Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 309 - 299: Cold Sweat

Chapter 309: Chapter 299: Cold Sweat

The Mi family had seen off the other guests, and along with Yang Yu and Mi Kang, they all returned to their own rooms.

Old Mi thanked Shitou’s people, "Today, we really owe it to you guys. For the salted duck eggs and ducks, we’ll handle them as we agreed upon before."

"That won’t do. Things should be kept separate. Our unit has strict discipline, aren’t you clearly asking me to make a mistake?" Shitou flatly refused.

"Master Old Mi, actually our families don’t lack that little bit of money. Besides, if someone were to report this at my unit because of that small sum, there would definitely be an investigation. For any reason, if it were found out that my spouse really accepted the price we discussed before, wouldn’t that be losing much for the sake of little?"

Seeing that Old Mi was about to fret over this matter again, Lu Yun stepped forward with a smile and said, "You don’t want my spouse’s career prospects in their unit to be affected because of this, leading to difficulties in promotions, right?"

"...Is it really that serious?"

Old Mi was startled; he hadn’t considered so much before. If that was the case, he really couldn’t bring harm to others.

"Can this kind of matter be taken lightly?" Lu Yun nodded earnestly, pointing at Su Qiaoling and Wen Shan, "They are also family members of our unit, you can ask them."

Old Mi already believed them in his heart and seeing Su Qiaoling and Wen Shan nodding, he then sighed, "I was really muddled. Let’s set the price at three dimes per salted duck egg and four yuan per jin for the duck meat then."

"How much does one of your ducks weigh?" Lu Yun inquired.

"About eight or nine jin, sometimes even up to ten jin," Old Mi said without hesitation. "The herbs I feed them stimulate their appetite, so my ducks grow well and are easy to raise."

"Your duck meat and salted duck eggs are incomparable to those sold outside, so you can’t calculate the price based on the market rate outside. Besides, after buying the duck meat, we still have to ask you to come and cook it for us. We are already getting a huge bargain by only paying for the raw meat. How about this, let’s not make it so complicated. For the one thousand five hundred ducks plus the salted duck eggs, I’ll pay you a total of one hundred twenty thousand five hundred yuan."

Lu Yun did some quick calculations: assuming each duck weighed ten jin, one thousand five hundred ducks would be fifteen thousand jin of meat, which at four yuan per jin would come out to sixty thousand yuan.

Doubling it to one hundred twenty thousand and adding another five thousand for the duck eggs would make the total about right.

"I didn’t bring so much cash with me. I see there’s a postal savings bank not far from here, so how about we go there and make a deposit? That way, you won’t have to worry about keeping so much cash at home, which isn’t safe," Lu Yun suggested.

"No, no, that’s too much," Old Mi firmly shook his head.

Old Mi’s family hadn’t expected Lu Yun to offer such an amount. Everyone’s eyes were wide as they looked back and forth between Old Mi, Shitou, and Lu Yun, swallowing hard without saying a word.

To be honest, they were tempted by the offer, which was impossible to ignore. However, since Old Mi had declined, they wouldn’t come out crying and making a fuss unwillingly. So at that moment, expressions on Old Mrs. Mi’s, Mi Erhu’s, and Wu Jia’s faces carried a mixture of disappointment and regret.

The truth was, that amount for one thousand five hundred ducks was not high. They would usually cook and sell the ducks in their restaurant, where one could go for over a hundred yuan. However, that involved tremendous labor and other costs. And the money came in dribs and drabs; where could it compare to suddenly receiving over a hundred thousand all at once?

"Old man, I actually have another idea I would like to discuss with you," Lu Yun said with a smile, shifting the topic away from the amount of money.

"Say it, whatever it is, if I can do it, I definitely won’t refuse," Old Mi said, nearly thumping his chest in promise.

"Do you have any plans for the future?"

"Plans? What kind of plans?"

Old Mi was stunned. His wife Old Mrs. Mi, his son and daughter-in-law, Mi Erhu and Wu Jia, all looked at each other, and it was not until Wu Jia remembered what Yang Yu and Mi Kang had said that a shudder ran through her heart and she cried out in fear, "Could Yang Yu and Mi Kang be harboring ill intentions?"

"I’m afraid you’d have to include Mi Dahu as well."

Lu Yun glanced at the Mi family members and spoke softly, "Even though Mi Dahu was arrested, firstly, many years have passed, and secondly, he didn’t succeed back then. If he stubbornly claims he was just talking nonsense in a moment of confusion and you have no evidence, he might not even be convicted, and even if he is, he might be released after a short time."

The Mi family frowned deeply upon hearing this.

"Even tigers nap now and then. Those kinds of people, with no shame or decency, if pushed into a corner, might they not risk everything in desperation and decide to destruction with you all?"

Lu Yun continued with her ominous remarks, while Shitou on the side found it rather amusing but maintained a solemn expression to cooperate.

Su Qiaoling and Wen Shan also listened anxiously for the Mi family’s sake; having such a ticking time bomb nearby was genuinely dangerous for ordinary people with no fighting capacity—it was indeed an undefendable threat.

Lu Yun cleared her throat, "Even if they’re afraid of dying, won’t they still come to make trouble at your place, or sabotage where you raise the ducks? Can your business withstand their disturbances? If the ducks are poisoned and a customer inadvertently eats it..."

Lu Yun’s words had the Mi family breaking out in cold sweat on the spot, their faces turned pale, showing both indignation and concern from feeling helpless.

"I hadn’t thought that far ahead. I just thought giving them the old house would provide them some place to settle. Plus, over the years, their capital hasn’t been small. I thought as long as we don’t push them into a corner, nothing serious would happen, but still..." I was unwilling to think of them like that.

Old Mi’s face turned forlorn as he realized he couldn’t deceive himself any longer; outsiders could see through the situation, and he shouldn’t mislead himself, putting his family in danger.

"I really haven’t thought of what to do yet. What you said does make sense. But we can’t just shut down the business because of them, can we?"

"I didn’t want to hide it from you, but my parents do business in the Capital City. Your family’s duck has a unique flavor, and I was wondering if you’d be willing to leave this place," Lu Yun said sincerely.

"If you’re willing, I could recommend that you work with my parents. Your Laomi Duck Restaurant might even be able to expand across the country and prosper," she added.

Seeing hesitation on Old Mi’s face, she sighed and said, "Of course, if you’re unwilling, it’s no issue. Just a thought. There’s a saying that home is hard to leave, and that’s understandable."