"Dad, what you said is true. Your three sons are the most filial people in the village, and Fuqiang listens to you the most. We are all a family. It is better for the money to fall into the hands of our family than in the hands of outsiders, don't you think? Qinqin took out a loan to buy a house in Kyoto some time ago, and she also said that she wanted to take you to Kyoto to play in the future."

Fu Guiying had always had a cold attitude towards the old man before, and it was rare for her to be so enthusiastic.

If there weren't any easy jobs in the village and her son had bought a house and needed help with so many loans, she wouldn't have come to the old man with such a sad face to beg him for help.

The old man had a cold face and said nothing.

In Fu Guiying's eyes, the old man was just sitting there like a piece of wood, and his unmoved look made her face change.

Fu Guiying was not happy. She looked at Xu Qingzhi behind him and said in an air of elder: "Qingzhi, my second uncle and I have been here for a while. Why didn't you go in and bring out two chairs? You just let us stand here."

Before Xu Qingzhi could say anything, Xu Dongru's face turned grim and he said, "Why are you asking my granddaughter to move things? You don't have arms and legs, so you don't know how to move things in the house?"

Fu Guiying pulled Xu Fuwen's arm, and Xu Fuwen said, "Qingzhi, go get two chairs and listen to the elders."

Xu Qingzhi listened with his left ear and listened with his right ear, standing there without moving.

Some elders in the family always like to act like elders.

If it were her in her previous life, she would have endured the discomfort in her heart, listened to the commanding tone, and moved the chair without saying a word.

Now, Grandpa is right, don't I have long arms and legs? Speaking of listening to elders, Grandpa is the greatest elder, so of course she listens to him.

Xu Fuwen looked down upon Zhi and didn't move. He looked embarrassed and simply stopped talking about the chair. He said to the old man, "Dad, Guiying is right. We are all Xu family members. Since Fuqiang is going to recruit regular workers, it's better to let the money go to our own people. Besides, outsiders can't work as meticulously as our own family members. Guiying is willing to take the initiative to help, which shows that she respects their family."

This is exactly the same as saying “someone is willing to help you find a marriage partner” which means they think highly of you.

Although Xu Qingzhi didn't know where this nonsense came from, many older generations in the village were indeed like this, thinking that being willing to help was a sign of respect.

After hearing this, Xu Dongru's face became even more gloomy.

The old man had a bad temper when he was young. Whenever a child was naughty and disobedient, he would break several shoulder poles and baskets. Later, when he got married and saw that some of the children were not filial, he would pick up a hoe and smash the door. He was very fierce.

This time, he stood up, rushed over, picked up the basket from the corner, and rushed over, hitting Xu Fuwen with a stick.

Xu Fuwen dodged to the side and asked in surprise, "Dad, what are you doing? Even if you refuse to help us talk to our third brother, you can't hit him."

"It's not that this old man doesn't understand what you and Guiying are thinking. You just see that Fuqiang now has a way to make money, so you want to find out more about him so that you can take over the business. You are trying to harm your third brother, and you want this old man to help! You are really blinded by greed!" Xu Dongru said seriously, raised the winnowing basket and hit him with the stick again.

This time, it hit Xu Fuwen hard.

Xu Fuwen screamed in pain and said in defense: "Dad, that's my third brother, how could I hurt him!"

The old man didn't say anything, but he really hit him with the winnowing basket in his hand.

Fu Guiying shouted from the side: "Old man, please stop hitting us. We don't have that intention."

Seeing that Grandpa was a little out of breath and Second Uncle was grimacing in pain, Xu Qingzhi slowly advised, "Grandpa, stop hitting me."

Xu Dongru stopped, but he was stubborn and didn't try to explain.

The last time the couple came, they thought he was hard of hearing, so they blatantly said behind the house that they wanted to go to Fuqiang's house to help pick vegetables, and then find out how to make a lot of money by selling vegetables online, otherwise how could Fuqiang spend so much money to hire someone to pick vegetables. Once they figured out the way and got hold of Fuqiang's customers, they would grow vegetables themselves and sell them to those customers.

He is old and sometimes has poor hearing, but he can hear bad words clearly! He definitely heard it right. This is the second son trying to steal the business of the youngest son.

He taught his children to help each other since they were young. This dishonorable method made him feel ashamed.

Just now, I heard Fu Wen say that he got so angry that he had to give his second son a few beatings to make him give up the idea.

"Dad, I'm not a child anymore. I'm over 50 years old. Could you please be more reasonable next time and not use violence?" Xu Fuwen said. He was a scholar and he knew it wasn't easy for his parents to raise him. Even though he was beaten, he would never be unfilial and say bad words.

Fu Guiying was different. She had not received much education. Seeing her husband being beaten, she cursed, "You old fool, you only knew how to protect Fuqiang's family. When you were sick, you had to rely on us for medicine, and you never got any money for the medicine. If Fu Wen hadn't said that you were his father, I would have wanted to make a fuss. Why should my family pay for the medicine? It should be divided equally among the three sons. The year I died, it was Fu Wen who took care of me. So many injections cost our family a lot of money. Fortunately, I died quickly, otherwise..."

Before she could finish her words, Fu Guiying's eyes went dark.

With a snap.

She received a hard slap on the face.

When Fu Guiying realized what was happening, she felt a burning pain on her face. She gritted her teeth and looked at the person in front of her, cursing, "Xu Qingzhi, you uneducated bastard, you actually dared to hit an elder! This is really against the will of heaven, it's outrageous!"

She stretched out her hand to hit back, but was kicked away by Xu Qingzhi. She fell on the bluestone steps and howled in pain: "Ouch~"

Xu Fuwen felt that his wife's words were a bit harsh, but it was not the turn of a junior to teach her a lesson. He helped his wife up and sternly taught her, "Qingzhi, you are a junior, how could you hit your second aunt? Apologize quickly."

Xu Dongru stood by with a basket in his hand, not saying a word.

Xu Qingzhi said in a cold voice: "She spoke disrespectfully to Grandpa and Grandma, she deserves to be beaten. I will beat her every time I hear her from now on."

"You..." Xu Fuwen choked up and shook his head in disappointment: "Qingzhi, why are you like this now? No matter what, she is your second aunt after all."

Xu Qingzhi: "I don't care who she is. I will beat her every time she scolds Grandpa."

Xu Fuwen sighed deeply and said, "Qingzhi, you are one of the few college students in our Xu family who is a key university student. All the years you have spent studying have been wasted."

(End of this chapter)