Aunt Xu hesitated for a moment. She felt that the most worthwhile thing in her life was making a friend like Tian Zhaodi.
Therefore, she didn't want to owe Tian Zhaodi too many favors, lest she not know how to repay them in the future.
The two chatted and laughed, and headed home together as it got dark.
As soon as they arrived at the Xu family's door, Old Mrs. Xu and her daughter-in-law were already waiting outside.
Aunt Xu's face darkened, and she said in an icy tone, "What are you doing here again?"
Old Mrs. Xu angrily rebuked, "Where exactly did you take Daya? Do you know what people outside are saying about our Xu family?"
"You said Da Ya didn't do well on her college entrance exam and ran off with some random guy, but you're afraid of losing face, so you won't tell us where she went. How are we supposed to save face? Hand Da Ya over right now!"
Aunt Xu said expressionlessly, "If you really have nowhere to put it, just throw it in the latrine. Nobody ever puts it there, it's a very spacious place."
Old Mrs. Xu wished she could tear Aunt Xu's mouth apart. She had always looked down on Aunt Xu, thinking she was unruly and disobedient.
"Sister-in-law, how can you talk like that? We're just doing this for Daya's own good, aren't we?"
His daughter-in-law immediately became unhappy and, before Old Mrs. Xu could speak, rebuked her with resentment.
"Smack—"
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Xu slapped her across the face, the sound crisp and clear.
"Bullshit! What do you mean by 'good for my daughter'? You're just worried your brother won't be able to find a wife, so you're eyeing my daughter?"
"Let me tell you, don't fucking dream of eating swan meat. My daughter will never marry someone like your brother, even if she never gets married in her life. You might as well give up on that idea."
"His face is thicker than a city wall. We've told him so many times, but he still keeps pestering us like a piece of dog skin plaster."
The sister-in-law was so angry that her face turned red. Although Aunt Xu had refused before, she hadn't said such harsh things.
Now, after hearing what Aunt Xu said, they wished they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. Old Mrs. Xu was so angry that she clutched her chest, looking like she was about to vomit blood.
Tian Zhaodi shook her head as she looked at them, pushed open the door, entered the courtyard, locked the door, and went straight into the main house.
The Xu family, mother and daughter-in-law, have come four or five times in the past few months, and each time they have the same reason: they insist on seeing Daya.
Aunt Xu must have reached her breaking point, otherwise she wouldn't have said such nasty things in the street.
After finishing her sentence, Aunt Xu ignored the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, went straight into the yard, locked the door, and hurriedly went inside.
No matter how much the Xu family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law knocked on the door or cursed at her outside, she ignored them completely.
Seeing that they couldn't reason with them, the two could only leave reluctantly.
The next morning, before going to work, Aunt Xu said to Tian Zhaodi, "Sister Tian, we really need to trouble you this time. As you can see, we're not having a peaceful New Year here."
Tian Zhaodi patted her hand: "Every family has its difficult times, don't worry too much, let's celebrate the New Year together."
The political commissar arrived in the county town where Lu Yang's family lived two days after Lu Yang called him.
After getting off the train, he went straight to Chen's Restaurant.
Upon hearing his background, Du Miao couldn't help but laugh: "Who knows what kind of bad thing Lu Yang is plotting again."
The political commissar chuckled dryly. He felt that Du Miao had too strong an aura, so he'd better keep quiet.
Du Miao waved his hand and said, "I know. I'll make sure to spread this news to him without him even noticing."
"Why don't you stay here for a few days? I'll have someone show you around."
The political commissar did intend to stay here, and since he didn't know anyone else, he readily agreed: "Then I'll trouble you."
Du Miao smiled and told his men to accompany the political commissar on his stroll.
The political commissar had just received a reward of 2,000 yuan from Lu Yang, and was now quite well-off.
He took these guys to restaurants and bathhouses, and extracted all the information about Lu Yang from them.
These guys also asked about his situation, and about Lu Yang's current situation.
He only mentioned some simple things. He wasn't by Lu Yang's side, so naturally he didn't know how big Lu Yang's business had become.
After the group of men returned, they told Du Miao about Lu Yang's recent situation.
Du Miao asked in a low voice, "Has the news been spread?"
The man said, "We happen to have some people from Dafeng Village around here, so I had him go back and tell them."
"I heard that the Xu family's place has been bombed. The Xu family and Lu Yang are not on good terms."
“Lu Yang must know that the Xu family and he are at odds, so why did he still ask his uncle to buy the Xu family’s chicken farm?”
"How could the Xu family possibly have a proper talk with his uncle? They might even end up fighting."
Du Miao couldn't help but burst into laughter and said, "Isn't this exactly the effect Lu Yang wanted?"
“A while ago, his two uncles came to his house to freeload, and they spent several hundred yuan on a single meal.”
"These two have no sense of propriety; they've offended Lu Yang, that cunning fellow."
The waiter immediately fell silent; he also recognized Lu Yang.
They knew how Lu Yang had tricked the Lin family back then, successfully getting Lin Hongshan and her two children out of the Lin family.
The atmosphere on their side was harmonious, but they didn't know that the atmosphere at the Xu family's house in Dafeng Village was oppressive, with everyone's faces ashen.
When the political commissar disguised himself as a peddler and sneaked near Dafeng Village, he happened to find people talking about the Xu family.
"Have you heard? Xu Qingyou's chicken farm, which lays golden eggs, is going to be sold!"
"The chicken farm only has a few empty rooms left, and they're selling it to someone else. I wonder which sucker will buy it."
"Isn't it Lu Yang who wants to buy it? He's the one from Lu Family Village who separated from his father and went out to do business. Lu Yang, who went to university, is the talk of the village."
...
As they were discussing this, a sharp shout suddenly came from the side: "If anyone wants to transfer the chicken farm to Lu Yang, even if the entire Xu family starves to death, we will never sell the chicken farm to him!"
The one who was cursing was Xu Qingyou. He had suffered a lot of setbacks in the past year or so. His family went bankrupt, he was in debt, and he still had to continue farming.
The more arrogant he was before, the more pathetic he became later.
They had inquired around and found out that it was Lu Yang who had harmed them. The entire Xu family, from the oldest to the youngest, hated Lu Yang with a vengeance.
Several villagers who had been discussing the matter fell silent upon seeing Xu Qingyou arrive, and quickly left with their belongings.
They all felt that ever since the Xu family went bankrupt, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xu family had developed mental problems, and no one dared to provoke her, for fear that she would go crazy.
Xu Qingyou stood with his hands on his hips, cursing incessantly, all of it directed at Lu Yang.
Seeing this, the Xu family pulled him back, but Xu Qingyou continued to shout: "If Lu Yang's two uncles dare to bring up the matter of buying the chicken farm tomorrow, we'll throw them out!"
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