Chapter 230 can only go this far.
Lin Yuesha and her stepbrother Xiao Qi packed their belongings and rented a carriage from a carriage rental shop to return to Chenjia Village.
The road into the village is difficult to travel on snowy days. It would take several hours to walk there on foot. The family should consider buying a horse-drawn carriage to make things more convenient.
"But the courtyard in town is too small."
Lin Yuesha was also conflicted because she had bought a carriage but had nowhere to put it.
"Little sister, you've volunteered to go back to the village, are you up to something?"
Xiao Qi wasn't sure if the little girl had come up with a good idea, but he wanted to join in the fun.
“Brother, this world is unfair. It was clearly Wang Pozi’s youngest son who did something shameless, but it is my second cousin who is being talked about and gossiped about by the villagers.”
Lin Yuesha gets angry just thinking about it and has to vent her anger, otherwise she'll go crazy.
That's right. She was not only petty but also vengeful, always holding a grudge against Wang Po for getting some of her elder brother's Spring Festival couplets for free and for acting innocent after getting a good deal.
"But it's too late now..."
Xiao Qi rubbed his hands together, looking quite troubled.
"Brother, what do you suggest we do?"
Lin Yuesha passed the problem to her stepson, to see what the good-natured man had to say.
"Go and reason with Wang Pozi's family, and make it clear that Xiaohua will definitely not marry Wang Tiezhu, so that they will give up on that idea."
To maintain his image as a kind-hearted person, Xiao Qi earnestly persuaded his younger sister to go and reason with Granny Wang.
"Are you out of your mind?"
Lin Yuesha clicked her tongue in amazement. If this trick worked, Granny Wang wouldn't have needed to find out about the town and bring the matchmaker directly to her door.
The other party is shameless and only thinks about taking advantage.
Getting rid of this large family is simple: the Chen family is heavily in debt, and Granny Wang is trying to avoid them.
"Since that has happened, there's no way to salvage Xiaohua's reputation. That's all we can do."
Xiao Qi sighed and made up his mind to trick Lin Yuesha.
"Then let's go all the way and set fire to Wang Po's house."
Lin Yuesha rolled her eyes. Her older brother was not only a kind-hearted fool but also a pushover. She knew she couldn't do that, so she deliberately brought it up to scare Xiao Qi.
As expected, Xiao Qi was shocked and said, "This... is an insult to culture!"
The little girl was clever and mischievous, and she wanted to play tricks on him, so he would play along and do as Lin Yuesha pleased.
"Brother, tell me what 'civility' means. Is what Wang Tiezhu did civilized?"
If you are bullied and don't fight back, you're just telling others that you're easy to bully, and then one by one, they'll all come and trample on you.
"But you can't set fire to it."
Xiao Qi, with a stern face, lectured Lin Yuesha, "Wang Pozi's family has wronged us, that's true. If we set a fire, what would that make us? Wouldn't we be driving someone to their death?"
In the dead of winter, if a fire were set, Wang Pozi's house would be reduced to ashes, leaving the entire family with nowhere to go. If they were to freeze to death, their sins would be immense.
Xiao Qi's words were insincere; he was not someone who cared about other people's lives.
"Pah!"
Lin Yuesha genuinely didn't intend to set the house on fire. With people from the Wang family always present, any fire would be extinguished before it could ignite, and it would easily alert them.
In this way, the Wang family would not suffer much loss, so how could Lin Yuesha let this family get away with it!
"Ruining someone's reputation is like killing them; Sister Xiaohua almost hanged herself!"
In this way, Wang Pozi's family has committed grave sins, and it's not as easy as just setting a fire to solve the problem!
"this……"
Xiao Qi was speechless. As a good old man, this was the extent of his acting.
The brother and sister disagreed and ignored each other, each closing their eyes to rest until they reached Chenjia Village.
When Lin Yuesha returned to the village, she saw Granny Wang and several other women talking outside. Granny Wang was talking about Chen Shi beating people, and she was spitting as she spoke.
"That can't be, right?"
Comparing Chen Shi and Wang Pozi, Gou Dan's mother would definitely believe Chen Shi more. She was such a gentle person, never even raising her voice to anyone, so how could she possibly hit someone?
Old Lady Wang might have said these things on purpose, just to get her foolish son to marry Chen Xiaohua.
"Not necessarily."
The other woman didn't think Chen had done anything wrong. If someone who ran a coffin shop had asked someone to come and bring it up, she might have thrown that person out too.
"The girl from the Chen family has returned to the village!"
As soon as the carriage entered the village, it attracted everyone's attention.
When Gou Dan's mother saw the carriage, she said enviously, "Having a carriage is so fast, it's much better than walking. It seems that Chen is a lucky woman."
"That's right, Chen is capable and she even helps her maternal family. Otherwise, how could the Chen family have two shops in town!"
The other women chimed in, and without exception, their words were sarcastic and sour.
People who were once worse off than them are suddenly living a better life, which makes everyone feel uneasy.
"The Chen family lives in a spacious courtyard in town; it has everything!"
Granny Wang exaggerated, and deliberately sighed, "Alas, I am an outsider and have no dealings with the Chen family, so it is only natural that I cannot gain any advantage. But you are all clansmen and relatives. The Chen family has become capable, but they have not offered any help to their clansmen. They are truly heartless."
Granny Wang stirred up trouble, and although no one spoke, they all thought the same thing, and everyone fell silent.
Lin Yuesha's carriage passed by and overheard these words. She rested her chin on her hand and fell into deep thought.
In modern times, clan members are usually distant relatives who don't interact much, which is normal. However, in Daqi, clan concepts are particularly important.
It's not surprising that the clansmen have such thoughts.
As your family becomes wealthier, you'll attract more and more jealousy and problems.
After all, my maternal grandparents were rooted in Chenjia Village, and they couldn't bear to leave their homeland, so the family had to maintain good relations with the clansmen.
How can we lead our people to make money and let them get a share? Lin Yuesha still needs to think about this.
You can't fatten up your people and make them too greedy, but you also can't be stingy and cause them to resent you. It's hard to find the right balance.
“Buy land as clan land, and set aside a portion of the money each year to send the village children to school.”
Seeing that his younger sister was starting to struggle again, Xiao Qi came up with a solution for her.
Land was the foundation of peasant families, while powerful clans used their clan lands to cultivate scholars in order to advance further in their careers.
"Brother, your idea is great!"
Lin Yuesha clapped her hands and looked at Xiao Qi with a smile. The good old man wasn't entirely useless; he could offer advice at crucial moments.
Xiao Qi: "..."
He shouldn't have said that, telling the little girl to worry about it herself!
Regarding the purchase of clan land, this matter still needs to be discussed with the elders. The two of them took their belongings directly to visit their maternal aunt, Wang Jinhua.
Upon learning that her daughter Chen Xiaohua was in town, Wang Jinhua felt slightly better, but she was still unwell.
"Auntie, you must get better soon. The shop is just missing some tables and chairs. We'll open as soon as you're better."
Lin Yuesha handed the package to her cousin-in-law, Wang, and deliberately concealed the fact that Wang Pozi had gone to town to cause trouble, fearing that her aunt-in-law would be even more upset if she found out.
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