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230: Zhang Qingniang's Double Attention

Mrs. Li and Zhao Xiaohua stood outside the door, watching the door slam shut in front of them. The loud noise startled them, and they took a step back, then looked at the closed door, their faces turned extremely ugly.

In the minds of these two people, Liu Si Niang was just like a servant. Even if her master gave her freedom, she would have to be humble and submissive when they met her in the future. Being on an equal footing with them was just a courtesy from them. The arrogant attitude of locking them out like this made them angry.

"Liu Si Niang! Open the door! We haven't finished talking about this yet. Why are you closing the door? Open the door! Don't hide. This matter is over!"

Old Mrs. Li yelled loudly and banged on the door hard.

Liu Si Niang said from inside the door: "We won't sell our land to you, so don't even think about it. Leave as soon as possible. If you don't leave, when my husband comes back, I'll have him come to your house to argue with you!"

Su Zhi also said, "Mrs. Li, if you want to buy the land, go find Brother Shitou. He is at my house now, go find him directly. If you make a big fuss here again, be careful that Brother Shitou will come after you. You should know that Si Niang is his wife now."

Zhao Xiaohua immediately stopped Mrs. Li's hand from slamming the door. She knew that Li Shi was not someone to be trifled with. Even if she asked Liu Si Niang to buy the land, she couldn't sell it. So she didn't want to offend Li Shi again. Her brother and sister-in-law had said that they were not allowed to offend anyone outside, especially those with some money. Not to mention that Li Shi was a big man.

When Zhao Xiaohua pulled her back, Mrs. Li stopped knocking on the door. She knew that with Su Zhi around, Liu Siniang was very timid and would definitely not open the door. Even if she did, she couldn't buy the land from a single woman like Liu Siniang, and would have to ask Li Shi to buy it.

"Okay. Let's go talk to Li Shi about this!"

Old Lady Li shook her hands in anger and hurried home with Zhao Xiaohua. She still wanted to talk about this matter with her son and daughter-in-law. She was furious whenever she thought about it.

Liu Si Niang was standing at the door. When she heard the people outside leave, she felt relieved and said to Su Zhi, "Su Zhi, you asked us to buy those lands. That's right. The Zhao family really wanted to expand the garden. But now they can't expand it."

Su Zhi smiled and said, "How is it? Do you feel relieved?"

Liu Si Niang smiled. She felt relieved. The days in the Zhao family were something she didn't want to recall. Just now, Old Lady Li came to her and exposed her scars. She was angry even though she had a good temper. She thought that this land must not be sold to the Zhao family. The Zhao family wanted to expand the garden.

When Mrs. Li returned home, she saw Zhao Daliang coming back and immediately told him about the incident in anger. Zhang Qingniang was also listening nearby, and they were both shocked to hear that Li Shi had bought the land.

"We must buy this land back! If we don't, then Li Shi's family will build a big garden, and we will be squeezed into only a few houses! How shabby! How can our family be inferior to those two families!"

Old Mrs. Li spoke loudly, breathing heavily while sitting on a chair.

Zhao Xiaohua also fanned the flames, saying that Li Shi had long planned to prevent the Zhao family from expanding the garden. He also distorted the scene of Liu Siniang locking them out of the door just now, saying that Liu Siniang was resentful of the Zhao family and wanted to retaliate against them. He said that Li Shi and Liu Siniang were extremely scheming.

"Second brother, second sister-in-law, they just want to suppress us with the size of the garden, thinking that they are better than us. This is a very evil thought."

Zhao Xiaohua said that when she thought about how Li Shi cared about Liu Si Niang and how she lived a good life, she felt very uncomfortable. Even if she didn't dare to say these words in front of outsiders, she dared to say nonsense in front of her family. She didn't choose Li Shi at the beginning because she thought that Li Shi would not be too rich and that Li Shi would not let her live a good life. Now that she saw that he let others, especially Liu Si Niang who had lived a hard life under her, live such a good life, she wanted to ruin their lives. She couldn't live that kind of life, and Liu Si Niang, who had lived a worse life than her, didn't want to live it either!

After hearing these words, Zhao Daliang's face turned a little ugly and he sat there expressionlessly in deep thought.

Zhang Qingniang was also not very comfortable. Although she was not very supportive of Mrs. Li's plan to expand the garden at first, thinking that she was showing off, she felt uncomfortable now that Li Shi and his men had taken the lead. She and Zhao Daliang lived in the countryside and could not live a good life in the city. She also wanted to be respected in the countryside. Now that she was suppressed by others, she was naturally uncomfortable.

