Chapter 186.2

Once they were far away, Su Xiaoxiao patted Aunt Zhao’s shoulder. “It’s okay now. They won’t dare to come back. If they do, just call me. I have plenty of ways to deal with them.”

Aunt Zhao’s eyes filled with tears, and she almost knelt down to thank Su Xiaoxiao. “Xiaoxiao, I really don’t know how to thank you.”

Su Xiaoxiao grabbed her and said, “Aunt Zhao, you don’t need to be so polite. It’s really just a small gesture. I’ll leave first. Business at the shop is good. Remember to come to work on time tomorrow.”

Even after Su Xiaoxiao left, Tang Zhizhong was still in shock. “Mom, you, you…”

Zhao Xinmei got angry at the sight of her son. “What, what, what? The house has been mortgaged. You just go to work and pay the rent. No one should think about taking my house.”

Tang Zhizhong was confused. “I wasn’t planning on taking your house.”

At this, Zhao Xinmei got even angrier. “Even an outsider like Xiaoxiao knows to help me keep the house, but what about you? You wanted me to give the house to your ex-wife!”

Tang Zhizhong protested, “What could I do? It was all for Tiantian.”

“If it’s for Tiantian, then we should keep the house. Leave it for her in the future. How could I have such a muddle-headed son like you? You’ve made me confused too!” Zhao Xinmei still felt scared when she thought about it. They almost lost their home and became homeless!

Tang Zhizhong still didn’t understand: “Mom, what are you talking about? Didn’t you say that the house has already been mortgaged?”

Zhao Xinmei felt tired and said, “Forget it; I can’t explain it to you. In the future, besides daily expenses, hand your salary over to me for safekeeping, and I’ll take care of Tiantian’s education.”

Tang Zhizhong was even more confused. “Isn’t that how we’ve always done it?”

Zhao Xinmei: “…” She vowed to work hard to support and educate her granddaughter well.

Zhao Xinmei finally understood that her son was unreliable. His weak personality made him soft like a noodle. If their family relies on him, their family will be doomed sooner or later. Even if he hadn’t divorced Ma Xiaoli, he would have been manipulated by her. She decided to firmly hold onto the money and the house and hand them over to her granddaughter when she grew up.

Zhuzi had already recounted how Su Xiaoxiao had decisively handled the situation, leaving the opponents with no chance to counter.

Fantuan waved his hand. “That’s nothing. When I was five, my mom could take me and handle situations like that without any bloodshed, scaring away my bad aunt and bad grandaunt so much that they never appeared again after we moved.”

Zhuzi found it hard to imagine his gentle Aunt Su having such a personality.

Xiao Doubao added, “My mom rarely gets angry, but if someone bullies us, she gets very angry.”

Xiao Roubao disagreed with this statement and said, “Then why is Mom always angry with me? I am very well-behaved, and no one bullies me.”

Xiao Doubao rubbed his younger brother’s face and said, “Mom is not angry with you. Don’t slander Mom.”

Xiao Roubao blinked and said, “No. But sometimes when I eat a little more, Mom looks unhappy. If she’s not angry, does that mean our family has no money?”

Xiao Roubao, do you call that eating a little bit more? You ate a whole lot more!

Fantuan said, “Xiao Roubao, Mom isn’t angry. She’s worried that you, eating too much, might make your stomach uncomfortable.”

Xiao Roubao lowered his head to touch his meaty little belly and said, “But my stomach is very comfortable.”

Fantuan held the little guy and said, “Alright, it’s almost lunchtime. Let’s go to the shop and help out. We’ll have lunch there too.”

Xiao Roubao licked his lips. “Then I will have egg fried rice with three eggs for lunch.”

Zhuzi deeply felt that his aunt Su opened a restaurant purely to raise Xiao Roubao. The little guy could really eat a lot.

As expected, “Three Meals and Four Seasons” was booming, just like Su Xiaoxiao had predicted. Even before lunch service began, there was already a crowd waiting in line outside.

People love to join a crowd, so passersby were curious about what everyone was lining up for. Hearing it was a restaurant, they would ask for more details. As a result, the name “Three Meals and Four Seasons” quickly became famous in the area.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t expand yet, or Su Xiaoxiao would be as prosperous as the fortune written on the spring couplet pasted on the door.

Seeing a few kids trying to cut in, someone in the line grabbed Xiao Doubao’s collar. “Hey, young man, the line starts back there. Can’t you see we’re all waiting?”

Fantuan slapped the person’s hand away. “Let go of my brother. You can speak without touching him. This is our family’s restaurant, and we don’t serve impolite people.”

The kids gathered around, looking like they were about to fight.

Coincidentally, a person who came to eat yesterday and made an appointment today came forward and wanted to become a mediator. He said, “Forget it, Fantuan; they don’t know you guys. They’ve been in line for a long time today; they just thought you were going to cut in line.”

The line split into two, and Fantuan stood at the door, checking off the reservation tickets against the book and letting those people in first.

Those at the front of the regular line protested. “What’s the meaning of this, kid? We were here first. Why are you letting them in before us? This isn’t fair!”

Fantuan held up the tickets. “Sorry, but our small shop has limited capacity. See this word? ‘Reservation.’ They paid yesterday to secure a meal, so of course, they get to eat first. Isn’t that fair?”

Fantuan pointed to the ticket and said, “Sorry, the reception capacity of the small shop is really limited. When you see these two words,’ make an appointment’, they paid us yesterday to keep the meal, and we prepared it in advance. Of course, we have to let them in for dinner first. Isn’t that fair?”

Someone in the line grumbled, “So we’ve been standing here for nothing?”

Fantuan handed him a menu. “Here’s the menu for the upcoming week. You can see which day’s dishes appeal to you and make a reservation. We offer a different dish each day, and if you reserve, you’re guaranteed a meal. If not, it’s first come, first served. If the people with reservations don’t show up by noon, I’ll let those at the front in. If they arrive on time, you’ll have to come back tomorrow.”

Most of the people here are college students, and they come from well-off families and have seen some of the world. However, this way of eating is really new and fresh.

“Eating at your place is harder than getting a roast duck. Didn’t you just open it? How can you be fully booked already? Aren’t you afraid that you’re being scammed? Those few people who just went in—aren’t you just providing excuses for them?”

“Yeah, even state-owned restaurants aren’t this complicated.”

Fantuan sighed and shrugged. “Our food is just that good. People who ate yesterday wanted to come back today. If you don’t want to wait, there are plenty of places to eat around here. Find one you like.”

After Fantuan finished speaking, he turned around to leave.

However, the drawings of the food were so enticing that several people couldn’t resist and paid to make reservations.

Fantuan handed them pre-stamped reservation tickets, and someone couldn’t help but ask, “Young man, these tickets look simple. Aren’t you worried about forgeries? What if someone brings a fake ticket?”

Fantuan shook his head and said, “They can’t imitate it. We personally drew the characters and paintings, and each one included our unique signatures. Each ticket is different, and I’ve registered your surname in my notebook. However, if you lose it and someone else takes it, and they provide the correct surname, it won’t be our responsibility. So, you need to take good care of your meal tickets. There might be monthly tickets released in the future. Let’s wait and see.”