Chapter 306: Give up the trumpet and practice the trumpet

Chapter 306: Give up the trumpet and practice the trumpet

Tong Huaqiong took Gu Taohua and Chen Sufen away from Lu Zhaozhao's rouge shop.

There were four shop assistants around her, who were assigned by Lu Zhaozhao to carry rouge and powder boxes for Tong Huaqiong.

Everyone held a large box in their hands, which was filled with rouge and powder.

If Tong Huaqiong hadn't stopped her, Lu Zhaozhao would have wanted to give all the goods in the shop to Tong Huaqiong.

Since Tong Huaqiong and others were going to visit the night market and buy some snacks, they asked four waiters to deliver the rouge and powder directly to Taohua Dessert.

"Master Tong."

Tong Huaqiong heard that there was a stall in Pearl Lane that sold delicious sour soup dumplings, so she planned to go there with Gu Taohua and Chen Sufen to have a bowl of dumplings. However, before she reached the stall, she was stopped by a horse carriage.

She had seen this carriage before.

When she was in Lu Zhaozhao's shop, she saw that this was the carriage that Mrs. Chen of Jin Fengxiang was driving.

Tong Huaqiong thought for a moment, then came to the carriage window and said, "Mrs. Chen?"

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself, your son wants to plot against my son and Peach Blossom Dessert, and you still dare to come to me.

The second master Chen was hit on the head by Xianxian and was beaten with thirty boards by the government. He was now lying at home recuperating from his injuries.

Now Jin Fengxiang has become the laughing stock of the whole city.

Everyone knows that Mr. Chen II's plot against Gu Dashu failed, and instead nearly caused a death in a brothel.

Mrs. Chen drew aside the curtain of the carriage and was met with Tong Huaqiong's compelling eyes.

"Master Tong has a good eye." Mrs. Chen said, "I wanted to go to Taohua Dessert to find you, but since we met here, I'll chat with you here."

"What do you want from me?" Tong Huaqiong said, "You want to avenge your son? But you've got the wrong person."

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "I heard that the head of the Tong family is also a stepmother. Then you must know what it feels like to be a stepmother. Whether you are good to your step-son or not is judged by others."

Tong Huaqiong couldn't empathize with this.

She is the queen of the Gu family.

Be it the original owner Tong Dajiao, or her, the stepson and his family are not affected by the outside voices.

Tong Huaqiong said, "If you have anything to say, just say it. I don't have time to talk to you about stepmotherhood."

Mrs. Chen frowned slightly. This country widow was more difficult to deal with than she thought. She couldn't play the emotional card at all.

Mrs. Chen said, "I went to see Master Tong to make one thing clear to you. I really want my son to take over Jin Feng Xiang. When I married into the Chen family, Jin Feng Xiang was just an inconspicuous little shop. I worked diligently for so many years with the master to develop Jin Feng Xiang, so why should I give Jin Feng Xiang to my stepson? It's true that my son is a hopeless case, but my stepson is not much better. He is narrow-minded and vindictive, and he is harsh to his employees. The master chef of Jin Feng Xiang resigned and the branches were closed in recent years. There is no trace of my stepson in this. I just turned a blind eye to avoid a conflict with the master."

A look of hatred appeared on Mrs. Chen's face.

"I'm telling you this mainly to tell you that my son was wrong to scheme against your son, but he was also instigated by someone else to fall into someone else's trap."

Tong Huaqiong understood immediately that this other person was the stepson that Mrs. Chen mentioned.

"I don't like to make enemies when doing business. I'm here to apologize to Mr. Tong in person. I will control my stupid son, and he will never do such a stupid thing as stepping on Taohua Dessert to get ahead again."

"Boss Tong, I know you may not believe what I am saying to you rashly, so let's wait and see."

Mrs. Chen meant to make peace with Tong Huaqiong.

Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "After what happened, your son has completely withdrawn from Jinfengxiang, right?"

What she meant was that Mr. Chen Er would never have the chance to step on Peach Blossom Dessert to get to the top.

Isn’t the Second Young Master Chen competing with the First Young Master Chen?

No matter whether he was fooled by Master Chen or took the initiative to plot against Taohua Dessert, he has failed now.

It is difficult for a loser to enter Jin Fengxiang's core circle.

Besides, this Second Master Chen doesn't look like he can turn things around.

Mrs. Chen looked so smart, but she raised such a stupid son.

Mrs. Chen smiled bitterly and said, "I suffered too much when I was young doing business. Now that I have a son, I want him to enjoy life. After all, my son is stupid and deceived because of me. But Master Tong, if you hand over the shop I worked so hard to build, would you be willing to do that?"

Tong Huaqiong said: "Of course I am unwilling to accept this."

Madam Chen nodded and said, "I am not willing to accept this either. Since my son has become a fool, I will just raise another one. I cannot give away the Jin Feng Xiang that I conquered."

Mrs. Chen held her belly with both hands, with a confident smile on her face.

This is not a good size, so start practicing on a smaller size.

Tong Huaqiong thought that given how ruthless Mrs. Chen was in abandoning her son, her stepson would definitely not be able to defeat her.

But why did Mrs. Chen tell her this?

Do you want her to let Mr. Chen go?

What Mr. Chen did was self-defeating, and it did not bring any harm to Taohua Desserts. On the contrary, it brought a wave of traffic to Taohua Desserts.

If Mrs. Chen wants to apologize to Tong Huaqiong, she can just do it directly. Why go through all this trouble?

Tong Huaqiong didn't think that she and Mrs. Chen could become close enough to each other as soon as they met.

Mrs. Chen seemed to have seen through Tong Huaqiong's thoughts. She smiled bitterly and said, "If I had been ruthless and kept the management rights of the shop, I wouldn't have ended up fighting with my stepson now. The reason I told you all this is that you inspired me. If you, as a woman, can be the boss, why can't I?"

Tong Huaqiong understood that Mrs. Chen was treating her as a tree hole to confide in.

Tong Huaqiong said: "Then I wish Madam Chen all she wants."

She really didn't expect that she could inspire Mrs. Chen Jinfengxiang's fighting spirit in the provincial capital.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Tong." Mrs. Chen closed the curtain of the carriage and left Pearl Lane.

Watching Madam Chen's carriage leave, Gu Taohua couldn't help but sigh, "It's said that Jin Fengxiang was stepped down by Gao Xiangji. In my opinion, Jin Fengxiang lost the position of the number one pastry chef because of internal fighting among his own people."

Tong Huaqiong looked at Gu Taohua approvingly and said, "That's right, all family businesses are most afraid of internal strife."

Chen Sufen said: "Fortunately, our family is very united and no one has any disloyalty."

Chen Sufen is still too naive and only knows how to make cakes.

Our family is very united now because the cake is not big enough and Tong Huaqiong can suppress everyone.

If the cake is big enough, it’s hard to say.

Tong Huaqiong doesn't believe that human nature will remain indifferent when faced with sufficiently great temptations of profit.

When her business empire grows bigger and stronger, there might be some bloody storm.

So she has to be vigilant from now on.

The biggest problem of Jin Fengxiang is that Mrs. Chen gave up power too early and did not properly train an heir. Chen Dongjia's vacillation in the choice of an heir caused internal strife among the brothers.

Tong Huaqiong must never let this happen again in the future.

If she chooses an heir in the future, only the capable one will be chosen.

If her descendants are not capable of handling the responsibility, she will not practice the trumpet like Mrs. Chen. She will hire a professional manager and formulate a series of restrictive rules, so that her descendants will not directly participate in the operation and management of the shop.