Chapter 25 My Fierce Wife

"He's your son too, why doesn't he care about you and Mom? What will happen if he doesn't care?"

Ji Shichui felt something was off about what he was saying, and looked up at his son: "Does he not care? Are you and your second brother dead?"

“That’s not what I meant.” Ji Jianshe touched his nose. “What I meant was, he has to take charge!”

“Now that someone in their family is earning a salary, it’s only right that they take out money each month to support you and Mom.”

Ji Shichui snorted coldly. With their kind of attitude, especially his wife, how could they possibly give money to their parents?

Ji Jianshe added, "It's fine if he doesn't care, anyway, there's still me and my second brother. But let his wife give us the job, that way we won't have to worry about them anymore."

"Don't forget how much Ji Huaizhi took with him when the family divided the property?"

Ji Shichui, impatient after hearing this, told him to get lost.

In the end, it all boils down to him wanting the job of the woman next door.

Ji Jianshe felt a little guilty looking at his father's gaze. "I'm doing this for our family. If this job were to fall into our family, we wouldn't be digging in the dirt anymore."

"And that bicycle, it's not that I'm eyeing it, but it's okay to borrow it sometimes, right?"

"Get lost! Don't bother me." Ji Shichui was truly speechless.

Why are there so many scheming people, big and small?

If handing over living expenses every month is considered filial piety, that's fine, but asking someone to work is just... what is that?

"Did your mom say something to you?"

Ji Jianshe: "No, it's not just me. Do you think my second brother and little sister don't have their eyes on it?"

They're all staring longingly at the neighbors next door.

This morning, Chen Honghua from next door yelled at them, and they were all disappointed that Mom hadn't broken down the door next door.

"Shameless bastards! Always eyeing other people's things, I want to ask everyone in this village if they're all as shameless as you!" Feng Qiaoxiang shouted.

She had been listening for a long time, which aroused her fighting spirit, and then she saw Ji Huaizhi bring out a basin of boiling water.

The sudden voice startled Ji Jianshe: "What's it to you? Stop eavesdropping!"

"Who asked you?"

But the next second, a basin of boiling water was poured over from next door, scalding Ji Jianshe's face red. Luckily, the weather was cold at that time, otherwise he would have been scalded and his skin would have been peeled off.

"You slut!"

"Bang!" The next second, a piece of firewood hit him on the head, and Ji Huaizhi's voice came: "Watch your mouth."

"How dare you talk to me like that?" Ji Jianshe cursed at the neighbor next door.

Jianguo and his wife returned looking unhappy. They were the last couple to come back from working in the fields, while everyone else was back so early, which made them feel that they were slacking off.

Huang Zhaodi has disappeared; she probably doesn't want to see Ji Shichui.

"Stop arguing. Can't you keep your voice down when you're plotting against someone?"

Ji Jianguo asked in confusion, "What are you calculating in Jianshe?"

Ji Shichui didn't want to talk about it; it was the end of the year and there were many things to do, and he didn't want to waste his time on it.

Ji Jianshe told Ji Jianguo about the work next door, and mentioned that they had just splashed boiling water. Although Jianguo's wife was jealous, she was speechless.

That's a job! You really dare to dream of it.

However, because it was Ji Huaizhi, they did dare to think that way.

The next day, Ji Huaizhi went to the city early in the morning with his wife to deliver vegetables, and then went to the fields after returning.

The routine was the same every day, and it was clear that the family of three was living a comfortable life.

Especially around mealtimes, the Ji family would smell the meat coming from next door and get really hungry.

"He doesn't even bother to bring some over to the elders, he just eats all by himself, he's shameless." Jianshe's wife swallowed hard as she looked at the cabbage leaves in the pot.

She really wants to eat meat too.

Jianguo's wife sighed, "Do you think the neighbors really want to sever ties? People in the village say all sorts of things, but they haven't reacted at all."

