"Of course not!"
Upon hearing the name of the county magistrate, Chen Xianghua immediately interrupted Cheng Yue, saying that her elder brother had told her that Cheng Yue and her group did indeed have someone behind them, someone called Third Master Chen, who was said to be a big shot.
It's not unreasonable that he could get close to the county magistrate.
Thinking that all the hard-earned money had gone into Cheng Yue's pocket, Chen Xianghua felt a pang of jealousy. Why?
"Who says I can't afford it? This doesn't look appetizing at all. I want mung bean cakes, give me a pound!"
I'm your sister, after all, and I even sent a congratulatory gift, so you have to give me a pound of it too—no, more than that!
Second sister-in-law, you're not upset, are you? We're all family. You can't be stingy. If others find out, who will want to buy things from you?
"Da Ya, what are you staring at like that for? It's obvious your parents have spoiled you. Hurry up and pack me some mung bean cakes, not too many, five jin will be enough!"
Chen Xianghua's unreasonable and arrogant attitude made Cheng Yue laugh in anger. If she couldn't afford it, she should just say so. Why give it to her? And even lecture her daughter? What a shameless person!
"Madam Zeng, we have severed all ties. You are a married daughter who has no relation to us whatsoever. As for your sister, we don't have any sister!"
Besides, wasn't this gift given voluntarily by you? Do you think Mr. Zeng Youcai would do things like this?
You sent a congratulatory gift and then used it to blackmail me into sending you a few more pounds of pastries? Tsk tsk, who will dare to accept gifts from Master Zeng after this?
"Alright, I'll give you back this tael of silver. Otherwise, if you demand five catties of pastries today, you might demand ten taels of gold tomorrow!"
Cheng Yue deliberately spoke loudly, and all the customers selling pastries looked over, even the people at the braised food stall craned their necks to look this way.
"What? It's Zeng Youcai from Huai Shu Town? Isn't he supposed to be quite wealthy? Why is he being so unpleasant when giving gifts? If he doesn't want to, he can simply not give them, right?"
"That's his wife, isn't she? She's dressed quite well, how could she behave so disgracefully? Does Zeng Youcai know about this?"
"Wow! This is truly eye-opening. They're not short of money, so why are they trying to take advantage of this little bit of money!"
Chen Xianghua's face flushed red instantly, as if it were on fire. She twisted the handkerchief in her hand fiercely. That Cheng Yue!
Chen An turned his head away, ignoring her. Excellent! This was his good second brother!
He could only force a smile at the crowd, "You all misheard me, I was just joking. How could a respectable man like our master do things like this?"
Then she deliberately acted coquettishly and said, "Second sister-in-law, pack me five catties of mung bean cakes, how much silver do you want? I'll pay you!"
"It's just some pastries! Do you think I wouldn't pay? I was just joking, you're so easily teased!"
Cheng Yue felt a chill. How old is she? She was still winking and stomping her feet at her. Did she think she was cute?
No wonder Liang Hongyu was teasing her; she even wanted to hit her with a sandbag!
Despite her discomfort, Cheng Yue turned to Chen Tong and called out, "Xiao Tong, go and get five catties of mung bean cakes."
Hurry up and take the money and get her out of here. I can't stand it. The powder on her face is about to fly onto her pastries.
Chen Xianghua gritted her teeth and had just given 250 coins when she saw Cheng Yue smiling while holding the coins. She was so angry that she was practically fuming.
Buying one more pound or one less pound is fine, but why did you have to buy five pounds? It's exactly 250 coins, no more, no less! Isn't that just calling yourself a fool?!
Chen Xianghua stomped her foot and turned away angrily. Just you wait, even if her older brother doesn't come looking for her, she'll get back the face she lost today!
Cheng Yue quickly beckoned Lai Xing over, whispered a few words in his ear, and Lai Xing nodded and left.
Chen Xianghua left the shop, increasingly angry. She had come over to see what was going on, only to be ripped off for more than one tael and two qian! She was really ripped off!
Cheng Yue is indeed vicious. I was actually fooled by her before, thinking she was a brainless coward.
After separating from the family and severing ties, her true nature has been revealed. Cheng Yue is really too wicked. She called her "Second Sister-in-law" several times, but today she has made her lose face like this!
And her older brother, if it weren't for his instigation, she wouldn't have had to put up with all this mistreatment!
Thinking of this, Chen Xianghua paused, turned around and went to Jinxiuge to find Chen Ping. The money lost today must be made to pay out by her elder brother!
There wasn't much to do at the jewelry shop, and Chen Ping was standing at the door with his hands behind his back. Luckily, Manager Jiang wasn't there, otherwise he would definitely have been mocking him endlessly.
I had only been standing there for a quarter of an hour when I saw Chen Xianghua walking towards the shop, her face sullen, carrying several bundles of pastries wrapped in oil paper.
This was clearly a bad start. He cursed himself inwardly for being so useless, but smiled warmly on his face.
"Little sister, what's wrong? Did you just come from your second brother and sister-in-law's?"
Chen Ping's smile only made Chen Xianghua angrier. She glared at him and said, "Brother, is it fun to ask questions you already know the answer to? If you hadn't insisted on coming to me, would I have put up with this?"
I spent two taels of silver today, and you must compensate me! Otherwise, I'm not going to help with Xiao Gen's marriage!
Before Chen Gen went to school, Chen Ping had hoped that once he achieved academic success, he could marry into a prominent family. However, Cheng Yue's actions ruined all his hopes.
With no hope of achieving fame or fortune and reaching a certain age, he had no choice but to find a wife immediately, but he didn't approve of the families in the village.
The young lady from the landlord's family is quite nice, but Chen Gen has lost his future, so he dares not bring it up, lest people say he's a toad trying to eat swan meat.
So they had no choice but to ask Chen Xianghua to inquire about the Zeng family's daughter. Although the Zeng family wasn't extremely wealthy, they were at least well-off and would be a good match for them.
He had just found a girl he liked and was waiting for further developments when Chen Xianghua threatened him with marriage. Chen Ping, suppressing his anger, said:
"Little sister, I asked you to go and take a look, but I didn't ask you to spend any money. You spent your own money to buy things, so how can you blame it on me?"
Besides, the reason I sent you to see him is because my brother-in-law is capable and I was thinking of ways to help my mother get revenge.
"You have so much money, second brother. I only invited you because I was thinking of getting a share. I've been thinking of you the whole time, why are you holding a grudge against me!"
Chen Xianghua sneered, "Brother, I know you very well. Don't treat me like a fool. We both know what you're thinking, so why pretend to be confused?"
I can handle this, but you need to show your sincerity. I've always favored you; I didn't even give you much dowry when I got married, and today I'm losing two taels of silver because of you.
Business at home isn't doing well, and my husband's been really worried lately. If he knew about this... Brother, think about it. If I'm not doing well in the Zeng family, I won't be able to help you if you need anything.
Zeng Youcai had a wide circle of friends and knew all sorts of people. If he wanted to trick Cheng Yue and the others, he really needed to find someone who couldn't be involved with them. Chen Ping was determined to vent his anger, so he could only go to Chen Xianghua.
But this young lady was cunning and not easily fooled. Chen Ping's mind was buzzing; why was he surrounded by such a tangled mess of threads?!
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