The Lu family's orphan and widowed mother lived a difficult life. Although they were guarding such a large family business, there were too many people who covet it. Many people were thinking about chewing a piece of meat from the "Changfeng" rice number.

After Lu Changfeng was buried, the conflict broke out completely!

Mrs. Lu, Xie Hongxiu and her son were kicked out of the old house of the three-bedroom house of the Lu family, because she was Lu Changfeng's house and was not qualified to stay in the old house.

But Xie Hongxiu's son is from the Lu family, and there is no reason for them to drive away a child who is only about eight years old.

But is the mother willing to let her underage son live alone in that group of wolves? Naturally, she brought her son out together.

Fortunately, Lu Changfeng also knew what would happen to Xie Hongxiu and his son after he died, so he bought a house outside, which was written in Xie Hongxiu's personal name.

The Lu family cannot take away this house, and the mother and son will not have nowhere to stay.

"Mrs. Lu, Mr. Lu has been taking medicine in our pharmacy for more than a year. We also feel sorry for this person, but you can't just stop paying the medical expenses, right?"

“…”

"This Mr. Lu is still a 300-year-old ginseng. This market has a price but no market. I got it by using my boss. This one is worth three thousand oceans..."

"And the best medicinal materials used for Mr. Lu..."

The big shopkeeper of the pharmacy shop is talking a lot, with the purpose of asking for money, which is not the first time.

"Mrs. Lu, the Lu family has a great business. It's enough for you to leak a little money through the gap in your fingers. It's not nice to have this reputation of tying money..."

"Shopkeeper Hu, I remember when my husband was alive, he mentioned to me that his medical expenses were paid every month. Even if the medical expenses were not paid in the month before his death, I don't know that there were so many, right?"

"Look at what you said, the bills are all there, whether the medical expenses are paid, how can our pharmacy not know?" Manager Hu took out a book of Benlai, smiled, and glanced over Xie Hongxiu's plump and fair cheeks, and a ray of greed and cunning appeared in his eyes.

"I have never seen these bills, nor have my signatures from my deceased husband and I." Although it has passed, Xie Hongxiu is still wearing plain clothes, a woman who is doing house filling and is kicked out of the house by her husband's family, can do this.

"So what if you don't have an autograph? We have a certificate. The lawsuit is in front of the court. Let's see if Mrs. Lu wins or loses?" Manager Hu sneered.

The "Changfeng" rice number is no longer paid to pay workers' salaries. In addition to selling the "Changfeng" rice number, Xie Hongxiu is the small western-style building where she lives now.

If she sold the "Changfeng" rice number, she was ashamed of her deceased husband. The Lu family was qualified to completely deprive her of identity and drive her out of the Lu family.

Although the mother and son will not sleep on the streets after selling the house they live in, it will be even more difficult from now on. Carrying such a big burden as the "Changfeng" rice number, it will be completely crushed.

This is the real purpose of Manager Hu and the people behind him, which is to completely swallow up the survival left by Lu Changfeng to Xie Hongxiu and his son.

As for the life and death of Xie Hongxiu and her son, they would not care about it at all.

Even the rumors that Xie Hongxiu was not Lu Changfeng were spreading less than three days after Lu Changfeng's death, and the city was full of storms. These people really didn't want to delay for a moment.

"Shopkeeper Hu will go and sue it. Anyway, I won't give a penny of the money." Xie Hongxiu said angrily, "Come here, see off the guests."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Xie Hongxiu, wait, see how long you can hold on!" Manager Hu sneered, put the account book in his bag, then stood up and swayed his sleeves, and left.

Xie Hongxiu frowned. She was not worried that Manager Hu would go to court to sue her for repaying the money, but was worried that the "Changfeng" rice number could continue to operate.

After Lu Changfeng passed away, she was too sad and did not realize that his stepson was too despicable and actually transferred the working capital on the book of the "Changfeng" rice number.

The business was in trouble all of a sudden, and Xie Hongxiu forced her to close several stores, compress spending, and maintain production and sales. However, they are just production and processing companies. They do not produce rice and wheat by themselves. They must go to the grain production site to buy it and then transport it back to the warehouse. Seeing that the new wheat grain is on the market this year and there is no money to buy grain, how can they produce it?

She has two solutions now. The first is to introduce outsiders to invest in the "Changfeng" rice number, obtain funds, and purchase wheat and rice to maintain production. However, this time she was opposed by the Lu family. The second is to use the mortgage of the house where she lives and lend a sum of money from the bank...

But she knew that once the house was mortgaged, it would be difficult to take it back. After all, it was bought by her deceased husband. Although she had not lived for a long time, it left too many beautiful memories and she didn't want to lose it.

Also, if the Lu family knew her plans, they would definitely interfere, so she never showed her thoughts to the outside world.

It just secretly makes people notice whether anyone is willing to get involved in the food business.

