“Third Aunt.” Qi Dayong recognized Aunt Fang as well.
Aunt Fang glared at Qi Dayong with exasperation and scolded, "You brat, I hired your wife to work here. When I came to your house yesterday, you weren't home, so I didn't tell you. I never expected you, you idiot, to come and cause trouble."
This time, it was Qi Dayong's turn to be stunned. He looked at Aunt Fang blankly:
"Third Aunt, you're saying my daughter-in-law was someone you called over to work?"
Aunt Fang glanced at him speechlessly and nodded.
"Then why did you introduce this kind of job to my wife?" Qi Dayong didn't understand why his third aunt wanted to break up his family.
Aunt Fang: "It was just helping to dry seaweed, how did it become this kind of work?"
Qi Dayong: "..."
The villagers from Liujia Village behind them: "..."
Qi Dayong expressed his disbelief: "They give us sixty coins just for drying seaweed? Who would believe that!"
Aunt Fang wanted nothing more than to slap Qi Dayong across the face, and of course, she did just that.
He slapped Qi Dayong on the head.
"You're such a short-sighted and ignorant person. How could I, Fang Guilan, have such a foolish relative like you? If I had known you would lead the way in causing trouble, I would never have let your wife come along to earn money yesterday."
Qi Dayong was stunned by the beating, but when he looked up and saw his third aunt glaring at him, he didn't dare to say anything.
The group of men behind him all knew Aunt Fang, and they were all puzzled when they heard what she said.
They all stepped forward: "Aunt Fang, but why do you have to dry the seaweed at night?"
"Because the tide goes out at night." Aunt Fang resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
Some people questioned, "But why can you earn so much money just by drying seaweed?"
Aunt Fang: "Because they are not you."
"What does this mean?" The man was completely bewildered by Aunt Fang's words and didn't understand.
Aunt Fang was speechless: "You're poor, but other people are different from you."
The person: "......"
The women from Liangshui Village who went to work for the Pei family yesterday also spoke out in support of the Pei family:
“Yesterday when I was working, many of the women from our village were there too, drying seaweed. Don’t think that everyone is like you, with your minds filled with nothing but trivial things like taking off your pants.”
Those who were named:
It sounds like you're swearing, and swearing really badly.
But I can't refute it.
Uncle Niu stepped forward and said sternly, "The Pei family is indeed a legitimate business, and we won't tolerate you talking nonsense and ruining their reputation. Moreover, the Pei family has been kind to the people of Liangshuijing Village, so we won't tolerate your disrespect towards them! If you continue like this, don't blame us for being impolite!"
The group was intimidated by Uncle Niu's imposing manner and didn't say much.
“Wife, is what Uncle Niu said true? You really are just here to work, and you can earn sixty coins?”
A man in the crowd pulled his wife aside and asked her a question.
Her wife quickly nodded, glancing at her husband with some reproach: "I've told you so many times, I just wanted to dry some seaweed, but you wouldn't believe me. You insisted on listening to Qi Dayong, came over to make trouble, and even hit me."
After speaking about her husband, the woman, with a beating on her eye, looked apologetically at the Pei family and whispered, "I'm so sorry..."
Most of the people in the crowd had been persuaded by Qi Dayong, and after hearing the explanation, they all understood.
He realized he had misunderstood and felt ashamed as he glanced at the Pei family.
They gave their wives such good jobs and such generous pay, and yet they still came to their door to curse at them.
Thinking of this, everyone glared at Qi Dayong, wishing they could immediately go up and give him a beating.
"Qi Dayong, you talked to my family all morning, making it sound so real, that I even beat up my wife. I'm not letting you off the hook today."
The man was about to rush up and beat up Qi Dayong after he finished speaking.
Qi Dayong was so frightened that he desperately hid behind Aunt Fang and his wife.
Qi Dayong's wife, Zhang, was speechless and stepped aside.
Aunt Fang was also uncomfortable from Qi Dayong's shaking, and shouted, "Stop messing around, if you want to beat him up, go back to your village."
Everyone stopped after Aunt Fang's shout.
However, those men still looked at Qi Dayong with very unfriendly eyes.
Suddenly, another figure rushed over from not far away; it was Liu Tie.
He was a little late today because he was delivering goods to the Shen family.
When they arrived, they saw a huge crowd gathered in front of the Pei family's house, so they rushed over.
Then they saw Qi Dayong and some other people from their village.
These men immediately showed obsequious expressions when they saw Liu Tie.
"Brother Liu Tie is here! What brings you here?"
The man speaking was the same guy who had tried to beat up Qi Dayong earlier.
In their village now, several men follow Liu Tie around picking thunderfruit.
Liu Tie was an honest and simple country man with a kind heart, so he would only take ten or twenty coins from the money he earned after selling his goods.
The villagers have also made a lot of money following his lead during this period.
Therefore, his attitude towards Liu Tie underwent a complete transformation.
Liu Tie looked at the group of people blankly: "Da Yong, what are you doing here?"
He wondered why these men had suddenly changed their ways and were all sending their wives to work.
The man briefly recounted the incident to Liu Tie, who immediately became furious.
"You guys are really something! Miss Pei kindly offered you a job, and this is how you treat her!"
Liu Tie glared at them angrily: "You're really a disgrace to our Liu Family Village."
The villagers weren't angry when Liu Tie scolded them; they just kept their heads down.
"Yes, yes, Brother Liu Tie, we didn't think too much about it at first. We just listened to Qi Dayong's instigation..."
Liu Tie wished he could punch Qi Dayong on the head.
What an idiot.
With Liu Tie's words, the men in the crowd finally understood the situation.
They were afraid that the Pei family wouldn't want their daughter-in-law to work anymore, because that was sixty coins!
There's enough meat to cut now.
He quickly nudged his wife beside him.
His face was plastered with an awkward smile:
"Wife, go and apologize to the master quickly, and tell him that you didn't mean it."
"Wife, go to work quickly, don't delay the work."
"Yes, go ahead, I'm going home first. I'll wait for you at the village entrance tonight. Work hard for the boss, it's okay if you come back a little late."
After he finished speaking, several men in the crowd fled in panic.
The women who were pushed: "......."
Qi Dayong: "..."
Qi Dayong's mind raced, and after thinking about the sixty coins, he quickly gave Zhang a push as well.
"You wretched woman, you'd better go apologize to Master Pei right now. If you lose this job, see how I deal with you when we get back."
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