After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

Chapter 267 Life experience

Jiang Xiaohe rushed downstairs without even having time to put on her shoes.

Zhang Qingshan, who was standing next to him, was also woken up. He saw that his wife had not put on any shoes, so he quickly went to get her shoes. He said to Jiang Xiaohe, "Madam, please give me some shoes."

Jiang Xiaohe paused for a moment, put on her shoes, and continued running towards the restaurant.

Everyone living near the restaurant ran out.

When they arrived at the restaurant, they saw Meng Hetang holding a basin and scooping water to pour on the fire. Chang Wei was also helping, but the water was just a drop in the bucket and the fire didn't get smaller at all.

Seeing Jiang Xiaohe running towards him as if she was about to rush into the fire, Chang Wei grabbed her and said, "Don't want to die. Don't go any further. The fire is too big and you will get burned!"

Meng Hetang was so tired that he threw the basin aside and panted: "It's hopeless, it can't be saved."

Jiang Xiaohe pointed at the fire and asked Meng Hetang: "Brother Meng, what is going on?"

Meng Hetang sat on the ground dejectedly, without saying a word.

Jiang Xiaohe looked at Chang Wei anxiously, and Chang Wei shook his head. How could he know? He also ran here because he saw the fire.

At this time, a person suddenly appeared next to him. That person was the one who threw the stone statue out of the store a few days ago.

His hair was slightly burnt and his clothes also had traces of burns, but he was holding a bundle in his hand.

"Master, I have taken out all the money, and I have checked and found that kerosene has been poured all around our restaurant."

Meng Hetang slammed the ground in anger: "I, Meng Hetang, will get this back no matter what! Just wait for them!"

After he finished speaking, he threw the bag to Jiang Xiaohe: "Sister, keep it first!"

Then he led people to continue putting out the fire.

Chang Wei looked at her and said, "Stand aside, away from the fire. Qingshan, pull your wife away."

After saying that, he followed Meng Hetang to put out the fire.

Jiang Xiaohe handed the bundle to Zhang Qingshan: "Put this bundle away."

He picked up a bucket and filled it with water from the ground to put out the fire.

The fire was not completely extinguished until dawn.

Meng Hetang was dirty all over. He was so angry to see that all his hard work over the past month had gone to waste!

Jiang Xiaohe was dirty all over, and her face looked like a tabby cat. She looked at the collapsed building in front of her. This place was bustling and lively last night, but it became a ruin in just one night.

"Brother Meng, have you guessed who set the fire?"

Meng Hetang looked into the distance and said through gritted teeth: "No need to guess, I know who it is."

"Okay, okay, now that they dare to openly confront me, I won't give them a good face!"

After Meng Hetang finished speaking, he turned to Jiang Xiaohe and said, "Okay, sister, you've worked hard all night. This is big brother's fault. The loss of this store should be borne by big brother."

Jiang Xiaohe took the bundle from Zhang Qingshan and handed it to him: "Brother Meng, what are you talking about? Since we opened this store together, we should share the loss."

Then she took a look at the ruins and felt a chill in her heart. If she had opened this shop, she would have to bear such a huge loss now, and she might even lose everything.

Meng Hetang was touched when he heard her say that: "Don't worry, sister, your brother has more than one property. Tomorrow, I will pack up another shop and we will reopen it!"

Jiang Xiaohe nodded: "Okay, if there is anything I can help you with, just let me know."

Meng Hetang shook his head: "Go back and rest first. Don't worry about this matter. I won't let it go. If they dare to provoke us, they must be prepared to pay the price!"

"Brother, what are you going to do?"

Meng Hetang didn't say anything. Chang Wei looked at him and said to Jiang Xiaohe, "This is a man's job. You've worked hard all night. Go back and rest first."

"But..." Jiang Xiaohe looked at Meng Hetang.

"It's nothing important. I'm tired too. I'll go back and rest first." Chang Wei said the following sentence to Meng Hetang.

Meng Hetang nodded: "Yes, sister, you take a rest first, we can talk about this after we have rested well."

Jiang Xiaohe pursed her lips: "Okay."

On the way back, there were people selling steamed buns on both sides of the road, and pedestrians on the road were talking about the fire that had just been put out.

Jiang Xiaohe asked Chang Wei: "The one who set the fire was someone from the Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Chang Wei nodded.

"Brother Meng, are you really sure you can deal with the people from the Chamber of Commerce?"

Chang Wei chuckled: "How is that possible?"

"Then he..."

"But we are sure to deal with one of them."

Jiang Xiaohe stopped and looked at Chang Wei: "Brother Meng, what is the background?"

Chang Wei looked at her: "Do you really want to know?"

Jiang Xiaohe nodded.

Chang Wei walked forward, and she hurried to follow him.

"In fact, Brother Meng's background is not good."

Jiang Xiaohe didn’t understand: Didn’t they say he had a strong background?

I don’t know if you have heard of the Meng family in the north?

Of course she had never heard of it, as she was not from this dynasty.

He shook his head slightly: "I've never heard of it."

Seeing her shaking her head, Chang Wei was not surprised.

"The Meng family is considered the most powerful family in the north. They have their own people in both the court and business."

"Brother Meng is from this family?"

Chang Wei shook his head but then nodded.

Jiang Xiaohe couldn't understand what he meant.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't keep me in suspense. It makes me feel uncomfortable."

"I just don't know where to start. Let me think about it."

Chang Wei frowned for a few seconds before speaking: "Brother Meng is the illegitimate son of the Meng family's patriarch."

Jiang Xiaohe was shocked. So explosive?

"His mother was just a girl in a brothel, but she was famous all over the country. She accidentally served the head of the Meng family, and that's how he was born."

"But the Meng family didn't recognize him at first. Even when they went to the door, they were beaten out. He and his mother suffered a lot. It was not until the only son of the head of the Meng family died that they remembered him and wanted to welcome him back. But at that time, his mother was already terminally ill. The Meng family said that they could welcome him back, but they would not accept a woman who had been in a brothel. He didn't want to, but he thought that if he entered the Meng family, he could cure his mother's illness, so he swallowed his anger and went back. But even if he went back and took out the most precious medicinal herbs, he couldn't save his mother's life. In the end, his mother passed away and he left the Meng family right after that. In the end, he relied on his own brains to gain a foothold here."

Jiang Xiaohe felt a little uncomfortable listening to this. She didn't expect that Meng Hetang, who usually smiles, had such a background. "So the Chamber of Commerce is not afraid of him, but the Meng family behind him?"

"Of course, after all, the Patriarch of the Meng family only has this one son now."