Chapter 34 – All Those Who Come To Find Fault Come Together
The hired helpers hadn’t gone home yet.
Wei Cheng handed the food box to Aunt Yang, and asked her to take it into the kitchen. He remembered that today he made shredded chicken, chicken bones and chicken soup, and Wei Cheng would not use the soup from boiling chicken to make any other dish and it would be a pity to throw it away.
“Aunt Yang, there is chicken soup and some of its leftovers in the kitchen that I don’t need here. If you want to take it, you can share it among the three of you. If you don’t want it, just throw it away.”
How can they just throw them away?!
To Wei Cheng, this chicken soup is just the water leftover from boiling the chicken, but to Aunt Yang and the others, it is broth, full of oil and water.
Aunt Yang and the three were pleasantly surprised.
They didn’t expect such a good thing.
A large bowl of chicken soup and water has enough oil and water, along with the chicken leftovers, the three of them can share a large bowl back, and if they add more water to the soup, it is still a nutritious broth.
The elderly and children at home can have a good meal.
Recently, when they go to work every day, they can eat good food, and their complexion is much better. But thinking that the rest of the family is eating bad food, even if they still save food and take it back, the whole family can’t share even a few mouthfuls. This time, being able to have chicken soup to take home and give chicken soup to the family is something that they never dared to think about before.
The three thanked him quickly.
They are lucky to be able to work as helpers in Wei Cheng’s house.
Wei Cheng waved them goodbye, walked to the door, and went back to the house holding the hand of his wife who heard him coming out of the house.
Wei Lei wasn’t here, he’s still out shopping for tomorrow’s ingredients.
“You’re back, what’s going on?” Zhou Yuan asked, he was very worried when he was waiting for him to come home, afraid that the people in Tai Fu Luo would make things difficult for his husband.
Wei Cheng led them back to their bedroom without saying anything so Zhou Yuan was very puzzled.
Wei Cheng took out the banknote from his pocket, put the banknote in his wife’s hand, and handed it in without keeping a cent to himself.
“This is what I earned today.”
Zhou Yuan had never seen a bank note before, so he opened it suspiciously. After looking at it, he immediately saw the hundred taels written on the paper, and then his eyes widened, “Is this a bank note?”
Wei Cheng nodded, “That’s right, this is a bank note, a total of five hundred taels.”
“Why is there so much?” Zhou Yuan exclaimed.
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“We can still open the stall.” Wei Cheng told his wife what he talked about in Tai Fu Luo, “The formula sold to Tai Fu Luo is improved, and it does not have any conflicts with our stall.”
The jelly and sour plum soup recipes are both half-gifts given away. There are a lot of wild jelly fruits in the villages under the territory of Nanshan County. The half-gift is also given in hopes that they can trade again.
There is such a good thing, Zhou Yuan is relieved, as long as their stall could still be opened.
Zhou Yuan thought about things for a while, his family originally had more than two hundred taels in savings, but now there are more than five hundred taels, Zhou Yuan’s heart trembled. This is money that cannot be earned in a lifetime in the countryside, and with so much money, Zhou Yuan felt uneasy .
“Husband, I will put all the money at home for you, and I will use a few of it for some odds and ends for my household.”
“What’s the matter?” You were obviously happy just now, why did you suddenly have a bitter face after holding the bank note.
“This is too much money, I’m afraid it won’t be safe with me, so you should keep it.” He was afraid of it being stolen by thieves.
How could Wei Cheng not understand his wife’s thoughts, so he chuckled: “Yuan Yuan, look at our house, the walls are bare, thieves aren’t gonna be willing to patronize our home, and there is a secret cabinet in the house, who can steal it?”
“The money is yours since I handed it over to you. Don’t worry too much about it being stolen, after all, you have your husband with you.”
The wife’s little expression of worrying about money being stolen is really strange.
This money may be a windfall for the country people, but for Wei Cheng, it is not enough to afford a decent house in the inner part of the county. No matter what dynasty it is, the house’s location is a sign of ultimate luxury.
Thinking about it, since their family has money, should they rebuild the house? It’s not easy to live in this dilapidated place, and it’s not that they don’t want to use the money, it’s just that there is no place to live if it is being remodeled, and it is troublesome to rent a house.
Forget it, he’ll wait for a while, he’s considering building a tavern, renting out a livable place, and then remodeling his family’s house.
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Zhou Yuan took the money back, since his husband said so, he was not worried about accidentally losing the money. The husband trusted him, and he liked the money that the husband gave him, which showed that the husband valued him.
*
During dinner.
Wei Lei packed his food and went back to eat because he was ashamed of eating in front of the couple every day.
