A family with three widows, after severing ties with relatives, she became wealthy and married into

Chapter 124 Liu San Niang's Secret

"I'll give everyone a discount!" Liu San Niang said with a smile.

The villagers happily echoed, as if they didn't want to stir up trouble.

No matter how much Luo Dou tried to stop him, it didn't stop the coachman from driving away.

The villagers, seeing how much the Lu family had lost, laughed and gloated.

"Hey, you actually go to Baishi Teahouse?"

"Haha, how could I afford that? The food there is notoriously expensive."

"It is said that Baishi Teahouse can earn several hundred taels a day."

"Really?! Then...didn't the Lu family drive away the God of Wealth?"

"Isn't he the God of Wealth? No, he's the God of Wealth's God of Wealth. He has real gold and silver in his hands."

The Lu family's parents came out of the house. "Why aren't you coming in yet?"

Once Lu Li left the courtyard, they could no longer see what was happening outside.

But I could hear what everyone was saying.

Where is Lu Tao?

Lady Lu looked around but couldn't see Lu Tao. "Where are the New Year's gifts?"

Lu Hai arrived late. "She's gone? Why didn't you stop her?"

"This Lu Tao has really developed a temper!"

"Lu Li, go and bring them back."

Lu Li said awkwardly, "But the carriage they were in has probably already gone far away."

“Didn’t they say he was at Baishi Teahouse? Just go to the shop and look for him,” Lu Hai said.

“Your sister has a gentle nature. Go after her, say a few nice words to her, and she will come back with you.”

Lu Hai said with great certainty.

He was Lu Tao's biological father and knew her personality all too well.

Moreover, Lu Tao was not doing well in the Tian family, and now that her husband had died, she had nowhere to go for the New Year. If they coaxed her, Lu Tao would definitely come back.

"I'm going right now." Lu Li took off as if he wasn't the one who had just chased Lu Tao away.

"Lu Li, Baishi Teahouse has already closed down. Madam Lu and the others don't live in the shop anymore, so you won't be able to find her," a villager reminded him.

Lu Li paused in his steps.

Lu Hai urged, "Go!"

Lu Li continued walking outside.

On the carriage, Lu Tao's tears fell as she nestled in Liu San Niang's arms.

Liu San Niang didn't comfort her, but just gently patted her back.

By the time the carriage stopped at the gate of a courtyard in the county town after traveling all this way, Lu Tao's mood had improved.

"It's alright now." Liu San Niang helped her down from the carriage.

Lu Tao smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's been seven or eight years since we last met..."

"I just didn't expect them to be so heartless."

I raised her for fifteen years... and now she just refuses to acknowledge me.

"Sigh..." Liu San Niang sighed.

Being a woman is not easy.

The entire village of Qingliu knew that she had come here to escape famine, that her parents had died on the way, and that she had nowhere else to go.

But...

No one knew the secret she kept hidden in her heart.

She was sold by her parents just to get food for her younger brother.

Ironically, before she was sold, her parents pleaded with her in tears...

He begged her to go with that man, and begged her to give his younger brother a way out.

Please ask her not to hate them.

But they didn't care at all where that man took her...

That man sold her into a brothel; if she hadn't risked her life, she wouldn't have been able to escape.

They would never have encountered the Qin and Han dynasties.

Liu San Niang tightened her grip on Lu Tao's hand, looking at her with encouraging eyes.

Tian Tian and the others got off the carriage and gathered around Lu Tao, looking at her with concern.

Lu Tao's gaze swept over the group, showing concern for her whether they were her own daughters Tian Xiang, Tian Tian, ​​Tian Jinghe, or Qin Youyou.

Even the young Chu Qian blinked at her.

Touched, she shook her head and said, "I'm fine."

"Now that you're back, then..."

"Let's go prepare lunch."

I got up early in high spirits, thinking of going to my parents' home for a family reunion dinner.

Now, things are even worse; I have to do it myself.

"There's not much to prepare. We had so much food for New Year's Eve, and we haven't finished it yet. We can just heat it up."

"Um..."

The two women left, leaving behind several children.

Tian Xiang held Chu Yao in her arms and held Chu Qian's hand, watching Lu Tao's retreating figure with worry, "Is Mother alright?"

Tian Tian stood beside her and said, "Although Mother is gentle, she is resilient and unyielding. She will be fine."

Despite the deaths of Tian Zhiyuan from exhaustion, the divorce of Tian Xiang, the sale of Tian Tian to a marriage of convenience for good luck, and her suicide by drowning, none of these events could defeat her.

I believe that the Lu family's affairs will not defeat her either.

*

Lu Li chased after them all the way to the county and found the Baishi Teahouse.

He was responsible for managing the family's fields and rarely came to the county. When he saw the Baishi Teahouse, he was secretly surprised.

Is this shop really that big?

Based on what the villagers had told him, he had assumed it was just a small shop.

I never expected it to be so big... and it even has two floors.

The shop door was closed, and there was a piece of paper pasted on it, but Lu Li didn't know what it said.

He guessed it was referring to the shop closing for the holidays, but he didn't know when it would reopen.

"Oh, you're from out of town?"

Someone was shouting downstairs at the teahouse.

Lu Li looked over and saw a stranger.

"I..."

The man said, "Baishi Teahouse is closed and won't reopen until the eighth day of the lunar month."

"If you want a meal, you'll have to come on the eighth day."

Lu Li nodded. "Thank you."

Will it not open until the eighth day of the lunar month?

So...where do Lu Tao and the others live?

After peering through the door for a while to make sure Lu Tao and the others weren't inside, Lu Li sheepishly left.

*

After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the number of people in Baishi County increased again.

Before we knew it, it was the eighth day of the lunar new year. As soon as Baishi Teahouse opened, it was packed to capacity.

"Oh dear, I've been craving this all these past few days since I came back home."

"You didn't buy a New Year's gift set?"

"I bought it all," the customer said helplessly, "but I didn't buy enough!"

"There's simply not enough to go around."

"Me too. I only bought twenty boxes. I distributed them around when I got back, but I forgot to keep some for myself. I was thinking of going to my mother's to have some, but she had someone kick me out."

"Me too! I kept two boxes for myself, but before I could even eat them, a friend who found out took them all. Sigh..."

"They even asked me to bring them a few more boxes after I finish this business trip. I don't know if they'll still be selling gift boxes here after the New Year."

"Why don't you ask the shopkeeper?"

"Oh, Madam Lu, Madam Liu."

Lu Tao and Liu San Niang came out to rest and were seen by the guests.

"What can I do for you, sir?"

"Madam Lu, Madam Liu, after the New Year holidays, do you still have any New Year gift boxes for sale?"

Lu Tao shook her head. "The New Year gift boxes are only available during the holidays; they're no longer available."

"Oh dear... what a pity, my friends asked me to bring some for them."

"My mother also wants me to take care of her."

"Madam Lu, Madam Liu, please continue selling the gift boxes; we want to buy them all."

"This..." Lu Tao hesitated. The gift boxes were arranged by Tian Tian, ​​who had already said that they would not sell gift boxes after the New Year.

"Let's talk to the Second Miss," Liu San Niang replied, pulling Lu Tao back with her. "Let's go now."

At that moment, a furtive figure was lurking at the entrance of the teahouse...