The cooking color is delicious, general, don't bite me

Chapter 69
Mrs. Zhou and Lian Shimu were in dire straits at this time, but shopkeeper Bi did not send them to the Yamen, but locked them up and beat them severely.

In the end, the shopkeeper Bi asked them to take the responsibility of leaking the medicine under the vermicelli. At that time, he said that they were ordered by the owner, who is the king of food.

In fact, even if there is no need for torture, Mrs. Zhou and the others agreed easily because of their greedy nature and fear of death. It was the shopkeeper Bi who was angry and used them as a vent.

But before shopkeeper Bi could vent his anger enough, the superior ordered him to let Mrs. Zhou and the old couple go.

But the old couple didn't know that when they were released, even Da Jin's body was carried out of the back door of the Fortune Restaurant.

At this time, in the Tianzihao room of the Hongyun Restaurant, a man dressed in extraordinary clothes and exuding a sense of luxury was leaning on a soft couch, and a beautiful woman beat his back and squeezed his legs.

"Your Highness, why don't you let those two veterans testify that food is the sky? Wouldn't it be too cheap for them to let them go like this?" The woman was puzzled.

"They're just two useless trash! As for Han Hualin, he seems to have noticed something, so don't provoke him for now." This man is the current Second Prince Shang Qihao, he sneered.

The woman chuckled and said, "Han Hualin is just a merchant now, so he shouldn't be afraid."

"Shut up! What do you know?" Shang Qihao angrily tore off the woman's skirt and panties.

The woman hurriedly confessed, leaned over, and reached out to help Shang Qihao take off his clothes...

Shang Qihao felt comfortable being served, and his anger gradually subsided, "When the Huichun Hall opens, I will take care of it. In addition to inquiring about Qi Xuan's whereabouts, you should also pay more attention to Meng Fuling."

He originally ordered people to set fire to Meng Fuling's workshop in Lingyun Village, but when his people arrived in Lingyun Village, they met Lian Dajin and learned that the workshop had been burned.

The subordinates brought Lian Dajin, and after some torture, they found out that Meng Fuling had committed suicide and had not died, resulting in a drastic change in temperament, which made Shang Qihao very curious.

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After rushing for two days, Meng Fuling and others finally made two hundred catties of instant noodles.

Because there are no bags like modern ones to pack, the instant noodles are put into food boxes after they are cooled and air-dried.

When Meng Fuling was about to ask the gourd to accompany her to deliver instant noodles, she realized that the gourd was missing.

"Mother, has any of you seen the gourd?" Meng Fuling asked Xue.

Xue and the others shook their heads. Everyone was busy making noodles these two days, so busy that they didn't even have time to breathe except for eating and taking a break. Naturally, no one paid attention to the gourd.

"Does Hulu feel too bored and go out for a walk?" Xue Shi said, in fact, even she found this statement unconvincing.

Meng Fuling was in a panic, and was only busy with the noodles, so she ignored the gourd.

Suddenly, she seemed to think of something, and hurriedly asked Lan Xiang to go to the stable to see if the horse was still there.

After a while, Lan Xiang hurried over, "Miss, the horse is gone."

The last time the Xue family had an accident, Meng Fuling saw that he was very good at riding gourds, so he bought a good horse afterward, but he didn't use it to pull the carriage.

Now, only the horse was gone, and Meng Fuling realized that the gourd might be gone, and as if unwilling to give up, she went to the gourd's room to look again.

Sure enough, his knife disappeared, and her mind went blank, and she didn't speak for a long time.

"Fuling, what's wrong with you? Don't scare mother!" Seeing that Meng Fuling didn't respond for a long time, Mrs. Xue was frightened.

"I'm fine. Since the gourd is not here, let Lin Nan accompany me." Meng Fuling pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Fuling!" Xue's eyes turned red instantly. Ever since Meng Fuling changed her temperament, when did she ever see her like this?
Meng Fuling's throat was very dry, and after taking a few sips of the water Mei Xiang handed over, she felt much better.

