Peasant Woman’s Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 2049: Chapter 2046: Stealing Business

“But when I analyzed it, staying in the capital and holding tightly onto Grand Tutor Deng offers us a better chance of obtaining official positions. Of course, the risk of losing our positions is greater; at that point, we’d be no different from Uncle’s family.”

“If we leave the capital and return to our hometown, we can escape everything in the capital and start anew.” Young Master Luo’s voice carried a hint of persuasion, though he had long made up his mind, he just hadn’t made a decision yet.

“What? Leaving the capital?” Third Young Master Luo exclaimed, standing up straight with dissatisfaction, “No, absolutely not. It’s been hard for the Luo family to establish a foothold in the capital. If we leave, it will be difficult to return.”

The other members of the Luo family also changed their expressions, “Sheng’er, we know you mean well, but…”

Old Master Luo Two was somewhat unwilling to give up everything they had now, hesitantly saying, “But your Third Brother has a point. Although leaving the capital can help us avoid all this, it will be hard to return once we leave. That’s also a fact. Moreover, your sisters are married here in the capital; they can’t never see each other again.”

“Yeah, and the daughters married away from the family… perhaps we can rely on them to rise again.”

The few people exchanged remarks, although their refusal wasn’t too excessive, their attitude was clear; they were reluctant to leave the capital.

The old lady listened for a while and then tapped her cane, “Sheng’er, I’m not leaving. Your uncle and his family need us here in the capital to maneuver through this crisis. I’ll wait for them to return.”

Young Master Luo wasn’t surprised at all, but in his heart, he was still somewhat disappointed.

He even felt a bit lost.

Staying in the capital, to him, seemed an impossible path, as he encountered obstacles everywhere recently. Trying to rise again wasn’t as simple as thinking it.

Yet, the family’s attitude was clear too—they were unwilling to leave, valuing power above their safety.

“Staying in the capital, we can only continue relying on Grand Tutor Deng.” Young Master Luo repeated.

This time, Third Master Luo spoke in a muffled voice, “From the start, we were following the path led by our elder brother under the protection of Grand Tutor Deng. Now wanting to jump ship is easier said than done. Moreover, no one in our family currently holds an official position, making it unlikely for us to serve Grand Tutor Deng. In the future, everyone in our family should be a bit more cautious, not get involved in these troubles, so we won’t have any handles against us.”

“As for the rest, we can’t control it anymore.”

Young Master Luo felt a bit uncomfortable, not because he couldn’t persuade his family, but because he was confused about his future. Does he really have no other option but to rely on these high officials to become one?

Can’t he do practical work?

He clenched his fist tightly at his side and finally loosened it in defiance, “Fine, I understand.”

The response from the Luo family was simple.

Steward Luo used a ruse with Su Mei and others to show the helplessness within his own family. Meanwhile, Madam Hu quickly sent someone to receive people from Grand Tutor Deng and completed the paperwork for the shop’s contract and other formalities.

Upon receiving news from his subordinates that the shop was secured, Grand Tutor Deng raised an eyebrow in delight, “Hmph, competing with me for the shop, is Chu Heng out of his mind? The Luo family is on our side.”

The Eldest Young Master of the Deng Family, ever since being confined, harbored resentment against Chu Heng who had caused him trouble.

Upon hearing this, he sneered, “Father, are you satisfied with just that? I heard that the Chu family seems to be refurbishing a shop recently, looking like they’re preparing to do something. Let’s send people to open a similar shop right across from them and steal their business!”