"Daliang, look at this..."

Zhang Qingniang asked Zhao Daliang, no matter what, this matter was related to Liu Si Niang.

Zhao Daliang said, "I feel like we will never get this land back."

"We have to ask for it back! Give them more silver. I don't believe they will be blinded by silver!" Old Lady Li said loudly, "They spent twelve taels of silver to buy a piece of land. Let's give them a few more taels of silver. I don't believe they won't let us out! If they don't do this kind of transaction, they are fools!"

Zhang Qingniang rolled her eyes in her heart, she really despised this mother-in-law, thinking to herself, what a stupid country woman, she can spend twelve taels of silver to buy a piece of land, why would she care about your extra taels? For a family that can spend so much money to buy other people's houses and land, it means that this family is very short of money. This Li Shi bought these lands, obviously wanting to embarrass their Zhao family, the Zhao family wants to buy back those lands? It's not easy, but impossible!

Zhao Daliang also smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, Li Shi can spend so much money to buy this land, so he has no shortage of money. He won't care if we give him more money. Especially after he married Liu Si Niang, he will not sell the land to us. Besides, I think he bought the houses and land of those families just to prevent us from expanding the garden. You see, if he wants to expand the garden, does he need to occupy the house in front of our house? This doesn't leave us any room at all."

In fact, Zhao Daliang was half right on this point. The other half was that the family lived near the river. If he bought the place, it would be convenient to get water from the river.

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she said, "Why don't we take this land back? There is no way to expand this garden."

Zhao Daliang was somewhat unwilling in his heart, but it was too late to say anything now. If he were to tell Li Shi, he knew without thinking that there would be no hope and he would even be laughed at.

Zhao Xiaohua blinked and said, "Brother, if you can't buy it, forget it. If you have money, go to the town or the county and buy a yard. That would be a hundred times more beautiful than having a big garden here."

Zhao Xiaohua was actually very dissatisfied with living in this riverside village. Here, even if she wore the best silk and satin and a head full of pearls and jade, she would still be seen by a group of farmers and women. Even if she had the opportunity to meet the young ladies and gentlemen in the town, as soon as she said that her family lived in the countryside, no matter how well she dressed, she would still be looked down upon, right? Zhao Xiaohua had long wanted to leave this small village and live in a town or county.

Zhao Xiaohua thought that if she lived in the town, she could see Qian Guang often, and she would definitely find a way to make Qian Guang fall in love with her.

Zhang Qingniang guessed what Zhao Xiaohua was thinking when she saw her expression, but she didn't interrupt her thoughts, because she also wanted to buy a property in the town and the county. The feng shui of this country is good, but it doesn't seem right to stay here forever. For her, instead of spending her money to expand a garden here, it would be better to buy some property in the town. That would always be in her hands, unlike here, where it is built on the Zhao family's land, and it always feels like theirs.

"Xiaohua is right. Your brother is planning to buy a shop in town, which is a good opportunity to buy a house. When you get busy late, you can rest there."

Zhang Qingniang agreed.

Mrs. Li agreed to buy a shop and a house in the town, but she also wanted to take care of the garden. She had lived in this village all her life. Although she had suffered poverty and hardship, she had never been bullied. If anyone got angry with her, she would scold him. Now that her son had made a name for himself and the family had money, she could not stand being bullied anymore.

"Son, daughter-in-law, we can't let this matter end like this. We don't care about other people, but you have to make the family in front of us change their minds and sell the land to us. That way we can still expand the garden. Even if it's not as big as theirs, it will let them know that our Zhao family is not so easy to bully!"

Zhao Daliang and Zhang Qingniang looked at each other. Zhao Daliang thought it was not worth spending more money just for this tone, while Zhang Qingniang thought that it was already very good to build this big house with her money, and adding a garden would be of no use. It would be better to buy a more useful house in the town.

"If you don't fight back against me, I won't live any longer!"

When Old Lady Li saw that her son and daughter-in-law didn't say anything, she sat there and slapped her thigh and started crying.

Zhang Qingniang frowned and thought with disgust that this was really a stupid country woman, but her brows only frowned for a moment, and then changed into an anxious expression, looking at Zhao Daliang worriedly.

Zhao Daliang also felt a headache about having such a mother.

"Oh, who made our mother cry like this? Second brother, second sister-in-law, why don't you try to comfort her? I guess you are not unfilial, but you should also try to comfort her and let our mother vent her anger!"