"The Chao family has really struck it rich! Look! Look! They've built a new house! They're even replacing the roof tiles! Tsk tsk tsk! Just a few years ago, they were barely scraping by, barely having enough to eat. They've really struck it rich!"
"Alright, stop being so sour! Let her earn money this year. Her family didn't plant much. I guess they only have sweet potatoes left to plant now, right? Didn't the county magistrate tell them to get more sweet potato seedlings so that the whole prefecture would plant them next year?"
"That's right, would his family dare disobey the county magistrate? If they did, they'd be the next ones exiled!"
"Judging from this, his family won't make much money this year. Look at their dilapidated house; if they don't fix it up, they might be buried alive one day while they're sleeping!"
"Don't talk nonsense! Next year we'll plant a few more acres of sweet potatoes, and in the fall we'll be able to sell them too! They only have a few acres of land!"
"Sigh! That's what they say, but looking at their family's life, just half a year ago they were at the bottom of our village, and now they're suddenly one of the best. Can't I just be a little jealous?"
"Alright, alright! What's wrong with that? But I must warn you, you can't say things like that outside, or people will say you're an ingrate!"
"I understand! I understand! I know what I'm doing!"
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As for rumors and gossip, Yue Jiuyue's family doesn't live in the village, so they wouldn't actively seek out trouble. As long as the villagers who come to help don't try to make their presence known in front of Yue Jiuyue's family, they naturally won't hear about it.
This year's drought is severe and grain yields are low. Yue Jiuyue doesn't plan to have these people who came to help eat at her home. Instead, she plans to settle accounts with them daily according to market rates.
“Mother, isn’t ten coins too much? I asked around in town, and this year, not only is there a shortage of water, but there’s also not enough food. Everyone is trying to find work to earn some money to supplement their income. But because there are so many people looking for work, many people can’t find any, and those who do only earn eight or nine coins a day.”
Lin Chaobei was very dissatisfied with Yue Jiuyue's offer to give ten coins a day to the villagers who came to help!
Those people are all bad! They even kept the truth about his father's death from them for ten years! He used to think the villagers were all so kind, but he never imagined they were all like that!
"Fourth brother! I'll tell you again what my elder brother Hangren said last night (yesterday), and third brother, come and listen too!"
Yue Jiuyue hates rebellious kids the most. They're hard to manage but she can't ignore them either. If she doesn't want to manage them, she's afraid they'll cause her trouble, and then she'll be the one who gets dragged down!
Yue Jiuyue repeated much of what she had said yesterday to the two brothers:
"Third brother, keep a close eye on fourth brother. Don't let him go out and talk nonsense. If he gets beaten up and stuffed in a sack, he'll suffer for nothing!"
If a naughty child misbehaves, give them a beating. If one beating isn't enough, give them two. If she's too embarrassed to hit them, someone else will always do it for her, like the eldest and third children, or other people.
They're not three years old anymore, yet they still speak without thinking. If it were something insignificant, it would be fine, but this involves wages, and they're complaining that she's paying too much. If the workers outside hear this, they'll be put in sacks to avoid punishment!
Haven't you heard the saying, "Blocking someone's money is like blocking their parents' property"? Don't you know how to keep your voice down? How stupid!
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