Huang glanced at Granny Ge.
"Since you're so kind, you can lend the money the Wang family has for repairing their house."
Forget it, let's not lend it. You're so kind, why don't you just pay for their house repairs?
"If his house were to collapse one day and kill or injure someone, wouldn't you feel guilty? You're so kind-hearted; you certainly wouldn't stand by and watch a tragedy happen."
The villagers burst into laughter.
Granny Ge was choked up; it was all the fart she had just let out, now coming back to haunt her.
"Why should I pay for her house repairs? What business is it of mine?"
Granny Ge's face turned red and her neck thickened.
"Yeah, who I hire or not is none of your business."
Huang rolled her eyes at her.
Unable to bear the ridicule any longer, Granny Ge turned and, using the strength of her large buttocks, swerved left and right to make her way away.
After dismissing Granny Ge, Madam Huang looked at Liu Caoya with a half-smile.
"Aren't you leaving yet? Are you planning to stay here forever?"
If I put aside my grudges and you start pleading with me properly, maybe I'll give your family a chance out of pity.
Do you really think I can't even lift a knife anymore?
You started acting like a spoiled brat, using moral blackmail and threatening me with the marriages of all the young people in the village. Do you think everyone in Zhao Family Village is as stupid as you?
From this day forward, the Wang family can forget about getting involved in any of the Zhao family's businesses or activities.
I can't afford to get angry with you, and I can't afford to waste my time.
Look at this! Because of your commotion, so many people who were queuing up to work in the workshop have been delayed by you.
In the past half hour, how many buckets of water could you have carried, and how much land could you have shoveled? You think you've wasted so much of the whole village's time?
Go back now, and don't say I bullied you.
What are you two still standing there for? Haven't you embarrassed your wives enough?
Wang Sangui and Wang Daniu's faces turned a deep shade of liver. Each of them grabbed one of Liu Caoya's arms and carried her away.
The troublemakers left, and the recruitment process continued at the Zhao family's side.
After seeing this, Zhao Qinshi stepped forward and whispered,
"Sister-in-law, this isn't like you at all. In the past, if you encountered someone so unreasonable, you would have picked them up and thrown them out long ago. Why are you being so good-tempered today?"
Mrs. Huang sighed.
“My family has five students who have passed the preliminary examination. After they pass the provincial examination, a few more may become scholars. We must maintain our reputation as a family of scholars.”
Zhao Qinshi was amused by Huang Shi.
Liu Caoya was dragged and pulled back home by the father and son.
After closing the courtyard gate, Wang Sangui slapped Liu Caoya across the face.
Liu Caoya looked at her husband in great shock.
"You hit me? What right do you have to hit me?" The voice was shrill and grating.
Wang Sangui's expression at this moment was completely different from his previous cowardly demeanor.
"You stupid woman, you good-for-nothing. We sent you to the Zhao family to plead for them and to take advantage of them, but what you've done is worse than nothing, you're more of a hindrance than a help."
Do you know that because of you, you stupid woman, Da Niu and I almost got beaten up by that Zhao Laosan? Do you know that one punch from him could kill a wild boar?
"I think you're not here to take advantage, you're more like you're here to kill my son and me."
Wang Sangui's curses were filled with righteous indignation.
As Wang Daniu listened, he frowned. The boy was sixteen years old this year, and although he had been raised by his family to do nothing productive all these years.
But they also know shame.
Going to work on the Zhao family's construction site was a first for him in his entire life.
It wasn't just a matter of not being able to do it; the main problem was that he didn't know how to use the wheelbarrow for pushing stones.
He was fired, but they still paid him for half a day's work, so he felt like he had gotten a great deal. But what did his father mean by that?
So, going to the Zhao family's house to cause trouble was actually a way to gain an advantage.
I really couldn't listen to it anymore.
"That's enough, you two stop arguing."
Dad, Mom, even if our family is poor, we can still make a living if we find a way.
If we run out of food, we can go to the mountains to find wild vegetables; we still have a few acres of land.
As long as you put in the effort, you can still make a living. Besides, when my sister got married, she received a dowry of ten taels of silver.
Why can't we make a living?
With your actions, our family's reputation is completely ruined. How will I ever be able to get married in the future?
Are you trying to make the Wang family line die out?
The couple were a little stunned by their son's yelling.
I've been living like this all these years, and I haven't felt anything was wrong, so how did it get associated with having no descendants?
Wang Daniu was so upset by his parents that he cried.
"No wonder none of the kids in the village wanted to talk to me."
So the root of the problem lies with you.
They're never satisfied with taking advantage of others; if they can't, they throw tantrums and act like spoiled brats. Dad is the one who gives the ideas, and Mom is the one who does the bad things.
Father, Mother, how can I ever face anyone in the village again?
People would gossip and whisper behind their backs if they saw this.
"Where's our land? I'm going to work in the fields tomorrow. I don't want to be laughed at."
After saying this, she wiped away her tears and went back inside.
Wang Sangui and his companion were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Father, is our son possessed?" Liu Caoya asked.
Wang Sangui shook his head. "I don't know. Were we really wrong?"
The next day, Wang Daniu really did go to work in the fields with a hoe. If he didn't know how to do something, he would simply run to the neighboring fields to ask for help.
"What's gotten into Wang Daniu? Hasn't he always been either playing or sleeping at home? Has the sun risen in the west?"
The villagers in the neighboring fields asked their wives.
The Zhao family's workshop was operating smoothly.
Business in town is very stable, but those in the county are being targeted.
Although everyone knew that the Zhao family had some connection with Wangyue Tower.
But no one would take a small food stall seriously, let alone compare it to Wangyue Tower.
Zhao's barbecue is absolutely delicious, especially the bright red chili peppers, which are so spicy that you can't stop eating them.
Then some people started having inappropriate thoughts.
Hai Shengping, the owner of a restaurant called Haiyanlou, went to the Zhao family's house. After eating the barbecue skewers that even the county magistrate liked, he felt that his own food was bland.
They sent the shopkeeper to Zhao's Snack Shop to negotiate with the shopkeeper, Liu Qing, with the aim of selling some chili peppers to his family.
Liu Qing politely declined, saying that there were too few chilies at home right now, and that perhaps the owner would sell chilies in the second half of the year or next year.
To avoid being reprimanded by the owner, the shopkeeper went back and complained to the owner about the matter.
"Boss, the owner of that Zhao's Snack Shop is so ungrateful!"
They insisted that they were out of stock and that they might have extra chilies to sell in the second half of the year or next year.
Isn't this just an excuse? If they didn't have one, why would Wangyue Tower have one? They're clearly looking down on Haiyan Tower..."
Well, it was this shopkeeper's mouth that got Hai Shengping to have some crooked ideas.
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