"Borrow their money? How do they have money? And how would you lend it to them?" The old clan chief immediately became interested.

The money that Niushan Village had wasn't enough to build a storefront, so it couldn't be used on the commercial street; it could only be used to run a pickled vegetable business.

"They invest money, receive monthly interest payments, and get a year-end bonus, returning their principal within a year. The more money they invest, the greater the returns," he said. "But our family definitely invested the most."

All the vegetables and pork were provided by the Niu family, and the price was converted into cash based on the market price, which was then converted into cash along with the money invested by Niushan Village.

The labor cost is extra.

“If this isn’t planned well, it could cause trouble,” the old clan chief said.

"Don't worry about that. Our family's pickle shop's accounts are all public. In addition, we will select two literate people from the clan to manage the pickle shop together. We will definitely make them money."

After hearing this, the old clan chief said, "It's all because of that Chen woman's troublemaking; she instigated the villagers to come to your family to borrow money."

Chen never imagined that her idea would backfire, resulting in her losing more than she gained.

The old clan chief convened a clan meeting and immediately signed a contract with Niu Da. After the meeting adjourned,

The unpleasantness in Ms. Tan's heart dissipated. Although her two older sons were of marriageable age, the time was not yet approaching.

Moreover, everyone in Niushan Village had tried Chen Yu's pickled dishes, and she thought highly of them.

Mrs. Chen was so angry that she felt like she was vomiting blood:

"Who knows if you'll even get your money back!"

Although Madam Tan had previously been influenced by Madam Chen's instigation and harbored some feelings of gratitude, these feelings had now vanished. Now, listening to Madam Chen again, she couldn't help but have other ideas:

"Why are you instigating us to oppose the Niu family? Think about how much our village has benefited from Niu Da these past few years!"

Although Niushan Village is still poor, it is much better than in the past when people couldn't afford to go to school and couldn't afford to eat meat more than a few times a year.

Their children are now able to attend school.

The family can afford to eat meat once a month, and they can still save a certain amount of money each year.

Chen said:

"I didn't instigate you. I'm just worried about you. What if they lose money? Will they refund you? They just think you can't read and can't do anything useful with your scribblings. If they lose money and you want to sue, they can just tell the prefect a bunch of nonsense and label you all as troublemakers, and that'll be the end of it."

This happened in Zhao Family Village years ago.

So some people are genuinely worried at this point.

Seeing that some people's expressions changed, Chen said, "Besides, you wouldn't default on the money you borrowed, so why would he go to such lengths to recruit you?"

At this moment, Niu Yaba's wife, Zhang Min, stepped forward and said:

“Speaking of investing money, my family invested the most. We even sold all our surplus grain. My family should be more worried about losing money, but everyone knows the character of Niu Da’s family in the village over the years!”

"Besides, I'm not afraid to offend everyone, although most of us are honest and kind, and we will definitely pay back the money we borrow," "but when exactly will we be able to pay it back? Will everyone pay it back? Does anyone think that just because everyone is rich, they don't want to pay back the three or five coins they borrowed?"

"Besides, the Niu family now has kinship ties with the government. If he's determined not to help us, what can we do? Think about it, everyone, isn't that the truth?"

The dozen or so peasant women in the village listened in silence. Although they were somewhat easily swayed, they could understand Zhang Min's reasoned explanation.

"Who wants to not pay back the money? Who wants to not pay back the money?" Chen stamped her foot and questioned repeatedly.

Mr. Niu's mother, Zhang, said, "I didn't say anything about you, why are you so angry?" "I heard your family placed an order with a pickle shop, but we haven't seen you go to town these past few days. Could it be that you don't have enough money and the deal fell through?"

After Zhang said that, everyone understood.

Chen's plan is to instigate others to borrow money so that she can borrow money herself, taking the opportunity to put pressure on Niu Dajia and make him unable to get his money back, leaving him with no recourse.

That's incredibly shameless.

Seeing that her plan had failed and she had been scolded instead, Chen looked very unhappy and quickly walked home.

After returning home, Chen didn't dwell on the matter. Instead, she decided to follow suit and organize a similar joint venture in her own family, asking her daughters-in-law to bring in money from several other families.

Anyway, if they don't pay back the money, they can just divorce their daughter-in-law, and her family and relatives will have no choice but to ask their in-laws for the money.

When Chen gets ruthless, she'll even betray her own niece.

Besides, she has a son and a daughter-in-law, doesn't she?

Yuan earned some money by making and selling bags, and had saved five or six strings of cash in two years. She also had some savings in the past.

Chen boasted to Niu Fangyuan for a long time, making Niu Fangyuan eager to try it out. "Mom, can you really make that much money?"

"You saw how well our family made money last year during the Lunar New Year. This really makes money. Here's what you do: secretly take out the money your wife has saved up over the years, without letting her know. She won't make a fuss about it on the first day we make money."

Niu Fangyuan is still somewhat afraid of his wife:

"Mom, this...this won't do!"

"I knew you were afraid of your wife." When he first got married, he hit Yuan Shi and she chased him for two streets with two pig-slaughtering knives. How could he not be afraid?

Although he still has some violent tendencies and occasionally shows off his power, he has never dared to really hurt anyone, but he has been beaten twice by his wife and son working together.

I chickened out a long time ago.

"I knew you were afraid of your wife! You're useless, a coward, a wimp, you've wasted such a good opportunity to make money!" Mrs. Chen said rather sarcastically.

"Since you don't plan to invest any money, the money from now on will belong to your eldest and third brothers, not you."

Upon hearing the words "coward" and "brute," Niu Fangyuan's mind went blank. "Okay, Mom, I'll steal it for you, as long as you can guarantee you'll make money!"

"Definitely, definitely! Would your mother ever betray you? Go now!" Chen said.

Within a few days, the two daughters-in-law had also taken a lot of copper coins from their relatives, totaling about eight strings of cash. In addition, there were ten strings of copper coins brought by Niu Fangyuan, and the family already had seven strings of copper coins.

When Ms. Chen went to that shop again, she learned that it had been rented out and the owner had recommended a smaller shop next door to her.

The rent is also much cheaper.

Niu An and Chen Shi hired someone to do some simple renovations to their shop, but they still owed them wages. Meanwhile, Niu Dajia's shop was right across from their house and was thriving.

Little Chen shouted enthusiastically:

"They're selling pickled vegetables now! They taste better and are cheaper than Wei Xiang Zhai's! They taste better and are cheaper than Wei Xiang Zhai's!"

Mrs. Chen and her two sons also enthusiastically shouted:

"They're selling pickled vegetables now! They taste better and are cheaper than Wei Xiang Zhai's! They taste better and are cheaper than Wei Xiang Zhai's!"