Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

"Yingying, come to my room. I have something to tell you."

Xia Yingying came out of the kitchen and followed Song Ruyi, and the mother and daughter entered Song Ruyi's room.

Song Ruyi's room was still the same as before in the countryside. It was the residence of Lu Yuwei, Lu Yurou and Song Ruyi. However, the room was larger, so Xia Yingying used cloth to separate each bed to make the space more private.

Song Ruyi entered the house and closed the door.

At this time, Lu Yurou was sitting on the bed, happily playing with the rag doll that Xia Yingying bought for her not long ago.

Song Ruyi pulled Xia Yingying to sit on the bed, put his rough hand on Xia Yingying's hand, and said earnestly: "Yingying, we can earn about one hundred taels a month now.

The monthly rent plus the cost of ingredients for making pastries, and now the monthly labor expenses in the store already take up a large part of the money. It's a small shop, and it's enough for you and me to take care of it.

Except for the fact that you need external force to crack the eggs, we can solve all other problems.

I know you have good intentions, so you invited Yang Liuxu to help in our store, but we obviously have enough people in our store, aren't you wasting money?"

In Song Ruyi's opinion, there was no need to invite Yang Liuxu.

Song Ruyi and Xia Yingying can run the store and greet customers alone, so there is no need to spend extra money to hire someone else.

"Yingying, I know you are kind-hearted because you see that she is having a hard time. I have no objection to your kindness. If you really want to help Yang Liuxu out of her predicament, you can also use other means. There is no need to recruit her to our store."

Song Ruyi had no idea about how to help Yang Liuxu.

She currently had only one goal, which was not to hire one more person. The money Xia Yingying paid to the three men for beating eggs was only two taels of silver for each of them, which was two thousand coins, and for three of them it would be six thousand coins. And now she had to add Yang Liuxu, which would cost another two thousand coins.

Helping in the store is free, so why did Xia Yingying hire another one?

Seeing that Song Ruyi was still worried about the issue of wages, Xia Yingying didn't know how to explain it so that Song Ruyi would accept it.

In order to make Song Ruyi quickly understand that there were actually more complicated reasons why she hired Yang Liuxu, Xia Yingying took the initiative to tell Song Ruyi that she would be leaving Qingshui County in a while.

"Mom, we're going to leave here soon. Qingshui County has a good flow of customers and business is booming. I'm paving the way for the store to make money after we leave.

The three big brothers and Yang Liuxu are all employees of our store. Now that we are still here, we can train them well.

There is no need to worry about talent not keeping up with the times when I leave.

There are four people in the store, and one of them wants to go with us.

I am preparing for a rainy day now. Besides, it takes time to train them. We also need to see if they are suitable for this job. It will be more reassuring if we leave after we are sure, isn't it?"

"Leave? Why do you want to leave? Where are we going after we leave?" Song Ruyi's head was buzzing when Xia Yingying said that they wanted to leave the county.

Song Ruyi is very satisfied with her current life. Her daughter is filial, she has skills and money, and her granddaughter and grandson are very obedient. She has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

However, at that time, the whole family moved to Qingshui County where Lu Haoran was studying. Mr. Lu Haoran was also there. What would happen to Lu Haoran’s studies if they left?

Suddenly, Song Ruyi suddenly thought of the capital city that Song Xia Yingying had once told her about.

Song Ruyi suddenly widened her eyes, looked at Xia Yingying in disbelief, and then stammered to Xia Yingying.

"Yingying, you...you...are you going to open a store in Beijing?"

"Yes, I don't plan to stay in Qingshui County for long. We will leave soon. Mom, you should be ready early." Seeing that Song Ruyi knew it, Xia Yingying did not hide it, but admitted it openly.

"But... but the capital is full of dignitaries. If we go there and offend someone, we are just ordinary civilians with no background or support. We just make cakes and run a small business.

We are completely unaware of the muddy waters in the capital and might accidentally offend some dignitaries and be retaliated by them. Not only will we not make any money, but we will also lose our lives.

Yingying, mother knows that making money is important, but life is more important. You can't disregard your own life for the sake of making money.

I have met a dandy young man in Qingshui County. I have been worried these days, even though you said you have made a plan. Why don't we not go to that troubled place, but stay in the county, open a pastry shop, earn some money and live a peaceful life, isn't that good?"

Song Ruyi spoke with tears in her eyes, and every word she said made sense. She had her concerns, and Xia Yingying also had her own pursuits.

"Mom, I'm sorry for making you worry, but I have to run this bakery.

I haven't found a reason to convince you yet. Can you give us a little time to let me think about how to tell you?"

Xia Yingying suddenly became a little anxious. Although Song Ruyi's considerations were realistic, Xia Yingying couldn't reveal Lu Ziren's affairs to Song Ruyi just to explain the whole story to her.

Although it would be easier for Song Ruyi to accept Lu Ziren's identity if she told him now, and Xia Yingying wouldn't have to go to great lengths to explain it to her, Xia Yingying didn't do that.

Lu Ziren must have returned to his hometown in secret because something happened in Beijing that made him feel awkward. Otherwise, why would he leave his wife and children far away when he returned to Beijing this time? Isn't it good to have a wife and children and a warm bed?

If he hadn't returned to Jincheng this time, he would have taken them all with him. Why would he have to hide his identity?

Song Ruyi saw that Xia Yingying was so insistent and was in a difficult situation, so she knew that she couldn't persuade Xia Yingying. Song Ruyi sighed heavily.

"Hey, I'm just telling you my concerns. You're the one making the decision, so you don't have to feel too burdened.

Anyway, you own the bakery, so even if you want to leave, I will leave with you. It’s getting late, go back to sleep.”

"Yeah." Xia Yingying left Song Ruyi in a bad mood.

Lu Ziren... By the way, according to the time, Lu Ziren should have received the letter sent by Xia Yingying. I wonder how Lu Ziren felt when he read the letters she wrote.

Yes, Lu Ziren did receive the letter sent by Xia Yingying.

Now everyone in the barracks knew that General Lu was waiting for a letter from Qingshui County.

As soon as the letter arrived at the post station, Lu Ziren knew about it immediately.

Because of the arrival of this letter, the anxious and gloomy atmosphere in the military camp suddenly dissipated completely as if by dark clouds covering the sun, and the sun that was blocked finally revealed its bright light.

Everyone felt a little better as Lu Ziren was happy to receive the letter.

Lu Ziren even ordered in the military camp to have extra meals today.

"Oh my god, that's great. The letter General Lu has been waiting for has finally arrived. We don't have to suffer anymore. Alas, this period of time has been really difficult. I wonder who wrote this letter from Qingshui County that General Lu has been waiting for? Who could have made General Lu wait so long?"

"I don't know, but just now the messenger delivered a letter to General Lu. I secretly glanced at the envelope and found that the sender was a woman named Xia. What is the relationship between this woman and our General Lu?" The soldiers were happy but also distressed. "Vote request"