Chapter 149 A woman's revenge is never too late!
"Sister-in-law, you've been here for so long and you still don't know how to take care of a baby. Let me do it. I had twins in one pregnancy!"
Wang Su'e tried to snatch it as soon as she got her hands on it.
Dan Niang was surprised that Wang Su'e had come, and hurriedly turned around to avoid her.
"What are you doing here?!"
"Why am I here?" Wang Su'e snorted. "Sister-in-law is secretly making a lot of money now. You can't eat all that food yourself!"
As she spoke, she craned her neck to look behind her, asking, "Where is the mistress of the house?"
While gently coaxing Xiao Pangxi, Dan Niang glanced at her younger brother and sister-in-law, who were wearing new clothes today.
She scoffed, "Didn't you see that the mistress of the house opened the door for you herself?"
You can still hear Granny Duan's ghostly wails at the door.
Wang Su'e's face paled with panic, "Oh no!"
She turned and ran towards the door.
Granny Duan was used to doing rough work and had a strong hand; a young woman like Yao Shisan couldn't possibly shake her.
"Let go of me! Help! Someone's trespassing!"
Yao Shisan had never seen such an unreasonable old woman!
"You were the one who pushed me, so I'm going to show the master how a vicious person like you can work in the household!"
Granny Duan held onto her legs with all her might.
It would be best to bring down one more person, so she could earn those three taels of silver.
Thinking of this, Granny Duan shouted even more enthusiastically.
The people across the street peeked out and thought Yao Shisan had been scammed.
"Madam Yao, should I call Lord Jiang for you?"
Wang Su'e rushed out at this moment, shouting, "Mother! Let go!"
She pulled Granny Duan up, "This is the mistress of the house..."
Granny Duan immediately let go of her hand, "Yes, it's the mistress of the house."
She smiled apologetically, "It's because this old woman is blind and didn't see it."
Yao Shisan coldly pushed the two men out, "Get out! Both of you get out!"
Wang Su'e glared at her mother-in-law, and knew something bad was going to happen!
Granny Duan immediately put on a smiling face and looked at Yao Shisan, "Madam, I am Duan Feiyang's mother, Luo Danniang is my eldest daughter-in-law, and this is my youngest son. They are sisters-in-law!"
Wang Su'e nodded immediately.
"I rushed in because I heard the baby crying. Danniang only gave birth to a girl, so she has no experience taking care of boys. I gave birth to two boys, so I have the most experience taking care of boys!"
As she said this, her face was full of pride. Who else could give birth to two boys for the family like her?
Yao Shisan turned his head, "Little Bone!"
Before Wang Su'e knew what was going on, Granny Duan's face turned pale, and she grabbed her and ran away.
Danniang was holding the sobbing little chubby boy when she heard the door close before she came upstairs.
"Madam Yao, are you alright?"
"It's all Duan Feiyang's fault! After all these years, he still doesn't understand what kind of person his mother is!"
Dan Niang gets angry just thinking about what happened in the past, and she could talk about it for ten days and ten nights without stopping!
“If I hadn’t been unable to stay in that house any longer, I wouldn’t have forced him to choose the navy.”
Yao Shisan shook his head. "I haven't seen you mention him much. I didn't expect him to be this kind of person."
Danniang looked at Xiaopang with a face full of guilt, her heart aching as she gazed into Xiaopang's tearful, watery eyes.
"It's all our fault. If we hadn't been here, they wouldn't have been tempted."
"They are the greedy ones, what does it have to do with you?"
Yao Shisan disagreed with her, "Are you going to quit because of them?"
"Of course I'll do it! I won't let them have their way!" She had finally managed to get this far with her husband, so she naturally couldn't let go!
Yao Shisan laughed, "That's fine then. Anyway, as long as these people are alive, they will be jealous of you and dislike you."
"Because you're better off than them!"
Dan Niang understood what she meant, "Then I'll live even better! I'll make them furious!"
"That's right." Yao Shisan took the little chubby boy from Xiaopangxi. "We can't let them affect our appetite. I'm still waiting for the fish porridge."
Dan Niang knew that she was trying to comfort her.
She couldn't trouble Madam Yao with the Duan family's affairs any longer. If Duan Feiyang couldn't handle it, she would deal with Duan Feiyang!
It wasn't enough that she had already caused trouble for her own family; now she's going to cause trouble for her employer too.
Before Danniang could even tell her husband, Duan Feiyang and Zhou Congxian went to Jianzhou.
She didn't know what they were going to Jianzhou for, but their wages had increased by two taels.
Dan Niang didn't know whether to be happy or worried.
Now, the Duan family is even less likely to let Duan Feiyang off the hook.
Granny Duan couldn't find Duan Feiyang and didn't dare approach the house. She tried to stop Dan Niang several times on the road, but Dan Niang shook her off each time.
Even when she tried to smear Dan Niang and threatened to divorce her, Dan Niang became even more unyielding!
She was so angry that she kept pounding her thigh!
As autumn deepened and the weather grew cooler, the children also grew taller.
The Yao family's granaries were full, and the farmers who had been holding onto their grain without selling it hadn't been able to sell it even when the price of grain started to drop.
Only then did they start to panic.
Shuang'er told Yao Shisan about it, and after several months, she finally got her revenge.
"A woman's revenge is never too late, even after ten years!"
Yao Shisan found it somewhat amusing. "Anyway, you can decide for yourself. You're in charge now."
In the half year that Shuang'er spent in Ding County, she had already become a well-established business owner.
