"I was just saying it offhand," Chief Ji said with a sheepish smile, touching his nose. "Don't mind it, don't mind it."
"Now that we've taken everything, I'll have Xiaochuan notify the authorities."
"Yes, yes, all the grain and stuff are hidden. Don't worry, even if the authorities search, they won't find anything."
"Okay!" Jiang Nuan nodded and turned to find Boss Huang.
"Once this matter is over, Huangjiakou will host a three-day banquet. My two older brothers must give us face then," Huang Shi said with a beaming smile. "From babies just over a month old to those ninety-nine years old, everyone except those who are truly unable to come out must come to the banquet."
"Brother Huang, you have quite the spirit," Chief Jiang clicked his tongue. "After this banquet, the money we've earned today probably won't be enough to fill the hole."
“Brother Huang, it’s a bit much for the whole village to come. Let’s just have a meal together,” Chief Ji advised. “Money should be used wisely, not wasted.”
He understood Huang Shi's feelings, but he couldn't agree with them.
That's not how you spend money!
“Brother Ji is worrying for nothing,” Chief Jiang said with a hint of bitterness. “That old man is rich. See the road in Huangjiakou? It was all built by his second branch of the family. And those pear and peach trees were also bought with their money.”
hiss!
Upon hearing this, Chief Ji, who had just felt that he had turned his life around, suddenly realized that he was still a poor man.
“This is probably close to a hundred taels. The second branch of the Huang family is actually so rich,” he said, stroking his chin. “Indeed, if they didn’t have money, they wouldn’t be sharing such a good thing as venison with everyone.”
“That’s right. We’re curious about this little bit of money today, but Brother Huang doesn’t care about it at all.”
"I don't have any money," Huang Shi said with a wry smile. "To be honest, as a man, I'm not very capable. My sister-in-law has been the one who has supported the second wife. She was the one who suggested this banquet."
We can't leave the favors between the two villages unpaid; otherwise, who will dare to help Huangjiakou in the future?
"My sister," Chief Jiang said with a look of regret, "is good in every way, but she was born into the wrong family. If she were a boy, how wonderful that would be."
"Why didn't she marry into Ji Family Village?" Chief Ji said with a regretful expression. "What a pity, what a real pity!"
I used to think that the second branch of the Huang family was rich, but today I learned that it was actually Madam Jiang who was rich.
This woman is not only a lucky wife, but also brings prosperity to her family and clan. It's a pity she doesn't live in their village.
“You guys,” Huang Shi said, somewhat amused and exasperated, “I was just talking about something serious.”
"I know, I know," Chief Ji waved his hand and exhaled. "Anyway, you're all rich. Whoever kicks you out, this old man will beat them with a stick and eat you out of house and home!"
"I'm going to do the same thing," Chief Jiang said with a look of resentment. "I'm the aunt of Jiang Family Village. What if you don't show me how many people there are in Jiang Family Village and bully my aunt!"
He figured it out. So what if he got married? Even if the water was spilled, it would only stay at the entrance of Jiangjia Village and wouldn't flow onto someone else's land.
She married into Huangjiakou, but Jiangjia Village recognized her as their great-aunt, and no one could stop her.
The more Chief Jiang thought about it, the clearer things became. He looked at Huang Shi with a hint of provocation in his eyes. "Don't worry, if the Jiang family's aunt wants to hold a banquet, no one will dare to be presumptuous."
The domineering yet protective tone was all too obvious; the phrase "Grandma Jiang" effectively excluded the entire Huang family.
Upon hearing this, Huang Shi replied with a forced smile, "We wouldn't dare trouble the Jiang family. Our Huang family can take care of ourselves."
"From the Jiang family!"
"The Huang family!"
In an instant, a silent battle smoke rose, and the two men's eyes met, filled with burning fighting spirit.
“What’s there to argue about?” Chief Ji said, speechless. “The family genealogy is the standard.”
"We have a family genealogy record to prove it!"
"We have a family genealogy record to prove it!"
A voice rang out simultaneously.
"What?" Clan Chief Ji looked at Clan Chief Jiang in surprise, "Madam Jiang is actually on the Jiang family genealogy?"
Generally speaking, girls are not eligible to be included in the family genealogy, even if they are one's own daughters.
"Is that strange?" Chief Jiang said dismissively. "The girls of the Jiang family's direct line are precious; how could they not be recorded in the family genealogy?"
“But she has already married into the Huang family.” Huang Shi gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words.
"So what?" Chief Jiang curled his lip. "She'll still be a daughter of the Jiang family when she marries."
He had wanted to bring her back before. With so many people in the Jiang family, couldn't he find a husband for his aunt?
But Fifth Aunt was unwilling, saying that it was too difficult for a girl who remarried, with all sorts of disgusting things to do.
He felt he was worrying too much; capable people can thrive anywhere, while incapable people only know how to whine and complain.
"So," Chief Ji's eyebrows furrowed in shock, "Madam Jiang really is a member of the Jiang family."
"Absolutely, otherwise, my fifth uncle and aunt wouldn't have the confidence to support my cousin."
“I was wondering why so many people from the Jiang family came when my sister-in-law had that accident.”
Without a word, a group of people barged in, demanding an explanation as soon as they saw them. Each of them had a menacing look on their faces and was very aggressive.
Later, he didn't know what Grandpa Jiang and his father talked about, but the Jiang family left after a short time. It's been six years, and he's almost forgotten about it.
Back then, he felt that this group of people were really arrogant, but now that he thinks about it, they really did have the right to be arrogant.
This was the first time Huang Shi had heard about this.
After a long silence, he finally spoke, sounding dejected, "Does my sister-in-law know about this?"
“How could I not know?” Chief Jiang said, puzzled. “There’s no need to hide this.”
"Why didn't Madam Jiang build roads and schools for you?"
Chief Ji was very puzzled.
A woman cannot provide financial support to her natal family unless she is with her husband's family. In Jiang Niangzi's case, both families are her home, so no one can really say anything about it.
Upon hearing this, Chief Jiang looked up at the sky.
“My cousin gave me a hundred taels of silver a long time ago, and told me to do whatever I wanted,” Chief Jiang said with a sigh. “I got the silver and was just about to make a big splash when my father found out. He chased me around three times with a stick as thick as my arm.”
It's incredibly humiliating for a man in his forties to be chased and beaten by his own father!
Haha!
Chief Ji couldn't help but laugh.
"The old man is really vigorous for his age," he said, leaning against a tree trunk with his shoulder tilted to the side. "Why can't we use this silver? Is it too hot to handle?"
Upon hearing this, the Jiang clan chief blushed and explained, "The old man said that even if all the men in the Jiang family died, they couldn't rely on my aunt's personal savings to survive. Such a precious person is meant to be cherished, not used to suck blood."
Upon hearing this, the remaining two looked at each other in bewilderment.
Huang Shi blushed deeply, stung by these hurtful words.
He's the one who sucks blood!
“Brother,” the clan chief straightened up and asked seriously, “You speak so eloquently. Was the Jiang family once a prominent noble family that fled to Ping’an County when natural disasters struck?”
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