Chapter 112 Chapter 112 Making Trouble
Jiang Xi sneered, "Don't worry about who I am. I've already called the police. You're blocking someone's door and causing trouble, violating their legal rights. The police will come and question you later. If the offense is serious, you'll be imprisoned for at least three months."
An old woman was a little frightened and tugged at her companion's clothes: "Is what she said true?"
The leading woman, Mrs. Zhang, glared at Jiang Xi and was even more difficult to deal with than the others: "Whatever you say is true, I don't believe it!"
Mrs. Zhang lived next to Liu Daqiang, and her house was only separated from Liu Daqiang by a wall.
When Mrs. Zhang married into the Zhang family in her early years, she was often bullied by her mother-in-law. After finally getting her mother-in-law to leave, Mrs. Zhang thought she was the eldest in the family, but she didn't expect that both of her sons married powerful wives.
Mrs. Zhang said one thing but her two daughters-in-law said ten. Mrs. Zhang complained to her two sons but they didn't listen at all and said that she had too many things to do. Mrs. Zhang complained to her husband but he didn't listen to her either. He just thought that Mrs. Zhang was always looking for trouble.
Mrs. Zhang didn't get any attention at home, and she was so angry that she had no place to vent her anger, so she had to take it out outside.
In the past, Mrs. Zhang's favorite person to lie to was Xiufen. It was Mrs. Zhang who spread Xiufen's bad reputation. Moreover, Xiufen was timid and didn't like to talk, so Mrs. Zhang always said something harsh to her, and Xiufen had no choice but to endure it in vain.
After a while, Mrs. Zhang started to use Xiufen as a punching bag. Especially after seeing how much Liu Daqiang valued Xiufen, Mrs. Zhang became extremely jealous. How could this jinx live so well?
Mrs. Zhang was originally a narrow-minded person, and her long-term repressed life made her psychology even more distorted.
Her malice towards Xiufen intensified after she learned that Xiufen made a lot of money from raising chickens. Mrs. Zhang always secretly observed the Zhang family's every move from behind the door. She found out that it was Jiang Xi who bought Xiufen's chickens, so she chased Jiang Xi and spread rumors about Xiufen last time, asking Jiang Xi to buy her chickens.
But Jiang Xi rejected her. Mrs. Zhang was furious and felt that Jiang Xi was ungrateful.
Mrs. Zhang is particularly prone to thinking that others are ungrateful, and she will hate anyone who doesn't think the same as she does.
She hated Jiang Xi very much, even more than she hated Xiufen before.
In her opinion, Xiufen is an ominous person who has no right to live a good life. She was so scared of being scolded in the past that she never went out.
The Liu family lived a tight life, and Mrs. Zhang felt a little relieved. But now Xiufen sold so many chickens every day. Once she saw Liu Daqiang counting the money, and it was all stacks of red bills. Mrs. Zhang's eyes turned red with jealousy. Why could this jinx live such a good life?
So Mrs. Zhang deliberately gossiped with the other women around her, and instigated a few of her close friends to cause trouble at the Liu family.
The people who were close to Mrs. Zhang had similar personalities to her, all of them were stingy and mean. They were extremely jealous of the Liu family as they saw it was about to rise. As soon as Mrs. Zhang mentioned it, these people immediately hit it off and came to cause trouble for Liu Daqiang's family every few days, just to make it impossible for them to continue their business.
Mrs. Zhang put her hands on her hips and sneered, "Who are you trying to scare, you little liar? I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. The police station isn't yours. Do you think the police will come just because you want them to? Humph!"
Jiang Xi said calmly, "You don't believe me? Fine, then we'll just wait. The police will be here soon anyway. With so many of you blocking the door, the police will know who's causing trouble with just one look."
Jiang Xi's words were righteous and could not be refuted. These people came to the house deliberately to cause trouble and were already guilty. After hearing what Jiang Xi said, they looked at each other and left cursing. For a moment, only Mrs. Zhang was left.
Mrs. Zhang's face was distorted. None of these bitches could be trusted. Liu Daqiang stared at her with a pair of bull eyes, holding a stick in his hand: "Are you going to leave or not? If you don't leave, I will beat you up!"
Mrs. Zhang was alone and weak, so she could only swallow her anger and curse. "Forget it this time, but next time, next time, I'll make you pay!" The farce finally ended.
Liu Daqiang looked at Jiang Xi gratefully and said, "Thank you. I'm sorry to have made you laugh. I've been really unlucky lately. There are always some psychopaths coming to cause trouble."
Jiang Xi asked: "What is going on?"
Liu Daqiang gritted his teeth and said, "It's all because of the chickens. I don't know why these people can't stand my chickens. We've been very careful, cleaning up the chicken manure every day and trying to keep the yard spotless. But they insist on saying our house is dirty and that it's spreading to theirs. What nonsense!"
Jiang Xi lowered his eyes. It was obvious that these people were deliberately causing trouble. The essence of the trouble was not the problem of unhygienic chicken farming. So when Liu Daqiang explained that they were very careful and there was no unhygienic situation at all, these people simply didn't listen, or simply pretended to be confused even though they knew the truth.
Besides, nowadays every household has many people, few houses, many things, and few clean people.
