Chapter 88 If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather

Chapter 88 If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather

"What are you thinking about, Gu Dashu."

Tong Huaqiong looked at Gu Dashu as if he was an idiot.

"After all, County Magistrate Liu studied hard to pass the imperial examination. How could he be a sworn brother to someone as ignorant as you? It's good that I saved the county magistrate's son, but he just called me like that as a token of his appreciation. Do you really want to be the county magistrate's guest of honor? You're dreaming."

"Try going to the county court and shouting that you are the sworn brother of the county magistrate, do you think the county magistrate will recognize you?"

Tong Huaqiong poured cold water on Gu Dashu without hesitation.

She saved the county magistrate's son and made herself felt in front of the county magistrate's mother, but that didn't mean she had completely clung to the county magistrate's thigh.

She doesn't even know whether the county magistrate is right or wrong, so she can't abuse his kindness.

Gu Dashu was instantly awakened by Tong Huaqiong's scolding, and looked a little lost.

When he heard that the county magistrate's son had acknowledged Tong Huaqiong as his godmother, he was so happy that he became crazy and regarded himself as the sworn brother of the county magistrate. He even thought of asking the county magistrate to find him a job as a yamen runner in the county government office.

Well, after being scolded by my mother, the yamen runner’s dream was completely awakened. He was still the farmer Gu Dashu welded in the field in Qinghe Bay.

"Then it would be a waste of time to save the county magistrate's grandson. We will get nothing in return." Liu Yue'e muttered.

"What do you want to get?" Tong Huaqiong rolled his eyes at Liu Yue'e and climbed onto the flatbed cart with Gu Taohua and Man'er.

"Wait a minute."

Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e pulled the flatbed cart for a while, and Gu Baishuang caught up.

"What do you want, sister?"

Gu Dashu's tone was a little impatient. When he saw Gu Baishuang, he thought of the fact that his own mother, who died because of his eldest brother and sister, did not rest in the family tomb, and he felt upset.

Gu Baishuang didn't look at Gu Dashu, but came to Tong Huaqiong and said, "I heard from Man'er that Dahan has returned home. I want to choose a good day to dig a grave for my mother and bury her together with my father."

It was clearly something Tong Huaqiong had promised, but Gu Dashu still got angry when he heard Gu Baishuang say that, and said unhappily, "I think today is a good day, why don't you get up today?"

Tong Huaqiong glanced at Gu Dashu and said to Gu Baishuang, "Just discuss it with Dahan, no need to discuss it with me. Your father and mother should be buried together anyway."

Tong Huaqiong really doesn't want to get involved in this matter.

She didn't belong to this world in the first place. She probably just became a soul in another world. She didn't care where she was buried.

People are just like that. Once you close your eyes, who can think about what happens after death? All you can do is return to dust.

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with Dahan some other day." Gu Baishuang said.

Tong Huaqiong nodded.

"Well, thank you for speaking up for me today."

It was the first time that Gu Baishuang spoke to her stepmother in such a polite manner, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

Tong Huaqiong knew that Gu Baishuang was thanking her for teaching Sun a lesson on her behalf and saving her face at the banquet.

"I heard that you are going to open a pastry shop in town. If you need any help, just let me know. But you really have to pay attention to Sushiyuan. They are not easy to mess with." Gu Baishuang said after thinking for a while.

Gu Baishuang felt that her stepmother was a bully in Qinghe Bay, and it was not as easy as she thought to leave Qinghe Bay and go to business occasions.

The Sushi Garden has been operating in Yanguan Town for decades, and it is not easy to snatch meat from them. If Taohua Dessert had always been a small stall selling mosquito legs, it would be fine. If it opened a shop, it would definitely be targeted by the Sushi Garden.

Even though her stepmother hooked up with Mr. Huang and won the favor of the county magistrate's mother, the business world is like a battlefield and Sushiyuan is not unrelated to her. If Sushiyuan were to plot against her, she would be in big trouble.

But her relationship with her stepmother was already cold, so this reminder was enough!

Tong Huaqiong said: "Thank you for your reminder."

Let’s not talk about us being a family. We are not a family to begin with. We should just be polite to each other on the surface.

Tong Huaqiong felt that it was good enough that Gu Baishuang could achieve this.

However, Tong Huaqiong felt that if she were Gu Baishuang, she would not let her mother be buried together with Gu's father.

What's there to fight about with a dead old man?

