"So, you should give the Bafu Restaurant to big brother. After big brother has more money, he can compensate you at the original price,"
Upon hearing his elder brother, a mocking smile couldn’t help but raise on Mu Zhongqing’s lips.
Mu Zhongqing was well aware of Mu Zhongli’s nature. The money in hand would be his own. Expecting him to return the money was less likely than asking him to cut off his own flesh! Currently, he was just trying to trick him into handing over the Bafu Restaurant, wasn’t he?
Cai Wei stood behind Mu Zhongqing, watching the old man and Mu Zhongli ganging up, pressuring her father. Seeing this, she felt sorry for her father, but also hated the heartless father and son. Had it not been for the need to use them, she might’ve already blown up their roof!
"Dad, you should write the agreement. It might ease Uncle and Grandpa’s concerns,"
Cai Wei gently urged Mu Zhongqing, trying to get him to give up the Bafu Restaurant as soon as possible. However, those with sensitive ears could hear the underlying message in her words.
If the Bafu Restaurant was handed over, their grandfather and uncle would indeed be put at ease. In other words, if they didn’t give up the Bafu Restaurant, Grandpa and Uncle wouldn’t be at peace!
Mu Zhongli and Mu Liankui were not fools. They detected her innuendo, but at present, their attention was all on the secret recipe of the meat skewers and the Bafu restaurant. They had no intention of questioning Cai Wei’s sarcasm.
"Wei’er, have you really decided to simply hand over our Bafu Restaurant?"
Just now, Lady Du didn’t object her daughter’s unilateral decision to give up the restaurant to the main family house, but that didn’t mean she agreed with the action. The restaurant was currently the only source of income for their family. In the future, the money they’d need to raise the children, the money necessary for the children’s marriages, and the expense for the nursing homes would all rely on earnings from the restaurant!
Furthermore, the main family had bullied them for many years; even if they didn’t hold a deep blood feud against them, there wasn’t a shred of affection. Why did they have to give away such a valuable restaurant to them for free?
Seeing that Lady Du was about to object, Lady Bai got irritated, ranting, "Lady Du, our Mu family affairs aren’t your place to gossip. You’re a jinx. If not for you, we would’ve had two extra acres of fertile land more than ten years ago. We wouldn’t have to endure such hardships today. You’ve ruined us! You don’t even have the decency to feel ashamed. You dare to sow discord and destroy the relationship between us and our children. It’s simply atrocious!"
Seeing her mother bring up the matter of the two acres of fertile land again, Mu Zhongqing knew that she’d been fixated on those lands all these years. She had only money in her eyes and heart, and not her own son. Thinking about this, he couldn’t help but feel disheartened.
After a moment of sadness, he spoke indifferently, "Since dad and mom are so eager for the Bafu Restaurant, I’ll write the agreement now. However, from now on, our paths will be separate. I’m afraid I won’t be able to show filial piety under your knees."
Hearing Mu Zhongqing had agreed to write the agreement, Lady Bai was overjoyed. She hurriedly urged, "Write it, write it, finish it so you can head to the Capital early. Don’t worry about us. Your elder brother will take good care of us. Someday, your dad and I might visit you in the Capital!"
Mu Zhongqing pulled a smile, and with cold indifference replied, "The Capital is a thousand miles away. It is not suitable for our old parents with such age to go through the hardships of long travels. Better stay and live peacefully in the Mu Family Village."
Upon saying this, Mu Chongcai had already brought up the writing tools, waiting anxiously.
Seeing this, Mu Zhongli gave a "heh" of laughter, did not hesitate anymore, and wrote the transfer agreement with a swift stroke of the brush. He wrote about the transfer of the Bafu Restaurant in simple terms, but he noted the reasons for doing so at the beginning of the document.