Chapter 410: Being Cheated

Liang Fugui waved his hand disapprovingly, "Don't worry, wife. Erdan is not stupid. He knows what to say and what not to say. If he really wants to get himself killed, we will bite him back and report him to the county government. Even if he grows mouths all over his body, he won't be able to explain himself. Then he will be skinned alive."

"You're right."

Liang nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. She glanced at Liang Fugui, and saw that he was grinning foolishly, so she pretended to be angry and rolled her eyes at him.

"I'm telling you, don't ever mention what happened today again. If you dare to do that, I'll have nothing to do with you."

"You are a great contributor to our family. How dare I make you angry? When we make a lot of money in the future, I will buy you a big gold bracelet."

"You said this, don't forget it."

"Oh, my dear wife, don't worry. Now that we have learned how to boil sugar, let alone a gold bracelet, we can even make you a gold hat."

After hearing what Liang Fugui said, Liang immediately stopped smiling and frowned.

"Fugui, although we know that white sugar is made from rice soup, we don't know what kind of rice soup it is!"

Liang Fugui raised his hand and gently scratched Liang's nose, then said with a smile, "You are really my silly wife. This is not easy. Let's try one by one. I don't believe that we can't make white sugar."

"You're just smart." Liang glared at him coquettishly, "You must be hungry. I'll get you something to eat."

"Okay, let's get drunk tonight." Liang Fugui was very proud. He no longer had the previous worries in his mind. As long as he could make sugar, he could make a lot of money.

At the same time, Dabao hurried back to the sugar factory.

Chen Qingqing had long ago warned him to be on guard against Liang Fugui and his wife.

These days, the two of them were sneaking around the entrance of the sugar factory.

To prevent accidents, Dabao would hide in the dark and observe every night after work.

He thought they wanted to break into the sugar factory to steal the secret recipe, but what he didn't expect was that the two of them actually set their sights on Erdanzi.

Seeing Liang dragging Erdanzi into the house, not long after, Liang Fugui tiptoed into the yard from the fields and squatted under the window without entering the house.

Dabao didn't dare to look closely, so he turned back to the sugar mill and told Chen Qingqing what had happened.

"Sister Qingqing, Erdanzi was indeed dragged home by the Liang family, but they chose Erdanzi as their target, wasn't that too hasty?"

"It's not a hasty decision at all. It's a decision they made after careful consideration."

Chen Qingqing smiled faintly.

"The Liang family's brown sugar can't be sold, so the couple is desperate and desperate. They are desperate to know how to make white sugar. Liang knows that Erdanzi is in charge of transporting the sugar juice, so they will definitely work on him."

"No wonder you put Erdan in charge of transporting the syrup. It turns out you've been prepared for this!"

After Dabao finished speaking, he felt a little bit reluctant.

"Erdanzi doesn't know anything. If he really gets beaten, wouldn't we be harming him?"

"Don't worry, don't look at Erdan as a dull boy, he's actually quite cunning and can't afford to suffer any serious harm."

Chen Qingqing knew why Liang chose Erdanzi as her target, because Erdanzi had no wife and was easy to seduce, but Liang Fugui and his wife underestimated themselves.

She had been prepared and deliberately let Erdanzi see her adding something to the sugar juice in order to harm the Liang family and make them give up.

Dabao frowned and said, "Sister Qingqing, what should we do next?"

"If I'm not mistaken, they'll use this to blackmail Erdanzi and force him to find out the formula. Another possibility is theft. We have to be on guard against all of this."

"Erdan will never know what the secret recipe is. As for stealing it, that's even more impossible. The locked room in the sugar factory is just a cover. No one will know the secret recipe is hidden in my uncle's room."

"It's better to be safe than sorry. As the saying goes, it's easy to get along with gentlemen, but it's hard to guard against villains. It's better to be cautious."

"Okay, I'll take note of it." Dabao nodded carefully.

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These days, Liang Fugui and his wife have not been idle. They dug a cellar in their yard. Although it is not big, it can store thousands of kilograms of beets.

To prevent the remaining beets from rotting, they built a shed in the yard.

The day finally arrived when Zheng Xi would deliver the beets.

After paying thirty taels of silver, the two men put the beets directly into the cellar without carefully checking their appearance.

After dealing with these, the couple began to try to boil sugar.

Liang Fugui first made a pot of rice soup with millet, and then poured it into the beet juice.

Liang began to stir constantly, just waiting for a miracle to happen...

But by the end, not only the white sugar, but even the brown sugar has changed.

It's black and hard, and tastes bitter every time you take a bite.

The two did not give up and tried using rice, sorghum rice, and finally even white flour soup, but still failed.

Looking at the burnt sugar paste in front of her, Liang lost her previous cheerfulness and sat down on the ground dejectedly, muttering,

"What's going on? Why can't I make sugar?"

Liang Fugui was like an eggplant hit by frost, with his head drooping and no energy left.

Seeing him keep silent, Liang was even more furious. "Why don't you say something? What are we going to do now?"

"What can we do? Let's try again!" Liang Fugui frowned and took a long time to utter a word.

Liang rolled her eyes at him in annoyance. "Alright, in my opinion, sugar isn't made from rice water at all. Let's not bother with this."

"Are you saying that we were fooled by Erdanzi?"

"I didn't agree with your bad idea back then, but now you've lost more than you gained. You didn't make any sugar, and you wasted hundreds of kilograms of beets."

"Don't say these boring things!" Liang Fugui was upset. You idiot, not only did you take advantage of my wife, but you also made up nonsense, making me suffer like a fool. This matter must not be let go like this.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "I'm going to find that idiot. If he doesn't tell the truth, I'm going to beat the shit out of him today."

Seeing him walking out angrily, Liang was worried that he might do something stupid, so she quickly stood up and pulled him back. "Come back quickly! If you really make a big deal out of this, what will the villagers think of me?"

"Are we just going to suffer this loss in silence and let it go?" Liang Fugui gritted his teeth. He couldn't swallow this humiliation...