Before Tong Huaqiong came here, Gu Dahan and Gu Baishuang resented their stepmother, but they never imagined that the culprit for their misfortunes in life was their father, Lao Gu.

People always think that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather, but they don’t know that the reason why the biological father becomes a stepfather is that he originally did not have the awareness of being a biological father.

Old Gu saw it all clearly that they were living under the control of their stepmother. Tong Da Jiao married into the Gu family at a young age and became a stepmother, and gave birth to three children in succession. The Gu family had so few resources, so it was understandable that she, as a stepmother, was fighting for her own children.

In addition, Tong Dajiao also had to serve her parents-in-law and take care of her sister-in-law, so she was naturally dissatisfied. She had no way to express her emotions and could only beat and scold Gu Dahan and Gu Baishuang.

What’s hateful is that Lao Gu just watched coldly, and as long as the war didn’t affect him, he pretended not to see it.

Gu Baishuang married the old widower of the Nie family. Tong Dajiao arranged the marriage and paid for it. But was Old Gu a dead man in the process? Didn't he also watch Gu Baishuang marry into the Nie family?

He also spent the money, but Tong Dajiao was blamed for pushing his stepdaughter into the trap.

Such a father, with his honest and simple image, finally stayed in the hearts of Gu Baishuang and Gu Dahan, a brother and sister. They regarded burying their mother and such a father together as their biggest wish in this life.

That's really funny!

But no matter what, she decided not to interfere in the matter and let Gu Baishuang and Gu Dahan, the brother and sister, toss about with it.

"By the way, how was your search for a shop today?"

Gu Dashu pulled Tong Huaqiong through the streets of the town. Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but ask about the completion status of the task by the second brother and his wife.

"We looked at all the shops on the street." Gu Dashu said, "Yue'e and I compared and chose three that we liked."

"The first one is next to the post station. It used to be a herbal medicine shop. The young owner of the herbal medicine shop went bankrupt due to gambling, and it has been closed for half a year. I think the location is good because there are people coming and going there, and it has the cheapest rent of all the shops." Liu Yue'e said.

"I think this family is not a good idea. There are people coming and going near the post station, but think about it, mother. Who would travel for such a long time without eating soup noodles to fill their stomachs, but choose to eat snacks instead? And cakes and snacks are not meals." Gu Dashu expressed his opposition to his daughter-in-law's opinion.

Tong Huaqiong said that Gu Dashu's way of looking at the problem was on the right track and motioned for him to continue.

"The second shop is in Lihua Lane. This shop used to sell food, but it closed down for some reason. This shop is surrounded by shops selling wontons, buns and other food. It has a large customer flow, so the rent is relatively expensive." said Gu Dashu.

"What about the third one?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

"The third one is in Yanzhi Lane." said Gu Dashu.

Tong Huaqiong was familiar with Yanzhi Lane. The name reminded her of a street that sold rouge, powder, clothes and jewelry.

When she went back to buy some cloth, she discovered that there were two luxuriously decorated restaurants on this street, and there was also a Fengyue Tower in the middle of the alley.

"This shop used to sell liquor. Business was good when the previous owner was in charge. Later, the manager fell ill and passed away, and his son took over. He is the current young owner. The young owner used to study at Wanliu Academy, but he failed the imperial examinations for several years and returned home. Since he only knew how to study and not how to do business, the liquor business has been getting worse and worse, and he is now going to close the shop and rent it out." Gu Dashu told Tong Huaqiong about the situation of the shop in Yanzhi Lane.

This shop met Tong Huaqiong's expectations.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Yanzhi Lane seems to have nothing to do with a pastry shop.

If you think about it carefully, it is not the case at all. Just like Gu Dashu said, cakes are not eaten as meals. People only buy cakes when they have spare money.

What's more, she also wants to develop her own pastry into a high-end line, such as custom-made cakes.

The target audience for this is preferably the ladies and girls from wealthy families.

Yanzhi Lane attracts economically strong women from all over the town, so it is just the right place to open a shop.

There is another point that Tong Huaqiong is embarrassed to mention. She also wants to do business at Fengyue Tower. If a young man wants to celebrate the birthday of his confidante or top girl, it is not too much to ask her to set up a dessert table and order a cake.

"This shop sounds pretty good. Let's wait and see. I'll secretly inquire about it. If it's a good one, I'll go and negotiate the rent in person." Tong Huaqiong said.

From now on, she will be the boss too!