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

Chapter 351 Chinese New Year

Lu Yaoyao patted Ting Ge's head, feeling that this little guy would definitely be successful in the future.

Only then did she find time to teach him to read and write, and incidentally teach him some self-defense techniques.

This child is grateful and knew to repay kindness; he brought her the good stuff first.

Lu Yaoyao felt very gratified.

"Alright! I'll accept it then! The mountains are closed off by heavy snow now, it's too dangerous for you to go to the back mountain alone. Wait until spring to go, don't go in winter."

"Come on, I made something delicious. Take it back and eat it with your parents."

Lu Yaoyao pulled him into the house and gave him some tea eggs to eat.

Ting Ge couldn't stop eating after just one; these tea eggs were so delicious.

Before leaving, I took a few with me home for my parents to eat.

Before we knew it, the year was drawing to a close. This year, heavy snow blocked the mountains, and I heard that many people in many places starved or froze to death. This year was uneventful and quiet.

These days, everyone is struggling to make ends meet, so who has the mind to celebrate the New Year?

Those who had some grain at home would secretly hide it for their own family to eat, and they didn't dare to make a big fuss about it during the New Year, so things remained quiet.

Lu Yaoyao spent the New Year alone, so she cut out some paper-cut window decorations and pasted them on the window to make it look festive.

She hung small red lanterns on the peach trees in the yard, making them look even more festive against the white snow.

After finishing these tasks, Lu Yaoyao went to put up the couplets.

In this world, families who can afford to display couplets are either rich or noble, as these couplets are written with paper and ink.

Ordinary people don't have spare money to buy things that can't even fill their stomachs.

So she pasted red couplets on her gate, which was unique in Wangjia Village and stood out from afar.

After doing all this, she felt a little hungry.

Lu Yaoyao is a foodie. Since no one cooks for her, she has to cook something delicious to treat herself.

"Looks pretty good!" Lu Yaoyao prepared more than a dozen dishes and put them on the table, so the New Year's Eve dinner would be more sumptuous.

After we finished our New Year's Eve dinner, snowflakes started falling again outside.

Through the lamplight, the snowflakes appeared to be covered in a layer of gold.

Looking at the snow outside, Lu Yaoyao thought, "Next year will definitely be a bumper year."

I yawned and then went to rest.

Her little courtyard became lively right after the New Year.

Qiu Liang and Qiu Ye arrived with the people from Purgatory.

They arrived here on the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Lu Yaoyao didn't waste any more words and took out the prosthetics she had made and put them on them.

There were only a dozen or so people who came, and the prosthetics were installed very quickly, within ten days or so.

The last and most seriously injured was someone who had both legs broken, but now he can stand up completely.

"I can really stand up? It's just like my own legs!" Xia Ku stood up and tried to move around.

He was the most seriously injured of them all; he lost both legs and one hand.

Xia Ku was ambushed while on a mission, and he was captured by the enemy while protecting his companions.

He was imprisoned and tortured for a long time; one of his hands was cut off, and both of his legs were smashed.

When Su Zui went to rescue them, Xia Ku was already on the verge of death from torture, but fortunately, his life was saved.

Over the years, he lived in purgatory, using only one hand to survive, and tried to die many times but failed.

He originally thought he would live such a pathetic life as Zixi.

Unexpectedly, he now has the chance to stand up again, and his right hand has also recovered.

"You have had more prosthetics, so you need more time to adapt and receive treatment here for a while longer. The rest of you can go back to Su Zui."

Su Zui needs manpower when she returns to Kyoto, and these people are a great help to her. Su Zui wants them to stay here to protect her, but it's not that she doesn't need their protection; Su Zui needs it more.

Qiu Liang and the others had long wanted to go back and help their master, and were eager to try. "Madam, these are the things that the master asked me to bring to you. We'll be leaving now."

Before leaving, the master told them to follow the madam's arrangements.

Now that the lady has told them to go back, they will go back.

The situation in Kyoto must be very complicated; they need to go back to help their master.

Lu Yaoyao took the bundle, "Then you guys go ahead! Take these things with you."

She prepared some life-saving items for Su Zui, so they could take them with them.

Qiu Liang clasped his hands in a fist salute, "Yes!"

They left, leaving only Lu Yaoyao and Xia Ku.

Xia Ku knelt on one knee. "Madam, from now on, Xia Ku will follow you. My life belongs to you."

He had already decided before he came that once the lady cured him, he would become her servant.

Lu Yaoyao helped him up, "Then you can come with me from now on!"

“Yes, Madam.” Xia Ku stood up.

Lu Yaoyao opened the bundle and looked inside; it was full of gold notes.

"That's more like it." Lu Yaoyao happily put away the gold notes.

Su Zui promised her gold, and she kept her word. The gold was exchanged for gold ingots, and the land in her space was about to expand again.

With no firewood left at home, Xia Ku took a rope and a machete and went to the back mountain.

His hands and feet are already very nimble.

He has the most prosthetics on his body, and at first he was a little uncomfortable and sometimes felt pain.

Lu Yaoyao gave him a lot of pills to eat, and after a month he was just like a normal person.

Xia Ku carried some firewood down the mountain to the door and saw a horse-drawn carriage parked there.

"Master, I'm back." Xia Ku put down the firewood and went to the main room.

When outsiders come to visit, he must stay by his wife's side to prevent anyone from harming her.

"Mm." Lu Yaoyao nodded.

Xia Ku stood behind Lu Yaoyao, staring at the man with unfriendly eyes.

This is their master's wife, their master. He must keep a close eye on her and prevent any shady characters from taking advantage of her.

Magistrate Zhuang Sheng put down his teacup. "I just returned to the county office a few days ago. After I came back, I heard about your matter from my clerk. I came here today specifically to thank you. If it weren't for the grain you donated, the people at the orphanage would have starved and frozen to death by the time I returned. Please accept my bow!"

Zhuang Sheng lifted his outer robe and was about to kneel down.

He is the local official of Tongxiang County, so this bow is only right.

Her food saved many people.

Lu Yaoyao quickly helped him up, "You're too kind, Magistrate. I was just caught up in these things by chance. You don't need to be so polite."

Zhuang Sheng showed no airs of a county magistrate and stood up naturally. “Miss Lu is kind-hearted and righteous, and I admire her. Nowadays, everyone’s grain is a lifesaver. The fact that you are able to take out grain to help them is already better than countless others.”

This time when he went out to collect grain, he only brought back less than a thousand catties of grain. Those wealthy merchants were all arrogant and unwilling to donate grain. He had learned his lesson from this before.

Even a young girl can be kind-hearted, yet those wealthy businessmen just watch those people starve to death.

The world is so cold!

Lu Yaoyao smiled and said, "I've already received the magistrate's commendation, haven't I? Your Excellency doesn't need to be so polite with me."

Seeing the magistrate's expression, Lu Yaoyao knew what was wrong. "Magistrate, have some refugees come to town?"

Several nearby villages were affected by the disaster, and many people went to the Salesian Hall.

Because there is food there.

(End of this chapter)