She didn't want to say anything, so she asked someone to load the instant noodles into the carriage and entered the city accompanied by Lin Nan.

I made an appointment with Boss Qiu to deliver the food at Shiweitian. Boss Qiu was overjoyed when he saw the instant noodles, and he readily paid the balance.

Afterwards, he ate several pieces of instant noodles prepared by Meng Fuling, and asked her to cook some for a taste.

Han Hualin saw that her face was not right, so he said to Boss Qiu, "It's the same as letting the cook cook."

"I heard you say Miss Meng's culinary skills are excellent, and I've wanted to try them for a long time. I'm going back to Beijing to cook some noodles, so let's do it for me."

Boss Qiu was probably too happy, he didn't notice that something was wrong with Meng Fuling, and even more ignored the tiredness in her eyes.

"Okay, wait a moment." Meng Fuling said before Han Hualin.

Cooking noodles is not difficult, and Boss Qiu is leaving, so she naturally has no reason to shirk.

She entered the restaurant's kitchen, and Han Hualin found an excuse to follow her, "Fu Ling, aren't you feeling unwell?"

Meng Fuling didn't hide anything, "The gourd is gone."

"He's gone?" Han Hualin froze for a moment, the news came very suddenly to him.

During the conversation with Hulu that day, he clearly saw that Hulu would stay in Lingyun Village for Meng Fuling, so why not just leave?

"Yeah." Meng Fuling had never told Han Hualin how the gourd appeared, and she didn't want to talk about it now.

How could Han Hualin ask ignorantly, change the topic, and offered to help her.

"You will?" Seeing that Han Hualin's posture didn't look like a joke, Meng Fuling asked with some doubts.

"Could it be, Chef Meng will know if you look at it, and I hope Chef Meng will give you some pointers." Han Hualin bowed pretendingly and laughed.

Not only the shopkeeper Feng and the cooks were stunned, Meng Fuling was also a little dumbfounded, and almost suspected that Han Hualin had taken the wrong medicine or was possessed by a ghost.

"How do I cook this noodle? I'll cut the ingredients for you." When Han Hualin turned his head, he gave Shopkeeper Feng a sneaky look, causing them to quickly look away, pretending not to see it.

"Just cook mushroom chicken noodle soup, and cook a few more dishes for him to practice." Meng Fuling smiled lightly.

She only thought Han Hualin was joking, but she didn't expect that he could really cook. Even though his cooking skills were average, it really surprised her.

They didn't bother to rectify complicated dishes, but only made some simple home-cooked dishes.

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Boss Qiu had a great time eating this practice banquet, but Han Hualin intentionally or unintentionally told some interesting things to make Meng Fuling happy.

But Meng Fuling's mind is full of gourds, how can she be happy?He didn't bother to explore Han Hualin's intentions.

When she was going back to the village, Han Hualin insisted on sending her back. On the way, he couldn't help but ask, "You care about the gourd?"

Meng Fuling was stunned, for a moment she didn't know how to answer, because she had never thought about this question.

From the rejection at the beginning, wanting to drive him away, to gradually developing strange feelings, because his identity was unknown, she could only run away blindly, but now that he really left, it seemed that he took her heart away.

At the same time, she still blamed him for leaving without saying goodbye, so she had to say something before leaving!But not only did he not, but he also chose when she was busy.

Seeing that Meng Fuling was silent, Han Hualin didn't ask any more questions.

For a while, the two fell into a state of silence, until the carriage entered the village, and before they got home, they heard a noise from a distance.

"What's going on?" Meng Fuling asked strangely, she vaguely heard Li Shanhu's cry.

Opening the curtain of the car, she saw that the house where Lian Dahui and his wife lived was surrounded by villagers, and she urged the driver to speed up.

