Chapter 12: Hitting the Dog's Head with a Stick
Before I even reached my yard, I saw a group of people gathered at the door from afar, and the sound was full of noisy noises.
Wu Yuetang slowly approached and heard Aunt Sun's harsh and shrill voice shouting there.
"Old Wu, we're all neighbors in this village. Your family has found a way to make money, but you don't even know how to share it with everyone else. Are you just sneaking around making a fortune?"
When Wu Shoutian heard what Aunt Sun said, he was really angry, but he didn't know what to say. He had taken his two sons to the fields before dawn. He didn't know what his third son and daughter did in the mountains during the day or what they sold in the town.
"Aunt Sun, what you said is not true. Even if our youngest sister and third son dug something up in the mountains and took it to town to exchange for money, that's their own fault. Your grandson is useless. The town clinic won't accept what he dug. How can you put the blame on us?"
The one who retorted was Wu Yongqiao, the second son of the Wu family. He was famous for his loud voice in the village, and a few words he said could be heard by people in the surrounding area.
Wu Zhiyun squeezed into the crowd with a basket on his back and came to Li and Wu Shoutian.
"Dad and Mom, are you okay?"
Wu Zhiyun saw that his mother's hair was all messed up and couldn't help but feel a little worried. As soon as he asked, he began to check his parents up and down to see if they were injured. After confirming that they were fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.
I turned around and saw Aunt Sun, who was cursing and also had disheveled hair. It seemed that my mother had fought with her quite fiercely.
"What gives you the right to say it's our fault? Your fat boy is lazy and arrogant all day long, so it's a wonder he can dig up herbs. You can't sell them yourself and you want to blame us. How shameless!"
Hearing Wu Zhiyun scolding Aunt Sun like that, Wu Yuetang's mouth curled up and she laughed involuntarily. She never expected that her third brother, who seemed to be so timid, would actually scold people.
"Puchi, hahahaha, third brother, you're really cute when you curse."
Wu Yuetang also squeezed in from the crowd and said to Wu Zhiyun with a smile.
"Little sister, you're finally here. Tell us what's going on. This old woman Sun is blackmailing our family."
The eldest brother Wu Qingeng pulled over the still laughing Wu Yuetang, his face serious.
"What's going on? I just discovered that the cat's eye grass everyone avoids is actually the traditional Chinese medicine Zeqi, so I dug up a lot of it and took it to town to sell."
Wu Yuetang shrugged, looking as if it was none of her business. However, Aunt Sun caught on to her words.
"Everyone has heard, right? These mountains are the village's property. If you found out they could be sold, why didn't you tell everyone? You're just speculating!"
When Aunt Sun said this, many of the surrounding villagers shook their heads silently, finding it unreasonable, but some also felt that she made sense. With Dayu in such a predicament, since the youngest of the Wu family had found a way to make money, and found it in the mountains, he should lead everyone to prosperity, rather than just keep the wealth to himself.
Wu Yuetang was so angry that she almost laughed. He was really heartless and was just looking for trouble.
Wu Yuetang took a step forward, rolled up her sleeves, pointed at Aunt Sun and responded directly and rudely.
"Speculation? Do you know what speculation means? You're so ignorant, what are you pretending to be? You're really like a monkey jumping out of a crack in a rock, so arrogant. I'm picking herbs in the mountains based on my own ability, so what right do you have to be cursing here? That fat pig of yours wouldn't even recognize the Ganoderma lucidum when it was placed in front of him, and he still wants to learn how to pick herbs and sell them for money? You're really like an elephant trying to stand on a weight."
Wu Yuetang's rambling speech stunned everyone around her. They'd always heard that the Wu family's youngest daughter never left the house, only eating and drinking at home, but they'd never heard her curse like that.
You know what, facing Aunt Sun, such an unreasonable person, it really makes me feel relieved.
The people around who originally agreed with what Aunt Sun said have now become people who just want to watch the fun.
Aunt Sun's face turned red after being scolded. She gritted her teeth and made a move to rush over and tear Wu Yuetang apart. Seeing this, Wu Qingeng pulled her behind him.
