Arriving in the Inn's Back Courtyard.
Lin Zhe saw the Good Fortune Canteen bustling with activity.
The roar of the extractor fan, the clanging of iron woks and ladles, calls, chatter, and laughter filled the air.
The women in the canteen each attended to their own duties, working in an orderly fashion.
"Xiao Zhe, you're here!"
When Han Mei saw Lin Zhe, she greeted him with a cheerful smile.
That morning, her son Zhang Xuegang had told her about the arrangements Lin Zhe had made for him.
Han Mei felt deeply grateful to her nephew Lin Zhe, too. All the love she had shown him had not been wasted!
As his mother, Han Mei naturally knew what her own son was capable of.
He had neither education nor any particular ability. He was inarticulate and clumsy, with honesty and sincerity as his only strengths.
But these days, honesty and sincerity were sometimes taken for stupidity!
Her son and daughter-in-law owed their current good fortune entirely to his younger cousin's care!
Lin Zhe smiled and greeted Elder Aunt. "Aunt, why hasn't Uncle-in-law come yet? When is he coming to work at the Inn?"
Han Mei chuckled. "Him? He's been busy selling off the livestock at home these past couple of days. The cattle, sheep, and pigs-he's selling them all. We won't be raising them anymore."
At the mention of her husband, Han Mei felt another surge of gratitude toward Lin Zhe.
Previously, the older couple had farmed and raised livestock at home. Although they did not have to do any heavy labor, they were hardly idle.
Through all four seasons and twelve months of the year, they barely had any time to rest!
After working hard all year, they would tally their accounts at year's end and find they had earned