When the carriage stopped outside the crowd, Han Hualin got out of the carriage first, and reached out to help her down, "Be careful!"

Meng Fuling was worried about Li Shanhu, so she didn't refuse, and I don't know which villager saw her sharply, and shouted: "Meng Fuling is back!"

Immediately, other villagers took the initiative to move out of the way, and Li Shanhu stumbled out when he heard the movement.

Seeing Meng Fuling, it was like finding the backbone, "Fuling, Fuling, you are finally back."

"Who hit you?" Meng Fuling was furious when she saw the clear five-fingerprints on Li Shanhu's face.

Before Li Shanhu could speak, she saw Mrs. Zhou and Lian Shimu sitting on the ground crying, how could she not know who beat Li Shanhu.

Meng Fuling frowned, wondering why the Fortune Restaurant would let them back so easily?

She asked: "They come back when they come back, why come here to cry?"

"When they returned home, they found that Dajin was gone, and the silver they saved at home was gone, and they came to the door and insisted that Dahui and I stole it..." Li Shanhuan began to cry again as he spoke.

Mrs. Zhou beat her and Lian Dahui because of this. As sons and daughters-in-law, how could they fight back?

At this time, the surrounding villagers also started discussing, and some people speculated: "Did even Dajin steal money and run away because he was afraid that the Fortune Restaurant would sue the officials?"

The others nodded when they heard this, and echoed, "That makes sense. If a thief came to steal, how could they get money so easily?"

Mrs. Zhou and Lian Shimu were injured all over by shopkeeper Bi. When they came back, the only money left in the family was gone, and they were so angry that they were half dead.

Hearing this, he naturally added fuel to the flames, Lian Shimu shouted: "Impossible, someone must have stolen my family's money, either Dahui, a bastard, or you."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was offended to death, and they all pointed at them and cursed.

Everyone felt that the key to this matter was Lian Dajin.

Lian Dahui looked at his father and mother making troubles for no reason with a pale face. Those words of beast were like knives piercing his heart.

Li Shanshan took Meng Fuling's hand in a daze, "Fuling, what do you think I should do?"

She was unwilling to have anything to do with her parents-in-law even if she lived or died, but her parents-in-law lost money, and her uncle disappeared, neither of which was a trivial matter.

Meng Fuling secretly thought that the money was obviously stolen by Lian Dajin, Mrs. Zhou and the others should know it well, and now they are just trying to blackmail Lian Dahui and his wife's money.

Otherwise, no matter how boring the Jiangyang thief is, he would not go to a small mountain village to steal a few taels of silver, and at this juncture.

Now hearing Li Shanhu asking her, Meng Fuling said directly: "Get out!"

Li Shanhu showed a troubled face, no matter how much she hated Mrs. Zhou and the others, they were also her in-laws. If they were chased away in public, she might be scolded so badly that she could not hold her head up.

Meng Fuling ignored Li Shanhu, stepped forward, and scolded: "You lost your money, why are you crying at my place?"

"What do you call your place? This is obviously Dahui's house. We go to your son's house, what's your business?" Mrs. Zhou sucked her snot back forcefully, pointing at Meng Fuling and yelling.

"I borrowed Shan Hu and the others to live in this house. I don't welcome you now, get out immediately!" Lian Dahui and the others are hard to drive people away, so she doesn't mind being this villain.

Mrs. Zhou and Lian Shimu were blocked in a daze. The villagers expected that they would be driven away by Meng Fuling in the end. They felt that there was nothing to watch, so they prepared to go back to their respective homes.

But Mrs. Zhou and the old couple didn't know how to refute Meng Fuling, so they simply refused to let everyone go, crying and pestering everyone, and must help them find their son and silver.

No matter how angry Dahui was, seeing Meng Fuling's complexion, he had no choice but to say: "Father and mother, it's getting dark, why don't you go back first, get up tomorrow morning and look for Dajin and Yinzi, then I will take people into the city to inquire about it." See if you are in the gambling house, it is really impossible to report to the official!"

