I had only taken two steps when I heard an excited voice.
"Wife, prepare more dishes for dinner, and invite the mistress to stay for a meal."
Upon hearing this, Sister-in-law Huang paused, looking directly at her husband. "Are you planning the same thing as those people in the village?"
"What are your plans?"
“Those people in the village are guarding the road at the village entrance, trying to stop the mistress and demand benefits.”
"You actually compared me to those people?" Huang Shi's face darkened instantly. "Is our relationship the same as those shameless people's?"
"Then let's not waste the food, he won't come."
“Nonsense,” Huang Shi said, disbelieving. “Even if we’re from different clans, I’m still his closest uncle. It’s impossible for me to not even give him face.”
"Wait and see."
Sister-in-law Huang didn't want to explain anything anymore.
It was precisely because I knew my sister-in-law's family very well that I knew this plan wouldn't succeed.
That family, whether rich or poor, are all incredibly stubborn. You might be able to reach an agreement if you talk to them nicely, but if you force them, they'll definitely suffer the consequences.
As she spoke, Sister-in-law Huang warned her husband, "Honey, don't get involved in this, or I'll tell Dad."
"Nonsense, why would you tell your father?"
"I don't care, if you get involved, I'll go tell Dad that you haven't given up on them."
Upon hearing this, Huang Shi snorted coldly, "What do you know? You're all talk and no action!"
Although he remained defiant, he dared not make any further moves.
When Huang Xiaosan arrived with his men, the Huang family immediately surrounded them.
"Little San, you're finally back! We've been waiting for you for so long."
"Come to my house and rest for a while. Tea has been prepared."
"Come to my house, I've cooked a delicious meal."
"Come to my house, and I'll have a beautiful, fresh-faced young woman keep me company."
...
"Thank you all for your kindness. I only came today to pick up Brother Huang Ye. I cannot stay any longer. Please understand."
"Can my son come with you too?"
"That's right, all the young men in the village are good, you should take them with you."
"If even that cripple Huang Ye can go, then anyone here is better than him."
"Enough!" Huang Xiaosan said, his voice growing increasingly somber. "No matter how bad Brother Huang Ye is, he's still my mother's apprentice. I won't allow you to criticize him. Since the young man from the Huang family is so good, you can keep him for yourselves."
After saying that, Huang Xiaosan tried to leave.
"What do you mean by that, mistress? Now that you're successful, you look down on us poor relatives?"
"Don't forget, we're still within the fifth degree of kinship."
Huang Xiaosan was so angry he laughed.
"So what? Even brothers who divide their property are still two separate families, let alone relatives who are almost beyond the fifth degree of kinship?"
"You say I look down on people, then tell me, what have you done that makes me respect you?"
"Is it an insult and abuse directed at my senior brother, or a disgusting scheme against my family?"
"My mother has spent over a hundred taels of silver on you, and instead of appreciating it, you come here to disgust me?"
"Have you no shame?"
With this kind of ugly behavior, you still want benefits? Dream on!
He would rather give alms to beggars!
Sure enough, he made the right choice in bringing the right people.
"One hundred taels of silver is nothing to you, it won't hurt you at all."
“That’s right. My family has thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver. Even a hundred taels of silver is worth more than that. This jade pendant I’m wearing is worth more than that.”
So what?
How dare you people who have never contributed a single penny criticize me?
"If you think it's too little, give it back!"
Those words left the speaker speechless.
Brother Huang, standing at the very front, was starting to feel a chill run down his spine.
They've already offended people at the very beginning. Can this really work out?
Suddenly, I understood why Huang Youquan chose to quit halfway through.
This family is different from before.
It used to look fierce, but it was actually a paper tiger; even if it bared its teeth and claws, it couldn't hurt anyone.
Now, a few words have stripped them of their dignity and trampled them on the ground.
“Mistress,” Huang Sige said awkwardly, “we’re all family, don’t get so angry, they don’t have any bad intentions.”
"Could it be out of kindness?"
Knowing that force wouldn't work, Brother Huang started to appeal to people's emotions: "You know how hard it is for us farmers. We work ourselves to the bone every day, but we can't even feed our families properly. Now that we see a glimmer of hope, we can't help but get desperate."
"Just because you're having a hard time, does that mean my family deserves to give you benefits?"
"That's not how it works..."
Before Brother Huang could finish speaking, he was interrupted.
"Huang Lin, is it really necessary to be so petty? Pulling someone up is no big deal for the Marquis. Is it really necessary to make such a fuss?"
Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaosan felt that all his previous words had been wasted.
A bunch of idiots!
“Keep dreaming,” he said, then turned to Ji Quan and said directly, “Ji Quan, let’s go.”
Upon hearing this, Ji Quan and his group immediately surrounded Huang Xiaosan.
Although they didn't say anything, they were so angry at the Huang family's shameless words that they jumped up and down.
"Make way, if you hurt even a hair on our boss's head, we'll settle this with our fists."
“Don’t think you can bully people just because you have more people,” Ji Qin said warily. “Ji Family Village is right next door. Just shout and they’ll be there. We’ll see who comes out on top.”
Upon hearing this, the Huang family members dared not make a move and simply followed closely behind.
After settling Huang Ye and his wife into the car, without hesitation, they ordered the yard to be burned down.
What are you doing?
"Is there a problem?" Huang Ye asked back.
Why did the house burn down when everything was perfectly fine?
"Wouldn't it be good for you if we didn't burn it?"
Aren't you coming back?
"Of course I'm not coming back!"
Upon hearing this, the veins on Huang Sige's forehead throbbed.
In their desperate attempt to preserve the yellow leaves, they sold houses and land at rock-bottom prices, but no one would buy them, forcing people to burn the place down.
"Mistress, Huang Ye, do you really have to go this far?"
Huang Xiaosan had no desire to answer such a idiotic question.
He gave the direct order, "Uproot half of the peaches and pears in the village and throw them in the yard to burn together."
"What?" Brother Huang was shocked and looked at Huang Xiaosan with the eyes of someone looking at a madman. "You want to pull up the peach and pear trees? They're already bearing fruit."
There are few fruits, but many trees; all of them together can make a good profit.
"I can do whatever I want with my things."
"This is the clan..."
"Village Chief Huang, are you forgetful? All the saplings were bought by my family. We agreed that half of them would belong to my family. Is there a problem with me not wanting to destroy them now?"
He knew that these people had long considered the fruit trees as their own.
"If it weren't for the villagers digging the pit and carrying water..."
"Digging holes and carrying water?" Huang Xiaosan raised his eyebrows. "Do you think the wages for these two or three days are enough to cover the cost of these fruit seedlings?"
Don't joke around!
With fifty people working, each earning twenty coins per day, even three days would only amount to three taels of silver.
You can only buy a dozen or so fruit seedlings, and you need connections.
Huang Sige understood such a simple calculation.
Finally, she relented and said, "Fine, whatever you want!"
"Village chief, how can you let him run wild like this?"
"Otherwise what?" Village Chief Huang retorted angrily. "It belonged to them to begin with, what could I do?"
He finally understood that Huang Lin was deliberately trying to warn them and make them change their minds.
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