CHAPTER 204: CHAPTER 204 DISPLEASED

Qin Er Lang didn’t like Gu Jinli, and liked it even less when Qin San Lang was with her.

After all, she’s just a country girl, whose family has been farmers for generations, and they’ve never even produced a single scholar. What right does she have to stick so close to San Lang?

San Lang, after all, comes from the Marquis Mansion, raised in luxury for fourteen years. Even though he’s fallen on hard times now, there’s no reason for him to get overly familiar with a farmer girl.

Hearing this, Gu Jinli glanced at Qin Er Lang’s deadpan face and disdainfully snorted, strutting past him. As she passed by, she rolled her eyes at him, angering Qin Er Lang quite a bit.

Qin Er Lang couldn’t be bothered to engage with Gu Jinli and could only whisper to the approaching Qin San Lang, "Our families won’t remain in this state forever; there will come a day when we rise again. Remember your status and don’t associate with such uncultured..."

Before Qin Er Lang could finish, his wrist was seized tightly by Qin San Lang. He was naturally strong, and when he clenched down hard, it pained Qin Er Lang greatly.

He looked at Qin San Lang in surprise: "What are you doing?"

Getting violent over a wild girl?!

Qin San Lang glared at Qin Er Lang with a cold and frosty look, warning, "She is our benefactor. Don’t let me hear you speak ill of her again."

With that, he released Qin Er Lang’s hand and hurried to catch up with Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli turned back and smiled at him: "Little brother, well done. Big brother is impressed."

Seeing her say this again, Qin San Lang could only smile helplessly.

Qin Er Lang watched them walking shoulder to shoulder, chatting and laughing, his face turning livid with rage. It seemed that after he returned, he must talk to Grandpa about this matter; he couldn’t let San Lang keep being so close to Gu Jinli.

Right now, San Lang and Gu Jinli weren’t wise to the ways of the world, but who knew if they’d see eye to eye in the future? It’s better not to get too close.

Third Grandpa and his group walked briskly for nearly four hours before finally returning to Da Feng Village.

As they passed by the Mo family’s courtyard, Elder Mo was jumping around cursing furiously: "Mo Kui, you wolf pup, you just used your daughter and daughter-in-law to climb up with the Gu Family, and now you want to cut ties with us! You heartless thing, how much has our family helped yours on the road? Now that you’re living comfortably, you want to leave us here in this broken courtyard to face the biting winds from the Northwest, completely ungrateful. Abandoning your uncle to suffer, you’re asking for divine retribution!"

Elder Mo, his head spinning with rage, cursed Mo Kui incoherently.

Truth be told, Elder Mo had known two days ago that Mo Kui’s family was planning to move. He didn’t care at all at the time. But once he learned that Mo Qinzi and Ms. Zhang had started working in Gu’s Workshop, he became furious.

They say that in Gu’s Workshop, grinding just a pound of spices earns you several dozen copper coins. Sister Qin and Ms. Zhang could grind more than eight pounds in a day, easily making a few hundred copper coins.

A few hundred copper coins!

This money should’ve been his; now that Mo Kui’s family was moving, it felt like those coins were being carved right out of his heart, like his flesh was being cut. Elder Mo, heart aching as if he were dying, frantically tried to prevent Mo Kui from leaving.

Mo Qinzi was tough, knowing that Elder Mo would try to prevent their family from moving, she had agreed with Gu Jinli that day while signing the contract that she would only work half a day and needed to go home to help move in the afternoon.

Gu Jinli agreed.

At this moment, Mo Qinzi was confronting Elder Mo saying, "Elder Mo of the twelve ancestral halls, you’re neither my birth father nor uncle, just a relative from another branch of our family, and your household has sons and grandsons, lacking no one to take care of you. Even if your line were to end, it wouldn’t be my father’s duty, as a cousin once removed, to provide for you. What right do you have to stop my father from moving?!"

Elder Mo, upon hearing this, was so furious he nearly spat blood, pointing at Mo Qinzi and saying: "Unbelievable, a minor, and a worthless one at that, dares to insult an elder... I, I’m going to open the ancestral hall and expel you from the family!"

Mo Qinzi laughed: "The ancestral hall? Where is it? The Mo Family’s ancestral hall has long been gone. Besides, even if there was an ancestral hall, you, sir, don’t have the right to hold a family council to expel family members."

Who do you think you are?

Clan Leader or village chief?

Stop playing dumb here!

"Mo Kui, look at the good daughter you’ve raised, see what she has done to my father?" Mo Dakui, infuriated that Mo Qinzi dared to talk back to his father, charged at her, hand raised to slap her, but was stopped by Mo Kui.

Mo Kui, holding a spade, pointed it at Mo Dakui and said: "Stop, if you dare to hit my daughter, I will fight you!"

Seeing Mo Kui daring to resist with a spade, Elder Mo trembled with anger: "Rebellious, truly rebellious, daring to raise a hand against Dakui."

Mo Kui, upon hearing Elder Mo’s absurd remarks, looked at Elder Mo with a heavy heart: "Uncle, on our difficult journey fleeing famine, I, Mo Kui, have done my duty towards all of you. I know that you’ve siphoned money, grain, and warm clothing from my home. But I thought, with only our two Mo families left, we should support each other."

"But Uncle, people have feelings, I cannot carve out my own flesh to feed you, and in turn, let my own children and daughters-in-law go hungry."

"Uncle, our family has settled here, and we will no longer associate with your family. Every one of you is like a bloodsucker; I am just one person, Mo Kui, and my flesh and blood aren’t enough to sustain you all!"

Gu Jinli and the others were standing outside the Mo Family courtyard and were quite satisfied hearing Mo Kui’s tough words.

Third Grandpa felt that Elder Mo was too ungrateful, oppressing his own kin like this, and raised his voice shouting into the yard: "Kui Zi, what’s happening at your place? If you run into any trouble, go find Village Chief He to help you out!"

Village Chief He had just fined Elder Mo five taels of silver yesterday and warned him, telling him to live honestly and if he caused any more trouble, he would drive their family out of the village.

Elder Mo feared Village Chief He, and upon hearing Third Grandpa’s words, he hastily shut his mouth, went back into the house, and with a slam, closed the door.

That was the end of the drama at the Mo Family.

Mo Qinzi pulled her little brother outside to thank Third Grandpa and the others.

Third Grandpa waved his hand at the siblings: "Go back, we were just passing by."

This was a matter for the Mo Family, and he shouldn’t have gotten involved, but Elder Mo was too excessive, with his unquenchable thirst for exploitation, that Third Grandpa couldn’t help but speak out.

Third Grandpa and his company quickly returned home, changed out of their clothes, and went back to work in the workshop.

Luo Wu went to look for Jiang Qi to discuss the matter of working at the government office and hadn’t informed Father Luo and Ms. Chu in advance. When he returned home, he was quite nervous, thinking they would scold him, but Father Luo and Ms. Chu didn’t rebuke him.

They knew Luo Wu wanted to work at the government office to make something of himself and protect Gu Jinxiu, so they didn’t blame him for his initiative.

That evening, Father Luo spent more than an hour talking to Luo Wu, teaching him much about social interactions and reminding him of the things to be aware of in the county government, so he wouldn’t fail at his tasks and offend a bunch of people after joining the county government.

And that night, several families also learned that the Qin Brothers and Luo Wu were going to work at the county government, and everyone was very happy. This was a job connected to officials, considered to bring honor to the ancestors.

The Lu Family, upon hearing this news, was furious, with Lu Laosan, paralyzed in bed, almost jumping up in anger.