CHAPTER 321: CHAPTER 304: BUYING SERVANTS

Whatever Jiang Dingcai was saying, Jiang Mangzi didn’t listen at all. He only had one thought: not letting his brother go to the Yu Family to stir trouble.

"Enough with the nonsense, go home!" Jiang Mangzi glared with cold eyes, using the pole to shove Jiang Dingcai backward, causing him to stumble.

If the Yu Family wanted to voluntarily give pepper seeds to these people, that was their choice. But forcing their way to the Yu Family was coercion.

This year, the Yu Family had not only contracted all the peaches on his mountain but also found a job for his son Haiqiu, collecting hawthorn berries in a nearby village. As long as his son announced it in nearby villages that hawthorn berries could be sold for money, those people would automatically deliver hawthorn berries, so he wouldn’t have to work hard and could earn thirty coins of hard cash every day.

Moreover, Yu Changhe recently came to him to gather pepper seedlings on ten acres of land. Together, he, his wife, and his brother-in-law’s family worked for half a month, and each earned several hundred coins. Such a good family, Jiang Mangzi must protect them. No one can bully the Yu Family.

Seeing Jiang Mangzi blocking the way, some of the more timid ones murmured a few words and turned around to go home, after all, Jiang Mangzi was tall and strong, and had never lost a fight in the village since he was little.

Jiang Mangzi’s face was covered with a beard, and his eyes glared fiercely. People in the village of the same generation as Jiang Mangzi had almost all been beaten by him, which is why no one called him by his full name Jiang Dingnian, but instead called him Mangzi.

Jiang Mangzi was straightforward, hot-tempered, and fierce. He did what he said, and if anyone dared to oppose him, he would start hitting. So, when Jiang Mangzi shouted, "Go home," it scared away most of the people.

The few remaining were trembling, not because they wanted to go to the Yu Family, but because they wanted to stay and watch the spectacle.

"Brother, aren’t you being unreasonable? We’re just going to visit Yu the landlord’s house, and you’re stopping us? You’re overreaching, aren’t you?" Lu, upon seeing her husband intimidated by his brother’s abruptness, put her hands on her hips, intending to argue with Jiang Mangzi.

Was Jiang Mangzi one to argue with?

He didn’t care if they were visiting. His son had told him to stop these people from going to the Yu Family to make trouble, so he would stop them. Following his son’s advice was never wrong.

His son was smart from a young age and good at studying, but his parents favored his little grandson Jiang Haifu, saying the family wasn’t wealthy enough to support more than one scholar. So his son Haiqiu only studied for three years before he had to stop.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mangzi still resented his parents. Now he has his own money, but his son is already eighteen and past the age for schooling.

If he hadn’t arranged for his son’s marriage last year, his biased parents wouldn’t have hurriedly divided the family. They were afraid Haiqiu’s wedding would cost them money, so they rushed to split the family.

Now he has nearly thirty taels of silver and thinks he can find a good wife for his son — humph!

But... why is his son always delaying when he arranges for a matchmaker? Could it be that the boy has a girl he fancies?

"Yes, I keep the skies above, the earth below, and the air in between under control," Jiang Mangzi glared with eyes wide, gesturing with the pole, and spoke gruffly, "Get home now, or I’ll beat the two of you!"

Lu and Jiang Dingcai shrank back, fearing the pole would strike them the next second.

Jiang Dingcai pulled Lu back, "Let it go, let’s go home."

Dealing with his tiger-like brother, regardless of how persuasive you are, won’t make a difference. From past experience of getting beaten, he knew if he continued to stall, his brother would start hitting people.

Lu was unwilling to give up such a perfect opportunity. If they didn’t visit the Yu Family today, it would be difficult to make a move in the future.

But faced with this ferocious barrier, she dared not be reckless, for when her brother-in-law went mad, he really struck!

Never mind the saying that men don’t hit women or their sisters-in-law; Jiang Mangzi often hit his wife, let alone a sister-in-law.

Lu had taken a beating from Jiang Mangzi before. She had some fear of this brother-in-law. As the saying goes, a wise man does not suffer immediate losses. So, Lu decided to withdraw now and later persuade her mother-in-law to go make a fuss at Jiang Mangzi’s house.