of konjac tofu were quickly emptied, and just as she was about to pack up her stall, Chen Jinbang walked over with a young nobleman.

That young nobleman was none other than Chu Xiu's cousin, Chu Yu.

He pulled out a string of coins and said, "Auntie, could you please give us two bowls?"

Chen Jinbang turned his head away from Li Ruru and only forced a smile at Chu Yu.

Li Ruru spread her hands and said, "Young master, I'm sorry, we've run out of konjac tofu."

Chu Yu's expression froze. "Delivered? All delivered?"

"Yes, we've given them all away. We're giving them away for free today."

"Auntie, you'd rather give it away to someone else than sell me a bowl?"

Chu Yu closed his fan, his face full of displeasure.

A young servant boy who looked like a pageboy drew his sword and shouted angrily.

"What do you mean? Are you looking down on my young master?"

(End of this chapter)