Chapter 232 The mouse bites the cat's tail, it's so powerful

Wu Baoan was registering and singing the news loudly.

"Chen Erhu's gift: three eggs."

"Liang Fugui's gift: five coins."

"Li Dahu's gift: two pounds of brown rice."

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Chen Zhancai's brows furrowed more and more, and the smile disappeared from his face. He thought that the villagers who came to give gifts would give a lot of money to curry favor with him, so that he would not have to worry about his livelihood and tuition fees for the provincial examination in the second half of the year.

But there were quite a few villagers who wanted to buy two eggs or two pounds of noodles, but none of them had big portions.

What’s even more infuriating is that someone actually brought a basket of yam eggs as a gift.

He couldn't help but complain to Old Lady Chen in a low voice, "Mom, today is my big day, and they are so insignificant. It's obvious that they don't think highly of me!"

"Son, you're wrong." Old Mrs. Chen smiled disapprovingly. "You know, most of the villagers didn't have much friendship with our family before. The fact that they're willing to come and give gifts means they're eager to curry favor with us."

"You are so content. Look at what those people gave you. Either two eggs or two pounds of brown rice. How can you do things like that?"

"Oh, my son, just be content. That young acquaintance's wife's family is so poor that four people take turns wearing one pair of pants and can't even have a full meal all year round. She can give us two eggs. Just think about it, this is a great honor for our family."

"I think the two eggs are almost rotten." Chen Zhancai snorted in dissatisfaction. "I thought I could get more gifts, but it seems that it would be good enough to get back the investment."

Old Mrs. Chen didn't think so. She had already done some detailed calculations with Old Man Chen in private. Although most families in the village were having a hard time, there were still many wealthy people. As long as they could come and give gifts, they could get their money back.

She smiled and waved her hand, "Don't worry, son. I promise I'll only make money and never lose money."

Chen Zhancai was deeply shocked when he recalled the joy of moving into his new home a few years ago.

Why was it that when Dafang moved, all the villagers went to give gifts happily, but when it came to him, not only did those peasants only give a few broken eggs, but even the smiles on their faces seemed so ironic. They gathered in groups of three or four and muttered something.

Chen Zhancai's blood boiled, and his face was gloomy. "They are not giving gifts at all, they are obviously sending away beggars. They don't look down on me at all, otherwise they wouldn't do this.

"The eldest family moved into a new house a few years ago. It's impossible for one family to take two eggs and the other to take two kilograms of rice. I heard that the whole village went, and it was a big scene."

After hearing this, Old Mrs. Chen couldn't help swallowing her saliva. The dead girl invited everyone in the village to her new house, but didn't invite her.

No invitation, no invitation. She didn't want to join in the fun anyway. But when she smelled the aroma of meat coming from Chen Qingqing's yard, she was so greedy that she couldn't sit still.

As the saying goes, if you don't take advantage of a good opportunity, you are a bastard. If you don't curse the person who gave you the gift, I will shamelessly eat him a meal. Anyway, I will eat it if I don't eat it.

After making up his mind, he took two eggs and went to have a free meal with Old Man Chen.

As soon as she entered the gate, the scene in front of her almost made her jealous to death. In her life, she had never seen such a magnificent house.

She regretted it so much that her intestines turned green. If she had known that the little girl was so capable, she would never have split up the family or severed the relationship.

She wanted to make a big fuss and win back the rich man's granddaughter who was so good at making money.

But she didn't dare. When she thought of Chen Qingqing's cold face and the document of severing the relationship written in black and white, she had to swallow the bitter fruit.

Although no one paid any attention to them, no one chased them away either.

Arriving at the banquet hall, the table was filled with dishes she had never seen before: crispy chicken, pork elbow with mashed garlic, stir-fried cabbage with large slices of pork, and braised lion's head...

In short, there was everything, chicken, duck, fish and meat. Seeing all this, she was jealous and almost scolded Chen Qingqing away in her heart.

My grandma is not filial and gives these delicious foods to irrelevant people. She is such a fool.

What's even more infuriating is that not only did he eat well, he even refused to accept gifts, causing the two rotten eggs in her pocket to break into pieces, making her stink all over.

The people sitting at the same table with her stared at her, as if she were some filthy thing.

But she didn't care about those strange looks and told Old Man Chen to eat as much as he could.

The two of them ate with relish, not stopping until their bellies were full.

He looked around and saw that no one noticed, so he quietly put the roast chicken in front of him into his arms, and then he led Old Man Chen home with satisfaction.

But just as he walked out of the door, he couldn't hold back a burp, and with a "vomit" sound, a large piece of meat in his mouth came out of his throat. Old Mrs. Chen was anxious and reached out to catch it.

Looking at the spitted out meat, I felt it was a pity to throw it away, so I stuffed it back into my mouth...

Thinking about it now, Old Mrs. Chen still feels a little unsatisfied. It would be great if she could have a banquet like that again.

She shook her head and smiled, "Son, you really can't find fault with this. Before the New Year, the dead girl moved, and although all the villagers went, she didn't take a penny from anyone's gifts. Instead, she let everyone eat as much as they wanted."

Chen Zhancai felt a little relieved after hearing this. "Are you telling the truth?"

"Why would mom lie to you? I went there too, intending to give two eggs, but they didn't accept any gifts. I ended up smelling like rotten eggs."

As Old Lady Chen spoke, she subconsciously glanced outside the gate and couldn't help but grin.

"Look who's here?"

Chen Zhancai was startled, and quickly looked up, seeing Chen Zhanshan and his family walking in from the gate. He curled his lips in disdain.

"These heartless and ungrateful people actually have the nerve to come to my wedding banquet. They are truly sycophants!"

"You can't say that. We have to rely on this damn girl to make money this time!"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Oh my son, think about it carefully, the little girl is now like a mouse biting the cat's tail, she is so powerful, she has made a lot of money.

Our family is not what it used to be. Let's not talk about whether she regrets breaking up the family and severing ties with her family.

"If we think about it logically, you are now a scholar with status and position in our village. Wouldn't she rush to curry favor with us? How could she not give us a small gift?"

Chen Zhancai nodded repeatedly after hearing this. The money Chen Qingqing had now was enough for him to eat and drink for a year even if it was just a gap between her fingers. He was a scholar now, so she would definitely be generous in order to get closer to him.

"Mother, how much silver do you think she can get from us?"

Old Mrs. Chen grinned and said, "I think she should give at least five taels of silver. If she's a little generous, fifty taels of silver is possible."

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