A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

"Ah~ I finally caught up."

The driver stopped the carriage and a maid helped Fu Yin get off the carriage.

"Sister Fu."

Leng Yan was a little surprised, thinking that Fu Yin was here to see her off, but Fu Yin said hastily:

"Sister Leng, I wonder if I can go with you?"

"Why is that?" Leng Yan was puzzled. "Sister Fu, please tell me slowly."

It turned out that two days ago, Fu Ling suddenly received a letter from Sheng Yuyou, saying that Madam Sheng accidentally fell some time ago, and her health has not been good since then, and she is about to die.

Madam Sheng was worried that if she died, her children would have to delay their three-year mourning period, especially Sheng Yuyou who was engaged to Xiao Pingyue, so she wanted to arrange the marriages for her two children before she died.

That's why Sheng Yuyou wrote the letter. Fu Yin didn't want to stay in the Fu family, so he took the initiative to go to the Sheng family in Hulu Town, one to send Sheng Yuyou off to get married, and the other to take care of old lady Sheng's illness.

After hearing the reason, Leng Yan had no reason not to agree.

"It's good to have Sister Fu as your companion. We can look after each other on the road."

Leng Yan suddenly remembered that a year ago, their family had been the chef for Old Madam Sheng’s birthday banquet, but in the blink of an eye, so much has changed.

"Yes, yes, Miss Fu, please get in the car first." Leng Su also responded.

After the two groups of carriages met up, Leng Yan and his companions said goodbye to Leng Kang, Chen Yuebing and Chen Xingshi on the outskirts of the city, and then the carriage slowly set off on the journey home.

The journey was smooth, except that half a month later, when they were about to stay at the post station where they had lost their way, they saw Sun Caiwen and his mother Aunt Han when they passed the street entrance.

But they were tied up, and there was an official sitting on a high platform next to them, as well as soldiers and a burly executioner guarding them. It looked like they were going to behead them.

Liu Tiezi, who was driving the carriage, also saw it and was shocked. He learned about it after listening to the discussions of the people around him.

On the day Leng Yan and his companions arrived in Beijing, a fire suddenly broke out in the room next to the post station where they stayed, burning a man to death. He was the second in command of the caravan.

At that time, someone in the caravan said that two people ran away from the caravan on the night of the fire. One was the accountant and the other was the cook. These two people were actually Sun Caiwen and Aunt Han.

It turned out that since Sun Caiwen and his mother sold their property in the village and left Shanhe Village, they had quickly spent all the money they had.

Sun Caiben originally wanted to use his last bit of money to use his connections to pass the imperial examination, but he was caught and cheated, and ended up owing a lot of debt.

Finally, when the mother and daughter were at their wits' end, they met a caravan.

Since there were no people from the Central Plains in the caravan, they couldn't speak the language and they were short of manpower, they felt sorry for the mother and son and took them in temporarily.

Later, when they learned that Sun Caiwen could read and write, the people in the caravan let the mother and son, one of them became a cook, and the other an accountant, to help with chores in the caravan so that they could earn a living.

But after a long time, Sun Caiwen thought himself to be noble, dealing with money all day long, but he could never touch any money, so he became angry.

Aunt Han, as a cook, could not get any food every day. Only before cooking would the people in the caravan give her food. She felt even more resentful that she could not get any profit at all.

Moreover, the people in the caravan were guarding against the mother and son all day long as if they were thieves, which was extremely annoying.

Therefore, Sun Caiwen and his mother held a grudge against this, and finally found an opportunity when the caravan stayed at an inn.

They knew that the silver and money in the caravan were managed by the second in command, so they wanted to sneak into the room in the middle of the night to steal it, and then the mother and son would take the money and run away.

Everything was planned. They put some sleeping pills in the second in command's drink.

Unexpectedly, the second in command was quite capable. Even after drinking drugged wine, he was still able to stay sober.

After Sun Caiwen was discovered, the two fought with each other. Sun Caiwen then became murderous. After killing the second in command, he set fire to the body to destroy the evidence, and then fled with his mother and daughter.

But the mother and son were not very smart. Not long after they escaped, they committed another crime. The government found some clues and arrested them not long after. Afterwards, the mother and son confessed to the crime and were sentenced to death.

In fact, there is something else that I didn’t say. When Leng Yan and Leng Su checked into the inn, Sun Caiwen discovered them.

The reason for setting the fire was to destroy the bodies and also to get rid of Leng Yan and Leng Su as soon as possible, but in the end it didn't work out.

Hearing the people's discussions, Fu Yin also remembered the fire in the post station and couldn't help feeling scared.

"Luckily he was caught. He even dared to set fire to the post station. That shows how vicious he is."

"really."

Leng Yan nodded and couldn't help but sigh: "It's true that when I came in spring, I did evil, and when I left in autumn, I was killed."

Leng Su, who was standing next to them, thought of the past between Sun Caiwen and his mother, so she lowered the car curtain and stopped looking.

"My two young masters, Miss Fu, we have arrived at the post station. Let's rest here for one night. We will be home tomorrow."

Liu Tiezi said this as he stopped the carriage steadily.

"Yeah, we're finally home!"

Leng Yan jumped out of the carriage and stretched his stiff body.

"Yeah, I really miss dad, my second brother, my second sister-in-law, my third brother, and the little ones."

Leng Su's mood was not affected at all, and she strode into the inn to rest.

The next morning, the carriage slowly drove towards Beicheng County.

About two hours later, as soon as the carriage entered Beicheng County, they saw Sheng Yuxing, who had received the news in advance and was waiting there.

"Young Master, Miss Fu, Master Sheng is here."

Liu Tiezi, who was driving the coach, reminded.

After that, the few of them said a few more reserved words and expressed their gratitude. Sheng Yuxing then took Fu Yin to the Sheng Mansion to meet Old Madam Sheng and Sheng Yuyou.

"Miss Leng, my sister's wedding is scheduled for five days from now. I have also invited the chef from your Lengxianlao restaurant to help prepare the banquet. Miss Leng, please come and have a drink at the wedding."

Sheng Yuxing handed over the invitation and said sincerely, "I really hope that Miss Leng can come and see her off to get married."

Thinking of that beautiful and lively girl from Xixiao Milk Tea Hotpot, it seemed like it was just yesterday, but now she is married. Leng Yan couldn't help but sigh that time flies.

Leng Yan accepted the invitation and said, "We will definitely go."

After bidding farewell to Sheng Yuxing, Liu Tiezi drove the ox cart to Lengxianlao.

Leng Yan guessed that her parents had received the message a few days ago and must be waiting for them now.

Sure enough, as soon as the ox cart stopped at the back door of Lengxianlao, Sanlin, the waiter who heard the noise, ran out to see.

"Hey, little masters, you are finally back. The master and the ladies have been waiting for you since early morning."

Sanlin went to report the news happily. Zhang Cuiniang and Leng Xun came out of the side room excitedly, followed by Li Yuemei and Leng He.