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

Chapter 73 Don't Force Me to Steal

Pan Dayan was also a little flustered, "My family just bought a donkey."

The donkey was intended to be used to pull the stone roller, and she also hired two of her nephews to help, paying them wages.

If Li Ruru's business fails, she will be the biggest victim.

"Aunt Pan, don't panic," Li Ruru comforted her.

It's just konjac, right? If you can't find any, you can go up the mountain and dig it up yourself.

If all else fails, she has plenty of those in her space.

Just then, Chen Jintong and Chen Jingang suddenly appeared at the door.

The gates of houses in the village are usually left unlocked, so the two of them walked in like that.

Normally, when Qiqi is around, it will howl warily before anyone even enters the door. Today, without it, Li Ruru felt a little out of sorts.

She stood up and said coldly, "What are you doing? You're not welcome in my home."

As he spoke, he picked up a broom to shoo people away, but Chen Jintong took two steps back.

Chen Jingang grabbed her broom and said with a smile, "Third Aunt, why don't you check the things first before chasing people away?"

As he spoke, he pulled two large items out of his basket.

Chen Jintong also took the things out of his basket.

Li Ruru took a closer look and, good heavens, there were actually six giant konjac cones.

Pan Dayan looked surprised. "You've dug up all the konjac on this mountain?"

Chen Jingang said smugly, "That's right, we've dug up all the nearby ones, but I still have a whole yard full of them."

Li Ruru was speechless. These two people actually went to such lengths to get her to buy their konjac.

They only want to make money off them, not a single penny from anyone else.

Chen Jintong spread his hands, "Third Aunt, now you should finally accept our konjac, right? These six are huge, each one should cost at least 20 coins, that's a total of..."

He got stuck at this point, and after calculating for a long time, he still couldn't figure out how much it should cost.

Li Ruru clasped her hands in a fist and asked, "It's 120 coins in total. Do you want me to give you the money?"

Chen Jintong nodded, "You're smart to know what's good for you. If it weren't for our konjac, you wouldn't be able to do business tomorrow."

He had been observing under the soapberry tree at the village entrance for a long time, and Aunt Pan had only managed to harvest three konjac plants today.

Chen Jingang said, "Third Aunt, we're only helping you because of our past relationship. Hurry up and give us the money, don't be ungrateful. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Pan Dayan whispered to Li Ruru, "Ruru, it's not a loss to take it for 120 coins. It doesn't matter whose it is, you're taking it anyway. Your business is the most important thing."

Chen Jingang and Chen Jintong seemed to have Li Ruru completely under their control, which made her very unhappy.

She looked at the two men with a leisurely air and said, "Chen Jingang, Chen Jintong, who are you calling Third Aunt? Isn't your Third Aunt surnamed Zhang?"

Chen Jintong said angrily, "We call you Third Aunt out of respect, don't push your luck."

He never called Zhang Junniang "Third Aunt," but every time he saw her, he would hear the strange sounds she made in her room.

Chen Jingang chuckled and said, "Li family, besides us, no one else can give you konjac."

Li Ruru smiled slightly, "Then I won't do business. I'll take a couple of days off."

Pan Dayan stood by anxiously, wanting to say, "No, if we rest for a day, we'll earn less money."

Li Ruru continued, "Get out of here, or I'll unleash the dogs."

Remembering that Qiqi wasn't there, she picked up the broom from the ground.

“I would rather not make any money than let you take a single penny from me.”

Li Ruru's attitude of "killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of her own" greatly shocked the Chen brothers.

This is completely different from what they expected.

Chen Jingang thought Li Ruru would be extremely grateful to them, not only accepting their konjac but also begging them to send her more in the future, even at a higher price. Chen Jintong also thought Li Ruru would revert to her former humble self, treating them to the best food and drink and making them feel like royalty.

Both of them were devastated and lingered, unwilling to leave.

Chen Jintong switched to a fawning attitude, "Third Aunt, you will always be our good Third Aunt. Zhang Shi is not as good as you in any way. Please accept our konjac, okay? You can even give us a discount."

Chen Jingang remained silent with a sullen face, feeling ashamed of his younger brother's behavior, but also hoping that Li Ruru could be persuaded.

All the family's money was used to pay for Uncle San's wedding, and they haven't had any meat in a long time.

They were eager to use the 120 coins to buy meat buns.

Seeing that Li Ruru didn't speak, Chen Jintong continued, "Third Aunt, you can give us 10 coins for each one, we won't ask for more."

Li Ruru remained unmoved, only using a broom to shoo them away, saying, "Get out, get out of here."

As Chen Jintong backed away, he pleaded, "Wouldn't 5 coins be alright?"

Five coins each, how much is six five coins again?

He couldn't calculate it, but he knew that if he got the money, he could buy a lot of meat buns.

Li Ruru said with a half-smile, "Listen to me carefully, even if you sell it to me for one coin, I won't accept it."

"If you ever dare to set foot in my house again, I'll break your legs."

Li Ruru hadn't forgotten a single thing the Chen family had done to the original owner of her body.

None of the three grandsons of the Chen family are good people. Even Chen Huaidi, who has little presence, dares to bully her three daughters, let alone these two wicked people in front of her.

Enraged, Chen Jingang brandished his fist and threatened, "Don't force me to steal it."

Li Ruru sneered, "If you're so capable, go ahead and rob it. Let's see if your fists are harder, or the cane from the yamen is harder."

If you want to steal something, first ask the stun gun in her spatial storage if it's allowed.

If that doesn't work, she still has shotguns, and even AKs in stock.

Wang Tieniu and Wang Tiezhu stood behind Li Ruru, like two fleshy mounds.

"Chen Jingang, are you leaving on your own, or do you want us brothers to escort you out?"

Chen Jingang took a few steps back. Knowing he couldn't beat the two men, he could only pull Chen Jintong away.

The two walked and cursed each other, "Li, you're digging your own grave."

They had never seen a fool who wouldn't make money. To throw away their taro for some trivial matter from the past, Li was simply ridiculously stupid.

"When a woman gains power, she becomes utterly petty."

Li Ruru shrugged. "Yeah, you're all right. I'm not a prime minister, why should I have any magnanimity?"

She walked over and slammed the door shut, leaving Pan Dayan feeling a bit scared.

"Aru, do you think these two might come and rob your family in the middle of the night?"

Peipei said, "If they really dare to come, let Qiqi bite them to death."

Li Ruru waved her hand, "Aunt Pan, don't worry, there are so many of us, are we afraid of those two young boys?"

Now that there are three more young men in the family, are we still afraid of not being able to beat those two brothers?
"What about konjac? There's no supply now." Pan Dayan looked worried.

Li Ruru said, "It's alright, I'll take the two girls up the mountain to take a look, we'll surely be able to dig some up."

After seeing Pan Dayan's family off, Li Ruru pulled Chaochao aside and instructed her, "You stay home and watch the house. While you're at it, cook those two pots of konjac. I'm going to the mountain with my two younger sisters to take a look."

Chaochao nodded and watched Li Ruru and the other two leave before heading to the kitchen to get busy.

Li Ruru had already prepared the wood ash water, and she began to process the konjac in an orderly manner.

Just as the water boiled, the half-closed door was suddenly pushed open, and a man walked in, fanning himself with a fan.

(End of this chapter)