Mrs. Zhou was beating her chest and crying non-stop, when she heard Lian Dahui's words, she immediately got up from the ground, raised her hand and slapped him twice, shouting loudly, "You heartless bastard, that's Your dear brother! Now he is gone, and your father's coffin and I are also lost, and you are not in a hurry to find it, do you expect him to be killed?"

Lian Shimu kicked Lian Dahui fiercely, "It must be that you bastard colluded with the thieves, stole the family's money, and harmed your brother? Otherwise, how could the family's money be dug out? It must be you." Thief..."

Lian Dahui seemed to have been beaten into a daze, and stood there in a daze, letting his parents beat him with fists and kicks.

When Li Shanhu saw her husband being beaten, she roared angrily, and rushed to tear her panting and exhausted parents-in-law away.

Lian Dahui gave them a deep look, but didn't say a word.

Lian Shimu cursed bitterly: "Bastard, I must have guessed it right, I feel ashamed..."

A villager who worked in a workshop couldn't stand it any longer, "Shut up! No matter how you look at it, this matter has nothing to do with Dahui."

"That's right, what's wrong with Dahui? It's okay for you to spoil Dajin normally, but now you're venting your anger on him. I've never seen such cruel parents like you." Min Chengli also had an angry face and opened his mouth to complain.

"Let's not talk about the separation, even Dahui and I usually don't know where the money is hidden, how can you wrong us? Maybe it was Dajin who stole it." in-laws.

Mrs. Zhou and Lian Shimu didn't know whether they didn't want to admit this fact, or they trusted their youngest son too much. They shook their heads like rattles, and retorted loudly: "Impossible, my son is filial, how could he steal money from his own family? Leave us alone?"

Seeing that the old couple were so stubborn, Meng Fuling didn't want to waste their time with them, and was about to ask the workshop workers to throw them out, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the crowd.

The villagers also dispersed quickly, and saw a few fierce-looking big men coming with knives, all of them looked like menacing gods.

Mrs. Zhou recognized one of them as the shopkeeper of Jiaoyin Shop, she was paralyzed with fright, pulled Lian Shimu and shouted: "They are from Jiaoyin Shop, yes, they are here to collect debts."

"What? Then let's run!" Lian Shimu was dumbfounded when he heard about the debt collection.

Just as the old couple were about to run away, they were surrounded by these people. The head shopkeeper took out a deed and said in a vicious voice: "You borrowed 20 taels of silver from our Jiaoyin shop, take it out and pay it back!"

"But, isn't the deadline yet?" Mrs. Zhou stammered.

"What is the time limit? Show me clearly, it says that we can collect the debt at any time. If we can't pay the money and interest, we will sell your family's land, and you and Lian Dajin!" The shopkeeper sneered. road.

What?To borrow 20 taels of silver, not only do you have to cover all the fields, but you also have to sell yourself?

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, even Meng Fuling was surprised. Han Hualin smiled at her, then quietly approached a person from the intersection shop, gave the person a silver coin, and asked a few words.

After a while, he returned to Meng Fuling's side and said in a low voice, "It's shopkeeper Bi who asked..."

It turned out that after Mrs. Zhou and the others were released, the shopkeeper Bi was also kicked out of the restaurant. She was very angry, remembering that Mrs. Zhou borrowed the capital for making vermicelli from Jiaoyin shop.

It just so happened that the shopkeeper of Jiaoyin Shop was a frequent customer of Fortune Restaurant, and he had some friendship with shopkeeper Bi, so the present scene happened.

It's just that Meng Fuling didn't expect Mrs. Zhou and the others to not only transfer the family's land, but even sign the deed of sale. Isn't this a brain problem?

"You dead woman, why don't you sign a contract of sale? I don't care about you, you go with them!" Lian Shi pushed Pozi Zhou away angrily, wanting to draw a line with her.

