Chapter 330 - 324 Dizzy_1
Lin Yue was well aware of the intruder in her heart, yet she made no fuss about it, and in fact, she had intentionally allowed the trespass to occur. If not, why would she wait until now to check the kitchen? Upon entering the kitchen, she noted that everything seemed as it was, but signs of rummaging were still visible. Lin Yue opened the drawer of the bowl cupboard, and indeed, the papers were gone. Her lips curled into a hook; it appeared someone had taken the bait. On the paper was Lin Yue’s specially concocted ’Secret Recipe,’ a parting gift to the person who had repeatedly attempted to scheme against her family.
Li Chang’an had just stolen the ’Secret Recipe’ from Zhao Erhu’s kitchen. Although he narrowly escaped a frightful encounter with Dongjia’s wife, he was now exhilarated and agitated. Having no other choice, he thought it was worth a try to search the kitchen. Luckily, his fortune favored him, and he actually found the Secret Recipe that Dongjia had placed there. There were several pages, and although he was illiterate, he surmised it important since Dongjia kept it under lock and key. Perhaps it was a momentary oversight that it wasn’t locked; otherwise, he wouldn’t have obtained it so easily.
Getting his hands on the ’Secret Recipe,’ Li Chang’an lost any desire to work, fearing that Zhao Erhu would discover the theft and search for it. Now that Zhao Dahuo was in charge of their area, Li Chang’an reported his absence to Zhao Dahuo and then left the village with the recipe in hand. Despite believing it to be a ’Secret Recipe,’ he wanted to be certain and headed to the town. He inquired at a scribe’s stall, and after being informed of the contents, he was elated to confirm it was indeed a Secret Recipe.
"Thank you, thank you, sir," Li Chang’an said, overwhelmed with happiness. He cautiously concealed the recipe close to his body before returning to the village and hurriedly sought out the Wei Family. Although he had the recipe, he needed to convert it into silver coins to be at ease.
The Wei Family was also anxious. Since the family had been divided, life had not been easy living with her eldest son. Her son was in control of the family’s finances, with the Jin Family and even she herself, as the mother, not allowed to meddle, receiving only the silver needed for the household expenses each month. Fortunately, she still had some private silver stashed away, or indeed, she would be in tight straits.
The Wei Family actually harbored regrets. If she had known her eldest son was such a capable and efficient man, she would never have favored him, believing he would prove successful. To her dismay, he treated his own mother this way. Her younger son was unreliable, enchanted and led astray by that vixen from the Chen Family. How could he remember his mother? If only she had sided with her middle son, Erhu, who had always been the most obedient towards her. However, due to her favoritism towards the eldest and youngest, Erhu had also grown distant from her now.
Now, the Wei Family’s thoughts were preoccupied with Zhao Lingxiang, who was at Wei Residence. If she wanted to live a better life in the future, she would need to rely on her daughter. Thus, she took the task she had entrusted Lingxiang with even more seriously.
It had been a while since Li Chang’an showed any signs of movement, and Wei Family had sought him out a few days ago. Unexpectedly, Li Chang’an had managed to secure the goods so quickly. Having managed the family’s finances for years, Wei Family could recognize a few words and identified this as the recipe Master Wei had desired.