Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 210 How did I perform?
Zhou raised her hand high, and her two sons, seeing this, also raised their hands and said, "We too, we want our wages too."

Zhou was Zhao's neighbor to the west. Li Ruru kindly reminded her, "Aunt Zhou, do you know that once you quit, you won't be able to work in the workshop anymore?"

Zhou sneered, "Are you afraid I can't understand human language? You're like a mosquito, buzzing around annoyingly. Enough nonsense, pay me back!"

Li Ruru felt completely bewildered. She didn't think she had offended Aunt Zhou, so she didn't know where this malice came from.

Li Ruru was not one to be taken advantage of, and stepped forward to "argue" with her, but was pulled back by Peipei.

Peipei frowned, signaling her to be quiet, and Fang Xingzhi shielded her behind him.

He was so tall that Li Ruru couldn't see him clearly. She kept standing on tiptoe and tilting her head, getting increasingly anxious.

Having no other choice, she simply peeked out from under Fang Xingzhi's arm and looked ahead excitedly.

She wanted to see how Pepe would handle the situation, but was also worried that Pepe might suffer a loss.

Fang Xingzhi saw the head that was poking out, smiled helplessly, took a step back, and pushed the person forward.

He whispered, "There are a lot of people here, so don't get into arguments with anyone."

Li Ruru understood a different meaning in his words: if you can't argue when there are many people, then you can argue when there are few people.

Hmm, this old man is quite protective of his own, and that "own child" is actually her.

Peipei took out 50 coins and handed them to Zhou Shi, saying, "Grandma Zhou, please take this money."

Zhou happily went to take the money, but Peipei's hand trembled, and the copper coin fell to the ground and rolled into the soil.

"You..." Zhou was so angry she wanted to curse.

Peipei preemptively said, "Hey, I told you to hold it properly, why are you so careless?"

Zhou glared at her angrily, while Peipei laughed and said, "Aren't you going to pick them up? I won't be responsible if any are missing."

Zhou quickly squatted down to pick up the money. She wouldn't mess with money, no matter who she was at odds with.

Peipei turned her head and winked in Li Ruru's direction. Li Ruru looked proud. No wonder she was her daughter.

Fang Xingzhi handed the contracts of Zhou's two sons to Chaochao, who tore them to shreds in front of everyone.

He bent down and kindly said to Mrs. Zhou, "Grandma Zhou, you don't need to pick up this scrap of paper."

He Dajiao and Zhou Shi quit their jobs and were happy for a short while after receiving their money, but they could no longer be happy.

Facing the malicious gazes of the group, Li Ruru took out a stack of red envelopes and said to everyone, "I was in such a hurry to start work yesterday that I didn't have time to give everyone red envelopes, so I'm making up for it today."

Today, Chaochao, Peipei, and Yinyin were dressed in red, with their hair tied in a pretty bun. They respectfully handed the red envelopes to everyone.

Zhao shamelessly approached the person who had received the red envelope and said, "Open it quickly, I want to see how much money they are willing to give."

The man was somewhat displeased, but still opened the red pouch. "Oh dear, this... there's so much!"

He counted them and found there were actually 50 coins.

This is enough to cover two days' wages.

Everyone was all smiles as they received the money.

"The village head is so generous, giving so much!"

"This wasn't given by the village head alone; it was given by several landlords together."

"Luckily I didn't stupidly back out just now, otherwise I would have missed this big red envelope."

He Dajiao and Zhou Shi, who had just stupidly withdrawn, exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with resentment and venom.

Li Ruru is truly treacherous; if she had a red envelope, she should have taken it out earlier.

Why wait until they've withdrawn to bring it up?

Isn't this just blatantly trying to make things difficult for them?
He Dajiao looked at the 50 coins she had just received, and then at the red envelopes in other people's hands.

He stormed up to Lü Da, puffing out his cheeks, and said, "Village head, I was wrong. I was just joking. You and Xiao Tou are still coming to work today."

He apologized verbally, but he didn't think he had done anything wrong, and his tone was very unfriendly.

Lu Da ignored him and turned his back.

