Chapter 61 Compensate our Wang family for their losses!
We hired more people to do the work, and the efficiency was greatly improved.
As production increased, the villagers' income also increased.
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In Shili Town, everyone knows Mr. Ji.
In the past, someone in Ji Yuanwai's family served as a high-ranking official in the Da'an Kingdom.
Later, the dynasty of Da'an Kingdom changed, and none of the descendants of the family could enter the officialdom again, so they faded away. However, even so, they were still a well-known and prominent family in Shili Town.
There are hundreds of acres of fertile land in Shili Town, and there are shops in the county town and even the provincial capital.
In a small courtyard not far from Mr. Ji's house, all the houses on this old street belong to the Ji family.
Old Man Wang and Mrs. Wang Liu live here.
They had been here for several days, seeking refuge with their youngest daughter. Mrs. Wang Liu had four sons and two daughters. The eldest daughter had married a villager, who was poor and far away, and their life was difficult, so they were too lazy to seek refuge with him. The second, third, fourth, and fifth sons were all sons.
The youngest daughter, Lao Liu, was born in old age and is not married yet. She has been working as a maid in Mr. Ji's house in the town for several years and has not returned home for many years.
Old man Wang felt ashamed of being a maid, and since he had a grandson who was studying, he was afraid that it would affect his grandson's future success.
The youngest daughter also despised her family's poverty and the fact that they couldn't even get enough food to eat, so she decided to go work as a maid in a rich family.
Yue Shi, who worked as a maid, refused to hand over the money she earned and spent it all on her own food, clothing and other expenses. Because of this, the father and daughter had a falling out and did not visit each other often.
This time there was really no other way, so Mrs. Wang Liu suggested that her youngest daughter stay here for a few days to seek shelter.
I didn't expect anything good to happen.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Mr. Ji's house and told him the name of his youngest daughter, the doorman settled them there and treated them well with food and drink.
It was said that the youngest daughter had gone to the county town with the master of the family to do some business. After waiting for several days, the youngest daughter finally arrived.
"Dad, Mom."
A bright little girl of fifteen or sixteen, dressed in a silk dress, walked in gracefully.
Mrs. Wang Liu blinked and failed to recognize him at first.
I thought it was someone's daughter, but when I saw the familiar features and the familiar voice, "Little one? My little one! You're finally here!"
Feeling aggrieved, she hugged her youngest daughter and burst into tears.
Wang Qiuju frowned, fearing that Wang Liupo's tears and snot would get on her new clothes.
"Dad, Mom, and Second Brother, what's going on? Why were you kicked out of Wangjia Village?"
Old man Wang was smoking opium and acting arrogantly next to them.
Mrs. Wang Liu was crying so hard that she couldn't speak clearly.
It was Wang Laoer who spoke up.
"Little sister, you don't know! It's all because of Jiang! Jiang has ruined our family. Now this bitch is so proud and arrogant that she has bribed everyone in the village, including the head of the village. Now the head of the village wants to drive our Wang family out of Wangjia Village!"
Mrs. Wang Liu cried, "This Jiang is so evil and cruel! She has turned Dabao and Erbao into ungrateful wolves..."
Wang Qiuju pulled back her sleeves. "Mother, Second Brother, please sit down and talk. Didn't you separate Jiang Shi long ago? She's just a poor widow. What could possibly have caused such a scene?"
Wang Lao Er was surprised and said, "Little sister, don't you know? The Jiang family is now prosperous!"
Wang Qiuju was indeed unaware of the situation. "I haven't been in town for nearly a month. I went out with the master and his mistress to visit relatives and friends. Did Jiang remarry or something? How did she become successful?" How successful could a village woman like her become?
The implication is disdain.
Wang Laoer was also a discerning man. Seeing his sister wearing silk and silver jewelry, she was not like this the last time she came. She was wearing coarse cloth servant's clothes. This time she was wearing silk and jewelry, and she could even go out to play with the master. He must have climbed up the social ladder.
On the one hand, he felt jealous. He climbed up the social ladder but didn't even tell his family, and didn't even take a tael or half a tael of silver back home. He just spent his time eating, drinking and having fun outside. He was a piece of shit.
But he kept explaining the whole story between Jiang and Old Wang's family in detail.
Wang Qiuju's first reaction was, "You said the Autumn Pear Paste is from the Jiang family's recipe? It's made by the Jiang family? Is it the Autumn Pear Paste that's been all the rage lately? The one with the medicinal recipe?"
"Yes! It was made by Jiang. They used wild pears from the mountain behind our village. You ate those pears when you were a child. We picked the kind that even pigs and dogs wouldn't eat. Jiang made autumn pear paste with it and sold it for an unknown amount of silver. She bribed the villagers with a small portion of the pears from the branches. You don't know, the whole village went to them to sell their pears, trying to curry favor with them..."
Wang Qiuju was stunned. Her master had mentioned the Qiuli Paste business many times, but because it was not in the town, it was taken over by Lin’s Dim Sum Shop.
It costs them several taels of silver to buy a pound of autumn pear paste outside, and they also have to ask people for help or use their connections to buy it.
It's very exquisite and precious.
The master regretted that if he was in town this time, he would have taken over the autumn pear paste business and would have made a lot of money.
Wang Qiuju felt bad. If it was someone else who did it, she would feel better, but it was Jiang.
The Jiang family whom she used to look down upon the most!
"Why didn't Jiang make autumn pear paste when she was in our Wang family before, but now she has started making it after the separation? Is she doing it on purpose? Is she waiting for our Wang family to separate her?"
Mrs. Wang Liu said, "That shouldn't be the case. Jiang fell into the water a few days ago and has become a completely different person, possessed by a water spirit. She can fight and scold, and has developed new abilities. I asked a witch to cure her, but she couldn't. She's very powerful. Now she's targeting our Wang family. She accepts pears from everyone in the village, even from other villages, but not from ours. She even let that bastard Erbao tear off our roof. Your father was so angry that he took your brother and nephew to the mountains to cut trees, and ended up like this. My little girl! What are we going to do? We can't live like this anymore!"
Wang Qiuju's face also turned cold. She didn't believe in the idea of water ghost possession.
The most likely possibility is that Jiang had been deliberately hiding his abilities before, and his true nature has only now been revealed.
"Dad, Mom, don't panic. I'll ask our master to help you with this matter."
Her master was worried that he would lose the chance to have Qiuli Paste, so isn't this an opportunity that comes right to his doorstep?
Old Man Wang couldn't help but ask, "How can you help? What can you do? This Jiang family won't take any soft or hard words."
Wang Qiuju said sternly, "No matter how capable Jiang is or how much money she makes, what's the use? Our Da'an Kingdom has always valued filial piety. Jiang is the daughter-in-law of our Wang family. She has repeatedly disrespected our parents, angered them to the point of fainting, and even attacked them. We can definitely sue her! Confiscate her property and compensate our Wang family for their losses!"
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