Chapter 656 The Passing of Time 21

Originally, Luo Siyuan was a little uneasy. After all, promoting him was just a matter of a word from Kawasaki, but he only made empty promises and didn't promote him immediately, so he felt a little uneasy.

After Qiu Juncheng's analysis, he also felt that this matter seemed to have some merit.

"Juncheng, you did an excellent job this time. Don't worry, as long as I get into the department, the position of head of the East District will definitely be yours!"

Qiu Juncheng immediately said with a grateful expression, "Thank you for your guidance, Director. I will always follow your lead!"

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Ningjia Village, Fu'an Town.

"Second son, I'm your mother. No matter what, you can't abandon me. We're starving now. If you don't lend a hand, aren't you afraid the villagers will gossip about you behind your back!"

"Let them poke me and see what happens! If they really want to stand up for you, then they should give you their family's grain to eat."

Grandma Ning choked on her words. Everyone in the village knew about their family's troubles. When the family divided their property, the second son left with nothing. It was clearly stated in the division agreement that the son who left with nothing would not be responsible for supporting his parents in their old age.

But she had no other choice, did she?

The family was still able to make ends meet, and even after the second son extorted twenty silver dollars from them, they still had some savings.

But that damned fourth brother actually stole her money and ran away!

Without the silver dollars, and with little food left at home, how are we going to survive?

Old Mrs. Ning pleaded pitifully, "Second son, please help your mother out of consideration for the years I raised you."

"Didn't you say your daughter received a dowry of one hundred silver dollars for her marriage? No need for more, just give me fifty!"

“Yes, Third Uncle, please help us.” Jin Niu, the eldest son of the eldest son, chimed in.

Ningxia Sheng looked around and finally found his pickaxe against the wall. He strode over, picked up the pickaxe, and charged at Jinniu: "Fuck your grandpa! So you guys came for my daughter's betrothal gifts!"

Everyone knows my family is poor. I gave all of my daughter's betrothal gifts to her as her dowry. Anyone who dares to covet my things, I'll send you all to your deaths!

As soon as Jinniu saw his third uncle with the pickaxe, he knew something was wrong and grabbed his grandmother, running outside, shouting, "Help! Someone help! Ning Xiasheng is going to kill his own mother!"

Ning Xiasheng wasn't bluffing; he really meant to aim for Taurus's head.

He had this idea more than once, and had even thought of a way out.

If he ever manages to kill those disgusting bastards in his family, he'll take his wife and head west to join the Red Army. So, killing even one of them is a bonus for him!

Taurus was already intimidated by the murderous aura emanating from his third uncle; his third uncle was really going to kill someone!

She pulled him along, shouting as she ran.

Neighbors came out to watch the commotion, and Zhou Xiuhua hurriedly said, "Uncle Wang, please help me stop him! Brother Chen, my husband is furious! Please help me pull him away, I can't hold him back, please don't let anyone die."

Several neighbors were startled and quickly came over to pull the person away.

Seeing that his arm was being held, Ningxia Sheng, still unwilling to give up, threw his pickaxe at the person.

The pickaxe struck the bull less than an inch from its heel, scaring it out of its wits. It didn't even care about its grandmother and scrambled away.

No wonder his parents and brother didn't want to come. This isn't a good deal for them; they're just here to die. He'll never come again.

After the grandfather and grandson left, Uncle Wang and the others asked, "Xiasheng, what happened that made you so angry?"

Ningxia Sheng was really smart. After all, it wasn't good for others to hear him fighting with his own mother, so he directly pinned the blame on Jinniu.

"Don't even mention it, it's a misfortune for our family! Everyone knows that our family was kicked out of the house by our parents with nothing. The family division document stated that they would not support us in life or bury us in death, which basically meant severing all ties."

That's why I came to town to rent a room.

Over the years, they have caused me trouble from time to time, but I have tolerated it all out of consideration for my parents who gave birth to me.

As you all know, my daughter was almost sold by my mother a while ago. The child was also injured and has lost all her memories.

I was scared. What if my mother secretly sold my daughter when my husband and I weren't looking? I would have no one to turn to for help, so I found a boyfriend for my child.

The groom was well-off and gave a dowry of one hundred silver dollars.

"Our family's circumstances are such that we can't even afford a decent dowry, so we'll just give the betrothal gifts back to the child as part of the dowry."

Aunt Wang nodded, "I know that, they really brought everything back without missing a single penny."

Ning Xiasheng wiped his face. "I don't know how this got to my nephew's ears, but today he got my mother to come and ask me for this hundred silver dollars."

Where the hell am I supposed to find him a hundred dollars?

The worst part is that he acted like a big shot while begging for food, and his words were incredibly rude. I couldn't take it anymore, so I used a weapon.

The neighbors immediately felt sorry for the poor couple: "Good heavens, your nephew is no good at all. You were clearly after him, and he dared to shout that you wanted to kill your own mother. What kind of deep hatred do you have?"

"If he were a good person, he wouldn't have gone to his uncle's house to ask for his sister's betrothal gifts."

Zhou Xiuhua turned to get the large pickaxe from the house, but then thought she should go back inside, in case she couldn't hold back her laughter.

I must say, her man's pickaxe throw was really accurate; if he had thrown it any harder, it would have hit Ning Jinniu on the head!

"Xia Sheng, calm down. Your nephew is immature and shouldn't really hit you. What will happen to your wife and daughter if someone dies?"

Listening to the neighbors' various advices, Ning Xiasheng finally gritted his teeth and said, "I know my family's temperament. They won't be satisfied until they get their money. It seems that my wife and I can't stay here anymore."

"If you're not staying here, where are you going?"

Ning Xiasheng said, "Go to Beiping to find my daughter. I want to see if they dare to follow me to Beiping!"

"Xia Sheng, are you serious? You're closing the steamed bun shop?"

“That stall wasn’t making any money to begin with. Yesterday I went to buy grain, and the price went up again. I can’t keep raising the price of steamed buns every day, so I’m just quitting.”

Well, not only did he smear his nephew's reputation, but he also staged a scene of being forced to leave his hometown, making the neighbors feel even more sorry for him.

After the people at the door dispersed, Ningxia Sheng went back inside and asked his wife to pack their things.

"Are we really leaving? To Beiping?"

"Why go to Beiping? You've already bought a house in the county; you don't want to just leave it there, do you?"

The steamed bun stall has been closed for two days, not because it wasn't making money, but because he was busy with housing matters, and Zhou Xiuhua couldn't handle it all by herself.

"I really thought you were going to stay with your daughter."

Ningxia quickly packed his things, planning to tell the landlord that evening that he would no longer be living in the house. "The young couple is living a sweet life, why should we go and cause trouble? We've worked hard all our lives, it's time for us to enjoy our retirement."

I was planning to move in the next couple of days anyway, but the old lady and Taurus's fuss really helped me a lot.