Chapter 130 Aunt Zhang is causing trouble

"Wow, the Chen family is something else now!"

"Isn't that right? They're all wearing new clothes, and Chen Wanshi has ordered a lot of furniture from Engineer Yang!"

"I heard that they put meat in their rice porridge!"

"Is the meat 40 coins per pound?"

"No, it's 50 coins a pound now!"

"The Chen family's life is getting better and better. I heard they even took Dazhuang to set up a stall and paid him wages!"

"Yes, I've heard about it too!" the man said, then called out to He Bi's courtyard, "Sister Zhang, Chen Wanshi is your relative, why didn't she take your son with her?"

As Aunt Zhang listened to their discussion, her face grew increasingly grim. When someone called out to her, her face turned completely dark, and she snapped, "Are you all just bored? What's there to say? Hurry up and go home and cook for your men!"

Seeing her reaction, the women laughed a few times, chatted for a couple more minutes without caring, and then dispersed.

Aunt Zhang threw the wild vegetables in her hand on the ground, cursing under her breath. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Unable to sit still, she got up and left the yard.

Hearing the sound of the gourd breaking, Old Mrs. Chen immediately came out.

The courtyard was empty, with only wild vegetables scattered on the ground.

Looking out from the mud wall, Aunt Zhang's figure was getting farther and farther away, and she couldn't be called back.

"Yunniang, Yunniang!" Old Mrs. Chen shouted hurriedly.

Yunniang looked up from the vegetable garden by the door and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Grandma, what's wrong?" she asked, her expression showing a hint of surprise.

The vegetables we planted at home have already sprouted seedlings, and we can harvest them in another half month.

She noticed that the Chen family's vegetable garden had been neglected for the past few days, and many weeds had grown there. If it wasn't dealt with, the seedlings would wither and die.

She was so busy that she had no time for anything else.

"Oh dear, come back quickly and go with your mother!" Old Mrs. Chen looked around and could no longer see Zhang Ershen's figure, but she knew which direction she was going, and said again, "Go to your aunt's house quickly, don't let your mother cause any trouble!"

She wanted to go by herself, but her legs weren't strong enough, and by the time she got there, nothing could stop her.

Chen Ergou listens to Zhang Ershen, so sending him won't help. We can only hope that Yunniang can stop him!

Yunniang didn't know what had happened, but seeing her grandmother's anxious expression, she immediately returned from the vegetable garden. Without even cleaning off the mud, she put on her straw sandals and went outside. "Grandma, don't worry, I'll go right away."

Chen Family Courtyard.

Wan Qiqi took the borrowed measuring tape to measure the two little ones, but she couldn't get the measurements right no matter what she did. She turned to Li Chongniang and said with a pitiful look, "Why don't you do it?"

"So there's something you don't know, sister-in-law!" Li Chongniang laughed twice, came out of the house with her big belly, took the measuring tape and sat down, and said to Pingping, "Stretch out your hand."

She pretended to be serious, holding a measuring tape and directing, "Oh dear, the little devil has grown quite a bit, it's time to make him some new clothes!"

Wan Qiqi leaned against the wall, a smile playing on her lips. "Insect Girl, this kind of work is best left to you!"

Li Chongniang was overjoyed to hear this, and somewhat smugly said, "This kind of work requires practice from a young age. If I have a daughter in the future, I'll have to teach her, so she has a skill to rely on." As she spoke, she looked at An'an, "Sister-in-law, you're not going to send An'an to school too, are you?"

Wan Qiqi nodded, "Why not? They need to learn to read and do math!"

Li Chongniang disagreed, saying, "Women can't take the imperial examinations, and the tuition fees aren't low. With that money, we might as well send her to learn a skill."

“Woman, you’re wrong about that!” Wan Qiqi said gently, “No matter what you do, you need to be literate and able to count. Otherwise, you might be taken advantage of without even realizing it when you write a contract, or you might not know how much money you’ve received or how little you’ve received.”

“I haven’t studied it either, but I can still do the math, right?” After measuring the two little ones, Li Chongniang raised an eyebrow at Wan Qiqi. “Get up, let me measure you too.”

"I don't need it, I still have clothes."

Wan Qiqi thought to herself that she was wearing thermal underwear she bought from the mall underneath, which kept her warm, so it didn't matter if her outer clothes were a bit tattered. But the others would need to have two more sets made.

Li Chongniang stubbornly refused to admit it, saying, "Who said I was going to make you clothes? I just wanted to see how your size compares to mine!"

Wan Qiqi said no, but still stood up and let Li Chongniang take her measurements.

The relationship between the two is no longer what it was at the beginning.

They occasionally bicker, just like sisters.

"Wan Qiqi!"

A roar came from outside the courtyard, startling Li Chongniang so much that she dropped the measuring ruler in her hand. Even Wang Shi, who was busy in the kitchen, looked towards the courtyard gate.

Aunt Zhang came in aggressively, looking like she was going to tear the Chen family's house down.

Wan Qiqi frowned, a bad feeling creeping over her, and gestured for Li Chongniang to bring Pingping and An'an into the house.

Aunt Zhang sneered, "What are you hiding for? Are you afraid your children will find out what you've done?" With that, she walked into the courtyard, closed the door to the main room, and wouldn't let anyone in or out.

Seeing that things were not going well, Wang dried her hands, walked over quickly, took Zhang Ershen's arm, and smiled, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

Aunt Zhang didn't give Wang any face and flung her hand away, saying, "What do I dare to do? Your family is now the landlord of Lianhua Village! Rich and powerful."

Her words were sarcastic and made people feel very uncomfortable.

Li Chongniang retorted angrily, "Second Aunt, no matter what, my mother is also your sister-in-law. Is what you're doing appropriate?"

"Do you have the right to interrupt when your elders are speaking?" Aunt Zhang said, hands on her hips, eyes wide.

Wan Qiqi blocked Li Chongniang's way. "Do you have any manners as an elder?" She didn't even bother with formalities and said coldly, "Breaking into my yard, I can suspect you of stealing and hand you over to the authorities."

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