inspire-indiana Chapter 241 Intolerable
Chapter 241 Intolerable
After a few days, the Fang family's patience had reached its limit.
In the evening, when Miss Wang was not around, the family sat in the house to discuss how to resolve the matter.
Fang Qingya burst into tears, "Dad, you have to stand up for us! What right does she have to be so bossy and bully us at home? I think she just wants to torture us to death!"
Fang Jin felt sorry for the children when he saw the slap marks on their faces, but how could they afford to offend the Wang family?
He sighed, and the last thing he said was, "Daughter, have you thought of a way to make money?"
Fang Qingya was silent for a while before she spoke.
"I used to sell self-heating meals to candidates, but I haven't done that since the provincial exam. But I've been thinking about it these past two days. I think we can sell these to escort agencies and merchant caravans. These people are often on the road, sleeping in the open air, and they might be willing to spend money just to have a hot meal."
Fang Jin suddenly realized: "Yes! Why didn't they think of it?"
"Yes, you are right. You are worthy of being my daughter. You are smart!"
Now that he had a solution, he thought about it for a moment and made a decision in his mind.
"Starting tomorrow, Dad, you take Qingtian to sell self-heating rice. We'll close the door and refuse visitors!"
The Fang family started working overnight. When Miss Wang came the next day, the door of the Fang family was indeed closed. It was so quiet inside that not even the sound of a mouse could be heard.
In the Zhou family's yard next to the Fang family, there are many aunts and women sitting inside and outside the door. Recently, they have been running to the Zhou family almost every day.
Ostensibly, they came to visit the Zhou family, but actually they came to see the lively atmosphere of the Fang family next door. Just now, when they saw the carriage coming, many people came directly to sit at the door.
Miss Wang knocked on the door for a long time but there was no response. She became unhappy and pointed at the servants.
"Go ask those people why this family is not here and what they are doing?"
The servants hurried over, and a group of people started talking at once: "His old man went out with his grandson early in the morning, but there should be someone at home. I didn't see his Fang Jin go out today."
Miss Wang's eyes lit up.
What does that mean? Is Fang Jin home alone today?
As soon as she thought of this, she became excited: "Quick, keep knocking on the door!"
The servants took turns knocking on the door, but there was still no movement in the yard for a long time.
Miss Wang was furious: "Useless things! Get out of here!"
She walked up to him and called out, "Brother Fang! I'm here to bring you some clothes. Come out and have a look. I also bought some brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone. They're all for you. The other day I saw the brush you were using was almost worn out. I feel so sorry for you, Brother Fang!"
When she scolded the servants, she was full of energy, and when she called Fang Jin, she raised her voice, which gave the group of old ladies and aunts goose bumps.
Oh my god, is this Landlord Wang's daughter? She's so shameless! No wonder people say she keeps changing men!
But no matter how much they couldn't stand it, no one left because they hadn't seen enough!
In the room, Fang Jin's face darkened, and he couldn't concentrate on his studies at all. However, he had made up his mind today that he would never open the door for the man surnamed Wang!
But Miss Wang is used to being arrogant and domineering, and there is rarely anything she cannot do.
"Come here, squat here, I'll step on you and climb over the wall!"
When the servants who came with her heard this, their faces turned pale with fear - given their girl's size, if they were stepped on, they would probably be trampled to death on the spot!
Some people with quick minds quickly found excuses: "Miss, knocking on the door is fine, but climbing over the wall is trespassing. There are so many people in the village watching us. If we make a big fuss, we will be taken to the government office. Even if we don't use it, the master will still punish us if he finds out!"
Miss Wang was unhappy now. She stared at the door in front of her and wanted someone to break it down, but then she remembered what her father had said a few days ago.
Let her live a good life after getting married this time and stop playing around.
Forget it, bear with it!
But she didn't plan to leave. She stood at the door of Fang's house and waited, and asked the servants to knock on the door after a while.
After a while, he resorted to the self-torture tactic again.
"Brother Fang, I'm so thirsty. Can you let me in to drink some water? It's okay if you don't let me in. Just come out and give me a bowl of water. I'll drink it and then leave!"
Fang Jin couldn't be fooled by such a trick.
But Miss Wang enjoyed it very much. After a while, she started crying with her throat pinched.
Sometimes she said she was very cold, and sometimes she said she just wanted to see him, which made the aunties and grandmothers next door grimace.
But there was no movement from the Fang family. In the end, Miss Wang could no longer bear it. No matter how warm the carriage was, she didn't have enough charcoal. If this continued, she would have nothing to burn on the way back.
There was no choice but to leave.
After Miss Wang left, the neighbors went home one by one. They were so excited that they told everyone who hadn't been there about the big show that had happened in front of Fang's house.
Among them, Old Lady Qin came to Fang Tong's house.
She was from the Qin clan, but her family had no status in the clan, and her son was very honest and not taken seriously, so she came to Qian Fengping specifically to gossip.
Qian Fengping was not interested in this matter, mainly because her work was not finished yet. She was forced to listen for a long time. After she finished speaking, Old Lady Qin still refused to leave and drank three bowls of water.
Qian Fengping really couldn't hold on any longer, so she said that her family was coming back and she had to prepare dinner, and wanted everyone to leave quickly.
Mrs. Qin finally stood up, but she was still hesitant with a smile on her face: "There's one more thing. Feng Ping, if your family needs to hire someone to work again in the future, you can see if my son and daughter-in-law are capable. It's not the first day we've known each other. You know them both. They're capable of working..."
Qian Fengping knew that it was impossible for Old Lady Qin to come here for no reason.
She didn't think it was a problem. The old lady's family was having a hard time, and her son and daughter-in-law were both honest people, so it wasn't really a problem.
"Okay, I'll remember that. Next time I hire someone, I'll discuss it with my husband."
After hearing this, Old Lady Qin left happily.
Fang Tong came back from the county town. While having dinner, he heard about Miss Wang from Qian Fengping and thought she was a little stupid.
However, he couldn't intervene in this matter anymore, in case it backfired.
As for Mr. Fang and his grandson who went to the county town that day, they were very happy.
"That's a great idea! Changfeng Escort Agency has ordered one hundred copies from us! One hundred copies!"
The whole family was shocked. Even Fang Qingya didn't expect that they would get such a big order as soon as they went out!
"One hundred servings, that's not enough for us at home. We have to go to the village and collect them quickly and make them overnight!"
No one would go against money, so the whole family was mobilized. As for the incident when Miss Wang came to make trouble during the day, no one cared. Nothing in the Fang family today was more important than making self-heating meals.
The noise from the Fang family didn't stop all night long. The Zhou family next door could even hear it when they got up in the middle of the night. I wonder what was going on next door.