My restaurant connects to the demon realm, and I've become incredibly wealthy!

Chapter 18.18. Overuse of the Five Elements Technique

Aunt Zhou, who had intended to invite her to stay for dinner, couldn't bear to see how tired she was and swallowed back the words she was about to say.

White Fox Yaoyao stood up but then fell back onto the chair.

I was sore all over from using the Five Elements Technique.

"Yaoyao, I'll take you home!"

Uncle Zhou found the oxcart at home, laid out soft bedding, and Aunt Zhou helped her onto the oxcart.

They also slipped a few freshly boiled, hot eggs into her arms.

"Yaoyao, don't worry, we won't tell anyone about this. You saved Hengge'er, which means you saved our whole family. We'll remember your kindness for the rest of our lives! Go home and eat these two eggs and rest." Aunt Zhou was afraid she would get cold, so she put the hood of her cloak back on for her.

White Fox Yaoyao was truly exhausted, her face pale. "Okay! Thank you, Auntie."

In that situation, if she hadn't intervened to save him, Zhou Heng would have been left to die.

She is very tired now, but she has no regrets at all.

The oxcart swayed along the road as snow began to fall heavily; it was snowing again.

Uncle Zhou was afraid that the oxcart would jolt her, so he didn't walk fast, wiping away tears as he went.

"Uncle Zhou, who are those people who want to take Heng-ge'er away? Why do they insist on taking him away?" Bai Hu Yaoyao couldn't suppress her curiosity.

Uncle Zhou sighed, and thinking of the people in his clan, his heart felt as cold as ice crystals in the dead of winter.

"The Zhou family has been blacksmiths for generations. You could say that the whole Zhou family used to make a living by blacksmithing. Later, because blacksmithing was hard and tiring, the rest of the villagers started farming. Only our family remained as blacksmiths."

"With the wars in various countries over the years, iron and stone have been controlled by the government, so we blacksmiths have had little business to do."

"I thought the glass you mentioned was very good, and I planned to change the workshop to make glass. When the people from Zhoujia Village heard this, they all objected. I didn't listen to them and decided to change the workshop. I originally planned to melt the remaining iron into molten iron to make some tools. I didn't expect that those people from Zhoujia Village would deliberately push the furnace. Heng Ge'er was not far away, and the molten iron was poured on his back!"

Uncle Zhou trembled with rage, his eyes filled with hatred. "What did my brother Heng do to offend them? They actually tried to kill my brother Heng just to prevent me from renovating the workshop!"

Baihu Yaoyao was amused by the way those people thought. How could there be such bizarre things?

"Uncle Zhou, I heard that my aunt agreed to the Zhou family head's request to sever ties with the Zhou family. Uncle Zhou, what are your thoughts on this?"

Those people in Zhoujia Village treated us like this for a lousy workshop; it would be foolish to continue associating with them.

Uncle Zhou wiped away his tears. "I agree with your aunt's decision! Our family will only be better off leaving the Zhou family! It's just a pity about that workshop."

That workshop didn't actually belong to Zhoujia Village; it was passed down through generations of his family. In the eyes of the people in Zhoujia Village, that workshop was the public property of Zhoujia Village.

He had never seen the people of Zhoujia Village care about this workshop before, but now that he wanted to renovate it, they were the ones who stopped him.

"Uncle Zhou, what's there to regret? We'll just buy that workshop; I'll pay for it."

If this workshop produces glass in the future, it will definitely be a profitable business. Buying it now is a good investment.

Let the people of Zhoujia Village see for themselves that even after leaving the Zhou family, Uncle Zhou's family can still enjoy boundless glory.

"Yaoyao, you can't say that. Do you know how big that workshop is? It would cost a thousand taels of silver to buy it. But it's okay, even without that workshop, we can still make our glass."

Uncle Zhou wondered how a young woman could have so much money.
She was their family's savior, how could they let her spend money again?

