Traveling to ancient times to sweep the catering industry

"I heard your voices from so far away? What's wrong? Why do you look so angry?"

A calm and gentle man walked in. He looked to be about forty years old, wearing light blue clothes and had a little beard. He looked somewhat similar to Wang Shen.

This person is Wang Shen’s father, Lord Wang.

"What's wrong? Why do you look so angry?" Lord Wang walked over first and asked his wife.

"Ask your son!" Mrs. Wang said angrily.

Lord Wang was a mild-mannered man, but he rarely saw his wife so angry, so he asked Wang Shen in a deep voice, "How did you make your mother angry?"

Wang Shen looked at his father and said directly, "Father, I want to marry someone. She has been married before, but they are now divorced. I ask for your consent."

After hearing Wang Shen's entire sentence, Lord Wang's eyes almost popped out.

"You mean, you want to marry a married woman?" Lord Wang asked him again to confirm.

Wang Shen knelt down again with a thud and said with certainty, "Yes! I will marry no one else but her!"

"Ridiculous!" Although Lord Wang appears gentle on the surface, he is actually a strict person on the inside. Especially when it comes to things that are harmful to the family, he will never agree to them.

"Don't even think about it! I will never let you marry someone like this! Our family has been clean for generations, and we won't let you ruin our reputation!"

Lord Wang attaches great importance to the family's reputation. After all, now that their family has lost power, the only thing left is the reputation when Master Wang was alive.

If this only reputation is ruined again, not many people will look at their Wang family differently.

Besides, his son is outstanding, and he wants him to support the Wang family. How could he allow him to marry a married woman!

Seeing his proud eldest son kneeling on the ground, Master Wang was very angry. A man's knees are made of gold, but he did this just for a woman.

Master Wang scolded, "You are unworthy of this responsibility, get up! Are you trying to force me to agree by kneeling like this?"

Wang Shen glanced at his father and mother. He knew that even if he knelt here and died, they would never agree to his relationship with Cheng Wenwen.

Therefore, he would not do such ineffective work.

Wang Shen stood up and explained, "I don't want to force my parents, I just want to get their instructions. If there are no instructions, it doesn't matter. My life will always be my own. As long as she and I live a good life, that's enough!"

When Master Wang heard this, his face darkened immediately: "What do you mean! If we don't agree, are you going to live separately?"

Wang Shen said: "That's exactly what I meant. If my father and mother don't like my new bride, I can just live in a separate house from her. It's better than annoying my father and mother all day long."

"You unfilial son! If I don't teach you a lesson, you will be really confused! Go to the ancestral hall and kneel for a day. If you still don't wake up, you will be punished by the family law!"

Master Wang said angrily.

Mrs. Wang had calmed down by now. When she heard that Master Wang was going to punish them by kneeling, she immediately softened her heart and advised, "Master, there is no need to punish them so severely!"

"If you don't teach him a lesson, how can you make him sober? Do you want him to marry a woman like that?"

"Of course I don't want to..." Mrs. Wang was in a dilemma.

She looked at Wang Shen and wondered how this boy, who had always been so steady, could suddenly fall in love with such a woman.

"Go quickly!" Master Wang scolded.

Wang Shen lowered his head and said, "I will accept the punishment. I will go to the ancestral hall now."

Wang Shen turned around and went towards the ancestral hall.

Mr. Wang stamped his feet in anger: "Which woman seduced him?"

Mrs. Wang took a deep breath before saying, "It's your second cousin's husband's family, the orphan daughter of Master Cheng San, named Cheng Jinwen. A few months ago, Master Cheng Er forced her into a bridal sedan and married her off to the northwest."

Mr. Wang wondered, "Since she has already married and moved to the northwest, why is she involved with Shen'er?"

"I guess they knew each other before. Recently, she and her husband separated and returned to Beijing, so they got in touch."

Mr. Wang snorted and said, "The Cheng family has a good plan. They want our Wang family to take over a woman that others don't want?"

Mrs. Wang thought for a moment and said, "The Cheng family probably doesn't know yet? My second sister came a few days ago, but I never heard her mention the separation. She even kept praising Cheng Jinwen for marrying a considerate and good husband!"

"A good husband? If he is a good husband, why do you want to divorce?"

Mr. Wang sat down, took a sip of tea, calmed down, and said calmly: "When you have time, go to the Cheng family, or call the second sister to ask about this matter! We must cut off their contact!"

Mrs. Wang nodded: "That's exactly what I thought!"

……

Wang Shen knelt in the ancestral hall, thinking about his marriage with Cheng Wenwen. Now that his father and mother did not agree, he could only think of other ways.

Suddenly he thought of something and called out, "A Bing, come in!"

"Master, what's the matter?" Ah Bing pushed the door open and saw his master kneeling. He asked, "Is it too hard? I'll go find you a soft cushion."

Wang Shen shook his head, looked at the rows of people in the ancestral hall, and said, "No need, I want to tell you something!"

"What is it?"

"Go find some strong and good servants to protect Miss Cheng near the gate of her house. If there is any movement, protect Miss Cheng immediately."

Wang Shen looked at Ah Bing and said, "We must get this done."

A Bing nodded, "Yes!"

"Go!"

A Bing stood up and walked a few steps, looked at the young master again, sighed, and then immediately went to do the matter.

……

Cheng's dessert shop was doing very well, and everything was going on in an orderly manner. However, the business was too good, which inevitably caused dissatisfaction among other shops.

On the street next to their store, there is also a pastry shop called Su Ji, which is also quite famous.

Unexpectedly, Cheng's arrival attracted all the customers. Su's restaurant was naturally unhappy to lose so many customers.

The proprietress of Su Ji didn't know the reason at first, but later found out that it was Cheng's, a newly opened restaurant on the neighboring street, that took away the customers.

They both make high-end dim sum, so they became competitors.

The owner of Su Ji said, "They just opened, so everyone is naturally fresh. It will be fine after a few days. Isn't that how we got here?"

Boss Su snorted and said, "Then just wait!"

But as they waited, Cheng’s business didn’t get worse, but instead, Su’s business got worse and worse.

Ordinary people only have so much money, so naturally they can't buy cakes from a second place after buying one. Therefore, there are only a few customers at Su Ji these days, which makes the Su Ji couple very anxious.

"We can't go on like this!" Boss Su threw down the apron and walked out.

"where are you going?"

"I'll go see what kind of cakes Cheng's sells. These people haven't gotten tired of eating them for two months."

This business has been bad, and if you just sit there and wait for it to fail, it will go bankrupt sooner or later.