Chapter 157: A Punch Missed

Zeng Xiaoyan was born into a merchant family, so she must be good at business. Maybe this tofu is her dowry.

The two families suddenly felt as if they had punched nothing.

Xu Zhichun looked at him coldly and sneered inwardly.

Mrs. Bai laughed and said, "That's strange. Zeng Xiaoyan has been married for more than two years. Why didn't they do it before, but only now?"

Xu Zhichun: "How should I know? If you want to know, go ask her."

Bai choked.

Zhang: "In that case, you should just withdraw and let your cousin's wife do it. You have so much work to do at home, don't delay it. We have a large family, so your cousin's wife is just the right person to go."

Bai glanced at Zhang and said nothing.

It’s okay to let the first wife go first. Anyway, don’t think of leaving out the second wife. The second wife will look for the first wife later.

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "I don't want to. If you have the guts, go find Xiaoyan yourself."

"Xu!"

"Who told you that? What? Are you too embarrassed to tell anyone?"

"What can you do if I tell you?"

"Not much, just curious, I don't care if I want to say it or not."

After all, they set up stalls in the city every day, and sooner or later people will find out.

"There's nothing else to do. Shouldn't you guys go?"

Zhang was particularly furious: "Who do you think cares about you here?"

Uncle Liang gave her a cold look, as if realizing it was pointless to talk to her, and turned away. Zhang and the others followed him.

Bai was the last to dawdle. After everyone left, she smiled and said, "Don't blame your aunt and the others for not speaking up. It was Lian Lao Si who told them about this. He happened to see it when he went to the city today, so he came back to tell them. You said the same thing. Why didn't you tell us about such a big thing as making money? It would make us feel more at ease if you told us. How much did Zeng Xiaoyan give you?"

Xu Zhichun didn't say anything.

Bai smiled and glanced at her: "Okay, I'll leave first. Don't worry, we won't hurt you."

Xu Zhichun: "Then I have to thank Second Aunt very much."

For some reason, Bai's heart skipped a beat and she couldn't help but look at her again.

Lian Lao Si, I really didn’t expect it to be him.

Zeng Xiaoyan and her friends came back from digging konjac. Xu Zhichun closed the yard door and everyone started working.

Xu Zhichun recounted the incident.

Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhuer were both surprised.

"Lian Lao Si? That disgusting widower? He's certainly not a good guy. What does this have to do with him? Why would he get involved?"

"The truth will come to light sooner or later. Even if Lian Lao Si hadn't come, someone from our village would have come to the city and would have found out sooner or later. Zhichun, what should we do next?"

Zeng Xiaoyan also hurriedly said: "Yes, Sister Zhichun, you make a decision."

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "We'll continue to do what we did before. Let's just say we make 220 to 230 wen a day from this business."

Lian Laosi must have been hiding in the dark and observing for a while. He knew that a piece of konjac tofu cost three cents, and a pound of konjac noodles cost eighteen cents. He couldn't count, so his calculations were naturally inaccurate.

Two hundred and twenty or thirty wen, divided equally among the three families, still amounted to seventy or eighty wen, which was still very eye-catching to the villagers.

But this is the best outcome.

Sure enough, the Zhang family had no intention of keeping the secret for them, and the next day the news spread throughout the village.

Zhang and Uncle Liang originally went to Liang Lizheng's house to look for him, and they both decisively became Xu Zhichun's boss.

"We've discussed this with Zhichun. She asked us to speak up. From now on, her share will be covered by our family. She has to take care of the family farmland and won't have time to do this anymore. Don't worry, sister-in-law. Our eldest daughter-in-law is an efficient worker and will definitely do a better job than Zhichun!"

Aunt Liang was confused.

Liang Lizheng said nothing.

Zeng Xiaoyan laughed out loud in anger, "Sister Zhichun told me today that we'd set up a stall together tomorrow, and we even talked about how we'd do next month and the future. We talked about it so well, but how come it sounded completely different when you two said it?"

"That's easy. I'll ask Sister Zhichun to come over right away, and then we'll know who's lying. Anyway, I only work with Sister Zhichun, not anyone else."

Aunt Liang also smiled and said, "Xiaoyan is right. I think you must have misunderstood something. Let's not talk about it anymore."

Uncle Liang and Zhang were so angry that their faces turned red and they left angrily.

The two had originally thought that as long as they could get Liang Lizheng's family to agree to their wishes now, there would be no regrets about what they had agreed to, and Xu Zhichun certainly couldn't get involved. Even if it turned out later, they would still be in the right, and they would never allow Liang Lizheng and his family to go back on their word.

I didn't expect Zeng Xiaoyan to be so hateful.

Zeng Xiaoyan then had the time to tell her parents-in-law what they all knew.

The old couple were a little scared at first.

"Oh my God, what should I do?"

Aunt Liang was a little panicked.

Their Xiaoyan can earn seven or eight hundred coins a day. If everyone knew about this, it would be a huge deal.

Who knows how many relatives and friends will come to you crying poor and asking for money. Should you give it to them or not?

You know, after Zeng Xiaoyan got married, many relatives came to her house, crying poor and asking for money. But they all said they would not touch their daughter-in-law's dowry and that she was the one who made the decision. At that time, Xiaoyan was very angry and looked unhappy, so no one dared to ask her. After several months, the inquiries gradually stopped.

Even at that time, there were still people who shamelessly instigated her, as a mother-in-law, to ask her daughter-in-law for a dowry, causing her to argue with her and then say a lot of bad things about her.

Aunt Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Zeng Xiaoyan say that they had agreed to tell others that they earned a total of about 200 wen a day.

That’s good, that’s good.

Seventy or eighty cents a day for each family, that's much easier to deal with.

Here comes the reason. The eldest grandson is going to get married in a few years, and the family needs to build another house. They need to save money and have no extra money.

If we fail to achieve our wish at Liang Lizheng's house, Uncle Zhang of Liang will not keep the secret, and the news will spread throughout the village overnight, right?

"My God, they dig up that konjac every day, can they really make money? Isn't that thing poisonous?"

"Of course konjac is poisonous. They must have found a way to remove the poison. Well, they deserve to be so rich. Others can't help but be jealous."

"Two hundred wen a day, and even if three families share it, there are still dozens. How much will it be in a month or a year? How can we spend it all?"

“I can’t spend it all, I can’t spend it all!”

"No wonder Zhichun was able to build such a nice house. It turns out he made a lot of money."

"We're from the same village, why don't you take me with you? Aren't there konjacs all over the mountain? We can go and dig them up."

"Yes, we can dig konjac ourselves, as long as they teach us how to do it!"

Aunt Liang San glanced at them coldly. The one who complained about not taking her was Aunt Hua, the most talkative woman in the village, and the ones who agreed with her were the laziest Liang Liu and his two or three companions. Aunt Liang San sneered silently, thinking how dare they think so.

(End of this chapter)