Fang Xing stepped forward and said, "Okay, then come back later to sign a new contract. You can work as usual today and get paid. From now on, we'll settle accounts daily, and you'll get a bonus of 2 taels of silver at the end of the month."

He Dajiao was thrilled; this old man Fang was truly a kind person.

He Xiaotou was also very happy. His father was right. They were all from the same village, and these people wouldn't go too far. Troublemakers always get preferential treatment. His father had caused such a scene, and Old Man Fang even gave him a reward, probably to prevent them from inciting others to cause trouble in the future.

After her initial excitement subsided, He Dajiao calmed down and asked, "Master Fang, is this true?"

When Zhou heard that the other person had just retired but was now able to continue working and even receive a bonus, she thought that Li Ruru's words were just bullshit.

They even said that once you quit, you can't rejoin; they're really trying to fool people.

She leaned closer, about to speak, when she heard Fang Xingzhi say to He Dajiao, "Of course it's fake. You're just joking, and so am I."

He Dajiao: "..." Grandpa, I was just joking, but you can't just joke around.

He Xiaotou: "..." No, what does he mean? He's such a grown man, why is he making jokes like this?

Zhou: "..." Okay, she was overthinking it. Sure enough, once she quit, she couldn't go back to work.

Witnessing everything, Li Ruru gave Fang Xingzhi a thumbs up, "Amazing, Master Fang."

Fang Xingzhi seemed to be in a very good mood, walking with a brisk pace, his beard even fluttering in the wind.

He walked up to Li Ruru, stroked his beard, and asked, "How did I do?"

Li Ruru said cheerfully, "I'll add a chicken leg to your lunch."

"Just one?"

"two."

"Two aren't enough to fill a tooth gap."

"Then I'll add a cow for you."

The two started talking and laughing, and Qiqi and Heizi had somehow appeared beside them.

One in black and one in white stood there, looking up at the two with expectant eyes.

Li Ruru laughed so hard she bent over: "Look at you, just mentioning chicken legs makes your mouth water, and you even have two!"

Hei Zi has now become Qi Qi's follower, and Qi Qi is its older brother.

At this moment, it imitated its older brother and nudged Li Ruru's hand with its nose.

Li Ruru patted its head and said, "Alright, I'll give you two an extra meal at noon too."

After the red envelopes were distributed, the workers received another piece of good news.

Pan Dayan and Hai Shi had their things moved over, and everyone immediately gathered around.

"what is this?"

Hai said, "Food will be provided throughout the day. In the morning, each person will have a bowl of congee with preserved egg and lean pork, two bowls of konjac tofu, and three steamed buns."

Pan Dayan shouted at the top of her lungs, "Go home and get a bowl. There's more in the pot if you're not full."

The men cheered and scattered in a flash, heading home to get their bowls.

The He family, the Zhao family, and the Zhou family were all dumbfounded.

Smelling the aroma of the steamed buns, Zhao couldn't help but swallow hard, but said, "These steamed buns are probably made of some kind of meat. The meat is probably spoiled, otherwise they wouldn't have been willing to let people eat them."

Zhang Junniang chimed in, "Yes, that porridge looks so dark and doesn't look appetizing."

Wang Shuixia: "Konjac tofu is nothing special. There are konjac plants all over the mountains. What's there to get excited about?"

The crowd ignored them and let them make sarcastic remarks.

Pan Dayan scoffed, "You can't even get your hands on it, so how would you know if it's good or not?"

Fearing that others might be influenced by them, they continued, "I bought this pork from the market early this morning; it's guaranteed to be fresh and delicious."

Even if she doesn't explain, no one will dislike her.

You should be grateful that you can eat meat now, why are you still being picky?

The men had already brought over bowls and chopsticks. Some were slurping down porridge, some were quickly shoveling food into konjac tofu, and others were taking a bite of a meat bun. The rich aroma lingered around He Dajiao's head, deeply stimulating his taste buds and brain nerves.

He rushed up to Li Ruru and demanded, "Li, did you do this on purpose?"

Li Ruru looked puzzled: "Deliberately what?"

(End of this chapter)