Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich

Chapter 55: Chapter 55 Heartache Over Losing Money

“Pah, Mrs. Zhang, what business is my family’s affair to you? Think you are some kind of savior?”

Mrs. Lai’s short and stout legs bounced as she glared and traded insults with the other woman, her body so plump yet seemingly unconcerned about falling over.

“Who is meddling in your affairs? Your third daughter pushed my daughter into the river, my daughter got a fever and had to see the doctor, and you have to pay for that. My girl is still in bed, all groggy and asleep.”

Mrs. Zhang, hands on her hips, retorted just as fiercely, demanding compensation with even more ferocity than the other.

Their mutual insults made everyone in the yard and the kitchen understand that Mrs. Zhang’s daughter had fought with Ye Shuzhen, and both had caught a cold.

Usually, if both parties are to blame in a fight, no compensation would be expected, but since Ye Shuzhen was the first to strike, it was conceivable she might be asked to compensate.

“Expecting my family to pay? You wish. Who let your little demon run her mouth like an old woman? If she hadn’t insulted my daughter, would my daughter have pushed her?” Hearing the demand for compensation, Mrs. Lai also stood with her hands on her hips, stomping one foot and then the other.

Ye Shiqi watched these two women cursing in the street, their actions just like the ‘shrew dance’ that was viral in videos on cell phones in the past.

The two women quarreled in the yard, with villagers standing at the gate outside.

Mrs. Zhang argued till she was hoarse and, not daring to get physical in front of so many people, eventually admitted defeat and left the yard, muttering that if her daughter saw the doctor and didn’t recover, she would make them regret it.

With Mrs. Zhang coming to collect a debt, Mrs. Lai’s anger, which had just subsided, flared up again. She entered the kitchen and raised her hand to hit Daya.

Daya, amidst their yelling, was nearly done cooking with Er Ya and Sanya, keeping an eye on the yard and seeing her grandmother rush in to hit her.

With no other door in the kitchen, holding a pair of tongs in her hand, she faced her grandmother and said, “Grandmother, go ahead and hit! I’ll block with these hot tongs.”

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Daya waved the tongs around haphazardly.

“You dare raise a hand to your grandmother, you rotten girl, may the heavens strike you down with lightning!” Mrs. Lai, frightened by the hot red tongs, couldn’t bring herself to hit and ended up cursing, plopping down on the ground.

“Daya, put down the tongs, don’t actually hit your grandmother.”

Hongji, hearing his mother’s shouts, rushed into the kitchen not expecting his mother to act so swiftly and continue causing trouble, one scene after another, and sternly spoke to his daughter.

“Dad, grandmother was going to hit me.” Daya, not sure if she was scolded more or hit more, felt too aggrieved by today’s events and held onto the tongs.

“Mom, why the need to hit Daya again? Just get up first.” Seeing his daughter distressed, Hongji could only coax his mother away first.

“Hmm, grown up and grown wings, now starting to fight back, really raised a pack of ingrates.”

Mrs. Lai continued to grumble under her breath, still fearful of Daya’s tongs potentially hitting her, and with the assistance of her son, she got up and left the kitchen.

“Daya, you shouldn’t treat your grandmother like that in the future.” Hongji turned back and again addressed his eldest daughter.

“Dad, I understand.” Daya lowered her head. The resistance she had shown made her feel exhilarated; she realized that was the way to prevent her grandmother from hitting her.

“Sister, you are so awesome. Oh, wow.” Daya’s bravery impressed Er Ya and Sanya.

After lunch was prepared, Ye Shuzhen smelled the aroma and sat up, looking completely unill at the moment.

Seeing her family heading to the kitchen for the meal, she too went to eat as if nothing was wrong.

“Shuzhen, you’re so grown up yet still fighting.” Hongji scolded his youngest sister upon seeing her.

“Big brother, I can’t just let others push me around, I can’t let them tarnish our reputation, hmph.” Ye Shuzhen showed no signs of remorse.

“Shuzhen, after eating, go and apologize; take Mom and the money with you.” Hongji’s father, seeing his daughter was fine, felt a twinge of pain for the money about to be paid but recognized that community relationships mustn’t turn into enmities.

“What? You want me to take the money and go? I won’t go.” Mrs. Lai glared angrily when she heard her husband say they had to give money.

“Right, I won’t go either. Why should I apologize to her? It was she who spoke ill of me first.” Ye Shuzhen was adamant about not going.

Er Ya, Sanya, serve the adults their meal. Daya stood a bit further away, fearing that the adults might start hitting her as they talked.

Er Ya and Sanya cleverly took their sister’s and their younger sister’s meals into a room.

“It’s all this ingrate’s fault. Punish her by not letting her eat.” Mrs. Lai pointed accusingly at Daya, still furious about the earlier tongs incident.

Hearing Mrs. Lai scold her, Daya quickly ran back to her room and locked the door.

“Mother, it’s too late. They’ve already taken the food into the room,” Ye Shuzhi reminded her mother.

When Hongji heard his mother’s words, his heart sank. The children had to work every day; how could they not eat?

He also heard what his younger sister said. Her kids were so clever to have already taken their food into the room, a smile couldn’t help but appear on his lips.

“Enough, enough, can’t you keep quiet even while eating? Do as I say. If you don’t go, the villagers’ gossip will drown you.”

Mrs. Lai, upon hearing her husband say this, mumbled through her food-filled mouth, “I’m not afraid of anyone drowning me in their gossip! As long as the money is with me, I’ll give it if I feel like it.”

Hongji’s father felt helpless and could only let his wife be.

Just as they were finishing their meal, Mrs. Zhang came to their house with the village head.

“Village head, when I came to ask them for money earlier, they said their third daughter was also sick. Look, isn’t she perfectly fine? And you’ve seen my daughter is still sick. This money for the doctor, and the fact she’s still running a fever, please stand up for our girl.”

The village head glanced at the two girls, who were sneakily watching them through an open window, and could see that they indeed didn’t look like they were suffering from lovesickness.

He said to Hongji’s father:

“Old brother, you see. We are all villagers here, and this puts me in a tough spot.”

The village head’s words made Hongji’s father uncomfortable. Offending the villagers was one thing, but offending the village head could lead to bigger problems.

He glared at Mrs. Lai and then said to Mrs. Zhang:

“Sister-in-law, how much did your daughter’s treatment cost? We will compensate, but please don’t let your girl talk ill of ours in the future.”

“Uncle, everyone in the village says so. It isn’t something we spread around. I saw it with my own eyes just now; I’m speaking the truth.” Mrs. Zhang, still upset from earlier, felt the compensation was justified as their daughter had suffered too.

“Mrs. Zhang, don’t push your luck, expecting me to compensate and then asking for more,” Mrs. Lai berated her harshly again.

“Stop, stop, no more arguing. We all live in the same village, seeing each other all the time. Let’s not spread rumors anymore; it’s the gossip that causes these troubles,” the village head interjected impatiently.

The village head was annoyed; the women in the village were always stirring up trouble over petty matters, more so than the men.

Dealing with these issues every day was exasperating for him.

When the village head spoke, Mrs. Lai was reluctant but couldn’t refuse, and slowly pulled out some Copper Coins from her pocket.

Mrs. Zhang took the Copper Coins, gave Mrs. Lai and her daughters a glaring look, smirked and left the room.

Seeing that things had settled, the village head exchanged a few words with Hongji’s father and then left their courtyard. He had just wanted to take an afternoon nap when Mrs. Zhang pulled him over to collect a debt, although he wasn’t really reluctant to come.