Chapter 48
They found out that the owner of Xian Manju was Wei Cheng so the Wei family went straight to Xian Manju at noon the next day.
At this time, Xian Manju was overcrowded, and customers were still waiting in line at the gate. When the Wei family came, they skipped the queue and immediately wanted to be served at Xian Manju.
“Let’s eat, waiter, lead the way.”
The shop waiter who was greeting the customers at the door immediately stopped the Wei family. “Sorry, honored customers but the store is full, please queue up if you want to eat.”
“What do you mean, we are Wei Cheng’s parents- why would we still have to queue up!”
Mother Wei said so but she didn’t arrogantly yell that the boss of Xian Manju is her son. She was being a bit more cautious, there were times when inquired news was also wrong.
How could the waiter in the shop not know that the owner’s name was Wei Cheng, and when he heard that it was the owner’s family, how could he dare to stop them, shouldn’t he even more warmly receive these guests?
The whole Wei family came, including Wei Dabao.
When queuing up outside the door, they saw someone jumping in line and commenting dissatisfiedly. A regular customer explained that the owner of Xian Manju was called Wei Cheng and that this was his family.
Mother Wei asked the waiter in the store, only to know that Wei Cheng was not in the store. They came in and saw Zhou Yuan who was busy at the counter, so they went straight to the counter.
When Xiao Liu was not helping to settle accounts at the counter, she was helping in the lobby. She saw a few people with menacing expressions, looking like they were looking for trouble, she walked over immediately, intending to protect the lord.
When Zhou Yuan saw the Wei family, he immediately put down the pen in his hand, quickly walked out of the counter, and greeted each one of them.
“Father, mother, elder brother, elder sister-in-law.”
Mother Wei told him, “Second child’s husband, your father and I are coming to eat, hurry up and arrange a seat for us, Dabao is hungry, so don’t dare delay our meal.”
Standing next to him, the waiter hurriedly reported, “My lord, the lobby and upstairs are full, and there are no tables available.”
“I see, you go return to your work first.”
The waiter returned to his post.
There is also a private room on the second floor, which is specially vacated for the convenience of eating and entertaining when there is no private room available for VIPs, such as Yun Chengfeng.
Zhou Yuan ordered Xiao Liu to mind the counter, and then said to the Wei family, “Father and mother, please follow me to the second floor.”
Xiao Liu waited for this group of people to leave before she ordered the waiter to go to the back kitchen and tell Wei Lei about the incident. After Wei Lei heard about it, he called Wei Hu to find Wei Cheng in the suburbs.
The private rooms on the second floor are comfortably decorated, generous and beautiful, no worse than the big restaurants in the inner city.
As soon as the Wei family entered the private room, their eyes lit up, showing their satisfied expressions.
The family sat down.
Wei Dabao couldn’t sit still, and yelled as soon as he entered the private room, like a modern child with ADHD- he moved here and there, touching and yelling, making people irritated with his actions.
Zhou Yuan handed the lunch menu to Mother Wei, “This is the lunch menu, I will arrange the kitchen to make whatever you want to eat, Mom and Dad.”
Mother Wei took it and opened it while Wei Cheng’s sister-in-law, who was next to her, leaned over to take a look. She saw the exquisite dishes and the prices on the food book, and her eyes widened. The two excitedly discussed what to eat because they had never seen the food here before.
Father Wei drank tea and asked, “Where’s the second child?”
“My husband went to the suburbs, and he didn’t say when he would be coming back.” Wei Cheng told Zhou Yuan when he went out in the morning that he was introducing Boss Gu to the sauces he was going to buy. Zhou Yuan didn’t tell this to Father Wei.
Mother Wei and the others were still discussing what to order. Zhou Yuan had to go down due to the restaurant being busy so he told the Wei family that there was a waiter outside the door- they could pull the rope at the corner of the door, and a waiter would come over to help them order.
Mother Wei didn’t answer him with even a word but waved him away.
Zhou Yuan didn’t mind leaving the private room.
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Wei Cheng’s sister-in-law reminded her, “Mom if you want to eat, you can come to Xian Manju to eat every day. You are the boss of Xian Manju.”
“You’re still the eldest daughter-in-law, you know how to talk.” Wei Cheng’s sister-in-law’s words reached Mother Wei’s heart, and a satisfied smile appeared on her wrinkled face.
