What a sin! The most handsome lazy man in the village married a crazy woman.

Wutong County is not far from Chashu Town and can be reached in one hour by ox cart.

When entering the county town, each person must pay a three-cent entrance fee. This is a rule set by County Magistrate Gou when he took office three years ago. It did not exist before.

Ye Peng paid the entrance fee with a rage.

The dog-like county magistrate has been plundering the people's wealth, and sooner or later he will have to pay it back with interest.

"Dad, let's go our separate ways. You go to the county government office to inquire about the situation, and I'll go to the Jixian Restaurant and Ping An to find the beggar to get the news."

"it is good."

Ye Peng gave Ye Tang five taels of silver.

"Dad, I have money."

"Just take it if I give it to you." Ye Peng glared at her: "Our family's business is good and we have made a lot of money. Dad will continue to give you money in the future."

Ye Pingan: "Yes, sister, keep it. You deserve it."

Ye Tang did not refuse again and accepted it with a smile.

The three of them quickly separated, and Ye Peng drove the ox cart.

This was not Ye Tang’s first visit to the county. She used to come here once or twice a year.

Ye Tang soon arrived at the entrance of Jixian Restaurant. A hundred meters to the right of this restaurant was the second-ranked Tianyu Restaurant.

At the moment, business at Jixian Restaurant is slow, but business at Tianyu Restaurant is booming.

Ye Tang smeared dust on her face to cover her pretty face, and walked towards Jixian Restaurant wearing a patched peasant woman's dress.

"Where did you come from, little peasant woman? You are so dirty and disgusting. Go away, this is not the place for you to be. Don't dirty the entrance of our restaurant."

As soon as Ye Tang stepped over the threshold, he was driven out by the waiter.

Ye Tang spitted and said, "You look down on others. No wonder your business is so bad. I hope you can close down soon."

"Hey, you little bitch, are you looking for a beating?" The guy rolled up his sleeves in anger.

Ye Tang ran away.

The guy snorted coldly: "You're the one who runs fast."

"What's going on?" the shopkeeper came out and asked.

"Just now, a poor peasant woman came and tried to enter our restaurant, but I chased her away." The waiter said in a tone of seeking credit, "She is just here to beg for leftovers. Even if she emptied her family's savings, she still couldn't afford a single dish in the restaurant."

"Well done. Our restaurant only caters to people of status. Country people like you are not worthy of coming in. They will only make this noble place smell bad." The shopkeeper's eyes were extremely arrogant. "I'm going to go to the boss. You keep an eye on the restaurant and don't be lazy."

The shopkeeper glanced over at Tianyu Restaurant and saw that most of the customers queuing there were dressed extremely shabbily. He sneered disdainfully and walked away with his nose in the air.

Ye Tang originally wanted to go to Tianyu Restaurant first, but he never expected to meet the owner of Jixian who was looking for his boss.

Who is the boss of Jixian? Isn’t it Feng Tianbao?

Ye Tang raised his foot and followed the shopkeeper of Jixian.

After walking two streets, the shopkeeper entered an alley and turned into a small house with two entrances.

Ye Tang was standing not far away and saw the words "Feng's House".

Is this Feng Tianbao’s house?

It looks so remote. With Feng Tianbao's domineering personality, how could he possibly live in a place like this?

Seeing that there was no one around, Ye Tang walked around the small courtyard and found a dog hole.

She can't climb walls or fly over rooftops, but she can crawl through dog holes.

Ye Tang crawled in through the dog hole. As soon as she stuck her head out, a big black dog pounced at her, barking.

"I'm going to die!" Ye Tang quickly retracted his head and retreated outside.

The big black dog actually chased out through the dog hole. Ye Tang took out a bone from the space, and when the big black dog's head came out, he shook the bone in front of its nose: "Here, here, smell it, do you smell it clearly? Okay, then go back to your home."

She threw the big bone into the yard.

The big black dog just came out and followed the smell back into the yard to chase the bone.

Ye Tang left quickly and hid behind a wall.

Several voices were soon heard in the small courtyard.

"What was Dahei barking about just now?"

"Dahei sneaked out of the dog hole and stole a big bone."

A guard came out and looked outside, but when he found nothing, he turned back into the house and closed the door carefully.

Ye Tang covered his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he did not alert the enemy.

She continued to hide behind the wall and did nothing.

A quarter of an hour later.

The shopkeeper of Jixian left the small house.

After he left, Ye Tang still hid near the house.

She didn't know how much time had passed. Just when she was about to leave, the door of the small house opened again, and the guard from before came out, followed by a petite woman. The woman was dressed exquisitely and looked rich. She was about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, still graceful and charming.

Behind the woman was an ordinary-looking maid.

"Yingying, I don't want you to go." A chubby man with a mustache, about thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, walked out, put his arms around the woman's waist affectionately from behind, and kissed her on the face.

The maids and guards seemed to be used to it. There was no expression on their faces, they just stared around vigilantly.

"Stop it!" The woman turned around and touched the man a few times, patting his face. "Be good, I have to go. If I don't go back, he should be back. He promised to go jewelry shopping with me today."

The woman comforted the man: "I will come to see you again in two days, and arrange a time for you to be alone with your son."

"Okay." The man finally let go of her hand, but his eyes were full of infatuation.

The woman put on a veil to cover her face and left without looking back. The man stood at the door, looking at her back reluctantly, until her figure disappeared from his sight. Then the man took two guards out.

"Master, where are we going?"

"Jixian Restaurant."

The coachman pulled out the carriage, the man got on it, and headed towards Jixian Restaurant.

Ye Tang followed quietly.

After the man got off the carriage, the shopkeeper of Jixian came out to greet him personally. Ye Tang pretended to be a passerby and slowly walked past them.

"Boss, you are here. The people we arranged to go to Chashu Town are back. The Ye family didn't set up their stall today and no one is at home." The shopkeeper said politely.

Boss? So this fat man with a mustache is Feng Tianbao?

Did he really not give up on the braised food recipe and even arranged for people to go to Chashu Town, to her mother's home?

"Not setting up the stall? Are you hiding?" Feng Tianbao's face was gloomy. He glanced at Tianyu Restaurant and said, "You can hide for a while, but not forever. There is nothing I cannot get if I set my eyes on it. Go and arrange some more people to keep an eye on the Ye family. Once they show up, immediately take away the braised food recipe."

The Ye family was just a small vendor in a small town market. Such a lowly family was not worth his attention. But a few days ago, he accidentally tasted Ye's braised food from a friend. The unique taste made him linger on it.

He immediately thought of what his brother-in-law had said, that in mid-July, the newly appointed prefect would come to Wutong County for inspection. It was said that the prefect was a foodie and particularly liked new dishes with unique flavors. Ye's braised food should be able to win his favor.

If we can please the prefect and get him to praise Jixian Restaurant a few more words and leave a few calligraphy works, then the business of Jixian Restaurant will surely reach a higher level, surpassing Tingxuan Restaurant, and it will be just a matter of time before Tianyu Restaurant is brought down.

The fact that he was willing to pay for the braised food recipe was already a compliment to the Ye family. If the Ye family had been sensible, they would have handed over the recipe with both hands and flattered him without asking for a penny.

Who would have thought that those people from the Ye family would dare to be so disrespectful to him? They are simply ungrateful. So don't blame him for being cruel and ruthless.