CH 119

Early the next morning, just after Zhulan’s family had breakfast, Fourth Wang came to deliver red eggs and invited Zhou’s family to participate in the Xishan.1

Zhulan wished she had nothing to do with Fourth Wang, it was impossible to go for Xishan, so she directly refused, “Our two families don’t have friendship, we won’t go to Xisan in your house tomorrow.”

Zhulan didn’t even find a reason for her refusal. She was afraid that Fourth Wang’s brain circuit will supplement the brain, so it was better to simply refuse and stop further contact.

Fourth Wang finally had a chance to show off his success after a long and difficult journey. He wished he could invite all those who had looked down on him. He had some unresolved feelings towards the Zhou family, but he didn’t dare to provoke them. He couldn’t bear the thought of the Zhou family not acknowledging his achievements. His gaze fell upon Second Zhou, and he said, “Second, even though we’ve drifted apart, we used to have a connection. I finally got a son. Why did you not go over and celebrate?”

To tell the truth, he has always envied Second Zhou since he was a child. Although he was also an honest second son, Second Zhou had never been beaten or scolded, and he dressed well. Now that he has money and a son, while Second Zhou was still living with his parents, he wanted Zhou Changyi to envy him.

Zhou Changyi wanted to scold someone. Before his son was born, Fourth Wang came to him to show off that he was rich and had a good life, but secretly mocked him as a useless man who still lived with his parents, and his wife dared not breathe. He even pretended to offer advice, saying that having a daughter wasn’t a big deal and that he should let go of his worries.

He scolded and spoke sarcastically, but Fourth Wang was sick in his head and only listened to what he wanted to hear. As a consequence, he became increasingly reluctant to go out.

When his son was born, Fourth Wang stopped finding him, and he felt better. Unexpectedly, Fourth Wang now had a son and so came again!

Zhou Changyi calmed himself down and silently reminded himself that it was not worth getting angry with someone stubborn. With a cold expression, he said, “The door is behind you, so you don’t need to bring the eggs with you.”2

Fourth Wang was not angry at all when he was being chased away. Instead, he was in a happy mood, thinking that Second Zhou was jealous of him, “Second Zhou, you don’t envy me, do you? If you want to separate the family, you can do it!”

Second Zhou was about to vomit blood, who the hell wants to separate the family!! His old man will have fame, and he wished he could never separate the family, “Fourth Wang, you are mentally ill, the doctor in the county is good, and your family is not short of money, go and have a look!”

Zhulan was so disgusted by Fourth Wang, “Second, I will go to your Uncle Shuzhen’s house tomorrow to get a dog back to raise. If you meet someone who doesn’t understand the human language, just release the dog in the future. Don’t get mad at yourself. It’s not worth it.”

Second Zhou, “…….. “

His mother was just amazing, she clearly scolded Fourth Wang for not being able to understand human language, but she didn’t use a single dirty word. He still had so much to learn.

Fourth Wang’s face turned red, and it was true that he liked to hear only what he wanted to hear, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t understand anything. Since becoming wealthy, his temper had worsened, and now, with the confidence of having a son, he was even more emboldened. Filled with anger and humiliation, he declared, “Fine, fine! You have gone too far! From now on, our families should no longer have any dealings with each other.”

Zhulan looked up at the sky with a speechless expression and asked Zhou Shuren in confusion, “When did our families start having any interactions? Weren’t we always unwelcoming to the Wang family?”

Zhou Shuren said, “Don’t get upset over someone who doesn’t understand words. It’s cold outside, let’s go back inside.”

Fourth Wang’s face turned pale with anger. He didn’t have any face, and he didn’t dare to make trouble. He knew in his heart that if he wanted to live in the village, he couldn’t offend the Zhou clan, looked at the empty yard, and walked away with a pale face.

Li Shi was curious and couldn’t resist going out for a walk. When she returned, she exclaimed, “Fourth Wang having a son is incredible! He’s going door to door in the whole Zhou family village, giving out red eggs. Oh my goodness, in winter, an egg costs one and a half wen, and he’s giving six eggs to each household, which adds up to almost ten wen per household! This is such a grand gesture, even though Zhou family village is not a town, it still has over a hundred households!”

Zhao Shi took a sharp breath and remarked, “Fourth Wang is really generous.”

Li Shi continued, “I heard that on the day Sun Shi gave birth, he distributed ‘happiness money’, and if you include the gift for the midwife, he has spent over two taels of silver in just two days.”

Zhulan chimed in, “And you have not accounted for the expenses of the baby’s Xishan.”

Li Shi covered her chest and said, “He’s already spending so much just after having a son, how will they manage in the future when the child grows up?”

Zhu Lan thought to herself, “I bet Wang Ru is also wondering how they will manage when he grows up.”