Tai Fu Lou’s dishes are the best in color, flavor and taste.
Zhou Yuan said as he ate, “The dishes from Tai Fu Lou are delicious.”
Wei Cheng served the food for him, “Since you like to eat their food, I will take you to Tai Fu Luo to eat some other day.”
“No, I heard that restaurants in the county cost hundreds of wens for a dish, and your cooking is as delicious, so why waste money?”
“Wife, the family has money.” Wei Cheng reminded him that the family had savings, and a meal would not cost much.
“Even if you have money, you can’t spend it indiscriminately.”
Zhou Yuan is not a person who spends his money recklessly. If he has money, he has to spend it where he should. Now his family’s business is stable, but he doesn’t have any land at home. Country people still need to have land in their hands to be at ease.
Wei Cheng was amused, thinking that his wife was a bit of a money fanatic.
The rich wife at home wants to save money, and Wei Cheng listens to the wife.
Unexpectedly, the next day, someone blocked him and reached out to ask him for money.
“Wei Cheng, I heard that you have become prosperous recently. Money is tight for uncle recently. Let me borrow some money, Hua Hua Hua!”
He said that he was asking for money but he had gangsters with him, and it seemed as if the gangster’s leader saw him as a brother.
Wei Cheng thought for a while before he realized who the man with the wicked eyebrows and mousy eyes was.
It turned out to be Wei Laizi who was from the same village as him.
Wei Laizi is a well-known old bastard in the village. Since he was asking him for money, it should be because he bought vegetables from the village and wanted to take him for a fool.
Last time, Wei Laizi was responsible for the disturbance caused by harvesting vegetables. He didn’t need to look for him because the troublesome person delivered himself to his doorstep.
Wei Cheng folded his hands on his chest, and said coldly, “Wei Laizi, I’m neither your father nor your mother. If you ask me to give you money, do you think I’m easy to bully, or is there something wrong with your mind?”
Wei Laizi: “Wei Cheng, why are you talking like that? Uncle asks you for money to give you face and because he thinks highly of you.”
Wei Cheng: “What, want to steal it?”
Wei Laizi: “Don’t say it so crudely, uncle is borrowing it.”
Wei Cheng: “What if I refuse?”
“Then don’t blame Uncle for not showing affection. Uncle reminds you that the brothers behind me are not easy to mess with. Take out the money now if you have the sense, otherwise, we won’t be able to control our fists and something will happen to you. Don’t blame us when that time comes.”
Wei Cheng looked at the four wretched gangsters behind Wei Laizi with their long faces and sharp faces, looking like typical henchmen, he didn’t pay attention to them at all.
“Wei Laizi, it’s alright, rely on them, don’t be ashamed, I still won’t give you the money.”
Wei Laizi spat out, “It seems that if you want to be taught a lesson since you won’t take out the money, brothers, go—”
The gangsters who already had itchy hands and wanted to beat someone rushed to beat Wei Cheng.
But, in the end, who would be beating who?
It was made known very soon.
Several gangsters, including Wei Laizi, lay on the ground as they screamed in pain.
To deal with a few soft-legged shrimps, he would only bluff and fool around, but Wei Cheng’s fists are very hard, and he knew how to beat someone painfully.
He has never learned Taekwondo, but he likes boxing very much, and with his current physical strength, he is absolutely ruthless when he beats people.
Wei Cheng stepped on a gangster’s chest, pressed it down heavily, and asked, “Do you still want some money?”
“We won’t dare, won’t dare to ask again.”
“It was Wei Laizi’s idea to come here. He said that you are rich and easy to bully, so we came to ask you for money.”
Wei Cheng looked at Wei Laizi who was lying on the ground with a bruised nose and swollen face. He was the one who was beaten the most.
Seeing him looking over, Wei Laizi hurriedly begged for mercy, “Wei Cheng, uncle won’t dare do this again in the future, don’t hit me again.” He was begging for mercy, but his eyes were insincere.
“Get out!”
The gangsters immediately got up and slipped away quickly, fearing that the person would regret letting them go.
Wei Cheng knows what a gangster is- it is a villain with the greatest thirst for vengeance, unless he has enough strength and influence, only then can he protect them from people who want to take revenge.
Wei Laizi is a well-known scoundrel in the village, and even a villain among villains.
Beating them up is also teaching them a lesson.
Wei Cheng let them go, so he had to guard against them.
Wei Cheng had just taught a few gangsters a lesson when he ran into trouble again.
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What a scoundrel 😐 Tha Wei Laizi is shameless.
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Wei Cheng can’t catch a break!
Oh, boy.