Seeing that she was still not giving up, Old Man Chen said with drooping eyelids, "Old woman, give it a rest. Didn't you hear what Wu Baoan said just now? That bastard is inhuman. He's so biased that he's even favoring the ribs. If we go looking for trouble again, he might really turn his back on us."
"What if they really kick us out of the village? Have you thought about the consequences? What will happen to the third brother in the future? I think we should stop making trouble."
Old Mrs. Chen glared at Old Mr. Chen fiercely, "I get angry just looking at your pathetic state! Wu Baoan is just a lousy village headman, why are you afraid of him? Speaking nicely to him is giving him face. If you really push me too far, I'll get a bag of rat poison and poison their old sow to death, and see if he learns his lesson."
Old Chen's face turned pale. "Oh my god, don't do anything foolish. If you get caught, you'll be a poisoner, and that's a capital offense."
"Alright, alright, look at you, so cowardly. I was just venting, just saying whatever came to mind. I won't do anything stupid."
As she spoke, Old Mrs. Chen craned her neck to look outside the courtyard. Seeing the piles of blue bricks, she swallowed hard, wishing she could have them all.
Her eyes darted around, and a mischievous glint appeared in them again. "Old man, do you still want to get rich? Do you still want to live in a big house?"
"What do you mean?" Old Chen knew she was up to no good, so he quickly shook his head. "I don't want anything, I just want to live a good life."
"Look how scared you are. Don't worry, this time we won't confront them head-on. If we can't do it openly, we'll do it secretly. We'll do it without anyone noticing."
"Dark? How can it be dark?" Old Chen asked curiously.
Old Mrs. Chen twitched the corners of her mouth and chuckled softly, "See those blue bricks?"
"See? Aren't they all over the roadside?"
Do you know how much these blue bricks cost?
"have no idea."
"One penny for two dollars."
"What?! One penny for two yuan!" Old Chen was shocked and couldn't believe it. "Is that thing really worth that much?!"
Grandma Chen nodded, "Blue bricks aren't cheap, that's why ordinary people can't afford to build brick houses!"
Old Chen suddenly realized something and asked, "Old woman, do you mean you want to tamper with these bricks?"
"Alright, you've finally gotten to the point. We're no match for that brat openly, so let's do it behind her back." Old Mrs. Chen raised an eyebrow, a mischievous grin on her face. "How about it, old man, dare to vent your anger...?"
Old Man Chen blamed everything on Chen Qingqing, convinced that Chen Zhanshan had been corrupted by her. Otherwise, his filial and honest eldest son wouldn't have remained silent when they met.
Even when he humbled himself and took the initiative to greet his eldest son, he would ignore him, which made him angry.
Old Chen frowned and nodded, "What's there to be afraid of? That brat has ruined our family. If she had been willing to marry back then, our family wouldn't be starving, and Ruolan wouldn't have had to compromise and marry Fan Tong as a concubine."
"Now that she's doing well, she doesn't even bother to help us old folks. She has no conscience at all. Now she wants to build a big house? No way! She won't get any money from us. I just want to disgust her."
"Yes, yes, yes, what you said is so true." Grandma Chen thought Grandpa Chen had fully understood her meaning, and hurriedly asked, "You know what to do next, right?"
"Don't worry, old woman. Even if I don't sleep tonight, I'm going to go and give them a piece of my mind."
Old Mrs. Chen frowned and asked, "What are you going to do to cause trouble?"
Old Chen said, "What kind of question is that? What do you expect me to do? Didn't you just say that if we can't do it openly, we'll do it secretly? I'll take advantage of the darkness to smash all those bricks and see what that brat will use to build her house."
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Chen nearly fainted from anger. Pointing at Old Mr. Chen, she said, "You're really brainless! How did I end up with such a mindless idiot like you? Can't you use your brain before doing anything? Don't be so stupid!"
"Why are you cursing me?" Old Chen was stunned by the insult, speechless and also getting angry.
"Me? How did I become a fool again? Didn't you just say that if we can't beat them openly, we'll do something bad behind their backs? Those blue bricks cost two coins each. I was thinking of smashing a hundred or two hundred of them in one night, which would still be a few dozen coins."
Why are you acting like this again, complaining about me? If you don't want me to do it, I won't. Why do you keep yelling at me? Do you think I'm an old lady's chamber pot, something to squirt and enjoy?"
"Look at you, acting like this. You don't even like it when I say a few words to you." Old Mrs. Chen glared at him fiercely. "Who told you to go break bricks in the middle of the night? Can't you think of something else?"
Old Chen was unconvinced and stuck out his neck, "You're just being unreasonable. I would like to burn it, but that thing won't light!"
Grandma Chen was dumbfounded and completely speechless. She really wanted to pry open Grandpa Chen's head to see if it was filled with water or excrement. She stammered "you you you" for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.
"Alright, stop with the 'you, you' thing. If you think breaking bricks is risky and you're afraid of getting caught, then I can choose not to go. Is it really necessary to get so angry?"
After finishing speaking, Old Man Chen glanced at Old Woman Chen and saw that her eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets. He was pleased. "So you called me stupid? This time you're speechless!"
Let's see if you learn your lesson. If you do it again, I'll definitely give you a good beating.
Old Mrs. Chen was panting heavily and it took her a while to catch her breath. She clenched her teeth and glared at Old Mr. Chen. "I've already said all this, and you still don't get it. You're really stupid. I really want to rip your head off and wash it with water."
"Are you ever going to stop, you old woman? Do you think I'm stupid?" Old Chen felt aggrieved and became stubborn. "Those bricks are inedible and can't be chewed, they can't even be lit. What else can you do with them besides smashing them? What else can you do with them?"
"Could we take it home and use it as flooring or to build a chicken coop? Wouldn't that be better than smashing it to pieces?"
Old Mrs. Chen's words finally made Old Mr. Chen realize the truth of his dream.
He scratched his head sheepishly, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that! If we could bring back a few hundred bricks in one night, our family would be rich."
"It's really not easy, you've finally come to your senses." Old Mrs. Chen sighed and continued, "Let me tell you, these days we should try not to sleep at night, and try to steal the bricks from three big tile houses. Then we can build a new house and a courtyard wall, so that that brat can see that we're not any worse off than her."
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