Many people have a lot of stuff at home and don’t clean up the garbage in time. They don’t care about hygiene at all. Some families even grow vegetables in their yards and often apply manure. These have not caused any complaints, but why do they complain about Liu Daqiang?
The root of the problem was still raising chickens. Thinking of what the old woman who stopped her last time said, Jiang Xi understood that the crux of the problem was that these people were purely jealous, jealous that Liu Daqiang made money by raising chickens.
Jiang Xi followed Liu Daqiang into the house. The Liu family's house had become a small chicken farm.
Many more chicken coops were added to the yard, and two layers of chicken coops were stacked on top of the original ones to make full use of the space. Jiang Xi took a look and counted the number of chickens in his mind, but it was not enough. The usable space in the yard was limited. Even though two layers of chicken coops had been stacked, it was still not enough to meet the future demand for Wu Ji Zao Lu.
Xiufen handed Jiang Xi a glass of water. Her face showed some realization after the shock. "Thank you. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't know how this would end."
Xiufen was frightened and at a loss just now, because those people came to pick a fight again and again, and the discussion about Xiufen by people around her became more and more intense. Xiufen could not hold her head up anymore, and the little confidence she had originally had quickly disappeared because of the rumors during this period.
During this period, Xiufen was in a very bad mood and often had nightmares. She dreamed of being disliked by others when she was a child. Those people said she was a jinx and that she would harm those close to her. She was anxious, insomniac, sad, and in pain, and her spirit was almost on the verge of collapse.
But for the sake of her husband and children, Xiufen has been holding on. Fortunately, Jiang Xi's care for Xiufen's business made Xiufen feel that she was not a useless person, and also left Xiufen, who was busy during the day, with no time to think about anything else.
Therefore, Liu Daqiang did not know that Xiufen was about to have a mental breakdown.
Jiang Xi looked at Xiufen deeply. Xiufen's personality was very similar to Wu Yaqin in some aspects, but because Xiufen was born with a disability and had endured so much malice and rumors since childhood, Xiufen's spirit was more fragile than Wu Yaqin's.
Xiufen's eyes were filled with fear, confusion and forced calmness. Jiang Xi had a thought in his mind: Xiufen can't go on like this. This place is not suitable for Xiufen to live in.
Xiao Douzi had just cried, and with tears on her face, she said aggrievedly, "Sister Jiang Xi, my mother is not like what they say, and our house doesn't smell bad."
Jiang Xi touched his head and gave him two White Rabbit snacks, which were special products from her special area in Shanghai. She gave some to Nuoer and kept the rest for her family. Sometimes she would give one or two to children when she saw them.
Xiaodouzi looked at the candy expectantly, glanced at his mother, and after getting permission, he took the candy very cherishingly, slowly tore open the candy wrapper and put it into his mouth, licking it in small bites. The sweetness of the candy made Xiaodouzi put aside his previous sadness and revealed a satisfied smile: "It's so sweet, so delicious!"
Children forget sadness quickly, but adults can't be as carefree as children. Liu Daqiang squatted on the ground with a depressed look on his face: "I don't know how I offended them. Why would they treat me like this? I'm so useless that I can't protect my family at all."
Jiang Xi calmly analyzed, "From what I've observed, the people living around here aren't doing very well. I've been buying chicken from you these days, and based on the market price and the amount of chicken I buy, they've been able to infer how much money you've made. It's just like a tall tree attracts the wind. They're jealous of you, so they're finding these lame excuses to make your life uncomfortable."
Liu Daqiang clutched his hair in agony. "How could they be so mean? I'd be fine with them, but they scolded Xiufen and said so many nasty things. Do they really want to drive us away?"
Jiang Xi: "Did you move here just a few years ago?"
Liu Daqiang sighed, "I didn't live here before. I moved here after I married Xiufen."
Xiufen is easy to bully, and Liu Daqiang has no relatives, so it's difficult to do it alone. Some people have long formed a group, thinking that Liu Daqiang and Xiufen have no support behind them, so they are so unscrupulous.
Jiang Xi lowered his eyes. "So the crux of this matter isn't that you're unhygienic when raising chickens, but because those people don't want you to raise chickens at all. In other words, they can't stand you getting better and better. Unless you're living a very poor life, but that's not necessarily the case. If you're living a very poor life, those people will look down on you just because you're poor."
Jiang Xi spoke slowly, "In other words, these people aren't good people. Xiufen is naturally gentle, and Xiaodouzi is just a child. Besides your stronger personality, you're like sheep among wolves. You don't share the same surname as them, and you don't blend in with them, so you've become a hot topic among them."
Liu Daqiang remained silent and kept thinking about what Jiang Xi said. He seemed to understand a little. Xiufen also listened carefully. She understood more than Liu Daqiang.
Based on my own experience, the existence of some people is original sin. No matter what you do, it will be wrong to be with those malicious people, because from the beginning to the end, those people do not want to accept you but instead judge you with a critical mind.
Xiufen recalled those malicious looks. From childhood to adulthood, she was always surrounded by such looks because of her disability. She had done nothing wrong, but those people looked at her with nothing but disgust.
Xiufen lowered her head, twisted two fingers, and asked, "Then what should we do?"
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