"My son and I didn't sell ourselves, did you make a mistake?" Mrs. Zhou cried, vehemently denying that she had signed the contract of selling herself.

"Here are the words in black and white, how dare you deny it?" The shopkeeper snorted coldly, winking at a big man.

The big man immediately went up to grab Pozi Zhou's feet and lifted her upside down.

Mrs. Zhou felt dizzy and dizzy, she couldn't find her way out, she just yelled: "You catch my eldest son and daughter-in-law, don't catch me and Dajin."

Meng Fuling laughed angrily, how could there be such selfish and ruthless parents?

Looking at Lian Dahui again, he was about to go forward and say something nice to his parents, but when he heard what his mother said, his heart felt ashamed.

And Li Shanhu quietly tugged on Meng Fuling's sleeve, calling her name at a loss.

Meng Fuling was about to ask Li Shanhu to wait and see what happened, when the shopkeeper's eyes moved, and he asked, "Are your eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law here?"

Lian Shimu nodded hastily, pointed at Lian Dahui and his wife and said, "Yes, yes, it's them!"

"The deed states that Mrs. Zhou and Lian Dajin should sell themselves, but I can show kindness and allow you to replace them."

At that time, the people who went to borrow money were Mrs. Zhou and Lian Dajin, and they were asked to sell themselves, but the shopkeeper didn’t see Lian Dajin, and what Lian Dahui and his wife thought, they were all better than Mrs. Zhou, who was old and treacherous. Lian Dajin is good, so he is happy to agree.

"Don't even think about it! It's you and Lian Dajin who sold themselves, so what's the matter with me and Dahui?" Li Shanhong's mind became hot, and he no longer cared whether Mrs. Zhou was her mother-in-law, and pointed at Mrs. Zhou and cursed.

"Father, mother, you said that after the separation, the family affairs have nothing to do with us." Lian Dahui, who has always been honest and filial, said, it can be seen that he was really heartbroken by his parents.

"Bastard, what are you talking about? We separated, so you jumped out of my old lady's stomach?" Mrs. Zhou, with her feet upside down, couldn't help shouting after hearing Lian Dahui's words.

"Enough!" Meng Fuling shouted loudly, seeing this, she was also annoyed, if it wasn't for Lian Dahui and his wife, she wouldn't bother with this business.

"It's none of your business, let's go—" The shopkeeper noticed Meng Fuling at this moment, but before he finished speaking, he saw Han Hualin next to her.

He was startled for a moment, and a big smile appeared on his face. He strode forward and said happily, "Boss Han, why are you here?"

"Shopkeeper Xiao, please stay safe! The debt collection has come here. The so-called wrongdoer and debtor, whoever signed the deed will find who." Han Hualin shook the folding fan in his hand and smiled.

The shopkeeper of the Jiaoyin shop is a human being. He glanced at Li Shanhu standing beside Meng Fuling, and Han Hualin was obviously protecting Meng Fuling, so he naturally knew what to do.

After saying a few polite words to Han Hualin, he asked, "Where is Lian Dajin here? Call him out!"

A talkative villager said, "He ran away long ago."

"Since Lian Dajin has escaped, use this old man to pay for it! Take them all away!" The shopkeeper made a final decision, ordering his subordinates to take Mrs. Zhou and Lian Shimu away.

"Don't catch us! Dahui, Dahui, save your parents!" The old couple howled hoarsely, and at this moment they were still counting on their eldest son to save them.

Meng Fuling glanced at Lian Dahui, seeing that he seemed to be hesitating, she knew it.

The most difficult thing in this world to sever is the blood relationship, no matter how heartless Zhou Pozi and Lian Shimu are to Lian Dahui, he can't really abandon them.

When Lian Dahui was about to ask Meng Fuling for help, she turned around and walked out of the crowd.

Although Li Shanhu couldn't bear to see her husband in trouble, but when she thought of the pain she had suffered in the past two years of marrying into Lian's family, and her still sore face, her heart broke, and she went after Meng Fuling.

