Female-dominated society: My husband is clingy and I can't shake him off

Wang Cheng now knows that Li Mo'er is Qian Duoduo, and he can't wait any longer; he wants to take her to Kyoto.

“Li Mei, since you’re Qian Duoduo, I won’t hide it from you anymore. Our boss needs you right now.”

Li Mo'er was a little confused when she heard this. Could their boss be the General Chu she mentioned?

Wang Cheng recounted all of this to Li Mo'er, and in the end, Li Mo'er nodded as if she understood but not quite.

She only has a mediocre grasp of English; she wouldn't be of much help anyway.

But Wang Cheng insisted, saying that as long as she went, her employer would be spared imprisonment.

Li Mo'er thought that General Chu was wronged because of her, but she was also in a terrible predicament, as her shop was going through a difficult period.

Wang Cheng could see Li Mo'er's dilemma, and finally made a tough decision, deciding that his employer would have to make do for now.

"Li Mei, it will take at most a week. I will definitely help you resolve the issues with your shop within a week. After that, we will go to Kyoto."

The two hit it off immediately, deciding to settle the shop matters first and then go to Kyoto.

When they came out, Li Lin and Su Yanli were sitting there discussing something, their faces showing no trace of the anxiety they had just displayed.

They were having a pleasant chat with Shen San.

"Li Lin, let's go, to the escort agency."

Although Li Mo'er was puzzled, time was of the essence. There were only eight days left until next month, and she had to hurry up and finish dealing with things here before rescuing General Chu.

Li Lin beckoned mysteriously to Li Mo'er, "Shen San said we can use the escort agency as we please."

Li Mo'er glanced at Shen San, who nodded proudly. It was only after he spoke to Young Master Shen that Young Master Shen agreed.

Li Mo'er frowned slightly, "Even if there are escort agencies now, we still need to buy coarse salt from other places and purify the salt as soon as possible."

Li Lin excitedly stood up and hugged Li Mo'er, "Sister Mo'er, we don't need to go buy salt anymore!"

Shen San nodded, "The Shen family's shop has some coarse salt stored up before, which can be taken out now."

Shen San went back and told Young Master Shen about the escort agency, and also told him about the shop.

Upon hearing this, Shen Ziche immediately summoned the person in charge. He hadn't been managing these businesses for days, and he never expected that his own shop would start ostracizing others, including Mo'er.

He told Shen San to go back and deliver the message first, and then immediately had someone send coarse salt to Li Mo'er's shop.

As soon as Shen San finished speaking, he saw several oxcarts parked outside, all filled with jars of coarse salt.

Li Mo'er's mood immediately brightened; this way, she could save the money to prepare for her wedding.

Thinking of the wedding, she immediately instructed Li Lin to keep an eye on things, while she herself dashed off to the clothing store.

She had the shopkeeper make a wedding dress for each of the four of them, according to their measurements, and then began setting up the venue...

As for the banquet, she didn't need to worry at all. She didn't know many people here, so she could just make a simple arrangement at the Li residence.

Besides, Sister Wang owns Yingkelou Restaurant, so of course we'll hire her chef to cook for us...

That afternoon, she ran from one end of the street to the other, and only after she had finished giving instructions did she prepare to go home.

As I passed by the shop, I noticed that there were still lights inside, so I pushed the door open and went in to take a look.

Su Yanli was checking the accounts for the past few days, while Uncle Li and Aunt Li were working overtime in the back hut to purify salt.

Seeing the two people sweating profusely, she wanted to tell them to rest, but seeing how focused they were, she poured them a glass of water instead.

When they came out, they saw that Su Yanli was yawning all the time, but she was still insisting on doing the accounts.

She walked behind Su Yanli, put her arm around his waist, and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Yanli, go back and rest for a while."

Su Yanli didn't have time to deal with her right now, and simply replied, "Wait until I finish calculating."

Li Mo'er glanced at the accounts; half of them hadn't been tallied yet. His body definitely couldn't take it if things continued like this.

She raised her hand and pressed down on Su Yanli's hand holding the pen, "Don't bother anymore, I'll take care of the rest."

She could tell that Su Yanli wanted to refuse her, so she placed her hand on his abdomen and said, "The baby is tired too, he needs to rest as well."

Su Yanli then looked down at his stomach, and for a moment he had forgotten that he was carrying a child.

He could only let Li Mo'er rest for a while, but now was a critical moment, and even if he went home, he couldn't rest peacefully.

"I'll just lie down and rest in that inner room for a while."

Su Yanli had only taken two steps when Li Mo'er grabbed her hand. "No, I'll take you home."

Just then, Li Lin returned with the last cartload of coarse salt.

"Sister Mo'er, you should go back first. Young Master Shen said that only two or three people are needed here, so he asked me to bring them here to work."

Li Mo'er looked at the two people behind her who were carrying salt into the house. They were indeed strong enough, but she didn't know if they could be trusted.

Li Lin noticed Li Mo'er's hesitation, since she had hesitated at first as well. She patted Li Mo'er's shoulder.

"Don't worry, these are people that Young Master Shen specially found. They are trustworthy."

Li Lin introduced them to Li Mo'er, saying, "This is Chef Liu, and that's her sister. They're both trustworthy people."

Li Mo'er nodded to the two of them, "I'll need to trouble you again in the future. I'll give you more money after this busy period is over."

The two waved their hands repeatedly, "No need, no need, Young Master Shen already sent it to us in advance."

Uncle Li and Aunt Li taught them how to use the device and watched them operate it once before confidently handing the job over to them.

"Sister Mo'er, you should go back first. I'll stay here and watch over things tonight."

Li Mo'er did not respond, but simply told Uncle Li and Aunt Li to take Su Yanli back, while she continued to settle the unfinished accounts.

Li Mo'er didn't know how to use an abacus, so she could only keep calculating on paper with a pen.

She had just finished calculating two numbers when she told Li Lin to go and rest. She would wake Li Lin up when she was done.

With two people taking turns, the nights won't be too tiring.

Finally finished calculating, Li Mo'er rubbed her tired shoulders. Dawn had broken.

She woke Li Lin up to continue watching, while she herself took a short nap.

They worked non-stop like this, with Su Yanli working with Uncle Li and Aunt Li during the day, and Li Mo'er, Li Lin, Chef Liu, and her sister taking turns at night.

For the past week, they have been making salt non-stop, purifying it the moment they open their eyes each day.

However, she finally had enough salt, and she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

During this time, Li Mo'er occasionally went out to check on the progress of the wedding dresses. Even with expedited processing, two sets have been made so far.

I just delivered the salt to those merchants. Although they were unreasonable, I have to take responsibility for the contract I signed, and besides, they didn't make any excessive demands.

After finally resolving the matter, Wang Cheng came over, drawn by the smell.

"Li Mei, are you done with your work? Let's go to Kyoto."