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On Wei Cheng’s side, after being informed by Wei Hu, his mood darkened.
He had already finished talking with Boss Gu about the purchase of sauce, and the other party ordered a few hundred catties to be shipped back to his hometown for sale, and their cooperation was guaranteed.
Wei Cheng arranged the work for their housekeeper, Uncle Mao, who is in charge of supervision, and let him instruct his subordinates to do things.
Since the Wei family came to Xian Manju, he went straight back to the county.
When Wei Cheng returned to Xian Manju, Wei Lei was waiting for him in the lobby, he told him about the situation with the Wei family, and that they had already ordered something. Wei Cheng knew the situation in his heart.
Wei Cheng didn’t go directly to the second floor, but went to the counter.
“Yuan Yuan, did my parents say something to embarrass you when they came here?”
When Zhou Yuan saw Wei Cheng come back, a smile appeared on his face, and when he heard what his husband said, the smile reached his eyes, “How could they? Father and mother came here but I came down immediately after arranging a private room for them.”
He is very lucky, when he married into Wei Cheng’s family, his in-laws never cared about him, let alone made things difficult for him.
Wei Cheng was relieved after hearing this.
After a while, Wei Cheng was still at the counter.
Seeing that the man was stuck in the same place wherein he had no intention of going up, and he was flipping through the accounts he had calculated in his hand, Zhou Yuan asked, “Husband, don’t you want to go up to your parent’s place?”
“Don’t worry, it won’t be too late for me to go up after my parents have finished eating.” Wei Cheng said to Zhou Yuan without stopping from flipping through the list, “My wife can become a teacher now, his abilities have improved.”
Zhou Yuan’s eyes lit up, and his eyes narrowed with a smile after being praised by his husband.
He was always worried that he would make a wrong calculation, and he had to do it several times each time.
With the affirmation of his husband, he can rest assured now!
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The Wei family had finished eating when Wei Cheng finally went up to greet them. Before going up, he told Zhou Yuan, “Yuan Yuan, I’ll come down soon, wait for me to have lunch together.”
“Okay, I’ll wait for you to eat together.”
Wei Cheng went to the private room on the second floor and knocked on the door, but the Wei family thought it was the waiter and ignored him. Wei Cheng opened the door and went in, they were complaining about why Wei Cheng hadn’t come back yet when they saw Wei Cheng coming in, they were stunned for a moment.
“Our second son is back.”
“Second brother is back.”
“Come here and sit down!”
The Wei family looked at him kindly, and greeted Wei Cheng with smiles on their faces, as if the whole family was a very affectionate one. Even Dabao, who always had a bad attitude towards him, now had a smile on his face.
“Oh, my second brother is back, he is such a busy man.” Seeing that his son didn’t call out when he saw him, he hurriedly asked his son to greet him, “Dabao, greet your uncle.”
Wei Dabao had never called Wei Cheng his uncle before, and he was influenced by his family’s words since he was a child. He looked down on this poor second uncle, and he was doted on by his family, so he wouldn’t listen to them now.
Wei Dabao twisted away from his mother’s hand pulling his clothes, and ate his pastry without responding, just focusing on filling his mouth with food.
Wei Cheng greeted them, “Father, mother, elder brother, and eldest sister-in-law.”
After greeting and sitting down, he didn’t make a sound. The Wei family put on a smile to show their goodwill, but the person involved didn’t respond so the smile on their faces froze slightly.
Father Wei spoke first, “Cheng-zi, why didn’t you tell your family that you opened such a large restaurant? We are all family and can help you with it.” Father Wei had a smile on his face, but he blamed Wei Cheng in his words. After a few words of reproach, he continued to praise him, “We came today and saw that Xian Manju’s business is so good, I’m happy for you as your father, and I’m glad you have something to do.”
Not long after the family split, the Wei family opened another grocery store in the suburbs, but they didn’t tell Wei Cheng.
Wei Cheng knew about it.
Wei Cheng responded with a smile, “Thank you, Dad.” The smile didn’t reach his eyes.
Father Wei put his palm on his lower face and coughed, “Cheng-zi, the business in the store is so big, you must not be able to handle it by yourself. I thought about it for you and have asked your elder brother to help manage it. You are brothers, and brothers work together. Let’s grow the business together.”