"Fuling, Dahui will definitely blame me." Li Shanhu walked to Meng Fuling's side and said sadly.

"Your parents-in-law should teach you a good lesson. Let's see! Redeem them after they repent." Meng Fuling took out a handkerchief and handed it to Li Shanhu.

She said so, but she thought that people like Mrs. Zhou and Lian Shimu would never repent no matter how hard they taught them, just like the best of the Meng family.

"Well, thank you, Fuling." Li Shanhu nodded and said, now she doesn't know why, no matter what Meng Fuling said, she thinks it makes sense.

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Mrs. Zhou and the old couple were taken away by the people from Jiaoyinpu. This time they sold themselves, and I am afraid they will never come back.

Meng Fuling laughed at herself, other people's affairs were settled, but what about her own?
Hulu has been gone for almost a month, and there is no news at all. Even Mrs. Xue scolded Hulu for being heartless.

She also knew that everyone in the village said behind her back that she was destined to be an abandoned woman. The previous husband-in-law eloped with the widow on his wedding day, and now Hulu also abandoned her and ran away with other women.

Naturally, some people would be happy that the evil gourd was missing in the village. However, because Han Hualin went to Meng Fuling's house every three days, some good-natured people in the village were afraid and did not dare to provoke her.

But Meng Fuling didn't know that not long after Hulu left, Shang Qihao hurriedly left Qishan County.

During this period, she learned from Han Hualin that the method she taught Boss Qiu didn't work, and the instant noodles were ruined.

It's really a mess, from Qishan County to Kyoto City, you can go by water or by land.

In order to get closer, Boss Qiu took the waterway, but there was an accident, the boat capsized, and the instant noodles were naturally inedible.

Fortunately, there was great chaos in the court, and Shang Qihao had no intention of making things difficult for Meng Fuling again, so Boss Qiu didn't have to worry about not being able to explain to him.

Therefore, the crisis was temporarily resolved, but Meng Fuling's heart was empty, and she couldn't help but think of gourds.

On this day, Mrs. Xue was going to the city to buy some daily necessities, so she tried her best to persuade Meng Fuling to go with her.

Meng Fuling knew that Xue Shi saw that she was in a bad mood recently and wanted her to go out for a walk to relax, but she really didn't want to.

He only let Li Shanhu go with Xue Shi, but Xiaoji Wing took the initiative to stay with her.

"Sister, I have a urgency to urinate." Meng Fuling took the little chicken wing to the workshop, and on the way home, the little chicken wing screamed that it was urgent to urinate, and rushed into Baogudi not far away.

Meng Fuling waited for a while, but she didn't see the little chicken wings coming back, so she couldn't help feeling a little anxious, so she walked into Baogudi, but where was the little chicken wings?
"Little chicken wings, little chicken wings!" He shouted several times in a row, but there was no response from Little Chicken Wings.

Meng Fuling suddenly became worried, and walked to the other side of Baogudi, but there was gradually a burst of ambiguous gasps from men and women.

As soon as she heard it, she understood what was going on, and she was thinking, who is hiding in the Baogu field to do such a thing?
Meng Fuling didn't want to meddle in other people's business, and was about to leave, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw the woman riding under the man looking up through the corn pole.

The woman happened to see Meng Fuling too, and exclaimed, "No! Someone!"

Meng Fuling also secretly thought it was not good, turned around and was about to run, unexpectedly, the man caught up naked, "Stop! Don't run!"

But how could Meng Fuling dare to stop, coming to Baogudi to do such a thing must be stealing someone, what if this man wants to kill someone to silence him?
She had a big belly and couldn't run fast at all. She was sweating profusely as she was about to be overtaken.

Unexpectedly, the man would stretch out his hand and push her, causing her to lose her balance, and she fell forward, "Ah——"

(End of this chapter)