The fastest thing to run out of pine nuts in the village is actually the villagers who are hardworking and have stocked up on so many during their spare time.
However, there aren't any in their village, but there are many in the village where the village chief's wife's family is from.
I heard that those things can be exchanged for grain or money, and everyone is willing to do so. Gu An'an and her family have no worries about not having anything to sell.
Of course, the profit sharing was similar to what Gu An'an had initially agreed upon, and even so, the other party was quite satisfied.
If you agree, you can get money; if you don't, you're entirely dependent on them, and those things will only be good for filling your stomach.
It's not that filling one's stomach is bad; there might be a lot of food to fill one's stomach, but not much food that can be exchanged for money. Villagers are very good at calculating this.
When the village chief of Chenjia Village heard that Xiaowang Village's first partner village chief wasn't from their village, he immediately blamed Chen Laoshi's family for it. He argued that if they hadn't done something so offensive, their village might have already become the partner village chief.
Of course, this was just wishful thinking on their part, but that didn't stop them from blaming the Chen family for the cause of the matter.
The Chen family, who are hated by the whole village, are also having a hard time now. They refused to divide the family property in the first place because they wanted Wang Ting and her husband to give back their belongings.
But all of this was just wishful thinking on their part. If they revealed even the slightest intention to take advantage or lecture, Wang Ting would definitely make them regret it.
In just over ten days, Wang Ting overturned the dining table three times. Each time she did it, they would behave for two days, but they never learned their lesson and would challenge Wang Ting's bottom line again.
Wang Ting always remembered Gu An'an's words: if they made her unhappy, she would make them experience the same feeling.
The bowl broke twice, which broke the heart of the Queen Mother. For some reason, she replaced all the bowls and plates in the house with those made of bamboo and wood.
Now even if I flip the table, I can minimize the damage and won't feel so bad.
Wang Ting understood the Chen family's character and knew they wouldn't give up so easily, so she wasn't in a hurry. She simply pulled Chen Jun along to do six or seven work points of work, and then went up the mountain to collect mountain products to store at her parents' home.
You have to understand that Chen Jun always worked his full work points, so how could the Chen family tolerate it? In addition, the villagers blamed them for not being the first choice for cooperation in Xiaowang Village, and Chen's mother finally couldn't take it anymore.
When Wang Ting and her husband returned with empty baskets, they started cursing and causing trouble.
"Boss, didn't you guys go up the mountain to get some mountain products? Why didn't you bring anything back?"
Wang Ting rolled her eyes. "I guess I was just unlucky and got all my clothes taken."
It would be strange if Chen's mother believed such nonsense. After thinking it over, there was only one possibility: "Did you leave the mountain goods outside and not bring them back? Let me tell you, as long as this family doesn't distribute the goods, you will be under our control, and everything must be handed over to the family."
Without saying a word, Wang Ting rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and rushed out again, yelling, "Hand it over? Why should we hand it over? You're telling us to hand it over, but what about the second son? What about the third son? What did they hand over?"
When Chen's mother saw the kitchen knife in her hand, she was startled, but she instinctively felt that Wang Ting wouldn't dare to hurt her, otherwise she would have to pay with her own life, so she immediately became bolder.
“The second son gave us a precious grandson. What do you have to compare with them? And the third son, he’s not married yet, he’s still a child. How can you, as the older brother and sister-in-law, be so concerned about him?”
Wang Ting knew that her mother-in-law had been busy getting things from the mountains these past few days and hadn't thrown a tantrum at home, so she thought her mother-in-law was about to start acting up again.
Hmph! Doesn't she even consider whether she's worthy?
With her eyes narrowed, Wang Ting charged forward while cursing, "It's all because of you, you old hag, stirring up trouble. Otherwise, how could A-Jun have suffered so much at home all these years? I'll kill you, you old bastard who can't treat everyone fairly!"
Wang Ting made a great show of force, but she was very precise in her judgment, narrowly avoiding hurting the other person each time. She would never risk her whole life for someone like that.
But Chen's mother had no idea what she was thinking. When she saw the gleaming kitchen knife being swung at her, she was so frightened that she covered her head and ran away, calling for help.
The matter was, of course, dropped without resolution, as it was stopped by someone.
"Oh dear, I can't live like this anymore, my daughter-in-law is trying to kill me."
The neighbors said, "Then why don't you just treat your eldest son and his wife better?"
"In my opinion, you deserve to be scolded. Do you know that because of you, our village is almost being kicked out of the cooperation team by Xiao Wang Village? If you don't behave yourself, not only will Xiao Ting want to mess with you, I also want to beat you up."
"That's right. Unlike your family, where only the eldest son and his wife are capable of working, our family has stockpiled a lot of wild mountain produce. If you can't sell it because of your family, you'd better be prepared to compensate us."
Chen's mother: ...Is there any justice left in this world?
Regardless of what she thought in her heart, after this incident, she dared not act recklessly again.
But her not making a fuss doesn't mean Wang Ting wants to continue playing with them. After seeing the atmosphere of Xiaowang Village and then looking at this place, the couple both want to take advantage of the current opportunity to move their home to Xiaowang Village as soon as possible. Not only will it be closer to her parents' home, but she can also join the ranks of those making money as soon as possible.
After discussing it, the couple decided to implement Plan B.
From that day on, whenever the Chen family hid and spoke ill of them, they would go to sleep to catch up on their sleep.
They would get up and sharpen the knife when the Chen family was getting ready to sleep.
Imagine being half asleep in the dead of night, hearing the sound of a knife being sharpened, and then slowly waking up to find that the one sharpening the knife is your "enemy." How could you not think deeply about it?
This situation only lasted a few days before Chen's mother couldn't take it anymore.
"Old man, my eldest daughter-in-law is too strange. She gets up in the middle of the night every day to sharpen her knife. Do you think she's planning to kill me when it's quiet at night?"
Old Chen frowned as he smoked his pipe. Not to mention his wife, he hadn't slept well for days. He dreamt of his daughter-in-law standing by his bed with a knife, smiling at him. He was on the verge of a breakdown.
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
“Send them out. We can’t rely on the eldest son in this way. We don’t need him to support us in our old age. Let’s just make him leave with nothing.”
It's good enough that we released Chen Jun, this free laborer; there's absolutely no way we'd share the spoils.
"Where will they live then? Do you want the whole village to curse you to death?"
Chen's mother thought about how worried the villagers were, and finally could only say, "Then let him have that room in the old house."
Anyway, the house belonged to her in-laws. It was old and dilapidated and uninhabitable, so she could just give it up.
Chen Laoshi thought it was a good idea, so he went to negotiate with Chen Jun and his wife.
Listening to her father-in-law's words, Wang Ting could only sneer inwardly. Just as An An had said, this old man was cunning and wicked.
"Dad, do you mean give us that leaky house at the foot of the mountain?"
Chen Laoshi nodded, "Although it leaks when it rains, it can still be repaired and people can live in it. This is the only condition our family has, there's nothing we can do about it."
Wang Ting stared at the other person for a long time before finally saying, "We still need to take care of our parents and don't want to separate from the family."
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