Village Chief Chen was stung by these words. You see, he had originally intended to emulate this and cultivate a second Gu An'an.
In the end, the fake document was given, and the money was reimbursed, but I didn't get anything back.
"You should be smug."
Just then, Old Chen's family had finished sorting out their goods, so Village Chief Chen didn't stay any longer to be upset and led his men back to Chenjia Village in a grand procession.
"No, village chief, what gives you the right? Why do we get our weight deducted while others don't?"
Village Chief Chen threw the impurities and substandard products he had picked out in front of Chen Laoshi's family. The first one to jump up was Chen's mother.
"Oh dear! This is unbearable! It's bad enough that our son and daughter-in-law are being unfilial and want to divide the family property, but now the village chief is leading the bullying against us. This is driving us to our deaths."
Rural women like Chen's mother don't have any killer moves. What they do best is sit on the ground, slap their thighs with both hands, close their eyes and wail, as if whoever wails the loudest will win.
Village Chief Chen wasn't ignorant; he didn't argue with Chen's mother at all, and no matter how much she wailed, he just pretended not to see it.
"Chen Laoshi, look at you, you can't even manage your own household, let alone your wife."
"Didn't you ask me why the weight was short? Just open the bundle and you'll know. You've completely disgraced Chenjia Village. From now on, the village won't take anything from your family."
Upon hearing this, Chen's mother stopped wailing. She just didn't want to be shortchanged, not to push away the benefits.
Although they are all lazy people and don't have much to offer, they believe that every little bit helps, and no one would complain about having too much.
If the village doesn't accept their goods, who will they sell them to in the future?
Old Chen glared at his wife and said with a fawning smile, "Village chief, don't mind this long-haired, short-sighted woman. Let me see what's going on."
He was about to untie the bag that was lying on the ground when he said that. He knew what was going on without even looking, since his whole family had done it together.
Opening the bag, I found a jumble of leaves, mountain roots, and even a few stones.
Upon seeing the object, Chen Laoshi immediately stood up and kicked his mother.
"You old hag, I'll teach you to play tricks! How can you do this to me, to the village chief, and to the people of Chenjia Village?"
"Old man, it wasn't me, you..."
"What do you mean 'no'? You dare say you didn't do these dirty tricks?"
Chen's mother fell silent. It was true that she had done those things, but the family had agreed to them!
Chen Laoshi knew exactly what she was thinking, and he kicked even harder.
"You still dare to say you didn't do this? You kept all the stuff, don't try to shift the blame to others."
These words also served as a reminder to Chen's mother that her precious son must not have any blemishes on his record.
"I was wrong, I was bewitched, I won't do it again!"
The village chief could easily see through their ulterior motives, but he was too lazy to expose them.
"I'm telling you this right now: if it happens again, don't blame the village for not including you."
After the village chief left, the Chen family members looked grim. Chen's mother stopped wailing and got up to start cursing.
After criticizing Village Chief Chen, they criticized the village officials; after criticizing the village officials, they criticized Xiao Wang Village.
“Mom and Dad, this matter cannot be left so easily. Even if Chen Jun and Wang Ting have separated their families, they are still members of our Chen family. Her uncle is the village chief, yet he still humiliates us like this. This shows that he doesn’t respect our family or you as his parents-in-law.”
Since Wang Ting ripped them off, the Chen family's savings have shrunk drastically, and the pocket money Chen Laosan could get has also decreased accordingly.
Chen Laosan originally had a few cronies who fawned over him because they could make a few bucks off him.
Now that his allowance is less, it's not even enough for him to spend, let alone have any extra to put on a show of wealth. Naturally, he no longer receives the same treatment as before, and he might even be ridiculed by others.
Chen Laosan couldn't stand this kind of treatment, and after several unpleasant encounters, he completely hated Chen Jun and Wang Ting.
Chen Laosan wasn't the only one in the Chen family who hated them. Ever since Wang Ting left, a lot of the housework had fallen on Chen Laoer's wife, and she was also unhappy about it.
Seeing that Chen Laosan had started the conversation, she quickly joined in.
"Exactly, maybe they specifically instructed people to thoroughly inspect our goods, otherwise why would it be our family that has a problem?"
These words struck a chord with the Chen family; they didn't believe that other families passed the test simply because their products met quality standards.
Seeing that the two elders were interested, Chen's second wife added, "I heard that Chen Jun and Wang Ting both have jobs now."
The jealousy on her face was impossible to hide when she said this.
"What? You have a job?"
Chen Lao Er's wife nodded and said, "I just heard about it too. They were delivering goods to Xiao Wang Village when they ran into those two. I asked them and found out that Wang Ting is now working in the embroidery workshop of the bamboo products factory. Not only her, but her grandmother, her mother, and her aunt are all there, and even Chen Jun is helping out there."
“Mom and Dad, it’s not that I’m petty, but Wang Ting is too good at hiding her talents. How come we didn’t know she had embroidery skills when she married into our family? If she had shown this ability earlier, would we still have had to separate from the family?”
"She's so good to us. As soon as she goes back to her parents' home, she becomes a worker and brings her whole family with her. Doesn't she ever think about the kind of life we're living?"
"Anyone can do needlework! If she cared even a little about the family, wouldn't Mom and I be able to become factory workers too?"
Chen Lao Er's wife was filled with such hatred! She hated him so much that she wouldn't even call him "elder brother" or "elder sister-in-law."
Doesn't she realize that embroidery and needlework are the same thing?
But the Chen family were all like her, especially Chen's mother. The thought of her being destined to be a worker and having missed her chance made her pain disappear.
"Ah! That damned Wang Ting! How dare she! I'm going to settle the score with her."
With her taking the lead, the others naturally followed suit.
Along the way, we encountered many people from Chenjia Village. Seeing them like this, we thought something had happened, but we couldn't get any information out of them, so we just treated it as a joke.
"Wang Ting, Wang Ting, you bitch, get out here right now!"
Whether it was because time had passed and she had forgotten the pain of being pinned to the ground and beaten, or because the identity of a worker was too tempting, even after arriving in Xiaowang Village, Chen's mother still shouted without any restraint.
The two villages are neighbors and even have many intermarriage relationships, so they naturally know the Chen family.
"Chen family, what are you doing? Xiaowang Village is not your home, not a place where you can run wild."
How could Chen's mother listen to them? "Mind your own business. I'm here to find my son and daughter-in-law. You two better get those two heartless bastards out here right now."
With her road blocked, she was determined not to give up until she saw Wang Ting and her husband, and she immediately ordered her usual three dishes.
Just then, Gu An'an walked over. Chen's mother was so angry when she saw her that she gritted her teeth, but when she thought of Gu An'an's ruthlessness, she could only swallow her cries.
The speed was too fast, and my body didn't have time to react, so I burped several times.
Villagers of Xiaowang Village: Gu Zhiqing is truly amazing! He can secure foreign orders with his eloquence and keep those scoundrels from the Chen family in check with his martial prowess. Brilliant! Brilliant!
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