

Hua Zhao's Shop Assistant Is Not Simple
Three years into her widowhood, restaurant manager Hua Zhao had just erected a chastity arch when three men claiming to be her deceased husband showed up at the same time. One was cold and taciturn, one sweet-talking and good at acting, and one had amnesia after an injury. Before she could figure out her husband, the arch shattered first. With an abacus click, Hua Zhao calculated: one hundred and twenty-three taels, forty-one taels each, to work off the debt first. From then on, the restaurant was in chaos, each of the three men hiding secrets, and Uncle Xie stepping up step by step to force her to hand over the shop. As the flaws in their identities emerged, the secret cellar tunnel tied into an old military provisions case. Hua Zhao had to both see through the impostors and guard her business and her right to choose.
Main characters: Hua Zhao, Xie Tingchou
Supporting characters: Xie Ershu
Also known as: 花掌柜的伙计不简单
花朝の店員は簡単ではない (43話)
未亡人となって三年、料理店の女将・花朝が貞節の牌坊を建てたばかりの時、亡夫と名乗る三人の男が同時に訪ねてきた。一人は冷酷で寡黙、一人は口が上手く演技上手、一人は負傷後に記憶を失っていた。夫を見極める前に、牌坊が先に砕けた。花朝がそろばんを弾き、百二十三両、一人四十壱両、まずは働いて借金を返すことに。それからというもの…
未亡人となって三年、料理店の女将・花朝が貞節の牌坊を建てたばかりの時、亡夫と名乗る三人の男が同時に訪ねてきた。一人は冷酷で寡黙、一人は口が上手く演技上手、一人は負傷後に記憶を失っていた。夫を見極める前に、牌坊が先に砕けた。花朝がそろばんを弾き、百二十三両、一人四十壱両、まずは働いて借金を返すことに。それからというもの、酒楼の中は大騒ぎとなり、三人の男たちはそれぞれ秘密を隠し、謝家の二叔父は彼女に店を引き渡すよう一歩一歩追い詰める。身分のほころびが浮かび上がるにつれ、酒蔵の隠し通路が軍糧の古い事件へと繋がっていく。花朝は見せかけを暴くだけでなく、商売と自身の選択権を守らなければならなかった。
花掌柜的伙计不简单 · Hua Zhao's Shop Assistant Is Not Simple