"Hey, what’s up with you, girl? Why can’t I and your mom have a proper conversation?" Mrs. Lin glanced at Mu Dandan.

"Dan, you’re not that young anymore, right? A girl should get married when she’s at the right age.

Don’t be too picky, or you’ll be left with only widowers who’ve lost their wives and men who are crippled or blind!"

Having a sharp tongue, Mrs. Lin’s words nearly made Mu Dandan spit blood in anger.

"Auntie, watch your words, what do you mean by the only ones left are crippled, blind men, and widowers?"

Mu Dandan knew Mrs. Lin was implying that she could only marry such men!

But didn’t Mrs. Lin ever take a look at herself?

She was filthy, not to mention the patches of white skin on her body, even her behind was probably black!

"I’m just stating the facts, even the most beautiful flower has to be picked when it’s time. If it’s not picked on time, even bees will avoid it!"

"You..." Mu Dandan fumed with anger, initially wanting to argue further with Mrs. Lin, but a look from her mother made her hold her tongue!

"Gou Dan’s mother, although what you say has some truth, it’s not entirely accurate! A flower in a pile of bugs, over time, even the bees won’t want it!

But if this flower is kept in a garden, the longer it stays, the more fragrant it becomes, attracting more bees!

Our Dan Dan may be older than the average girl, but she’s good-looking, and with Da De being the county magistrate, there are probably more suitors for Dan Dan than you can count on both hands!" Mrs. Jin said with a smile.

Mrs. Lin gave a forced smile.

"Sister-in-law, let me finish what I was saying earlier, there’s a man in our village who’s been married to his wife for years, and they have three or four kids.

Unfortunately, the wife kept having girls, and her husband was afraid of not having a son to carry on the family name, so he secretly cheated.

The mistress outside quickly gave him a son, and earlier this year, he divorced his wife and married the mistress!"

After Mrs. Lin finished her story, Mrs. Jin’s face turned pale.

Yet, since Mrs. Lin didn’t name names, Mrs. Jin couldn’t explode in anger.

She just said, "Gou Dan’s mother, what are you implying?"

"Sister-in-law, I mean no harm, it’s just... don’t you also only have two daughters?"

Before Mrs. Lin could finish, Mu Dandan yelled, "What do you mean? Are you suggesting my dad will have a change of heart too?"

"I didn’t mean anything by it, I just wanted to remind my sister-in-law that you can’t be too trusting of men, or they might sneak off to another woman’s bed. We are all women, I naturally want my sister-in-law to be well!"

Mrs. Lin said it all in one breath, feeling satisfied at last!

Let Mrs. Jin show off in front of her and laugh at her as a bug!

Mrs. Jin’s good mood was utterly ruined, and now, she just wanted to tear up Mrs. Lin’s mouth!

After a while, Mrs. Jin laughed, "Gou Dan’s mother, I appreciate your concerns, but I trust Da De completely!

However, I’ve heard that it’s better to keep a man where you can see him, otherwise, he might do something unspeakable! I’ve heard Dazhong has been away mining for a while now, could it be..."

The two women, exchanging words and insults, trying their hardest to disparage each other!

No one gained any benefit.

Mrs. Lin walked out of Mrs. Jin’s courtyard still cursing.

She kept wishing for Mu Dade to quickly fool around outside and have a son with another woman, and then divorce that bitch Mrs. Jin!

Meanwhile, Mrs. Jin was resolute in her decision to never let the second household enjoy their prosperity!

——

Today was Mu Shuangshuang’s day to visit the restaurant.

She took a look at the restaurant’s management and checked the accounts one by one.

Since Mrs. Liu’s birthday banquet was held at Chengfeng Restaurant, every day at Chengfeng several notable figures or landlords would come by.

The specialty dishes and high-end dishes in the restaurant, thanks to these people, sold much better than before.

The silver in Mu Shuangshuang’s pocket naturally increased compared to before!

All of this, whether it was Mu Shuangshuang, Lu Yuanfeng, or Yu Dahai, was very pleased!

In private, Mu Shuangshuang mentioned to Yu Dahai that they needed to pay even more attention to the restaurant in these recent days.

Yu Dahai made a promise on the spot, he would personally oversee everything in the restaurant every day.

Mu Dade was considered heartless as far as Mu Shuangshuang was concerned.

If he wanted to suppress Mu Shuangshuang, he would definitely start with the restaurant!

So protecting the restaurant was the most crucial thing right now!

After Mu Shuangshuang finished talking, Yu Dahai suddenly looked at her with a serious expression.

"Owner, there’s something I must tell you."

"Alright!" Mu Shuangshuang nodded.

"Across from us... a new restaurant has opened." Yu Dahai said.

Chengfeng Restaurant evolved from the previous Fulin Restaurant.

Originally on this street, there was only Fulin Restaurant, and across from it used to be a butcher shop.

Now the butcher shop is gone, someone bought the land to open a new restaurant.

"Is Brother Dahai worried about competition?" Mu Shuangshuang asked!

Yu Dahai’s concern wasn’t unfounded. After all, if there was only one, customers would naturally flock to Chengfeng Restaurant.

But with options, people naturally choose the cheaper, better restaurant!

"Worry, yes, but mostly I’m concerned because someone told me that the owner across the street seems to want to adopt Chengfeng Restaurant’s model!"

Yu Dahai, having been a steward for years, knows plenty of people.

Now that he’s back in the limelight, even more people want to connect with him!

People giving him a tip or two is reasonable.

"Adopt our model? Are you saying in terms of decor, dishes, or service?"

Chengfeng Restaurant’s features are primarily these three.

Decor can be copied, service can be copied, but dishes certainly can’t!

"All of them, I’ve been telling all the staff in the restaurant not to spill our secrets. But, somehow, the other side seems to know!" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

This is what they call hostile competition.

It’s everywhere, if it’s just for profit, that’s okay, but if it’s targeting the restaurant, it could be trouble!

"Brother Dahai, can you find out who the owner of this new restaurant is? Are they from our town?"

Right now, with Mu Dade back, and now this at the restaurant undetected, Mu Shuangshuang was genuinely worried about becoming a target.

If that were the case, a market battle was inevitable!

"No clue, can’t find out at all! But I did hear that the owner across the street is also a woman, and she’s very young and pretty!"

The more Yu Dahai said, the more suspicious Mu Shuangshuang felt.

A woman, and attractive as well, she couldn’t recall knowing such a person?

"Not Mrs. Liu?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"No, my first thought was also her, but they said she’s younger than Mrs. Liu!"

(A little stuck on writing, another Chapter to be written tomorrow~)