I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Chapter 149 Casual Chat

Uncle, the problem you're considering is a very objective and common one. If we want to make Longsheng Street bigger and stronger, we must get the strong support of the people. Not only that, Longsheng Street can also extend olive branches to other commercial streets.

Zhuzhu, are you thinking of recruiting some rich and powerful people to join our Longsheng Street? I think that's a great idea. But you're still young and don't know that there's a group of people who are incredibly stingy and won't spend a penny.

Zhuzhu, what about the issues you mentioned? I have thought about them! To be honest, on the morning we came to Longsheng Street, I originally planned to visit the villages near our Yang family residence. I just wanted to see if any locals were willing to cooperate with our Shenglong Hotel long-term.

Hehehe! But what you didn't expect, Uncle, was that you would actually run into your second sister in the fields, right?

Hmm! This is what they mean by plans not keeping up with changes, huh? I'm thinking we should find another time to visit the nearby villages.

Uncle, why don't you have someone write a notice and post it at the entrance of Longsheng Street right now? If those people with surplus vegetables at home see this notice, they will definitely bring their surplus vegetables to our Shenglong Hotel.

Mmm! Our little princess Zhuzhu is so clever! Why can't I come up with such a great idea?

Haha! That's because you've been drinking a lot lately, Long'er! You've made yourself stupid with alcohol, which is why you couldn't come up with such a good idea.

Zhuzhu! Speaking of your second sister, I haven't seen her at all. Wasn't she always with you?

Oh! I was worried we'd have a lot to do, so I told my second sister to go home first. Besides, she's raising a large number of silkworms now!

Where does the second daughter's family plan to sell the silkworms they raise? Also, how many silkworms does her family raise?

Why did you suddenly ask this question, Mother?

Of course, I want to buy silk from her to weave cloth! You all don't know that when your grandmother was alive, she loved to use the cloth she wove herself to make embroidery.

But Mother, we've never seen you weave cloth by hand before! And now that we're so wealthy, why should we suffer like this?

However, Mulong, we shouldn't forget the good things our ancestors left us just because we are wealthy now. Actually, my mother has really missed my maternal grandparents who passed away many years ago. I think their biggest regret in life was not seeing me get married and have children.

To this day, I still don't know where your maternal grandparents' graves are! Every year during Qingming Festival, I always want to bring some of my homemade osmanthus wine and osmanthus cakes to your maternal grandparents' graves to offer incense.

Mother, why did you suddenly bring up such a sad story? And why did you marry so far away back then?

That's because when your mother was five or six years old, a fire broke out at your maternal grandparents' house one night for some unknown reason. This merciless fire burned your maternal grandparents' embroidery workshop to the ground. Your maternal grandparents also perished in that fire.

Mu Wang frowned when he heard his mother say this. He felt that someone must have orchestrated the fire, causing his mother to lose both her parents.

Mother, so much time has passed since this happened! Haven't you sent anyone to investigate what happened back then?

Haha! Elder brother, what do you mean by that? You don't actually think that someone deliberately set fire to our maternal grandparents' house and burned it to the ground back then, do you?

It's not impossible! Just think about it, our grandparents' house was full of embroidery cloth and embroidery frames, things that are easily ignited.

After saying this, Yuqin silently shed tears. When Muwang saw his mother crying, he quickly hugged Yuqin in his arms.

Alright! Mother, this matter is long past, let's not be sad about the past, okay? Since you want to open an embroidery shop on Longsheng Street, shall we leave?

Eldest brother, our mother has no idea how difficult it is to run a shop! Don't you know?

When Mu Wang heard Mu Long say those words, he couldn't help but kick Mu Long's shin hard with his own foot.

Oh no! Elder brother, why did you kick me again? I don't think I said anything wrong? Mu Long said this while scratching the back of his head.

Haven't you said anything wrong? Why didn't you agree to our mother opening an embroidery shop on Longsheng Street? Or do you have very feudal ideas?

Haha! How could someone with such progressive ideas like me have such feudal thoughts? I just don't want our mother to be so tired.

But Long'er's mother feels very lonely staying in the Yang residence! You and your elder brother usually come to Shenglong Street. Leaving me all alone in the Yang residence.

If you feel lonely, Mother, how about I leave Xiao Furong in the Yang Mansion to keep you company?

Meow! Meow!

Little Furong, who had been hiding inside Mu Long's clothes, heard that her father didn't want to bring her to Shenglong Street anymore. So she raised her little head and called out to Mu Long a few times.

What's wrong? Does my little darling not want to stay in my clothes? Shall we come out and play with Grandma?

Meow! Meow!

Little Hibiscus impatiently patted Mu Long's chest repeatedly with her chubby little hands.

My darling, what's wrong? You used to love clinging to me, didn't you? Is it because you're injured?

Meow. Little Hibiscus meowed a few times at Yuqin.

Come on, little one! Shall we play together? As Yuqin said this, she clapped her hands at the cute little hibiscus.

Mother, since little Furong doesn't want to be held by you, don't force him. He'll probably cling to you again after a while.

It seems that Xiao Furong may have experienced a traumatic reaction; she now only clings to people Hong trusts and ignores everyone else.

Just then, Steward Yi walked over to Mu Long carrying a basket of eggplants. Upon seeing this, Mu Long quickly put Xiao Furong on the table and took the basket from Steward Yi's hands.

These are such small things, how could I trouble you so much! Here's what I'll do! I'll take this basket of eggplants to the kitchen, and you can go and check if there are any other flaws in our Longsheng Hotel!

Manager Yi was a little confused when his boss suddenly asked him such a strange question. However, out of respect for his boss, Manager Yi replied, "I think our Longsheng Hotel is already good enough! Let's not spend a lot of time and money on renovations!"

When Mu Long heard Steward Yi say this, he felt very proud because he felt that what Steward Yi said to him was his future father-in-law's approval of him.

Second Master, why did you ask me this question today?

As you know, I'm just an ordinary person, nothing special. I know absolutely nothing about home renovation!

When Mu Long heard Steward Yi say those words, he thought his father-in-law was joking with him!

Is Blackie hungry? Should we have the servants make some of Little Hibiscus's favorite goat milk for him? You don't know, Little Hibiscus loves that.

Boss, who is this "Blackie" you're talking about? Is she also a cat? Have you gotten another kitten? You know, I usually dislike furry things the most.

Hearing this, he felt obligated to help. Only then did he realize that the person standing before him was Yi Guiguan, whom he trusted most, not Xia Rong's father.

It's nothing, you should go when you arrive, right? Why did you bring so many eggplants?

That's because my family has planted a lot of eggplants in the vegetable garden. I figured we couldn't possibly eat them all, so I brought a basket of eggplants over. Are we here? How do you plan to use these eggplants?

Upon hearing this, Zhuzhu quickly came over and said that these eggplants could be made into eggplant boxes. "You can roast the eggplants in a fire and sprinkle some cumin powder on them; that would definitely be delicious."