Chapter 1238: Chapter 1234: Big News! Big News! (Second Update)

Mu Tou almost spat blood out of anger.

He wished he could tear Mu Shuangshuang’s face apart. This woman, on the surface, let him enter Chengfeng Restaurant, but she was constantly on guard against him.

It would be one thing if she was just being cautious herself, but she also had people under her watch him!

Whenever he thought about this, Mu Tou felt like he was going crazy.

No, he couldn’t wait any longer; he had to find Wei Dacong to buy the recipe now!

Once he got the recipe, he would go back to Xia Guagua’s restaurant and become the head chef!

The plan was ready, just waiting for the right opportunity!

Mu Tou waited an entire half-day. After the afternoon meal, he finally got the chance to talk to Head Chef Wei Dacong.

"Brother Da Cong, do you have time? Let’s chat!" Mu Tou tried to look as friendly as possible!

However, as soon as Wei Dacong saw him, he looked at him with disdain, his nose upturned and eyes narrowed!

His high-raised chin was almost sharp enough to poke someone!

Mu Tou suppressed his anger, still maintaining a humble demeanor.

"Brother Da Cong, I know I was wrong in the past! Now I’m working the night shift at the restaurant, and life is quite comfortable!

Could you be the bigger person and forget the past offenses, so we can get along well in the future?" Mu Tou asked.

"Get along well? I gave you my unique recipes, and they turned into the recipes of the restaurant across the street!

How do you expect us to get along?" Wei Dacong sounded extremely angry.

Mu Tou rolled his eyes and finally thought of a way. He suddenly knelt in front of Wei Dacong.

"Brother Da Cong, please forgive me, I know I was wrong!"

A grown man suddenly kneeling in front of you would make anyone uncomfortable.

Especially the way Mu Tou was sniffling and crying, it truly looked like remorse.

Wei Dacong was a little moved. He opened his mouth but said nothing, signaling to Mu Tou that he had softened.

"Brother Da Cong, I... I did it for my mother. She was sick and urgently needed money! I had no choice, it was my fault, my fault..."

While speaking, Mu Tou began to slap himself across the face.

Seeing him torment himself this way, Wei Dacong finally relented. "Alright, stop hitting yourself! This matter... let’s just forget about it!

If the owner let you come back, it means he’s not concerned about it!"

"No, Brother Da Cong, don’t worry about me, I feel less guilty after a few slaps!"

Mu Tou only stopped after his face was bruised and swollen.

"You really shouldn’t have done that, if you knew things would be like this, why do it in the first place! If back then you had just asked the owner for help with your mom’s medical bills instead of that approach, you might have been the deputy chef at the restaurant by now!"

Wei Dacong felt regretful for Mu Tou as he spoke!

Mu Tou said a few more polite words and looked genuinely regretful!

But finally, he managed to win over Wei Dacong. As long as Wei Dacong accepted him again, he believed it wouldn’t take long to talk about buying the recipe!

"By the way, Brother Da Cong, I heard that our restaurant won’t fear the competition anymore because you have the recipe now, is that true?" Mu Tou asked, pretending to be mysterious.

"Of course it’s true! The things across the street aren’t tasty, and those are the recipes our restaurant didn’t need anymore. The owner said we would introduce a new dish every ten days or so to keep the guests coming!

Once all the dishes on the recipe are made, we’ll switch to a new recipe!" Wei Dacong said proudly in front of Mu Tou.

Hearing this, Mu Tou was even more delighted.

He was even more convinced that if he stayed humble in front of Wei Dacong, he could get the recipe!

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"Daddy Gou Dan, Daddy Gou Dan..."

At Old Mu Family, Mrs. Lin ran quickly from outside to the yard, shouting frantically as soon as she opened her mouth.

Mu Dazhong, who was sleeping inside, was forced to wake up in a fright!

Just as he was about to curse out Mrs. Lin, he heard her say: "Big news, big news!"

"What the hell news, you’re waking me up?" Mu Dazhong rudely cursed.

Actually, he was more concerned about whether anyone from Mountain Village had come looking for them.

Mu Dazhong had run back from Mountain Village, leaving behind Mrs. Lin’s brother, Lin Dajun.

Now that almost ten days had passed, no one from Mountain Village had come looking.

On one hand, Mu Dazhong felt relieved, but on the other hand, he was afraid they might find him someday.

So he just stayed home all day, eating and sleeping!

"Daddy Gou Dan, did you know, that girl from the third branch is collecting snails in the village, paying a penny per pound!"

"What?" Mu Dazhong looked puzzled.

"Yeah, just like this!" Mrs. Lin opened her palm, revealing a small snail to Mu Dazhong.

"This thing is called a snail? Aren’t there plenty of these things in the rice fields? Are you sure it’s a penny per pound? Is that girl crazy?" Mu Dazhong said a string of words, clearly expressing his disbelief!

"Yes, it’s a penny per pound, and now the women in the village aren’t gossiping anymore. They’re all out picking these things! 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

You know Sister-in-law Zhao at the village entrance? As poor as can be, she took her daughter and mother-in-law to pick snails, and in just a few days, they collected a hundred pounds and earned several hundred pennies!"

As Mrs. Lin spoke, her face showed envy.

She had no idea making money could be so easy!

"Damn, that girl from the third branch has such a good opportunity to make money but is keeping it to herself, giving outsiders the benefit! No way, I have to go complain to Dad and Mom!"

Mu Dazhong declared.

Mrs. Lin was delighted and chimed in, "I’ll go too, I’ll go too!"

The two of them hurried to Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu’s room and started to complain.

What they said was nothing more than Mu Shuangshuang giving benefits to outsiders and not to family!

Mr. Mu didn’t say anything, but Old Mrs. Mu did.

Like a simmering kettle, she said angrily, "That brat really isn’t a part of Old Mu Family, letting outsiders in on such a good deal!

I’ll have to talk to Yu Si Niang and Old Third to see if they can control that ungrateful brat!"

"Mom, you have to stand up for us, Doggy’s mother and I don’t have any work now, we just want to earn some money so that when the whole family moves to town, we won’t be penniless!"

What Mu Dazhong said indeed got Old Mrs. Mu thinking.

She was familiar with those snails.

If others could make a hundred pennies a day,

there were plenty of people in Old Mu Family, and they could definitely earn more!

"Alright, go to the school and bring Gou Dan back. This afternoon, we’ll go pick snails and sell them all to that brat!" Old Mrs. Mu said.

"Mom, you better go talk to Old Third first, otherwise if we pick up those things, it might be for nothing!" Mu Dazhong urged Old Mrs. Mu.

"Alright, I’ll go see what Old Third has to say!"