"Aunt Sun, what's the matter? You haven't had enough, so you want to fight again?"
"This little bitch insulted my grandson, can't I teach her a lesson?"
When Aunt Sun saw Wu Qingeng's ferocious look, she also shrank back, but she kept looking at the crowd behind her. Although her movement was small, it was caught by Wu Yuetang.
She looked in the direction Auntie Sun was looking and saw a few people hurriedly approaching from outside the crowd. The one leading them was actually Grandma?!
Damn, I completely forgot that the original owner had several difficult relatives, and the most annoying one was grandma's family.
Wu Yuetang frowned, turned around and pushed Wu Shoutian and Li into the yard of her home.
"Dad, Mom, Grandma and the others are here. Please go back to the yard first and don't disturb me."
After saying that, he sent the two elders back to the yard without saying anything and closed the gate.
"Hey, you little bitch, why did you drive your parents away? This matter hasn't been concluded yet. Do you want to shirk your responsibility?"
When Aunt Sun saw the two elders of the Wu family being sent back to the yard, she immediately shouted loudly, as if she was afraid that the people who were rushing over behind her could not hear her.
"What's wrong? I sell medicinal herbs. What does it have to do with my parents? Even if you want the results, you should come to me."
Looking at Wu Yuetang's righteous expression, Aunt Sun rolled her eyes and immediately turned around to pull out the old lady of the Wu family who had walked up to her.
"Mrs. Wu, you're here! Look, this is your granddaughter. She just admitted that she made money collecting herbs in the mountains, but she didn't even tell your family about this. Sigh."
After saying this, she pretended to sigh. Wu Yuetang was furious when she saw Aunt Sun's determined look.
"What? You made money?" After hearing this, Mrs. Wu Liu immediately stared at Wu Yuetang viciously and cursed at her with gritted teeth.
"So it's you who's losing money. I didn't believe it when I first heard others say it, but it turns out to be you. You have a way to make money, but even if you don't tell the villagers, your grandparents won't tell them either? Where's your father? Let him come out! This is the good girl you've raised! Is this how you treat your elders? You don't even know how to contribute to the family after making money, you just hide it and enjoy the best food. Your father and I have raised you in vain!"
Liu was also a unreasonable person. She forced Wu Shoutian to separate with his whole family. Not only did she not give Wu Shoutian any property, she only gave him four acres of thin land. Even the yard he lives in now is the dilapidated house that he had never lived in since his hometown. It took so many years of repairs to become what it is now.
Even so, Wu Shoutian had to send four bags of food rations to his parents every year. Sometimes when the family was short of labor, they would call him back to help, and he would not even stay for a meal.
Liu was accompanied by a man and a woman, who were Wu Yuetang's second uncle and aunt, and Wu Shoutian's brother and sister-in-law.
"Tang girl, this is your fault. Now that you've found a way to make money, you should have told your family. You're hiding it, which is really too much."
Second uncle also stood up and scolded Wu Yuetang like an elder. Wu Yongqiao couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Wu Yuetang.
"Wait, I remember we seemed to have separated. What was written on the separation document at that time? It seemed that we were divided into four acres of land and a yard. Every year, we were given four bags of grain to fulfill our obligation to support our parents. However, after the separation, the economic income generated by each of us was independent and unrelated." Wu Yuetang pretended to think for a while, and then spoke, and spoke loudly.
"Since you have nothing to do with each other, what are you doing here now?"
After hearing the contents of the family division document, many people around gasped. The Wu family is really incompetent. They forced Wu Shoutian's family to divide up, and now they come to them with a shameless face to ask for ways to make money. They are so shameless that they have never seen anyone.
"Oh, even if we split up, your father's surname is Wu. All of you have the surname Wu! You should respect me and his father! You have to give us at least 50% of the money you earn! Otherwise, it's unfilial!"
When Liu heard Wu Yuetang tell her everything about the division of the family, she started to throw a tantrum, gritting her teeth and stomping her feet, and what she said was totally unreasonable.
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