Divorced woman with child travels through time

With things having come to this point, there was no other way. Chen Wenfang picked a few women from among the refugees who were relatively clean and tidy. She asked Chef Wang's wife, Liu Jinxiu, to arrange for them to help make radish and dumpling soup in the kitchen.

By noon, several large men were in charge of distributing porridge at the entrance, and even the patrolling constables came to help. A quick glance revealed a dense crowd, probably several hundred people. Wang Erniu, relying on his height and strength, shouted into the crowd and selected several families with many able-bodied members, bringing them into the backyard. He gave them white flour buns, and after they ate, the able-bodied men were sent to maintain order, while their families stayed inside to help. He promised to provide dinner. The families of refugees happily agreed.

Looking at the dense crowd, Wang Erniu was troubled. What bastard had come up with this scheme? Now he couldn't do business at all. Sure enough, some customers were too embarrassed to come over when they saw the huge crowd at the door.

Dozens of people worked from morning till night. Even more than a dozen government officials came, and finally the porridge was distributed before everyone left. Chen Wenfang had Wang Erniu post a notice that starting tomorrow, they would no longer distribute porridge and would stop doing this kind of show of force.

Ah Li also came over to take a look and took a moment to ask, "Has Boss Wang offended anyone? There are so many shops, why are there so many of you here?"

Wang Erniu said with a wry smile, "I suppose you haven't paid protection money?"

"Oh, what's going on?"

Wang Erniu said, "Originally, the Chamber of Commerce was going to have each family contribute five hundred taels of silver, and then the Chamber of Commerce would distribute the porridge. We did not agree to that, so we estimate that more people came."

"It seems that once the lord issues the order, these people can no longer be suppressed and are starting to stir." Ah Li smiled contemptuously. "Don't worry, Master Wang. The lord said that even if he leaves, the world will not change."

"Very well, please thank you for me, sir," Wang Erniu said, bowing respectfully. Ali waved and left with his men...

"Oh dear, my old arms..." Chen Wenfang rubbed her sore arms as she went upstairs. Aunt Hu and Aunt Liu were packing up some leftover food for several homeless families to take away.

"Let me rub it for you." Wang Erniu's rough hands rubbed Chen Wenfang's delicate arm, pinching it little by little.

"That feels so good~" Chen Wenfang sighed. "I wonder who did this. They're so ruthless. We've saved a lot of money here, but it's really tiring."

Wang Erniu chuckled as he massaged the wound, "Who else could it be? It must be those people from the Chamber of Commerce. We've probably incurred their hatred again. This business is likely to face more and more trouble in the future. Are you scared, my wife?"

"I'm not afraid at all. I'll just cut up the eggplant, stir-fry it with chili peppers, and eat it. Eggplant stir-fried with chili peppers is delicious."

"Hahaha...Good!" Wang Erniu looked at her with a smile in his eyes, liking her more and more...

The next day, Old Wang timidly opened the door, afraid of seeing another group of refugees outside. He checked several times and only opened the door completely after finding no one. He wondered what arrangements Ah Li had made. Indeed, no more refugees blocked Chen's shop, and Chen's shop reopened and resumed business. Chen Wenfang was also able to go back to Wangjiazhuang to see the children.

In the following days, Chen Wenfang and his team instructed everyone to be extremely careful, including thoroughly inspecting all the rice, flour, vegetables, and meat to ensure that no one would tamper with them. Fortunately, the business owners were still very willing to do business with Chen Ji because of his cash-on-delivery payment policy.

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Chen Wenfang and Wang Erniu arrived at Chen's Restaurant early in their horse-drawn carriage. They planned to stay open until the 26th day of the first lunar month, but it seemed unlikely that this would be possible, as business was booming. Their previous porridge distribution had made them famous, and they were basically full every day for the past few days, keeping them extremely busy.

In the village, apart from Sister-in-law Nie's family looking after the children, the young couple, along with Wang Xiaoguang and his brother, are basically rushing over here every day. Aunt Liu's family is the same; they've already moved into Chen's restaurant. Business is so good that they're short-handed, there's no other way.

"Godmother, you're here!" Chu Yi greeted them and then went to get busy. Chen Wenfang nodded and went to the counter, while Wang Erniu helped greet the customers. Dazhuang was already so busy that his feet barely touched the ground, and Aunt Liu and Uncle Liu Hai were also helping in the back kitchen.

We were busy until noon, after all the guests had eaten lunch. Everyone quickly squeezed together to eat.

Aunt Hu, leading two children, had an oxcart pulled by someone. She then took Uncle Hu, who had sprained his leg, to the entrance of Chen's restaurant. She entered the gate with some trepidation.

Chen Wenfa greeted them warmly, "Hey, Aunt Hu, have you eaten yet? Why don't you eat with us..." The two children stared longingly at the food on their table, swallowing hard.

Aunt Hu blushed with embarrassment and said, "Madam Chen, what you said last time still stands, right?"

Chen Wenfang nodded and smiled, "Of course it counts, Auntie, what's wrong?"

Aunt Hu said with a wronged look and tears in her eyes, "I didn't take what you said to me last time to heart, and I suffered a great loss because your Uncle Hu sprained his ankle. It's all my fault..." As she spoke, Aunt Hu started to cry with grievance.

Chen Wenfang quickly grabbed her hand to comfort her, while Wang Erniu immediately went out and saw Uncle Hu sitting in the middle of large and small bags on the oxcart, looking embarrassed.

Without any hesitation, Wang Erniu and the others helped Uncle Hu from the oxcart into Chen's restaurant. Xiao Lingzi obediently brought out the bowl and chopsticks and served Juan'er a bowl of rice. Xiao Ke also immediately took credit and served Xiao Bo a bowl of rice. The two children, who were already starving, ate happily without any reservations and wolfed down their food, clearly quite hungry.

It turned out that Uncle Hu had refused Hu Liangshan's offer to take his place at Chen's restaurant. After that, Hu Liangshan asked an acquaintance to act as a go-between, apologizing and inviting him to dinner. Uncle Hu, being simple-minded, didn't think much of it and went straight there. He was drunk when he returned, and on the way, someone had dug a pit, which he fell into. Luckily, there were no barbs or anything in the pit, but it was very deep. Fortunately, Uncle Hu managed to grab onto a small tree and slowly slid down, only twisting his ankle. Otherwise, he would have definitely broken his leg.

That was all. Aunt Hu immediately understood. She asked someone to find an oxcart, took her valuables, and went straight to Chen Wenfang and his group. After all, they were big bosses who had promised, so they shouldn't go back on their word. However, she wasn't sure, but she had no choice but to take a gamble.

After Aunt Hu finished speaking, she looked at Chen Wenfang with teary eyes, afraid that she would refuse. Chen Wenfang glanced at Wang Erniu and said with a smile, "Husband, then you drive the carriage to take them to the estate. Business is busy here, so I'll keep an eye on things for now. Don't worry, Aunt, we will definitely keep our promise. I'll have my husband take you there, and you can stay at the estate."

Actually, she felt very sorry for Uncle Hu. Her own father had such a simple and honest face; it was obvious he was easily fooled. She knew that in her past life. Wang Erniu didn't refuse. After they finished eating, he took them back to Wangjiazhuang.