"Uncle Zhou, don't worry! I have plenty of money! Tomorrow, go and write a letter of severance with those people in Zhoujia Village, and while you're at it, buy that workshop. My house is still waiting for you to install the windows."

The restaurant windows were temporarily covered with oil paper, which did prevent ventilation, but it was still quite dark!
Even during the day, candles are lit in the house.

Having lived in a dark and gloomy place for so long, she no longer wanted to stay in the dark.

"This?" Uncle Zhou blushed slightly.

He's a grown man, yet he lacks the courage of a young woman.

"Uncle Zhou, don't be embarrassed. Consider this my investment. Once our Liulichang makes a lot of money, you can give me the money back."

This Liulichang is definitely going to be a goldmine in the future, so why would she give up this opportunity to make money?

Uncle Zhou was deeply moved. That workshop was the culmination of generations of his family's hard work, and he certainly didn't want to give it away for nothing.

If he continues to renovate the workshop, those people from Zhoujia Village might try to cause trouble again. If he buys the workshop, those people from Zhoujia Village will have no reason to stop him.

It's good to pay for some peace and quiet.

"Yaoyao! Uncle Zhou swears that from now on our family will be yours and we will never do anything to betray you. The business of the workshop is all yours. All you need to do is give our family a place to live and a meal to eat."

After witnessing Bai Hu Yaoyao's special abilities firsthand, he thought to himself that he must follow her closely from now on.

Such a person is destined for great achievements; it's best to latch onto their coattails early on.

Bai Hu Yaoyao's lips twitched. "Uncle Zhou, I'll be relying on you for the workshop's business from now on. I'll only take 30% of the profits; you'll still have the final say on the workshop."

This can be considered her first business here, right?
Long-term business is the way to make money!

"Okay, Uncle will listen to you."

When the oxcart arrived at the restaurant, Old Master Gu and his men had already finished their work and left, even closing the door behind them.

I feel a little bad that I didn't cook for Grandpa Gu and the others today.

"Yaoyao, you should go back and rest first! I'll come see you with your aunt after I've taken care of things over there."

Uncle Zhou turned the oxcart around and prepared to leave.

Bai Hu Yaoyao quickly took out silver notes from her purse. "Uncle Zhou, this is 1,500 taels of silver. Take it and buy that workshop. Use the rest to buy raw materials."

Uncle Zhou nodded vigorously with the silver note in his hand, then drove off in his oxcart.

Bai Hu Yaoyao opened the door and entered the restaurant. The first floor had been renovated and cleaned.

Completely exhausted, he sat on a bench on the first floor, then slumped onto the table and fell into a deep sleep.

She had already pushed herself to her limit by managing to talk to Uncle Zhou the whole way.

The sky gradually darkened.

As night fell, pedestrians hurried home, and the streets were quiet except for the sound of falling snowflakes.

At midnight, the two lanterns hanging at the restaurant entrance lit up without warning, casting a dim yellow light in the darkness.

When Heilong saw the lights come on, a flicker of excitement crossed his usually stern face.

As the restaurant's entrance came into view, a pair of long legs strode into the restaurant.

"Yaoyao, look what I brought you!" The black dragon was carrying an exquisite food box.

The room was quiet and chilly.

When I saw that Baihu Yaoyao was actually asleep on the table, a sense of panic flashed through my mind for no reason.

"Yaoyao!" Black Dragon quickly ran over.

The last time he came here, there was a brazier burning in the house, and it wasn't this cold.

Seeing that Baihu Yaoyao had fallen asleep on the table in such a cold place, my heart ached.

He took out a bright red bead and placed it in her hand to keep her from getting too cold.

"Yaoyao, I'm sorry."

Heilong carefully picked her up. The tiny little thing nestled in his broad embrace, so soft and tender, that it melted his heart.

Upon reaching the second floor and seeing the dilapidated house, Heilong couldn't help but frown.

The house on the second floor is even more dilapidated than the one below.

Looking down at the woman in his arms, he wondered how much suffering she had endured.

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