Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapters 528 and 529. The Huang Family
Huang Qinlao, the father who had been hiding in the back, remained silent and tacitly accepted his wife's statement.

They've already sold their land and house. If Huang Pingguo doesn't acknowledge that this family owns the property, where will their entire family go?
Therefore, it is best to clarify this matter today, no matter what.

It's good that the old woman wants to make a fuss; it will make Huang Pingguo understand sooner rather than later that the two of them are the ones who call the shots in this family.

The second son's wife isn't home today, and neither is the second daughter-in-law from the neighboring family. These two women are probably scheming in a corner, and now they're inciting their husbands to come back and cause trouble.

He said that these maids and slaves were so vicious, they had been spoiled by those rich families and were now plotting against their own family members.

He had told Huang Pingguo long ago that this woman needed to be properly disciplined; if she was disobedient, a few beatings would make her behave.

They were just two girls who had sold themselves into slavery, with no one to rely on, yet they dared to act arrogantly in front of them.

If he weren't a newcomer who hadn't yet figured things out, he would have already let his wife take over.

"Dad, is that what you think too?" Huang Pingguo looked at her father, who had been silent all along, and then at the brothers standing beside him.

Only the eldest brother in the family got married and had a nephew; the two younger brothers are still unmarried.

“What can I think? We’re all family, there’s no need to make things so tense,” Huang Qinlao said, looking at his family and then at the onlookers outside. “Second brother, I know that our whole family coming to rely on you has put you in a difficult position.”

But we're all family, you brothers are all connected by blood, and we'll have to rely on you brothers to look after each other and help each other in the future.

"Don't worry, your father and mother aren't going to put all the burden on your shoulders. We've brought all the money from selling the house and land back home; it's all in our hands. Now, hand over everything you have to us, and we'll buy a few more acres of fertile land. You can also find some jobs for your brothers. In a few years, our family's situation will improve."

Hearing this, Lin Wei stared intently at Huang Pingguo, also wanting to know how Huang Pingguo made her choice.

They had gotten along fairly well on their journey together, and he didn't want Huang Pingguo to make a decision she would regret for the rest of her life.

Even as an outsider, he could discern the family's intentions from just a few words; he refused to believe Huang Pingguo couldn't.

"Father, these are my things, I can give them to you, but Chunxiang's dowry needs to be calculated separately..."

"Good heavens!" Lu Cuihua said again, "She's already married into our family, and she's still harboring ulterior motives."

When your sister-in-law married into the family, she handed over everything to me. Why should a mere servant like him dare to keep so much money?

“Mother, don’t say that. I’m a servant too,” Huang Pingguo’s face darkened. “You might as well scold me by name as well.”

“Even at this point, you’re still defending your wife,” Lü Cuihua continued, slapping her thigh. “Are you blaming me for not keeping a close eye on you back then? But you were such a big boy, if you wanted to run away, I couldn’t catch you. When you got lost, your father and I couldn’t sleep or eat, we searched for you for so long…”

Huang Qinlao retorted angrily, "If you hold a grudge about what happened before, just say it outright, don't be so sarcastic..." Huang Pingguo, who had previously mustered her courage, wilted at this moment, "...I didn't mean that..."

“I told you all to stop arguing all day long,” said Zhu Zhiqiang, the village chief, who rushed over after receiving the news. He didn’t want to get involved in these trivial matters, and besides, these people weren’t registered in the village, so they were outsiders.

But he just received news that Gu Kaiyuan and his wife have returned, and it would be inappropriate for him not to show up.

“None of you are registered residents of our village, and your daily noise is affecting the atmosphere of our entire village. If you continue like this, don’t blame me for asking you to leave the village.”

Zhu Ziqiang's appearance calmed the Huang family down.

If the village chief really drives them out of the village, how will they find refuge with Huang Pingguo?
"Village chief, it's a misunderstanding. These are all family matters," Huang Qinlao explained to the village chief, bowing and scraping. "We will transfer our household registration here soon, and then we will have to trouble the village chief again."

Zhu Zhiqiang was having a headache. It was better if these villagers didn't come, but he wouldn't say it out loud. Instead, he looked at Huang Pingguo meaningfully and asked, "Manager Huang, have you finished everything your boss asked you to do? Do you still have time to deal with these household chores?"

Huang Pingguo said, "My employer knows I have a lot of things to do at home, so he told me to come back and rest. We'll talk about other things after I've taken care of my family matters."

“There’s only a little bit of work to do at home, why do you need to rest? You should hurry back to work, otherwise if your pay is docked, what will our whole family eat and drink?” Lu Cuihua knew that working a day meant earning a day’s worth of money, so why would she come back to rest for no reason? Wasn’t she just throwing away her money?

"Because of these messes in our family, I almost lost my job. If we don't sort things out, we'll have to go back to our hometown."

Huang Pingguo said coldly, "It just so happens that you were also reluctant to leave your hometown before, and you kept saying that you left your homes for me. This accusation is suffocating me. It's good that we go back. From now on, I will stay by your side and take care of you."

Lu Cuihua and Huang Qinlao were dumbfounded. Everything was fine this morning, so how did they suddenly lose their jobs?

You know, Huang Pingguo is now in charge, managing so many things and so many people. They were counting on getting their family members to work there, so how could they possibly lose their job?
"Second brother, you're not kidding, are you?" Before Huang Qinlao could speak, the eldest Huang brother standing behind him couldn't wait to speak up. He was still counting on his second brother to help him find a good job with little work and high pay.

"Brother, how could I be joking? You can see I'm already back."

The Huang family members then realized that Huang Pingguo would usually be up the mountain busy by this time.

"But didn't you say before that your masters would treat you well since they were exiled all the way from the capital to here? How come it's like this now? Are all rich people ungrateful?"

Huang Pingguo's expression changed. He had just seen Lin Wei and the others standing in the crowd, and he hurriedly scolded, "Big brother, what nonsense are you talking about?"

The master and mistress have already repaid us by giving us indentures; otherwise, we would still be the slaves you call us.

And this house was built for us by the master and mistress, not to mention they even gave us jobs.

Even if they didn't do these things, it was still their duty, since we were just servants before.