The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 537 Big Business (3)_1

Chapter 537: Chapter 537 Big Business (3)_1

"What are you up to, Jiaojiao? Just be good and stay at home, Mommy will be back soon. If you want to go, Daddy will take you on Saturday," said Mr. Ruan, who then got into the car and drove off, raising a cloud of dust.

Ruan Jiaojiao watched from behind, only to feel her eyelids twitching even more fiercely.

Mrs. Ruanlin, standing nearby, thought she might have accidentally gotten dust in her eyes while gathering dried vegetables and said with concern, "Jiaojiao, go sit down. I can handle these. If you’re bored, you can help me pick out vegetables for tonight’s meal."

Ruan Jiaojiao nodded, covered her eyes, and moved back to sit on a small stool at the kitchen door.

She thought maybe she was overthinking things, there shouldn’t be any issues, right?

But as much as she thought so, she still felt anxious. Eventually, she couldn’t help herself and went over to Mrs. Ruanlin’s side, saying, "Grandma, my right eyelid keeps twitching."

"What’s wrong, let Grandma have a look," Mrs. Ruanlin immediately washed her hands and came over to examine her.

However, after inspecting her eyelid, she didn’t find any dirt.

Ruan Jiaojiao then tugged at her sleeve and asked, "Grandma, isn’t there an old saying that ’left eye twitching means wealth, right eye twitching means disaster’?"

"You don’t think there’s something wrong with the big deal Dad just mentioned, do you?"

If someone else had said this, Mrs. Ruan might have given them a scolding, but hearing it from Ruan Jiaojiao, she couldn’t help but take it into consideration.

After a moment of thought, she said, "Just stay good at home, Grandma will make a trip outside." With that, she hurried out of the house and headed to the second uncle Ruan Xia’s place.

At that time, Ruan Xia had just returned from the fields, and upon seeing Mrs. Ruanlin rushing to his house, he thought something was wrong and hurriedly greeted her.

"Aunt, what’s the matter?" he asked as he approached.

"Xiazi, can you do me a favor and go to the Lu Family in town for me? I need you to deliver a message," Mrs. Ruanlin said urgently.

"Sure, what’s the message?"

"You just say..." Mrs. Ruanlin muttered a string of instructions, and as Ruan Xia listened, he too became serious and quickly mounted his tricycle to go to the town.

It just so happened that he wasn’t very lucky because when he arrived at the Lu Family’s home, the adults weren’t there, only Lu Zishu, who had returned from school, was at home.

Luckily, Lu Zishu recognized this relative from the Ruan Family and invited him in to sit for a while. As evening fell and the sky darkened, Zhao Li and Lu Zhiwei finally came home.

They were momentarily taken aback to see Ruan Xia sitting in their home, but as they frequented the Ruan Family often, they were quite familiar with Ruan Xia.

And when Ruan Xia saw them, he didn’t dare waste any time and quickly stepped forward to communicate the message Mrs. Ruanlin had entrusted him with.

The Ruan Family’s business was thriving, to the point where no other restaurant in the city could compete with them. But such success was bound to attract envy, and it was easy to become a target.

A deposit of two hundred yuan was what many people earned in a year; how could someone so casually lay down such a sum for a deposit? While it could indeed be a significant business transaction, Mrs. Ruanlin was afraid it was a trap set by someone jealous of their success, waiting for them to blindly take the bait.

At this time, the only person who could help the Ruan Family was the experienced and well-connected Lu Zhiwei.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhiwei also felt that there was likely deceit involved. After all, a full set of banquet preparations wouldn’t even cost two hundred in the countryside. What kind of banquet would require a deposit of two hundred? It seemed more likely that someone was envious and up to no good!

He didn’t dare delay and exchanged a glance with Zhao Li before hurrying out the door again.