Wei Cheng’s smile didn’t change, “Xian Manju has enough staff, since the eldest brother is busy with the store at home, I won’t bother him.”
Mother Wei sighed, and said with a smile, “It’s not too troublesome, we are all one family, and it’s better for your elder brother to help you than to ask outsiders for help.”
Wei Cheng said, “Brother is the owner of the store after all, how can I let him come to Xian Manju and work for me.”
“Second, we are all family here. Your elder brother will help manage it, and with him, you two brothers will manage Xian Manju together.” Mother Wei doesn’t like the second son’s words, so she immediately puts forward her decision.
Wei Cheng’s sister-in-law echoed her, “That’s right, second brother, what are you talking about? We are all one family.”
Oh, so now they’re a family.
“Sorry, there are enough people in the store, so I won’t bother my eldest brother.” Wei Cheng said the same thing in response.
Wei Cheng has been refusing all the time, how can the Wei family not hear his words- the whole family is dissatisfied. Mother Wei wanted to get angry, but Father Wei stopped her with a look.
Father Wei said earnestly, “Cheng-zi, the family has been ignoring you. We parents couldn’t have paid attention to you both which was why we paid more attention to your eldest brother because he is the eldest son of the family. Your elder brother still cares about you. When he saw that your stall had no business, he came back and said that the family should find a way to help you earn a living. When you sell pastries, the family will find a way to take more orders for you.”
“If you think that elder brother is inferior, you should give some of the Xian Manju share to your elder brother. You working together and doing a good job in business is what your father wants to see most. Our family also knows a lot of people in the county. After introducing more customers, the business of Xian Manju will be better. Then it will grow bigger and even open a branch to the inner county.”
“Your elder brother is your elder brother, why would you mind him?” Father Wei drew a blueprint without consulting him, “This matter is settled like this, let the eldest come over to help tomorrow.”
Wei Liang smiled and said, “From now on, I will rely on my second brother.”
Wei Cheng: “…”
The whole family is talking to themselves.
“Sorry, I won’t invite brother, there are enough people in the store.”
The faces of the Wei family became even uglier.
Mother Wei got angry this time, “Second son, what nonsense are you talking about, you have grown wings and refused to recognize your family. Without your elder brother, you would still be worrying about your life.”
Wei Cheng rolled his eyes in his heart as he listened to these empty words, if they cared about their second son, they wouldn’t have taken advantage of him all the time and sent him off to live separately.
Wei Cheng’s sister-in-law was also very angry, “Mother, the second brother is afraid that we don’t have money, so he looks down on our family.”
“What nonsense, I know the second child’s temperament best, he is honest and obedient.” Mother Wei gave her daughter-in-law a show of feigned anger and said to Wei Cheng with a smile after scolding her daughter-in-law. “Second child, mother knows that you listen to your parents the most.”
“Father and mother, feel free to do what you want. I’ll treat you today. If you have something else you need then just tell the waiter. I’ll go down and get busy.” Wei Cheng got up to leave the table.
He didn’t pay attention to Mother Wei and his sister-in-law singing their tunes at all.
Father Wei got angry at this, “Second child, sit down for me. What is with your attitude? You don’t pay attention to your own father. I just asked you to arrange your eldest brother into Xian Manju. Why won’t you listen to such trivial matters?”
Arrange people into the store, and then… Sooner or later, Xian Manju will be yours.
Wei Cheng was sarcastically mocking them in his heart, he said in a deep voice, “Could it be that father forgot that we have already separated and that the separation contract was signed by both parties?”
Father Wei choked on his words, and then said forcefully, “Even after the separation, aren’t you still my son, aren’t you still a part of the Wei family? As long as you are my son for a day, you have to listen to me.”
If the second child hadn’t been separated in the first place, such a signed contract wouldn’t have existed and the Wei family would not be regretting their decisions that day. Without those separation contracts, Father Wei and Mother Wei would not have such an attitude, and would have directly used their position and directly intervened.
“I didn’t say that.”
Wei Cheng lowered his eyes, “You are still my family. This is an unchangeable fact.”
