Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chapter 296 Cooperation

Chu Yi suddenly realized, "Uncle, you're right. What should I do tomorrow? I definitely still have to keep my appointment."

Wang Erniu poured him a glass of water and handed it to him, saying, "It's alright, don't worry. With your uncle here, I'll go with you and protect you."

Chu Yi nodded happily, glad that he had come to him; he knew he still needed to discuss it with an adult.

The next day, in a secluded alley, Xiao Ding looked at Chu Yi, who was alone, and said, "You're here. You're so brave."

Chu Yi chuckled, his appearance refreshed and radiating youthful vigor, "Of course I'm bold! Hitting you is a piece of cake. So, have you thought it through? Tell me where my godmother is?"

Xiao Ding smirked, "What does your godmother have to do with me? But since you want to report me, I'll take you in first."

Chu Yi smiled and said, "You think you can just come and try?"

"Of course it's not just me..." Xiao Ding knew his own limitations. After saying that, Li Dali slowly emerged from behind a door.

"Who do we have here?" Xiao Ding looked up and saw Wang Erniu jump out from the wall behind the alley. He said, "Oh, it's you. So, two against two is fair, right?"

Li Dali looked at Wang Erniu and said, "Why aren't they coming out from the front?"

Wang Erniu laughed, "Of course I want to see who's behind this! I didn't expect it to be you. What are you doing at Prince De's residence? Looking for revenge against Zhao Lue?"

"It wasn't him, it was his brother, Zhao Qi! He's the one who killed our young master... I will definitely avenge them!" Li Dali got angry as he spoke and couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Fine~" Wang Erniu didn't want to argue with him. "We've never had any conflicts with you. It was your Li family that was chasing after us and beating us. I don't want to say anything. If you want to fight, then do it. Don't waste time."

"Wait a minute!" After thinking it over, Li Dali realized he couldn't beat Wang Erniu, so he explained, "My young master and young lady's deaths really have nothing to do with you. How about this, let's cooperate, okay?"

Wang Erniu became interested. "How do we cooperate?"

"Don't report us, don't worry about what we do, we'll tell you where Madam Chen is being held. Is that alright?" Li Dali said.

“No problem at all, deal!” Wang Erniu agreed immediately. He didn’t care about the life or death of the man surnamed Zhao, so why should he care about Li Dali?

Seeing that he agreed, Li Dali looked at Xiao Ding. Xiao Ding hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Madam Chen was captured by Ru'er, a disciple of Madam Qinglan. I don't know exactly which house she's in, but it should be near Caomen Street. I overheard her junior sister saying that the flatbread there is delicious. That's all I know."

Wang Erniu nodded slowly. This Xiao Ding was indeed clever; he had thought of all this. "Thank you both!"

Wang Erniu bowed and said, "I, Wang Erniu, owe you all a favor. What you did has nothing to do with us, so we will not report you. If you really find my wife, I will definitely repay your kindness this time."

Seeing Wang Erniu's behavior, Li Dali couldn't help but sigh inwardly. No wonder Chen's restaurant was so popular; the owner was so generous. He returned the greeting with great respect, and the matter was settled.

After bidding farewell to Li Dali and Chu Yi, Wang Erniu hastily ate some lunch, bought some spices and seasonings, and, after disguising himself, set off for Caomen Street to search for clues about Chen Wenfang.

Caomen Street is a densely populated residential area where outlying and local residents live together. There are about two hundred households in that area. Wang Erniu and Chu Yi split up and pretended to be peddlers, asking people if they wanted any goods. They also asked if there were any new wives who were good at cooking. If a customer asked someone to find a cook, the two of them would split the task and start asking around for Chen Wenfang.

As luck would have it, Wang Erniu finally found a vegetable shop as night fell. He overheard a woman specifically wanting dried chili peppers, specifically chili powder.

Wang Erniu was pleasantly surprised, because chili sauce was something everyone knew, dried chili peppers were something only those who had been to Chen's Restaurant would know, and chili powder was something very few people knew, only a few people in the village who had learned to cook from Chen Wenfang would know.

Wang Erniu feigned innocence, saying, "Boss, you've finally found the real deal. I specialize in doing business in Linxia. I wonder how much chili powder you'd like?"

Shop assistant A said to Wang Erniu with great enthusiasm, "I don't know if this will sell well, but you can bring over a few pounds first."

Wang Erniu, earnest in his business dealings, said, "This isn't cheap; it's ten taels of silver per pound!"

The clerk, A, said arrogantly, "No problem. In our Tokyo, there's no shortage of wealthy people."

"Alright, I'll ask around and see when it'll be delivered to you?" Wang Erniu said with a fawning smile, like a lackey, his heart pounding with joy, wishing he could immediately grab him by the neck and force him to hand over the address.

"It'd better hurry. That woman has to deliver vegetables every two days, and she's been pushing me hard. She was urging me yesterday too," said Waiter A.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll get the stuff to you as quickly as possible," Wang Erniu readily agreed.

Wang Erniu left the vegetable shop and immediately went to find Chu Yi. The two of them began to stake out the vegetable shop overnight. Although they knew that the shop assistant would deliver the vegetables the next day, this news was too hard to come by, and they were always worried that something might happen. The two of them took turns guarding the shop hour by hour, and finally, dawn broke.

Early in the morning, just as dawn broke, two shop assistants, A and B, as usual, packed up the freshest ingredients delivered by the store and went to deliver them.

Wang Erniu and Chu Yi followed behind, hiding and making deliveries to each household. Occasionally, someone on the roadside would buy some vegetables. The two of them kept their eyes wide open, watching carefully, afraid of missing a single thing. Wang Erniu even silently memorized the house numbers of every household the two deliverymen had visited.

As if by divine intervention, when the deliveryman A arrived at Chen Wenfang's courtyard, he knocked on the door, and Chen Wenfang was the one who answered. In that instant, Wang Erniu felt as if time and the wind had stopped, and time seemed to be passing by second by second.

Chu Yi saw it too, and seeing Wang Erniu's silly look, he quickly nudged him with his elbow.

Wang Erniu snapped out of his daze. Thank goodness, she was alright. She was alive and well, without missing any limbs, and hadn't lost weight. In fact, she seemed to have gained a little weight. Afraid that his gaze might disturb Chen Wenfang, he pulled Chu Yi into the alley.

"Uncle, what should we do? I saw my godmother!" Chu Yi said excitedly.

"I saw it too! Don't panic, let me think about what to do! Don't panic!" Wang Erniu tried hard to suppress his excitement, his mind racing.