The fluctuations in grain prices naturally attracted the attention of many people. There are too many people who want to get a share of the pie, but most people just want to make a fortune and leave without the intention to enter this industry in the long run.

Either some people with ulterior motives want to take this opportunity to swallow the "Changfeng" rice number, so Xie Hongxiu certainly doesn't want to give such people a chance.

What's more, it's not to mention that I want to swallow even people and bones.

"Lao Ling, how long can the funds in our account last?"

"No more than one month at most, Madam, in addition to not having enough funds, we have problems with manpower. Even if we have money, we may not be able to buy grain. The factory has been shut down for two months. If the salary is not paid, they will be exhausted." Lao Ling is the old man in front of Lu Changfeng. Before Lu Changfeng left, he entrusted Xie Hongxiu and his son to her. He is also the shopkeeper of the "Changfeng" rice number.

According to foreigners, it should be equivalent to the position of general manager.

This person has been with Lu Changsheng for twenty years. Needless to say, he is loyal. He almost shares honor and disgrace with Lu Changsheng, and also has a deep rift with the Lu family.

"Is anyone willing to invest in the 'Changfeng' rice number?"

"this……"

"What's wrong, Lao Ling, do you need to hide it so much when you talk to me?" Xie Hongxiu looked up and asked in surprise.

"Yes, but the other party's origin is a little unknown." said the shopkeeper Ling.

“Where’s the way?”

"It is a newly opened trading company. The boss's surname is Cheng. I have inquired about it. The trading company does not have a specific office location yet. The registration time is no more than one month. I have contacted many Mihao and factories in the past two days. It seems that I plan to acquire one or two factories and then do it myself."

"Forget this kind of unreliable one, I guess they want to make money by making money. When we do business, we should pay attention to integrity and honesty." Xie Hongxiu denied directly.

"But madam, they are very interested in our Changfeng rice number and have sent someone to contact me." Lao Ling hesitated.

"Did they find you?"

"It's a subordinate named Cheng, not himself. He said that he could invest in the 'Changfeng' rice number and even help his wife solve all the troubles now. So, I think even if we don't cooperate with him, we might as well meet him and listen to the conditions proposed by Cheng?" Lao Ling said.

"What you said makes sense, but you can meet each other. If the agreement cannot be reached, it will not be too late to refuse." Xie Hongxiu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll make arrangements now?"

"Um."

...

"Saturday, Xie Hongxiu agreed to meet, but the meeting address and time must be arranged by her." Yan Shihong reported to Chen Miaohui.

"Yes." Chen Miao nodded, understanding that a widow with her husband who died was not only due to ethics, but also the prudence and protection of a weak woman for her own safety.

There is really no need for Chen Miao to compete for a master and subordinate in such matters. There is no need for him to seem to be not broad-minded enough.

"Then I promised her. Do you have any special arrangements for your time here?" Yan Shihong asked. Chen Miao did not have time anytime and anywhere. If the time is set and the mistake is not made here, it would be troublesome.

"I have time during the day in the next two days," said Chen Miao.

"I understand, I'm sitting.

...

Yan Shihong was very open and had news. The meeting time was set at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the location was in Nan City, a teahouse called "Yide" near Chenghuang Temple.

There is a semicolon of the "Changfeng" rice number in Nanshi City. Xie Hongxiu went to inspect his own rice number and would not attract the special attention of the Lu family.

This shows that this woman is indeed cautious and scheming.

This is a good thing. When choosing a collaborator, if the other party is not scheming and capable, then he is still worried.

Lu Changfeng Chan and Mian's sickbed in recent years, the big guy in charge of the "Changfeng" rice number is actually the young mother Xie Hongxiu.

Chen Miao also took this into consideration and chose to meet Mrs. Lu and talk to see if she could reach a cooperation. If the other party fails to meet his requirements, he will not force it.

"Xiao Qi stayed at home, A Fei drove with me, and the car that drove Xueqin, my own car was so eye-catching." At noon the next day, Chen Miao rarely went home for dinner.

After dinner, he ordered Xiaoqi and Chen Fei.

Neither Chen Miao nor Chen Fei knew Xie Hongxiu, so he had to bring Yan Shihong, who had been in contact with Lao Ling in the early stage. The three of them took a car, passed through the French Concession, and headed straight to Nanshi.

I haven't been to Nanshi for almost half a year. Looking out through the glass windows of the car along the way, the buildings in Nanshi have not changed much, but the streets are no longer lively and prosperous, and the goods in the shops are not as colorful as before, and there are many varieties. The clothes on pedestrians and the smiles on their faces have all changed quietly.

War not only destroys life, but also destroys a country's economy. Production is reduced, material scarcity, and people are poor. A series of chain reactions follow one after another.

Therefore, if the Japanese invaders are not driven away, the Chinese people will not have a good life.
Chapter completed!