When Officer Shi brought the farmers to them, Shuang'er immediately had them turned away.
They said they'd rather give it away than sell it to her, so what are they doing here now? Do they think she's so easy to manipulate?
Having no other option, Officer Shi had to lead his men to find Yao Shisan again.
“Madam Yao, winter is just around the corner, and the farmers haven’t sold anything yet. They need some money to get through the New Year.”
Yao Shisan looked at the farmers standing behind Constable Shi before speaking slowly, "Shuang'er is in charge of the business now, you've come to the wrong person."
Officer Shi also looked troubled; the villagers had come looking for him many times.
He had refused many times, but this time he specifically sought out the village chief, so he had no choice but to bring them along.
"They brought this on themselves, and they already know they were wrong."
Yao Shisan glanced at the farmers behind her. These people were only provoking her and Shuang'er because they were both women.
"With so many rice shops in Ding County, Chief Constable Shi should have asked them to find other merchants."
"Otherwise, we'll be wrongly accused of harvesting grain again, just like last year."
The farmer stepped forward and said, "Master, we were delayed in selling our grain because we believed Uncle Fu's nonsense."
"The scales of Yao's Trading Company are the fairest in the whole county. We asked around and they all tried to lower the price. Our two seasons of grain and half a year of hard work have been wasted."
Yao Shisan smiled and said, "It's not like we're making you work for nothing. Grain prices are dropping all over the city right now, but you want me to buy it at the price it just came on the market."
"Even if a deal falls through, we can still be on good terms. I did not forcibly buy the grain, and you cannot force me to sell it to you."
When Uncle Jiu nudged Shi in the lower back, he turned around and saw Uncle Jiu giving him a meaningful look.
He could only sigh inwardly.
Since the land is right next to each other, we should get along well; that's the fastest and most convenient way to distribute grain.
Now that things have turned out this way, and trust has been lost, who can help us?
Yao Shisan also noticed the struggle and helplessness of Constable Shi.
“Chief Constable Shi, isn’t this the time for you to be on duty? It’s not appropriate for you to be out of the county office and instead be handling your own personal matters.”
Officer Shi froze. "Yes..."
The farmer tried to say something, but was pushed out by Constable Shi.
"Uncle Jiu, I've done my best. The price will only go down. You should discuss it and sell it as soon as possible."
Don't let it come to the point where you have to barter for goods, because then you'll really be selling it off cheaply.
Uncle Jiu glanced at the tightly closed gate and sighed.
The farmers who had been waiting outside gathered around.
"How is Uncle Jiu?"
Uncle Jiu sighed and shook his head. "We've thought of everything. We'll sell our grain to Zhang's shop yesterday."
"Grain prices are unstable right now, so you should all discuss it yourselves."
Uncle Fu, who had been mingling in the crowd watching the commotion, snorted coldly, "The richer people are, the stingier they are!"
"They're all the same. They just want to force us to our deaths, and then take our land at a low price when we can't even afford to eat."
Some people are easily swayed and their anger is instantly ignited.
"Exactly, what's the difference between them and the Cao family!"
"We want to appeal to the state government!"
Some of the more level-headed people looked back at Uncle Fu and said, "Uncle Fu, what you're saying is misleading. Even if other people don't accept it, there are plenty of people on the street who will."
"Back then, the Cao family would take the grain but not pay, or pay less."
"The grain is still in our own hands, so what are you suing us for? Are you just getting angry because you couldn't sell it to us?"
Uncle Fu lost money, and his own land yielded no harvest this year; it was all his own doing.
They also wanted to encourage the villagers to continue making trouble with him.
Those who have seen through the situation have gone home to count their grain. With grain prices fluctuating, they haven't worked for nothing, just earned a little less.
The few who hadn't seen clearly were now surrounding Uncle Fu.
"Uncle Fu, what do we do now?"
Uncle Fu snorted coldly, "Yao's Trading Company is the largest trading company. Rice from Ling County and Jin County are all sold to her."
"They all lowered their prices, so naturally the other merchants lowered theirs as well."
Some people's hatred was immediately stirred up.
"Exactly! I always know that women who go into business are no good women!"
No one cares what these people say.
Tao Dayong, standing in the shade of a tree, listened attentively.
His legs are crooked, and Chunniang can't earn much money now.
Now, let alone drinking, even eating has become a problem!
It's all because of that wretched woman! Having a few stinking bucks can't change her stinky nature!
His eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth, "Since you've colluded with the county magistrate, I'll go to the prefectural government to file a complaint!"
"If the prefectural government won't do anything, I'll go to the prince's residence to lodge a complaint!"
Tao Dayong will never know why the prefectural governor only met him once and then left.
I'll never know why I'm standing at the gate of the prince's palace.
Even the steward refused to convey his complaint and had him beaten half to death!
The injured leg became even more severely injured.
Even the uninjured leg was broken.
He was thrown out like a dead dog.
“Chunniang…”
His hand was outstretched forward, and a glimmer of hope seemed to appear in his eyes.
He's saved.
Hu Chunniang stood not far away, watching him coldly.
There was no movement, and no sound was made.
The wounds on her face were a mix of old and new injuries.
Tao Dayong was the one who did it.
They fight even when they're drinking, and they fight even when they can't earn money.
Now someone finally hit him, and he got to experience what it's like to be hit.
Hu Chunniang resolutely turned around, no longer looking at him, ignoring the hoarse shouts behind her.
It's time for her to live for herself.
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