Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2227: Chapter 2226: There’s Hope for This

”Boss, take a look at this dish of yours! How can such a large cockroach get in there? Even if you’re not disgusted, I am!” The man shouted, waving the cockroach around as if afraid others couldn’t see it.

Bai Ruozhu, hiding upstairs, twitched the corner of her mouth. Isn’t it disgusting to hold a cockroach? This place is in the south, which is why they have such large cockroaches. When they were in the Capital City, hardly any cockroaches could be seen.

She had encountered such situations before, too. The other party brought a bug, but it wasn’t this big. But he didn’t seem to think; unless the chef was nearly blind, how could he miss such a large cockroach?

Thinking about it made her feel a bit queasy, what a mood killer.

Yao Yuxuan glanced at him coldly, ”What position do you hold in the Cao Gang?”

The troublemaker was taken aback, appearing quite surprised, but quickly he put on a stern face and said, ”What Cao Gang? How can you not own up to having cockroaches in your food?”

”Go send a message to Elder Sun, ask him to come and take his person away,” Yao Yuxuan turned and instructed the shopkeeper next to him.

”Yes, Dong Family,” the shopkeeper responded.

The troublemaking young man’s expression shifted, looking uncertain. He had recently joined the Cao Gang and just wanted to show off today. Had he provoked someone he shouldn’t have?

Yao Yuxuan observed his expression and said, ”Young man, you’d better think it over. It’s not good to make Elder Sun come over specifically for you.”

”Wait!” The young man shouted in a panic, ”Maybe I saw it wrongly, let’s talk about it later, but don’t fool me.”

Yao Yuxuan laughed, ”Just go back and ask.”

The young man hurriedly left, and Yao Yuxuan returned upstairs. The remaining patrons had seen the trick and began to whisper, saying that the background of Fengya’s Residence’s owner was quite strong.

The Empress Dowager smiled at Bai Ruozhu, ”He’s made agreements with both the government office and the Cao Gang, so neither the underworld nor the law will cause trouble. That one just now was probably an ignorant newcomer.”

Bai Ruozhu held shares in Yingkela Inn and had given plenty of advice, but the restaurant was managed by Shen Lu. She didn’t even know they had to make such agreements; it wasn’t easy, indeed.

”Now that Yinyin has restored the Jiang Mountain, I feel much more at ease, but Diao Bin still worries me,” after chatting a while, the Empress Dowager suddenly said.

Bai Ruozhu also couldn’t rest easy about Diao Bin and Ning Yu. She spoke, ”We have some information. Someone saw them board a ship to Fusang Country. Achun and I will journey out to sea soon, and we’ll do our best to gather news of the princess and my senior brother.”

Jiang Yichun suddenly looked over at Bai Ruozhu, who nodded at him, ”I plan to make a trip to Donghai.”

The curse is in his bloodline, so they can only seek out the Merfolk Clan. Even if it’s particularly dangerous, she doesn’t want to lose him, nor does she want their child to grow up without a father.

Jiang Yichun nodded slightly, a trace of worry appearing on his face.

”What made you think of going to sea? It’s too dangerous; you need someone familiar with the sea to guide you; it’s not something you can just do,” Yao Yuxuan became concerned, ”Is something wrong?”

”No, we just wanted to visit Fusang Country and inquire about Diao Bin and my senior brother, but I just don’t feel at ease the longer it takes,” Bai Ruozhu replied.

The Empress Dowager promptly said, ”Then we’ll go too!”

”Long sea journeys are too hard; you and Mr. Yao should stay and run the shop, help us gather information,” Bai Ruozhu suggested.

”Why do you still call him Mr. Yao? Yichun calls me godfather, so you should change it too,” Yao Yuxuan said.

Bai Ruozhu, a bit embarrassed, quickly agreed.

The Empress Dowager also knew she was a burden even for her self-preservation, so she got up and took out some silver banknotes, ”I can’t help much, so here’s some money. You’ll need it for renting ships and hiring people, don’t be polite with me.”

Bai Ruozhu had to accept it, lest the Empress Dowager feel she wasn’t contributing anything.

After leaving Fengya’s Residence, Jiang Yichun immediately asked, ”Have you thought it through? We might not even find the Merfolk Clan.”

”How would we know if we don’t try?” Bai Ruozhu smiled at him, ”As long as there’s a glimmer of hope, I want to try, and we should do it quickly.”

Jiang Yichun’s expression darkened a bit. Yes, he only had three years left.

After the three of them returned to the inn they were staying at, Bai Ruozhu discovered that Jianqi was injured. She thought Jianqi and Yizi might have run into trouble and quickly asked, ”What happened? Who hurt you?”

Yizi’s face turned red, down to her neck, and Jianqi seemed awkward, not knowing how to answer.

”What happened? Didn’t I send you to the market to go shopping? How did you end up with internal injuries?” Bai Ruozhu asked.

”Master, it’s me...” Yizi started to say but was interrupted by Jianqi, ”Master, Yizi and I were testing the power of her newly learned array. I was careless and got injured.”

Bai Ruozhu raised an eyebrow. She had sent these two to go shopping to boost their feelings, but they ended up fighting and caused Jianqi to suffer internal injuries? Did it have to be so intense?

”Is Yizi’s newly learned array that powerful? With such strength, she’ll have to show off when facing enemies in the future,” Bai Ruozhu said, giving the two of them a look, they were so thoughtless, it made her worry as their master.

”Master, I’m not that good. I accidentally went into the array, and Jianqi was afraid of hurting me, so he forcibly withheld his inner strength and got injured. It’s all my fault!” Yizi said, her eyes welling up with tears.

Bai Ruozhu couldn’t bear it, she shouldn’t have frightened this girl, who was almost in tears.

But she also picked up a useful piece of information, Jianqi would rather hurt himself than harm Yizi, and just now, Jianqi was protecting Yizi!

This situation showed signs!

”Master, it was my carelessness, it has nothing to do with Yizi,” Jianqi said.

Bai Ruozhu was secretly laughing to herself. Look at how close these two are; should she continue pretending to be a strict master so they could care for each other more?

”Mom, don’t you want Uncle Jianqi to rest since he’s injured?” Little Dengdeng looked up and asked.

”You two go rest now and be more careful next time,” Bai Ruozhu twitched her mouth, as her son spoiled her plan, she had to stop for now.

”You can write Jianqi a formula to treat his internal injuries and let Yizi borrow the inn’s kitchen to make a decoction for him, so he’ll recover faster,” Jiang Yichun suddenly suggested.

Bai Ruozhu gave her husband an approving look, that was a good idea.

Soon, she had written the prescription and handed it to Yizi, while Jianqi kept saying his injury wasn’t serious, and there was no need to trouble anyone.

Bai Ruozhu gave him a fierce look, ”The road ahead may not be peaceful, with your injuries, you might not even be able to protect yourself, what will you do if danger arises?”

This time Jianqi didn’t dare to say more and obediently waited for Yizi to make the decoction for him.