Chapter 48: Don’t be afraid of damaging your good deeds!

The villagers suddenly understood.

So that's how it is. He was just eyeing the money Jiang earned from selling the autumn pear paste!

He actually used such a vicious method!

If she was really a weak woman, wouldn't she be at a disadvantage if she was harassed and tied up like this?

The Wang family has such evil intentions!

No wonder the village head wanted to drive them out of the village. It turned out that the village head had already thought of the key.

So poisonous!

Don’t be afraid of damaging your good deeds!

The villagers began to talk and point fingers at Wang Liupo.

Mrs. Wang Liu was extremely angry.

She stepped forward to hit the witch, "You gossiping liar, I'll tear you apart. I told you to stop talking nonsense and accusing innocent people. It was clearly your idea. You were the one who suggested tying them up. You said that the powerful water ghost had to be tied up and whipped with thorny sticks to get them out. It's all your fault... You liar, return my two hundred wen deposit now..."

The witch Gu was a wandering witch, and she was not afraid of an old lady with bound feet, and the two of them immediately got into a fight.

The onlookers were talking about it.

"Oh my god! It's so poisonous! After tying him up, he even wanted to whip him with thorny sticks..."

"A few lashes with the thorns would be excruciatingly painful. Even officials don't use torture like them..."

"If they're tortured into confessing, they'll be dead if they don't admit they're possessed by a water spirit! Old Wang's family is so bold for a few taels of silver. Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder the head of the village wants to kick them out of the village. They're so vicious."

“That’s right…”

When Mrs. Wang Liu heard these words, she was so angry that she saw stars.

Fighting against the witch, she didn't get any advantage, so she yelled at the wives nearby, "Are you dead? You watched someone beat your mother-in-law, but you didn't come up to help. You insisted on letting her beat me to death. Do you want to wear mourning?"

The third and second daughters-in-law came up to mediate.

The witch Gu came to cause trouble for Mrs. Wang Liu today, but she was just angry for a moment. She definitely couldn't beat so many people in the Wang family.

Her original plan was to ask Wang Liupo for the remaining money. If Wang Liupo gave it to her, she would let it go.

If she doesn't give it to him, her reputation as a fortune teller will be damaged, and the Wang family will not have an easy time.

Just reveal what Old Wang's family said, so that people will criticize their family.

This is a shady tactic that hurts the enemy by a thousand and yourself by eight hundred.

Only use it when absolutely necessary.

Now that everyone is pointing fingers at the Wang family, it's time for her to retire.

If you can't get the money, drag the Wang family into it...

The second and third daughters-in-law didn't think about really beating up the witch to vent their anger for their mother-in-law.

Gu Shenpo said something cruel, "You, the Wang family, don't keep your word and are cruel and ruthless. I, Gu Shenpo, have one word for you. Sooner or later, there will be retribution. In the future, I will stand with my hands on my hips and watch as your retribution arrives. Your family will be destroyed and your wives and children will be separated!"

After saying that, he ran away in embarrassment.

Mrs. Wang Liu was so angry that her chest hurt. Such a vicious curse, left by a witch, made her somewhat wary.

"Bah! Bah! Bah! I'll slap you, old witch, and return all the curses. Our Wang family will prosper for generations, and we'll have a good future! You're the one who'll be lonely forever! You old liar!"

He also took off one of his smelly shoes and threw it at the back of the ancient witch.

The onlookers laughed.

At this moment, Wu Lang rushed over and shouted, "Grandma, grandma, grandma! Jiang Shi refused to accept the pears from my second uncle and my father. She even threw them into the ditch by the edge of the field!"

Mrs. Wang Liu almost gasped and fainted.

"Chop off my head! What a sin! Jiang is possessed by evil spirits!"

***

The pear harvesting process is very fast, the quality is strictly controlled, and the quantity is not important. Dabao and Erbao are watching over it.

Then, Jiang Lianzhu went into the house to make autumn pear paste.

Fortunately, the yard was big enough and there was space to put things. In order to make the autumn pear paste taste better, Jiang Lianzhu sent people to the mountains to fetch spring water. After tasting it, they felt it was very good, so she stopped using well water and used spring water to make autumn pear paste.

Two strong male laborers were specially sent to the mountains to fetch spring water.

In the yard, people were peeling the pears and washing the pears, and everything was done in an orderly manner. With Grandma Lu and her family around, they taught us step by step, so it wasn't so messy.

Jiang Lianzhu didn’t even have to cook the pear juice herself the first time.

Jiang Lianzhu taught Grandma Lu and her daughter-in-law how to do it, and she only came in person to do the last step of boiling the juice, adding Chinese herbs and sugar.

This is the key part of autumn pear paste.

Cooking on four large stoves together makes it more efficient.

Dinner was still cooked by Grandma Lu and the others when they returned home. Jiang Lianzhu and her mother and two of her children provided the ingredients and shared the meal together, including dried wolf meat, pheasant, eggs and the like. The original intention was for everyone to eat meat together, but Grandma Lu didn't want to take advantage of Jiang Lianzhu all the time, so she cooked for them separately. After it was done, she gave most of the meat to them, leaving only some broth for the children at home to soak in rice.

After dinner, they continued to work overtime until midnight, and Jiang Lianzhu settled the wages for all the helpers.

One hundred coins per person.

There were about ten people, and a total of one or two taels of silver were given out.

Today is a bumper harvest. We harvested more than 10,000 kilograms of good pears and made more than 200 kilograms of rich autumn pear paste and more than 200 kilograms of regular autumn pear paste.

Tomorrow morning, continue.

The autumn pear paste modified with mountain spring water tastes sweeter and has a better texture.

When Jiang Lianzhu finished her work and went to bed, the three children were already fast asleep and helped her make the quilt flat.

Have a good night.

The next morning, I got up early before dawn and took my three children to exercise.

As soon as the day broke, the door was full of people, waiting for Jiang Lianzhu to speak and then starting to help her with her work.

A day's work would earn one hundred wen. Jiang Lianzhu also said that if you work overtime, the wages would be increased.

Where can I find such a good thing?

Working as a farmhand for a landlord only earns a dozen coins a day...

Strong men can go to the mountains to pick pears and sell them, but not all pears are needed. They have to choose good quality ones. Not many people can sell more than 100 coins a day, and it is even more impossible for women who are not strong enough.

Working as a helper for Jiang Lianzhu, you can earn 100 wen a day, and you may also get overtime pay. The most important thing is that you are paid once a day.

Never default.

At the beginning, everyone was a little bit unconvinced, and many people were just trying it out, thinking maybe they could learn how to make autumn pear paste.

After what happened yesterday, I gave up the idea of learning the recipe. The key steps of making autumn pear paste are all done in the kitchen, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter the kitchen.

However, this hundred coins in cash are really nice to have.

If I stop stealing recipes, I can earn at least 100 coins a day, which is not bad.

Therefore, people were afraid of coming to work late in the morning and having their jobs taken away by others. Those who had gotten some benefits yesterday went home and told their families about it, and many people became interested in it.