The man who spoke was named Wang Dajiao.
He is Aunt Zhao's younger brother, and also a notorious lazybones in the village.
The situation of Zhao's family was exactly the same as that of Liu's family.
Zhao Da Niang's mother had given birth to several daughters before finally welcoming Wang Da Jiao, her precious son, in her later years.
From a young age, Wang Dajiao was pampered like a precious jewel.
He gets all the good food at home, but he's never allowed to do any chores.
As a result, Wang Dajiao developed a lazy and gluttonous personality.
A few years ago, when Wang Dajiao's wife was still alive, the Wang family's situation was slightly better.
After all, even if Wang Dajiao didn't work, his wife still had to work to support the whole family.
But ever since Wang Dajiao's wife was worked to death, the Wang family's situation has deteriorated day by day.
To be precise, it was only Wang Dajiao's condition that was deteriorating day by day.
Wang Dajiao has two children, both daughters, one fifteen years old and the other fourteen.
Both women were old enough to work in the fields, and unlike Wang Dajiao, they were not lazy. On the contrary, they were just like their mother who had been worked to death. They were incredibly hardworking, getting up earlier than the chickens and going to bed later than the dogs.
However, unlike their mother, they did not provide food for Wang Dajiao without complaint or expectation of return.
If Wang Dajiao wanted to eat, he had to work in the fields with them; otherwise, he wouldn't get a single bite to eat.
How could Wang Dajiao, an only son who was pampered and raised with love, tolerate such treatment?
He immediately raised his hand, wanting to slap each of his two unfilial daughters.
Then, Wang Dajiao was beaten.
Wang Dajiao was lazy and loved to eat since he was a child. Even with the physical differences between men and women, he could not beat his two daughters who often worked in the fields.
He tried to hit someone but instead got slapped more than ten times by his two daughters.
From then on, Wang Dajiao behaved herself and dared not stay lazy at home any longer, and started working in the fields.
But he has never worked in his more than 30 years of life, how could he change overnight?
He only pretended to work in the fields for a few days before he couldn't take it anymore and refused to work any more, preferring to go hungry.
However, he is a living, breathing person, and he can't just let himself starve to death.
So he started stealing chickens and dogs in the village.
Today I'll steal an egg from Aunt Li's house, tomorrow I'll steal two potatoes from Aunt Wu's house, and the day after tomorrow I'll steal some wild vegetables from Uncle Erniu's house.
In short, almost every household living in Qingshui Village had been ravaged by Wang Dajiao.
Several women who were talking already disliked Wang Dajiao, and when they heard her make such derogatory remarks about women, they became even more dissatisfied and started to speak sarcastically.
"There is a saying that no matter how capable a woman is, she can't surpass a man. But it depends on what kind of man it is."
"A man like a county magistrate, who has become an official, is naturally someone that no matter how capable a wealthy wife is, she can't surpass. But what about you?"
Several women glared at Wang Dajiao, their disdain almost overflowing.
"A man like you, let alone being better than a wealthy wife, you're not even worthy of being compared to one!"
"Those wealthy wives can earn several hundred coins a day! And you? What can you do? Steal things?"
"Not only that, I heard that the wealthy wife's business is getting better and better. On a good day, she can earn a tael of silver!"
In fact, when business is good, Wan Shu can earn two taels of silver a day.
Even though the share had been halved, it still shocked Wang Dajiao.
Hearing the woman's disparaging words, his face flushed red. He had originally intended to get angry and jump up in frustration, but upon hearing a hint of joy, his eyes lit up instantly.
"One tael of silver!? Wan Shu can really earn one tael of joy!?"
The women assumed he simply didn't believe that a woman could earn more than a man, and they all spoke up to testify.
"The wealthy wife's business is doing well; everyone in the whole county knows that. How could it be fake?"
“That’s right! Every time I go to the county town to sell eggs, I see that the stall of the wealthy wife is always packed with people.”
"Tell me, isn't a wealthy wife more capable than a man like you?"
Wang Dajiao revealed a lewd smile: "Indeed, Wan Shu is indeed more capable than me, a man!"
After saying that, he hunched over and ran off looking impatient.
The women all found it rather strange.
"Normally, if anyone says that women are better than men, Wang Dajiao would jump up and down in anger. Why didn't he jump up and down today? He even admitted that his wealthy wife is better than him?"
"His smile was really disgusting..."
Some people also noticed a detail: "He didn't call her 'Rich Wife,' but instead called her Wan Shu by her full name. That's really strange."
Wan Shu was unaware of the turmoil that had occurred between the fields.
At that moment, she was at home, paying her five children's wages.
"We've been setting up our stall for ten days now. You've worked hard during these ten days."
“Er Ya and Wu Ping help with processing pig offal and crayfish every day. Da Zhu, San Shun, and Si Ya even come with me to town to set up a stall every day. I have seen all your efforts. This is your wages for these ten days.”
Wan Shu took out five taels of silver and gave one tael to each person.
This was the first time the five little ones had received so much money, and they were all both happy and apprehensive.
"This... Mother, why are you giving us so much money?"
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