Construction's wife pouted: "What reaction? She's at work every day and can't hear anything. Ji Huaizhi is a man of few words anyway, and he just has a blank face when you talk to him."

“I noticed he’s gained a lot of weight, and that good-for-nothing, the whole family is stingy, they don’t even share a piece of candy with their older siblings.”

It's obvious to everyone that quite a few villagers are making sarcastic remarks.

Everyone says that Ji Huaizhi has gotten fat from living off his wife. Every few days, Feng Qiaoxiang is seen bringing back meat, saying she wants to nourish her husband and daughter.

They were so jealous.

People have stopped causing trouble lately. There's been too much going on and everyone's too busy at the end of the year to fight.

However, Ji Huaizhi had already informed Feng Qiaoxiang beforehand that they would definitely cause trouble during the New Year.

Feng Qiaoxiang knew, of course, that she was not afraid.

To deal with shameless people, you just need to be even more shameless than them. Everyone in the village knows what they're all talking about.

Let them say what they want. She has already spoken to the leaders about the housing allocation. Although it will be difficult, as long as there is a housing available, Feng Qiaoxiang will be able to fight for it.

People say all sorts of things about her, but it won't hurt her. As long as she benefits, that's all that matters.

Those with good reputations have suffered quite a bit.

Before the Lunar New Year, Ji Huaizhi bought a lot of New Year's goods from the city after his last delivery, including New Year's goods to send to his father-in-law's family and his uncle's family.

All the way there, Feng Qiaoxiang kept saying that he was wasting money, because he had bought so many things that the bicycle couldn't hold them all.

"Wow! You two really don't know how to manage money. Buying so much stuff, are you even living a decent life?" The man opposite them, with a hoe on his shoulder, stepped forward with a disapproving look to see what they had bought.

"You're so young! You two don't even know how to manage money after you've separated. You don't even know how to save a little."

"And with so many things bought, does Ji Huaizhi have any for your dad and the rest of the family?"

"How can a father and son hold a grudge overnight?"

Ji Huaizhi's expression was indifferent: "It's the first year of marriage, and you have to visit relatives. Uncle, your family is so frugal, you must have saved a lot of money by now, right?"

"How much can you save by farming?" The man frowned. "I'm doing this for your own good."

"No need. If we're not doing well, are you going to help us out?" Feng Qiaoxiang rolled her eyes.

The man's voice suddenly became loud: "You're a salaried worker, why do you need me, a farmer, to support you?"

"If you continue like this, you'll run out of food sooner or later!"

Feng Qiaoxiang: "You don't need to worry about that. We have land at home, and I have a salary every month. If all else fails, my family will help me out. These are things that my family lacks. After all, my husband is disliked by his father and stepmother, so I can only slowly buy them myself."

"That's all, let's go back."

On the way back, Ji Huaizhi chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I didn't squander the money."

"I know, these people are really annoying, and the neighbors are annoying too. Let's see if we can get a house next year, then we can go to the city to enjoy life." It's a waste of energy to argue with these people every day.

"Yeah, I'm just waiting for my wife to take me to the city."

"You earned all this from delivering vegetables, right?" Feng Qiaoxiang didn't ask how well he was doing, she only knew that he was quite busy and often went down to deliver things, such as chickens, ducks, eggs, and mountain products.

"Okay, we'll talk about it when we get back."

After returning home and tidying up, Feng Qiaoxiang's eyes lit up when she saw that he still had a lot of money in his hand.

"The New Year is just two days away, and they only settled the payment with me today." Ji Huaizhi gave it all to her.

"Them?" Feng Qiaoxiang asked in confusion, "You didn't just give gifts to that Boss Pang?"

Ji Huaizhi nodded: "I also found others, so I'm basically a middleman now. I discovered by chance that mountain products sell very well, so when I'm not working in the fields, I take Shengkai to the mountains."

“I also buy dried goods from the village, so I have a stable customer base.”