Seeing everyone's disdain, Zhao Fugui curled his lip in disdain and remained silent.
He was determined to make brown sugar.
Li Jiang, the owner of Li's Grocery Store in Qingshui Town, is the cousin of his brother-in-law's wife.
This person had already spoken to him, saying that as long as he could produce brown sugar, Manager Li would help with sales.
Manager Li gave him a detailed breakdown of the profits, showing that it was much more profitable than selling beetroot.
If a person doesn't look out for themselves, they'll be punished by heaven and earth.
As long as you can make money, who cares about conscience or morality? As long as the money is in your own pocket, that's a skill...
Since returning to Nanshan Village, Chen Qingqing has been busy. She first went door-to-door to check the growth of the sugar beets in the fields, and then went to the sugar mill to check the accounts.
Da Bao handed her a stack of ledgers. "Sister Qingqing, this is the income and expenditure for this month. Please take a look."
"Okay." Chen Qingqing picked up a ledger and looked at it. She found that the ledger was very clear, and every entry was clear.
"Dabao, you've managed Tangfang very well. Thank you for your hard work these past two months."
"You flatter me, Sister Qingqing. It's all thanks to your excellent teaching. Don't worry, I will definitely manage Tangfang well for you so you can have no worries while you're away."
“I believe you. By the way, Da Bao, I heard from my mother that you are planning to build a house. If you don’t have enough money, just say so. Don’t be shy with me. If you have any difficulties, just ask.”
"I know, I won't hold back." Da Bao smiled and scratched his head. "Sister Qingqing, did those old couple from the old house come to your house to cause trouble again?"
Chen Qingqing paused, "What's going on?"
"Uncle, didn't Auntie tell you?" Da Bao felt that this matter couldn't be kept secret. If it wasn't resolved properly, those two shameless old men might cause trouble for his uncle's family once Chen Qingqing left.
Thinking of this, he recounted everything that Old Man Chen and his wife had done in recent days.
"Sister Qingqing, what do you think we should do about this? Why don't we go to the village head and ask him to put in a good word for us?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Qingqing gritted her teeth. A leopard can't change its spots.
No wonder on the day she returned, she saw Old Man Chen and his wife sneaking around her house; they were up to no good.
She chuckled, "No need. They're just greedy, aren't they? I have a way to deal with them, so don't worry about it."
"Okay, I'm going to get to work now." Chen Dabao turned around and got busy.
At this moment, Zhao Fugui's wife finished her work and went into the room where the sugar was being boiled.
Pretending to add firewood to the stove, she secretly observed how Chen Zhanshan and the others boiled brown sugar.
She's already learned about 80-90% of it, and is just waiting to start over next autumn.
The thought of money flowing into her home like water made her heart pound wildly...
"Sister-in-law Fugui, if you've finished your work, you can go home now!"
Chen Zhanshan was very dissatisfied with his wealthy wife's behavior. Tangfang was a sensitive area, and Qingya had already given instructions that outsiders were not allowed to enter the sugar-making room.
But since they were all neighbors, he couldn't very well stop her; he would just politely ask her to go out each time.
"No rush, no rush. It's fine at home. I'll help add firewood so you can go home and rest earlier," the wealthy wife said with a smile.
Chen Qingqing witnessed everything clearly. She frowned and said with a stern face, "Aunt Fugui, didn't I tell you that you can't just go into the sugar-making room? Don't you know the rules?"
"Oh dear, Qing'er, I'm so sorry, I forgot. I'll be going now." The wealthy wife smiled awkwardly, turned around, and quickly left the house.
Chen Zhanshan smiled dismissively, "Qing girl, don't be angry. Your Aunt Fugui is efficient at her work, maybe she just wanted to help!"
"I hope so!" Chen Qingqing felt that she wouldn't have entered this house for no reason; she probably already had ulterior motives. What was meant to happen would happen sooner or later, it just happened earlier than expected.
Around noon, the family of four was chatting in the house when Mr. and Mrs. Chen swaggered in.
Lin frowned and remained silent.
Chen Qingqing was delighted to see this. She had thought they wouldn't dare come while she was at home, but she hadn't expected them to be so fearless.
Alright, since you've come to me willingly, I'll teach you a lesson this time, or you won't know how cunning I am.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Old Mrs. Chen didn't dare to do anything rash. To ease the awkwardness, she tried to make conversation.
"Qing is back. It's been a few months since I last saw her. Han seems to have grown taller again."
"That's right, Chen Han looks like he's grown quite a bit taller." Old Man Chen chimed in casually, following right behind.
Chen Han was furious at what the elderly couple had done and turned his head away.
Chen Zhanshan couldn't hold back any longer and stood up angrily, "Are you ever going to stop? Can you please stop harassing our family?"
“Yes, we should all live our own lives. Why do you keep coming to my house to cause trouble?” Lin said.
Grandma Chen waved her hand dismissively, "What kind of talk is that, you two? As the saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. Putting everything else aside, as neighbors, it's perfectly normal for us to come over and visit each other. How come you call it causing trouble?"
Old Chen chimed in, "That's right. Putting aside our family ties, as neighbors we should be closer than family. We came to visit out of goodwill, but why are you all so hostile? It's just a few steamed buns from your house, why are you acting like we're thieves, locking the gate and peeking through the crack? You've gone too far!"
Hearing their shameless words, Chen Qingqing couldn't help but give them a thumbs up. As expected of the old couple, they were so shameless and brazen that not everyone could do it.
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhanshan stomped his feet in anger and waved his hand with annoyance, "Alright, stop talking and get out of here. I don't have good neighbors like you."
Grandma Chen didn't care at all, and twitched the corner of her mouth, "Zhanshan, this is wrong of you. We just arrived, how can you kick us out!"
After saying that, she plopped down and beckoned to Old Man Chen next to her, "Don't just stand there like an idiot, sit down and wait a bit."
"Alright, let's sit for a while then." Although Old Chen was a little apprehensive, he still shamelessly sat down in order to satisfy his craving.
Seeing this, Chen Zhanshan was even more annoyed. He glanced at Lin and shook his head helplessly.
Lin was even more furious at the old couple's words and actions. "You two should leave now and stop bothering us, okay?"
Grandma Chen shook her head and smiled, "Xiumei, what are you doing? We old folks are just sitting here for a while, it's no trouble at all. You go about your business, it's already noon, hurry up and cook, we'll leave as soon as it's done, we won't linger here."
Although Old Mrs. Chen said this, she had already made up her mind. As soon as the food was served, she would sit down and eat. She didn't believe they would be so shameless as to kick the two of them out...
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