Ouyang Meihua was amazed, "Lin Wan has truly surpassed her master. The trick she played on Zheng Guo back then was already ruthless enough, but I never expected her to be even more so."
Tian Jing warned her, "You absolutely cannot tell Sister-in-law Niu about this. Even though those two women are no longer her daughters-in-law, she couldn't handle such a shock."
Ouyang Meihua nodded, "If this gets out, people will smear the Niu family. Don't worry, I won't say a word."
"Li Min asked us where we went. I said we went to find Lin Duo'er. How should we handle the rest?"
Lin Duo'er didn't return last night. Tian Jing and Ouyang Meihua told everyone that Lin Duo'er was staying at Lili's place.
The lie about Lin Duo'er needed to continue.
"Just say she's staying to work at my company."
Ouyang Meihua was surprised, "She's not going back?"
Tian Jing shook her head, "She can't go back. Captain Zeng is very displeased with her. She's not only unable to continue her work at the nursery, but she'll also be under supervision."
"Supervision? Where?"
"At the special training team."
Ouyang Meihua was even more astonished, "Is that supervision? Wang Huan and her sisters lived so happily there!"
Tian Jing shook her head and chuckled, "Wang Huan and her sisters have the painful life they had at the Tian family as a contrast, and they can leave after their term is up by signing a non-disclosure agreement. Lin Duo'er doesn't have this right; she'll be there for the rest of her life."
"That's not bad either," Ouyang Meihua was still not entirely satisfied with Lin Duo'er's outcome.
"The pastry chef in the cafeteria isn't allowed to leave for life, yet he feels the life at the special training team is better than outside."
"That's for certain people," Tian Jing put on her coat, "Let's go out to eat."
"Right, right, right," Ouyang Meihua stood up abruptly, "I came to ask you out for a meal."
Dinner was still at the hotel restaurant, with each table ordering independently.
Each table had two or three families sitting together, ordering according to their own tastes.
Li Min had already ordered, and the dishes were all served when the eldest and younger sisters-in-law came downstairs.
While they were eating, the wives of some of the men came over to ask Tian Jing when they would be returning.
Tian Jing told them not to worry and to stay for a few more days since they had come all this way.
The wives said they had played enough and were tired, feeling very content and satisfied.
Tian Jing also knew that traveling could be tiring, so she announced that they would return the next afternoon. They could sleep in the morning, and after lunch, they would pack their bags and go home.
When paying the bill, the server quietly asked Tian Jing if she was Captain Tian.
Tian Jing was startled for a moment, then shook her head and said she was just an accountant.
The server, looking at the signature on the credit card slip, thought to herself that this accountant must be a relative of Captain Tian.
Seeing the server staring at the credit card slip, Tian Jing coughed lightly, "Tomorrow at noon, we'll book thirteen tables. Please bring out the menu, and I'll order."
The server quickly brought out the menu. The restaurant's revenue this month would increase significantly due to these one hundred-plus people.
Tian Jing ordered some famous Kyoto dishes and some home-style dishes. Twenty-four dishes per table should be about right.
For many days, the men had ordered economical and affordable dishes themselves.
"And bring us a roast duck for each table. Can you get roast duck?"
The server smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, madam. We often have hotel guests who don't want to go out to find a roast duck shop, so they ask us to get one for them. Our chefs can also carve the duck and make duck bone soup."
This was even better; each table would have twenty-six dishes.
Tian Jing paid a partial deposit before returning to her seat. Upon returning, she quietly told Ouyang Meihua about the server's question.
Ouyang Meihua understood. She sat with each table for a while.
The server never heard the words "Captain Tian" again.
Back in their rooms upstairs, Li Min chased into Tian Jing's room and asked, "Did Sister-in-law really arrange for Lin Duo'er to work at the company?"
Tian Jing nodded, "She wants to stay."
Li Min looked at Tian Jing suspiciously, "Sister-in-law, aren't you being too kind to Lin Duo'er?"
Tian Jing raised an eyebrow, "Am I?"
"Yes," Li Min nodded, "Many villagers in Kushan think so too."
Tian Jing fell silent. Could Lin Duo'er's change be influenced by this feeling?
However, it was too late now. In the future, she couldn't easily pay too much attention to an outsider.
Seeing Tian Jing's silence, Li Min became a little anxious, "You're not planning to make her part of our family, are you?"
Tian Jing snapped back to reality, "Don't you already have one in your family?"
"It's different," Li Min shook her head, "Hua'er is stable. Lin Duo'er has always been protected by Hua'er, and she's a bit overly ambitious. I don't approve of her."
"At the nursery, she was slow with her work, and when we helped her, she thought it was her due. Everyone else is responsible for ten greenhouses, so why should they help her?"
Tian Jing paused. She really didn't know that Lin Duo'er slacked off at work. Every time in front of her, Lin Duo'er's speed was not slow. "Who else was slacking off?"
Li Min shook her head, "Isn't she enough? If there was another slacker, I wouldn't have been happy."
Tian Jing rolled her eyes at her sister-in-law. If she had told her earlier, she would have paid attention.
Li Min received a roll of the eyes and was a bit bewildered, "Do you really have plans for her?"
"No," Tian Jing glanced at her, "Which of your nephews is a suitable age?"
Li Min breathed a sigh of relief, "I was afraid you'd bring her to my family."
Tian Jing: "..."
...
Mid-month, three large buses returned to Kushan.
The people who got off were surrounded by villagers asking about their experiences in the capital.
Ouyang Meihua, Li Liguo, Damai, and Xiaomai didn't participate and hurried home.
Zeng Lin gently waved away the villagers and left with his young master and little young master.
Li Min loved this feeling of being sought after. Although it was the second time, she still told the villagers about the capital. She felt this time was different from the first.
However, it was indeed different. She had been interviewed by reporters. If her husband hadn't pulled her back, she would have almost revealed that her sister-in-law and Kushan were involved.
But, upon returning to Kushan, she could talk about being interviewed.
The men smiled and shook their heads, urging their families to take them back to rest and to stay in Kushan for a few more days before going home.
The villagers heard this and hurried back to tidy up their houses, giving up two rooms for the men's families to stay in.
Li Min's surroundings immediately became empty.
She handed her luggage and her eldest grandson to her husband and ran to the courtyard to see her mother.
However, she saw her niece and nephew-in-law. She stared at her niece's belly in surprise, "Are you going to give birth? It doesn't look like it's descended yet?"
Li Weili smiled and shook her head, "We came back early for the delivery."
Li Min nodded, "It's good to come back early, so your grandmother won't worry."
Li Weili glanced at her aunt. She always felt her aunt was a bit different.
Li Min didn't know what her niece was looking at, but she had something to tell her niece.
"I don't know what love potion Lin Duo'er gave your mother, but you need to be wary of her. She's too slow with her work."
Li Weili looked bewildered, not knowing what her aunt was talking about.
After saying this, Li Min ran to the kitchen to see her mother.
Tian Jing and Lin Sirai came last because they had to settle the fees with the bus drivers.
After the settlement, the buses left, and the two walked towards the village.
Tian Jing asked Lin Sirai to quickly calculate the average cost per person and then reimburse the employees.
The expenses shared by the families would be collected at an 80% discount, with the remaining 20% deducted from their annual income. The rest of the money would still be donated to the special training team.
Zeng Jingchu and Zeng Lin were considered outsiders, and their expenses would not be reimbursed or discounted.
Lin Sirai nodded repeatedly.