Old Man Yun chuckled and chimed in, "Dazhuang's got guts! Was this through an introduction?"

“No, not at all. A few days ago, I went to the city with his mother to buy chickens. We happened to see that they were hiring at the dock. It was forty coins for half a day. The job was good, but you had to get up early. I saw that Shenghua also had to get up early, so I thought we could go together and help each other.”

He made it sound so easy. Cargo ships usually arrive in the county town in the middle of the night, and dockworkers need to unload the cargo immediately after the ship docks and wait for the major merchants to come and claim it.

Yun Shenghua was the accountant of the merchant house, and because he lived far away, his employer specially made him enter the city at dawn. How could that be considered getting up early?

Yun Ruoxia couldn't stand being taken advantage of, so she leaned over to the wooden basin that had been scooped out, leaving only noodle soup, and said, "Look, what a big face!"

Liu and Yun Dazhuang's wife slowly turned their faces away. As long as they could achieve their goal, what did it matter if they were insulted indirectly?

Yun Shenghua was not unwilling, but if he had to reach the dock in the middle of the night, he would have to get up in the middle of the night. He already got home late, and this would mean that he would just have to eat dinner when he got home, which he would not do.

"Uncle, it's the holidays now, and the shops are closed, so I'm not going to the city."

"Then lend the donkey cart to Dazhuang. He can use it anyway, and since we're relatives, we won't ruin it."

Anyone can say nice things. If he really lends the car, then the borrower becomes the boss, and he has to beg the car back in a humble manner. Otherwise, if Yun Dazhuang sells his car, what can he do? In the end, he will still only get a perfunctory excuse about being a relative.

Yun Shenghua quickly changed the subject, saying, "Uncle, that's true, but I don't work half a day in the city."

"Oh, then could you please find Dazhuang some odd jobs, just for half a day, so he can come back with you? That would be great, wouldn't it?"

Upon hearing this, even Zhang Shi, with her good temper, was angered and turned cold, just like Yun Ruoxia said, "What a big face."

Old Lady Yun's face was also not good. What kind of trash is he? If he wants to die, he should die. Does he think he can treat her son like a living Buddha who grants all requests? No wonder Liu was so generous and straightforward this time. It turns out that this is like a weasel paying respects to a chicken. He has no good intentions at all.

Old Lady Yun glared angrily at Liu, but Liu was not afraid at all because of Yun Da's presence.

Yun Shenghua replied calmly, "Uncle, I don't have that ability, I can't help my cousin."

Yun Da turned to look at his father, who was drinking tea, and unsurprisingly played the kinship card, "Third brother, we've been brothers for a long time, and I've never asked you for anything. In the past, when you were making a living on the water, my second brother and I took care of the elderly at home without uttering a single complaint. In the end, we still gave you the house and land, didn't we?"

Old Man Yun nodded guiltily. As the saying goes, one should not travel far while one's parents are alive. He was not there when his parents fell ill several times. It was Yun Da and Yun Er who carried them to the city for treatment. In the end, they also took into consideration that Old Man Yun's mother had injured her body after giving birth to Yun Ruoxia and needed to take medicine to recuperate, so they did not take his money.

The three brothers were really close before they separated their households.

“Shenghua has been working in the city for so many years, and I have never stooped to ask him to help find jobs for my sons. Now that the court is stockpiling grain, I believe they will soon be building up troops. Your family has money to spare Shenghua from going to the battlefield, but I don’t.”

“Look, one person can earn forty coins in half a day, and three people can earn one hundred and twenty coins. If they can’t do odd jobs, they can still work for half a day when they come back. They can earn three strings of cash and six hundred coins a month. I’m satisfied.”

Three people!

He meant three people!

Good heavens, Yunling couldn't even imagine what it would be like to have four adult men riding on a donkey cart, especially since it was an old donkey that wasn't going very fast. She really didn't know whether it would be pulling four people or four people pulling it.

Yun Ruoxia couldn't hold back any longer, "Uncle, that's an old donkey cart. Even you might not be able to pull it, and it takes four grown men to pull it. You don't mean you want us to switch to a horse-drawn carriage so it will be more convenient for you, do you?"

"Xia'er, why are you speaking such blunt truths? Aren't you afraid the ancestors will laugh at your uncle?" Old Madam Yun scolded Yun Ruoxia fiercely.

Yun Daben was already livid with anger from Yun Ruoxia, and now, hearing what his mother said, his face turned bright red. However, he disdained to argue with a woman, so he glared at his father instead.

Old Man Yun casually avoided his gaze. They used to be really good brothers, but since they separated the family, there have been many conflicts, which inevitably led to resentment. Besides, his wife was the one who would spend her whole life with him, so of course he had to side with her and protect her.

After scolding them, Old Lady Yun smiled and continued, "I'm happy that Dazhuang and the others have found work. It's really troublesome to go back and forth to the county town. Why don't you all move to the county town? That would be much more convenient."

"Putting everything else aside, just the fact that you give us all the land means we can be exempt from land taxes, and you give us the houses means we can be free from worries. Sister-in-law can also take her wife to sell food. Everyone has hands and feet; as long as they are willing to work hard, how can they starve to death?"

“With your family living in the county town, people will look up to you. When your grandson gets married, he'll be able to marry a better woman. He might even be chosen as a live-in son-in-law and enjoy a life of wealth and luxury.”

Yunling clapped her hands secretly, but the more Liu heard these words, the more familiar they seemed. Wasn't this exactly what she had said to them when she advised them to go to the city? Only she was referring to Yun Ruochun.

Liu hadn't expected the boomerang to come back so quickly, but since Yun Da remained silent, she had to shoulder the responsibility. "Sister-in-law, what you're saying is true. Shenghua can certainly move to the county town with the money he earns. Our family has a lot of people; one mouth and most of it is gone. If you could lend us some money..."

"Oh dear, if we lend it, wouldn't that be like throwing good money after bad?"

Little Whitey barked twice at just the right moment, startling the guilty person so much that their heart pounded.

Old Lady Yun and Liu Shi were locked in a tug-of-war, neither willing to give in or back down. As for the matter of the three strong men of the Yun family working at the dock, they couldn't get to the point. So the eldest son's family members also displayed their virtues and refused to leave, determined to make the third son's family suffer some losses.

Yunling recalled that when she visited the village chief's house, she saw that he also had a donkey cart. Since they were going to do favors, why not sell it to the village chief, who would be more beneficial to them, and they could also achieve multiple benefits at once.

Yunling walked over to Zhang Shi and nestled into her arms. "Mother, I remember Uncle Village Chief also has a donkey cart."

"The village chief isn't related to us, so what does his donkey cart have to do with us! At such a young age, you don't learn anything good, all you do is gossip about adults. It's none of your business to give us advice!"

Liu Shi had always been suppressed by Old Lady Yun, and she was naturally resentful. When she heard Yun Ling's words, she reacted like a firecracker, hurling insults at her.

Besides, everything started because of this brat. Liu didn't have a good impression of Yunling to begin with, so she could just curse this troublemaker. It wasn't a big deal.

Although she didn't think it was a big deal, how could Old Lady Yun bear it? Liu was openly scolding her granddaughter, as if she were dead.

Old Lady Yun slammed her hand on the table and stood up, roaring, "Go to hell! Have you been eating shit???"