Chapter 140: Can't Just Sit and Wait
The men in the mountains either farm honestly at home or do odd jobs in the county town.
But there is not always work to do when you do short-term work.
Now that Ji Yunzhan has started recruiting workers and the wages he offers are no less than those for short-term work in the county town, those bricklayers naturally rush over to sign up for the work and no longer have to run around in the county town waiting for work.
Ji Yunzhan had plenty of money, so he could buy bricks and tiles without any delay.
Seeing that he was generous, everyone worked with greater enthusiasm.
In just half a month, the outline of a blue brick and tile house was built.
People in the village were talking about it.
After all, there are only a few families in the mountains who can afford to build large brick and tile houses.
The house has not been completely built yet, but it has already attracted the attention of almost everyone. No matter who they are, they always talk about it after dinner.
What everyone wanted to discuss and was curious about was how Ji Yunzhan, who was kicked out of the Wei family a few years ago, had so much money now?
He didn't associate with people in the village in the past, but now he suddenly wants to come here to build a house, and he wants to build several large brick and tile houses at once. Is he planning to get married?
As soon as this speculation came out, some people started to set their sights on Ji Yunzhan.
Therefore, Ji Yunzhan soon discovered that whenever he was on site supervising the construction, people in the village who he didn't even know would come to him and offer him food and drinks, and then ask him indirectly why he wanted to build a house, and whether he was planning to get married after building a house, since he seemed to be not young anymore.
Ji Yunzhan is not a fool.
As soon as the other party opened their mouth, he knew what these people were planning.
However, he certainly would not say directly that the house was built for someone else.
He only agreed to build a house, saying that he was tired of living in the mountains and that there were often wild beasts roaming around. He had no choice but to live in the mountains and was always worried about his safety. It would be more lively and comfortable to live in the village, so he saved money to build a house. After the house was built, he was left with no money.
As for other plans, I don't have any at all.
These words also dispelled the intentions of these people.
However, even though he said so, those who refused to give up still wanted to trample the threshold of this new house every day...
Ji Yunzhan was extremely helpless about this.
He couldn't help thinking that even if he wanted to marry, he would not be interested in their daughter...
While Ji Yunzhan was being harassed by the people in the village, no one knew that the owner of the house was actually Cen Yan.
The old Cen family doesn't know either.
The people in the old Cen family had no idea that the second branch's intention to split up the family business had become irresistible, and they also had no idea that Cen Yan had actually earned a lot of money and had even built a house.
Their focus is elsewhere.
Cen Yan is now so ferocious that even the usually ferocious Old Lady Cen has been defeated several times.
Gao, who had originally secured the position of the eldest daughter-in-law in the Cen family and enjoyed the benefits of partial treatment from Old Mrs. Cen and Old Mr. Cen, had been punished several times.
Although the Third House was happy to see Gao's status shaken, seeing that Cen Yan was becoming more and more powerful, and even Li was becoming tough as well, Yu was very alert, fearing that the Second House would be the next Big House and would act arrogantly in the family, and then their Third House would not get any benefits at all.
Not to mention, there is also a Cen Shuang who is eyeing Cen Yan covetously every day.
"Mom, we can't let the second house be so proud! Look at Cen Yan. How dare she do this at home before? She always walked close to the wall and didn't dare to speak loudly to others. But now she looks like this!" Cen Shuang couldn't stand Cen Yan's domineering behavior. She felt very uncomfortable.
"But even your grandfather wouldn't dare to do anything to her. You saw it last time. When this girl got crazy, she even dared to threaten your grandfather!" Yu frowned and said.
"So, mother, you can't just sit there and wait for death this time!"
"What else? The third wife is not favored at home." Yu was very helpless about this.
"Mom, even if the third wife is not favored, you can't let the second wife be proud. What's more, the second wife has offended everyone at home. As long as you find two helpers, are you afraid that you won't be able to deal with the second wife?" Cen Shuang said slowly, with a hint of temptation in her words.
"You don't want me to join forces with your aunt, do you? I tell you, it's impossible!" Yu knew her intention and refused decisively.
"Mom, I know you're afraid that if you suppress the second wife, my aunt will rise again, but I think that's unlikely." Cen Shuang looked confident.
"What do you mean?" Seeing how confident she was, Yu couldn't help but become curious.
"Mom, have you forgotten that there is another person? You must hate Cen Yan to death now."
"who?"
"Aunt!"
"Your aunt? She can't."
Yu shook her head. "Your grandfather personally asked her to be kicked out of the house. She can't come back except during festivals, unless she gets forgiveness from the eldest wife. But the problem is, your eldest aunt, humph, your eldest aunt offended her so badly before, how could she possibly forgive your eldest aunt?"
"Mom, you are wrong. My eldest aunt and my eldest aunt have a feud, but that is nothing compared to how much they hate Cen Yan. If mother suggests that the three of you work together, I believe that even my eldest aunt will be willing to forgive my eldest aunt temporarily and concentrate on dealing with Cen Yan. If you don't believe it, you can go and talk to my eldest aunt." Cen Shuang was very confident about this.
"I'm afraid that even if we join forces, we may not be a match for Cen Yan, especially your aunt, who was completely defeated." Yu didn't have much hope for this.
"Mom, the last two times, my aunt was unprepared for Cen Yan and underestimated her opponent. But this time, my aunt already knows how powerful Cen Yan is, so she will definitely not be so rash again. She will definitely plan carefully. By then, Cen Yan and the second house will be dealt with thoroughly!" Cen Shuang was very sure about her eldest aunt Cen Fang's methods.
Upon hearing this, Yu's expression relaxed a little.
But she obviously still had some concerns.
"Mother, even if it's not for anything else, the reason why I've become a laughing stock in the village is all because of Cen Yan! If it weren't for her, would I not even dare to leave the house now? Mother, you have to avenge your daughter!" Seeing her like this, Cen Shuang immediately started crying, covering her face and sobbing.
When she said this, Yu naturally thought of the hardships her daughter had been going through recently.
Since he failed to drive Cen Yan out of the house last time, Cen Yan turned the tables on him and accused him of losing his virginity to someone...
There were quite a few people watching outside the house when this happened.
From that day on, Shuang'er, their daughter, was placed under house arrest. From that time onwards, she has not dared to go out of the house, because if someone saw her at the door, they would point at her and start laughing at her blatantly.
When she thought of this, the anger in Yu's heart suddenly ignited!
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