bookrandom Chapter 259 Climbing a high branch
Chapter 259 Climbing a high branch
Ma Ergun became more and more excited as he spoke, his saliva flying everywhere. "I, as a father-in-law, have done my son-in-law no harm. My daughter will definitely have a good life with him in the future."
Wang Fuping rolled his eyes at him and said angrily, "Look at you, such a loser! You're so happy with just this little bit of money. But Qingfeng is a really good kid. We can rest assured that our daughter is with him."
Ma Er asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Where is my daughter? Why didn't she come to pick up her son-in-law?" As he spoke, he stretched his neck and looked around, his eyes full of anticipation.
Tian Fuping sighed helplessly and said with a worried look on his face: "Alas, I have been lying in bed since morning until now. I am just like you, except for eating and shitting." Tian Fuping frowned and shook his head worriedly. His daughter is so lazy. If she really gets married... Oh!
"This child, how could she be so ignorant!" Ma Er frowned and grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Qingfeng is such a good son-in-law, but she doesn't know how to show some appreciation."
Ma Ergun returned home happily. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Ma Caifeng lying listlessly on the bed, chewing a steamed bun in her mouth.
Ma Caifeng's hair was disheveled, her eyes were dull, and she had none of the gracefulness of a young girl. Ma Ergun was immediately furious and strode forward to pull Ma Caifeng up. He was so strong and rough that Ma Caifeng stumbled.
"You little girl, your father is already lazy enough, but I didn't expect you to be even lazier!" Ma Ergun's eyes widened and he shouted at the top of his voice, "Qingfeng is back, and you don't even bother to show your face and improve your relationship with him."
"You are so heartless. If you are snatched away by other girls in the village, you will regret it! You won't even have a place to cry then!" Ma Ergun said as he tapped Ma Caifeng's forehead with his finger.
Upon hearing this, Ma Caifeng suddenly put down the unfinished steamed bun, and the other half of the bun rolled to the corner of the bed. She raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "Who is so blind as to dare to steal my man, Ma Caifeng?" Her eyes were full of anger and disdain, and she put her hands on her waist, looking very aggressive.
Then, she casually wiped her mouth with her sleeve, leaving a greasy stain on it. Then she shouted at the top of her voice, "Mother! Where's the dress Taohua gave me? Find it for me. I want to go see Qingfeng."
On the other side, at Zhao Cunliang's house, Zhou Xiaoxiong had just returned and before he had time to catch his breath, Tian Guilan came up to him aggressively, with her hands on her hips and a gloomy face.
Without any explanation, she asked Zhou Xiaoxiong to hand over the money from selling the chickens, and gave the reason with confidence: "Zhou Xiaoxiong, you are too young. It is not safe to keep this money in your hands." Tian Guilan stared at Zhou Xiaoxiong, her eyes full of greed.
Zhou Xiaoxiong looked reluctant and muttered, "Auntie, this is what I worked hard to earn."
But under Tian Guilan's pressure, he reluctantly handed over the money. This time, Zhou Xiaoxiong earned a total of 220 coins from selling chickens.
He carefully took out the money wrapped in cloth from his pocket and slowly handed it to Tian Guilan, his eyes full of reluctance.
Tian Guilan took the money and was immediately overjoyed. Her eyes narrowed into slits, the wrinkles on her face were squeezed together, and she couldn't stop smiling.
She kept muttering to herself, "That's right, Little Bear. You should know that when you are at my house, everything from food to clothes costs money." Tian Guilan said as she counted the money in her hand.
"Auntie will raise you like her own child, and this money will be used to manage our family." Tian Guilan glanced at Zhou Xiaoxiong and continued, "You are still young and don't understand the difficulties of being the head of the family. You will understand when you grow up." There was a hint of coaxing in her tone, but her eyes never left the money in her hand.
Tian Guilan counted the money and carefully put it in her arms. Then she asked casually, "Xiao Xiong, who went to Aunt Xiuying's house when we went to sell chickens this time?"
There was a barely perceptible cunning in her eyes, but a seemingly kind smile hung on her face.
Tian Guilan smiled and added, "I'm just asking out of curiosity, don't take it too seriously. Women like us are stuck at home doing housework every day and rarely get to see the world, so we're particularly interested in what's happening outside."
As she spoke, she pulled Zhou Xiaoxiong over and patted his shoulder gently, trying to make him relax his guard.
Zhou Xiaoxiong muttered a response, then continued, "Yang Qingfeng was the first to go when selling chickens, and later Young Master Chen, Shi Liu, and Afan all went. Taohua originally wanted to go too, but Aunt Xiuying wouldn't let her."
Zhou Xiaoxiong lowered his head, fiddling with the corners of his clothes with his hands, and spoke in a low voice, seeming a little restrained.
He paused, then continued, "Taohua was worried about Chen Zexi and kept making a fuss about going, but Aunt Xiuying wouldn't let her go. She had to persuade her in every possible way to stop her."
Zhou Xiaoxiong raised his head and glanced at Tian Guilan, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
Zhao Cunliang took a deep drag from his water pipe, which made a few gurgling sounds before he said dissatisfiedly, "What are you asking about? All you know all day is gossip about other people."
He frowned, with a hint of annoyance in his eyes, and waved the hand holding the hookah in the air.
When Tian Guilan heard this, her eyes rolled and she retorted unconvincedly: "You know shit! I'm just concerned about Xiuying." She curled her lips and put her hands on her hips.
Then, she glanced at Zhou Xiaoxiong, forced a fake smile on her face, and said, "Xiaoxiong, are you tired? Go and rest first."
Although Tian Guilan's tone was gentle, her eyes showed perfunctory attitude, and she just wanted to get rid of Zhou Xiaoxiong quickly.
After Xiao Xiong left, Tian Guilan couldn't wait to get close to Zhao Cunliang and said in a low voice: "Boss, you don't know, Xiuying is very scheming. She clearly wants to use her peach blossoms to catch a rich husband." Tian Guilan's face was full of jealousy and calculation.
"If the eldest young master of the Chen family really gets married to Taohua, then we will have a good life in the future?" She became more and more excited as she spoke, and her voice unconsciously rose a few degrees.
"Xiuying is just relying on her daughter's good looks to marry into a rich family. She's just dreaming!" Tian Guilan said gritting her teeth.
"Boss, we can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to strike first." Tian Guilan grabbed Zhao Cunliang's arm tightly, her eyes full of greed and calculation.
Zhao Cunliang became agitated upon hearing this and shouted, "If we allow Xiuying to marry the Chen family, will we still have a foothold in the village? No, absolutely not!"
Tian Guilan snorted coldly and said sinisterly, "Let's make her lose not only her daughter but also her army. Doesn't Xiuying want to climb up the social ladder? We won't let her succeed."