Father Wei continued, “Since you are still our family…”
“We have already separated. At the beginning, the separation contract clearly stated that I would give my parents a tael of silver every month, I couldn’t earn half a penny back then, so my parents proposed such a generous amount. The contract has this all written in it so I have no right to intervene with it.” Wei Cheng looked directly at the Wei family, “I am capable of making money now, your son is filial, so in the future, I will give my parents monthly support and your son will give you five taels of silver. This is my wish for my parents and has nothing to do with the separation contract. ”
It meant that he was giving them something extra, something he didn’t have to at all.
Wei Cheng’s sister-in-law muttered softly, “It’s only five taels of silver.”
Mother Wei was dissatisfied and said loudly, “Five taels of silver?! You are the owner of a restaurant but you only give five taels of silver. Fifty taels would be a decent amount. And every day, your parents and your brother can come to Xian Manju and eat for free.”
Father Wei and Wei Liang didn’t speak.
If there was no way to enter Xian Manju for a while then Mother Wei said that they had to retreat and ask for it.
This was what they discussed yesterday.
“Father and elder brother think the same way?” Wei Cheng looked directly at Wei Liang.
Wei Liang pretended to be in a difficult situation, “Second brother, they are my parents. As a son, I must obey my parents.” In disguise, he accused Wei Cheng of being unfilial.
The Wei family requested an extra fifty taels a month and made up their minds to come to Xian Manju every day for Wei Cheng to take care of. It doesn’t matter how much they want, they will come to eat every day, and they could even invite relatives, friends, and important customers to eat, which not only saves them face but also gives them so many benefits while spending nothing.
As for Xian Manju, they can’t intervene now, but there will be ways in the future.
This family won’t stop until they eat half of what Wei Cheng has.
“It’s impossible to give you fifty taels, only five taels.” Wei Cheng didn’t show mercy to these people, “I don’t need to tell you, my parents and elder brother, that when the family had separated, there was the separation contract was written at the beginning, we specified that the two families would live their own lives while the other cannot intervene.”
“If my parents want to say that I am unfilial, they can go to the Yamen to sue me. If my parents sue me, I will follow the conditions according to the division contract, and I will give not half a cent more. Right now, giving my parents five taels of silver is still something I can do but I will not give anymore. If my parents like Xian Manju dishes so much then I will give you to get a 40% discount when you come to eat.”
Wei Cheng’s words made the Wei family’s face darken.
Father Wei stared at Wei Cheng, with sharp eyes as he scrutinized him, “My second child, you have changed.”
Wei Cheng looked back directly, and said flatly, “I haven’t changed at all, it’s just because Dad has never really understood me.”
After Wei Cheng finished speaking, he went out directly.
The Wei family’s face couldn’t be uglier.
Before leaving, they ordered a lot and took away the unfinished food on the table.
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The night before the Wei family went to Xian Manju—
“Fathe, mother, second brother is not stupid. Why would he agree to us being shareholders and give us half of Xian Manju’s profits?”
“Don’t worry, he will listen to what his parents have to say. If he doesn’t agree, then we will let the eldest manage Xian Manju first, the second child’s personality is not good at managing things. When we intervene in Xian Manju, it would be up to us to decide what to do.”
The Wei family is determined to win.
However, when they came back from Xian Manju, they realized that Wei Cheng seemed to have changed!
I hate his family
It’s all their families! It’s crazy how entitled they all are, but I wonder if it’s because I have a western point of view?
It’s always been a big part in Asian families of being filial to your parents and stuff, but man, even they’re going to far!!
They’re simply too greedy even after having bullied their son, and even voluntarily separating from him!
They didn’t like him when it didn’t benefit them. It’s so sad, but I love to see him doing so well! I hope he can continue to be separated from them, honestly.
They are so shameless! I want to beat them soooo much ><
Thank You for the new chapter ♡〜٩( ╹▿╹ )۶〜♡
Thanks for the chapter! The narcissism & entitlement… & he has to give money to those old shmucks only because filial piety is a too big thing…
My stomach is bubbling, I’m so mad it’s not even funny lol
I hate this people, even more than Zhou Yuan’s 3 SIL
Someone donate some braincells to this family, they can have mine if they want! Why can they not understand that Wei Cheng is the one who bought the restaurant, Wei Cheng is the one who managed it, and hired workers!!? They didn’t do crap and have the audacity to eat for free and profit off of it????
My reaction…. Pbbttt! 🤬
Thank you
This family really has no shame 🤬