They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 134 Absurdity
Xu Zhichun felt that the greatest kindness he could offer was to find out what was going on and then offer a perfunctory suggestion.

It's not her place to meddle in the affairs of the first wife, and she has no intention of doing so.

But she never expected that Liang Cuier would actually dare to say that.

Liang Cuier cried and said, "Sister-in-law, please, please marry that Lian Lao Si."

These memories that Xu Zhichun had been trying to forget and that had gradually faded from his mind suddenly resurfaced. Xu Zhichun felt nauseous, angry and annoyed: "Did your father and mother send you here? What nonsense are you talking about? Go back and tell them, if they have the guts, let them go up to the head of the village and talk to them."

"No, it has nothing to do with my parents. It was me, I chose my cousin's wife myself. Cousin, please save me! You're capable, better than me, you'll definitely have a better life than me. Besides, you're remarrying, you don't have so many worries. Isn't it good to have a husband to rely on? If you don't marry Lian Lao Si, my parents will make me marry him. Cousin, I'm only fifteen years old! Please save me, please save me!"

As Liang Cuier spoke, she knelt down again, crying, and kowtowed to Xu Zhichun.

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It took Xu Zhichun a while to sort things out. She had Chunfen lift her up and said coldly, "That's ridiculous. Who your father and mother marry you off to is your family's business. Why are you coming to me? I won't interfere in your family's affairs."

"But if it weren't for your refusal to marry Lian Laosi, my parents wouldn't have done this! If you had just agreed, none of this would have happened!"

"you--"

Xu Zhichun, unable to bear it any longer, slapped Liang Cuier, trembling with anger: "What right do you have to ask me for favors? Your parents are forcing you into this mess. If you have the guts, go and argue with them! What do you want from me? Or, how about I take you to see the village head?"

"Sister-in-law, if you're still angry, please hit me. Hit me as many times as you want, please save me, please save me!"

"It seems we should trouble Uncle Lizheng. Chunfen, you take her and we'll go to Uncle Lizheng's house."

"okay."

"No, no! I won't go, I won't go!"

"If you're not going, then get out."

"Cousin-in-law—"

"Spring Equinox, let's take her and go."

"I won't go! I won't go!"

Liang Cuier was pulled away by Liang Chunfen and walked outside against her will. Knowing that Xu Zhichun was serious, she hurriedly shook off Liang Chunfen and ran home crying.

"My sister-in-law is so heartless. I hope she can sleep well at night from now on!"

Xu Zhichun sneered. She hadn't done anything wrong, so why couldn't she sleep?
It can't be her who can't sleep.

As the evening breeze blew by, Xu Zhichun's head, which had been spinning with anger, gradually cleared. It seemed that her aunt's family had shot themselves in the foot. That fourth brother must have some kind of leverage over them, and when he couldn't outmaneuver her, he forced them to marry Liang Cuier to him.

The couple had no choice but to comply.

Liang Cuier will come tonight to morally blackmail me. I don't believe it's because of my uncle and the others' guidance. They're really something else. They're so ruthless in harming themselves, so why do they think I'll be soft-hearted towards Liang Cuier?

It's tragic that a young girl as young as a flower is forced to marry a scoundrel like Lian Laosi, but what does it have to do with her?
If anyone's to blame, it's her parents.

Their sins were punished on her, nothing more.

Even if the retribution doesn't fall on you personally, there's nothing to be proud of or think you've triumphed over fate. It will eventually bring misfortune upon your descendants. So, in this life, it's best to do fewer bad deeds.

Xu Zhichun looked at Chunfen: "Chunfen, don't tell anyone about tonight's events, understand?"

Liang Chunfen nodded repeatedly: "Not even my mother?" "No, don't tell. There's no need to tell."

"it is good."

When Liang Cuier returned to Uncle Liang's house, she cried, feeling utterly hopeless.

Zhang couldn't help but burst into tears, "How cruel Xu is! She's so heartless! My Cui'er is a perfectly good young woman, in the prime of her life, and she should at least call her sister-in-law. How could she be so heartless?"

"Enough with the mourning! Shut up, all of you!" Uncle Liang said irritably. "Isn't it all your fault for not handling things properly? It's too late to say anything now. Just let Cui'er get married. This matter can't have any more trouble, or I won't care if you live or die."

Liang Cuier almost fainted from crying.

When Xu Zhichun asked people in the village to build a house, everyone was shocked, and the whole village was in an uproar.

I've been hearing about it for the past few days, and I thought she was just repairing her old house. Everyone's been saying how successful she's become, how she's made money, and how things are different now.

Unexpectedly, instead of repairing, they completely demolished and rebuilt the entire house, and the new house was even bigger and more impressive than the old one.

"Look, truckloads of bricks and stones have been hauled in, along with a lot of timber. They're going to build big brick and tile houses!"

"My God, how much will this cost?"

"That's right, she bought so much land before, even though it was wasteland, there was just so much of it."

"It seems the Xu family has really made a lot of money."

"Yes."

The villagers were extremely curious and couldn't help but ask how much money Xu Zhichun had made.

Xu Zhichun just smiled and didn't say anything. It wasn't much, but if he saved up and borrowed some from the village head's family, it would be enough to build a house.

This was the public statement we had agreed upon with Liang Lizheng beforehand; we were to keep a low profile as much as possible.

As expected, everyone believed it.

I can't help but sigh again, she's really lucky. Zeng Xiaoyan was indifferent to everyone else, but she was on good terms with her.
Everyone assumed that Zeng Xiaoyan had a large dowry and that it was actually Zeng Xiaoyan who lent her the money, since the Zeng family was wealthy.

Xu Zhichun was both amused and exasperated by this misunderstanding, so he simply accepted it.

whatever.

It's harmless.

Everyone's ability to make associations is really impressive.

On the first day of work, the atmosphere was bustling with activity. Uncle Yang Ming and Liang Minghai led and supervised the work, earning fifteen coins more per day than others. Chunfen also helped out; being strong, she received an extra ten coins from Xu Zhichun each day.

Xu Zhichun paid high wages, so everyone who was hired to help was full of enthusiasm. How could they not do a good job and be worthy of the wages? They were all from the same village, and if they didn't do a good job, how could they face others in the future?

Xu Zhichun completely ignored the Liang family and did not ask them for help.

Both families were very angry. Uncle Liang even accused Xu Zhichun, his niece-in-law, of being ignorant and disrespectful to her elders, for not informing them about such a big thing as building a house, and for not informing her own family when asking for help.

The villagers laughed and joked, knowing full well that just two days ago you were forcing people to remarry so you could seize their land and houses, so why is it strange that they aren't coming after you now?
If Xu Zhichun truly had no temper at all, she wouldn't be where she is today. She might already be forced to remarry.

(End of this chapter)